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I work in History & Philosophy of Science, esp on Models (Physically Similar Systems), Analogies and Principles, and metrology. Philosophy of AI and Phil of Mathematics, too. Models in Wittgenstein. I love learning about plants. susangsterrett.com
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🏆 We are pleased to announce the 2025 Lakatos Award winner Mazviita Chirimuuta, who receives the award for her book “The Brain Abstracted: Simplification in the History and Philosophy of Neuroscience” Congratulations! 👏 👉More about the award: www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/b...

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Give this episode of @alleghenyfront.bsky.social a listen! It features our own Megan McDonough, talking about our opposition to Pennsylvania's HB 502, which would make it harder for municipalities to pass ordinances to protect themselves from the fossil fuel industry.

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Almost no one – and apparently, not even fossil fuel corporations – wants Trump to sell off our public lands for oil and gas development 😠

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URGENT! PA's HB502 would fast track approval of energy generating and energy storage facilities by replacing the role of local gov with a hand-picked State Siting Board. The PA House Energy Committee vote is tomorrow, Wed 10am. Call now to stop this bill! delawareriverkeeper.org/urgent-actio...

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Huge issue in Pennsylvania, a bill limiting public participation masquerading as being environmentally positive. Hardly any press about it, so posting it here. www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2025/06/09/p...

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Your Campus Already Has AI—And That's the Problem open.substack.com/pub/marcwatk...

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This piece in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists by Ed Lyman discusses the White House's new EOs and explains, among other things, why they are counterproductive even acc to the industry's own aims. (As well as the public's). thebulletin.org/2025/05/the-...

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Why it's important to talk openly and often about the limitations of genAI instead of irresponsibly recommending its use at work, even in work that affects others: "California Supreme Court orders return to Multistate Bar Examination, lowers bar pass score" www.abajournal.com/web/article/...

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Going to the 2025 APA meeting in NYC? You're in luck - you can catch lectures by the two most recent winners of the K. Jon Barwise prize: Gabriele Gramelsberger (2023) and Oron Shagrir (2024). Both give talks on January 9th. Bios & talk titles: philosophyandcomputing.wordpress.com/barwise-prize/?

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This week's ep features Kirsten Walsh, philosophy lecturer at @uniofexeter.bsky.social, on the topic of 'Rethinking Newton through his Archive' Kirsten takes us into newly digitised documents & how they can better illuminate Newton's research interests & everyday practices #hps #histsci #philsci 🧪

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This is lovely and wonderful, both in the points Kristin Andrews made, and how the filmmaker illustrated them. youtu.be/M68DgpRTsZc?...

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Open for comments. Anyone may comment. Read this and consider it. www.nrdc.org/bio/michele-...

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My book, On the Swamp: Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice, will be available in April 2024! This project has been in the works for a long time, and I'm thrilled that it will be out in the world soon. You can find a brief description at the link below. #Lumbee @uncpress.bsky.social

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