Rachel A. Ankeny

@rachelankeny.bsky.social

Philosopher/historian, exploring biology, biomed sci, bioethics, non-human animals, food ethics, & more. ISHPSSB past pres, Studies in HPS EIC, devoted mum, she/her. Working on Kaurna land which has never been ceded.

Excited to announce that I'm taking flight. I will be leaving the University of Adelaide at the end of July to become Professor and Chair of the Philosophy Group at Wageningen University! Lots of new opportunities and collabs ahead, though I hope to remain affiliated with the new Adelaide Uni.

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Very excited & grateful for this in-depth discussion of our book "Global Epistemologies & Philosophies of Science". A lot of important thoughts and a great reminder that another philosophy of science is indeed possible :)

Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda@alejandrofabregastejeda.com · 3y ago

New essay review in @jgps.bsky.social! The Delinking HPS Group (Utrecht University) critically discusses "Global Epistemologies & Philosophies of Science" (eds. @davidludwig.bsky.social @inkerikoskinen.bsky.social, Z Mncube, L Poliseli & L Reyes-Galindo) 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci

The catastrophically low success rate isn’t because more researchers are applying. No, the *opposite is true*: application numbers are also at historic lows. Researchers aren’t applying because it’s not worth their time. Fewer people, employing fewer people. Get the picture?

Graph showing number of Australian Research Council Discovery Projects applications, and their success rate, each year since 2002. The sharp decline in success rate since 2020 is not due to an increase in the number of applications. In fact, the latter is at historic lows.
Data: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AyITNrCVt7pdLiUzyvC99q7l_X99rCS68r8_3i3h85s/edit?usp=sharing

University of Kansas is hiring!! AOS: Philosophy of Cognition, cognitive science or Computation, computing very broadly construed (to include, e.g., Philosophy of Psychology, Cognitive Science, Mind, Technology, etc. AOC: Open #philtech #philscie #cogsci Great place to be!

Fabulous opportunity for #STS scholars! The Ann Johnson Institute’s Writing Retreat June 23-29, 2024 Theme: STS in Public Practice  Seeking scholars with one or more projects that can reasonably be completed within a week of concentrated writing. protect-au.mimecast.com/s/LEfRCzvkjEF0…

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Vale Evelyn Fox Keller "Science is a polyphonic chorus. The voices are never equal, but what one hears as a dominant motif depends very much on where one stands...there are always corners from which one can hear minor motifs continuing to sound" A Feeling for the Organism #PhilSci #HistSci #STS

International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science (HOPOS) biennial international congress at University of Vienna, Austria, 9–12 July 2024 Keynotes: Uljana Feest & Reviel Netz Organizer @martinkusch.bsky.social Submission deadline extended to Oct. 1 2023.  hopos2024.univie.ac.at

The Fifteenth Biennial Congress of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Scienc...

The Fifteenth Biennial Congress of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science

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