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Prize for Young Researchers (PhD or recent grad 2018 or later) for paper in philosophy of science, unpublished or published.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...

Coauthored paper alert led by the awesome Peter Vickers: “Development of a novel methodology for ascertaining scientific opinion and extent of agreement PONE-D-24-22168R1”

💥 New: What the AI revolution means for the social sciences ✍️ LSE President and Vice Chancellor Larry Kramer argues we cannot avoid making choices about AI. blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Can some scientists "imagine better" than others? What would that even mean? @drhannahsarge.bsky.social and I argue that imagination is all about breaking constraints, and imagining well is about being careful about which constraints you break, and how. t.ly/Aticr

What's up with the logo for the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science? I designed it, so let me give you a little tour. A thread 🧵 #CSHPS2024 #SCHPS2024 #congressh

In this paper I try my best to cover all the exciting xphi work that has been done on imagination and creativity, and give a wish-list of things that might be done next! philsci-archive.pitt.edu/23798/

This is some of the most fun I've ever had writing a paper. So happy to have it come out open-access with EJPS. Epistemology-via-aesthetics and vice-versa ftw!

Delighted to be part of this special issue on qualitative methods used to study science (alongside superstars Nancy Nersessian, Sabina Leonelli, Rachel Ankeny, Lisa Osbeck, and others), commemorating Ian Mitroff's work on the moon landing. t.ly/1twvt

Lil blogpost on whether AI can imagine! junkyardofthemind.com/blog/2024/6/...

Evan Thompson’s talk series in Taiwan this June! phil.nycu.edu.tw/post-0213/ @evanthompson.bsky.social

Mike Stuart is introducing a new notion of abstraction for philosophy of science at the Centre for Philosophy of Science Quadrennial Conference! www.centerphilsci.pitt.edu/quad-confere...

Mike Stuart will be in conversation with Rashaad Newsome at the Sainsbury Art Centre this Wednesday on the topic of imagination and AI in art. More info here! www.sainsburycentre.ac.uk/whats-on/art...

Cool new paper that replicates and expands on the work by Markus Kneer and me! dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1... Roughly, we're seeing more empirical evidence that if you attribute mental properties to AI, you are also more likely to attribute responsibility to them.

On Thursday, Mike Stuart will be giving a talk at the University of Stockholm's Philosophy of Science Seminar, entitled "Scientific Understanding as Ability." He'll defend an account of understanding as the having of an ability (and being responsible for having that ability).

Our MA in Science, History and Society is recruiting! Various scholarships and bursaries are available -- listed here [https://tinyurl.com/hpsleeds-scholarships], as well as BSHS bursaries [https://www.bshs.org.uk/grants/masters-degree-bursaries]

This panel is part of a really cool new initiative for the Centre of Applied Social Research. Looking forward to it!

On April 12th, Mike Stuart is giving a talk to the European Space Agency's Advanced Concept Team. The talk will be on imagination, creativity, and AI for space science. Learn more here! www.esa.int/gsp/ACT/coff...

Here's a summary of all the things I've discovered about scientific imagination using qualitative methods! dlvr.it/T55WDn

If you want to hear me speculating and being intellectually provocative, Rahul Sam did this wonderful interview with me. It was a great pleasure to answer the interesting questions and explain why science needs philosophy 🙂👇 youtu.be/70g559tguHs?... #AcademicSky

On April 8th, Mike Stuart will be speaking at the HKUST Philosophy of Science Lecture Series. He will argue that "pragmatic understanding" is the most fundamental kind of understanding, and it should be characterized in terms of abilities. Zoom details in the image!

Very exciting postdoc opportunity in philosophy of AI! philjobs.org/job/show/26098

Thrilled to finally have this out! Hannah Sargeant and I present a case study of space scientists using imagination, where imagination is important for breaking (not just obeying) constraints, in an experimental way which is nevertheless epistemically responsible! philsci-archive.pitt.edu/23016/

Excited to speak in my hometown, on my "home" topic! Feb 10-11, more info here: www.tinyurl.com/UTism2024

We're now ready to announce a special issue of Philosophy and Mind Sciences, whose papers delve into the epistemology of remembering and imagining. First paper out now: André Sant'Anna on the puzzle of alethic memory! philosophymindscience.org/index.php/ph.... More to come!

On January 13th, Paul Feyerabend turns 100. That day will mark the beginning of an entire year of celebrations, which we have been preparing since 2022. Join us for a launch event at 4pm UTC. Register at this link: york-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi... Hope to see you there!

First sky post I was an aspiring philosopher of science who got hired as an aerospace engineer 13 yrs ago I still try to combine the two fields! I'm very proud that I recently got to first-author a report on the ethics of exploring the Moon and Mars, available here: www.nasa.gov/organization...

Quick reminder of the Tartary lamb, a thought experiment that lasted centuries about a vegetable lamb: www.jhiblog.org/2021/12/22/t...

Hello Bluesky! Thanks for the invite @alisabokulich.bsky.social! I'm a lecturer at the University of York (UK), working in philosophy of science, philosophy of imagination, and philosophy of AI. Chat to me about the epistemology of artificial scientific imagination!