Alejandro F. Cuesta first introduces "weak empirical logical exceptionalism" in a brilliant talk on quantum logic @ecap12th.bsky.social

🟢Our METIS member Mariano Martín-Villuendas @marianomvillu.bsky.social has just published two papers!! 🧵1/2 1️⃣ “A Pragmatist-Artifactualist View of Experimental Model Organisms: The Case of Epigenetic Inheritance” (History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences) link.springer.com/article/10.1...

A Pragmatist-Artifactualist view of experimental model organisms: the case of epigenetic inheritance - History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences

Model organisms have long occupied a central place in the life sciences, driving major discoveries and stabilizing knowledge about biological mechanisms conserved across taxa. However, their dominance...

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The programme for #ECAP12 is now available on our website! While it remains subject to minor changes, the schedule is now largely finalized. We invite you to take a look and start planning your participation. 🔗https://analyticphilosophy.eu/ecap12/

Welcome to the official Bluesky account of the 12th European Congress of Analytic Philosophy (ECAP12), taking place in Madrid, 24–28 August 2026. Follow us for conference news, programme updates, practical information and live coverage. Conference website: 🔗 analyticphilosophy.eu/ecap12/

🎉🎉🎉 Publication alert! My paper "Rational Uncertainty and the Success Norm for Inquiry" is out in Mind — and now *open access*! Am I thinking too much? Is there such a thing as excessive inquiry that's not just impractical, but irrational? 1/5

Once upon a time, I approached biologists @biotay.bsky.social and @auersperga.bsky.social with some crazy ideas on how to test for animals’ concept of death. Many years later, our first study with the stellar cockatoos from the Goffin Lab is finally out! (More to come)

Tay (Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró)@biotay.bsky.social · 3mo ago

1/16 Do other species understand death? In this study with cockatoos, we approach this question from its foundation, by studying one of its central components: sensitivity to the permanent loss of a function. I will explain it in this thread (with videos) (paper) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Last week I was presenting my work at the 4th Lake Como INEM Summer School in Philosophy of Economics! I enjoyed the breadth of topics covered, the excellent presentations, and, above all, the opportunity to engage with scholars I would rarely meet at the phil of sci conferences I usually attend.

🟢 METIS seminar #29: Tomorrow Ignasi Gil @ignasigil.bsky.social (UCM-UNED) will talk about: ''The Epistemic and Zetetic Irrationality of Incessant Checking in OCD'' 🕚 11:30-13:30 | 📍 Paseo Senda Rey 7, Edificio de Humanidades, Room B 💻 Attend online: blogs.uned.es/metis/contact/

📷✨Algunas fotos del último Seminario de Doctorandos BioKoinos-METIS de este curso 2025-2026 con la comunicación de Ignasi Gil y comentario de Marc Lara Crosas. Gracias por acompañarnos estos meses. ¡Os esperamos en la siguiente edición! @metisuned.bsky.social

Many thanks to everyone for two days of stimulating discussion and exchange. See you the next! ✨

METIS research group@metisuned.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🚨Next week UCM-UNED Normativity Workshop, organised by Sophie Keeling, Javier González de Prado, and Michele Palmira. 📅 May 21–22 🕙 10:00-18:30h 📍 Faculty of Humanities, UNED (Paseo Senda del Rey 7, Madrid) Full programme and more information: hinorm.weebly.com/activities.h...

🚨Next week UCM-UNED Normativity Workshop, organised by Sophie Keeling, Javier González de Prado, and Michele Palmira. 📅 May 21–22 🕙 10:00-18:30h 📍 Faculty of Humanities, UNED (Paseo Senda del Rey 7, Madrid) Full programme and more information: hinorm.weebly.com/activities.h...

🚨 We’re starting the week with good news! Sophie Keeling has published a new paper in Philosophical Psychology @journalphp.bsky.social: “Agent’s Awareness and Responding to Reasons” 🔗You can check it out here: philpeople.org/profiles/sop...

Sophie Keeling (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia) - PhilPeople

Sophie Keeling is a ramon y cajal fellow at Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Logic, History and Philosophy of Science. They are interested in Epistemology and Philosophy of Mind. Follow ...

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My first book is out with @universitypress.cambridge.org ! “Sincerity and Insincerity” explores what sincerity demands, why it matters, and what falls in between — half-truths, omissions, deliberate misdirection, and more. Free download for 2 weeks 👇 doi.org/10.1017/9781...

🚨¡Esto es mañana!

BioKoinos@biokoinos.bsky.social · 7mo ago

📕Próximo Seminario de Doctorandos BioKoinos-Metis. 👨‍🎓 David Balfagón Sanmartín (UV) presentará "El ensamblado de modelos hidrológicos desde una concepción bayesiana de la probabilidad". 25 febrero 16:00-18:00h. Facultad Filosofía UCM. 💻Más info en el cartel y en: www.biokoinos.org/seminario-do...

🟢 Upcoming talk by Sophie Keeling (UNED, METIS): “Standpoints and spect-actors: Philosophical reflections on theatre of the oppressed” 📍 University of Leeds (@universityofleeds.bsky.social) 📅 11 Feb 2026 📌 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/centre-aesth...

🎉 Great news! ⭐ Susana Monsó’s book Das Schweigen der Schimpansen (German edition of Playing Possum) has won the Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres 2026 award. Congratulations to @susanamonso.com on this well-deserved recognition! 👏📚

“Higher-order uncertainty at the end of inquiry”, new paper out in Episteme: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

☝️📢 Mañana a las 13 h (Argentina) / 17 h (España), @susanamonso.com y Laura Danón darán una charla online titulada: “¿Tienen los animales un concepto de muerte? Lo que puede enseñarnos la tanatosis sobre las mentes” en @grupoanfibio.bsky.social 💻Para participar: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

New publication alert! 🚨 José Antonio Pérez Escobar (aka JAPE), the spiritual guide of METIS PhD students, has just published in EJPS! “The making of a mathematical notion by analogy: the case of Hamiltonicity of (locally finite) infinite graphs” 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

🚨CFA for the XIV PBCS that will be held at UNED (Madrid) 18-19 June 2026, where several of our METIS members are part of the organisation committee: Losner Briones (@losnerbriones.com), Jorge Ramos (@jsramos.bsky.social) and Cristian Saborido. More info: sites.google.com/view/xivpbcs...

In my experience, those who use the expression "all things considered" often overlook some key point.

🟢This Thursday the 27th, our METIS member @ignasigil.bsky.social will talk about “The Epistemic and Zetetic Irrationality of Incessant Checking in OCD” at the SEFA 2025 Postgraduate Congress. More info: www.sefaweb.es/programacps/

Today, two of our METIS members and PhD students present at the PSA @philsci.bsky.social Around the World Conference 💠 Losner Briones (@losnerbriones.com): "From Causal Inference to Distributive Outcomes" 💠 Marco Portillo (@raciondeser.bsky.social): "Biology as Evidence for the A-Theory of Time"

📢 Call for expressions of interest The METIS Group (UNED, Madrid) welcomes researchers interested in applying to the Juan de la Cierva Postdoctoral Fellowship with our support. ➡️ Send CV + 400-word project summary. ⏰ Deadline: 20 Nov 2025. Questions? Feel free to contact us. blogs.uned.es/metis/

📢 ¡Vuelve el Seminario de doctorandos BioKoinos-METIS! 🗣️12 sesiones donde doctorandxs comparten sus investigaciones. 🕓Miércoles, 16h (CEST/CET) | Formato híbrido 👥Coord.: @jsramos.bsky.social (UNED) y Turad Miguel Turad (UCM) 📅Programa completo: blogs.uned.es/metis/semina...

Si esto es verdad, será lamarck de interesante.

Guillermo Peris 🧬💻@waltzingpiglet.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Se demuestra por primera vez (en ratones) que se pueden transmitir a la descendencia por vía paterna los beneficios de salud obtenidos por los padres al hacer ejercicio físico. Esta transmisión de patrones epigenéticos tendría lugar mediante el microARN del esperma. www.science.org/content/arti...

Hoy hemos celebrado una comida para despedir a Francisco Álvarez, Manuel Sellés y Eduardo Bustos, fundadores del Departamento de LHFC de la UNED, que se jubilan. Gracias por todo vuestro legado. Paco, Manolo y Eduardo, esta siempre será vuestra casa💚

The XI SEFA Congress starts! We’re proud to see so many METIS members: Javier González de Prado, Losner Briones, Paloma Atencia Linares, Marco Portillo, Neri Marsili, Umberto Rivieccio, Ignacio Sánchez Moreno, Laura Delgado-Verges, Laura Delgado, Claudia Picazo & Sophie Keeling.