[NEW PAPER] In "Beyond Dichotomies", I challenge the false dichotomy between subjectivity and objectivity in human social relationships. I show how they are both biological and social, using kinship research as an example. I’d love to hear your thoughts!
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The corporate capture of "AI ethics..."
"Out of the Armchair: David Ludwig on science with a human face" - a nice little article on our Open Access book "Transformative Transdisciplinarity - An Introduction to Community-Based Philosophy" and the wider motivations behind it. www.wur.nl/en/news/out-...
Today in whoa dude: researchers found part of a cat’s spine can twist 360 degrees, part of why they always land on their feet www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/s...
Thanks for the invitation and the editorial work, Michela! It is such a nice collection of works!
Our co-edited volume with @abbeaberdeen.bsky.social and Marcel Jaspars is out: academic.oup.com/book/62270#l... (hardback to follow). Our ch 2 is OA academic.oup.com/book/62270/c.... We discuss how to better integrate local knowledge into ocean governance esp #BBNJ implementation.
Recent publications from Clarissa Leite, @charbelelhani.bsky.social + @davidludwig.bsky.social 1.Regulation in eco systems- buff.ly/IAIF3gk; 2.Closure of Constraints&Individuation of CausalSystems in Bio; 3.Transformative transdisciplinarity: intro to community-based philos- buff.ly/WWDpmpg
But this is one of many examples where philosophy of biology opened new ground that revolutionized the previous conclusions reached in philosophy of science mostly inspired by philosophy of physics. There are many
There is a connection surely to all the debate on biological laws
So many possibilities. As a case there is the nature of biological entities as specific objects in contrast with physical entities as generic objects with its consequences for the nature of biological generalizations and methods
What a tough question. One class only? Perhaps showing how philosophy of biology made an impact on philosophy of science, contributing to make it more than philosophy of physics
Recent post in i2insights related to our book Transformative Transdisciplinarity that appeared in Oxford in 2025.
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It is a good idea... But how to fit in our overloaded agendas?
No, in fact not. Most people in my university attach to the argument that AI is good and we need to educate our students to use them properly
Nice essay. Unfortunately it seems that those taking a critical perspective on AI are increasingly talking in the desert, that's how I have been feeling.
This is so disappointing to see academics conclude "yes, it's a fascist tool" and then in the same breath say "let's use it to show students how it's flawed" or "let's collect more data on it by giving it more of our data"... Excuse me?
I’m glad I’m out of Higher Education now. The Unis were captured by corporates long ago. My buddies @bestqualitycrab.bsky.social and @beneltham.bsky.social are all over it! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
AI is a bad bubble on all counts
Towards more collaborative decision-making and research practices to produce policy-relevant knowledge: lessons from Brazil for SPI platforms
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"it is a redefinition...."
Experience just shows that this is not just some new technology like the TV that old people complain about. No, this is much more, it would is a redefinition of "experience" in the worst possible way.
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I do not believe in the death penalty for humans.
I do support the death penalty for corporations.
When they murder people, let's dissolve them. Break them up, destroy their technology, nationalize their assets.
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The more people is driven away the better. But I don't trust anymore the discernment of most people. They will keep the game.
Americans & Europeans needlessly exposing African babies to preventable diseases just to see if they can find something that would justify their preexisting antivaccine beliefs is not only unscientific and actually anti-science, it is very much reminiscent of colonialist, racist human rights abuses
“It is not clear what the research question is. It seems to be about the safety of the vaccine rather than its effectiveness, but both are already well-established, and to undertake such a study in a population where almost 1/5 of the adult population has a marker of infection seems extremely risky”
