Very nice by Jun Otsuka @junotk.bsky.social and Hayato Saigo: link.springer.com/article/10.1... about causal interventions/do calculus via string diagram surgery

"If you read only one book on the philosophy of statistics, make it this one. Otsuka’s compact yet comprehensive treatment (under 190 pages) provides a uniquely integrated view of the major statistical frameworks that shape modern data science and AI." crowintelligence.org/2025/03/19/s...

Our process causation paper is published in Synthese! We propose that process causation (a la Salmon, Dowe, MDC new mechanists) can be modeled using a category-theoretic framework. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

This is a very good book, and you can read it for free!

All titles of Cambridge Elements in the Philosophy of Biology, including mine The Role of Mathematics in Evolutionary Theory, are downloadable for free till the 25th. www.cambridge.org/core/element...

In Sendai where our fantastic host @junotk.bsky.social opens up the meeting of the Japanese Phil of Science Association (ita founding members include physicist Yukawa, I am told) and to these days includes lots of logicians and scientists alike. Excellent opening talk by @terumiyake.bsky.social

Packed day at the Japanese Phil Scie Association with brilliant talks by @junotk.bsky.social on rethinking the ontology associated with statistical models and Hanti Lin on realism and machine learning. Huge thanks to @junotk.bsky.social for stellar organisation and unrivalled hospitality. 💫

It was such a great honor to host Prof. Michela Massimi’s @michelamassimi.bsky.social special lecture at the Japanese Philosophy of Science Association. Her talk was truly inspiring for thinking about a more human-centered form of science—something much needed today.

A real joy to visit Taipei and to meet in person the incredible community of philosophers of science in South East Asia as well as hanging around with my old friend @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social and new colleagues too. Huge thanks to Karen Yan our wonderful host here 💫

New article! Alan Love @mcps-philsci.bsky.social & I reflect on methodological & conceptual legacies of M. Abercrombie: quantitative measurement of cell behavior & concept of contact inhibition of locomotion. Published in @devbiol.bsky.social eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

New paper out in Royal Society Open Science! In this paper, we propose a novel Bayesian framework to model scientific practice as a whole, based on Taniguchi's theory of Collective Predictive Coding. (1/n) royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

New preprint out! We use string diagrams to quantitatively model process causality (à la Salmon) and tackle issues like the Principle of Common Cause, explanatory irrelevance, and more—turns out process causation might be cooler than you thought. philsci-archive.pitt.edu/25367/

Officially published in EJPS! Alan Love @mcps-philsci.bsky.social and I discuss two forms of generalization: evolutionarily conserved mechanisms involving specific types of entities and abstract principles that are instantiated by heterogeneous entities #philsci link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Précis of Thinking About Statistics rdcu.be/edlaK URL to the article: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

My book, Thinking About Statistics, got featured in Asian Journal of Philosophy! The book symposium hosts reviews by Elliott Sober, Jeanne Peijnenburg & David Atkinson, Hanti Lin, and Tung-Ying Wu, along with my reply. link.springer.com/collections/...

Really enjoyed attending the Joint Mathematics Meetings special session on Categorical Generalizations of Conditionalization. We presented "a sheaf-theoretic reconstruction of statistical models", a joint work with Tatsuya Yoshii and Hayato Saigo.

I enjoy the clarity of the work. It establishes the derivation of the statistical tools in a way that made the mathematics much clearer to me. I began to feel like I was reading mathematical formulae like english sentences - in the way that mathematics is a language.

@junotk.bsky.social ‘s Thinking About Statistics is an absolute gem.

PSA Around the World 2025 🌍 Focus: Eastern & Central Europe. Call for Abstracts is now open! 🗓️ Deadline: March 31, 2025 💻 Fully online, Nov 6, 14, 22 $50 fee (waivers available). More info: www.philsci.org/psa_... 📄 Submit abstracts: psaatw25.sciencescon...

I’ll be speaking at the CIVICA DS Seminar on Oct 30! The registration link (below) lists an outdated title & abstract. The correct one is ‘Changing Ideals of Science in the Age of AI’, where I’ll discuss AI’s impact on what science should strive to be. socialdatascience.network/fall2024/ses...

Forgot to share it here: a new paper coauthored with my student, where we solved the grue paradox using category-theoretic statistical modeling. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Check out Elliott Sober's excellent review of my book. I'm truly honored! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

I created a poster version synopsis of my book, 'Thinking About Statistics.' To be presented at JFFoS in Strasbourg next week.

Check out the synopsis of my book, 'Thinking About Statistics'! It's translated from the Japanese version using machine translation, so it may have some translation quirks, but should convey (some of) the main idea(s) of the book. philsci-archive.pitt.edu/22945/