Does culture make emotion? "Each individual is born into a world of words, values, histories and affects, which participate in constituting our subjectivity, our cognitive and normative frame of reference, and our emotional landscape." #philsky #philtwit aeon.co/essays/who-a...

A new paper from the HiTOP Revisions Workgroup (and yours truly) on the conceptual and philosophical underpinnings of the framework. Recommended reading for anyone interested in questions of classification and psychopathology! Here’s the journal article: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

Open access!

New book with more Chomsky-bashing. The website says March 2026, but it is available now. cup.columbia.edu/book/intertw...

If you think Chomsky gets burned in the Epstein files, wait until you read @tonychemero.bsky.social (2009) on the poverty of stimulus argument.

Latest papers: Annemarie Kalis, August Christensen & Samuel Nikolai Langelaan argue that to understand the aims of folk psychology and to map out similarities and differences between various practices, we need thick descriptions doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky #philpsy

Here is an opinionated overview in press at Philosophy Compass. Critical 4E cognitive science, as we call this emerging research program, adopts the 4E frameworks and concepts but with a critical lens: questioning its hidden assumptions and leveraging its theoretical resources for social criticism.

Interested in studying philosophy of science and public engagement with science? Check out Angela Potochnik’s interview about her work and philosophy at the University of Cincinnati!

We're hosting a PhD school in Odense, 7-9 January 2026 on Cognitive processes in social settings (will be in English!). Deadline for registration extended to Friday 19 December at noon. www.conferencemanager.dk/kognitivepro...

Call for abstracts for the first conference of our new Center for Humanities and Technology. Please share! uchumanitiestech.org/2026-confere...

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Apply to UC Philosophy's PhD program and check out the next video in our series where professors introduce themselves! Tony Chemero (@tonychemero.bsky.social), Professor of Philosophy and Psychology at the University of Cincinnati. Full video on YouTube:

“How science is changing” Exciting event available to view via livestream on Thursday 20 November from the University of Cincinnati Center for Public Engagement with Science. Alan Love, director of the MCPS, is a panellist! @ucpews.bsky.social #philsci buff.ly/uMkmXd8

Another video in our series: Helen Meskhidze, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Physics @uofcincy speaking about philosophy of #Physics, #pedagogy, and why you should apply to grad school in Cincinnati! Link to full video: youtu.be/qvtuYnL33RM?...

Apply to Cincinnati's PhD in philosophy for your last chance to become my colleague! 🤠

We’re excited for Melinda Fagan from the University of Utah to give her talk “Explanatory particularism in scientific practice”! 📅 Monday 10/27 🕐 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM 📍 Clifton Court Hall 5280 This event is free and open to the public, we hope to see you there!

📢 New preprint (with Christian de Weerd) on AI Consciousness: philarchive.org/rec/DEWCXE #PhilMind

Another video in our series: Sarah Stitzlein, Professor of Education and Affiliate Professor of Philosophy at UC speaking about political philosophy, philosophy of education, John Dewey, pragmatism, and much more! Link to full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIff...

Latest papers: Anna Drożdżowicz and J.P. Grodniewicz illustrate how epistemic injustice can arise in psychotherapeutic encounters, and explain how this can threaten one’s ability to achieve self-understanding through psychotherapy in this open access paper doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky #philpsy

The Philosophy of Science Association makes experts on various topics available for conversation with graduate students anywhere with its "Office Hour" program. Other associations should consider doing this.

The “Overdiagnosis” Confusion “Overdiagnosis” is a blunt verdict offering blunt solutions www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/the-overdi...

Thank you to @ilirisufi.bsky.social for this mindful and generous review of our edited volume, Language as an Ecological Phenomenon! ❤️

Absolutely thrilled to see @samfellowes.bsky.social review my paper on self-diagnosis! So excited and grateful for the kind feedback. Made my day! www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFAl...

Watch this interview with Muhammad U. Faruque about his work on the intersections of Islamic and Western philosophy, cosmopolitanism, the self, and the environment at the University of Cincinnati. Link to full video: youtu.be/YW1L5euKz3Q #Self #Philosophy #EasternPhilosophy #Dialogue #Environment

Best way to avoid distresing news?? Turn off the portal, buckle up with an awesome book, freshly off the press, about what it means to live with mental distress and how to best to respond to it to lead a flourishing life; and learn that these can all be proper objects of scientific inquiry!

Interested in the discussion around medical vs. neurodiversity models? Check out PhD Student Ilir Isufi’s (@ilirisufi.bsky.social) brief open peer commentary in AJOB Neuroscience: www.tandfonline.com/... #philsky

All you ever wanted to know about philosophy departments, but were too busy teaching and doing your own research to ask. A new report provides valuable data about departments of philosophy and 13 other humanities fields...

🚨 Final Reminder: PSA Around the World 2025! 🌍 Submit your abstract until tomorrow (April 13, 11:59 PM PST)! Open to all PSA members, no matter where you're located or what your topic is—as long as it’s within the philosophy of science!

The 253 most-cited works in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: (1) Rawls, A Theory of Justice; (2) Kripke, Naming and Necessity; (3) Parfit, Reasons and Persons; (4) Nozick, Anarchy, State, and Utopia; (5) Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-...

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🔔 Reminder: PSA Around the World 2025! 🌍 Submit your abstract until April 13, 11:59 PM PST! Open to all PSA members, no matter where you're located or what your topic is—as long as it’s within the philosophy of science!

I’m full of gratitude for this review. Reading that Awais sees my book as his ‘new go-to reference for psychiatric diagnostic reasoning’ and that ‘any future conceptual work on this subject would build on or would have to seriously engage with it’ means a lot to me. #philsky #psysky #psychiatry

Philosophers are among those eligible to apply to this postdoc with the Taft Research Center at the University of Cincinnati. Our department @ucphilosophy.bsky.social would be happy to engage with anyone in the position interested in our work. #philsky

Deadline Extended for PSA Around the World 2025! 🌍 More time to submit your abstract—the portal is open until 🗓️ April 13, 11:59 PM PST! Open to all PSA members, no matter where you're located or what your topic is—as long as it’s within the philosophy of science! #philsky #philsci

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🚨 Last day to submit your abstract for PSA Around the World 2025 🌍 Focus: Eastern & Central Europe! 🗓️ Deadline: Today! (March 31, 2025) 💻 Fully online, Nov 6, 14, 22 $50 fee (waivers available) More info: philsci.org/psa_arou... 📄 Submit here: http://psaatw25.scie...

🔔 Reminder: The next PSA Office Hour features an entire panel! Mark your calendars for the April Panel Discussion on Philosophers of Science in Industry: Biotechnology, Medical Affairs, and AI! 📅 Thursday, April 4th, 2025 🕛 12:00 PM EST 🔗 docs.google.com/form...

Just a few more days to submit your abstract for PSA Around the World 2025 🌍 Focus: Eastern & Central Europe! 🗓️ Deadline: March 31, 2025 💻 Fully online, Nov 6, 14, 22 $50 fee (waivers available) More info: philsci.org/psa_arou... 📄 Submit here: http://psaatw25.scie...

The next PSA Office Hour features an entire panel! Mark your calendars for the April Panel Discussion on Philosophers of Science in Industry: Biotechnology, Medical Affairs, and AI! 📅 Thursday, April 4th, 2025 🕛 12:00 PM EST 🔗 docs.google.com/form...

Many new books in philosophy of science at a glance!

Undergrads interested in philosophy of science? Please share that applications are open for our summer development program! lpssdp.com?fbclid=IwY2x...

🗣️ PSA Office Hour Grad students & early career researchers: Want to chat with a philosopher about anything in philosophy of science? Just fill out the “Request a Professor” form, and we’ll contact the professor and organize a meeting for you! ✍️:docs.google.com/form... #PhilSky

Check out Professor Tony Chemero's (@tonychemero.bsky.social) recent feature in the Guardian article ‘All in the mind? The surprising truth about brain rot’! Here’s the link 👇 www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Looking for philosophy of science journals? 📚 The PSA website has a dedicated journals page - a great resource for the field! Check it out: www.philsci.org/jour... Find a missing favorite? 📄 Submit journal suggestions via the link at the bottom of the page! #PhilSky

Don't forget to submit your abstract: PSA Around the World 2025 🌍 Focus: Eastern & Central Europe. 🗓️ Deadline: March 31, 2025 💻 Fully online, Nov 6, 14, 22 $50 fee (waivers available). More info: philsci.org/psa_arou... 📄 Submit abstracts: http://psaatw25.scie...

Our Spring philosophy newsletter is now available, featuring faculty and student highlights, upcoming events, and what our department has been up to! Consider subscribing for future newsletters that come out each semester! Read the latest newsletter and subscribe here:

I was contemplating how to share this but the internet moves fast (and nothing slips past @miikeessttuuart.bsky.social 🙏) This builds on so many conversations with wonderfully open-minded and curious people on our discipline and I hope it will initiate many more🧡 #philsky #philsci

We’re hiring! Postdoc in comparative philosophy or history of philosophy with 1-1 teaching load, including a grad seminar in the postdoc’s AOS. Please email search committee chair Eduardo Martinez with any questions. #philsky #philjobs philjobs.org/job/show/28842

Levels of Explanation (eds. Katie Robertson and Alastair Wilson) is now out with @oxfordunipress.bsky.social--open access; grab the PDF! My chapter, Antireductionism Has Outgrown Levels, argues that the idea that explanations come in levels has led philosophers astray...