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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It's Sofa King™ hot outside.

A genuine full-circle moment. Years after @radiolab.org inspired my path into #HPS, I had the pleasure of speaking with Maria Paz Gutiérrez about "The Holy Shiver" (der Heiliger Schauer) and was honoured with a special thanks in the show notes. 🐋🌱 radiolab.org/podcast/the-...

The Holy Shiver

What your body knows that your brain doesn’t  … yet.

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Congratulations to TST graduate, Gregory Rupik (MA Theology, University of St. Michael's College) on the publication of his book! "Remapping Biology with Goethe, Schelling and Herder: Romanticizing Evolution" (paperback version, summer 2025). More info: bit.ly/4sCrAEe @ustmikes.bsky.social

It is publication day for The Organism-Environment Pairing (@mitpress.bsky.social)! This 📗 has been deeply formative for me as a scholar, and it owes so much to so many wonderful people. I truly hope it finds many readers! mitpress.mit.edu/978026205282... #booksky #philsci #histsci #philsky #evosky

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Mel Andrews@bayesianboy.bsky.social · last mo.

As philosophy rushes to claim expertise on AI, AI companies rush to control the philosophical narrative. Unlike other disciplines, philosophy has no standards for reporting conflicts of interest. This petition endeavors to change that: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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

I got to welcome @saraseager.bsky.social—one of the world's leading astrobiologists—to my St. Mike's course: Aliens & The Heavens! My students drove a lively Q&A about exoplanets, funding, and definitions of life.👽🌌 #astrobiology #academicsky #hps 🐋🌱 @utoronto.ca @ustmikes.bsky.social

Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775-1854) 1849-Sketch of Schelling in Berlin. #Schelling @gregoryrupik.bsky.social @kylabruff.bsky.social @marcelagr.bsky.social @dalianassar.bsky.social @tbheinze.bsky.social @benjaminnorris.bsky.social

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

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...

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! 👽✝️🌍🔭

Like and Follow! 🐋🌱 #hpbio #philbio

Biological Theory@biologicaltheory.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Biological Theory is now on Bluesky! We have a new team of editors and a new editorial board. We will soon be posting about all our articles. Find out more about the journal at link.springer.com/journal/13752

A review of Matthew Bell's Goethe: A Life in Ideas in the New Yorker www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

What Makes Goethe So Special?

The German poet’s dauntingly eclectic accomplishments were founded on a tireless interrogation of how a life should be lived.

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Any historians of #astrobiology, #xenobiology, and/or #exobiology out there? I'm designing a course and would love to add some readings about the field and its history. Point me in the right direction! #histbio #hpbio

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 · 9mo 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

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 🦋🦫

Greg Priest@gregpriest.bsky.social · 9mo 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 🦋🦫

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:

PSA Office Hour - Philosophy of Science Association

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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I can’t think of a better way to celebrate my 2nd year in Germany than keynoting the German Society for Women in Philosophy - join us in Ulm to discuss openness & democracy on Thursday 13 November: www.uni-ulm.de/einrichtunge... #philsci

Proof that climate change is real and horrible: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time after record heat

Previously the country was one of the world's only mosquito-free zones.

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I am excited to share with you all another episode of #TheYoungIdealist Series featuring @dalianassar.bsky.social who navigates the viewers through her exciting philosophical work & discussing important issues like Knowledge, Aesthetics, Ethics, Nature & Ecology. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPur...

#HPBio #histsci #histSTM #evobio #HPS

Quarterly Review of Biology@qrb.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The Quarterly Review of Biology turns 100! We are celebrating our anniversary with free-to-read articles from the archives, through 2026. Learn more: ow.ly/xXli50X7Z5B

Next in Dialectical Biology Today: @hylomorphic.bsky.social weaves together historical threads from Hegel, Engels, & others to illustrate how Lewontin's dialectical biology critiques an anti-revolutionary, conservative ideology at the heart of population genetics & evolutionary ecology 🌱🐋

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 🐋🌱

I’m doing the hand symbol for dialectics

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

The "Dialectical Biology Today" Conference is...Today! Here's @jonothingeb.bsky.social welcoming participants to this gathering considering the legacies of Richard Lewontin. 🌱🐋 @ihpst-uoft.bsky.social You can see the schedule & join on Zoom here! ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/diale...

Amazing to have Elliott Sober delivering his keynote "Richard Lewontin - Biologist, Philosopher, and Marxist" at the Dialectical Biology Today Conference! 🌱🐋 @ihpst-uoft.bsky.social

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! 🥦 🐋🌱

The "Dialectical Biology Today" Conference is...Today! Here's @jonothingeb.bsky.social welcoming participants to this gathering considering the legacies of Richard Lewontin. 🌱🐋 @ihpst-uoft.bsky.social You can see the schedule & join on Zoom here! ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/diale...

Join us for this great conference on the legacies of Lewontin and Dialectical Biology! 🌱🐋 #philbio #evolution #histbio

Greg Rupik@gregoryrupik.bsky.social · 11mo ago

An awesome hybrid conference on the legacies of Richard Lewontin is coming to Toronto. Elliott Sober is the keynote! "Dialectical Biology Today" runs from October 10-12. Learn more and register below! #philbio 🐋🌱 @ihpst-uoft.bsky.social ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/diale...

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 · last yr.

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!

An awesome hybrid conference on the legacies of Richard Lewontin is coming to Toronto. Elliott Sober is the keynote! "Dialectical Biology Today" runs from October 10-12. Learn more and register below! #philbio 🐋🌱 @ihpst-uoft.bsky.social ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/diale...