Summer conference season begins for Philosophy at Edinburgh with this conference this week organised by my excellent colleague Dr Jo Wolff with a fantastic line-up of talks on history and philosophy of measurement 🤩. Welcome everyone to Scotland. #philsci

New from BJPS Review of Books: Plasticity in the Life Sciences – Antonine Nicoglou Reviewed by Olesya Bondarenko www.thebsps.org/reviewofbook... #hpbio #philsci #philsky

Together w/ @miguelohn.bsky.social, I present the 2nd Foundations of Thermodynamics Workshop! We'll trace equilibrium reasoning from Archimedes, (post-)Newton, classical thermo, early QM, GR, to quantum thermo, bio, & econs. Abstracts: www.eugenechua.com/ftg2026-find... #philsky #philphys #philsci

I always forget to add... #philsci #measurement #philsky

I'll be presenting this work at PSA (San Diego, Nov 2026). The question is how to think about "formative" (aggregate) constructs and their empirical measurements in the social sciences (e.g., socio-economic status). The standard view (e.g., Borsboom 2005) requires constructs to be causes of...

"Mulheres também sabem filosofia" 🇧🇷👩‍🎓 Iniciativa incrível de um banco de dados de filosofas brasileiras. Por favor, compartilhem! Já mandei meu cadastro! #phil #philsky #philsci #HPS #philbio

Online #HPS seminar with Henry-James Meiring: "Piratical Knowledge and the Making of the Darwinian Revolution", 1 April, 12pm (Melbourne time): www.hpsunimelb.org/seminars (join the email list to receive link and password) #histsci

Check out @jswilkins.bsky.social on "Natural classification and the rise of systematics 1735-1900", HPS at Melbourne seminar on Weds., March 18, 12-1pm (Melbourne time): unimelb.zoom.us/j/8612353200... (password: 535693) #HPS #histsci

Now out: How did earthquakes come to have a (quantitative) size? How can we quantify without experimental control? @cristianlarph.bsky.social and I answer both questions and show their implications for human science measurement. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #philsci #histsci #seismology

A fre days left to apply to the Lake Como Summer School in philosophy of economics phileco4.lakecomoschool.org?fbclid=IwZnR...

Our special issue with @martinkusch.bsky.social is finally complete and here’s at long last our introduction. I pitched the idea to him in 2019! Thank you for your patience and generosity, Martin. I am proud of this manifesto and hope colleagues will join us in rethinking this old debate #philsci

From the new issue: Against Prohibition (or, When Using Ordinal Scales to Compare Groups Is OK) – Cristian Larroulet Philippi Abstract in alt text or read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1... #philsci #philsky

Santa has come early! New issue out now, full of festive treats for all the family. Biochemical functions and quantum fluctuations! Weyl tiles and ordinal scales! Mass extinctions, artificial neural networks and much more…Find it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/bjps/cur... #philsci #philsky

Job opportunity — Junior Professorship in Psychological Metascience @zpid.bsky.social leibniz-psychology.onlyfy.jobs/job/10kku5n7 h/t @bethclarke.bsky.social

Hello all! The PSA DEI Caucus is coming to BlueSky! Hoping to share news about our wonderful membership and our @philsci.bsky.social community at large! Doggo Pic for attention. #philosophy #hps #dei

I’ve just uploaded to philpapers my (preprint) chapter titled “Values and Measurement” forthcoming in the Routledge Handbook of Values in Science. It’s an overview of arguments for values playing significant roles in measurement practices. Comments welcome! philpapers.org/rec/LARVAM-2

Deadline Extended! Call for abstracts for our Spring Conference - To Be or Not to Be Included in a Causal Model Visit the link for detailed instruction and more information: https://www.centerphilsci.pitt.edu/event/to-be-or-not-to-be-included-in-a-causal-model/

I had a rich and wide-ranging conversation w/ Professor Philip Kitcher for the podcast this week. We discuss his intellectual journey, interventions in creationism, sociobiology & the genome project, his philosophical evolution, and vision for philosophy serving the common good. A real privilege.

Check out our podcast! Catch up on past episodes as host Dr. Edouard Machery discusses topics with members of the Philosophy of Science community. Spotify - podcasters.spotify.c... YouTube - www.youtube.com/play... Stay tuned for future updates! #PhilosophyOfScience #PhilosophyPodcast

We need a new vision for mental health measurement where responsible social interactions are the goal and not a lucky byproduct. This is what Femke Truijens and I argue in this new preprint. Feedback welcome, please share! #ClinPsy #MentalHealth #PsycSci #PsychSciSky #PhilSci osf.io/preprints/ps...

An exciting conference in Montreal on values and mental health, organized by Zoey Lavallee and @annemariegj.bsky.social . Nov 6-7. Spread the word! #ClinPsy #MentalHealth #PsycSci #PsychSciSky #PhilSci #PhilSky www.lecre.umontreal.ca/en/event/per...

A privilege to co-author with the brilliant @alessandrabasso.bsky.social whose mastery of economics of inequality and its philosophy is unparalleled. Our general point: indicators always have more than one ideal to serve, so will have to prioritise and hence sacrifice #philsci #econsky #measurement

🎙️ New HPS Pod! I chat with Prof. Lydia Patton about HOPOS — the history of philosophy of science. From her editorship of the journal to the future of the discipline, Patton shares why a historical lens reshapes core philosophical questions. 🎧 Link in bio! #HOPOS

I chat with Thomas Spiteri on measurement in the human sciences. I think the interview came along very well 😊 bsky.app/profile/hpsp... Thanks to Thomas for all the work put into the podcast. #philsci #measurement #philsky

What happens when the old contract between science and society no longer fits? This week, Prof. Heather Douglas unpacks the legacy of the value-free ideal, examines research ethics & funding — and proposes a new social contract for science. This was an illuminating conversation. Listen now! 🎧

It was a true privilege to have had the chance to interview Hans-Jörg Rheinberger, whose work has long influenced both my research interests and engagement with this discipline. It's this week's episode of The HPS Podcast – out now! 🎧 @hpspodcast.bsky.social #hps #histsci #experiments

We are beyond excited to announce that we have won the prestigious 2024 BSHS Ayrton Prize for Digital Engagement! From our 2023-2024 team - @samaragreenwood.bsky.social @cjcontarino.bsky.social @fidlerfm.bsky.social & Indigo Keel - thank you, it means so much #hps #philsci #histSTM #sts 🧪

My interview for *The Philosopher's Zone* podcast on Feminism and Primatology is out now! I managed to scrounge up the courage to listen and I'm quite proud 🙃 You can listen to the ep via the ABC website or in the usual podcast places #hps #sts #histsci #PhilSci #feminism #primatology

I am on a bit of a PhD examining spree lately, so will post links to the great work of the newly minted doctors as they are uploaded. This one is by Ahmad Elabbar (who by the way will be starting as my new colleague next year, yey!). It is a tour de force, co-examined with the amazing Simon Caney

Hybrid series of seminars from the HPS program at the University of Melbourne. Next one Wed 26 March. 1200-1300 AEDT. 8pm Tues 25 March for Central North Americans. Doable! www.hpsunimelb.org/seminars #hpos #philsci

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

Submit abstracts for a conference on Ian Hacking's Philosophical Legacy values.utdallas.edu/2024/12/27/2...

🔥JOB: Come and work with us! The @ERC_Research MODEL TRANSFER team is expanding again: we look for a 2y postdoc with interest and skills in Digital Humanities, Digital/Computational philosophy of science; deadline: Apr 10. Contact me with any questions and share www.uni-hannover.de/en/jobs/id/7...

CfP: The European Philosophy of Science Association invites submissions for its next conference in Groningen from 27 to 30 August 2025. All the details regarding submission guidelines are on their webpage. The deadline for all submissions is 31 January 2025: philsci.eu/EPSA25/CfP

We're looking for a new colleague at Sabanci University, Istanbul working on AI ethics, data ethics, philosophy of AI. Further details can be found here: philjobs.org/job/show/27866 The application deadline is December 15. If you have any questions feel free to reach out to me.

The video from our latest International Postdoc Forum (IPDF) program is now available on the Center’s YouTube channel. Thanks to @cristianlarph.bsky.social for his presentation of “Quantifying the Human: Values in Measurement or Measuring Value?” #philsci

Mark your calendars for the main conference on philosophy and methodology of economics! Sept 17-19 2025 in Bayreuth w great keynotes by @richardpettigrew.bsky.social @furmank.bsky.social, Wendy Carlin. The organisers and the Program Com are meticulous and inclusive #econsky #philsci #philsky

1st-ever symposium on philosophy of seismology: @alisabokulich.bsky.social on Peircean abduction & inverse modelling, @terumiyake.bsky.social on 'problem of the missing model' in seismology, optics, and thermal physics; @cristianlarph.bsky.social on quantification in seismology (joint work with me).

George Smith (1938-2024) RIP

I put in a lot of heart in this presentation. Tried to show that greater awareness of realities of social science improved #philsci in general. Also gave a tiny preview of where I am heading next, namely the identity of social science which where I started at LSE in the 1990s...

We sat down with lab member Marion Boulicault for a Q&A 🐻‍❄️ Marion is a feminist philosopher of science and long time member of the lab. She is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. genderscilab.org/blog/q-and-a...

The Philosophy of Geosciences Research Group at BU, Φ-Geo, is dedicated to exploring topics in the philosophy of the geosciences (historical & current Earth sciences), broadly understood. We have a big group heading to #PSA24 ⚒️ next week--check out our upcoming talks bokulich.org/%cf%86-geo-g... 🧵 ⬇️

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.

If interested, here is the video recording of my talk on quantification in the human sciences: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG6z... #PhilSci #measurement There are many fantastic videos to watch in that website of the Minnesota Center for Phil Sci! Take a look here: cla.umn.edu/mcps/researc...

A great looking summer school on History and Epistemology of Econometrics at the University of Vienna and the Institute Vienna Circle! All stages of career are welcome but postgraduate students especially #econsky #philsci

This is tomorrow (6:15pm UK time)! Here's the link for those interested: umn.zoom.us/j/9829875634...

I will be presenting “Quantifying the Human: Values in Measurement or Measuring Value?” next week (online) at the Minnesota International Postdoc Forum. Details about the series and email for Zoom link: cla.umn.edu/mcps/researc... #PhilSci #measurement

In the next Perspectives on Science seminar on 5.11., Ahmad Elabbar (University of Cambridge) will give a talk titled “Trusting scientific advisors as epistemic curators: from error to attention”. Find more details and join the seminar via tint-helsinki.fi/2024/10/29/5... #philsci