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For the next UPAC colloquium Work in Progress session tomorrow (25 Nov 2025, 16h00-17h00), we will be discussing a draft by Antonio Ferreiro & Alex Fleuren (Utrecht University) titled "Another Critical Look at Inflationary Cosmology"
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UPAC Colloquium
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November 24, 2025 at 8:59 AM
For the next UPAC colloquium Work in Progress session tomorrow (25 Nov 2025, 16h00-17h00), we will be discussing a draft by Antonio Ferreiro & Alex Fleuren (Utrecht University) titled "Another Critical Look at Inflationary Cosmology"
More info at:
www.uu.nl/en/research/...
More info at:
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November 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Antoniou & Lorenzetti analyse Modified Newtonian Dynamics: philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27152/1/Limi...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Antoniou & Lorenzetti analyse Modified Newtonian Dynamics: philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27152/1/Limi...
The next UPAC colloquium will take place on next week's Tuesday (11 Nov 2025, 16h00-17h00), where we will be discussing the article "Excavation in the Sky: Historical Inference in Astronomy" by Siyu Yao, doi.org/10.1017/psa.2023.22 .
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More info: www.uu.nl/en/research/...
Excavation in the Sky: Historical Inference in Astronomy | Philosophy of Science | Cambridge Core
Excavation in the Sky: Historical Inference in Astronomy - Volume 90 Issue 5
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November 7, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The next UPAC colloquium will take place on next week's Tuesday (11 Nov 2025, 16h00-17h00), where we will be discussing the article "Excavation in the Sky: Historical Inference in Astronomy" by Siyu Yao, doi.org/10.1017/psa.2023.22 .
More info: www.uu.nl/en/research/...
More info: www.uu.nl/en/research/...
The next UPAC colloquium speaker session will be held tomorrow (4 Nov 2025, 15h30-17h00), we will be hosting Christian Röken [University of Bonn], who will give a talk on "Stationary Limit Surfaces of Black Holes". For more information, visit:
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November 3, 2025 at 8:49 AM
The next UPAC colloquium speaker session will be held tomorrow (4 Nov 2025, 15h30-17h00), we will be hosting Christian Röken [University of Bonn], who will give a talk on "Stationary Limit Surfaces of Black Holes". For more information, visit:
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For the next UPAC colloquium Work in Progress session tomorrow (28 Oct 2025, 16h00-17h00), we will be discussing a draft by Antonios Papaioannou (University of Rennes) titled "Predictions in an Uncertain World"
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October 27, 2025 at 8:28 AM
For the next UPAC colloquium Work in Progress session tomorrow (28 Oct 2025, 16h00-17h00), we will be discussing a draft by Antonios Papaioannou (University of Rennes) titled "Predictions in an Uncertain World"
More info at: www.uu.nl/en/research/...
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What does it mean to detect dark matter? What forms of indirectness are at play? New chapter on dark matter epistemology is out now!
philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27027/
philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27027/
Detecting the Dark: Indirectness & Dark Matter Epistemology - PhilSci-Archive
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October 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
What does it mean to detect dark matter? What forms of indirectness are at play? New chapter on dark matter epistemology is out now!
philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27027/
philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27027/
The next UPAC colloquium will take place tomorrow, Tuesday (14 Oct 2025, 16h00-17h00), where we will be discussing the article "How Theory-Laden are Observations of Black Holes?" by Juliusz Doboszewski and Jamee Elder, philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24752/.
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How Theory-laden are Observations of Black Holes? - PhilSci-Archive
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October 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
The next UPAC colloquium will take place tomorrow, Tuesday (14 Oct 2025, 16h00-17h00), where we will be discussing the article "How Theory-Laden are Observations of Black Holes?" by Juliusz Doboszewski and Jamee Elder, philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24752/.
More info: www.uu.nl/en/research/...
More info: www.uu.nl/en/research/...
The next UPAC colloquium speaker session will be held tomorrow (7 Oct 2025, 1500-16h00), we will be hosting Jan de Boer (UvA), who will give a talk on "Holography and Black Holes". For more information, visit:
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October 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The next UPAC colloquium speaker session will be held tomorrow (7 Oct 2025, 1500-16h00), we will be hosting Jan de Boer (UvA), who will give a talk on "Holography and Black Holes". For more information, visit:
www.uu.nl/en/research/...
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For the next UPAC colloquium work in progress session tomorrow (30 Sept 2025, 16h00-17h00), we will be discussing a draft by Dominic Ryder (LSE) titled "Deidealizing Black Hole Evaporation; a case study in the large scale structure of deidealization"
More info at: www.uu.nl/en/research/...
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UPAC Colloquium
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September 29, 2025 at 8:36 AM
For the next UPAC colloquium work in progress session tomorrow (30 Sept 2025, 16h00-17h00), we will be discussing a draft by Dominic Ryder (LSE) titled "Deidealizing Black Hole Evaporation; a case study in the large scale structure of deidealization"
More info at: www.uu.nl/en/research/...
More info at: www.uu.nl/en/research/...
Call for abstracts for an open access collected volume on the conceptual distinction between spacetime and matter, with Cambridge University Press. We invite philosophers of physics, physicists and any other interested scholars to submit a proposal for a short chapter.
www.uu.nl/en/research/...
www.uu.nl/en/research/...
Collected Volume Spacetime-Matter Distinction
Open call for chapter contributions to an open access collected volume on the conceptual distinction between spacetime and matter.
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September 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Call for abstracts for an open access collected volume on the conceptual distinction between spacetime and matter, with Cambridge University Press. We invite philosophers of physics, physicists and any other interested scholars to submit a proposal for a short chapter.
www.uu.nl/en/research/...
www.uu.nl/en/research/...
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin ✨ figured out what stars are made of ✨ when she was just 25. 🔭🧪
Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students.
I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:
Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students.
I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:
September 24, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin ✨ figured out what stars are made of ✨ when she was just 25. 🔭🧪
Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students.
I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:
Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students.
I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:
Patrick Dürr and Finnur Dellsén discuss scientific progress through the lens of the history of cosmology: philsci-archive.pitt.edu/26683/
Scientific Progress and Modern Cosmology - PhilSci-Archive
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September 22, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Patrick Dürr and Finnur Dellsén discuss scientific progress through the lens of the history of cosmology: philsci-archive.pitt.edu/26683/
The next UPAC colloquium speaker session will be held tomorrow (16 Sept 2025, 1530-17h00), we will be hosting Franciszek Cudek (University of Oxford), who will give the talk "Localising the singular structure of spacetime". For more information, visit:
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September 15, 2025 at 8:13 AM
The next UPAC colloquium speaker session will be held tomorrow (16 Sept 2025, 1530-17h00), we will be hosting Franciszek Cudek (University of Oxford), who will give the talk "Localising the singular structure of spacetime". For more information, visit:
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What can philosophy do for astronomy and cosmology, and vice versa?
Panel happening right now in Utrecht
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Panel happening right now in Utrecht
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September 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
What can philosophy do for astronomy and cosmology, and vice versa?
Panel happening right now in Utrecht
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Panel happening right now in Utrecht
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Saakshi Dulani kicks off the second Utrecht conference, on the philosophy of astronomy and cosmology
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September 3, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Saakshi Dulani kicks off the second Utrecht conference, on the philosophy of astronomy and cosmology
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Spacetime Matters conference in Utrecht
September 2, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Spacetime Matters conference in Utrecht
Ending the first day of our Spacetime Matters conference with a keynote by Kian Salimkhani
September 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Ending the first day of our Spacetime Matters conference with a keynote by Kian Salimkhani
September 1, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Final call for registration: conference on the philosophy and foundations of astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology.
Registration deadline: 10th of July
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Registration deadline: 10th of July
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July 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Final call for registration: conference on the philosophy and foundations of astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology.
Registration deadline: 10th of July
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Registration deadline: 10th of July
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I'm putting the final touches on my second book #EdgeOfSpaceTime and the entire book is an argument for #cosmology and #particlephysics through #poetry. Part of what we can do in #scicomm is make those connections for people. Those connections are powerful & motivating for people, esp in hard times.
June 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I'm putting the final touches on my second book #EdgeOfSpaceTime and the entire book is an argument for #cosmology and #particlephysics through #poetry. Part of what we can do in #scicomm is make those connections for people. Those connections are powerful & motivating for people, esp in hard times.
The next UPAC colloquium will be held today (03 Jun 2025, 16h00-17h00), where we will be discussing the article, Dark Matter: Explanatory Unification and Historical Continuity, by Simon Allzén, philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24413/ More info: www.uu.nl/en/research/...
Dark Matter: Explanatory Unification and Historical Continuity - PhilSci-Archive
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June 3, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The next UPAC colloquium will be held today (03 Jun 2025, 16h00-17h00), where we will be discussing the article, Dark Matter: Explanatory Unification and Historical Continuity, by Simon Allzén, philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24413/ More info: www.uu.nl/en/research/...
For the next UPAC colloquium work in progress session tomorrow (27 May 2025, 16h00-17h00), we will be discussing a draft by Anastasiia Lazutkina (University of Wuppertal) titled "Evidence in cosmology: how galaxies became complicated"
More info at:
www.uu.nl/en/research/...
More info at:
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UPAC Colloquium
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May 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
For the next UPAC colloquium work in progress session tomorrow (27 May 2025, 16h00-17h00), we will be discussing a draft by Anastasiia Lazutkina (University of Wuppertal) titled "Evidence in cosmology: how galaxies became complicated"
More info at:
www.uu.nl/en/research/...
More info at:
www.uu.nl/en/research/...
Great 4th workshop on the history, philosophy and culture of black hole imaging
www.ngeht.org/4th-hpc-meet...
www.ngeht.org/4th-hpc-meet...
May 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Great 4th workshop on the history, philosophy and culture of black hole imaging
www.ngeht.org/4th-hpc-meet...
www.ngeht.org/4th-hpc-meet...