Just accepted: Reviving Reduction – Dominik Ehrenfels Abstract in alt text or read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsci #philsky

Just accepted: Climate Sensitivity through the Lens of Measurement Practice – Matthias Ackermann Abstract in alt text or read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsci #philsky

Just accepted: What Gibbsian Statistical Mechanics Says: In Defence of Bare Probabilism – David Wallace Abstract in alt text or read the full paper here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsci #philsky

Statistical Autonomous Explanations and the Patterns of Nature: A Modified Account – Travis Holmes & André Ariew Abstract in alt text or read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsci #philsky

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.

Very happy to announce that the CFP is now open for APSA26: The Inaugural Biennial Conference of the Asian Philosophy of Science Association! It will be held at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. The keynote will be Craig Callender. Submission deadline: 31 Dec 2025. URL: tinyurl.com/APSA26

Sifting the Signal from the Noise – Daniel Herrmann & Jacob VanDrunen Abstract in alt text or read the full paper here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsci #philsky

New letter to the Editors Caspar Jacobs, Against Presentist Velocities: Response to Gijsbers www.thebsps.org/letters/gijs... #philsci #philsky

JOB AD: If you research philosophy, history or social studies of biology, with interest in agroecology, crop science or environmental intelligence, consider applying for 3-year postdoctoral fellowship in Munich! Deadline for applications: 31/10, details www.sts.sot.tum.de/en/sts/arbei... #philsci

Knowledge of the Quantum Domain: An Overlap Strategy – James Fraser & Peter Vickers Abstract in alt text or read the full paper here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsci #philsky

Host Specificity in Biological Control – Thomas Blanchard Abstract in alt text or read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsci #philsky

Depression as a Disorder of Consciousness – Cecily Whiteley Abstract in alt text or read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsci #philsky

New letter to the Editors Caspar Jacobs, Against Presentist Velocities: Response to Gijsbers www.thebsps.org/letters/gijs... #philsci #philsky

From the new issue The Literalist Fallacy and the Free Energy Principle: Model Building, Scientific Realism & Instrumentalism – Michael David Kirchhoff, Julian Kiverstein & Ian Robertson Read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsci #philsky

Time Reversal Invariance and Ontology – Ward Struyve Abstract in alt text or read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsci #philsky

A Complementary Account of Scientific Modelling – Martin Zach Abstract in alt text or read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsci #philsky

She was insanely productive and a giant of a thinker, but she'll always be former BJPS Chief Editor Mary Hesse to us

The Comparison of Inequality Measurements across Countries and Time – Alessandra Basso Read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsci #philsky

The One Magic Wave: Quantum Monism Meets Wavefunction Realism – Claudio Calosi Abstract in alt text or read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsci #philsky

We are no longer accepting submissions from the same author (or same author team) within three months of a final decision on a previous paper. More information can be found here: www.thebsps.org/faq/faq-auth... (‘Hey, Chat-GPT, why can’t we have nice things?’)

The Interdisciplinary Entanglement of Characterization and Explanation – Max Dresow & Alan C Love Abstract in alt text or read it for free here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsci #philsky

This issue's Editors' Choice paper: Inference to the Best Contradiction? – Sam Baron Abstract in alt text or read it for free here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsci #philsky

Two tenure track/ tenured positions--one Assist Prof & one Assoc Prof in Philosophy of Science &/or Technology at @ihpst-uoft.bsky.social philjobs.org/job/show/29502 philjobs.org/job/show/29506 Areas include phil of social science, Native American philo, phil of race #philsci #philtech #philjobs

Latest issue of the BJPS out now: Signals! Inferences! Ontology! Models! Measurement! Explanation! Also including everyone’s favourite: Fallacies! (May include magic.) Read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/bjps/cur... #philsci #philsky

Just accepted: Situated Cognition in Early Modern Experimentation: The Case of Compelled Assent – Kirsten Walsh, Adrian Currie & Tom Roberts Abstract in alt text or read the full paper here: #philsci #philsky #hps

Just accepted: Situated Cognition in Early Modern Experimentation: The Case of Compelled Assent — Kirsten Walsh, Adrian Currie & Tom Roberts Abstract in alt text or read the full paper here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsci #philsky #hps

We are no longer accepting submissions from the same author (or same author team) within three months of a final decision on a previous paper. More information can be found here: www.thebsps.org/faq/faq-auth... (‘Hey, Chat-GPT, why can’t we have nice things?’)

Just accepted: 'Problems and Prescriptions in Psychiatric Explanation' – Sera Schwarz Abstract in alt text or read the full paper here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsky #philsci

Our 2024 statistics: What's up (co-authoring!), what's down (time to decisions!), what's in (non-fluent authors), what's out (so many referee invitations) Read all about it: www.thebsps.org/auxhyp/bjps-... #philsci #philsky

Today, academics, ask yourself: Am I bringing enough of a Flann O'Brien energy to my R&R work?

Just accepted: 'The Imagery Debate Exhumed and Reanimated' – Peter Langland-Hassan Abstract in alt text or read the full paper here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsci #philsky

Just accepted: 'Presentist Velocities' – Victor Gijsbers Abstract in alt text or read the full paper here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsky #philsky

Just accepted: 'The Mix Matters: Exploring the Interplay Between Epistemic and Zetetic Norms in Scientific Disagreement' – Martin Justin, Dunja Šešelja, Christian Straßer & Borut Trpin Abstract in alt text or read paper here (free): www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsci #philsky

Our 2024 statistics: What's up (co-authoring!), what's down (time to decisions!), what's in (non-fluent authors), what's out (so many referee invitations) Read all about it: www.thebsps.org/auxhyp/bjps-... #philsci #philsky

Just accepted: 'Is the Universe Fundamentally a Density Matrix?' – Saakshi Dulani & Alyssa Ney Abstract in alt text or read the full paper here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsci #philsky

Just accepted: 'Reconciling Mechanism and Processualism: A Structuralist Twist in Processual Ontology' – Yihan Jiang Abstract in alt text or read the full paper here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsci #philsky

Just accepted: 'The Toll of the Tolman Effect: On the Status of Classical Temperature in General Relativity' – Eugene Chua & Craig Callender Abstract in alt text or read the full paper here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsci #philsky

This looks super. Ward argues that identifiable differences between brains do not warrant inference to distinct 'brain types'. Her point on role of machine learning in identification of clusters is also interesting:"we should not conflate supervised classification with scientific classification."

Our PhD student Karla Weingarten (@karlawg.bsky.social) just published her first paper! "Understanding Particle Interactions: Feynman Diagrams as Representative Models" is now available open access at @thebjps.bsky.social.

Just accepted: 'Reassessing the Explanatory Indispensability Argument: A Bayesian Defense of Nominalism' – Jack Himelright Abstract in alt text or read the full paper here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsci #philsky

Google has released its new Google rankings, and the most cited papers in two #philsci journals (EJPS and PoS) were (co-)written by Wendy Parker, at the same time as she was Co-Editor-in-Chief of a third (BJPS). Absolute legend.

Just accepted: 'Playing Ozma Games with Kibble Balances: A New Defence of Absolutism about Mass' – Julien Nicolas Tricard Abstract in alt text or read the full paper here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsci #philsky

Just accepted: 'Natural Kinds and Machine Learning: The Case of Male and Female Brains' – Zina Ward Abstract in alt text or read the full paper here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsci #philsky

Just accepted: ‘The Impossibility of Non-manipulable Probability Aggregation’ – Franz Dietrich & Christian List Abstract in alt text or read the full paper here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsci #philsky

Just accepted: 'Actual Causation and Minimality’ – Rafael De Clercq, Jiji Zhang & Jingzhi Fang Abstract in alt text or read the full paper here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsci #philsky

Just accepted: ‘In Search of Cosmic Time: Complete Observables and the Clock Hypothesis’ – Nicola Bamonti & Karim Thébault Abstract in alt text or read the full paper here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsci #philsky

Some weekend reading from Noel Swanson, reviewing Kian Salimkhani's _The Non-fundamentality of Spacetime_ #philsci #philsci

If you’re heading to the BSPS Annual Conference next week, come along to our meet the editors session Wednesday lunchtime. Discover the one weird trick to getting your paper published* that editors hate** *Be really really good **We love it #BSPS25 www.thebsps.org/news/2025-gl...

Just accepted: ‘Learning to Forget’ – Jeffrey Barrett & Christian Torsell Abstract in alt text or read the full paper here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsci #philsky

If you’re heading to the BSPS Annual Conference next week, come along to our meet the editors session Wednesday lunchtime. Discover the one weird trick to getting your paper published* that editors hate** *Be really really good **We love it #BSPS25 www.thebsps.org/news/2025-gl...