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Greg Rupik

@gregoryrupik.bsky.social

History & philosophy of biology | Author- Remapping Biology with Goethe, Schelling, and Herder: Romanticizing Evolution (Routledge) | Chief of Staff and University Secretary, University of St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto | he/him | 🐋🌱🏳️‍🌈

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Greg Rupik@gregoryrupik.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Congratulations to President David Sylvester on his reappointment for a 3rd term. It's a privilege to work alongside David—and with the Collegium—as St. Mike's prepares to celebrate its 175th anniversary, opening a promising next chapter of its history. stmikes.utoronto.ca/news/st-mich...

St. Michael’s President David Sylvester reappointed to a third term - University of St. Michael's College

The University of St. Michael’s College President David Sylvester has been reappointed for a third term to run through June 30, 2031. This three-year extension beyond his current term will […]

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Greg Rupik@gregoryrupik.bsky.social · 6mo ago

My heart's full after having attended the launch party for Orbital Studies No.0. It's a beautiful artifact that pulled a fascinating community into its orbit. Looking forward to thinking & working towards a more beautiful scientific culture with y'all! And, of course, #Goethe made a cameo! @wxs.ca

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Greg Rupik@gregoryrupik.bsky.social · last yr.

Here's philosopher of bio Denis Walsh's endorsement of my book as an integrated HPS project. Remapping Biology with Goethe, Schelling, and Herder is shipping in paperback (finally!) on July 30th! Link below. #booksky #philsky #histbio #philbio #ihps #agency #evolution #biosky

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Greg Rupik@gregoryrupik.bsky.social · last yr.

The paperback of my book Remapping Biology with Goethe, Schelling, and Herder will start shipping July 30th! The lower price point means I can hawk this one with a clearer conscience 😅 #booksky #philsci #hps #philbio #histbio 🐋🌱 www.routledge.com/Remapping-Bi...

Greg Rupik@gregoryrupik.bsky.social · 10mo ago

This term I'm teaching "Aliens & the Heavens: Christian Encounters with Cosmic Pluralism," a St. Mike's First Year Foundations course in the University of Toronto's Faculty of Arts & Science. So wonderful to be back in the classroom introducing students to #HPS & disciplines like #astrobiology! 👽✝️🌍🔭

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c0nc0rdance@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 12mo ago

A biologist at the American Museum of Natural History, Jonathan Coddington, cataloged a new genus of South American spiders in 1986. Two things about the spider were unique: they lived in caves & laid cubic eggs. So he called them genus 'Plato', and that's the nerdiest thing I have read all year.

Bea Leiderman@bealeiderman.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Diminutive fairy wombat poop. Tiny cubes under 2mm on each side. These are egg sacs made by a spider in the family Theridiosomatidae. They made yesterday’s hike special. Finding something I’ve never seen before is such a thrill. 🌱 #nature #macro #spider

Tiny pink and cream colored cube under 2mm stuck to the surface of a leaf. There were several, scattered around randomly, but the photo is cropped to show the one that was in best focus. The second picture shows a bit of my thumbnail in the corner, with sparkly nail polish.
Greg Priest@gregpriest.bsky.social · 12mo ago

It was no “mere” metaphor: “plants do not … possess nerves or a central nervous system; and we may infer that with animals such structures serve only for the more perfect transmission of impressions, and for the more complete intercommunication of the several parts." 🧪🌱🐋 #philsci #HistSTM 🦋🦫

Figure from the book showing the phenomenon of sleep in plants.
Greg Priest@gregpriest.bsky.social · 12mo ago

OTD in 1880, Charles Darwin published The Power of Movement in Plants. D believed that plants are active agents in the world: “A radicle may be compared with a burrowing animal such as a mole, which wishes to penetrate perpendicularly down into the ground.” 🧪🌱🐋 #philsci #HistSTM 🦋🦫

Cover, title page, and page of figures from the book.
Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science@mcps-philsci.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Two weeks until the Philosophy of Science Association’s next office hours! @michelamassimi.bsky.social and Mazviita Chirimuuta on “New approaches to realism.” Sign up and more information:

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The PSA Office Hour aims to facilitate interactions between our graduate student membership and prominent philosophers of science, and in a more controlled, accessible, and carbon-conscious setting…

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Greg Rupik@gregoryrupik.bsky.social · last yr.

Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther kicks off day 2 of Dialectical Biology Today, exploring Lewontin's avoidance of "synthesis," identifying the tension between anthropocentric ethics and deep ecology, and wondering how the Ocean might open up a new dialectic in a refreshed Naturphilosophie 🐋🌱

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Greg Rupik@gregoryrupik.bsky.social · last yr.

First up at Dialectical Biology Today: Sonia Sultan illustrates—with great experimental & naturalistic examples—the interpenetration of organisms and environments; identifies three major challenges that emerge for biologists from this datum; and gives us a good reason to eat our broccoli! 🥦 🐋🌱

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Jonathan Basile@jonothingeb.bsky.social · last yr.

Virality Vitality is now a paperback! Discount code: SNPF25. How do viral phenomena undermine basic concepts of the life sciences and philosophy, including the body, immunity, self-reproduction, and species? How does this affect synthetic biology’s attempts to control life?

Jonathan Basile@jonothingeb.bsky.social · 2y ago

This little pathogen I’ve created now has a life of its own. Virality Vitality, on the subterfuges of reproduction and contagion, has just been published! Unfortunately, only in hardcover for the time being (sunypress.edu/Books/V/Vira...); if you’d like to read it just get in touch!

A smiling man holding a book of which he is evidently very proud. The title is Virality Vitality and the cover is blue and orange, with an image of a cell being invaded by ghostly bacteriophages, like little lollipops