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Axel Gelfert

@agelfert.bsky.social

Philosopher (Social Epistemology, Philosophy of Science and Technology) Professor at TU Berlin President, German Society for Philosophy of Science (GWP)

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Peter Adamson@histphilosophy.bsky.social · 2h ago

Monarchs hate studies and knowledge… because they realize that an intelligent community is not tyrannized or ruled as peacefully as one that is less intelligent, therefore these monarchs extinguish all knowledge as much as they can. - Pieter de la Court

Axel Gelfert@agelfert.bsky.social · 4d ago

Just published -- "Kant on scientific pedantry and epistemic populism" #philsky #kant #sciencedenialism (published *in print*, that is; the early-view version has been online for some time...)

Kant on scientific pedantry and epistemic populism

While positive appraisals of testimonial knowledge by Enlightenment thinkers have recently begun to receive more attention, such discussions often operate at a very general level, leaving out much ...

tandfonline.com

Axel Gelfert@agelfert.bsky.social · 6d ago

"Wenn wir schon beim Kampf gegen den Klimawandel versagt haben, dann lasst uns wenigstens jetzt nichts zur Anpassung an die kommenden Klimaveränderungen tun" -- ist das die Logik hier? (Und war da nicht mal was mit "Bewahrung der Schöpfung"??) #klimakrise

FAZ-Überschrift "CDU verstärkt Widerstand gegen Klimaforderung der SPD", zum Streit um den Hitzeschutz als staatliche Aufgabe; im Hintergrund vertrocknete Balkonpflanzen und Straßenverkehr
Axel Gelfert@agelfert.bsky.social · last wk.

Two groups are doing irreparable damage to academia, each for its own political-ideological reasons: those engaging in plagiarism denialism and those who weaponize plagiarism charges for non-academic ends. (A third group are the plagiarists themselves, of course.) Academia is truly f*cked.

Axel Gelfert@agelfert.bsky.social · 2w ago

TFW bei einem mittäglichen Arbeitessen zum Thema KI und Mathematik einem auf der Speisekarte ein "KI-gemischter Salat" angeboten wird...und es eine Weile dauert, ehe die eigene menschliche Intelligenz den Fehler erkennt. #KI #AI

Auszug aus einer Speisekarte mit dem Text "kl. gemischter Salat" -- wobei die Abkürzung "kl." aufgrund der Schriftart wie "KI" aussieht...
Axel Gelfert@agelfert.bsky.social · 3w ago

Those who were organized enough to get protective glasses in advance got to enjoy one solar eclipse, those who accidentally found themselves in a hotel room with perforated window shades got to enjoy many simultaneous ones :-)

Camera obscura style images of the partially eclipsed sunCamera obscura style images of the partially eclipsed sun
Axel Gelfert@agelfert.bsky.social · 3w ago

In 1822, this stork was pierced by an arrow in Africa, yet successfully continued its migration back to Europe, only to be killed by a gunshot in Northern Germany. There must be some symbolic meaning here; make of it what you will...

Photo of the Rostock stork, wounded by an arrow in Africa and killed in Europe by a gunshot; exhibit at Bothmer Palace in Klütz
Axel Gelfert@agelfert.bsky.social · 4w ago

Great to see Mary Hesse's work getting wider attention, thanks to @smellosopher.bsky.social Ann-Sophie Barwich's Aeon article getting picked up on social media. So I thought I'd share this note I wrote 11 years ago, on Hesse's perceptive remarks on how mathematical formalisms drive science: (1/2)

Philip Ball@philipcball.bsky.social · 4w ago

"For Hesse, metaphors were not passive representations of things but constituted conceptual tools actively shaping scientific thought." This is precisely why I've cited Hesse in my (much less profound) writing on scientific metaphor. aeon.co/essays/why-a...

Axel Gelfert@agelfert.bsky.social · 4w ago

Great to see Mary Hesse's work getting wider attention, thanks to @smellosopher.bsky.social Ann-Sophie Barwich's Aeon article getting picked up on social media. So I thought I'd share this note I wrote 11 years ago, on Hesse's perceptive remarks on how mathematical formalisms drive science: (1/2)

Philip Ball@philipcball.bsky.social · 4w ago

"For Hesse, metaphors were not passive representations of things but constituted conceptual tools actively shaping scientific thought." This is precisely why I've cited Hesse in my (much less profound) writing on scientific metaphor. aeon.co/essays/why-a...

Axel Gelfert@agelfert.bsky.social · last mo.

Beim Ausfüllen der Steuererklärung (ja, wieder auf den letzten Drücker) kann ChatGPT schon nützlich sein. An dem Ausdruck "Instant-Intelligenz", die ich angeblich aufgebraucht habe, störe ich mich aber trotzdem...

Screenshot einer ChatGPT-Meldung: "Du hast deine Instant-Intelligenz fürs Erste aufgebraucht".
Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf@rahmstorf.bsky.social · last mo.

Yesterday afternoon 14:09 in Lacanau Océan in France. A pale red sun through the smoke tinged everything in Mars style orange. Welcome in the climate emergency! Despite all denial of the fossil fuel lobby, it’s scientific fact: CO2 emissions heat up Earth & make fires worse. 🔥🔥🔥

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · last mo.

Once you understand that this is a model of science written by non-scientists who hate universities but love venture capital and redirecting money to political allies, everything makes a lot more sense. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...

Trump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities

Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.

nytimes.com