Nine books I'll never forget. Not my favorites (Crichton would take four slots, as well as McCarthy, Robert Jordan, and Douglas Adams). These are tent poles, each one holding up a different part of me: scifi, phi, pol, theo, phisci, theosci, and one very influential boxed set I read at twelve.
October 19, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Nine books I'll never forget. Not my favorites (Crichton would take four slots, as well as McCarthy, Robert Jordan, and Douglas Adams). These are tent poles, each one holding up a different part of me: scifi, phi, pol, theo, phisci, theosci, and one very influential boxed set I read at twelve.
this is a great episode! @alfredovernazzani.bsky.social #phisci
We're back with more Conversations at the Center! We begin season 3 of our podcast with a discussion on Perception and Understanding with Visiting Fellow Alfredo Vernazzani.
Available on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts. #philsci
Available on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts. #philsci
September 21, 2026 at 1:39 PM
this is a great episode! @alfredovernazzani.bsky.social #phisci
Alejandro F. Cuesta first introduces "weak empirical logical exceptionalism" in a brilliant talk on quantum logic @ecap12th.bsky.social
August 26, 2026 at 7:02 PM
(Layman here) I was thinking about some related topics a few days ago while running. One of them was the costs and returns of scientific research in terms of energy and resources more than economic. I found it so interesting that I decided to start a BsA / BsC in #PhiSci next month.
August 26, 2026 at 6:56 PM
(Layman here) I was thinking about some related topics a few days ago while running. One of them was the costs and returns of scientific research in terms of energy and resources more than economic. I found it so interesting that I decided to start a BsA / BsC in #PhiSci next month.
The institute where I received my Philosophy of Science degree has now arrived where the sky is blue. Be kind and drop them a follow.
@iphilluh.bsky.social
#phisci
#philtech
@iphilluh.bsky.social
#phisci
#philtech
October 23, 2023 at 11:02 AM
The institute where I received my Philosophy of Science degree has now arrived where the sky is blue. Be kind and drop them a follow.
@iphilluh.bsky.social
#phisci
#philtech
@iphilluh.bsky.social
#phisci
#philtech
#phisci #histsci #philsky #scitech
There will be a book launch event for Inference and Representation on November 24. A hybrid event taking place physically in Lisbon but also online. You may register at the link (and thus receive a 30% discount voucher): ifilnova.pt/en/events/in...
There will be a book launch event for Inference and Representation on November 24. A hybrid event taking place physically in Lisbon but also online. You may register at the link (and thus receive a 30% discount voucher): ifilnova.pt/en/events/in...
Inference and Representation. A Study in Modeling Science
ifilnova.pt
November 16, 2023 at 11:47 AM
#phisci #histsci #philsky #scitech
There will be a book launch event for Inference and Representation on November 24. A hybrid event taking place physically in Lisbon but also online. You may register at the link (and thus receive a 30% discount voucher): ifilnova.pt/en/events/in...
There will be a book launch event for Inference and Representation on November 24. A hybrid event taking place physically in Lisbon but also online. You may register at the link (and thus receive a 30% discount voucher): ifilnova.pt/en/events/in...
Post-truth thrives because it offers meaning, identity & belonging. If we want to counter it, we need to offer something better—something worth believing in. @geographers.bsky.social @americangeo.bsky.social #GeoSky #SocialPsyc #PhiSci #PsychSciSky
Misinformation Nation
Myths, media, and manipulation and the post-truth present
interplace.io
March 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Post-truth thrives because it offers meaning, identity & belonging. If we want to counter it, we need to offer something better—something worth believing in. @geographers.bsky.social @americangeo.bsky.social #GeoSky #SocialPsyc #PhiSci #PsychSciSky
Here's something that talks about it from another perspective.
#phisci #physics
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
#phisci #physics
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Models on the boundary between classical and quantum mechanics | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Arguments that quantum mechanics cannot be explained in terms of any classical theory
using only classical logic seem to be based on sound mathematical considerations:
there cannot be physical laws th...
royalsocietypublishing.org
February 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Here's something that talks about it from another perspective.
#phisci #physics
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
#phisci #physics
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Can the 'Meta-Inductive Approach' of Gerhard Schurz solve Hume’s 'Problem of Induction' & afford good predictive success? Find out more in a recent #philsci special issue edited by Paul Thorn & Stathis Psillos! It features a great array of contributors! 👇 link.springer.com/journal/1083... #philsky
November 24, 2024 at 10:38 AM
This is a moving and a very educational tribute by Stathis Psillos. What an iconic argument pessimistic meta induction is! Thank you for leaving it to the world, Larry Laudan, one of the greats. #philsci #philsky
In Science We Trust: Larry Laudan (1941–2022)
link.springer.com
November 24, 2024 at 10:34 AM
January 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
March 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
A powerful reflection by Lorraine Daston on the entangled roots of modernity and science. To understand today's world, we must confront the history of science and its role in shaping Western dominance.
From 'The History of Science and the History of Knowledge' (2017).
#histsci #phisci
From 'The History of Science and the History of Knowledge' (2017).
#histsci #phisci
November 28, 2024 at 1:58 PM
I should add that what I understand about #phisci and #philbio issues concerning cancer is largely due to Anya Plutynski's book fascinating book Explaining Cancer academic.oup.com/book/11639
Explaining Cancer: Finding Order in Disorder
Abstract. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the world. Almost everyone’s life is in some way or other affected by cancer. Yet, when faced with
academic.oup.com
May 11, 2026 at 11:15 PM
I should add that what I understand about #phisci and #philbio issues concerning cancer is largely due to Anya Plutynski's book fascinating book Explaining Cancer academic.oup.com/book/11639
“Analytic thinking predicts endorsement of evolution”
<a href="http://bit.ly/1OaCbja" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://bit.ly/1OaCbja
#psychology #cogSci #criticalThinking #science #phiSci #xPhi
<a href="http://bit.ly/1OaCbja" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://bit.ly/1OaCbja
#psychology #cogSci #criticalThinking #science #phiSci #xPhi
ScienceDirect
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November 9, 2024 at 2:31 PM
“Analytic thinking predicts endorsement of evolution”
<a href="http://bit.ly/1OaCbja" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://bit.ly/1OaCbja
#psychology #cogSci #criticalThinking #science #phiSci #xPhi
<a href="http://bit.ly/1OaCbja" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://bit.ly/1OaCbja
#psychology #cogSci #criticalThinking #science #phiSci #xPhi
"Folk Intuitions of Actual Causation: A Two-Pronged Debunking Explanation" <a href="http://bit.ly/2bW4G7h" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://bit.ly/2bW4G7h
#xPhi #phiSci #philosophy #psychology
#xPhi #phiSci #philosophy #psychology
November 9, 2024 at 11:25 AM
"Folk Intuitions of Actual Causation: A Two-Pronged Debunking Explanation" <a href="http://bit.ly/2bW4G7h" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://bit.ly/2bW4G7h
#xPhi #phiSci #philosophy #psychology
#xPhi #phiSci #philosophy #psychology
Sunday Read:
Tracy Llanera and Louise Richardson-Self look at problems defining extremism and find one notable feature: the allure of scientific explanations in reinforcing a view. Explore the boundaries between fact and fiction, science and pseudoscience:
#philosophy #science #phisci
Tracy Llanera and Louise Richardson-Self look at problems defining extremism and find one notable feature: the allure of scientific explanations in reinforcing a view. Explore the boundaries between fact and fiction, science and pseudoscience:
#philosophy #science #phisci
"Extremism and the Allure of Science": A Conversation with Tracy Llanera and Louise Richardson-Self (Keywords: White Supremacy; Conspiracy Theories; Nationalism; Gender; Essentialism; Objectivity)
"The long-term agendas of various stakeholders of white extremism skew the way that research data is interpreted and engaged."
www.thephilosopher1923.org
March 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Sunday Read:
Tracy Llanera and Louise Richardson-Self look at problems defining extremism and find one notable feature: the allure of scientific explanations in reinforcing a view. Explore the boundaries between fact and fiction, science and pseudoscience:
#philosophy #science #phisci
Tracy Llanera and Louise Richardson-Self look at problems defining extremism and find one notable feature: the allure of scientific explanations in reinforcing a view. Explore the boundaries between fact and fiction, science and pseudoscience:
#philosophy #science #phisci
#Consciousness may be an illusion and yet still possess ethical significance!
#ethics #philmind #philski #phisci
#ethics #philmind #philski #phisci
If phenomenal consciousness is an illusion does that destroy ethics or extend it? A great article by @keithfrankish.bsky.social linking two deep #Sentientism themes... philosophy of mind (what is consciousness?) and the extension of moral scope way beyond humanity.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The Ethical Implications of Illusionism - Neuroethics
Illusionism is a revisionary view of consciousness, which denies the existence of the phenomenal properties traditionally thought to render experience conscious. The view has theoretical attractions, ...
link.springer.com
April 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
#Consciousness may be an illusion and yet still possess ethical significance!
#ethics #philmind #philski #phisci
#ethics #philmind #philski #phisci
Science denialism extends beyond flat-earthers and anti-vaxxers, infiltrating fields like #history, #economics and #philosophy. For instance, #marxism does not meet today's scientific standards in any aspect, and even Lakatos, once a Marxist/Stalinist, later questioned its scientific status. #phisci
March 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Science denialism extends beyond flat-earthers and anti-vaxxers, infiltrating fields like #history, #economics and #philosophy. For instance, #marxism does not meet today's scientific standards in any aspect, and even Lakatos, once a Marxist/Stalinist, later questioned its scientific status. #phisci
Why don't you just ask? ;-)
1: PhiSci is redundant and provides nothing
2: the relationship between PhiSci and sciences is exploitative
3: all or most endeavours of science are worthwhile
1: PhiSci is redundant and provides nothing
2: the relationship between PhiSci and sciences is exploitative
3: all or most endeavours of science are worthwhile
December 7, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Why don't you just ask? ;-)
1: PhiSci is redundant and provides nothing
2: the relationship between PhiSci and sciences is exploitative
3: all or most endeavours of science are worthwhile
1: PhiSci is redundant and provides nothing
2: the relationship between PhiSci and sciences is exploitative
3: all or most endeavours of science are worthwhile
free download for 2 weeks #phisci h
The Philosophy of Time Reversal
Cambridge Core - Philosophy: General Interest - The Philosophy of Time Reversal
www.cambridge.org
July 13, 2026 at 2:33 PM
free download for 2 weeks #phisci h
Reminder to submit your application for the Summer Archival Fellowship by the end of the week! More information can be found on our website: https://www.centerphilsci.pitt.edu/programs/summer-archival-fellowship/
April 27, 2026 at 6:12 PM
i am at the University of Minnesota today for a talk on my trust in science book ("reasonable doubt"). If you are around and want to talk, reach out! #phisci
April 17, 2026 at 3:14 PM
i am at the University of Minnesota today for a talk on my trust in science book ("reasonable doubt"). If you are around and want to talk, reach out! #phisci
postdoc at FSU philo of cog sci, epistemology #phisci
Dean's Postdoctoral Scholar, Florida State University
- PhilJobs:JFP
Dean's Postdoctoral Scholar, Florida State University
An international database of jobs for philosophers
philjobs.org
March 25, 2026 at 2:40 PM
postdoc at FSU philo of cog sci, epistemology #phisci