Tomorrow Mike Stuart will be presenting at "Imagination Day," a workshop hosted by the Department of Philosophy at St. Andrews. He'll be talking about the epistemology of imaginative skills, with an eye to improving science. More here: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/...

Two postdoc positions on the dematerialisation of science at Edinburgh! Deadline April 28th. elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Mike Stuart is giving a talk this Friday at the Institut Jean Nicod. His talk is entitled "Taking imagination seriously: A new epistemology for science." He'll present a diachronic, functional, non-propositional epistemology for science. www.institutnicod.org/seminaires-c...

On Monday, Mike Stuart will give a talk to the ICARUS group at the Institut Jean Nicod. The talk is entitled "Artificial Intelligence as paintbrush, garden, canvas and companion: Making sense of AI imagination metaphors." More here: www.institutnicod.org/seminaires-c...

I'm delighted to share the news that I've been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences @acadsocsciences.bsky.social In my work I've tried to connect political philosophy to wider debates in the social sciences about inequality, democracy, and economic justice, ... 1/2

This looks great! Mothers as Science Storytellers: a new Cambridge Element, free to download until March 12th: www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Closing soon: 40+ PhD positions in social science, humanities, cultural studies #SSH AND 20 postdoc positions in #STEEM. Deadline March 2nd, 2026. careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/p... careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...

Really cool funded PhD position in Nancy on gradable epistemic achievements in science! emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/Docto...

Great post from Caitlyn Mei, on fish, colonialism, indigenious knowledge. substack.com/inbox/post/1...

So proud of my friend Hugu Sutej, whose translation of Elder Bukun's poetry has made the shortlist for the Poetry in Translation Prize (granta.com/the-poetry-i...). I hope he wins, so that the poems reach the greatest number of people possible!

Nice: dailynous.com/2026/01/20/o...

Confessions of an Early Career Researcher is a podcast by ECRs, for ECRs. Produced by the British Academy, in collaboration with @leverhulme.ac.uk. You can watch the full episode on our YouTube channel: bit.ly/3NkMVTs

Michael Stuart (@miikeessttuuart.bsky.social) from @uoyphilosophy.bsky.social has just been awarded a European Research Council Consolidator Grant to spend 5 years working on the impacts of artificial intelligence on science. Huge congratulations! www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Groundbreaking work from @oscarw.bsky.social ! Not to mention fun to read!

Excellent. NOW let us think about how problems in education, with or without mental health issues, are correlated to offending. Think about how BORING prison is (frightening, too!), and how imaginative solutions are needed for educational deprivation inside @philosophyinprison.bsky.social

Super cool CFP for a SI of Synthese on Scientific Understanding and ML! www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Short interview for That's TV York about AI and science! x.com/ThatsTVYork/...

I can't believe it! Super excited to start this project, and very grateful to the ERC for the vote of confidence!

This conference looks amazing, and in such an exciting place! uchumanitiestech.org/2026-confere... And there's still time to submit your abstracts (until Jan. 15)!

🚨 The International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP) seeks nominations for the 2026 Covey Award. The Covey Award recognizes senior scholars with a substantial record of innovative research in the field of computing and philosophy. #philtech limesurvey.mq.edu.au/index.php/23...

Looking for an intro-friendly text on the impact of tech and AI on aesthetic life? Check out this chapter I wrote, just published in the new Routledge Introduction to Contemp Aesthetics by @emmiemalone.bsky.social and @lizscar.bsky.social philarchive.org/rec/CROALI #philtech #techethics

Tomorrow and Saturday in Tartu, there will be a conference on methods for studying imagination. Mike Stuart will be speaking about the use of qualitative methods. More here: filsem.ut.ee/en/news/work...

The very exciting Philosophy group at Wageningen University is hiring, encouraging applicants who take a philosophy of science in practice approach! www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/a...

Today, Mike Stuart is speaking at a workshop in Vienna on Analogies, External Validity, and the Future of Experimental Modelling Across the Sciences. His talk is entitled "There's No Baby in that Bathwater: Rejecting Veritism for Philosophy of Science."

Super excited to have this paper with Sabine Winters finally finished! We argue for a new account of scientific progress, where progress is just increasing abilities. A lot of fun examples with space science and AI!

Tomorrow, Mike Stuart is speaking at the University of Aberdeen's philosophy colloquium. His talk is entitled "Imagination as epistemic firebrand." He argues that imagination presents an obstacle for veritist epistemologies of science, and sketches a radical alternative.

In a few hours, the conference "Imagination & Creativity in Scientific Practices" will begin, hosted by the University of Parma. Mike Stuart will be speaking there, arguing against the coherence (and usefulness) of the concept of fictional truth for epistemology of imagination.

This Friday in Luxembourg, Mike Stuart will be giving a talk entitled "Imagination as an icon in the anti-truth revolution."

Become a Visiting Fellow! Interested in joining the Center for Philosophy of Science? Applications for 2026-27 now open for Visiting Fellows! Postdoc applications will be available soon! More info about our programs available on our website at https://www.centerphilsci.pitt.edu/programs/overview/

Ann Johnson Institute Writing Retreat for #HPS & #STS scholars, 6-12 July 2026 at Ampersand Inn, Newton New Jersey. Theme is "Context of Discovery in Science & Technology", and the objective is project completion. 10 scholars will be selected. Applications due 17 November 2025 sc.edu/study/colleg...

Job: Full professor in Science & Technology Studies at the University of Vienna. Deadline for applications is 17th September 2025. Contact Max Fochler or Sarah Davies (head and deputy head of the department) with enquiries about the role. #STS #HPS berufungsservice.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/us...

When and how does AI help scientists gain understanding of the world? In a new paper, Mike Stuart develops an account of "pragmatic understanding" and argues that while AI can increase this kind of understanding in humans, it's unlikely to ever possess it itself. Read the full paper here: t.ly/EymHc

On Thursday, Mike Stuart will be speaking at the HKUST as part of a conference called "Explanation, Narrative, and Understanding in the Social Sciences." His talk is called "How to Mix Methods and Make Sense: Understanding as an Epistemological Framework for Social Scientists."

Today, Mike Stuart is presenting at the Asia Pacific Philosophy of Science biannual conference in Taipei. His paper is titled "Scientific Progress is Increasing Ability: AI and Space Science." appsa2025taiwan.mystrikingly.com

So excited to finally have something on pragmatic understanding published, especially in Phil Studies, especially on AI! Read the preprint here! philsci-archive.pitt.edu/25492/

Senior Lecturer position in philosophy of science at the university of Vienna! jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-L...

Society for the Philosophy of Science (www.sps-philoscience.org) Prize for Young Researchers (PhD or recent grad 2018 or later) for paper in philosophy of science, unpublished or published. Candidates must send an anonymized article by 30th April 2025 to [email protected] #philsci

This Wednesday, Mike Stuart is giving a talk at the YorRobots speaker seminar, entitled "Philosophy of Science Meets Robotics." More info here: www.york.ac.uk/yorrobots/ne...

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Tomorrow, a three day conference on imagination will begin at Notre Dame. Mike Stuart will be one of the keynote speakers. His talk aims to develop a pragmatist epistemology of scientific imagination. Learn more about the conference here! sites.nd.edu/hpstv-confer...

This is impressive. I wonder what the prompt was. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

Such a good overview of something that desperately needed overviewing! @hscottfordsmand.bsky.social dx.doi.org/10.1111/phc3...

Mike Stuart will be giving a talk at the YorRobots & ISA Design and Verification Seminar on Wednesday, Feb 5th from 2-3pm at ISA 135. Title: Philosophy of science meets robotics. Abstract in the comments.

Later this week, on Thursday 9 and Friday 10 January, our newly established Radboud Center for Natural Philosophy will be officially launched, with an opening conference entitled Impossible Triangles of Thought: rcnp.science.ru.nl/events/launc... Talks can be followed online; see link on website.

Such an honour to be part of this special issue!!

A meditation on all the small, nearly unconscious tasks and motions that you go through doing lab work. These were just off the top of my head, and there are plenty more (additions encouraged in the comments!)

Hi all! I am a philosopher of biology & science communicator @univie.ac.at! My (re)posts mostly concern #evobio #philsci #philbio #scicomm #highered #metascience #cogsci #sciart & happenings #UniVienna (esp Rudolphina research mag) Maybe I'll allow myself to nerd over math & fabrics here as well.

The deadline for these two postdoc positions is approaching. One job for someone with expertise in evidence review and another for a philosopher of science:

Weekend spent to finish my slides for the PSA Biennial Meeting in New Orleans. My President’s Address will be on Sat 16th at 6pm on the topic of ‘Local Knowledges and the Right to Participate in Science’ — this is based on recent work I did with the UN for this report www.ohchr.org/en/documents...