Huygens' Debate with Newton over universal gravity; Imperial secrecy, and map-making open.substack.com/pub/digressi...

The man who coined the term genocide, Raphael Lemkin, defined it as a greater atrocity than mass murder explicitly because it involves the intentional killing of a civilization.

Submissions (< 10,000 words) invited for 2026 Du Châtelet Prize in Philosophy of Physics. Topic Celebrating 300th anniversary of 3rd ed. Newton’s Principia. www.duchateletprize.org Winner will receive $1000, workshop & SHPS pub Open to grad students & w/in 5 yrs PhD Deadline September 1, 2026 #HPS

Referee of the Year 2025: Not all heroes wear capes (though ours are always masked) www.thebsps.org/auxhyp/refer... #philsci #philsky #hps

Now out: How did earthquakes come to have a (quantitative) size? How can we quantify without experimental control? @cristianlarph.bsky.social and I answer both questions and show their implications for human science measurement. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #philsci #histsci #seismology

My paper with @yichenluo.bsky.social has been accepted for publication at @thebjps.bsky.social! We argue that standard pictures of de-idealization are themselves idealized, and develop a practice-first account of de-idealization for validating idealized models. Preprint: philpapers.org/rec/LUODDB

Final days to submit an abstract to #PBCS2026! If you are an early-career scholar looking for a supportive environment to discuss your work & meet international peers, consider applying! Another plus this year: The workshop will be in Madrid! sites.google.com/view/xivpbcs... #HPbio #philsci #philsky

Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.

CFP: Society for the Study of Measurement will be held at the University of Edinburgh June 22-25, 2026. Submit proposals for papers, symposia, & poster on any topics in the theory, history, philosophy, & application of measurement by January 15, 2026 app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/80364... #HPS

There's about a month left to submit something to the Asian Philosophy of Science Association's inaugural conference! Consider submitting an abstract, and encouraging early-career scholars (especially those from or based in Asia) to submit an essay for the APSA Essay Prize.

The next conference of the Society for the Study of Measurement will take place at Edinburgh on 22-25 June. Call for papers and symposia opens Nov 15 and closes Jan 15. Submissions via app.oxfordabstracts.com/auth?redirec...

A fantastic kickoff tonight of the Boston Network for History & Philosophy of Physics, organized by @miguelohn.bsky.social & featuring talk by Peter Galison on his work with the Black Hole Initiative. #HPS ⚛️

New History & Philosophy of Physics network in Boston! Join us: open to locals and visitors. Check out the inaugural colloquium program & sign up to our mailing list and register for the inaugural lecture given by Peter Galison: www.bu.edu/cphs/boston-... #philsci #histsci #philsky

Now out as preprint in Philosophy of Science. l argue that two central desiderata for measures often conflict: quantitativeness and responsiveness to stakeholder values, forcing a choice between them. The conflict poses a challenge for recent work on "legitimate" measurement. doi.org/10.1017/psa....

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

My student, Sebastian Rodriguez Duque, has just successfully defended his dissertation on the role of ethical and social values in measurement. Next stop: two-year postdoc at Cambridge U supervised by @annaalexandrova.bsky.social . Congratulations, Dr. Rodriguez Duque! #philsky #philsci

@naomioreskes.bsky.social's brilliant @rigb.org lecture: how military secrecy delayed plate tectonic theory for 3 decades - a narrative that remains ever relevant to science today... ⚒️ 🧪 #histsci #skystorians #science #academicsky #STS #geoscience @miguelohn.bsky.social

A lovely meal the other day in Porto with newlyweds 🎊 Miguel & Maria, where Maria introduced us to a few traditional Portuguese desserts such as "Bacon Pudding" & "Camel Drool" 😂 🐫🐪

Join us for this free online event to discuss the meaning, limits, and prospects of assigning numbers to the social and natural world. All online with free registration. #philsci #philsky #histsci #sts #histtech #sociology

Excited to be heading to the International Society for the History, Philosophy, & Social Studies of Biology (aka ISH) conference in Porto (my 1st!). Check out the great program & these talks by members of our #PhiGeo research group ⬇️ #HPS #ISHPSSB2025 ishpssb2025.icbas.up.pt/wp-content/u...

Join us for this free online event to discuss the meaning, limits, and prospects of assigning numbers to the social and natural world. All online with free registration. #philsci #philsky #histsci #sts #histtech #sociology

Very excited for this summer school on my forthcoming book with Chris Smeenk, The Aims and Structure of Cosmological Theory!! The book is very nearly finished. Let us know if you'd like to give feedback on a draft. www.usi.ch/en/education...

📣 My latest coauthored paper with Wendy Parker "Understanding Data Uncertainty" is finally forthcoming in /Studies in History & Philosophy of Science/: philarchive.org/rec/BOKUDU #philsci #philsky 🧪 #Data

Co-organized with @wmyrvold.bsky.social, the 2025 Foundations of Thermodynamics workshop will be held in NTU from 16-18 July 2025. We have a great slate of participants and I am very much looking forward to it! Attendance is free and there will be a Zoom option. Details here: bit.ly/3SxvSNi

@miguelohn.bsky.social is staying with us for week, so today took him on hike to top of Great Blue Hill to see weather observatory where they've continuously used same historic instruments since #19thC, such as this Campbell-Stokes sunshine recorder. Then walked along @neponsetgreenway.bsky.social

Apply to join a team of wonderful colleagues at Philosophy at TU Dresden. I am advertising a 3-year PhD position in philosophy of science/philosophy of physics as part of the DFG project 'Progress through Principles', deadline 28.06.2024. For details: tinyurl.com/3eb2f667 #philsci #philsky

The only possible way to round off the @ri-science.bsky.social Geophysics conference was to stick the attendees in Faraday’s lab 🤷🏻‍♀️ Thank you all so much for coming! @miguelohn.bsky.social @alisabokulich.bsky.social

Had a fantastic time yesterday at Ri as part of the "Decoding our Planet" workshop beautifully organised by @katysduncan.bsky.social and @miguelohn.bsky.social More info here: www.aip.org/history/deco...

Thank you @katysduncan.bsky.social and @miguelohn.bsky.social for convening such a wonderful discussion meeting on #histsci and #geophysics at @ri-science.bsky.social, and a great keynote from @naomioreskes.bsky.social

A wonderful talk tonight by @naomioreskes.bsky.social at the @ri-science.bsky.social on how Navy secrecy of oceanographic data impeded rise of plate tectonics.

I'm glad to be one of the contributing museum professionals at this

On Monday, the Royal Institution is hosting a workshop on the #histsci of geophysics, with a livestreamed keynote by @naomioreskes.bsky.social on plate tectonics. Read @katysduncan.bsky.social on how she and @miguelohn.bsky.social put the event together, and see who's presenting here:

Think you know the history of plate tectonics? Think again 🌍 @naomioreskes.bsky.social explores why the US military shrouded this science in secrecy & what this reveals about scientific progress, politics and power… 📅 7pm 12th May @ri-science.bsky.social 🎟️ Tickets www.rigb.org/whats-on/ret...

Fantastic program now out for #HPS conference "Decoding Our Planet: The Making of Geophysics", bringing together scholars from history of science, #geophysics, & philosophy of science to explore how modern geophysics took shape in #19thC & 20thC, at the Royal Institution in London 12 May

Congratulations @jakobortmann.bsky.social ! This started as the MPhil dissertation in Cambridge HPS, right?

Only a *little* while since the end of the project, I'm delighted that the Board of Longitude book is available for order (publication date 17 April), and that it is a relatively modest £32 in paperback! #histsci www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

Excited to see a sneak peek of the upcoming Ri program on May 12th: "Decoding Our Planet: The Making of Geophysics" on the origins of modern geophysics, the science investigating everything from gravity & magnetism to earthquakes, climate change, & plate tectonics. More coming soon... #HPS ⚒️

Looking forward to @naomioreskes.bsky.social keynote next month: "Rethinking the Origins of Plate Tectonics" @ The Royal Institution of Great Britain Tickets now available for in-person & livestream attendance! Monday 12 May 2025 7pm #HPS ⚒️ www.rigb.org/whats-on/ret...

Congratulations to Dr. Castillo Brache @leticiacastillo.bsky.social on successfully defending her PhD dissertation this morning!!! Woo-hoo!!! 🙌🎓🌟 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Thank you to Profs. Samia Hesni, @rachelankeny.bsky.social, & @miguelohn.bsky.social for serving on her committee 🙏 #philsci #phigeo

Call for papers: LMP 2025 Always a fun conference. If you're a grad student in philosophy of logic, math, or physics, please submit!! Please share widely. www.logicmathphysics.uwo.ca

This was a great success, highlighting all the interesting questions about scale relations in (past&present) physics beyond reduction/emergence!

Back in March 2024 Teru Miyake and I examined @miguelohn.bsky.social 's amazing account of how we came to know shape of the earth and what it says about measurement as an intellectual and social endeavour.

I am on a bit of a PhD examining spree lately, so will post links to the great work of the newly minted doctors as they are uploaded. This one is by Ahmad Elabbar (who by the way will be starting as my new colleague next year, yey!). It is a tour de force, co-examined with the amazing Simon Caney

On Isaac Newton as Philosopher, and the split between Philosophy and Physics open.substack.com/pub/digressi...

*One* day to apply to either present or participate in our workshop at @ri-science.bsky.social in London! Not one to miss 👀

Happy Bday to John Herschel (1792-1871)! 🥳 For more on this 'Age of Method' he inspired see our (@matildecarrera.bsky.social, @miguelohn.bsky.social & my) forthcoming paper on the origin & influence of his method of residues in the geosciences. bokulich.org/wp-content/u... #HPS ⚒️

Apply to join us for this great workshop on philosophy & history of #geophysics at the Royal Institution London! #phigeo #HPGeo #HPS ⚒️

*3 days left* to apply for workshop on philosophy and history of geophysics at Royal Institution London on 12 May, featuring the fantastic @naomioreskes.bsky.social @alisabokulich.bsky.social @terumiyake.bsky.social & @geocosmohistory.bsky.social. For more info & application: shorturl.at/Lq9TX

Something to look forward to!

🌏 Apply to be part of our workshop on all things geophysics 🌍 Link below 👇 #histsci #geophys #philsci