Tomorrow is the last day to apply for SSNAP! Please spread the word! #neuroscience #philosophy #neurophilosophy

@boruttrpin.bsky.social and I have a new paper out in Philosophical Quarterly. We had both written on how inference to the best explanation could work with uncertain evidence. So we teamed up to test some suggestions for how to do that using computer simulations: academic.oup.com/pq/article/d...

Today I read one of the most beautiful poems in @andreagibson.bsky.social 's book "Pansy". It's called "A LETTER TO MY DOG EXPLORING THE HUMAN CONDITION". Here is Andrea performing it: youtu.be/SMeTA9-zMuk?...

A short explainer of our key findings on the discrimination of people displaced from Ukraine in jobcentres (in German): www.instagram.com/reel/DSXGvil...

netneurotools: a trainee-oriented approach to network neuroscience | doi.org/10.1101/2025... Our lab’s internal toolkit for accomplishing everyday tasks in brain imaging ⤵️

History and Philosophy of Science conference in Hong Kong (June 2026), at which I will be one of the keynotes www.shanyafeng.com/hps26 #HPS, #&HPS

Between 1 and 4 September 2026, the #SOCRATESgroup at Leibniz University Hannover will host an interdisciplinary summer school on "Bridging the Gap: Science, Trust, and the Climate Crisis." We would be very grateful if you could share the call: www.socrates.uni-hannover.de/en/news-even...

2nd CFA for the 8th Scientific Understanding and Representation (SURe) annual workshop, which will take place May 27-29, 2026, at the IFIS PAN in Warsaw. Submission deadline: 20 January 2026. More info: shorturl.at/AUoye @philsci.bsky.social @eenphilsci.bsky.social @epsaphilsci.bsky.social

OUT NOW! Our findings on institutional discrimination of people from the east of Europe in German jobcentres (in German) - with @hcpetersen.bsky.social, @japvie81.bsky.social & Jure Leko, funded by @beauftragte.bsky.social: www.antidiskriminierungsstelle.de/SharedDocs/a...

People from Eastern Europe often experience discrimination in job centres in Germany. "According to a study (by @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social and colleagues), Ukrainian refugees are accused of social tourism in job centres. As a result, they are prematurely pushed into low-wage jobs."

Autumn in the Netherlands #Autumn #Rotterdam #Schiedam #AbtswoudseBos #Netherlands

For more than 2 years, police in Berlin - encouraged by city and national politicians - have systematically used excessive violence in an attempt to beat the Palestine solidarity movement into silence. I wrote about this phenomenon for the @lrb.co.uk

Teach neuroscience to undergrads? Learn how to incorporate our connectomics data into your courses! 🗓️ July 23-24 🛫 Travel funds available ⏳ Apply by Feb. 2. https://alleninstitute.org/events/incorporating-open-connectomics-data-into-teaching-neuroscience/

In German: an explainer of structural patterns of East-West inequalities in Europe & how they underwrite the regulation of mobility to Germany - a country that has systematically recruited „cheap labour“ from its eastern neighbours. Thanks @bpb.de & @ostklick.bsky.social: www.bpb.de/mediathek/vi...

It is out in hard copy! #philsci #hps

The deadline for the EJPS TC "Understanding Climate Change: A Multifaceted Inquiry" which Gabriel Târziu and I are guest editing has been extended to *March 1, 2026.* Consider submitting a paper if your research fits our call and please share the info! More info: link.springer.com/collections/...

The Society for the Metaphysics of Science (SMS) will be hosting its 11th Annual Conference, in person at University of Toronto, 25th-27th May, 2026. socmetsci.org/2026 #philsci Papers can be on any aspect of the metaphysics of science, broadly construed.

Submissions for PSA 2026 in San Diego are now open! ☀️ Link and deadlines below Symposia ✨ 15 January 2026 Papers ✨ 15 March 2026 Posters ✨ 1 June 2026 psa26.oa-event.com/c...

We are pouring our heart into this conference to keep it high quality, supportive, and accessible (no registration fee!). Do consider it for your #philsci content broadly conceived. I also can't wait to see Bucharest in September.

1 Jan 2026 deadline to submit a paper for the Women at the Dawn of Analytic Philosophy conference hosted by Northeastern University London. Event 28-29 May 2026.

This is such a satisfying read, both as prose and in its arguments.

A funded PhD position in philosophy of science: AI in scientific problem solving. At @helsinki.fi @tint-philosophy.bsky.social #philsci jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

New book by @kenaizawa.bsky.social! Download a free copy! Very much looking forward to reading it!

Well, obviously it’s gotta be great for projects, the Pergantism is in the title.

A new special issue of Philosophical Transactions B takes on one of science’s biggest questions: how life begins. Rather than retracing Earth’s history, the authors look for the universal conditions that could make life possible anywhere, approaching the question from many fields and angles.

What a magnificent scene, indeed! I was already a huge fan of Fontaines D.C., CMAT, and Lankum, but discovering this treasure trove of new bands just made my day. I’m diving headfirst into the discographies of the new favs: Problem Patterns, Sprints, Bicep, Gilla Band, and For Those I Love.

Ken Aizawa's excellent new book is now available, open access: www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...

This is tomorrow — the first day last week was excellent. Look forward to tomorrow’s programme with thanks to @eenphilsci.bsky.social for the organisation.👇

I am happy to be part of the organization of the next Causality in the Sciences conference in Sevilla, focusing on cases from medicine. Mark your calendars for October 8-9th 2026. Deadline for abstract submission: March 8th. More details here: eventos.us.es/142286/secti...

Tomorrow we have a workshop. Join us if you're around in Warsaw.

Check out the program in the thread! 🥳

Good news everyone: #Duke Summer Seminars in Neuroscience and Philosophy (SSNAP) are back!! We are now accepting applications for SSNAP 2026, which will take place from May 26 to June 6, 2026. #neuroscience #philosophy #brain Please spread the word! ssnap.submittable.com/submit

Huge thanks to @eenphilsci.bsky.social and especially @tmarvan.bsky.social and @magdalenamalecka.bsky.social for a terrific program — and what a treat the historical retrospective on the Vienna Circle and the profound legacies of Eastern European philosophy in the plenary panel! 🤩 many thanks all 👏

What a successful kick-off of the PSA around the World - Eastern Europe! So many super interesting talks. Kudos to @tmarvan.bsky.social, @magdalenamalecka.bsky.social, @philsci.bsky.social and @eenphilsci.bsky.social for such a great job at organizing it! Looking forward to the next one on 14 Nov.

Listening to the first panel on history of #philsci in CEE. Inspiring that so many colleagues around the world tuned in. A wonderful first talk by Marta Sznajder on Janina Hosiasson (her heartbreaking story below). Now Angela Potochnik on the role of Marie Neurath (Reidemeister) in the Vienna Circle

Excited (and a bit daunted) to be part of a remarkable keynote lineup at Theoretical Rationality and Practical Reason conference at Sofia University next May. Abstract submissions are open until January 1, 2026. philevents.org/event/show/1...

Having lived in Germany during my PhD, I find it really difficult to disagree with Weiwei’s eloquent assessment. It’s hilariously on brand that they cancelled his piece. Still, there are many redeeming things about Berlin, even about its bureaucracy. hyperallergic.com/1050197/what...

still time to register www.philsci.org/psa_around_t...

Check out the schedule of the online conference PSA Around the World Eastern Europe (pm of Nov 6,14,22). A collaboration between @philsci.bsky.social and @eenphilsci.bsky.social it showcases #philsci from, about, and otherwise connected to the region. Wonderful names and titles, looking forward!

The report of Dagstuhl Seminar 25142 "Explainability in Focus: Advancing Evaluation through Reusable Experiment Design" is now published as part of the periodical Dagstuhl Reports: drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/doc... Organized by: Simone Stumpf, Elizabeth Daly and Stefano Teso

Did a philosopher write this theconversation.com/studying-phi...

CFA: the 8th SURe workshop will take place May 27-29, 2026, at the IFiS PAN in Warsaw. Submission deadline: 20 January 2026. For more info visit: sure-workshop.weebly.com/current-work... @philsci.bsky.social @epsaphilsci.bsky.social

Just published: Coherence as a Constraint on Scientific Inquiry, Synthese (with @martinjustin.bsky.social). TL,DR: coherence considerations can be good or bad in scientific inquiry. Our paper suggests how to determine when it is the former rather than the latter. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

My paper with Kareem Khalifa "Does functional connectivity explain?" is now published in open access in Synthese: shorturl.at/vqOjq @philsci.bsky.social @epsaphilsci.bsky.social @hoposjournal.bsky.social @ishpssb.bsky.social @danisbassett.bsky.social @nunetsi.bsky.social @sfiscience.bsky.social

Didn’t expect to receive a hard copy of this volume. So satisfying to hold. An honour to philosophise alongside these wonderful thinkers. Here’s the link academic.oup.com/aristotelian...

It really is an amazing speech

Our paper "Large physics models: towards a collaborative approach with large language models and foundation models" is now published online! @philsci.bsky.social @epsaphilsci.bsky.social @hoposjournal.bsky.social @ishpssb.bsky.social @henkderegt.bsky.social @lglopez.bsky.social

Italians and beyond: this week we launch Pianeta Lab in Modena and Bologna, an experimental space to give people a voice in developing technology & policies that affect our everyday lives. We need your help to get this off the ground! Please consider donating: www.ideaginger.it/progetti/pia...

The Philosophy of Science Association makes experts on various topics available for conversation with graduate students anywhere with its "Office Hour" program. Other associations should consider doing this.