Our special issue of Marine Policy on coastal communities and their local knowledges is now out. You can read our introductory essay below. Many thanks to my wonderful colleagues Abbe Brown and Marcel Jaspars for the collaboration and to the Royal Society of Edinburgh for support.

Our special issue of Marine Policy on coastal communities and their local knowledges is now out. You can read our introductory essay below. Many thanks to my wonderful colleagues Abbe Brown and Marcel Jaspars for the collaboration and to the Royal Society of Edinburgh for support.

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

📅 Oct 9, 12 EST – S. Andrew Schroeder (Political Philosophy of Science) 📅 Oct 22, 12 EST – David Wallace (Philosophy of Physics) 📅 Nov 24, 12 EST – Michela Massimi & Mazviita Chirimuuta (New Approaches to Realism) 📅 Dec 4, 12 EST – Atoosa Kasirzadeh & William D’Allessandro (Philosophy of AI)

We're excited to announce the fall 2025 PSA office hours! Come learn, ask questions, and connect with leading voices in philosophy of science! Schedule in the thread 👇 💻 More details + registration: www.philsci.org/psa_...

Nice shoutouts to Hasok Chang and @michelamassimi.bsky.social . The discussion made me realize I haven’t really considered the degree of influence Dick Lewontin had on Kitcher.

ICYMI: the latest newsletter is out. A warm welcome to our new Governing Board members @apotochnik.bsky.social @hkandersen.bsky.social and to our new Nominating Committee members Wendy Parker, @thebusyowl.bsky.social and Adrian Currie! mms.philsci.org/msg_detail.p...

“Transformative Transdisciplinarity. An Introduction to Community-Based Philosophy” is out with Oxford University Press! I’m actually pretty proud of this book. It’s Open Access, so feel free to share fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/...

Look forward to speaking soon at the Collège de France for a conference on Outer Space Treaty and Moon Agreement — I will go back to the principle of common heritage of humankind, and against neo-colonialist interpretations I argue for a human-rights approach to it.

Many congrats on your submission Daian! And indeed perfect way of celebrating at EPSA. 🎉

So excited our The Social Epistemology of Engineered Agricultural Ecologies is out now & Open Access: link.springer.com/book/9783032... With new contributions from Rachel Ankeny, Wyatt Galusky, Christopher Henke, Catherine Kendig, Christopher Preston, Per Sandin, Theresa Selfa & Paul Thompson

My paper "Models and Analogies in the Reconstruction of Extinct Life" is also out now in this volume dedicated to Hesse ⬇️ #HPS #PaleoSky #Philsky ⚒️ link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Dear friends, INDIGNITY is coming out tomorrow and I will be discussing it with the brilliant Hannah Dawson. If you know anyone who wants to celebrate with us, hear the discussion & maybe a bit of reading, feel free to spread the word - still some tickets left! www.waterstones.com/events/lea-y...

It can be downloaded as open access PDFs here: academic.oup.com/book/60871 On 17 October 2025, it will also be available in print. It can be pre-ordered: www.amazon.com/-/pt/dp/0197...

I am pleased to announce that the book "Transformative Transdisciplinarity: An Introduction to Community-Based Philosophy", written by David Ludwig and Charbel N. El-Hani, has just been published by Oxford University Press.https://academic.oup.com/book/60871

This 2-day workshop @royalsociety.org on the right to participate in science and science as a global public good brings together scientists, philosophers, and policy makers. The event is open to everyone and can also be attended online. Programme coming soon. Registration required 👇

Time to register for PSA AW 2025 with three online dates in November. Look forward to seeing many of you there! 👇

A warm welcome to our new colleague @schoolofppls.bsky.social Emily Sullivan. Emily works on scientific modelling and philosophy of machine learning among other topics: www.eesullivan.com

Hello philosophers, I’m on Bluesky. #philosophy Some of you may know that I hosted a philosophy Mastodon for a few years. When I shut it down, I was going to stop doing social media. But today I realized I couldn’t afford to be off social media. It wasn’t an option for me. 1/

Absolutely delighted to have been awarded the Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar medal by the @royalsociety.org for my research on science, race, and empire, including my book Vanished. An enormous thanks to everybody who made this possible, especially the Royal Society. royalsociety.org/medals-and-p...

‘I rely on the goodwill and tolerance of others … obstacles that I encounter .. whether they be boundaries, borders, fences, misunderstandings or people, are met in the hope that a way through can be found’ Andy Goldsworthy. Fifty Years — Fence (2025) at the National Galleries of Scotland.

Great news! This year, together with my colleagues Paul Hasselkuß and Alexander Christian, I am organising a summer school on P3: Pluralism, Pragmatism, Perspectivism HHU Summer School, 15th ‑ 19th September 2025 Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany p3-summerschool.netlify.app

This week, Cristian Larroulet Philipi joins us to talk about measurement in the human sciences: why it can be more philosophically complex than in the physical sciences, and how it raises pressing questions about the role of numbers in psychology, social science, and policy #philsci #measurement

The Handbook has been available online worldwide since May:

“Democratic societies have concluded that it is acceptable to let suffering people suffer.“ @michelamassimi.bsky.social reviews “The Rich and the Poor.” https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-case-for-pragmatic-progress/

It's been a while submitted my PhD thesis and had my viva, but it's now available open-access. In it, I develop a pragmatist account of scientific understanding, focusing especially on the role of methods in structuring our engagement with the world and concepts in making phenomena intelligible.

Very exciting workshop in Reykjavik in October, organized by @oscarw.bsky.social. Please spread the word and/or consider submitting an abstract. #philsci #philsky #hps philevents.org/event/show/1...

Registration is now open for Philosophy of Science Around the World 2025; waivers applicable www.philsci.org/psa_around_t... #psaaw25 #philsci @eenphilsci.bsky.social

Two job ads for people in philosophy in my dept (www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOD999/a... and www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOD995/a...). Ever heard of this thing called AI? You probably haven't it's pretty niche. But if you have maybe apply? Also this even more niche thing (sustainability) so that too.

Forthcoming (early 2026) *The Science of Lost Worlds* (BSPSOpen/UCalgary Press). Featuring illustrations by Jim Robins and philosophy by um me!!!

This landmark ruling by ICJ on the right to a clean environment highlights threats climate change poses to other human rights e.g. right to health, and right to food among others. Duties and obligations of States towards communities, esp coastal communities. Text: www.icj-cij.org/sites/defaul...

We are doing a special issue on "Ian Hacking and the Philosophy of Psychiatry" in Philosophical Psychology! Details below. The deadline for submissions is February 1, 2026! Please share widely. think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

Two permanent Lecturer posts at Birkbeck (equivalent of Assistant Professor). Area of specialisation is open but with teaching needs in ethics & phil of AI, ethics and poli phil, ancient, gender, continental, engaged. Closing date August 28th, start in Jan 2026 'a significant advantage' #philsky

Sorry to miss it! On history and philosophy of ocean science see our projects www.skaje.uk/ocean-and-us/ funded by RSE. We have a special issue of the journal Marine Policy almost complete on coastal communities and local knowledge www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu... plus a book coming out soon!

The chapter in which I discuss the persistent problem of deficit thinking in science communication has been published! Let me know if you'd like to take a look but can't access it. Thanks to Jon Tsou, Jamie Shaw and Carla Fehr for editing the book. doi.org/10.1007/978-... #philsci #philsky #scicomms

Many congratulations to @davidpapineau.bsky.social and Hasok Chang on their election as Fellows of the British Academy. Major recognition for philosophy of science!

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

It's possible to follow the symposium live or watch the recording. Links in the pdf attached

New publication: “Trade-offs and Progress in Cancer Science”, open access here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007... Thank you to Adrian Currie for the feedback, and to Frigg and Worrall for their invitation to contribute. (This was the Lakatos lecture.)

'Fostering trustworthy information: countering #disinformation when there are no bare facts' - this new #RSOS paper focuses on dis- and mis-information related to scientific results: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social‬

Look forward to the next PSA Around the World 2025!! Thanks so much @tmarvan.bsky.social and colleagues all from @eenphilsci.bsky.social 👇

Mark your calendars and plan to join us in Bucharest!

does anyone know what this variety of seaweed is? (Assuming it is a seaweed?). The storm of yesterday left on the Mediterranean beach (where I am on holiday) lots of brown coconut-shaped items like this one in the pic. 🧐

📘 Roman Frigg from #LSEPhilosophy & David A. Lavis (King’s College) have published their new book “The Fundamentals of Thermodynamics” with @springernature.com 👉 Great read for everyone interested in #philsci link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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...

Many congrats! There will be a #NAKS book symposium on this edited volume by Sturm @ggava.bsky.social @avesper.bsky.social with me and Paul Hoyningen-Huene on 12 November TBA northamericankantsociety.org

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

#OpenScience lobbyists, skeptics and everything in between: consider coming to Munich in May 2026 (gorgeous time to visit..) to discuss the future of Open Research! FOR2026 is open for submissions: opensciencestudies.eu/for-2026-con... pls help spread the word 🙏 #philsci #sts #methods #policy 🧪

Thrilled to see the work of my brilliant Edinburgh colleague Mazviita Chirimuuta recognised with the Lakatos Award 2025 @schoolofppls.bsky.social 💫💫💫