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Posts by Massimiliano Simons

Registration for the British Society for the Philosophy of Science is now open! IMPORTANT: Early-bird registration closes on 1 MAY. You will NOT be able to book campus accommodation if you don’t register by this date, and will have to make your own arrangements. (Early-bird registration is also cheaper.) VENUE: University of Leeds KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Robin Hendry (Durham), Tarja Knuuttila (Vienna), Eleanor Knox (KCL) DATES: Tuesday 21 July — Thursday 23 July TO REGISTER/FURTHER INFORMATION: Go to…

Registration for the British Society for the Philosophy of Science is now open!

IMPORTANT: Early-bird registration closes on 1 MAY. You will NOT be able to book campus accommodation if you don’t register by this date, and will have to make your own arrangements. (Early-bird registration is also…

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LLM‑Assisted Software Engineers Can Only Be Mad (And Will Block Smartasses)

An impromptu essay on the impossible equilibrium of AI‑augmented coding

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Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol University of Bristol Beacon House Queens Road Bristol, BS8 1QU, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 928 9000 Contact us

JOB! I'm hiring a Senior Research Associate in Social and Political Philosophy as part of the ERC LEAD Project.

Deadline is May 3rd, and candidates would ideally begin in September 2026 or asap after.

Feel free to contact me with any questions - Share widely!

www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

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As a philosopher, I’m convinced that Trump isn’t lying − he’s doing something worse Donald Trump’s false claims about the Iran War, Epstein files, tariffs and inflation have left some supporters who have traditionally believed all he says feeling duped and abandoned. Why now?

A little piece I wrote for The Conversation proposing that the president's most ridiculously false statements aren't really lies...
theconversation.com/as-a-philoso...

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A final, friendly reminder: Coming Monday (13.04, 14h), Florian Ruttner (Collegium Carolinum Prague) will give the talk "Between Early Critical Theory, Unified Science and Sociology of Knowledge. Josef Doppler’s Critique of Oswald Spengler" in Ostrava. More info below, and all welcome!

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“Why would you expect me to remember that?” Thomas Kuhn and the uses of oral history AIP History Weekly Edition: April 3, 2026

In today's AIP History Weekly Edition @janpotters.bsky.social looks at Tom Kuhn's frustrations interviewing ~100 physicists for the landmark Sources for History of Quantum Physics project. An important lesson in what we want from oral history and what it can give us.
📷Niels Bohr & Homer Dodge #HPS

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A bit more time left to apply to the Summer Development Program run by the Logic & Philosophy of Science Dept this summer 2026 @ucirvine.bsky.social #philsci #philsky

The SDP runs from August 2nd-8th, 2026 & applications are due by *April 17th, 2026*!

See website for more details: lpssdp.com

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Our call for our next history of philosophy of technology conference is out! Spread the word and submit your abstracts. Looking forward seeing you in Maastricht in October!

#philtech

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COLUMN - @masssimons.bsky.social zat in maart niet tussen de boeken, maar schreef een aanvraag voor een NWO-beurs. Dit niet zonder frustratie: "Wie succesvol is, schrijft meer aanvragen. En wordt dus minder onderzoeker, en steeds meer projectmanager."

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Congrats! Sounds like a great project

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Seminar with Prof. Gregory Radick – 19 March

Tomorrow at Deutsches Museum Kārin Nicklesen, Tamar Novick and I host Greg Radick, who will reflect on how history & #philsci in framing key concepts through the example of his book Disputing Inheritance. If in Munich, come join this brilliant discussion! www.sts.sot.tum.de/en/sts/home/...

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Our call for our next history of philosophy of technology conference is out! Spread the word and submit your abstracts. Looking forward seeing you in Maastricht in October!

#philtech

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Algorithmic Bias

fresh off the press from yours truly: oecs.mit.edu/pub/b61joemo...

I offer an overview of algorithmic bias. I trace its historical roots, examine canonical scholarship and notable real-world incidents, and explore how algorithmic bias emerged as a field of study

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

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

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Associate or Full Professor in Cultural Studies Welcome to Maastricht University! At Maastricht University, we value cultural studies as an interdisciplinary field that examines how culture shapes and is shaped by power, media, identities, economie...

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...

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Jessica Riskin at the Harvard Science Center | Harvard Book Store downstairs at 1 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138

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

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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.

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

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A Speculative History of DNA: What If Oswald Avery Had Died in 1934? This speculative Essay explores the consequences of the imagined premature death of Oswald Avery, who in 1944 provided evidence that genes are made of DNA. Four imaginary alternate routes to the genet...

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

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

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just two monks and a dream

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TT/T Faculty , University of Texas at Arlington - PhilJobs:JFP TT/T Faculty , University of Texas at Arlington An international database of jobs for philosophers

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

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Bas van Fraassen Wins Schock Prize - Daily Nous Bastiaan "Bas" van Fraassen, professor emeritus of philosophy at Princeton University, has been awarded the 2026 Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy. The Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy is...

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

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‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies

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.

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Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History (111286-0126) - University of Warwick Title: Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History (111286-0126). Application Deadline: . Position Type: Permanent

🚨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!
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@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social

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'Our body invents a thousand unexpected figures': Michel Serres's philosophy of the body, movement, and sport

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...

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Disappointment or hype? Framing artificial intelligence in the US elite news media - Lilla Vicsek, Katalin Feher, Dennis Nguyen, 2026 How do elite US news outlets frame AI within accounts of hype, disappointment and tempered expectation? This study finds that rather than fueling hype, coverage...

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

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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-...

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2 Postdoctoral positions in Intellectual History at the Department of History - Ledig stilling på Aarhus Universitet Ledig stilling ved Institut for Kultur og Samfund - Historie, fag, Aarhus Universitet

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

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