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Lukas Röseler @aufdroeseler.bsky.social · 2d

ReplicationResearch.org is now open for submissions!

Submit replications and reproductions from many different fields, as well as conceptual contributions. With diamond OA, open and citable peer review reports, and reproducibility checks, we push the boundaries of open and fair publishing.

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Carme Isern-Mas @isernmas.bsky.social · 10d

New publication! ✨

Remember Jonah Hill asking Sarah Brady to stop modeling to respect his “boundaries”? Or an abusive boss recommending mindfulness after your complaints?

@almagro.bsky.social and I are now ready to tell you when and why therapy-speak might be wrong.

🔓Link in reply

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University of Melbourne @unimelb.bsky.social · 3d

What’s the first thing you do when you’re awarded a Nobel Prize?

Deliver a first-year chemistry tutorial of course, and then celebrate ⚛️

Tap through to read more about Professor Robson’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry → unimelb.me/46YXtxo

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Philosophical Psychology @journalphp.bsky.social · 10d

Call for papers: Philosophy through Art, Games, and Fiction think.taylorandfranc... Guest editor: Lisa Bortolotti. Deadline: 31 July 2026. Submit your work! #philsky #philpsy

Philosophy through Art, Games, and Fiction

Can we do philosophy by writing fiction, drawing, designing a game, or telling a story? Submit work to this special issue honouring the legacy of Helen De Cruz.

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AAHPSSS @aahpsss.bsky.social · 5d

Registration for the 2025 AAHPSSS conference is now open!

For details, and to register, please see: aahpsss.net.au/conference/2...

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Thomas Spiteri @tespiteri.bsky.social · 9d

I sat down with Prof. Cordelia Fine for an in-depth discussion about her wonderful new book “Patriarchy, Inc.”

She critiques two dominant stories of inequality — the “different but equal” view and the “business case for diversity” — and sets out a richer vision of what equality should mean today.

S5 E10 - Cordelia Fine on

Podcast Episode · The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science · 03/10/2025 · 53m

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Thomas Spiteri @tespiteri.bsky.social · 9d

Links: linktr.ee/thehpspodcast

Thomas Spiteri @tespiteri.bsky.social · 9d

@cordeliafine.bsky.social
@unimelb.bsky.social
@hpspodcast.bsky.social

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Thomas Spiteri @tespiteri.bsky.social · 9d

I sat down with Prof. Cordelia Fine for an in-depth discussion about her wonderful new book “Patriarchy, Inc.”

She critiques two dominant stories of inequality — the “different but equal” view and the “business case for diversity” — and sets out a richer vision of what equality should mean today.

S5 E10 - Cordelia Fine on

Podcast Episode · The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science · 03/10/2025 · 53m

podcasts.apple.com

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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 11d

Didn’t expect to receive a hard copy of this volume. So satisfying to hold. An honour to philosophise alongside these wonderful thinkers. Here’s the link academic.oup.com/aristotelian...

B&W hard copy of a volume of Aristotelian Society 2025

Table of contents and first page of an article

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Thomas Spiteri @tespiteri.bsky.social · 17d

We are grateful to have had @ufeest.bsky.social join for this week's HPS Seminar, where she discussed work from her new book Operationism in Psychology: An Epistemology of Exploration. A stimulating and insightful session. Thanks a lot, Uljana!

#iHPS

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Thomas Spiteri @tespiteri.bsky.social · 19d

I am saddened to hear of Professor Jonathan Lear’s passing. His work has been a source of insight as I’ve engaged with psychoanalysis. I especially valued his attempt to reposition psychoanalysis beyond pathology, as a means for cultivating the human spirit; beyond fixing and toward flourishing

Jonathan Lear (1948-2025) - Daily Nous

Jonathan Lear, Professor in the Committee on Social Thought and in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Chicago, has died. Professor Lear was well-known for bringing moral and social phil...

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Thomas Spiteri @tespiteri.bsky.social · 19d

Not my favourite (though I enjoyed this episode) but I immediately thought of Merlin Sheldrake on this Slime Mould episode & wondered if you two overlapped in Cambridge when he was a student in HPS?

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Slime Moulds

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Thomas Spiteri @tespiteri.bsky.social · 22d

This week, we’re joined by Professor Miriam Solomon to discuss stigma and its impact on psychiatry — how it has shaped diagnoses, DSM revisions, and ideas of what counts as disorder

linktr.ee/thehpspodcast

#hps #philsci #psych

S5 E9 – Miriam Solomon on How Stigma Shapes Psychiatry

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Thomas Spiteri @tespiteri.bsky.social · 22d

This week, we’re joined by Professor Miriam Solomon to discuss stigma and its impact on psychiatry — how it has shaped diagnoses, DSM revisions, and ideas of what counts as disorder

linktr.ee/thehpspodcast

#hps #philsci #psych

S5 E9 – Miriam Solomon on How Stigma Shapes Psychiatry

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Thomas Spiteri @tespiteri.bsky.social · 24d

#philosophy #philsci #histsci #sts #hopos

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Justin Weinberg @dailynous.com · 25d

The Philosophy of Science Association makes experts on various topics available for conversation with graduate students anywhere with its "Office Hour" program. Other associations should consider doing this.

The PSA’s “Office Hour” Returns - Daily Nous

The Philosophy of Science Association (PSA) is continuing its excellent expert "office hour" series this semester---a program other academic associations should consider adopting. "The PSA Office Hour aims to facilitate interactions between our graduate student membership and prominent philosophers of science, and in a more controlled, accessible, and carbon-conscious setting than is provided by our

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Thomas Spiteri @tespiteri.bsky.social · 26d

Glad to hear you liked it, Bec! Hope you're well

Thomas Spiteri @tespiteri.bsky.social · 26d

Thanks for listening Uljana, that's great to hear. I’m glad you enjoyed the conversation. I couldn't agree more, it was such a privilege to chat with him. Looking forward to having you chat with us at UniMelb in the next week or so!

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Thomas Spiteri @tespiteri.bsky.social · 29d

I had a rich and wide-ranging conversation w/ Professor Philip Kitcher for the podcast this week.

We discuss his intellectual journey, interventions in creationism, sociobiology & the genome project, his philosophical evolution, and vision for philosophy serving the common good. A real privilege.

S5 E8 - Philip Kitcher on Philosophy for Science and the Common Good

Podcast Episode · The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science · 11/09/2025 · 48m

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Thomas Spiteri @tespiteri.bsky.social · 28d

I hope you enjoy it, Uljana!

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Thomas Spiteri @tespiteri.bsky.social · 29d

Haha, thanks! I should attach it:

S5 E8 - Philip Kitcher on Philosophy for Science and the Common Good

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Thomas Spiteri @tespiteri.bsky.social · 29d

Terrific! Thanks for sharing.

Thomas Spiteri @tespiteri.bsky.social · 29d

Apologies, that post was accidentally deleted. But thanks for the repost -- we appreciate that!

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Thomas Spiteri @tespiteri.bsky.social · 29d

@fergus.oolong.co.uk Apologies, the earlier post was accidentally deleted.

You're right, we haven't. Is there someone in particular you'd like to see join The HPS Podcast? Thanks for the suggestion!

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