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📣 Call for papers & symposia for the 2027 Congress for Logic, Methodology, & Philosophy of Science and Technology (CLMPST) has been released! The meeting will be held in Kobe, Japan, from August 23-28, 2027 🇯🇵 Proposals should be submitted by November 15, 2026 clmpst2027.org #philsci

@frankendodo.bsky.social @emyang.bsky.social

We’re hiring! We are recruiting for a Lecturer in Philosophy of Science to join our Department from September 2026. For more info and to apply, please visit: bit.ly/3Q7do8w Closing date 21-Jun-2026. #WeAreSTS #Science #Philosophyofscience

On 29 April 2026, Professor Kate Vrendenburgh (LSE) will give a talk to Leeds HPS titled, “AI, Worker Autonomy, and Science.” The talk will run from 3:00 to 4:30 PM both in person in 17 Blenheim Terrace Seminar Room 2 and on Teams. More info: hpsleeds.wordpress.com/2026/04/28/v...

A nice review from John Dupre at the BJPS review of books www.thebsps.org/reviewofbook...

Registration for the British Society for the Philosophy of Science is now open! VENUE: University of Leeds KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Robin Hendry (Durham), Tarja Knuutila (Vienna), Eleanor Knox (KCL) DATES: Tuesday 21 July — Thursday 23 July www.thebsps.org/news/bsps-an...

@apaonline.org/pacific Looking forward to this

MA funding for 2026/7 is available now in the school of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science at Leeds ahc.leeds.ac.uk/philosophy/n...

Ellen’s book is a fantastic treatment of one of the most fascinating intersections between biology and philosophy.

First review is out! philarchive.org/rec/WILREE-4

Very much looking forward to this!

‪ 🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲 👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity! Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚 🌐🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪

Tomorrow!

Next Wednesday!

Hear Carrie Figdor interviewing me about my book here open.spotify.com/episode/7drX...

We are delighted to invite you all to the inaugural BJPS Popper Prize Lecture on Wednesday 25 February 2026 6.30-8pm. To be delivered by the 2024 BJPS Popper Prize winners, Alex Franklin and Vanessa Seifert. This hybrid event will be hosted by LSE. Please register here: www.lse.ac.uk/events/molec...

Decisions for symposia at the BSPS have now gone out. But you’re still in time to submit an abstract for an individual presentation! www.thebsps.org/news/bsps-an...

Hyped for this tomorrow!

Now that we're officially in 2026, it's time to start locking in your 2026 conference travel plans, starting with BSPS 2026 in Leeds! Calls for Symposia and Abstracts are now open (CFS closes on 14 Jan, CFA closes 11 Feb). www.thebsps.org/news/bsps-an... #philosophyofscience #philsci #philosophy

Bit hypocritical that Trump is threatening strikes on Iran if *their* security forces kill protesters?!

2 year Postdoctoral Research Fellow opportunity at the University of St Andrews on my project "Aesthetic Values and the Social Dimensions of Science" www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... #philosophy #philsci

Apply now! www.thebsps.org/funding/doct...

I used to joke that the board game ‘Risk’ taught me all the geography I know. Little did I know I was learning future global politics too!

Come study with me! philosomama.blogspot.com/2025/12/phd-...

Trinity College Dublin are hiring an Assistant Professor in Philosophy, History or Ethics of Science. my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...

The Paradox of the Organism: Adaptation and Internal Conflict is now out! Get your copy directly from @harvardpress.bsky.social

Just got a royalty check from OUP. Merry Christmas!

All-star workshop 'At the Intersection of Pragmatism, Scientific Realism and Cognitive Science' hpsleeds.wordpress.com/2025/12/08/w...

@extinctionleeds.bsky.social is an interdisciplinary doctoral training programme focusing on topics relating to extinction and its meanings, histories and legacies. Watch the whole🎬👉 media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/extinc... @katatrepsis.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social

The BSPS is coming to Leeds! Get your symposia proposals in by Jan 14th www.thebsps.org/news/bsps-an...

The open access pdf has been out for a while but so much more exciting to hold the physical book in my hands!

@hpsleeds.bsky.social Today at 3.30 the Leeds Centre for HPS has Professor Rob Wilson delivering a talk: "Norming Human Individuality: The Significance of Eugenification". DM me to get the location or join link.

@leedsprhs.bsky.social Our vacancy for a Lecturer or Associate Professor in Social Philosophy has now been advertised: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx.... Please spread the word! The closing date for applications is 5 Nov 2025.

The second seminar of the year is on Thursday, October 16 at 10am Eastern. @salazarafra.bsky.social + @ellenclarke.bsky.social Join us! internalconflictsstn.wordpress.com/seminars/

The Future of Practical Ethics IDEA The Ethics Centre, University of Leeds 8th - 10th September 2025 Keynote Speakers: • Clare Chambers (Cambridge) • Helen Frowe (Stockholm) • Elselijn Kingma (KCL) REGISTRATION NOW OPEN conferences.leeds.ac.uk/the-future-o...

Matt you were top among the biologists I had in mind when writing this book, so I’m delighted that you got plenty out of it!

“They don’t know what the fuck they’re doing.” First sensible thing I’ve heard him say.

The Units of Life: Kinds of Individual in Biology url:https://academic.oup.com/book/60068

Now available for preorder! The Paradox of the Organism: Adaptation and Internal Conflict, edited by me and Manus Patten, will be published by @harvardpress.bsky.social this fall. Cover coming soon.

This is an unmitigated disaster, for both trans rights and for science policy. If you are familiar with human sexual development you know “biological sex” is a strange tangle of factors and that our gender/sexual phenotypes are not discrete.

Doing this today

Quick! Deadline approaching!

Coming soon…..