If you know an undergrad that would like to spend the summer doing research in my philosophy of biology lab, encourage them to apply to the U’s SPUR program. Includes a $5,000 stipend and subsidized housing to work in my lab.

Details and how to apply here:
tinyurl.com/SPUR-PhilBio...

The thematic issue I co-edited with @javiersuarez.bsky.social "Complicating the Concept of Lineage" is online. Includes papers by Javier & @phieveigl.bsky.social, @lucielaplane.bsky.social, François Papale, Kate MacCord and me. See reply for links to articles:
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Special issue on "The ecology and evolution of bacterial immune systems." @pradeu.bsky.social @philinbiomed.bsky.social and all the other philosophers interested in immunology, etc.

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Very proud to be part of this group of co-authors.

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Looking forward to reading this. My undergrads brought up this topic in my lab this morning and I'm confident they'll be eager to read this as well.

Loving Porto #ISHPSSB2025. Looking forward to catching up with folks. If anyone wants to catch my talk it’s on Friday afternoon, in a session with (the always great) Joeri Witteveen. My talk is on rogue taxonomy, taxonomic vandalism and a surprising analog version of bad AI science. Should be fun!

Excited to share that "Scaffolding: Selected Contributions of James R. Griesemer to History, Philosophy, and Biology" is out. I introduce Jim's chapter on formalization. (My original title, "Undermining Dichotomies and the Friends You Make Along the Way."

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For the cog sci folks out there, a special issue of Philosophical Transactions B @royalsocietypublishing.org: ‘Selection shapes diverse animal minds’. Collection of papers focusing on diversity of evolved animal cognition, from nematodes to primates.

royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...

Call for Papers - AAHPSSS Conference 2025

Submissions are now open!

The 2025 AAHPSSS conference will be held in a hybrid format at the University of Queensland from Wednesday 3rd December to Friday 5th December.

Further details can be found on our website:
aahpsss.net.au/conference/2...

Very happy to see my "Positively Misleading Errors" finally published (it's been a long road). It generalizes an error of statistical reasoning discovered by Joe Felsenstein in 1978. Really happy with how it turned out.

Currently free to access and download, so go for it!

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Excited to share the publication of my paper, "Biology's Einstein Moment" in Biological Theory. TL;DR: biology is complex and entangled and there's lot of very cool recent upshots of this. (Shout out to @javiersuarez.bsky.social). PS open access, so it's free to download.
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Interested in lineages? Read this paper by Kate MacCord on the germline.
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Fun and provocative. A great combination of history and philosophy of biology.
Part of a spetial issue on Lineage in Biological Theory. @javiersuarez.bsky.social @profmatthaber.bsky.social

"Cancer clones revised". Out in Biological Theory: rdcu.be/d4SEk
My first philosophy paper that includes a bioinformatic analysis (variance in gene expression from RNAseq data). Nothing fancy. But a first step. One I care about.
#PhiLabo

I offer my students a menu of assignments they may select from. My current favorite is "Create a Course Playlist." Students include at least 8 songs and write liner notes describing how they correspond to topics or texts we covered in class. Here's an example of some liner notes.