The final highlight of this past week's phil sci bonanza: the 2nd iteration of the Foundations of Thermo workshop! The theme: a conceptual history of equilibrium. I learnt so much from the speakers and thank everyone for participating! Looking forward to the next one in 2027 😄

It's a wrap for the inaugural APSA conference at NTU! All this wouldn't be possible w/o the participants, keynotes, student helpers, reviewers, and esp. the LOC for ensuring everything fit together in what's surely a paradigmatic example of operational coherence. Thanks everyone! #philsci #philsky

Happening today and tomorrow!

Eugene Y. S. Chua@eugenechua.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Together w/ @miguelohn.bsky.social, I present the 2nd Foundations of Thermodynamics Workshop! We'll trace equilibrium reasoning from Archimedes, (post-)Newton, classical thermo, early QM, GR, to quantum thermo, bio, & econs. Abstracts: www.eugenechua.com/ftg2026-find... #philsky #philphys #philsci

Wonderful conference, congrats @eugenechua.bsky.social and everyone else who brought this together. #philsky #philsci

University of Cincinnati, Department of Philosophy@ucphilosophy.bsky.social · 2w ago

UC made a good showing at the first ever conference of the Asian Philosophy of Science Association in Singapore. From the left is Sharon Yoon, Ilir Isufi, Jake Hawthorne, Jianglang Yin, Professor Helen Meskhidze, Valencia White, and Professor Angela Potochnik, who all presented at the conference!

As program committee chair, it's my pleasure to announce the program for the Asian Philosophy of Science Association's inaugural conference. We have a great selection of papers, and I'm very excited to see everyone in Singapore come July! Details: www.ntu.edu.sg/soh/news-eve... #philsky #philsci

I am also organizing a book workshop for my colleague Jacob Stegenga's new book, Heart of Science. We have a great line-up of commentators & I am looking forward to meeting everyone! It will take place on 21 July, before APSA26. Register at: tinyurl.com/heartofscience #philsky #philsci

Together w/ @miguelohn.bsky.social, I present the 2nd Foundations of Thermodynamics Workshop! We'll trace equilibrium reasoning from Archimedes, (post-)Newton, classical thermo, early QM, GR, to quantum thermo, bio, & econs. Abstracts: www.eugenechua.com/ftg2026-find... #philsky #philphys #philsci

Happy to share that my paper "Physical Coherence and Time's Emergence" was accepted in Synthese! Preprint here: philpapers.org/rec/CHUPCA-6 I provide a thin necessary criterion for successful emergence of time, building on my works on semiclassical & thermal time. #philsci #philsky #philphys

Eugene Y. S. Chua, Physical Coherence and Time's Emergence - PhilPapers

It is often said that time vanishes in quantum gravity. One general approach to quantum gravity accepts this fundamental timelessness but seeks to derive time’s emergence at a non-fundamental level. T...

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Got to share some new work on integrable quantum statistical mechanics (w/ @yichenluo.bsky.social) and learnt so much talking and listening to others at the Lugano workshop on stat mech & info theory! Lugano is such a beautiful city and I hope to be back soon.

Chanced upon this evocative piece at Lake Lugano: "The Death of Socrates", Mark Antokowski (replica).

This past week, @yichenluo.bsky.social & I shared our works in foundations of quantum & relativistic thermodynamics w/ colleagues at Peking University & the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Philosophy. It was lovely to learn from the phil sci & physics community there! #philsky #philsci

Looking forward to 2-and-a-half talks next week w/ @yichenluo.bsky.social at PKU & CASIP! Yichen will share our current work on analogies and disanalogies between integrable quantum stat mech and classical TD, while I'll speak on the "work" concept in quantum TD, and classical TD in relativity.

New from the BJPS Review of Books: Saving Science from Quantum Mechanics – Emily Adlam Reviewed by Steven French Read it here: www.thebsps.org/reviewofbook... #philsci #philsky

Emily Adlam, Saving Science from Quantum Mechanics | BJPS Review of Books

Steven French reviews Saving Science from Quantum Mechanics, by Emily Adlam

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My paper with @yichenluo.bsky.social is up on @thebjps.bsky.social! We develop some ways physicists check their models without "full reversal" or "full representation". #philsci

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science@thebjps.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Just accepted: De-idealizing De-idealization: Beyond Full Reversal – Yichen Luo & Eugene Y S Chua Abstract in alt text or read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsci #philsky

Registration for the 1st conference of the Asian Philosophy of Science Association is now open! Keynotes feature Craig Callender, @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social, @kevinzollman.com & 1st winner of APSA early career scholar essay prize (tbd). Excited to host everyone in SG! www.ntu.edu.sg/soh/news-eve...

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Postdoc opportunity at the Taft Research Center here at the University of Cincinnati for which philosophers are eligible to apply. See here for details and to apply: jobs.uc.edu/job/Taft-Pos...

My paper with @yichenluo.bsky.social has been accepted for publication at @thebjps.bsky.social! We argue that standard pictures of de-idealization are themselves idealized, and develop a practice-first account of de-idealization for validating idealized models. Preprint: philpapers.org/rec/LUODDB

Yichen Luo & Eugene Y. S. Chua, De-Idealizing De-Idealization: Beyond Full Reversal - PhilPapers

There is a question of whether de-idealization is needed for justified use of -- for 'checking' -- idealizations. We argue that the standard philosophical account of de-idealization has become too ide...

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Thankful to be invited to present my work on atypicality in LLM-powered psychiatry (jme.bmj.com/content/earl..., preprint on arxiv) and be part of a roundtable dialogue on responsible AI in mental health. Human-centered AI w/ sociotechnical p.o.v., involving all stakeholders, is essential here!

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science@thebjps.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Just accepted: Looking for Work in Quantum Thermodynamics – Eugene Chua Abstract in alt text or read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/740608 #philsci #philsky

Happy to share that my paper on the special relativistic pressure has been accepted for publication in Synthese! It's the last (for now) of a trilogy of papers on the generalization of thermodynamics into relativity, and I'm glad it found a nice home. Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2601.22133

Putting Pressure Under Pressure: On the Status of Classical Pressure in Special Relativity

Much of the century-old debate surrounding the status of thermodynamics in relativity has centered on the search for a suitably relativistic temperature; recent works by Chua (2023) and Chua and Calle...

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7000 atoms in superposition! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The biggest ‘Schrödinger’s cat’ yet — physicists put 7,000 atoms in superposition

Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 21 January 2026

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I am hiring a second postdoctoral Research Fellow to join the Foundations of Thermodynamics group! This will be a two-year position. Deadline: March 20, 2026. Please share with anyone who's interested. I'm happy to answer any questions 😄 See PhilJobs ad for more info: philjobs.org/job/show/30726

1/ I am truly honoured and completely delighted to have won the 2025 Berggruen Essay Prize (English), for my submission “The Mythology of Conscious AI” @berggruen.org @noemamag.com berggruen.org/eu/news/2025...

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Ideas for a Changing World.

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✨Reminder✨ The symposia deadline for PSA 2026 is 15 January (this Thursday!)

Philosophy of Science Association@philsci.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Submissions for PSA 2026 in San Diego are now open! ☀️ Link and deadlines below Symposia ✨ 15 January 2026 Papers ✨ 15 March 2026 Posters ✨ 1 June 2026 psa26.oa-event.com/c...

I had an excellent time taking part in the inaugural round of this program in 2023 -- highly recommend it! Deadline: Jan 15.

Kathleen Creel@kathleencreel.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Thanks to generous funding from the @sloanfoundation.bsky.social, John Basl and I are thrilled to be running the AI and Data Ethics summer school in 2026! ~12 graduate students, $10k stipend, 9 weeks to learn about scientific and ethical issues raised by AI. Please apply! aidesummer.org

Physicists have recently been "looking for work in quantum thermodynamics", but what would count as success? (To what extent) can quantum foundations help? My paper on these questions has been accepted at the @thebjps.bsky.social! Preprint: philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27846/ #hps #philsci #philphys

Canadian Society for the History & Philosophy of Science (CSHPS) invites submissions for annual meeting, to be held in Halifax June 4-6, 2026. Submission Deadline: Monday January 19, 2026 Submission Portal: forms.gle/GVq5SZuLv1yE... Webpage cshps.ca #HPS

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A short piece now published on JME Forum, introducing, in brief, our paper on the ethical risk of LLM-powered psychiatry: blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethi...

Last day to submit abstracts! Please note that the deadline is in Singapore time.

Eugene Y. S. Chua@eugenechua.bsky.social · 9mo ago

There's about a month left to submit something to the Asian Philosophy of Science Association's inaugural conference! Consider submitting an abstract, and encouraging early-career scholars (especially those from or based in Asia) to submit an essay for the APSA Essay Prize.

Final call for papers for APSA26! Please share widely, and we are looking forward to hosting everyone in Singapore!

Eugene Y. S. Chua@eugenechua.bsky.social · 9mo ago

There's about a month left to submit something to the Asian Philosophy of Science Association's inaugural conference! Consider submitting an abstract, and encouraging early-career scholars (especially those from or based in Asia) to submit an essay for the APSA Essay Prize.