I am quite excited to share a new preprint on the prospects for a 'metaphilosophy of science'—a second-order inquiry into the concepts, assumptions, aims, and methods that underpin philosophy of science itself. 👇📃 philsci-archive.pitt.edu/26661/ 1/3 #philsci #philsky #HPS #HPbio #metaphilosophy

Hello, #AcademicSky! We are the Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science (CLPS) at KU Leuven. Our senior and junior researchers focus on #logic, #epistemology & #philsci. We’re here to share our work and connect with logicians and philosophers of science worldwide—help us spread the word! #philsky

So, if I understand this whole 4E thing, the mind is not a computer, unless you own a computer, in which case it is?

3 Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Positions in the History of Science, Technology, Medicine, and the Environment at Texas State University 🗃️ #HPS #histsci #histmed #envhist networks.h-net.org/jobs/68829/t...

A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency. "Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die" Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:

no i don’t want to “manage cookies” r u insane

My good colleague and friend Jip van Besouw (not on Bluesky) and I wrote a paper on 18th century fountains used for research and teaching in physics. It was fun stuff to colaborate on, including arguing for the use of the concept "pissing machine". /1

I decided to make an introductory episode, to provide some orientation for the later episodes. In it, I introduce DAGs and explain how causation is a strategy for managing complexity. I spent a lot of time improving the sound quality, so I hope that paid off. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h6t...

So, here it is. Thanks to a new state law that was NEVER DEBATED, Indiana University has committed itself to abolishing majors in African-American/African Diaspora Studies: American Studies; Art History; French; Italian; Religious Studies etc. DOZENS of majors. www.ipm.org/news-section...

The history of medicine, in a nutshell...

Already read empiricism semantics and ontology so I won't be buying this.

JAMA Forum on the proposed NIH budget… jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

HOPOS welcomes four new Associate Editors joining Editor Matthew J. Brown's team in 2025: Andreas Vrahimis, Sander Verhaegh, Bennett McNulty, and Emma Gannage. They join current AEs Sophie Roux, Francesca Biagioli, and Teru Miyake. Welcome to our new Associate Editors!

The USA is about to rediscover that Louis Pasteur is at least as important a scientist as Albert Einstein.

Presidential budget is out. Here's NSF. Biggest cut, by amount, is $1 billion, or 66.8%, from MPS (Physics & Math directorate). nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...

The US Administration has indefinitely blocked *all* student visa applicants from getting a visa interview. Worldwide, unconditional, no end date. All. International students are crucial to the US university system, American innovation, and future US prosperity.

It’s hard to put into words just how comprehensively this bill is going to hurt public colleges and universities in Texas—especially UT.

Submit a manuscript proposal for the series History of Philosophy and Science at De Gruyter Press. blog.degruyter.com/call-for-man... #HPS #histsci

"Real Possibilities" - what Husserl means by those and what he should have said instead*. Forthcoming in ergo, preprint now here: philpapers.org/rec/BSRPFX *Insofar as they're supposed to link contingent truth and evidence

To see why destroying the US science enterprise is so detrimental to the world, we have to realize that the US spends more on research and development than any other country in the world (by far), and if we remove China and Japan, the US spends almost as much as ALL other countries combined.

This is two global elections in ONE WEEK where the conservative candidate trying to become prime minister not only led his party to a big loss but lost their own seat in parliament (!) in huge upsets. We are global pariahs unseen since the end of the Cold War and need stronger domestic opposition.

Eminent Danish historian of science Helge Kragh on the controversy between steady state and Big Bang cosmologies, and "to what extent philosophers and scientists entered a dialogue" during the debate. Link: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.... Image: Wikimedia Commons

The 2025 world press freedom index was just released The US is ranked 57. The report is clear: An “alarming deterioration of press freedom”. Weaponising institutions, cutting support for media, sidelining reporters. rsf.org/en/rsf-world...

New issue of Journal of the History of Philosophy Vol. 63, No. 2 (2025) muse.jhu.edu/issue/54718 #openaccess @projectmuse.bsky.social @hopkinspress.bsky.social @sanderverhaegh.bsky.social

Indiana state legislature just staged a hostile takeover of IU, functionally eliminating tenure, promising to close smaller (hum) majors, taking over the IU board, and cutting the IU budget. This is so bleak

New PhD Position at Maastricht University, in #philtech, #STS or #techethics of agricultural #automation. Come join a fun group of interdisciplinary scholars!

#HOPOS special issue on Nobel prize winning biologist François Jacob. With Jacques Monod, he proposed the concepts of "messenger RNA, regulator genes, operons and allosteric proteins" (www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medic...). Issue: www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/hop... Image (c) Institut Pasteur

The first article in the special issue @martinkusch.bsky.social and I are coediting is out! Thomas Uebel lays to rest various myths about the Vienna Circle views of social sciences, proving yet again that they were right about pretty much everything. #philsci #philsky #histsci #sts

“We must reject the coercive use of public research funding.” Over 150 college & university leaders from big and small institutions have signed a joint statement defending the right to speak “without fear of retribution, censorship, or deportation.” 🇺🇸 www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...

I regret to information the Bluesky philosophy community that Michael Friedman, noted philosopher of science and ground-breaking historian of Kant, neo-Kantianism, and logical positivism has died. May his memory be a blessing. #philsci

Latest #HOPOS: Jean-Paul Cauvin evaluates Gilles-Gaston Granger's (1920–2016) reception of Jean Cavaillès (1903–44). Cauvin argues that "Cavaillès and Granger share three interrelated commitments" about mathematics and its history. Link: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.... #hps #philsky

Patrick Suppes was born OTD in 1922. One of the great 20th century philosophers of science, Pat was an early critic of the semantic conception of theories, believing that theories are best conceived as sets of models. He was also accomplished in both empirical science and business. 🦋🦫 #PhilSci

Looking for philosophy of science journals? 📚 The PSA website has a dedicated journals page - a great resource for the field! Check it out: www.philsci.org/jour... Find a missing favorite? 📄 Submit journal suggestions via the link at the bottom of the page! #PhilSky

Tomorrow University of Amsterdam will strike. Solidarity!

Hey! Are you an American considering a PhD or a postdoc, and the funding / academic situation just went absolutely bonkers? Canada's federal funding awards just added eligibility for international applicants if at Cdn institutions. www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...

This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH

Oooo, it exists in the world!

I needed a pic for my Kripkenstein lecture slides. Here's what I got:

Gaming is like analytic philosophy: the critiques from outsiders always miss the mark. To really understand why it sucks you have to dedicate your life to it first.

We are very excited to start the new series De Gruyter History of #Philosophy and #Science with this #OpenAccess volume - and find the hauting relevance of the topic these days not necessarily a pleasant surprise. www.degruyter.com/do...

One of my papers has been published (open access!), “Ernest Nagel and Felix Oppenheim Respond to Leo Strauss, and the Road Not Taken,” Chapter 12 in American Philosophy and the Intellectual Migration (edited by @sanderverhaegh.bsky.social, @degruyterbrill.bsky.social). doi.org/10.1515/9783...

Now out and open access! volume 1 of the @degruyterbrill.bsky.social series History of Philosophy and Science: American Philosophy and the Intellectual Migration edited by @sanderverhaegh.bsky.social and featuring a wider variety of papers than you might expect! www.degruyter.com/document/doi...

I am beyond excited to announce the imminent arrival of my book. Operationism in Psychology. An Epistemology of Exploration: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... Brief chapter summaries below (1/10)

Yesterday's post connects my interest in early analytic philosophy and theorizing federal peace projects.

The winner of “the most important research award in Germany” is a philosopher...

Remember with increasing sample size, your averages become more reliable The Ns justify the means

I’m not sure that the fiver off the price of Neurath’s economic writings here is quite enough to turn this into a bargain….! 😳

I am a fan of Jutta’s work. Free download for two weeks.

Somebody had to do it! Here's a History of Philosophy of Science (HOPOS) Starter Pack. Reply or DM if you want to be added to or subtracted from the list! I tried my best, but there are certainly many HOPOI whom I missed. #hopos #philsky #philosophy #philsci #hps #histsci go.bsky.app/47TTJCm

As someone who still artisanally compiles the reference section of their papers by hand, I worry that the sort of knowledge this requires is threatened by citation managers. Will future generations even know how to find out that Methuen & Co is in London?