Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda
@alejandrofabregastejeda.com
Mexican Historian & Philosopher of Biology • Postdoctoral Fellow at @theramseylab.bsky.social (@clpskuleuven.bsky.social) • Book Reviews Editor for @jgps.bsky.social • https://www.alejandrofabregastejeda.com • #PhilSci #HistSTM #philsky • Escribo y edito
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The Organism-Environment Pairing
In this first systematic book-length examination of the organism-environment relationship in the life sciences, Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda addresses a crucia...
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With great joy—and a touch of nervousness—I’m thrilled to share that my first academic monograph will be published by @mitpress.bsky.social in May 2026! It examines the organism–environment relationship in biology from an integrated #HPS perspective: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205282... #evosky #philsky
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The next conference of the Society for the Study of Measurement will take place at Edinburgh on 22-25 June.
Call for papers and symposia opens Nov 15 and closes Jan 15.
Submissions via app.oxfordabstracts.com/auth?redirec...
Call for papers and symposia opens Nov 15 and closes Jan 15.
Submissions via app.oxfordabstracts.com/auth?redirec...
Events – The Society for the Study of Measurement
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November 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM
The next conference of the Society for the Study of Measurement will take place at Edinburgh on 22-25 June.
Call for papers and symposia opens Nov 15 and closes Jan 15.
Submissions via app.oxfordabstracts.com/auth?redirec...
Call for papers and symposia opens Nov 15 and closes Jan 15.
Submissions via app.oxfordabstracts.com/auth?redirec...
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Call for Papers: Philosophy of Science in Public Policy
Synthese Topical Collection (Guest-Editors: Sabina Leonelli, Richard Williams, TUM)
Deadline: 10 April 2026
Submission: www.editorialmanager.com/synt/default...
Link: link.springer.com/collections/...
@philosophynow.bsky.social
Synthese Topical Collection (Guest-Editors: Sabina Leonelli, Richard Williams, TUM)
Deadline: 10 April 2026
Submission: www.editorialmanager.com/synt/default...
Link: link.springer.com/collections/...
@philosophynow.bsky.social
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October 31, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Call for Papers: Philosophy of Science in Public Policy
Synthese Topical Collection (Guest-Editors: Sabina Leonelli, Richard Williams, TUM)
Deadline: 10 April 2026
Submission: www.editorialmanager.com/synt/default...
Link: link.springer.com/collections/...
@philosophynow.bsky.social
Synthese Topical Collection (Guest-Editors: Sabina Leonelli, Richard Williams, TUM)
Deadline: 10 April 2026
Submission: www.editorialmanager.com/synt/default...
Link: link.springer.com/collections/...
@philosophynow.bsky.social
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Join us for More-than-Human Sensory Worlds, the first in our hybrid 'More-than-Human/ities' seminar series, a new collaboration between UoB's CEH & EUC at York University, Toronto.
Come explore the shared sensory worlds of human and nonhuman animals! 🦅🐇🌃
Wed 19th Nov
17:45–19:00
Online & in-person
Come explore the shared sensory worlds of human and nonhuman animals! 🦅🐇🌃
Wed 19th Nov
17:45–19:00
Online & in-person
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Join us for More-than-Human Sensory Worlds, the first in our hybrid 'More-than-Human/ities' seminar series, a new collaboration between UoB's CEH & EUC at York University, Toronto.
Come explore the shared sensory worlds of human and nonhuman animals! 🦅🐇🌃
Wed 19th Nov
17:45–19:00
Online & in-person
Come explore the shared sensory worlds of human and nonhuman animals! 🦅🐇🌃
Wed 19th Nov
17:45–19:00
Online & in-person
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HISTORIAN OF THE LIFE SCIENCES position at CSHL!
I’m thrilled to announce that the CSHL Center for Humanities and the History of Modern Biology is inviting applications for this position.
This is a remarkable opportunity to join a unique, internationally recognized institution and the Center
I’m thrilled to announce that the CSHL Center for Humanities and the History of Modern Biology is inviting applications for this position.
This is a remarkable opportunity to join a unique, internationally recognized institution and the Center
Career Opportunities | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Careers
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November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
HISTORIAN OF THE LIFE SCIENCES position at CSHL!
I’m thrilled to announce that the CSHL Center for Humanities and the History of Modern Biology is inviting applications for this position.
This is a remarkable opportunity to join a unique, internationally recognized institution and the Center
I’m thrilled to announce that the CSHL Center for Humanities and the History of Modern Biology is inviting applications for this position.
This is a remarkable opportunity to join a unique, internationally recognized institution and the Center
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Have you registered for #AAHPSSS2025 yet? The conference will be held in hybrid format at the University of Queensland, 3–5 December 2025. It’s a small community, which makes it a great opportunity for really good feedback and collaboration.
#HPS #philsky #philsci
More: @aahpsss.bsky.social
#HPS #philsky #philsci
More: @aahpsss.bsky.social
2025 Conference
2025 AAHPSSS Conference The 2025 conference of the Australasian Association for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (AAHPSSS) will be held in a hybrid format at the Universit…
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November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Have you registered for #AAHPSSS2025 yet? The conference will be held in hybrid format at the University of Queensland, 3–5 December 2025. It’s a small community, which makes it a great opportunity for really good feedback and collaboration.
#HPS #philsky #philsci
More: @aahpsss.bsky.social
#HPS #philsky #philsci
More: @aahpsss.bsky.social
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Why does hardly anyone in academic philosophy care about reading? | By Martin Lenz (@goingloopy.bsky.social)
While there are numerous guides on writing philosophy or on reconstructing arguments, there is next to nothing on reading handlingideas.blog/2025/11/01/w... #reading #PhilosophySky #philsky
While there are numerous guides on writing philosophy or on reconstructing arguments, there is next to nothing on reading handlingideas.blog/2025/11/01/w... #reading #PhilosophySky #philsky
Why does hardly anyone in academic philosophy care about reading?
No, this is not about the decline of the occident, just a note about a curiosity in academic philosophy. Philosophy is a discipline in which reading is a key competence, not least in that philosoph…
handlingideas.blog
November 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Why does hardly anyone in academic philosophy care about reading? | By Martin Lenz (@goingloopy.bsky.social)
While there are numerous guides on writing philosophy or on reconstructing arguments, there is next to nothing on reading handlingideas.blog/2025/11/01/w... #reading #PhilosophySky #philsky
While there are numerous guides on writing philosophy or on reconstructing arguments, there is next to nothing on reading handlingideas.blog/2025/11/01/w... #reading #PhilosophySky #philsky
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Open access book on material aspects of ancient philosophy:
brill.com/display/titl...
#philsky #philosophy #ancientphilosophy #openaccess
brill.com/display/titl...
#philsky #philosophy #ancientphilosophy #openaccess
brill.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Open access book on material aspects of ancient philosophy:
brill.com/display/titl...
#philsky #philosophy #ancientphilosophy #openaccess
brill.com/display/titl...
#philsky #philosophy #ancientphilosophy #openaccess
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This year marks the bicentennial of the birth of Thomas Henry Huxley, born 4 May 1825. The only notice I've seen for this is John van Wyhe's short piece for the @linneansociety.bsky.social: bit.ly/4oVPZmq
#HPS #histsci
#HPS #histsci
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
This year marks the bicentennial of the birth of Thomas Henry Huxley, born 4 May 1825. The only notice I've seen for this is John van Wyhe's short piece for the @linneansociety.bsky.social: bit.ly/4oVPZmq
#HPS #histsci
#HPS #histsci
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I can’t think of a better way to celebrate my 2nd year in Germany than keynoting the German Society for Women in Philosophy - join us in Ulm to discuss openness & democracy on Thursday 13 November: www.uni-ulm.de/einrichtunge... #philsci
SW*IP Germany Jahrestagung 2025 - Universität Ulm
www.uni-ulm.de
November 11, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I can’t think of a better way to celebrate my 2nd year in Germany than keynoting the German Society for Women in Philosophy - join us in Ulm to discuss openness & democracy on Thursday 13 November: www.uni-ulm.de/einrichtunge... #philsci
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What makes a neurolinguistics experiment worth pursuing? Nevia Dolcini & colleagues propose two axes of pursuitworthiness standing in an asymmetric relationship: methodological (thresholds for epistemic adequacy) & pragmatic (contextual priorities) 👇📃 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #HPS
November 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
What makes a neurolinguistics experiment worth pursuing? Nevia Dolcini & colleagues propose two axes of pursuitworthiness standing in an asymmetric relationship: methodological (thresholds for epistemic adequacy) & pragmatic (contextual priorities) 👇📃 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #HPS
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Two weeks until the Philosophy of Science Association’s next office hours! @michelamassimi.bsky.social and Mazviita Chirimuuta on “New approaches to realism.”
Sign up and more information:
Sign up and more information:
PSA Office Hour - Philosophy of Science Association
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…
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November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Two weeks until the Philosophy of Science Association’s next office hours! @michelamassimi.bsky.social and Mazviita Chirimuuta on “New approaches to realism.”
Sign up and more information:
Sign up and more information:
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new work on competence and questions (w/ Chris Willard Kyle) is out today (open access) in Mind - academic.oup.com/mind/advance...
Virtue Epistemology for the Zetetic Turn
Abstract. This paper develops and argues for a virtue epistemology that includes performance-normative evaluations of interrogative attitudes (IAs) and not
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November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
new work on competence and questions (w/ Chris Willard Kyle) is out today (open access) in Mind - academic.oup.com/mind/advance...
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Next Monday, we'll have our first reading group session in this semester. We'll discuss "The epistemic superiority of experiment to simulation" by Sherrilyn Roush: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Wanna join the discussion at 4pm CET? Just write an e-mail to jan.baedke[at]rub.de!
#HPBio #PhilSci
Wanna join the discussion at 4pm CET? Just write an e-mail to jan.baedke[at]rub.de!
#HPBio #PhilSci
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Next Monday, we'll have our first reading group session in this semester. We'll discuss "The epistemic superiority of experiment to simulation" by Sherrilyn Roush: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Wanna join the discussion at 4pm CET? Just write an e-mail to jan.baedke[at]rub.de!
#HPBio #PhilSci
Wanna join the discussion at 4pm CET? Just write an e-mail to jan.baedke[at]rub.de!
#HPBio #PhilSci
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Defining non-human #ToolUse remains contested, complicating scientific generalization & inspiring the concept of “tooling.” Our new 📄 @philscijournal.bsky.social proposes a synthetic framework to advance research on 🔧 use & tooling 👇 www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #philsci #cogsci #evosky #HPbio
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Defining non-human #ToolUse remains contested, complicating scientific generalization & inspiring the concept of “tooling.” Our new 📄 @philscijournal.bsky.social proposes a synthetic framework to advance research on 🔧 use & tooling 👇 www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #philsci #cogsci #evosky #HPbio
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If you have grad students working on climate change and global justice, please share with them this call for abstracts for a conference put on by grad students in the University of Washington's philosophy department.
philevents.org/event/show/1...
philevents.org/event/show/1...
Climate Change and Global Justice
The Department of Philosophy at the University of Washington, Seattle is proud to announce a graduate conference titled Climate Change and Global Justice to be held on the UW Seattle campus on April 1...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM
If you have grad students working on climate change and global justice, please share with them this call for abstracts for a conference put on by grad students in the University of Washington's philosophy department.
philevents.org/event/show/1...
philevents.org/event/show/1...
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This Interview has now been published in the Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society! doi.org/10.1093/aris...
November 10, 2025 at 10:25 AM
This Interview has now been published in the Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society! doi.org/10.1093/aris...
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The second in Sander Verhaegh's two part institutional history of American analytic philosophy appearing in the 15th volume of #HOPOS.
"The Analytic Turn in American Philosophy: An Institutional Perspective—Part 2"
Read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
"The Analytic Turn in American Philosophy: An Institutional Perspective—Part 2"
Read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The second in Sander Verhaegh's two part institutional history of American analytic philosophy appearing in the 15th volume of #HOPOS.
"The Analytic Turn in American Philosophy: An Institutional Perspective—Part 2"
Read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
"The Analytic Turn in American Philosophy: An Institutional Perspective—Part 2"
Read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
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I wrote a paper arguing that we should replace authorship with contributors, spokespeople, writers, and guarantors. One of the contributors to that paper (Mikkel Gerken) has written a response paper arguing that the view defended in that paper is implausible www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Scientific Contributions and Scientific Authorship | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science: Vol 0, No ja
www.journals.uchicago.edu
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I wrote a paper arguing that we should replace authorship with contributors, spokespeople, writers, and guarantors. One of the contributors to that paper (Mikkel Gerken) has written a response paper arguing that the view defended in that paper is implausible www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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Today in @aeon.co Andreas Mogensen and I discuss animal welfare, AI welfare, and probabilistic ethics. We make the case for addressing the moral status of animals and AI systems as we address health, climate, and other big issues: with probabilistic reasoning and proportional responses.
An ant is drowning: here’s how to decide if you should save it | Aeon Essays
Should we simply assume that all animals can feel pain and are of moral concern? Or is that taking things too far?
aeon.co
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Today in @aeon.co Andreas Mogensen and I discuss animal welfare, AI welfare, and probabilistic ethics. We make the case for addressing the moral status of animals and AI systems as we address health, climate, and other big issues: with probabilistic reasoning and proportional responses.
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LMU Munich is advertising a new W2 Professorship in Philosophy Education. Deadline: 15 Nov 2025. For more information, and to apply, follow this link: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/b... #philosophy #education #professorship #academicjob #lmumunich
Professorship (W2) of Philosophy Education
job-portal.lmu.de
November 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
LMU Munich is advertising a new W2 Professorship in Philosophy Education. Deadline: 15 Nov 2025. For more information, and to apply, follow this link: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/b... #philosophy #education #professorship #academicjob #lmumunich
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TODAY @unisalzburg.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary Challenges: Bridging Philosophy & Science Education Workshop
A workshop to foster the collaboration between philosophy and science education & reflect on the nature of science (NoS).
➡️ MORE INFO buff.ly/CDFq92r
#philevent #knowledgecrisis
Interdisciplinary Challenges: Bridging Philosophy & Science Education Workshop
A workshop to foster the collaboration between philosophy and science education & reflect on the nature of science (NoS).
➡️ MORE INFO buff.ly/CDFq92r
#philevent #knowledgecrisis
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
TODAY @unisalzburg.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary Challenges: Bridging Philosophy & Science Education Workshop
A workshop to foster the collaboration between philosophy and science education & reflect on the nature of science (NoS).
➡️ MORE INFO buff.ly/CDFq92r
#philevent #knowledgecrisis
Interdisciplinary Challenges: Bridging Philosophy & Science Education Workshop
A workshop to foster the collaboration between philosophy and science education & reflect on the nature of science (NoS).
➡️ MORE INFO buff.ly/CDFq92r
#philevent #knowledgecrisis
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*Globalizing Wildlife*, a book edited by @vbateman.bsky.social, Tom Quick, and myself, is now available for pre-order with @uncpress.bsky.social!
Using code 01SOCIAL30 at checkout, you can save 30%
www.uncpress.org/book/9781469...
Using code 01SOCIAL30 at checkout, you can save 30%
www.uncpress.org/book/9781469...
Globalizing Wildlife
Humans have always incorporated wildlife into processes of work, capture, and exchange. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, globalization became t...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:43 AM
*Globalizing Wildlife*, a book edited by @vbateman.bsky.social, Tom Quick, and myself, is now available for pre-order with @uncpress.bsky.social!
Using code 01SOCIAL30 at checkout, you can save 30%
www.uncpress.org/book/9781469...
Using code 01SOCIAL30 at checkout, you can save 30%
www.uncpress.org/book/9781469...
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Now available as our new podcast episode: M. Krause's talk on "Model Cases" in global science.
blogs.hu-berlin.de/scienceworks...
blogs.hu-berlin.de/scienceworks...
October 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Now available as our new podcast episode: M. Krause's talk on "Model Cases" in global science.
blogs.hu-berlin.de/scienceworks...
blogs.hu-berlin.de/scienceworks...
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📢The 9th edition of the Summer School “Digital Tools for Humanists” will be held in Pisa from May 25 to May 30 2026, both in presence and online: digitaltools.labcd.unipi.it
Registration fee: 500 Euros.
DEADLINE: 15/04/2026
(Photo by Andrae Ricketts on Unsplash)
Registration fee: 500 Euros.
DEADLINE: 15/04/2026
(Photo by Andrae Ricketts on Unsplash)
November 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
📢The 9th edition of the Summer School “Digital Tools for Humanists” will be held in Pisa from May 25 to May 30 2026, both in presence and online: digitaltools.labcd.unipi.it
Registration fee: 500 Euros.
DEADLINE: 15/04/2026
(Photo by Andrae Ricketts on Unsplash)
Registration fee: 500 Euros.
DEADLINE: 15/04/2026
(Photo by Andrae Ricketts on Unsplash)
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In the new #openaccess companion on student notes from Latin Europe (@leuvenup.bsky.social), our own Lorenz Demey, together with collaborators, contributes a chapter arguing that student notes hold great promise as sources for intellectual #history 👇 lup.be/book/student... #HPS #earlymodern #philsky
November 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
In the new #openaccess companion on student notes from Latin Europe (@leuvenup.bsky.social), our own Lorenz Demey, together with collaborators, contributes a chapter arguing that student notes hold great promise as sources for intellectual #history 👇 lup.be/book/student... #HPS #earlymodern #philsky