Charbel El-Hani

@charbelelhani.bsky.social

I am Full Professor at the Institute of Biology, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, working on history, philosophy and science teaching; philosophy of biology; ethnobiology; and ecology and conservation.

Call for nominations (including self-nominations!) for Philosophy of Science & Race Prize for best recent (w/in 5 yrs) published work on #philosophy of race &/or history/critiques of scientific racism (incl. medical/techno racism, etc.) *Deadline June 15* #HPS More info 👇 philsci.org/psa_prize_in...

PSA Prize in Philosophy of Science & Race - Philosophy of Science Association

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PSA UPSS Initiative@psa-upss.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Submissions open for Philosophy of Science & Race Prize: best book or article by PSA member integrating #philsci w/ race, ethnicity, or racism (eg, scientific racism) published 2021-2026. Recipients receive a $500 cash prize at PSA mtg in CA Deadline: June 15, 2026 #HPS philsci.org/psa_prize_in...

UPSS logo of hands supporting a tree of knowledge with diversely colored leaves. Texts says "PSA Prize in Philosophy of Science & Race"

[NEW PAPER] In "Beyond Dichotomies", I challenge the false dichotomy between subjectivity and objectivity in human social relationships. I show how they are both biological and social, using kinship research as an example. I’d love to hear your thoughts! #PhilSci #Anthropology #PhilSky

Beyond Dichotomies: Embracing an Integrated Approach to Social Relationships | Philosophy of Science | Cambridge Core

Beyond Dichotomies: Embracing an Integrated Approach to Social Relationships

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"Out of the Armchair: David Ludwig on science with a human face" - a nice little article on our Open Access book "Transformative Transdisciplinarity - An Introduction to Community-Based Philosophy" and the wider motivations behind it. www.wur.nl/en/news/out-...

Out of the Armchair: David Ludwig on science with a human face

What happens when academics leave their comfortable armchairs and genuinely engage with the people they write about? According to David Ludwig, that is precisely what is needed

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This is so disappointing to see academics conclude "yes, it's a fascist tool" and then in the same breath say "let's use it to show students how it's flawed" or "let's collect more data on it by giving it more of our data"... Excuse me?

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@olivia.science · 6mo ago

This idea that one can discern a technology is fascist and then still conclude "we need to collect data" is nonsense! www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...

Americans & Europeans needlessly exposing African babies to preventable diseases just to see if they can find something that would justify their preexisting antivaccine beliefs is not only unscientific and actually anti-science, it is very much reminiscent of colonialist, racist human rights abuses

Ryan Marino, MD@ryanmarino.bsky.social · 8mo ago

“It is not clear what the research question is. It seems to be about the safety of the vaccine rather than its effectiveness, but both are already well-established, and to undertake such a study in a population where almost 1/5 of the adult population has a marker of infection seems extremely risky”

“It is not clear what the research question is. It seems to be about the safety of the vaccine rather than its effectiveness, but both are already well-established, and to undertake such a study in a population where almost 1/5 of the adult population has a marker of infection seems extremely risky”

US plan for $1.6m hepatitis B vaccine study in Africa called ‘highly unethical’

Experts decry ‘neocolonialist’ Guinea-Bissau study after Trump administration changed advice for US babies

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“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to

Conrad Hal Waddington was born OTD in 1905. His “epigenetic landscape” is a diagrammatic representation of the constraints influencing embryonic development. On his 50th birthday, his colleagues gave him a pinball machine on the model of the epigenetic landscape. 🧪 🦫🦋 🌱🐋 #HistSTM #philsci #evobio

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