J'ai écrit une lettre de soutien à Georges-Louis Bouchez, président du Mouvement réformateur (principal parti de Belgique francophone) à propos de sa vision des universités et des "intellectuels autoproclamés" qui y sévissent. Publiée ce matin dans @lesoir.be. www.lesoir.be/732045/artic...

#Emergence seminar, next session: Evolutionary transitions in individuality: one concept, two criteria? - by Johannes Martens (CNRS,SND) March 27, 11am (Brussels time) On-line attendance possible (just pm me and I'll give you a link). #philsci #philsky #philbio

Call for participation: Transitions in Emergence Two-day conference at UNamur (Belgium) - May 12-13, 2026. Keynote speakers: K. Crowther, S. Fletcher, T. O'Connor, E. Onnis, J. Heil and J. Wilson. Contributed speakers: M. Stürmer, D. Bella, M. Paolini Paoletti, M. Pedroni, F. Eskens #philsci

"On Meta-Expertise, Dissent and Epistemic Trespassing: A Reply to Neil Levy [@neillevy.bsky.social]" to appear in Erkenntnis: doi.org/10.1007/s106... First paper with my first PhD student, who incidentally uses Goldman's criteria of expertise evaluation in classes of Belgian teenagers. #philsci

Appel à contributions : la Société de Philosophie des Sciences organise sa 12ème édition des RDIPS (Rencontres Doctorales Internationales de Philosophie des Sciences), qui se tiendra à Namur les 24 et 25 septembre 2026. Informations ici : rdips2026.sciencesconf.org

Plus belge c'est difficilement possible. Quand Saint Nicolas passe en auditoire, ça finit avec des bonbons pour les étudiants et une bière pour le professeur, le tout avec une petite chansson tous en choeur. Il faut dire que la logique formelle, ça donne soif !

Huzzah! The PhilSci preprint archive for #philsci papers is finally on Bsky! Give them a follow to keep up with latest work in field ⬇️ @philsci-archive.bsky.social

I'm thrilled to announce the recent foundation of SPiN, a new research center in philosophy of science at #UNamur (Belgium). SPiN brings together 4 (recently) tenured philosophers (Thibault De Meyer, @ferrydanini.bsky.social, Gaëlle Pontarotti and myself) as well as 10 researchers. #philsci

Call for paper - Conference on Diachronic Emergence - May 12-13, 2025, UNamur (Belgium) Invited speakers: - Karen Crowther - Samuel Fletcher - Timothy O’Connor - Erica Onnis - Jessica Wilson - John Heil More detail on how to submit a proposal: philevents.org/event/show/1... #philsci

Emergence seminar at UNamur: Anna Marmodoro (Durham University) "Essences as Emergent Entities" September 26, 2025, 11am (Brussels time) To attend on-line, please send an email to [email protected] Our October speaker will be John Heil (Washington University St Louis). Date TBC. #philsci

Merci @ferrydanini.bsky.social pour l'annonce ! Cette page sera en effet tenue à jour par @cangleraux.bsky.social pour participer à donner de la visibilité à la Société de Philosophie des Sciences sur ce réseau ✨

Intéressé(e) à l'idée d'enseigner et de réaliser une thèse de doctorat en philosophie des sciences dans notre équipe du SPS à l'UNamur ? Voici une offre en or pour (jusqu'à) 6 années de mandat d'assistant(e) : jobs.unamur.be/emploi.2025-...

Amazing joint UPitt/UNamur workshop on emergence this Monday at @center4philsci.bsky.social. Many thanks again to @edouardmachery.bsky.social for having us at the Center! We've had a wonderful time in Pitt. We now have many new material to think about for moving forward with our research in Namur.

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

Connaître consiste t'il à éliminer toutes les possibilités de se tromper à l’exception de celles qu’il est légitime d’ignorer dans un contexte donné ? Une conférence de @osartenaer.bsky.social professeur de philosophie des sciences. youtu.be/Yt8WjvthM_0

Join us live for our emergence seminar at 11am (Belgian time): - Feb. 14: J. Tricard - Changing Laws - Mar. 14: A. Guay - Change in Physics - April 18: G. Militello - Emergence in Major Evol.Transitions - May 16: E. Onnis - Emergent Novelty - June 13: A. Marmodoro - Emergence of Emergence #philsci

I’m thrilled to co-chair, with Marie I. Kaiser, the PC of the 10th biennial meeting of the European Philosophy of Science Association, to be held in Groningen on August 27-30, 2025. The conference CFP is out: philsci.eu/EPSA25/CfP Deadline for submissions is January 31. Hope to see you there!

Philosophers of science, our (soon to be) center in philosophy of science in Namur just opened a call for applications for PhD students and postdocs to apply to Belgian FNRS fellowships (3 years postdocs; 4 years PhD positions) all info👇 julietteferrydanini.com/2024/09/25/a...

Job offer: (4-year) PhD and (3-year) postdoc fellowships in philosophy of science at the (future) center for epistemology and philosophy of science at UNamur (Belgium), under the FNRS funding scheme. Details here: listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A...

Conference: Reductionism in Transitions. October 10-11, 2024. Namur (Belgium). Jeremy Butterfield, Vincent Ardourel, Eleanor Knox, Patricia Palacios, Kohei Morita, Andreas Hüttemann, Samir Okasha, Johannes Martens, Fridolin Gross, Tarja Knuuttila, Alexandre Guay, and Margarida Hermida. #philsci

Call for papers - Conference: Reductionism in Transitions. philevents.org/event/show/1... October 10-11, 2024. Namur (Belgium). Invited speakers: Jeremy Butterfield, Fridolin Gross, Margarida Hermida, Andreas Hüttemann, Eleanor Knox, Tarja Knuuttila, Samir Okasha, Patricia Palacios. #philsci

Le 22 février, en binôme avec le journaliste RTBF Arnaud Ruyssen, j'interviendrai lors du cycle des Grandes Conférences Namuroises pour discuter de la place de la parole experte dans l'espace public. Inscriptions ici : www.billetweb.fr/gcn-la-place... #philsci #philosophie #science #expertise

Job offer: two postdoc positions (up to 2 years) in philosophy of science at UNamur (Belgium). Topic: emergence and reductionism in transitions. More information at (contact me for an English version): jobs.unamur.be/emploi.2023-... jobs.unamur.be/emploi.2023-... #philsci #philsky