New semester, new lecture series 🎉Starting next month, we welcome amazing scholars to give online talks in the history and philosophy of life sciences. Find all dates and registration links here: rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture... We look forward to seeing you there 🤗 #PhilSci #HistSci #HPBio

🚨Paper🚨 What is social constructionism about race? Philosophers of race usually treat constructionism as a theory about what exists. This misses something important: race constructionism is a practice - a way to investigate human activities. #philsky #STS link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Our International Postdoc Forum is a virtual seminar series for early career researchers to share their work w/commentary by MCPS community members. Excited to welcome @rosetrappes.bsky.social (University of Bergen, Norway) at 1215 CT Wed 24 Sept. Sign up for Zoom link. buff.ly/MSAXLgY

I am pleased to announce that the book "Transformative Transdisciplinarity: An Introduction to Community-Based Philosophy", written by David Ludwig and Charbel N. El-Hani, has just been published by Oxford University Press.https://academic.oup.com/book/60871

With great joy—and a touch of nervousness—I’m thrilled to share that my first academic monograph will be published by @mitpress.bsky.social in May 2026! It examines the organism–environment relationship in biology from an integrated #HPS perspective: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205282... #evosky #philsky

Huge congratulations to my dear & brilliant friend Sebastian on his thesis defence today, "Values in psychosocial measurement". It's been a privilege to be a part of this journey, Dr. Duque! 🤍 #philsci @erantal.bsky.social

We got great news! @ishpssb2025.bsky.social gave us funding to support early career travel to our event in October! Deadline for abstract submission is extended until Aug 18. Don't miss this chance! #phibio #hps #microbiome #philsci 🦠

This week @universitypress.cambridge.org has granted free access to all titles in the collection of Cambridge Elements in the Philosophy of Biology, edited by Grant Ramsey. There are many options to choose from! Happy reading! 📕👇 www.cambridge.org/core/publica... #philsci #HPbio #evosky #ISHPSSB2025

Hello, Porto! #ishpssb25

Looking forward to our co-organized symposium on Monday "Values, bias and controversies in human genomics" with @celsoneto.bsky.social. Porto here we come! @ishpssb2025.bsky.social #philbio #philsci #ishpssb25

Not long now until #ISHPSSB2025! Safe travels, All! buff.ly/AZTaUZF

🚨Reaging Group🚨 This Wednesday, July 9, 16:00 BST, I will join the online “Reading Decoloniality” Group (Warwick, UK) to discuss how biological race continues to be a misguided idea. To join the discussion, just register at readingdecoloniality.warwick.ac.uk/join/ #philsci #STS #evosky

See you soon, Porto!

I have a new paper out in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 🥳 it is my 1st attempt to understand how "ancestry" is used in scientific practice, borrowing insights from science & values @fondsrechercheqc.bsky.social #philsci #philbio #hps www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Closer To Truth (CTT) recently broadcast a 13-part Philosophy of Biology series on Public Broadcasting Service stations nationwide in the US. These free resources may be of interest to PSA members for teaching, research, and/or outreach purposes. closertotruth.com/project/phil...

Today @alejandrofabregastejeda.com will present work-in-progress from our lab at the workshop on philosophy of biological lineages, organized by @javiersuarez.bsky.social and @albap93.bsky.social. If you're in Oviedo, come around! There will be many great speakers! #philsci #HPBio #evobio

Looking forward to reading it! 🤓🦠🐋🌱 #philsci #philsky #HPS #hpbio #histsci

Nueva fecha límite para envío de trabajos. congressin.com/e/aifibi/

Check out amazing work by my friend @93pedrobravo.bsky.social working on such a socially relevant topic in #philsci Parabéns querido!

Looking forward to the Pragmatism and Measurement conference this coming weekend at the University of Pittsburgh, where I will be presenting some of my recent work on the concept of ancestry and how it is measured. #philsci #philbio @center4philsci.bsky.social

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

Happy to share that the double session on values in genomics I am part of has been accepted for ISHPSSB. Thank you @celsoneto.bsky.social and @yashaddad.bsky.social for organising the session, and I look forward to seeing many fellow scholars of biology in Porto in July!

Views from my latest runs 🤍 que saudade que eu tava do meu Brasil!

@grupoanfibio.bsky.social has created a starter pack of philosophers of science (and #philsci groups & societies) in/from Ibero-America. Please share widely and self-nominate if your name is missing! go.bsky.app/4XmN14i #HPS #philsky #HPBio #LatinskySTEM #LatinoSky

I have a new paper out in @ptpbio.bsky.social 🥳 journals.publishing.umich.edu/ptpbio/artic...

#HPBio #philsci

Is niche construction (NC) just about selection? In our new #HPbio paper, we argue that NC can also influence drift by modulating pop. size & driftability (variance in possible reproductive outcomes). This link prompts a broader definition of NC 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #evosky

Je donne une conférence à l'UQAM aujourd'hui dans le cadre du séminaire Travaux en Cours au département de Philosophie! Giving a talk on some work in progress today at UQAM. I don't often present my work in French, so really looking forward! #Philsci #HPBio #Philbio

#PSA24 was a blast! Thank you DEI Caucus for the symposium award and for making our community more reflective and inclusive.

What a fantastic time at #PSA24 ! And honoured that our symposium won the DEI Caucus Prize @celsoneto.bsky.social Now time to go home after a wonderful conference and great music in New Orleans 🤩 #philsci #philbio @philsci.bsky.social

🚨 Cambridge HPS is partnering with CRASSH for funded Visiting Fellowships for Scholars from the Global South in 2026. The theme for applications is Science, Politics and Justice. The deadline for applications is 24 February 2025. More info here: www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/research/fel...

Great first day at #PSA24 !

Interested in the recent challenges with using race, ethnicity, and ancestry in human genomics? Our session at PSA brings together philosophers, sociologists, and science studies scholars to address this issue! Join us Friday 9am studio 6! #PSA24 #philsky #evobio #popgen #STS #HPBio

If you are interested in new work in the philosophy of science and meta science, don’t forget to follow #PSA24 The conference’s program looks incredible! #philsky #HPbio #philsci #STS

Hey folks, I've created a feed for the Philosophy of Science 2024 meeting. Subscribe to it in order to keep up on what's happening next week. If you want your post to be in the feed, just use the #PSA24 hashtag. @philsci.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/did:...

If you are interested in integrative biosocial research (and whether philosophy of science can do justice to it), check out the recording of my talk from the U of Minnesota conference.

PSA 2024 is just ten days away! 🎉 Take a look at the lineup of exciting talks and sessions here: site.pheedloop.com/e...

Looking forward to the PSA @philsci.bsky.social conference in New Orleans in 2 weeks! @celsoneto.bsky.social and I are co-organizing the symposium "Race, Ethnicity, and Ancestry: The Uses and Misuses of Population Descriptors in Genomics". Hope to see many of you there! 🤝 #philsci #philbio #hps

Lucky week over here! 🤩 Just approved the final proofs of two of my papers on causation: – "Demystifying downward causation in biology" is forthcoming in @jgps.bsky.social – "The scope of reciprocal causation" is forthcoming in @ptpbio.bsky.social #philsci #philbio

A great excuse to go to Porto again! Beautiful city and great conference! #philsci #philbio

New chapter on Models and Measurement in the Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Scientific Modeling - and it's open access! #philsci 🧪 www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-...

Congrats to my dear friend and collaborator @celsoneto.bsky.social -- so happy for you and wishing you success in this fantastic project!

Our paper "Transdisciplinary Philosophy of Science: Meeting the Challenge of Indigenous Expertise" is now out in Philosophy of Science. This one is close to my heart both in message and in collaborative format - both with hopefully valuable lessons for philosophy of science. #philsci #philsky #STS

#Evobio 🧪🌍🌿

⌛️ 5-days left to submit a contributed paper to be presented at Philosophy of Science Association #PSA24 meeting in New Orleans, LA, November 14-17, 2024. Deadline March 15, 2024, 11:59 pm anywhere. Max length is 4,500 words. pheedloop.com/psa24/propos...

Great summary by @gcbias.bsky.social on some of the issues with ancestry and self-identified ethnicity. I'm curious to see responses to the points being raised and the points raised are very rich for philosophers of science to reflect upon #PhilSci

*Big event alert* April 17-19 2024, Egenis (Exeter Centre for Study of Life Sciences)celebrates its 20 + 2 anniversary with conference “Understanding Life in a Changing Planet”. www.exeter.ac.uk/events/detai... Call for Posters, deadline 15/12, here: philevents.org/event/show/1... do join us!

Looking forward to presenting some work in progress on October 16th at the ROTO Lecture Series!

Trailblazing feminist #histsci #philsci #sts scholar Evelyn Fox Keller (1936-2023) passed away yesterday. Her early books were a tremendous influence on me & so many other women going into field. There was a conference to celebrate her yesterday too💔 ihpst.utoronto.ca/news/full-pr... #womenInSTEM 🧪