Great day! 🥂 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

wellicht ook iets waar de politicologen van @stukroodvlees.bsky.social aandacht aan kunnen besteden? ping @hakhverdian.bsky.social @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social

I am advertising two PhD positions in philosophy -- one for a domestic student, one for an international student. Both positions are 1 + 3 years, meaning that the first year is an MRes and the next three years are for the PhD. www.mq.edu.au/research/phd...

It’s BlueSky official now 😄 I’m the incoming president of the European Philosophy Science Association, EPSA @epsaphilsci.bsky.social Wish me luck 😅

Today at the Urbino Summer School in #Epistemology @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social raises some objections to the #epistemicinjustice framework #philsky

I just sent off the final typescript of my book 'Reason and Power in Argumentation' to the publisher 🥳 Weird feelings, it's a bit like sending a kid off from home when they go live by themselves 😀 I did what I could to 'raise' this 'baby', and now it will have to fend for itself out in the world 😆

✨ PhD position available ✨ @loehrgui.bsky.social and I will be running a research project on disruptive technologies from a niche construction perspective, and we're hiring a PhD candidate! Details 👇 Please circulate the add and tell your students about it 😊 workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/ph...

Here's @lisabortolotti.com 's summary of the exciting workshop conspiracy theory and story telling that took place at the University of Birmingham in June, including my talk on conspiratorial beliefs and conspiracy fantasies.

@cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social presenting on "A Dialogical Account of Diagrams in Mathematical Proofs" at #Principia2025.

Introduction to the Collection ‘Social Epistemology of Argumentation’ by @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social

✨Paging the members of the European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA) @epsaphilsci.bsky.social! ✨ The elections for Steering Committee members are now open, and I'm running for president 😊 Do make sure to vote if you're a member, lots of excellent candidates! philsci.eu/Elections2025

New paper of mine just published, in a volume commemorating Lakatos' centenary. In the paper, I explain how 'Proofs & Refutations' inspired my dialogical account of deduction, but also the differences between Lakatos' account and mine #OpenAccess #philsci #philsky link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Dilan Yesilgöz: "Internationaal hebben we afgesproken dat het verketteren van zionisme gelijk staat aan Jodenhaat." 😳 Wie is 'we' hier? Hoezo, 'afgesproken'?! Echt absurd, dit, zelfs voor Yesilgöz... nos.nl/artikel/2573...

Huge congrats 🥳 Ingrid's research on limitarism is IMO one of the most important philosophical results in recent times. Such a simple idea, and yet the painstaking work that Ingrid has been doing on it is much needed, given how much resistance there is to something that should be common sense!

Friendship with Helen De Cruz (1978-2025). I wrote a little about Helen here. An attempt to remember them.

Congrats to Mazviita Chirimuuta 🥳 Richly deserved, it's truly an outstanding book!

The workshop "Conceptual Dogmatism: Epistemology and Ethics of Consciousness Raising" takes place today and tomorrow! Speakers include: @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social, Rachel Fraser, Hannah Ginsborg, David Plunkett, Julian Ratcliffe, and Tuomo Tiisala. More info:

My paper 'Diagrams as joint epistemic actions: A dialogical account of diagrams in mathematical proofs' is now online #OpenAccess at the Journal of Mathematical Behavior. Abstract 👇 It was fun to 'meet' again my old friends Prover and Skeptic 😀 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Hot tip: the whole Twin Peaks series is streaming on Mubi now 🤩 I've never been able to re-watch it after watching it when it first came out back in the 1990s. Exciting times!

Great workshop in Birmingham yesterday! Now back home, but not for long as next week I have Vienna and Munich on the program 😅

From organiser Georgi Gardiner on FB: "Next week people will gather online to celebrate the philosophical artworks of Helen De Cruz. (@helendecruz.net) Tuesday, June 24th, 2025 11am - 12.20pm Central US Time (i.e. 5pm BST) on Zoom All welcome! No background knowledge required."

Het kabinet is weg, nu de onderwijsbezuinigingen nog. Het is de hoogste tijd om te versterken wat door dit kabinet is afgebroken. Daarom dienen we vandaag met onze bondgenoten een wetswijziging in om de €1,6 miljard aan onderwijsbezuinigingen volledig van tafel te krijgen.

Including some cool philosophical projects, among others by Adam Carter (Glasgow) and Luca Incurvati (University of Amsterdam) 🥳

Congratulations to #HPS scholar Lorraine Daston (PhD History of Science '79) on receiving 2025 Centennial Medal (award given by Harvard Grad School to its alums for their contributions to society.) Her work crosses disciplinary divides & opens new fields of inquiry. gsas.harvard.edu/news/lorrain...

🚨Public Service Announcement🚨 Did you know that, since April, an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) is required to enter the UK for EU citizens? I didn't 😳 Found out just in time, as I'm going to Birmingham on the 16th... (*Hopefully* just in time, need to get it approved still!) www.gov.uk/eta

Paging people who use @zotero.org ! I'm aggregating the different chapters of my book into one big file, & Zotero seems unable to compile a bibliography for the big file. It compiles fine for individual chapters, but not for the whole thing. I've tried the troubleshooting suggestions. What can I do?

Got my copy yesterday and started reading it right away. What a page-turner! Not only interesting content-wise, but also beautifully written 😊

Look what came today! global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Back from AMAZING workshop in Bergen on responsible disagreement. Kudos to organizers Torfinn Huvenes & Jesse Tomalty! I learned a lot & got great feedback on my work. I even managed to squeeze in two hikes, and in good weather! (not something that Bergen is famous for...) www.uib.no/en/fof/17777...

Can't wait to listen to this! Branden is a dear friend and an amazing philosopher 👇

I'll be in Birmingham on June 17th for this very cool workshop!

For those in the Netherlands and interested in mathematical proof and the role of AI in mathematical practice: very interesting event coming up on May 22 at @knaw-nl.bsky.social (Amsterdam). I'll be the token philosopher to talk about the history & philosophy of proof 😊 www.knaw.nl/en/events/pr...

Interesting! I was just asking myself exactly this question yesterday: is the intelligence of birds like numerical cognition a case of convergence with similar skills in mammals? The answer: yes and no 😃

Still thinking about the fact that these researchers from Zurich remain unnamed. I realise they don't want to face the harsh judgment of their peers and of the aggrieved Redditors. But isn't there something un-Mertonian to refuse to be public wrt your science? Credit economy doesnt work anonymously!

Researchers run an experiment with AI bots in the r/changemyview subreddit, and Redditors are not happy-rightly so, IMO; astonishing that this study got ethics approval at all. (It got approval from the relevant university but was not authorized by Reddit mods or admins.) bgr.com/tech/researc...

Our Topoi collection on the social epistemology of argumentation is shaping up nicely 😊 6 papers already available, 4 more to come. Together, these papers considerably expand the reach of socio-epistemological conceptual tools in the analysis of argumentation 👇 link.springer.com/collections/...

Join us on 15 May, either physically at the @vuamsterdam.bsky.social or digitally, for this presentation on political polarization by Endre Begby, it's going to be great! #ExtremeBeliefs

Op 4 mei sprak Eppo Bruins over de zachte krachten onderwijs, onderzoek en culturele verbeelding die ons sterk maken tegen onverschilligheid. WOinActie roept de minister op de daad bij zijn woord te voegen. www.linkedin.com/posts/woinac...

Our Topoi collection on the social epistemology of argumentation is shaping up nicely 😊 6 papers already available, 4 more to come. Together, these papers considerably expand the reach of socio-epistemological conceptual tools in the analysis of argumentation 👇 link.springer.com/collections/...

This is also one of the points of @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social & Wengrow's book 'The Dawn of Everything': economic inequality is NOT an inevitable and automatic result of technological and demographic changes, agriculture, formal governance etc. archaeologymag.com/2025/04/stud...

Call for Registration: The Syntax and Semantics of Formalisations in Philosophy, June 27-28, 2025 (Munich, Germany): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Keynotes: - Anna Brożek - @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social et al. Contributed talks: - Carolin Antos - Ludovica Conti - Patricia Marino et al.

Despite being a pope (and an Argentinian...), Francis was one of the good ones. And now I'm rooting for the guy from the Philippines to become the new pope & promote his legacy. (Coincidentally, just yesterday I watched 'Conclave', what a timing! Good movie, not perfect but very entertaining.)

New paper of mine w Çağlar Dede, on Longino's CCE and its limitations. We instead propose an account of scientific practices that is intended for scientists as 'busy people', dealing w limited resources. Inspiration for the title courtesy of @kjephd.bsky.social! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

One of my favorite authors, whom I have been reading ever since I was a teen and continue to appreciate (in different ways) after all these years. His politics did not align with mine, and yet his analyses of the human condition resonate with me. He could be deep, tragic, and also incredibly funny!

✨ A letter from the strike committee to the VU Amsterdam community ✨ verontrust.wordpress.com/2025/04/10/2... #WOinActie @woinactie.bsky.social

Here we go ✊ #WOinActie

i first called this "a public choice theory of recent developments in international trade" but I am weak so went for the clickbait

✊🟥 we’re on strike today 🟥✊

Little reminder that my book is coming out 19 June! www.penguin.co.uk/books/456203...

Extractivism all the way down...