Research from the Tilburg philosophy department: the fully open access book edited by Sander Verhaegh on American Philosophy and the Intellectual Migration.
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Call for Abstracts
2nd International Conference
The History of the Philosophy of Technology
October 26-28, 2026
Maastricht University
Theme: national and regional traditions
Abstracts by 25 May 2026
fasos-research.nl/history-of-p...
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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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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
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🚨Two TT posts in Social and Political Philosophy🚨 @maastrichtu.bsky.social | #PhilosophyJobs #Hiring #academicjobs @apaphilosophy.bsky.social @philjobs.org
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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
Finally! OK then, I'm on it.
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.
Too bad it didn't stick, would have been hilarious to have a BA in entrepreneurship from the Karl Marx universiteit. 🙃
I can't help thinking Žižek might be a better cast for the role
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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
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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".
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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?
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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 👇
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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...
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🟥 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...
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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? astrolabium@astrolabium.be
More info👇
astrolabium.be/visite-confe...
stakingsprogramma maastricht, 16 april op het vrijthof vanaf 12.30 muziek en friet 13.00 - 14.00 podiumprogramma 14.45 - 14.45 mars door de binnenstad 14.45 - 15.30 stakingsmarkt
strike programme maastricht, 16 april at the vrijthof from 12.30 - music and free fries 13.00 - 14.00 speeches and music 14.00 - 14.45 march through the city centre 14.45 - 15.30 strike market
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.
Very sorry for your loss...
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