Standards like 'A4 paper' make life easier, but some situations call for custom solutions. Our new article explores the tension between rigidity and flexibility in 'epistemic' standards—rules for what we can justifiably claim to know. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #philsci #philsky

“Traits” are central units of biological analysis—but how should they be individuated, and relative to which ontogenetic frame of reference? In my new paper, I argue that answering this isn’t easy—and matters more than it seems. 📃👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #HPBio #evosky #evodevo

How do economic concepts relate to the promise of foundational research? In our new paper, we propose an account of scientific pursuitworthiness that spells out talk of 'costs' and 'benefits' in terms of theoretical virtues. link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philsky #HPS

Apply to join a team of wonderful colleagues at Philosophy at TU Dresden. I am advertising a 3-year PhD position in philosophy of science/philosophy of physics as part of the DFG project 'Progress through Principles', deadline 28.06.2024. For details: tinyurl.com/3eb2f667 #philsci #philsky

What makes a particular #experiment 'pursuitworthy'? Do criteria differ across scientific fields? @ennofischer.bsky.social & I have extended the deadline for submissions to our topical collection on these issues. Please help us spread the word! 👇 tu-dresden.de/gsw/phil/iph... #philsci #philsky #HPS

New GWP (German Soc for Phil of Sci) Executive Committee (2025-28), left to right: Michael Jungert (Managing Director), Enno Fischer (Treasurer), Lena Kästner (Vice President), Mathias Frisch, Anna Leuschner, Axel Gelfert (President). (Not pictured: Simon Friederich, JGPS representative) #philsci 👍

How do physical principles develop? We show that there are 5 processes: prehistory, elevation, formalization, generalization and challenge. For some principles these work better than for others. What does that tell us about such principles? See here: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #PhilSci

Call for Papers for special issue of @epsaphilsci.bsky.social on “The Pursuitworthiness of Experiments Across the Sciences” Guest Editors: @ennofischer.bsky.social & @afabregastejeda.bsky.social Deadline: 30 April 2025 #PhilSci

Whence the heuristic power of physical guiding principles such as correspondence and naturalness? In this article I argue that it arises from the way guiding principles integrate principles of nature and action principles. #philsci #philsky #Physics link.springer.com/article/10.1...

How do we judge whether a particular experiment is 'pursuitworthy'? What factors need to be considered? @ennofischer.bsky.social & I are receiving submissions exploring these & related questions for a topical collection in EJPS! Please help us spread the word! tu-dresden.de/gsw/phil/iph... #philsci

Das Institut für Philosophie @tudresden.bsky.social hat eine sog. Lektor*innen-Stelle im Angebot, für Fachdidaktik der Philosophie und Ethik. 100%, 12 SWS, unbefristet. Deadline: 06.12. -- Gerne teilen! Wir sind ein sehr nettes, junges Institut (hab ich gehört 😏) #philsky

The SOCRATES group – Social Credibility and Trustworthiness of Expert Knowledge and Science-Based Information – invites applications for senior fellowships and postdoctoral fellowships (2-12 months) at Leibniz University Hannover, Germany. More info here: www.socrates.uni-hannover.de/en/opportuni...

ROTO fellow @afabregastejeda.bsky.social will edit a topical collection in the European Journal for Philosophy of Science together with @ennofischer.bsky.social. Anybody working on pursuitworthiness of experiments in science, look at the CfP here: tu-dresden.de/gsw/phil/iph...

What makes a particular scientific experiment 'pursuitworthy? @ennofischer.bsky.social and I are very excited to edit a topical collection on this issue for the EJPS! Get in touch with us if you are interested & please help us spread the word! CfP 📢👇 tu-dresden.de/gsw/phil/iph... #philsci #philsky

We are excited to announce the next ROTO workshop: "Flora in Focus: Tracing the Roots of Plants in History, Philosophy & Society". It will bring together a fantastic group of philosophers, historians, and scientists! 28-29 November 2024! rotoworkshop2024.wixsite.com/flora #philsci #philbio #histsci

Herzliche Einladung zur SWIP Jahrestagung 2024 in Dresden, @tudresden.bsky.social, zum Thema 'Strukturelle Ungerechtigkeit' Freitag, 08. November // ab 13 Uhr // Keynote: Katharine Jenkins (Glasgow) Anmeldung bis 25.10 // Infos: tud.link/rdvju1 #philsky (1/2)

Join a team of wonderful colleagues at Philosophy at TU Dresden. I am advertising a 3-year PhD position in philosophy of science, deadline 28.06.2024. For details see the official job ad: tinyurl.com/24rwtdsy #philsci #philsky #philosophy #histsci #philtech #hpsbio

I am really excited to announce an edited volume that I have prepared with my dear colleagues Jan Baedke, Guido Prieto & Greg Radick: “The Riddle of Organismal Agency: New Historical and Philosophical Reflections,” coming out soon! www.routledge.com/The-Riddle-o... #philsci #HPBio #philsky #histsci

"Excited Delirium Syndrome" is a problematic diagnosis applied to deaths involving police violence. Here Saana Jukola and I analyze the epistemic conditions of forensic medicine that make the diagnosis so problematic: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #philsci #philsky #hpsbio #histsci

The driver failed to brake, but the brakes were broken anyway. What’s the cause of the accident? See my new article discussing the heuristic roles that causal models can play for solving such legal cases with complex causal structure. doi.org/10.1007/s131... #PhilSci #philsky #LawSky

New year, new paper with @simonlohse.bsky.social on @natureportfolio.bsky.social HSSC! Looking back at epistemic battles during the COVID-19 pandemic, we present pluralism and contextualism as key ways to improve evidence-based policy. doi.org/10.1057/s415... #philsci #philsky #stssky

Is supersymmetry a promising theory? Here is a new philosophical analysis of naturalness arguments for SUSY showing that some of these arguments have been overstated from the start. #PhilSci #HistSci #philsky #metascience #Physics link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Before the year ends, explore the December issue of JGPS! An obituary for Laudan, the dispute on scientific realism, quantum jumps, categorical monism, evolutionary perspectives on cooperation, functional approaches to causation, modal empiricism & more #philsci! 👇 link.springer.com/journal/1083...

Is supersymmetry a promising theory? Here is a new philosophical analysis of naturalness arguments for SUSY showing that some of these arguments have been overstated from the start. #PhilSci #HistSci #philsky #metascience #Physics link.springer.com/article/10.1...

"We get this instinct that true science must start from a firm foundation. Time and again, that's what I see NOT happening in the practice of science. We start from where we stand. The foundation is never indubitable, the foundation is provisional." Hasok Chang in our latest ep. Out Now! #PhiSci 🧪

An outstanding achievement: Our colleagues Torsten Wilholt and Mathias Frisch have been awarded the Science Award of Lower Saxony 2023 (Wissenschaftspreis Niedersachsen)! www.uni-hannover.de/de/universit...

Our #SOCRATESgroup @UniHannover started work 6 weeks ago! Over the course of 4 years, fellows from all over the world will engage in interdisciplinary exchange on scientific credibility & trust in science at this #DFG funded #CentreforAdvancedStudies t1p.de/t8skq

Join us this Thursday for the next talk in the ROTO lecture series! Alkistis Elliott-Graves (Bielefeld University) will discuss the epistemic success criteria of "applied predictions" in ecological research. Please register in this link 👇 rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture... #PhilSci #HPBio

Hello, BlueSky! We are a forum for original research and discussion in #philsci since the publication of our first volume back in 1970. Our scope encompasses both general #philsci & the philosophies of special sciences. We hope to connect with many scholars and strengthen the #philsci community!

Are you looking for a PhD/Postdoc in HPS #histsci #STS #philsci on microbes and race? Apply and join my VIDI research group "Microbiome research and race in the Local South" and work at Utrecht University! Deadlines: Nov. 6th. Phd: www.uu.nl/en/organisat... Postdoc: www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

Hi! I'm Enno Fischer. I am a postdoctoral researcher at Ruhr University Bochum in philosophy of physics and philosophy of science. Currently, I research the role of guiding principles in contemporary fundamental #physics and have research interests in causal reasoning. #PhilSci #HistSci