We're excited to announce the Spring 2026 PSA office hours! Come learn, ask questions, and connect with leading voices in philosophy of science!
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Registration at this link: www.philsci.org/psa_...
Please share. The International Association for Computing and Philosophy is one of the best communities to engage with if you are doing any philosophy (epistemology, ethics, metaphysics, etc.) related to computational technologies.
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Fascinating interview with intriguing notions of naturalized spirituality and epistemic benefits of psychedelic experiences.
New piece out today in #Sagacity Magazine! I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Chris Letheby at #UWA about his work in the #Philosophy of #Psychedelics. I had a lot of fun with this one, and I hope you enjoy reading it too. Part II (with more questions!) is coming soon ✨
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Important article by @malinowska.bsky.social :
"I demonstrate that the uncritical use of the White category – as a default homogenous comparator category – in global health equity research reproduces epistemic injustice and misrepresents complex dynamics of racialisation..."
ABSTRACT. Although the urgency of our present environmental crises is not in doubt, claims that we are in the midst of a sixth mass extinction are highly controversial. Our aims here are, first, to shed philosophical light on this scientific debate—the many conceptual and methodological challenges involved in answering this scientific question—and, second, to offer new perspectives on what the value of asking this question has been, and if that value persists. We argue that a straightforward answer to the question of whether we are experiencing a mass extinction is undermined by the challenges in defining ‘mass extinction’, uncertainties in past and present diversity assessments, and data incommensurabilities. Further, an excessive focus on the mass extinction framing can be unhelpful to conservation efforts, leading us to miss out on the many other valuable insights that Earth’s deep time can offer in guiding our future.
From the latest issue:
Are We in a Sixth Mass Extinction? The Challenges of Answering and Value of Asking
– Federica Bocchi, Alisa Bokulich, Leticia Castillo Brache, Gloria Grand-Pierre & Aja Watkins
Abstract in alt text or read it here:
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
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Check out the lecture series by postdoc fellow Marta Bielinska on the philosophy of spacetime, released by Jagiellonian University. There are three episodes on YouTube, with more coming soon. https://ow.ly/942V50YcvGe
(Lectures are in Polish with English subtitles and dubbing available.) #philsci
Very grateful to be featured as the inaugural guest of the "Good Morning and May It Please the Court" radio show, directed by Ryan Aikin, and which aired this morning on KBGA. Such a fun conversation!
open.spotify.com/show/5UzGwGM...
#NewArticle available on our website #OpenAccess
Wild Animal Suffering Is Not Intractable: A Precautionary Approach to Compassionate Intervention | Tristan Katz
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Read it here👇
doi.org/10.1002/japp...
CfP: Interesting workshop about representation and understanding
sure-workshop.weebly.com/current-work...
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Thank you, Uljana! I was wondering about this year’s SURe.
This is Millie. She just learned how to sled. Hopes you brought a second land frisbee, because she will not be taking turns. 13/10 (TT: millietheredlab)
Kevin Elliott is one of those philosophers whose work branches outside of philosophy. Nice work!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New from the BJPS Review of Books:
The Einstein Paradox
– Guido Bacciagaluppi & Elise Crull
Reviewed by Thomas Ryckman
Read it here:
www.thebsps.org/reviewofbook...
#philsci #phisky #hps
Funded postdoctoral positions (FCT) at the Institute of Philosophy, University of Porto – Call for expressions of interest:
ifilosofia.up.pt/news/funded-...
New and interesting article on ViS by Kristina Rollin in EJPS #phisci #scienceandvalues #ViS #trust
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Become a Visiting Fellow or Postdoc!
Applications for 2026-27 now open for Visiting Fellows and Postdoctoral Fellows!
More info and application link is available on our website at https://www.centerphilsci.pitt.edu/programs/overview/
#PhilosophyOfScience #ResearchFellowship #PostdocOpportunities
I will be offering a graduate seminar during the winter quarter on the politics of civil disobedience, nonviolence, and civility (and its critics). If you know any graduate students who might be interested, please let them know!
www.humanities.uci.edu/critical/cte...
Interesting article, by Vera Matarese: Machine-Learning-based experimental strategies "can be epistemically salient with respect to understanding"
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Gift of William Rubin
Theodoros Stamos, Sacrifice, 1948
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135768
Fair! I would have passed out too :)
Any take away?
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On #WorldPhilosophyDay2025 learn about project EPIC: here is our website with details of our seminar series, our open access articles and books, our six case studies and many online resources for everyone epistemicinjusticein... #philsky #epistemicinjustice
“How science is changing”
Exciting event available to view via livestream on Thursday 20 November from the University of Cincinnati Center for Public Engagement with Science. Alan Love, director of the MCPS, is a panellist!
@ucpews.bsky.social
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Hello all! The PSA DEI Caucus is coming to BlueSky! Hoping to share news about our wonderful membership and our @philsci.bsky.social community at large! Doggo Pic for attention. #philosophy #hps #dei
