1. A bit of evolutionary biology.
I'm really intrigued by a new perspective piece from Steve Frank that explores connections between how natural selection creates systems that generalize and recent work in machine learning about the surprising capabilities of massively overparameterized systems.
I'm really intrigued by a new perspective piece from Steve Frank that explores connections between how natural selection creates systems that generalize and recent work in machine learning about the surprising capabilities of massively overparameterized systems.
Generalization as the great leap in evolvability: insights from machine learning
Abstract. Natural selection encodes learned information in the genome. Learned solutions may be tuned specifically to past challenges, failing in altered e
academic.oup.com
July 6, 2026 at 4:46 PM
April 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Read all Elements in The Philosophy of Biology series for FREE during the ISHPSSB conference 20 - 25 July. You can find all of these Elements free to download and read here: cup.org/4kEgivL
Philosophy of Biology
Welcome to Cambridge Core
cup.org
July 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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
November 18, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I'm trying to put together a history and philosophy of biology and medicine starter pack! Let me know who to add, including if that is you!
go.bsky.app/UCbEmtj
go.bsky.app/UCbEmtj
November 24, 2024 at 10:11 AM
My Element on "BIological Organization" is finally out!
And it is open access!
@dialecticalsys.bsky.social #philbio
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
And it is open access!
@dialecticalsys.bsky.social #philbio
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Biological Organization
Cambridge Core - Philosophy: General Interest - Biological Organization
www.cambridge.org
December 5, 2024 at 10:43 AM
My Element on "BIological Organization" is finally out!
And it is open access!
@dialecticalsys.bsky.social #philbio
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
And it is open access!
@dialecticalsys.bsky.social #philbio
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
One year on, we’ve heard little reaction to our paper conceiving #species as process-bound, historical, and without natural rank. Integrative #taxonomy and #phylogenetics should love the concept; #speciation biology might not, but it could. #evolbio #philbio #philsci #hpbio
A new view of #SpeciesConcepts by @jeannettewhitton.bsky.social and me, clarifying time frames while unifying interbreeding, genealogy, and traits. A general-purpose species should be a reproductive community (bound by cohesive processes) viewed retrospectively (RRCC). doi.org/10.18061/bss...
December 8, 2024 at 5:42 PM
One year on, we’ve heard little reaction to our paper conceiving #species as process-bound, historical, and without natural rank. Integrative #taxonomy and #phylogenetics should love the concept; #speciation biology might not, but it could. #evolbio #philbio #philsci #hpbio
August 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Quotation and image from my 'Evolution Evolving' book.
Find our more at www.evolutionevolving.org
@princetonupress.bsky.social
#evolution #evodevo #philsci #philbio #animalbehavior
Find our more at www.evolutionevolving.org
@princetonupress.bsky.social
#evolution #evodevo #philsci #philbio #animalbehavior
December 10, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Quotation and image from my 'Evolution Evolving' book.
Find our more at www.evolutionevolving.org
@princetonupress.bsky.social
#evolution #evodevo #philsci #philbio #animalbehavior
Find our more at www.evolutionevolving.org
@princetonupress.bsky.social
#evolution #evodevo #philsci #philbio #animalbehavior
assigned my philbio students a paper of mine. always nervewracking but it turns out it's still a banger
November 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
assigned my philbio students a paper of mine. always nervewracking but it turns out it's still a banger
Anybody interested in a deeper dive into our 'Evolution Evolving' book may like to watch this 1-hr panel discussion and Q&A conducted by @drlynnchiu.bsky.social with the authors.
Relationship to EES, process thinking, maths modeling approaches and more are discussed
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd2M...
Relationship to EES, process thinking, maths modeling approaches and more are discussed
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd2M...
Evolution Evolving: Panel Discussion
YouTube video by EES Update
www.youtube.com
February 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
"Here, we develop mathematical models linking anisogamy to secondary sex-role evolution, showing that anisogamy drives sex-role divergence along contrasting evolutionary trajectories depending on ecological context." #philbio
Anisogamy drives diverse patterns of sex-role divergence https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.26.754688v1
October 2, 2026 at 2:36 PM
"Here, we develop mathematical models linking anisogamy to secondary sex-role evolution, showing that anisogamy drives sex-role divergence along contrasting evolutionary trajectories depending on ecological context." #philbio
Hi there. I am Professor of Behavioural and Evolutionary Biology at the University of St Andrews, UK. My interests include #evobio #humanevolution #animalculture #evolutionofmind #nicheconstruction #philsci #philbio. I am active in #antiracism and #edi.
November 24, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Hi there. I am Professor of Behavioural and Evolutionary Biology at the University of St Andrews, UK. My interests include #evobio #humanevolution #animalculture #evolutionofmind #nicheconstruction #philsci #philbio. I am active in #antiracism and #edi.
Our History and Philosophy of Biology @utrechthps.bsky.social course was awarded as the best evaluated in Biology year 3 🎉@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social #philbio #hps 🌿🦠🦫
March 19, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Our History and Philosophy of Biology @utrechthps.bsky.social course was awarded as the best evaluated in Biology year 3 🎉@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social #philbio #hps 🌿🦠🦫
Yeahhh! Jan Baedke got an @erc.europa.eu Consolidator Grant! Thanks to everyone who supported this long process! #ERCCoG
December 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I’m glad to share my new book on organisms, biology and Kant:
When Metaphysics meets Biology. Kantian approaches to Concept of Organism. (Routledge)
The book is open access so you can download the pdf, read, share
#philsci #evobio #philbio #histbio #kant
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon...
When Metaphysics meets Biology. Kantian approaches to Concept of Organism. (Routledge)
The book is open access so you can download the pdf, read, share
#philsci #evobio #philbio #histbio #kant
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon...
April 21, 2026 at 2:20 PM
End of November deadline! Send us your paper on the philosophy of Daniel Dennett @journalphp.bsky.social
November 5, 2024 at 5:41 AM
We’re excited to launch the official BlueSky profile of ISHPSSB! Founded in 1998, we connect researchers in philosophy, history, and social studies of biology and medicine worldwide. Follow us for updates and events! #PhilosophyOfBiology, #HistoryOfScience, #STS, #Biology, #Medicine
September 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
#ISHPSSB2925 program booklet is out! Check it out here ishpssb2025.icbas.up.pt/wp-content/u...
#hpbio #philsci #histstm #histsci #philbio #hbio #sts
#hpbio #philsci #histstm #histsci #philbio #hbio #sts
July 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
#ISHPSSB2925 program booklet is out! Check it out here ishpssb2025.icbas.up.pt/wp-content/u...
#hpbio #philsci #histstm #histsci #philbio #hbio #sts
#hpbio #philsci #histstm #histsci #philbio #hbio #sts
Let’s delve into the epistemology of network analyses (as GPT would say)!
My paper on networks as explanatory and non-explanatory is out in Synthese and Open Access :)
link.springer.com/content/pdf/...
#philsci #networks #philbio #topology
My paper on networks as explanatory and non-explanatory is out in Synthese and Open Access :)
link.springer.com/content/pdf/...
#philsci #networks #philbio #topology
link.springer.com
August 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Let’s delve into the epistemology of network analyses (as GPT would say)!
My paper on networks as explanatory and non-explanatory is out in Synthese and Open Access :)
link.springer.com/content/pdf/...
#philsci #networks #philbio #topology
My paper on networks as explanatory and non-explanatory is out in Synthese and Open Access :)
link.springer.com/content/pdf/...
#philsci #networks #philbio #topology
July 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM