Two of our members, @masssimons.bsky.social and Darryl Cressman talk about Dutch philosophy of technology at Delft! #philtech

Today in Delft to talk about the history of philosophy of technology in the Netherlands #hopot #philtech

New Position: Associate or Full Professor in Cultural Studies at Maastricht University. We are looking for a senior colleague who is capable and enthusiastic to take on management roles. Please share widely. www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3589...

In Boston area? Join me with Jessica Riskin, March 24, to discuss her new book on Lamarck. www.harvard.com/event/jessic...

Do we remember the term Ian Hacking used for concepts that were folk-ontological, deeply polysemous, and value-laden? Something like suitcase concepts, duffel bag concepts, garbage bag concepts... I’m drawing a mental blank.

Leverhulme Prize is open to philosophers again this year. Little known fact: I actually won one of those, back in the day.

Writing a thing, I recall this counterfactual piece (open access) which I wrote a little over nine years ago, with the kind encouragement of @roliroberts.bsky.social

roses are red violets are blue but it's after time t so we can infer that they're grue

just two monks and a dream

My department is hiring!! Philosophy and ethics of environment. Please spread the word. The turn around is a short! #philsky #philsci #philtrch #moralphil philjobs.org/job/show/30842

APA member Bas van Fraassen has been awarded the 2026 Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy. Congratulations! dailynous.com/2026/01/21/b...

I regularly talk in panel discussions on AI and its social repercussions, and exactly this is the thing I constantly need to remind people of. Your nice and shiny AI or social media platform runs on the invisible labor of poor data workers. But it’s a subject Westerners prefer to ignore.

🚨History Job: Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History (Permanent) 🗃️ Come work with us at Warwick! You will join a group of excellent early-modernists and one of the nicest bunches of historians around! 👇👇👇 @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...

Last Friday I successfully defended my dissertation on the French philosopher Michel Serres. You can read the entire dissertation on the university website. @masssimons.bsky.social @drchriswatkin.bsky.social @timhowles.bsky.social @lilian-kroth.bsky.social pure.eur.nl/en/publicati...

Interesting contribution to the #media study of #AI narratives from a #sociology of expectations perspective journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Excited to recruit a 🚨 postdoc 🚨 for projects on #AI and evolving scientific practice, norms, and impact! Interdisciplinary work across science of science, philosophy of science, math with creative Purdue/Argonne/CMU/Chicago/Princeton collaborators! *pls repost*! careers.purdue.edu/job/Postdoc-...

2 Postdoc positions in Intellectual History at Aarhus! www.au.dk/om/stillinge...

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I'm co-chairing the Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social Conference in Toronto, Oct 2026. #STS #scipol #innovation Theme: "TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures". Open panel submissions portal is open! ls! Deadline: 2nd February 2026 www.4sonline.org/about_the_co...

I once heard Anscombe point out that there’s a parallel argument for books. Everything we take to be real also happens in books. How do we know we’re not in a book? #philsky

Application deadline for our fully-funded PhD position has been extended to 1 February 2026 - especially geographer friends, please share! www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/envi...

We are hiring another Assistant Professor Position at @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social, this position is in #STS with clear focus on sustainability and environmental challenges. Feel free to reach out for questions! vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...

Happy to share this workshop program on 'Introduction to Category Theory for Non-Mathematicians', organized by a PhD student of mine, Marjolein Holvoet. It takes place at Ghent University. #philsky #philsci #philmath www.ugent.be/doctoralscho...

These *two* TT positions in #politicalphilosophy at our faculty are still open! Come join us!

Finally, here it is! (Many thanks to @uminnpress.bsky.social.)

We are hiring another Assistant Professor Position at @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social, this position is in #STS with clear focus on sustainability and environmental challenges. Feel free to reach out for questions! vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...

2 year Postdoctoral Research Fellow opportunity at the University of St Andrews on my project "Aesthetic Values and the Social Dimensions of Science" www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... #philosophy #philsci

Happy new year! If you are early career or graduate in Phil of Bio, consider European summer school below: fantastic venue, brilliant mix of junior & senior scholars, a wealth of debates, PPTs & skills training organised by @thomasreydon.bsky.social and myself. Deadline EXTENDED to 31 Jan! #philsci

The Nagel-Hempel correspondence has just been published in the Vienna Circle Institute Library. Check it out! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Against “Epistemic Injustice” #philsky #philosophy #epistemology

This will be an extraordinary volume.

Post-doc positions: "Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..." uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...

New on the Archive: Simons, Massimiliano (2025) Political philosophy of experimentation. European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 15. ISSN 1879-4912 https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27381/

New on the Archive: Simons, Massimiliano (2026) What is the history of philosophy of experimentation a history of? The cases of Hugo Dingler and Gaston Bachelard. HOPOS: The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science. https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27380/

Heel interessant stuk over de rol van wetenschappers en experten in het publiek debat - zowel de rol die ze daarin zelf opnemen als die hen door anderen (journalisten, het publiek) wordt toegedicht. www.standaard.be/opinies/de-p...

En voor het onderscheid tussen een expert en een wetenschapper, in het licht van de publieke opinievorming, verwijs ik altijd heel graag naar dit stuk van @masssimons.bsky.social www.eoswetenschap.eu/gezondheid/e...

‘Tis the season to read “Father Christmas Executed” by Claude Lévi-Strauss! varenne.tc.columbia.edu/texts/levstc...

Come join our department! 🚨 Maastricht University is hiring a *second* TT Assistant Professor position in Political Philosophy. This one is focused on the theme of inequality. #philjobs #philsky Feel free to reach out to me with questions! vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...

📢Job ad! Join us at Politecnico di Milano in an interdisciplinary collaboration between philosophy of science and biomedical engineering on transitions from animal research, with a 3-years postdoc (submission deadline: 12 January 2026) www.meta.polimi.it/3-years-post.... #philsci #philsky #sts

Come join our department! 🚨 Maastricht University is hiring a *second* TT Assistant Professor position in Political Philosophy. This one is focused on the theme of inequality. #philjobs #philsky Feel free to reach out to me with questions! vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...

2026 summer #fellowships & #internships for #PhD students and also those graduating. Locations include US, UK, Thailand, Brazil, Remote, etc. Most deadlines in Dec and Jan. Most available for international students. Please share for visibility. Also comment if you know of any internships. 🧵

This goes high on my reading list #philsci

You have been wondering about the argument for Bas van Fraassen’s constructive empiricism? In this paper forthcoming in the HOPOS journal, I provide some answers! #philsci #hps

Join us tomorrow for the last Brown Bag seminar of 2025! @gregorboes.bsky.social will present his new FWO project, which brings together the phenomenological & analytic philosophy of science traditions of thinking about scientific representation 👇 research.kuleuven.be/portal/en/pr... #philsci #HPS

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The Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy is hiring two post-doctoral researchers to work on a project on the logic of reasons, under the supervision of Professor Hannes Leitgeb, Chair of Logic and Philosophy of Language. More info below: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/7... #postdoc #philosophy

Very please to find this on my doormat #MichelSerres With thanks to @aldohouterman.bsky.social @masssimons.bsky.social

🚨 THE BATTLE BEGINS 🚨 Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025! Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday. 🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...

“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes. This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com