SW*IP Germany Jahrestagung 2025 - Universität Ulm

I can’t think of a better way to celebrate my 2nd year in Germany than keynoting the German Society for Women in Philosophy - join us in Ulm to discuss openness & democracy on Thursday 13 November: www.uni-ulm.de/einrichtunge... #philsci

Re-construction or re-invention? Experimental strategies in the historical sciences - Synthese Synthese - Prototypical historical sciences are in the business of reconstructing the past based on traces. Experimental research into the past often seems precluded by the very nature of...

I have a new paper out in Synthese! It’s about experimental strategies in the historical sciences, using case studies from origins of life research.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

From Stromatolites to Martian Leopard Spots: Circumstantial Traces and the Reconstruction of Early Life — Extinct In which Franziska Reinhard analyzes early life research by developing the concept of a collateral trace

New on Extinct: one of the best things we've had lately, imo. The philosopher Franziska Reinhard discusses early (and extraterrestrial) life research using her notion of a "circumstantial trace." Come for the stromatolites, stay for the Bayesian networks!
www.extinctblog.org/extinct/2025...