Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science
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By interrogating the assumptions and evidence behind scientific models and characterizing the diversity of scientific practices, we advance our understanding of how the sciences work and decipher what kinds of answers they deliver.
A little bit of seasonal beauty; feels much needed in many ways.
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A little bit of seasonal beauty; feels much needed in many ways.
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The submission deadline for the Bronislaw #Malinowski Award is Dec 15.
The award honors a career dedicated to solving human challenges by applying social science concepts & methods.
More: www.appliedanthro.org/about/awards...
#SfAA #socialscience #anthropology #appliedanthropology #SfAA2026
The award honors a career dedicated to solving human challenges by applying social science concepts & methods.
More: www.appliedanthro.org/about/awards...
#SfAA #socialscience #anthropology #appliedanthropology #SfAA2026
November 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The submission deadline for the Bronislaw #Malinowski Award is Dec 15.
The award honors a career dedicated to solving human challenges by applying social science concepts & methods.
More: www.appliedanthro.org/about/awards...
#SfAA #socialscience #anthropology #appliedanthropology #SfAA2026
The award honors a career dedicated to solving human challenges by applying social science concepts & methods.
More: www.appliedanthro.org/about/awards...
#SfAA #socialscience #anthropology #appliedanthropology #SfAA2026
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And, because it’s our 15th birthday, we’ve set an ambitious goal: raise $60,000 to support the future of science journalism. We’ve already raised nearly $15,000 this year; giving today can help us get there.
The Open Notebook's 15th Anniversary - The Open Notebook
For 15 years, The Open Notebook has been the trusted home for journalists worldwide who cover science. What started as an experiment to demystify the craft of science writing has grown into a vital, g...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
And, because it’s our 15th birthday, we’ve set an ambitious goal: raise $60,000 to support the future of science journalism. We’ve already raised nearly $15,000 this year; giving today can help us get there.
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It's TOMORROW.
Imani Perry and Tananarive Due discuss a titan of Afrofuturist fiction, Octavie E. Butler, and her masterwork,
"Lilith’s Brood: The Xenogenesis Trilogy". My favorite is"Dawn"
Mon, Nov 24 from 6- 7pm EST
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Imani Perry and Tananarive Due discuss a titan of Afrofuturist fiction, Octavie E. Butler, and her masterwork,
"Lilith’s Brood: The Xenogenesis Trilogy". My favorite is"Dawn"
Mon, Nov 24 from 6- 7pm EST
Online, Free
Next Monday, 11/24, two celebrated writers and scholars explore the craft and influence of Octavia E. Butler. Join @imaniperry.bsky.social and @tananarivedue.bsky.social for an evening dedicated to the revered SFF author’s luminous imagination. RSVP for free: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-radica...
November 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
It's TOMORROW.
Imani Perry and Tananarive Due discuss a titan of Afrofuturist fiction, Octavie E. Butler, and her masterwork,
"Lilith’s Brood: The Xenogenesis Trilogy". My favorite is"Dawn"
Mon, Nov 24 from 6- 7pm EST
Online, Free
Imani Perry and Tananarive Due discuss a titan of Afrofuturist fiction, Octavie E. Butler, and her masterwork,
"Lilith’s Brood: The Xenogenesis Trilogy". My favorite is"Dawn"
Mon, Nov 24 from 6- 7pm EST
Online, Free
Reminder! Starts in one hour - “How science is changing” livestream event from 6pm EST tonight! Join MCPS director Alan Love, Lydia Patton, Jacqueline Sullivan, and Craig Callender.
@profess.bsky.social
@westernu.ca
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November 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Reminder! Starts in one hour - “How science is changing” livestream event from 6pm EST tonight! Join MCPS director Alan Love, Lydia Patton, Jacqueline Sullivan, and Craig Callender.
@profess.bsky.social
@westernu.ca
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@westernu.ca
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On #WorldPhilosophyDay2025, read this article by EPIC principal investigator Havi Carel (free after registration) : A taste of your own medicine: the experience of a transplant www.thelancet.com/jo...
November 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
On #WorldPhilosophyDay2025, read this article by EPIC principal investigator Havi Carel (free after registration) : A taste of your own medicine: the experience of a transplant www.thelancet.com/jo...
UNESCO’s World Philosophy Day 2025 will initiate a dialogue on the ethics of inequality and the values shaping future societies with a talk by Prof. Ingrid Robeyns on “The Values of Societies of the Future.” @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social
#WorldPhilosophyDay2025
#WorldPhilosophyDay2025
World Philosophy Day 2025
UNESCO celebrates World Philosophy Day on 20 November in Paris with a keynote by Prof. Ingrid Robeyns on the ethics of inequality and values shaping future societies
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November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
UNESCO’s World Philosophy Day 2025 will initiate a dialogue on the ethics of inequality and the values shaping future societies with a talk by Prof. Ingrid Robeyns on “The Values of Societies of the Future.” @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social
#WorldPhilosophyDay2025
#WorldPhilosophyDay2025
Reminder: webinar tomorrow. International postdoc forum.
"Interspecific Social Relationships, Kinship and Environmental Care" by Lucia C. Neco, University of Murcia, Spain. @luciacneco.bsky.social
Wednesday, 19 November 2025, 12:15pm CST (UTC-6)
Zoom webinar link: z.umn.edu/IPDF25-2
"Interspecific Social Relationships, Kinship and Environmental Care" by Lucia C. Neco, University of Murcia, Spain. @luciacneco.bsky.social
Wednesday, 19 November 2025, 12:15pm CST (UTC-6)
Zoom webinar link: z.umn.edu/IPDF25-2
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November 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Reminder: webinar tomorrow. International postdoc forum.
"Interspecific Social Relationships, Kinship and Environmental Care" by Lucia C. Neco, University of Murcia, Spain. @luciacneco.bsky.social
Wednesday, 19 November 2025, 12:15pm CST (UTC-6)
Zoom webinar link: z.umn.edu/IPDF25-2
"Interspecific Social Relationships, Kinship and Environmental Care" by Lucia C. Neco, University of Murcia, Spain. @luciacneco.bsky.social
Wednesday, 19 November 2025, 12:15pm CST (UTC-6)
Zoom webinar link: z.umn.edu/IPDF25-2
“How science is changing”
Exciting event available to view via livestream on Thursday 20 November from the University of Cincinnati Center for Public Engagement with Science. Alan Love, director of the MCPS, is a panellist!
@ucpews.bsky.social
#philsci
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Exciting event available to view via livestream on Thursday 20 November from the University of Cincinnati Center for Public Engagement with Science. Alan Love, director of the MCPS, is a panellist!
@ucpews.bsky.social
#philsci
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How Science is Changing | Panel Discussion | Philosophy of Science Association/PEWS Event
An Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion. Join scholars from institutions across North America as they discuss the ways in which science is changing in their fi...
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November 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
“How science is changing”
Exciting event available to view via livestream on Thursday 20 November from the University of Cincinnati Center for Public Engagement with Science. Alan Love, director of the MCPS, is a panellist!
@ucpews.bsky.social
#philsci
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Exciting event available to view via livestream on Thursday 20 November from the University of Cincinnati Center for Public Engagement with Science. Alan Love, director of the MCPS, is a panellist!
@ucpews.bsky.social
#philsci
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Yes I know it's only the middle of November but it's never too early for mince pies, especially when I am so fucking good at making them (no false modesty when it comes to mince pies). Aristotle is absolutely fuming that she's not allowed any though.
November 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Yes I know it's only the middle of November but it's never too early for mince pies, especially when I am so fucking good at making them (no false modesty when it comes to mince pies). Aristotle is absolutely fuming that she's not allowed any though.
A new paper co-authored by one of our resident fellows, Ruth Shaw! Ruth is a professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior.
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Ruth G. Shaw's Research Group
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November 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A new paper co-authored by one of our resident fellows, Ruth Shaw! Ruth is a professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior.
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I am honoured to have been invited to give a lecture at the UNESCO headquarters to celebrate World Philosophy Day, on November 20th. More info here:
www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
World Philosophy Day 2025
UNESCO celebrates World Philosophy Day on 20 November in Paris with a keynote by Prof. Ingrid Robeyns on the ethics of inequality and values shaping future societies
www.unesco.org
November 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I am honoured to have been invited to give a lecture at the UNESCO headquarters to celebrate World Philosophy Day, on November 20th. More info here:
www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
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Are you looking for a PhD in Plant Science? We have a project on cereal leaf genetics and evolution available through The EastBio competitive fellowship. Find out more here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Apply by 15th December #plantsci #cereals #crops #genetics #development #evolution #PhD
EASTBIO: Defining the genetic toolkit that underpins cereal leaf development and evolution at University of Edinburgh on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - EASTBIO: Defining the genetic toolkit that underpins cereal leaf development and evolution at University of Edinburgh, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Are you looking for a PhD in Plant Science? We have a project on cereal leaf genetics and evolution available through The EastBio competitive fellowship. Find out more here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Apply by 15th December #plantsci #cereals #crops #genetics #development #evolution #PhD
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We are hiring!! Biological Sciences as UNC Charlotte has a broad search for a new assistant professor.
Apps reviewed 12/15.
Please spread the word! 💚⛏️
#PlantSci 🧪🦠🧬
jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/65141
Apps reviewed 12/15.
Please spread the word! 💚⛏️
#PlantSci 🧪🦠🧬
jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/65141
Assistant Professor
Applicants should possess a Ph.D. in the biological sciences or related fields.Candidates are expected to document expertise in their specialty by a record of postdoctoral training, peer reviewed publ...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
We are hiring!! Biological Sciences as UNC Charlotte has a broad search for a new assistant professor.
Apps reviewed 12/15.
Please spread the word! 💚⛏️
#PlantSci 🧪🦠🧬
jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/65141
Apps reviewed 12/15.
Please spread the word! 💚⛏️
#PlantSci 🧪🦠🧬
jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/65141
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Join us for the Inaugural Conference of the #ForumWissenschaftsreflexion, June 17-19, 2026 @unihannover.bsky.social! As part of the conference, we invite early-career researchers to present their research within a dedicated workshop on June 18. Call: tinyurl.com/5n99dask #PhDSky #AcademicSky
Workshop – Forum Wissenschaftsreflexion – Leibniz University Hannover
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November 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Join us for the Inaugural Conference of the #ForumWissenschaftsreflexion, June 17-19, 2026 @unihannover.bsky.social! As part of the conference, we invite early-career researchers to present their research within a dedicated workshop on June 18. Call: tinyurl.com/5n99dask #PhDSky #AcademicSky
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Huge congratulations to Dr Veli Ilieva on a successful defence of her PhD thesis titled:
The microbial communities of sulfate-rich hypersaline Mars-analogue environments.
We are all very proud of you. Enjoy the celebrations! 🎉
The microbial communities of sulfate-rich hypersaline Mars-analogue environments.
We are all very proud of you. Enjoy the celebrations! 🎉
November 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Huge congratulations to Dr Veli Ilieva on a successful defence of her PhD thesis titled:
The microbial communities of sulfate-rich hypersaline Mars-analogue environments.
We are all very proud of you. Enjoy the celebrations! 🎉
The microbial communities of sulfate-rich hypersaline Mars-analogue environments.
We are all very proud of you. Enjoy the celebrations! 🎉
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Yes! We handed them out in WSP this weekend with @handsoffnycfams.bsky.social / @handsoffnyc.bsky.social
“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”
As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up On Whistles
Taking a cue from Chicago, community groups have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks — a grassroots system people in other cities have adopted to help neighbors sound the alarm.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Yes! We handed them out in WSP this weekend with @handsoffnycfams.bsky.social / @handsoffnyc.bsky.social
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If you’re going to be at #ABRCMS, there are a few opportunities to hear from my lab. Nicole is currently applying to graduate school and Lesley is applying to medical school, and both have been EXCELLENT additions to my lab. Come hear about their work! 👇🏾
November 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
If you’re going to be at #ABRCMS, there are a few opportunities to hear from my lab. Nicole is currently applying to graduate school and Lesley is applying to medical school, and both have been EXCELLENT additions to my lab. Come hear about their work! 👇🏾
The new Public Science Lab from the Technical University of Munich has an impressive list of projects already on the go!
Public Science Lab
Technical University of Munich
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November 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The new Public Science Lab from the Technical University of Munich has an impressive list of projects already on the go!
A little over three weeks to go to apply for MCPS' next two-year postdoctoral fellowship! Philosophy of science broadly construed. Open to applicants within five years of receiving their doctorate.
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Postdoctoral Fellowship open for applications
The MCPS Postdoctoral Fellow is expected to undertake research on a proposed project and participate in the life of the MCPS by attending and contributing each academic term to at least one MCPS…
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November 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A little over three weeks to go to apply for MCPS' next two-year postdoctoral fellowship! Philosophy of science broadly construed. Open to applicants within five years of receiving their doctorate.
#philsci
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If you've ever rolled your eyes about research claiming that complex traits (from chocolate preference to socioeconomic status) have simple genetic explanations, check out this great paper from @jbenning.bsky.social @jedidiahcarlson.com @oliviarxiv.bsky.social Ruth Shaw @arbelharpak.bsky.social 🧪🧬
Confounding fuels misinterpretation in human genetics | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
The scientific literature has seen a resurgence of interest in genetic influences on human behaviour and socioeconomic outcomes. Such studies face the central difficulty of distinguishing possible causal influences, in particular genetic and non-genetic ...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
If you've ever rolled your eyes about research claiming that complex traits (from chocolate preference to socioeconomic status) have simple genetic explanations, check out this great paper from @jbenning.bsky.social @jedidiahcarlson.com @oliviarxiv.bsky.social Ruth Shaw @arbelharpak.bsky.social 🧪🧬
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We're excited to share the final version of our paper, where we demonstrate how confounding remains a thorny problem for claims about causal genetic influences on human behavioral and socioeconomic outcomes. (w/ @jedidiahcarlson.com @oliviarxiv.bsky.social Ruth Shaw @arbelharpak.bsky.social) 🧵👇
November 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
We're excited to share the final version of our paper, where we demonstrate how confounding remains a thorny problem for claims about causal genetic influences on human behavioral and socioeconomic outcomes. (w/ @jedidiahcarlson.com @oliviarxiv.bsky.social Ruth Shaw @arbelharpak.bsky.social) 🧵👇
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Super happy to receive my first paper in French, with @kmurphyhollies.bsky.social and @matteomameli.bsky.social, on confabulation and conspiracy theories, in a book entitled “Les fables de l’homme”. Thanks David Simonin for leading the project and translating the paper. #philsky #philpsy
November 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Super happy to receive my first paper in French, with @kmurphyhollies.bsky.social and @matteomameli.bsky.social, on confabulation and conspiracy theories, in a book entitled “Les fables de l’homme”. Thanks David Simonin for leading the project and translating the paper. #philsky #philpsy
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The online journal Philosophy and the Mind Sciences is doing a symposium on my book, Deflating Mental Representation, based on my Jean Nicod lectures. See the Call for Papers here:
philosophymindscience.org/index.php/ph...
and a précis of the book here:
philpapers.org/rec/EGAPOD
philosophymindscience.org/index.php/ph...
and a précis of the book here:
philpapers.org/rec/EGAPOD
Call for Papers: Book Symposium on "Deflating Mental Representation" by Frances Egan
| Philosophy and the Mind Sciences
Philosophy and the Mind Sciences (PhiMiSci) focuses on the interface between philosophy of mind, psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. PhiMiSci is a peer-reviewed, not-for-profit open-access journal...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The online journal Philosophy and the Mind Sciences is doing a symposium on my book, Deflating Mental Representation, based on my Jean Nicod lectures. See the Call for Papers here:
philosophymindscience.org/index.php/ph...
and a précis of the book here:
philpapers.org/rec/EGAPOD
philosophymindscience.org/index.php/ph...
and a précis of the book here:
philpapers.org/rec/EGAPOD
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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
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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