Over the moon to be having Rory join us at @standrewsphil.bsky.social this summer!

R. D. Kent 🍉@rdk96.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Excited to share that I'll be joining the University of St Andrews as a Research Fellow from July 🥳 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I'll be contributing my work on ideological scientism to @alicemurphs.bsky.social's excellent aesthetics of science project, which you can read more about here:

Excited to share that I'll be joining the University of St Andrews as a Research Fellow from July 🥳 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I'll be contributing my work on ideological scientism to @alicemurphs.bsky.social's excellent aesthetics of science project, which you can read more about here:

@standrewsphil.bsky.social is becoming the imagination hub -- happening in May, feat. Amy Kind, Nick Wiltsher, Alice Murphy, Mike Stuart, Justin D'Ambrosio , William D'Alessandro, Petronella Randell: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/...

2 year Postdoctoral Research Fellow opportunity at the University of St Andrews on my project "Aesthetic Values and the Social Dimensions of Science" www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... #philosophy #philsci

Postdoc opportunities: The MCMP's Chair of Logic and Philosophy of Language (Prof. Hannes Leitgeb) at @lmumuenchen.bsky.social advertises two Postdoc positions (deadline 31 Jan 2026). See job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/7...

What a dream it would be to work with Alice and in beautiful St Andrews!! Share with anyone you think might be interested!!

Alice Murphy@alicemurphs.bsky.social · 7mo ago

2 year Postdoctoral Research Fellow opportunity at the University of St Andrews on my project "Aesthetic Values and the Social Dimensions of Science" www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... #philosophy #philsci

New paper just published in Synthese: Instrumental Understanding link.springer.com/article/10.1... In this paper I start developing an account of pragmatic understanding fit for an epistemology of scientific instruments, drawing especially on Davis Baird's Thing Knowledge. #philsci #philsky

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/...

2 year Postdoctoral Research Fellow opportunity at the University of St Andrews on my project "Aesthetic Values and the Social Dimensions of Science" www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... #philosophy #philsci

I wrote about my first ever package holiday and the beauty of experiencing weirdness with a dear friend app.thenewworld.co.uk/story/141629...

Two of the novels I read this summer, Süskind’s 'Perfume' and Yuzuki’s 'Butter' both tell stories of murder and revolve around intense sensory experiences. That got me thinking about how little philosophy seems to care about smell and taste app.thenewworld.co.uk/story/140442...

We have *three* new lecturers joining the castle -- ehm, the department @standrewsphil.bsky.social : Alice Murphy @alicemurphs.bsky.social, Matthew Vermaire, Nick Wiltsher @nickwiltsher.bsky.social. Welcome folks! www.st-andrews.ac.uk/philosophy/n...

I wrote another blog thing on imagination for The Junkyard. I figure if I write enough of these things I'll end up writing a book by accident and accumulation. junkyardofthemind.com/blog/2025/4/... #philsky

The value of epistemic imagining — The Junkyard

A post by Nick Wiltsher Here are three related claims to which I’m increasingly sympathetic: (1) Imagination has no distinctive epistemic ends. (2) The epistemic ends that can be pursued using imag...

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Paris friends! Come hear @alicemurphs.bsky.social and I chat about Bergson's life and philosophy at the awesome Red Wheelbarrow Book Store on February 19th!

Final day of 2024 and my review of Rheinberger's Split and Splice is now available in Studies of #HPS as part of a book forum (technically published in the future👽) Wishing everyone a happy end of the year and a good entry into 2025 🥳💃 OA link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kM5-8yuR2... #Philsci #philbio

Our book The Aesthetics of Scientific Experiments is now available paper back and is on end of year sale! www.routledge.com/The-Aestheti... @alicemurphs.bsky.social #philsci #philsky #aesthetics #booksky #Science #Philosophy

The Aesthetics of Scientific Experiments

The relationship between aesthetics and science has begun to generate substantial interest. However, for the most part, the focus has been on the beauty of theories, and other aspects of scientific pr...

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Quick reminder to anybody who happens to be in Munich today: You are warmly invited to 1st event under my new chair at TUM, on Understanding Misinformation, 15:30 in Hansa Haus Briennerstr. 39. we’ll hold a drinks reception afterwards. Registration and more info: www.eventbrite.com/e/1058119206...

The Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy at LMU Munich is now on Bluesky. Please help us spread the word. #Philosophy #Mathematics #Science #Logic

What does the #ipcc know about the aesthetic impacts of climate change? A short essay I wrote with @alicemurphs.bsky.social Just went online :) do check it out

Rachel Carson Center for Environment & Society@carsoncenter.bsky.social · 2y ago

Our newest addition to 𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴 is a compelling article on the scenic beauty of Santiago by @fwinckel.bsky.social and @alicemurphs.bsky.social. Read the full article: seeingthewoods.org/2024/11/21/o... #rccpublications #seeingthewoods #environmental #aesthetics #academic #santiagodechile

12 ✨paid✨ PhD positions in environmental humanities - co/organised by Uni Augsburg and LMU. I’m also an affiliate there - check out the call: rethinking-environment-idk.de

We've seen that the IPCC has engaged with some work in Philosophy of Science, but what about Aesthetics? New piece by @fwinckel.bsky.social and me on What Does the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Know About Aesthetics? #philsky #philsci #envhum

Rachel Carson Center for Environment & Society@carsoncenter.bsky.social · 2y ago

Our newest addition to 𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴 is a compelling article on the scenic beauty of Santiago by @fwinckel.bsky.social and @alicemurphs.bsky.social. Read the full article: seeingthewoods.org/2024/11/21/o... #rccpublications #seeingthewoods #environmental #aesthetics #academic #santiagodechile

Leeds has a fully funded scholarship program for undergraduate and Masters study for Gaza students. **Tell Everyone** www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...

I have an article out :) It's a deep dive into a series of snowflake images made by James and Cecilia Glaisher in 1855. I talk about this couple's work in my dissertation, but their stunning drawings deserved separate treatment. Open Access link (with more pictures) 👉 doi.org/10.1017/S000...

Trumpet blast: my paper ‘Does the Claim that There Are No Theories Imply that there is no History of Theories to be Written?(!)’ is out in the latest issue of The Journal for General Philosophy of Science (on open access): link.springer.com/article/10.1...

‘Does the Claim that there are no Theories Imply that there is no History of Theories to be Written?(!)’* - Journal for General Philosophy of Science

In There Are No Such Things As Theories (French 2020), the reification of theories is critically analysed and rejected. My aim here is to tease out some of the implications of this approach first of a...

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Hi everyone, I am happy to report that my review of Hans-Jörg Rheinberger's 2023 book (Split and Splice: A Phenomenology of Experimentation) is now online #philsci, #philbio, #philpsy, #hps, #sts, #histsci, #histSTM

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science@thebjps.bsky.social · 2y ago

New from the BJPS Review of Books: Split and Splice: A Phenomenology of Experimentation by Hans-Jörg Rheinberger —Reviewed by Uljana Feest (@ufeest.bsky.social) www.thebsps.org/reviewofbook... #philsci #philsky #hps #sts #histsci #histSTM

UK! My biography of Henri Bergson – Herald of a Restless World – is out today!!! I am feeling quite emotional, a mix of pride, joy and nervousness! I hope you will be as inspired by Bergson's life and thought as I am! basicbooks.uk/titles/emily...

beautiful article by Arundhati Roy

I recently took on the role of editor for the Aesthetics section of the Diversity Reading List. The site's aim is to make it easier for people to write more diverse philosophy syllabi by creating a useful database of work. #philsky 1/4

Now would be an excellent moment for the American Philosophical Association to release a statement in support of their students that have been beaten by police for opposing genocide, just as it was a lost moment for the APA to stand in support of their academic colleagues murdered in Gaza

Join our reading group on feminist philosophy of science! We will meet on Mondays, at 17 CET, once per month. Below you will find our schedule and readings.