New Cambridge Element in Philosophy of Physics! Classical and Quantum Phase Space Mechanics, by Karim Thebault.
Open Access for the next two weeks.
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Deadline extended to February 15th! Please share widely.
Submissions are open for Foundations of Physics 2026, in Irvine, CA! Hosted by the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science.
Submission deadline is February 1. Tell your friends!
foundations2026.us
Was that our policy for the past year?
Prof Chris Smeenk (Western Uni, London Ontario) will be giving the 2025 Beth Lecture, presenting his upcoming book with @jamesowenweatherall.com on the aim and structure of cosmological theory.
10 Dec 2025, Academiegebouw Utrecht, 19:30-21:00, followed by reception.
hpp-nl.nl/events/beth2...
Claude Sonnet 4.5 just told me I have "graduate-level philosophical insight" and "genuine philosophical ability". Ngl feeling pretty chuffed.
The Phil-Sci Archive at Pitt is now pushing papers out on Bluesky. Follow the account below to see them
@philsci-archive.bsky.social
Had an absolute blast writing this paper with Thomas, Hans, and
@jamesowenweatherall.com!
GR turns out to be way more deterministic than previously appreciated. The past determines the future not only up to isomorphism but up to *unique* isomorphism! 🤯
You may be a mover, but shaking is not tolerated in Irish Dance.
Hey folks -- this is of "historical importance"!
Formal proof and epistemic value
open.substack.com/pub/siliconr...
Hello! I just started at new center at UCI! Some main foci will be misinformation, metascience, and equity!
www.socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/n...
10 P.M. Called Walter Reed, talked to Dr. Weatherall
Just had the surreal experience of finding my own (not very common) name in the von Neumann papers.
New Element just published! Philosophy of Cosmology and Astrophysics, by Siska De Baerdemaeker. Open access until 10/3. Tell your friends!
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Surely not. David Lewis uses it in his paper on Putnam's Paradox back in 1984. Does Wilson use it before Wandering Significance?
Thanks! I haven't know where to get grounding since radio shack shut down.
That sounds like semantic tape. I am asking about semantic glue.
#philski #philsci Quick Q: anyone know what semantic glue is supposed to be? Can I get it on Amazon or do I have to go to like a crafts store?
I love this interview Nathan Ballantyne just posted with Pen Maddy. Pen is one of my all-time favorite philosophers (and most influential mentors). This captures her outlook and personality beautifully.
www.the-workbench.ca/interviews/p...
For use in any non-structural construction project.
new motto for zfc just dropped
I keep coming back to the Gaetz nomination for AG in light of all this Epstein stuff.
Have you ever wanted to visualize how belief polarization might occur in scientific communities? Then check out this simulator, based on the model developed by @cailinmeister.bsky.social and @jamesowenweatherall.com in their (2018) paper on polarization
#philsci #philsky #metasci
A statement of Descartes' fourth rule of motion, which states that a smaller body can never move a stationary larger body, no matter its speed
Tell me you've never cared for a toddler without telling me you've never cared for a toddler. (Descartes' fourth rule governing collisions, from Principles of Philosophy [1644].)
Thank you @michelamassimi.bsky.social ! We will send it in a month or two.
That would be so helpful! We will send it in a month or two. Thanks @miguelohn.bsky.social !
Very excited for this summer school on my forthcoming book with Chris Smeenk, The Aims and Structure of Cosmological Theory!!
The book is very nearly finished. Let us know if you'd like to give feedback on a draft.
www.usi.ch/en/education...
Information dynamics on Twitter are incredible right now. Israel and Iran are both very good at viral disinformation, and it is easy to find bubbles where everyone is convinced each side is definitely winning. Plus the red-pilled, conspiracy-curious right is split in two and arguing like mad.
Lachrymos
I am most puzzled by Macedo and Lee's insistence that there was no "robust and healthy" debate about COVID policy in the U.S. in spring and summer 2020! I feel like everywhere I turned there was debate -- on social media, yes, but also on college campuses, at local school boards, etc.
