jgps.bsky.social - Profile | ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

If you're interested in philosophy of biology—particularly its intersections with #evolution, #paleosky, and comparative studies of #behavior, #cognition, and #culture —consider following @theramseylab.bsky.social! We're a cool group of philosophers with a broad range of expertise! #philsci #HPbio

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

What might be the potential ramifications of the relational framework of 'Pure Shape Dynamics' for discussions on the metaphysics of #time? This is a question that Antonio Vassallo & Pedro Naranjo explore in their recent article for JGPS! 👇📃 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philphysics

submitted 18 hours ago • 0 comments

My review of Alexander Bird’s book ‘Knowing Science’ just came out @jgps.bsky.social . If you want to get an idea of what’s it about before reading the actual thing, here are my impressions! #msca #creacal link.springer.com/article/10.1...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

In our latest editorial, we express our sincere thanks to Guido Bacciagaluppi for his editorial work since 2021 & bid him a fond farewell as he concludes his tenure. We also warmly welcome @simonfriederich.bsky.social as our new Co-Editor-in-Chief! link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philsky

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

📣 EXTENDED CALL FOR PAPERS: Towards A Comparative Philosophy of Science Special Issue of the Journal for General Philosophy of Science (@jgps.bsky.social) Deadline: 31 July 2025 (new) #philsci #HOPOS philevents.org/event/show/1...

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

How much was Johannes Peter Müller, one of the fathers of modern #physiology, influenced by Spinoza's philosophy? Find out in Filip Adolf Buyse's new article in JGPS! 📃👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #HPbio #HOPOS #philsky

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

How much was Johannes Peter Müller, one of the fathers of modern #physiology, influenced by Spinoza's philosophy? Find out in Filip Adolf Buyse's new article in JGPS! 📃👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #HPbio #HOPOS #philsky

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

New GWP (German Soc for Phil of Sci) Executive Committee (2025-28), left to right: Michael Jungert (Managing Director), Enno Fischer (Treasurer), Lena Kästner (Vice President), Mathias Frisch, Anna Leuschner, Axel Gelfert (President). (Not pictured: Simon Friederich, JGPS representative) #philsci 👍

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

In merging gen. relativity with quantum gravity, we risk losing time itself. The 'thermal time hypothesis' says time emerges thermodynamically—but does it smuggle in dynamics from the start? A new article by @eugenechua.bsky.social appraises TTH📄👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philsky

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

New paper alert! My take on solving the scaling-up problem (representation-hunger) using mechanistic compositionality is now out with JGPS! #philsci #philsky doi.org/10.1007/s108...

submitted 19 days ago • 2 comments

The concept of 'downward causation' has faced many strong critiques. In her recent 📄 @yashaddad.bsky.social argues that, when adopting an interventionist view of causation and a levels of organization framework, we can explanatorily use the notion 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #hpbio

submitted 32 days ago • 3 comments

New essay review in @jgps.bsky.social! M.R. Martínez-Ordaz & D. Cañas assess the prospects of using robust international scientific consensus as a reliable indicator of 'future-proof science,' as proposed by @pvickers.bsky.social in his latest book link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philsky

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

In merging gen. relativity with quantum gravity, we risk losing time itself. The 'thermal time hypothesis' says time emerges thermodynamically—but does it smuggle in dynamics from the start? A new article by @eugenechua.bsky.social appraises TTH📄👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philsky

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

Don't forget to submit your abstract: PSA Around the World 2025 🌍 Focus: Eastern & Central Europe. 🗓️ Deadline: March 31, 2025 💻 Fully online, Nov 6, 14, 22 $50 fee (waivers available). More info: philsci.org/psa_arou... 📄 Submit abstracts: http://psaatw25.scie...

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

The concept of 'downward causation' has faced many strong critiques. In her recent 📄 @yashaddad.bsky.social argues that, when adopting an interventionist view of causation and a levels of organization framework, we can explanatorily use the notion 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #hpbio

submitted 32 days ago • 3 comments

📣Apply now for the HPS+Logic M.A. at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de ! The program includes courses on science and its history, logic and topics on culture, ethics & technology. More info: www.hpsplus.org Application deadline for the summer term: 15 March (EU students) #PhilSci #HistSci #HPS #STS #logic

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

Does Euclidean geometry hold a more fundamental status than non-Euclidean geometries? 📐🟣 In a recent paper, Mircea Dumitru and Liviu Ornea argue that it does and that Nash’s embedding theorems provide a way to demonstrate this 👇📃 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsky #philsci #mathsky

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

Went to Göteborg to ask Margareta Hallberg about Hesse. Over a period of 10+ years (2000-) she interviewed Hesse about her life. Our conversation inevitably fell, with gloom, on the personal and academic freedom Hesse associated with her visits to US🥺 #philsci #hps link.springer.com/article/10.1...

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

1/4📖New review out! I discuss @apotochnik.bsky.social take on science’s obligations to the public, its historical responsibilities, and the distinction between trust in vs. trustworthiness of science. Read it here: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #PhilosophyOfScience #ScienceAndSociety

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

In response to Graham Priest, Melisa Vivanco argues that demarcating a plurality of pure mathematical structures is no easy task. Check out her new essay review, which I had the pleasure of commissioning & editing for @jgps.bsky.social! 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsky #mathsky #philsci

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

Does Euclidean geometry hold a more fundamental status than non-Euclidean geometries? 📐🟣 In a recent paper, Mircea Dumitru and Liviu Ornea argue that it does and that Nash’s embedding theorems provide a way to demonstrate this 👇📃 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsky #philsci #mathsky

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

Final CFP for a special issue of @jgps.bsky.social "Towards Comparative Philosophy of Science" philevents.org/event/show/1... Submission deadline: March 31 for #philsci approaches comparing scientific disciplines.

submitted 50 days ago • 1 comment

Former #GRK2073 (tinyurl.com/nn97fu7b) fellow Jonas Lipski argues in this new #philsci article @jgps.bsky.social that lower transaction costs could improve science's funding & practice 👇

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

Can transaction costs economics illuminate scientific practice & misconduct? In his new #philsci article, Jonas Lipski argues in the affirmative, suggesting lower transaction costs could improve science's funding & practice 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #metasci #academicsky

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

Can time emerge from thermodynamics? My paper scrutinizing the thermal time hypothesis is officially published with @springernature.com at @jgps.bsky.social! Full-text view-only link here: rdcu.be/d9fhd

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

Are you interested in the metaphysics of time? In a recent article, Baptiste Le Bihan argues that 'aeon monism' fits Penrose's 'conformal cyclic cosmology'—the cosmos as a collection of successive universes or 'aeons'—and explores its implications: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philsky

submitted 72 days ago • 1 comment

Can transaction costs economics illuminate scientific practice & misconduct? In his new #philsci article, Jonas Lipski argues in the affirmative, suggesting lower transaction costs could improve science's funding & practice 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #metasci #academicsky

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

It's been a while since we added any new titles to this pack. Surely there are more philosophy journals in these bluer skies?! #philsky go.bsky.app/KDmWwng

submitted 71 days ago • 2 comments

Are you interested in the metaphysics of time? In a recent article, Baptiste Le Bihan argues that 'aeon monism' fits Penrose's 'conformal cyclic cosmology'—the cosmos as a collection of successive universes or 'aeons'—and explores its implications: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philsky

submitted 72 days ago • 1 comment

Just in time for your holiday reading by the fireplace: JGPS issue 4 of 2024 with something for everyone: papers on structural realism; the ontology of causation; transaction cost economics; coordination, constitution and convention; agency in extended cognitive systems; and fictional models.

submitted 103 days ago • 1 comment

The Utrecht Philosophy of Astronomy & Cosmology research group workshop on Philosophy of Dark Energy, Monday the 13th of January 2025. ⚛️ Register: www.uu.nl/en/research/...

submitted 113 days ago • 1 comment

📣Apply now for the HPS+Logic M.A. at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de! The program includes courses on science and its history, logic and topics on culture, ethics & technology. Find all info here: www.hpsplus.org Application deadline for the summer term: - 15 January (Non-EU students) - 15 March (EU students)

submitted 114 days ago • 1 comment

What does Cultural Evolutionary Psychology bring to the table? In their new article, K. Baraghith & C. Feldbacher-Escamilla argue that it generalizably shows that cognitive products & cog. mechanisms are subject to recursive cultural evolution 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #evosky

submitted 127 days ago • 2 comments

🌟 Join us in Utrecht! 🌟 Late BA, Master's students & early PhDs: Forms of Knowledge and Values in Science and Society at our Spring School, 13–17 May 2025. ✅ Interdisciplinary discussions ✅ Networking with peers ✅ Inspiring talks & workshops 📍 Utrecht, Netherlands

submitted 123 days ago • 1 comment

What does Cultural Evolutionary Psychology bring to the table? In their new article, K. Baraghith & C. Feldbacher-Escamilla argue that it generalizably shows that cognitive products & cog. mechanisms are subject to recursive cultural evolution 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #evosky

submitted 127 days ago • 2 comments

The Call for papers, symposia and posters for next year's #EPSA meeting is online: philsci.eu/EPSA25/CfP Deadline is 31 January 2025. The meeting will be held in Groningen, The Netherlands, on 27-30 August 2025. #HPBio #PhilSci

submitted 128 days ago • 0 comments

10 days left for applying for the Spring School on Forms of Knowledge and Values in Science and Society at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social! All information here: utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/huma... Targeted at all students in #HistSci and/or #PhilSci 🤓 Please share widely! #PhDSky #philosophy

submitted 129 days ago • 0 comments

"[...] science is [...] the knowledge-producing activity that envisions [...] the largest set of possibilities of errors (with the exception of epistemology) and takes as its core business to methodically eliminate these," says @osartenaer.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci

submitted 134 days ago • 0 comments

It’s out & #OpenAccess 🎉🎉 My 1st book ´Chemistry’s Metaphysics’ is one of the most creative projects Ive undertaken. Filled w/ metaphysical questions explored through a chemical lens, hopefully it contributes to the interaction of chemistry & philosophy www.cambridge.org/core/element...

submitted 134 days ago • 7 comments

Have you ever wondered how Bacon's inductive method fits into his larger philosophy of nature? The new open access article by Ori Belkind in JGPS provides a novel interpretation. Check it out! 👇📃 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #HPS #philsky #HOPOS

submitted 158 days ago • 1 comment

Expect posts on events, podcasts, lectures, summer schools, papers and exhibitions coordinated by the Utrecht University History & Philosophy of Science Group, which covers teaching (HPS Master) and research in the history and philosophy of...

submitted 142 days ago • 1 comment

📣Great opportunity for students in #HistSci & #PhilSci: Spring School on Forms of Knowledge and Values in Science and Society at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social next April! 🤓 Find all information here: utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/huma... Deadline for application: 13/12/24 Please repost and share 🙏

submitted 142 days ago • 1 comment

Videos from last month’s Philosophy of Science: Past, Present & Future event now on YouTube. Organized by day (Past / Present / Future) to make it easy to dip into. A wealth of material to listen to. Thanks again to the many wonderful presenters and contributors! #philsci

submitted 144 days ago • 0 comments

Out now: Journal for General Philosophy of Science vol. 55 issue 3. Papers on natural kinds, theories, laws, demarcation, time, and much more. @jgps.bsky.social

submitted 145 days ago • 0 comments

Trumpet blast: my paper ‘Does the Claim that There Are No Theories Imply that there is no History of Theories to be Written?(!)’ is out in the latest issue of The Journal for General Philosophy of Science (on open access): link.springer.com/article/10.1...

submitted 146 days ago • 3 comments

Have you ever wondered how Bacon's inductive method fits into his larger philosophy of nature? The new open access article by Ori Belkind in JGPS provides a novel interpretation. Check it out! 👇📃 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #HPS #philsky #HOPOS

submitted 158 days ago • 1 comment

📢 2nd CFP for a Special Issue of the Journal for General Philosophy of Science "Towards Comparative Philosophy of Science" philevents.org/event/show/1... #philsci #philsky #HPS @jgps.bsky.social @philsci.bsky.social

submitted 163 days ago • 0 comments

We made another thing! Here is a pretty great 'HPS Starter Pack' so you too can follow all the awesome history, philosophy and social studies of science (and #metasci #histSTM #philsci #philsky #hps #histsci 🧪) accounts on Bluesky. Please share widely #academicsky :)

submitted 173 days ago • 70 comments