This is a brilliant summary of what's happening at my employer. Please sign and share the petition below. www.newstatesman.com/politics/edu... www.change.org/p/stop-redun...

How to kill a university's reputation

After Exeter’s announcement that it will cut 150 academic jobs, is there any hope for higher education?

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I did a wee interview with Mariana Imaz Sheinbaum for Historia y grafia on the philosophy of history! You can read it in English: www.revistahistoriaygrafia.com.mx/index.php/Hy... Or Spanish: www.revistahistoriaygrafia.com.mx/index.php/Hy...

Congrats to the newly minted ✨Dr. Carrera✨ (@matildecarrera.bsky.social) who successfully defended her brilliant dissertation "Turning Data Into Evidence in Human Origins Research" today with flying colors!! Woo-hoo 🙌 🎉🎉🎓 #PhDone Thanks to @adrian-currie.bsky.social for serving as external #philsci

Robert Northcott’s “Science for a Fragile World” is pretty good imho ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/scie... #philsci

Science for a Fragile World

Maybe the world is like an armillary sphere. Metallic balls representing celestial objects are placed just-so along spherical rings, tracing an at-first...

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#DefendExeterUni

they’re pushing through approx 25% compulsory redundancy focused on humanities & social science without anything close to a financial justification. The only reasonable interpretation is ideological motivation. I am both heartbroken and embarrassed. Sign please. www.change.org/p/stop-redun...

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Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter

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New on the Archive: Bedetti, Matteo and Meneganzin, Andra (2026) Buried, or Maybe Not: Adherence to Evidential Standards in Paleoanthropology. [Preprint] https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/29709/

Two fabulous opportunities to come and work at Egenis on Stephan Guttinger’s automated science project! 1) A fully-funded PhD position: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... 2) A postdoctoral research position: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD641/p... Please share! #philsci #philjobs

Hey gang! Exeter’s looking for a 4-year postdoc in philsci & AI. Sweet gig at a great place - share around :D #philsci #philjobs www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD641/p...

Exeter’s got a two-year teaching stint for someone into philosophy of data and related - the job’s pretty plush as far as non-permanent ones go - and Exeter is an amazing place to do this kind of philosophy - please pass around! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQZ094/l... #philsci

Lecturer in Philosophy or Sociology of Data and Artificial Intelligence at University of Exeter

Apply for the Lecturer in Philosophy or Sociology of Data and Artificial Intelligence role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.

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I’m excited to finally announce a Festschrift SI at Acta Biotheoretica honoring the work of Bill Wimsatt with the SI’s first publication by @consume.red and @philosofir.bsky.social! The editors (@caitlinmace.bsky.social and I) are delighted! #philsci #hpbio link.springer.com/article/10.1...

A very interesting volume edited by Mathilde Lequin (@pacea.bsky.social) & Juan Manuel Rodríguez Caso examining historical & epistemological dimensions of human evolutionary research. A much welcome contribution to the growing field of the philosophy of paleoanthropology. #hpbio #paleosky #philsky

The Field of Human Evolution: Critical Perspectives from History and Epistemology

This book explores critical perspectives on human evolution through history, epistemology, and inclusive scientific approaches.

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Me and @federicabocchi.bsky.social on paleoecology & how it might help us think about our relationship to nature & how it might help us think about the future… #philsci

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New on the Archive: Bocchi, Federica and Currie, Adrian (2026) Ecologies of the Past. [Preprint] https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27880/

New on the Archive: Bocchi, Federica and Currie, Adrian (2026) Ecologies of the Past. [Preprint] https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27880/

we're hiring in STS @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social! deadline coming up soon (February 8). focus is the social science-y corners of STS preferably w/ some interest in sustainability & environment - but interpreted broadly. vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...

Alice Murphy at st Andrews is looking for a 2 year postdoc on a super cool aesthetics-meets-values-in-science project, real quick turn around on applications so get in thar! #philsci www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

We are delighted to announce that the BSPS will be running a doctoral scholarship competition in 2026! The competition will open in February, and the deadline will be 27 March. www.thebsps.org/funding/doct...

British Society for the Philosophy of Science Doctoral Scholarships

Doctoral scholarships awarded by the BSPS for doctoral work in the philosophy of science undertaken at any UK university

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Paleo folks: Please recommend researchers (incl yourselves) interested in phylogenetic reconstruction in deep time, molecular clocks (discord w/ fossil clocks), foundational/methodological issues in phylo/paleo-reconstruction & who'd be interested in hanging w/ historians & philosophers of science ⚒️

I have a new paper out in Synthese! It’s about experimental strategies in the historical sciences, using case studies from origins of life research. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Re-construction or re-invention? Experimental strategies in the historical sciences - Synthese

Synthese - Prototypical historical sciences are in the business of reconstructing the past based on traces. Experimental research into the past often seems precluded by the very nature of...

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Hello BLue-Sky, are you interested in the study of the social implications of genomics? Our project brings together philosophers, social scientists, and geneticists to address this question. Follow us here and sign-up for our mailing list at Hugera.org/contact/ #philsky #STS #metascience

If you’re interested in practicing the philosophy of science in practice why not come along to an online workshop “the philosophy of science in practice - in practice”? #philsci

Published online today and available soon at your favorite purveyor of fine reading materials. And it's open access.

The Scope of Evolutionary Thinking

Cambridge Core - Philosophy: General Interest - The Scope of Evolutionary Thinking

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Book launch for “Methods in the Philosophy of Science: a user’s guide”. Ftf in Exeter and online on the 29th of Sept feat Sophie Veigl, Kerry McKenzie, Hasok Chang, and me. It should be fun! (the book will be open access in July, contact me in the meantime) www.exeter.ac.uk/events/detai... #philsci

We’re excited to launch the official BlueSky profile of ISHPSSB! Founded in 1998, we connect researchers in philosophy, history, and social studies of biology and medicine worldwide. Follow us for updates and events! #PhilosophyOfBiology, #HistoryOfScience, #STS, #Biology, #Medicine

I did a podcast about the philosophy of paleontology in German. I don’t speak German. The world is weird. open.spotify.com/episode/4jAP...

Die Entdeckung der Urzeit - Geschichte der Paläontologie

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Just registered for PSA Around the World Eastern Europe. Hope you do too! Organised by @philsci.bsky.social with @eenphilsci.bsky.social this online conference over three afternoons in November covers the past and the present of #philsci in Eastern n Central Europe (where it arguably started!)

Why was Newton so sure that if you just did his optical experiments you’d *have* to believe him about light? Kirsten Walsh, Tom Roberts and I use 4E cognition to suggest an answer. Anachronism? You be the judge… (also i’m real proud of this paper) www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.... #philsci

CFA The Human Diversity Dilemma: Navigating the intersection of microbes, ethics & society ISHPSSB Off-Year Workshop Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa October 1-3, 2025 Abstracts due Aug.18 Organizers @abigailnd.bsky.social & @msimang.bsky.social #philsci #STS 🦠 More info ⤵️

Dan Hutto's Critical Notice of Mind as Metaphor (OUP, 2023) is now out in Analysis. Many thanks to Dan for his constructive and thought-provoking comments! Lots for me to mull over... You can read it here: doi.org/10.1093/anal... @oxfordacademic.bsky.social #philsky #philmind #cogsci

Metaphors of Mind: Knowing Their Uses and Limitations

Mental fictionalism is attracting interest and has gained various supporters in recent years. A special issue of The Monist, edited by Demeter, was devoted

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Adam Toon@adamtoonphilos.bsky.social · last yr.

I'm very grateful to Dan Hutto for his generous and insightful Critical Notice of Mind as Metaphor (OUP, 2023), which will appear in Analysis. The final version isn't out yet, but you can read a draft here: www.academia.edu/121901846/Cr... #philsky #philmind #cogsci

My rap style involves the use of syllables from my very own private language, so it's no surprise you can't understand it. I call it 'beetleboxing'