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Sebastian Murgueitio Ramirez
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Philosopher of physics, cycling fan, Colombian, 2 cats
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Deadline for applying to a postdoc position on my projet in less than a month. Looking for candidates with a PhD in metaphysics or philosophy of physics.
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Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Fellowship The University of Geneva offers a 2-year fully funded postdoctoral fellowship within Baptiste Le Bihan’s SNSF Starting Grant project Space, Time and C…
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October 17, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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A fantastic kickoff tonight of the Boston Network for History & Philosophy of Physics, organized by @miguelohn.bsky.social & featuring talk by Peter Galison on his work with the Black Hole Initiative. #HPS ⚛️
September 19, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I am very happy to share this popular piece about relative motion, from Galileo to Einstein! It is roughly based on my recent research on the topic! I am thankful to @iai.tv and Dan Walker for reaching out, and for their great editorial work !
How Galileo cracked the problem of relative motion. | iai.tv/articles/gal...

@murgue.bsky.social argues that distinguishing between "internal" and "external" versions of the principle highlights Galileo's forward-thinking.

#philsky ⚛️ 🧪
Galileo, Einstein, and the unexpected origins of relativity | Sebastián Murgueitio Ramírez
iai.tv
March 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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How Galileo cracked the problem of relative motion. | iai.tv/articles/gal...

@murgue.bsky.social argues that distinguishing between "internal" and "external" versions of the principle highlights Galileo's forward-thinking.

#philsky ⚛️ 🧪
Galileo, Einstein, and the unexpected origins of relativity | Sebastián Murgueitio Ramírez
iai.tv
March 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Graduate Admissions season is here!
Philosofriends, encourage your students looking for programs to put Purdue on their lists. We're a big, active department on the rise, where students get broad training and good support.
Our application deadline is one month away: Jan 6, 2025
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December 6, 2024 at 6:27 PM
This is such an interesting story!
"The portrait of Francis Williams is the only painting ever made of Halley’s comet in 1759, on its momentous first predicted return." What a fabulous story! A long read for a long weekend: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4... #histsci #Astronomy
Fara Dabhoiwala · A Man of Parts and Learning: Francis Williams Gets His Due
The only certainty about the picture is that it shows Francis Williams. No one has ever been able to discover who...
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December 1, 2024 at 3:22 AM
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It's nice to see that Purdue Philosophy is now recognized as one of the top departments to do philosophy of cognitive science.
Undergrad/MA mentors: get the word out to your students! Especially if they're interested in memory, AI, rationality, moral psych, norms, cultural evolution, or x-phi.
November 20, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Some auroras in Lafayette!
October 11, 2024 at 3:14 AM
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obsessed with this photo of cows watching the northern lights. it's the scene in a muppet movie that's so surprisingly touching you start to cry

(photographer: @ChrisReichert3 on twitter)
October 8, 2024 at 5:23 PM
I am very happy that my paper on philosophical and historical aspects of the Galilean relativity principle is officially published (open access) here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Galileo's ship and the relativity principle
It is widely acknowledged that the Galilean Relativity Principle, according to which the laws of classical systems are the same in all inertial frames in relative motion, has played an important role...
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September 18, 2024 at 1:12 AM
Very excited to share a new paper that was just accepted in Nous! It is about historical, philosophical and physical issues surrounding the Relativity Principle (both Galileo’s and Einstein’s). philarchive.org/rec/MURGSA-4
Sebastián Murgueitio Ramírez, Galileo’s Ship and the Relativity Principle - PhilArchive
It is widely acknowledged that the Galilean Relativity Principle, according to which the laws of classical systems are the same in all inertial frames in relative motion, has played an important ...
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August 11, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Very happy to share that a new paper of mine was just accepted in Philosophy of Science! This one took some time to write, as I changed my mind on various occasions (I was genuinely puzzled!) philsci-archive.pitt.edu/22803/
On Symmetries and Springs - PhilSci-Archive
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November 30, 2023 at 12:51 AM