New paper out! rdcu.be/etKdN Experts in #cancer across the tree of life and philosophers of science teamed up to explore how comparative thinking can improve current approaches to cancer, including conceptually and therapeutically. #evolution #ecology #oncology #philosophy

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

Here's a guest piece (credits to @vtgvzdk.bsky.social ) which draws on a report we wrote together for the Czech media (it may yet come out) regarding the results of a national representative survey we did on the issue of how #philosophy is perceived by the public. dailynous.com/2025/09/03/h...

Soon... Registration still open! #ImmunoSky #philbio #philsci Link: pmpos.flu.cas.cz/host-microbe...

Po dlouhé době další blogový příspěvek, tentokrát na výbušné téma ohledně počtu pohlaví. Odkaz 👉 medium.seznam.cz/clanek/marti...

"Immunology Meets Philosophy vol. 2" focuses on host-microbe interactions while highlighting a variety of conceptual approaches and phenomena, from infectious diseases to evolutionary and metabolic perspectives. #ImmunoSky #philbio #philsci On-site / online stream registration - link in comments 👇

Pokračování mého "blogu", tentokrát stručně představuji obor filosofie vědy a k čemu je dobrý. Odkaz 👉 medium.seznam.cz/clanek/marti...

New book by Maël Lemoine in CUP. Very cool stuff! And surely provocative to many in philosophy of medicine. #philmed #philsci

Jak čas dovolí, formou krátkých příspěvků zkusím širšímu publiku představit obor filosofie vědy, včetně kontroverzních témat jako třeba ideologie ve vědě aj. První příspěvek je obecnější o vztahu filosofie a vědy, k čemuž se nejspíš občas vrátím. Za sdílení budu rád. medium.seznam.cz/clanek/marti...

"unlike type 1 immune responses, type 2 immunity is perceived as a potential promoter of tumorigenesis. Emerging evidence challenges this perspective, painting a more nuanced picture in which type 2 immunity might protect against or even actively suppress tumour growth and progression." #ImmunoSky

It's scary swimming in the great depths where darkness lurks.

Go follow @philinbiomed.bsky.social if you are interested in keeping track of events on conceptual questions in medicine and biology. #mediky #immunosky #philsci

My colleague, Vladimir Havlik, just published a paper in Synthese on meaning and understanding in LLMs - a controversial topic! Holiday reading for those interested. #AI #LLM #philsci link.springer.com/article/10.1...

One of the coolest places to do a degree in #philsci #philbio #philmed The training takes place in an immunology lab but welcomes applications from all fields of biology and medicine, and is open to those considering a career in science and/or philosophy.

Check out the new SPSP Newsletter #22, covering biomedical validation, philosophy of science for and with astrophysics, "evolving evolution", Uni of Valpareiso highlights, ... #philsci #philbio #philmed sway.cloud.microsoft/tvRXL53AU0du...

How did we arrive at our current notion of antibodies? With colleagues we show that the concept of antibodies has been the result of numerous shifts (progressive yet discontinuous conceptual changes in 100+ years) driven also by technology. #philsci #immunosky onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Here's a CFP for workshop on AI & consciousness that @tmarvan.bsky.social and I are co-organizing in Prague.

Glad to see this book in print by Alex Krauss. I read and commented on the draft. Now here's the final product in open access at OUP #philsci academic.oup.com/book/58964

Last week I was invited to give a public lecture on the conceptual changes regarding the understanding of immunity #immunosky, followed by an interview on the role of philosophy of science #philsci in such efforts. It's in Czech though . www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqeK...

Hello blue sky-ers! Long time no see. Looks like this platform may be coming to life after all, or is it? Feels like other social media I am on have become dull. I even set up IG: @martinzach.ig only to realize I don't know what to do there. Is there any hope for blue sky, or also a ghost platform?

📢 2nd CFP for a Special Issue of the *Journal for General Philosophy of Science* "Towards Comparative Philosophy of Science" philevents.org/event/show/1... #philsci #philsky #HPS @jgps.bsky.social @philsci.bsky.social

Sometimes I can be literally a crybaby: I see a new juicy edited volume on modeling and many other related topics on which I have published as well, I enthusiastically read through it and... and find out I am not being cited a single time. 🤷‍♂️Well, I will grow up one day (COPIUM). #philsci

Recording of Shimon Sakaguchi's talk in Prague. #ImmunoSky The opening includes my remarks on the philosophical flavour of immunology, followed by Dominik Filipp's speech and the Garnet Immunoglobulin award ceremony. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMRt...

Thrilled to have received the Otto Wichterle Award "to stimulate and encourage selected, exceptionally outstanding, promising young scientists at the Czech Academy of Sciences for their remarkable contributions to the advancement of scientific knowledge in a given area of science." Ok then!

I am thrilled to be hosting one of the world's most recognized immunologists, Shimon Sakaguchi, in Prague, continuing the dialogue between immunology and philosophy, as also a part of my research project. #immunosky #philsci #philbio

The latest issue of the PhilInBioMed newsletter includes a short piece describing my project "Immunity and biological resilience: a conceptual framework" funded by #GACR. It's a collab between myself and an immunologist Dominik Filipp. Read: www.philinbiomed.org/wp-content/u... #philsci #ImmunoSky

A question to ponder on Saturday: Am I a bad person for continuous engagement on twitter? Any serious and less serious thoughts?

I am very relieved to learn that my project "Immunity and biological resilience: A conceptual framework" has received funding from the Czech Science Foundation for the next three years. Time to celebrate.🥳🥳🥳 #philsky #philsci #ImmunoSky

Got a rare award for a philosopher 🥳 from the Czech Academy of Sciences for my @thebjps.bsky.social paper, 1st to publish there with 🇨🇿 affiliation. Pulled a cheeky bastard by being a bit critical about academia at the end of my speech. #philsky #philsci www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

To get a promotion, I need to be evaluated by a committee which also looks at where I have published in the past two years. I made a "graphical abstract" for the committee. Is this a good idea?😁 #philsci

In a recent paper I discuss the many ways in which asymptomatic infections are of concern to long-term health consequences; several myths surrounding it; and implications for policy making, public health, and science communication. #philsci #ImmunoSky philmed.pitt.edu/philmed/arti...

Rejection is second nature to academia. Still, some rejection cuts deep. I am heartbroken that I did not get the only project funding that would allow me to make a truly exciting contribution to both science and science education in Czechia and beyond.

Workshop with Frédérique de Vignemont, author of Mind the Body and, more recently, Affective Bodily Awareness (Cambridge elements in philosophy of mind, 2023). www.flu.cas.cz/cz/akce-filo... Online participations possible! #philsky #consci

This #philmed paper blames patient groups, while convenietly omits the good, such as patients finding comfort (thus relieving stress). It bizarely dismisses biological evidence for post-acute events. Instead of genuine bio-psycho-social integration, we get the psychological reductionism.

Thrilled to announce that the seventh conference of the Philosophy of Language and Mind Network (PLM) will take place in Prague in August (26-28) 2024.

Czech immunology has contributed to our understanding of immune tolerance, most notably through Milan Hasek, the co-discoverer of immune tolerance. Join a hybrid special event on Thursday, Oct 19, celebrating the 70-year anniversary of some his major contributions. cesnet.zoom.us/j/98139734575

Hello! Thank God (Alisa) I have gotten an invite code to BlueSky before afterlife. I am a philosopher of science working on immunology. I post about immunology & philosophy, about my and others work, and about events. Sometimes I post about other things: follow me to find out which. ;-)