Inkeri Koskinen
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A philosopher of science, among other things. University of Helsinki
https://www.inkerikoskinen.net
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TINT - Centre for Philosophy of Social Science
11 days ago
Our Perspectives on Science Seminar schedule for Spring 2026 is here. All are warmly welcome!
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27 days ago
If you read one thing today, it should be this Iran report says 16,500 dead in âgenocide under digital darknessâ
www.thetimes.com/article/01ba...
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Iran report says 16,500 dead in âgenocide under digital darknessâ
Witnesses tell of the brutality inflicted on those taking part in anti-regime protests
https://www.thetimes.com/article/01baaba8-a273-41bf-9a61-723f14691d95?shareToken=39181b1725210c049564cd2774e34692
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Natalie Alana Ashton
27 days ago
a bunch of MEPs: trump's threats on Greenland are unacceptable. we must consider using the anti-coercion instrument me: that sounds reassuringly bureaucratic and not too anxiety-inducing. i should look that up wikipedia: "also known as the Trade Bazooka"
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Standplaats KrakĂłw could really use some cash!
about 1 month ago
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Yet another AI slop paper in a journal of a gigantic "academic" publisher that makes outrageous profit. It seems that e.g. Springer has no interest in even trying to control this.
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Jonathan Birch
about 1 month ago
Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
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about 1 month ago
"Iâm going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato." surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
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Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a...
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Vera MikkilÀ
about 2 months ago
Olen nÀhnyt et:n kasvun epÀpÀtevien opettajien heittopussista ammattitaidolla opetetuksi hienoksi oppiaineeksi, jolla on kunnon ops ja materiaalit. Huoli sen kohtalosta on iso, jos yhteinen katsomusaine kÀsitetÀÀn uskontojen esittelyksi. Toivottavasti yhteinen aine rakennetaan et:n pohjalta.
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Jenn Dowd
about 2 months ago
I finally got some time to flesh out my rant about these headlines... TL;DR: age differences â aging
jenndowd.substack.com/p/does-adole...
#demography
#episky
#medsky
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Does adolescence really last until age 32?
Those âturning pointsâ in brain aging arenât quite what you think
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Janne M. Korhonen
about 2 months ago
I deeply regret that this explainer thread about Finnish radical right racists insulting pretty much all Asians, and the âmoderateâ right parties being spineless servants of their financiers as usual, remains relevant. I can only say that the majority of Finns are appalled and ashamed too.
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Philip Ball
about 2 months ago
Dismantling NCAR. Denying the science is not enough - they will destroy it. The Trump administration has gone full Lysenko. If the US is ever won back, this will be spoken of in the same way in the history books.
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James Chalmers
2 months ago
An academic disliked an Oxford Very Short Introduction (145 pages) in his field so much that he wrote a 200 page book review attacking it.
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Sam Freedman
2 months ago
The number of global deaths of children under-5 is projected to increase this year (from 4.6m to 4.8m) for the first time this century. (FT) The price of aid cuts.
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Carl T. Bergstrom
3 months ago
Even the the damn twitter card for this Nature Scientific Reports is clearly AI Slop.
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Forthcoming chapter in The Routledge Handbook of Values and Science, edited by Kevin Elliott and Ted Richards.
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Values and Objectivity - PhilSci-Archive
https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27267/
3 months ago
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Rutger Bregman
3 months ago
I wish I didnât have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as âthe most openly corrupt president in American history.â /1
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Alan Richardson
3 months ago
AI for the win again
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Shannon Vallor
3 months ago
I do not know the author, but this really chaps my hide. It reads like a blended smoothie made of the work of everyone in my field (myself included - âAI is a mirrorâ, okay) without attribution or even any mention of the field, nor a single one of us who have built it for the past decade. WTF
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AI Regulation is Not Enough. We Need AI Morals
"The challenge of our time is to keep moral intelligence in step with machine intelligence."
https://time.com/7332888/we-need-ai-morals/
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Anna Alexandrova
4 months ago
A permanent post in my department. Closing date Dec 14th 2025, interviews in March. Please spread
#histsci
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Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400
Applications are invited for the position of Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400, in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. Please note
https://www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assistant-professor-in-history-of-knowledge-pre-1400-jn47745
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Tomas Sjöblom
5 months ago
TÀmÀ ei ole hyvÀn mielen postaus, mutta ehkÀ syksyn tÀrkein postaukseni. Suosittelen kaikille tutkijoille ja tutkimusryhmille: kÀsitelkÀÀ törkyriskejÀ ja suunnitelkaa toimenpiteitÀ etukÀteen yhdessÀ. LÀhiaikoina on tiettÀvÀsti odotettavissa törkyÀ tiedeyhteisöÀ kohtaan. Ketjusta muutama pikavinkki.
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Adrian Currie
5 months ago
Book launch for âMethods in the Philosophy of Science: a userâs guideâ. Ftf in Exeter and online on the 29th of Sept feat Sophie Veigl, Kerry McKenzie, Hasok Chang, and me. It should be fun! (the book will be open access in July, contact me in the meantime)
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Mikko Toivanen
5 months ago
Absolutely wild to me that this guy gets a heroic feature in the NY Times when his clearly articulated climate policy throughout has been "let's not do a single thing to reach the previous government's climate targets but just keep them on the books anyway to point at in case anyone asks".
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Welcome to our panel discussion on pseudoscience in working life. Among other things, we will talk about how the University of Helsinki last year ended up using questionable competency and personality tests in the the application process for salaried PhD positions.
blogs.helsinki.fi/pseudoscienc...
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Panel Discussion
Science Corner, Yliopistonkatu 4 19 September, 17â19 Speakers: Professor Sven Ove Hansson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm University Researcher Mona Mannevuo, Helsinki Collegium for Adva...
https://blogs.helsinki.fi/pseudoscienceinworkinglife/panel-discussion/
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Anna Alexandrova
5 months ago
This is a link to a hybrid book launch for the megavolume Methods in Philosophy of Science edited by the amazing
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@adrian-currie.bsky.social
Chapter 5 is mine with
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The book will become open access in July 2026:
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255224...
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Details | Events | University of Exeter
https://www.exeter.ac.uk/events/details/index.php?event=15084
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Hypervisible
5 months ago
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Education report calling for ethical AI use contains over 15 fake sources
Experts find fake sources in Canadian government report that took 18 months to complete.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/education-report-calling-for-ethical-ai-use-contains-over-15-fake-sources/
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Welcome to our panel discussion on pseudoscience in working life. Among other things, we will talk about how the University of Helsinki last year ended up using questionable competency and personality tests in the the application process for salaried PhD positions.
blogs.helsinki.fi/pseudoscienc...
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Panel Discussion
Science Corner, Yliopistonkatu 4 19 September, 17â19 Speakers: Professor Sven Ove Hansson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm University Researcher Mona Mannevuo, Helsinki Collegium for Adva...
https://blogs.helsinki.fi/pseudoscienceinworkinglife/panel-discussion/
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Wes Bonifay
6 months ago
Jan-Willem Romeijnâs closing address from a typical European podium
#EPSA25
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Atte Harjanne
6 months ago
LuonnonmetsÀn keittÀminen selluksi on kÀÀnteistÀ arvonlisÀÀ jÀrjettömÀssÀ mittakaavassa. Valtava elonkirjon rikkaus muutetaan bulkiksi teollisuustuotteeksi. ElinympÀristöjen pirstoutumisen takia haitta on vielÀ suoraa vaikutusta suurempi.
yle.fi/a/74-20178686
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JĂ€rjestö: UPM keitti harvinaisesta luonnonmetsĂ€stĂ€ sellua â jĂ€i kiinni, kun aktivistit seurasivat puukuormaa
Greenpeace ja MetsÀliike kÀyttivÀt teknistÀ paikannusta puukuormien paikannuksessa. Yle on nÀhnyt paikannustiedot ja varmistanut, minne puu on mennyt.
https://yle.fi/a/74-20178686
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Erik Angner
6 months ago
Fans of "slow television" are in for a treat, as Swedish TV is live-streaming the effort to move an entire church in Kiruna from one place to another over the course of two days:
www.svtplay.se/video/KnDgQ9...
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Den stora kyrkflytten â Första dagen
I direktsÀndning följer vi den vÀrldsunika flytten av Kiruna kyrka, frÄn gamla stadskÀrnan till dess nya plats, fem kilometer bort. Den stora kyrkflytten tar tvÄ dagar och Àr en del av den omfattande ...
https://www.svtplay.se/video/KnDgQ9G/den-stora-kyrkflytten/forsta-dagen?video=visa&position=3952
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Iris van Rooij đ
6 months ago
AI slop and the destruction of knowledge
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AI slop and the destruction of knowledge
This week I was looking for info on what cognitive scientists mean when they speak of âdomain-generalâ cognition. I was curious, because the nuances are relevant for something I am researching at tâŠ
https://irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2025/08/12/ai-slop-and-the-destruction-of-knowledge/
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Quentin Ruyant
7 months ago
Epistemic Challenges of Non-native English Speakers in Philosophy: Evidence from an International Survey
philpapers.org/rec/PETECO
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Uwe Peters, Yener Cagla Cimendereli, Alex Davies, Charlotte Gauvry, Kiichi Inarimori, Anna Klieber, Sitian Liu, Nikolaj Nottelmann, Federica Russo & Juan Samuel Santos Castro, Epistemic Challenges of ...
The widespread use of English in the field of philosophy facilitates international collaboration but may also pose significant challenges in understanding, analyzing, or producing information for both...
https://philpapers.org/rec/PETECO
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Springer Nature book on machine learning is full of made-up citations
Would you pay $169 for an introductory ebook on machine learning with citations that appear to be made up? If not, you might want to pass on purchasing Mastering Machine Learning: From Basics to AdâŠ
https://retractionwatch.com/2025/06/30/springer-nature-book-on-machine-learning-is-full-of-made-up-citations/
8 months ago
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Aparna Nair
8 months ago
How many times did Israel deny doing this? And how many times did politicians, journalists and pundits online suggest that saying that Israel was doing anything other than the most "moral warfare" was rank antisemitism?
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I just reviewed an obviously AI-generated manuscript. Dear editors, these are not difficult to identify. Please spare your reviewers. We are already overworked, and if you send us AI-bullshit, we are forced to spend time explaining why the paper should be rejected. You could simply desk reject it.
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Helen De Cruz
8 months ago
Dear all, Helen passed away at 13:21 local time. Helen would not have wanted us to be sad for a long time. All they wanted was to be remembered. They looked forward to being rid of pain and to being at rest. Helen took great comfort in you, their friends and readers. pt. 1/2
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Kirjoitin taas kolumnin. Toimittaja Taina Vuokko keksi, ettÀ tÀssÀhÀn pitÀÀ luoda aihetunniste
#mikseitÀtÀoletutkittu
.(Oikeasti vain edelleen haluan, ettÀ joku osaava yhteiskuntatieteilijÀ kiinnostuu noista aiheista.)
www.tieteessatapahtuu.fi/numerot/3-20...
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Miksei tÀtÀ ole tutkittu?
TieteessÀ tapahtuu -lehti kokoaa yhteen eri tieteenalat. Se on foorumi ajankohtaisille ja yleistajuisille tiedeartikkeleille sekÀ keskustelulle tieteestÀ ja tiedepolitiikasta.
https://www.tieteessatapahtuu.fi/numerot/3-2025/miksei-tata-ole-tutkittu
8 months ago
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Anna Alexandrova
8 months ago
I am currently chairing a network very close to my heart, namely the Eastern European Network for Philosophy of Science. It finally has an account here
@eenphilsci.bsky.social
. To start here's a moving piece by a Bulgarian philosopher and a founding member Lilia Gurova on how it all began.
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History and motivations
How It All Started In the spring of 2015, the Steering Committee (SC) of the European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA) announced for the first time 13 fellowships for junior scholars from...
https://eenps.weebly.com/history-and-motivations.html
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We are organising a multidisciplinary workshop on pseudoscience in working life (in Helsinki, in September). If the topic interests you, please consider submitting an abstract!
philevents.org/event/show/1...
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Pseudoscience in Working Life
Keynote speakers: Sven Ove Hansson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm Mona Mannevuo, University of Helsinki Programme committee: Inkeri Koskinen, University of Helsinki Ilmari Hirvonen, Uni...
https://philevents.org/event/show/134570
9 months ago
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Lena NĂ€re
9 months ago
Tutkija allekirjoita vetoomus Suomen ulkopoliittiselle johdolle ja eduskunnalle kansanmurhan lopettamiseksi Gazassa ja Palestiinan tunnustamiseksi
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Tutkijoiden vetoomus Suomen ulkopoliittiselle johdolle ja eduskunnalle kansanmurhan ehkÀisemiseksi Gazassa ja Palestiinan tunnustamiseksi
Allekirjoita vetoomus lÀhettÀmÀllÀ sÀhköpostiviesti
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tai
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21.5. klo 18 mennessÀ. Toimitamme vetoomuksen kansanedustajille ja hallitukselle illalla 21.5.2025 T...
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Gravity Pike
9 months ago
"We'll just terraform Mars," they insist, unable to terraform Earth, a planet that is already perfect except it's like 2° too warm.
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Erik Angner
9 months ago
This is the moment.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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End unfolding genocide or watch it end life in Gaza: UN experts say States face defining choice
GENEVA â Escalating atrocities in Gaza present an urgent moral crossroads and States must act now to end the violence or bear witness to the annihilation of the Palestinian population in Gaza â an out...
https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/05/end-unfolding-genocide-or-watch-it-end-life-gaza-un-experts-say-states-face
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Ingo Rohlfing
9 months ago
Holy moly. Read the full thread, it is worth it (and try to keep up the faith that science is self-correcting, even it does not seem to be the case here (yet))
#MetaScience
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Randall Munroe
10 months ago
PhD Timeline
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Panu Halme
10 months ago
Valheiden ja virhevÀittÀmien oikomisen sijaan haluaisin kÀyttÀÀ aikani rakentavaan keskusteluun. Nykyrooli on pakotettu, ei valinta.
www.hs.fi/alueet/art-2...
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MetsĂ€t | Tutkijat tyrmÀÀvĂ€t Tero PitkĂ€mĂ€en ja Antti Ruuskasen metsĂ€puheet: âValheellisia vĂ€ittĂ€miĂ€â
Entiset keihÀÀnheittÀjÀt ovat perustaneet metsÀalan yrityksen. Nyt he esittÀvÀt kyseenalaisia vÀitteitÀ Suomen metsistÀ, sanovat asiantuntijat.
https://www.hs.fi/alueet/art-2000011173934.html
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We are organising a multidisciplinary workshop on pseudoscience in working life. If the topic interests you, please consider submitting an abstract!
blogs.helsinki.fi/pseudoscienc...
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Call for papers: Pseudoscience in Working Life â Pseudoscience in Working Life
https://blogs.helsinki.fi/pseudoscienceinworkinglife/2025/03/30/call-for-papers-pseudoscience-in-working-life/
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Justin Weinberg
11 months ago
Sandra Harding, a philosopher well-known for her work in feminist theory, postcolonial theory, and philosophy of science, has died.
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Sandra Harding (1935-2025) - Daily Nous
Sandra Harding, a philosopher well-known for her work in feminist theory, postcolonial theory, and philosophy of science, has died. Professor Harding was recognized for her development of standpoint t...
https://dailynous.com/2025/03/17/sandra-harding-1935-2025/
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Tero T. Toivanen
12 months ago
Tutkijayhteisö on laajalla konsensuksella varoittanut metsÀhakkuiden negatiivisesta vaikutuksesta nieluihin jo yli kymmenen vuotta. Suomen ilmastotavoite olisi tÀysin mahdollista saavuttaa, jos metsÀsektori olisi muiden alojen tapaan kantanut oman vastuunsa ilmastotoimista. 1/3
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Anna Alexandrova
about 1 year ago
A rare and wonderful sight of a great UK philosophy job. Please spread widely to colleagues worldwide. Area of Specialization: Ethics and/or Political Philosophy Would be an advantage to be able to teach Ethics of AI Tenure-track Application deadline: 10th March 2025
#philsky
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Lecturer in Philosophy (2078) - Birkbeck, University of London
Birkbeck
https://cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/lecturer-in-philosophy--579525.html
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Tuomas Pernu
about 1 year ago
Have you published in venues funded by the US government? Go and save your work NOW!
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