What a joy to finally share the cover of The Organism–Environment Pairing (@mitpress.bsky.social)! The 📗 will be out on May 12 📆! I look forward to the conversations it sparks among scientists, philosophers & historians! mitpress.mit.edu/978026205282... #evosky #histsci #philsci #philsky #booksky 🌱🐋

Workshop on genetics, eugenics and scientific racism next week! #Philsci #Philosophy #Ethics #HPS #Sociology #AcademicSky We will be conducting hybrid sessions, you can find the zoom link at www.imseam.uni-heidelberg.de/en/heinzelma...

I’m excited to finally announce a Festschrift SI at Acta Biotheoretica honoring the work of Bill Wimsatt with the SI’s first publication by @consume.red and @philosofir.bsky.social! The editors (@caitlinmace.bsky.social and I) are delighted! #philsci #hpbio link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#STS #PhilSci #HistSci

Our internal organs are evolutionary marvels. New technologies are transforming our understanding of the evolution of vertebrate organs. You can find more by reading here: rdcu.be/e5EgU #EvoBio #EvoDevo 🐟🦎🐢🦇🐊🦜

It has been argued that what sets model organisms apart from other experimental 🐋🌱 is their high representational power. In our latest 📃, we argue otherwise: the hallmark of MOs lies in the dimensions of modeling versatility they afford to scientists 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #HPS

In case you're interested in the history of the philosophical engagement (or lack thereof) with biological organization, HOPOS has provided me with a link to download my forthcoming paper (limit of 50) at the following link: www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/RGWQP... #hpbio #philbio #philsci

Join us for this workshop with @petinozappala.bsky.social Details+registration: www.imseam.uni-heidelberg.de/en/heinzelma... #Philosophy #philsci #ethics #politics

This short book by @djnicholson.bsky.social is extraordinarily good for understanding not just the genesis, message and myths of Schrödinger's book but also why molecular biology developed in the way it did (and what's problematic about that). www.cambridge.org/core/element...

#philsci #psychology Abstract and link to join here 👉 www.imseam.uni-heidelberg.de/en/heinzelma...

My biggest piece yet for the #Rudolphina research magazine of #UniVienna on Rupert Riedl and thread of meta-inquiry that led to the creation of marine biology, theoretical biology, electron microscopy and cognitive biology at the University of Vienna. rudolphina.univie.ac.at/en/the-intel... #evobio

An adventurer, a biologist, a maverick and philosopher. 100 years after Rupert Riedl's birth, biologists at #univie are reflecting on how his systems theory of life contributed to evolutionary biology. 🎂⤵️

An excellent paper by @petinozappala.bsky.social on gatekeeping between disciplines nominally expected to integrate! #PhilSci #HPBio #evobio

My little book on Schrödinger's famous classic 'What Is Life?' is out! Offering the most comprehensive analysis ever undertaken of the book's origins, reception, impact, and legacy, it uncovers Schrödinger's motivations in writing it, and shows how it has shaped our current understanding of the cell

absolutely fascinating - Pamela McCorduck interviews Herbert Simon in 1974, history of #ai www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFkO...

Today @dsbrooks.bsky.social and I hosted our symposium about conceptual ambiguity at #epsa25, with talks by us, Freek Oude Maatman and Markus Eronen (no pictures of me but you can see my intro slide) 😉

Organismal agency is one of today's liveliest debates in the life sciences. Our volume—published a year ago—brings historians, philosophers & scientists into the conversation, offering the kind of nuanced treatment this complex issue deserves 👇 www.routledge.com/The-Riddle-o... #HPS #evosky #philsky

My paper on the history of biological organization was accepted at HOPOS! The paper looks at organicist efforts in the first half of the 20th century to elevate organization in biology as a central practical and theoretical notion. #hpbio #philbio #histbio www.researchgate.net/publication/...

My paper on the history of biological organization was accepted at HOPOS! The paper looks at organicist efforts in the first half of the 20th century to elevate organization in biology as a central practical and theoretical notion. #hpbio #philbio #histbio www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Devastated to hear this. His books shaped how I thought about development, evolution, history, and science in general. I corresponded with him during grad school when it was less acceptable to be a Marxist in science. His encouragement kept me in the game, and made the field seem less lonely.

@epsaphilsci.bsky.social junior scholar online series came to an end yesterday with a great talk about "How to deal with Imposter Syndrome and self doubt" by Azita Chellapo, @dsbrooks.bsky.social, @mjbuedo.bsky.social and @abigailnd.bsky.social. Thanks for the personal stories and helpful advices! 💐

We saved a baby squirrel that had overheated and was lying on the sidewalk. We gave the little guy some water and they perked right up: they climbed up on me, first on my shoulder, then decided to hang out on my head to collect themselves. After a bit they jumped off my head into a nearby tree.

DEADLINE EXTENDED to Apr 7 (midnight, CET) For those of you who struggled with the submission system (we do to!), and those that didn't realize the deadline was on midnight **Central European Time**. 😉 Submit your motivation letter & CV at the link below: #VeniceEvoDevo

Deadline extended to April 7th -- Please consider applying!

Deadline is TOMORROW night (Mar 31). Not tonight, like wrongly announced at first. And that's good news: because you get another 24hrs to apply, if you have not yet done so! What are you waiting for!? 😉 Registration link below:

If you're interested in theory in biology, please consider applying for this EMBO|FEBS Lecture Course "Emergence & Evolution of Multi-Level Regulatory Systems", organized by @yoginho.spore.social.ap.brid.gy, @nrepina.bsky.social, and James DiFrisco. meetings.embo.org/event/25-mul... #philsci #evobio

The concept of 'downward causation' has faced many strong critiques. In her recent 📄 @yashaddad.bsky.social argues that, when adopting an interventionist view of causation and a levels of organization framework, we can explanatorily use the notion 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #hpbio

Really looking forward to this year's EMBO|FEBS Lecture Course: Emergence & Evolution of Multi-Level Regulatory Systems in Venice this year (meetings.embo.org/event/25-mul...). Applications for participants open until 31 March! #phlsci in #evobio & #devbio

If you're interested in theory in biology, please consider applying for this EMBO|FEBS Lecture Course "Emergence & Evolution of Multi-Level Regulatory Systems", organized by @yoginho.spore.social.ap.brid.gy, @nrepina.bsky.social, and James DiFrisco. meetings.embo.org/event/25-mul... #philsci #evobio

This is an interesting and provocative new paper by DiFrisco and Gawne that critiques the agential stance in evolution in good faith. Both authors are incisive thinkers, and we should take their considerations to heart. That said, I do have some unstructured thoughts I will list below.

I recently gave a talk at the Institute for Cultural Inquiry in Berlin on how scale and levels of organization relate to one another, the talk and Q&A can be found here: www.ici-berlin.org/events/danie...

This is an absolutely -fantastic- paper by @zvihb.bsky.social (hi!) on Levins' 1966 Strategy article that delves into layers of rich context behind the Strategy article's place in ecology and Levins' own thinking. Truly impressive work! 🖖 link.springer.com/article/10.1...