Suzanne Bachelard "educated more than a generation of French historians and philosophers of science". Ties van Gemert writes on her life and work & translates her lecture “Epistemology and the History of the Sciences”. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

The national centre for the history of science (CNHS-NCGW) is organizing a series of talks at the library Riches Claires in Brussels! See pic for more info or check the website: astrolabium.be #histsci

🚨Two TT posts in Social and Political Philosophy🚨 @maastrichtu.bsky.social | #PhilosophyJobs #Hiring #academicjobs @apaphilosophy.bsky.social @philjobs.org vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric... www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3566...

Join us! We are hiring an assistant professor in political and social philosophy at Maastricht University with a focus on contemporary challenges to European democracy Feel free to contact me, if you have questions #philsky #philjobs

We are exceptionally pleased to welcome Professor Gert Storms (KU Leuven, Faculty of Psychology) as keynote speaker at the ninth Young Researchers Days in Logic, Philosophy and History of Science. 📅 December 15, 16:30–18:00 📍 Aula Emma Vorlat, KU Leuven Register here: lnkd.in/eZdkhM7C

Well, this was fun!

Today is the day you should finally do it, no excuses, and take up Bachelard's work and start reading

Very much looking forward to this!

Georges Canguilhem, the French philosopher, was born on this day in 1904. Although he is best known for his work in the philosophy of biology and medicine, Canguilhem was also a profound thinker about technology.

This article from HOPOS argues Gilles-Gaston Granger and Jean Cavaillès share three epistemological commitments concerning mathematical objectivity. Read "Ptolemaic Revolutions: Mathematical Objectivity in Jean Cavaillès and Gilles-Gaston Granger" here: ow.ly/LluN50VCOxR @hoposjournal.bsky.social

In the new #HOPOS issue Fons Dewulf proposes a new "framework to describe the dynamics of academized twentieth-century philosophy in relation to its social and institutional context". #hps #philsky Link: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Have you ever wondered what French biological philosophy of technology is? What about the differences between a critical theory of technology and a phenomenology of technology? 1/

Wybo Houkes and I are hiring a PhD student to work on an exciting project in Philosophy of Science 😊 The application deadline is May 18. Please spread the word and consider applying 👇 #AcademicSky www.tue.nl/en/working-a...

Happy to share a new OA article: “What Will Happen to Humanity in a Million Years? Gilbert Hottois and the Temporality of Technoscience.” This is the first full overview of Gilbert Hottois’s philosophical work — and why it still matters. 1/ link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philtech

🟥 CALL FOR A NATIONAL STRIKE - June 10 🟥 A week ago, we stood together on the Vrijthof to defend our universities. On Friday, the cabinet announced its plans to cut another 400 million a year from primary and secondary education. Yesterday, the minister confirmed he will force universities...

The latest issue of Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science features "An Unpublished Article by David Bohm." Edited by Chris Talbot. Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

This week!🌿 Discover the rich collection of Belgian herbariums from the 17th century, created by Pieter Gillis and kept at the KBR, during a special visit organized by the CNHS - NCGW. When? 17/04, 11 am Where? KBR Reservation? [email protected] More info👇 astrolabium.be/visite-confe...

On Wednesday, April 16, we strike in Maastricht in opposition to the detrimental budget cuts to higher education - see the programme below and join us! Op woensdag 16 april staken wij in Maastricht tegen de schadelijke bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs - zie het programma hieronder en doe mee!

A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die. Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.

Turkse doctoraatsstudente in VS meegenomen door onherkenbare agenten immigratiedienst vrtnws.be/p.kQ306xZ61?t=174... @vrtnws.be

Absolutely wild www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

New reading group of the Working Group on Philosophy of Technology (WGPT) on Raymond Ruyer’s “Cybernetics and the Origin of Information”, organised by Francesco Pugliaro and I! First session on Feb 20. Don’t hesitate to contact me for more information! #philtech #philsci #Ruyer #Cybernetics