🎄Festive news in mental fictionalism!🎄 More fantastic contributions for our special issue of Philosophical Psychology. First: Krzysztof Poslajko on "How to be a fictionalist about corporate mentality" doi.org/10.1080/0951... @kposlajko.bsky.social @journalphp.bsky.social #philsky #philmind #cogsci

Latest papers: Gavin Robert Foster offers an ontogenetic challenge to mental fictionalism in this open access paper doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky #philpsy

Reminder: Professor Michael Winter’s Distinguished Lecture 17.12.25 @crpr-exeter.bsky.social: Whatever happened to the Political Economy of Agriculture? Hybrid: Queen’s building, LT1 - 10:15-12:15 or online. Registration is via Eventbrite (bit.ly/3KDpFPu ). Any questions: [email protected].

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EASST Review - the publication of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology - is looking for an editorial assistant. Duties are copy-editing and communication with authors. We have two issues every year with about 10 submissions each. Reach out if interested!

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The call for applications for 2026 European Advanced School in Philosophy of Life Sciences is now open! Deadline 15 Jan 2026, theme will be “philosophy of biology for a healthy planet”, all info here: www.kli.ac.at/en/events/ev... graduate students &early postdocs, do consider joining us! #philsci

Latest papers: Agata Machcewicz-Grad discusses a hybrid view of beliefs developed by Tim Crane and Katalin Farkas, which combines a fictionalist treatment of standing beliefs with a realist account of occurrent judgments doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky #philpsy

Latest papers: Michael D. Kirchhoff argues mental representation in cognitive science is not a useful fiction because it fails to be genuinely explanatory in this open access article doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky #phipsy

🚨New publication🚨: my paper 'What motivates mental fictionalism?' is part of a Philosophical Psychology symposium on Mind As Metaphor by @adamtoonphilos.bsky.social. Available at www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Latest papers: Stacie Friend & Kris Goffin argue that although chatbot-fictionalism offers insights into human-AI interaction, it does not resolve ethical concerns in this open access article doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky #philpsy

Call for papers: Ian Hacking and the Philosophy of Psychiatry. Deadline: 1st February 2026. Guest editors: Şerife Tekin and Jonathan Y. Tsou. Submit your work! think.taylorandfranc... #philsky #philpsy #philsci

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#HPS program at the University of Copenhagen invites applications for Postdoc in History and Philosophy of Science as part of research project Human Variables in Biodiversity Assessment (PI: Joeri Witteveen): employment.ku.dk/faculty/?sho... #philsky #PhilJobs #philsci Deadline is November 7, 2025.

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Really excited to share my first ever published paper, forthcoming in Philosophical Psychology: "From Monkeys to Infants: The Empirical Challenges Facing Mental Fictionalism" It's open-access, which I'm really happy about. Brief 🧵 on what it's all about! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Latest news in mental fictionalism! Three more excellent contributions to our special issue of Philosophical Psychology. First: Agata Machcewicz-Grad discusses Tim Crane and Katalin Farkas' hybrid view of beliefs: doi.org/10.1080/0951... @timcrane.bsky.social #philsky #philmind #cogsci

Many thanks to Ayush Srivastava (IIT Bombay) for a positive and thought-provoking review of Mind as Metaphor (OUP, 2023) in Problemos (Vilnius University Press): www.zurnalai.vu.lt/problemos/ar...

JOB AD: If you research philosophy, history or social studies of biology, with interest in agroecology, crop science or environmental intelligence, consider applying for 3-year postdoctoral fellowship in Munich! Deadline for applications: 31/10, details www.sts.sot.tum.de/en/sts/arbei... #philsci

Latest papers: Marco Facchin shows how Toon’s fictionalism entails a specific form of the extended mind thesis doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky. #philpsy

Excited to say I’ll be in the Funny Women Grand Final on Thursday 25th September in London, with an incredible line up. Come if you’re in town. Tickets here www.ucl.ac.uk/bloomsbury-t...

Only 10 days left to apply: We are searching for a senior postdoc (3 +3 years) in the field of theoretical ecology and evolution. The position provides the opportunity to closely interact with experimentalists and develop own research projects. Please RT. Details 👇: shorturl.at/iiiOv

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Just registered for PSA Around the World Eastern Europe. Hope you do too! Organised by @philsci.bsky.social with @eenphilsci.bsky.social this online conference over three afternoons in November covers the past and the present of #philsci in Eastern n Central Europe (where it arguably started!)

The Department of Science & Technology Studies at Cornell University invites applications for a two-year Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the area of “Science, Technology, and Governance.” #HPS #STS #PhilJobs academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30301

Dan Hutto's Critical Notice of Mind as Metaphor (OUP, 2023) is now out in Analysis. Many thanks to Dan for his constructive and thought-provoking comments! Lots for me to mull over... You can read it here: doi.org/10.1093/anal... @oxfordacademic.bsky.social #philsky #philmind #cogsci

Update! Another great article for our special issue of Philosophical Psychology on mental fictionalism: Spencer Knafelc on psychotherapeutic fictionalism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @journalphp.bsky.social

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Job Opening at the Chair of Philosophy and History of Science and Technology at TUM! Research Fellow for 3 years (renewable). Preferably philosopher w interest in plant, crop & agricultural research (& their history and social studies) All details: www.sts.sot.tum.de/en/sts/arbei... #philsci #sts

Cfp: HOPOS 2026 Sixteenth Biennial Congress of International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science Ohio State University, Columbus (OH) 22-26 June 2026 Call for paper & symposium proposals. Deadline: 30 September 2025, 11:59 (PT). Submit at congress web site: hopos2026.dryfta.com #HPS

There is a chair in philosophy of mind vacant at the department of philosophy at Vienna: berufungsservice.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/us...

The Department of Science and Technology Studies at the @univie.ac.at is now recruiting for a full professor in Science and Technology Studies! 📅 Deadline for Application 17 September 2025. Please share widely with your colleagues and those who may be interested! #STS Apply now: ⤵️

And this morning looking forward to see our @crpr-exeter.bsky.social colleagues talking about scientist-farmer collaborations #groundswell25

Are you a philosopher of mind? Would you like to work at the U of Vienna? Well then, here is a job for you. #philosophy #psychology #cognitivescience berufungsservice.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/us...

Breaking news! Two more articles for our special issue of Philosophical Psychology. First: Marco Facchin argues that my version of mental fictionalism entails the existence of extended mental states: doi.org/10.1080/0951... @journalphp.bsky.social @marcofacchin.bsky.social 1/2

Postdoc opportunity w/ @rachelankeny.bsky.social & philosophy group at Wageningen University on topics such as philosophy of science & technology, philosophy of biology, agricultural & food ethics, human-animal relations for 2026-27. For full consideration, application draft by 30 August #philsci

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 🧪

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Robert’s book has arrived! Very proud of him and recommend it to you all enthusiastically. The mud bubbles on the cover are a metaphor for fragility, a central concept organising the argument. #philsci #philsky