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Harriet Fagerberg

@harrif.bsky.social

Assistant Professor @HPSCambridge.bsky.social - Philosophy of Science, Biology and Medicine https://www.hfagerberg.co.uk

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Anna Alexandrova@annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This week Issa Kohler-Hausmann of Yale is visiting for a workshop/ talk at the @hpscambridge.bsky.social Department Seminar series. I admire her research into how dominant econometric methods for detecting discrimination misunderstand the nature of ‘equal standing’. Scroll down for her abstract 👇🏻

Departmental Seminars | Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Seminars take place on Thursdays from 3.30pm to 5pm in the Hopkinson Lecture Theatre (unless otherwise stated). Organised by Ahmad Elabbar.

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Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge@hpscambridge.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Congratulations to PhD student @drzeshanqureshi.bsky.social, whose textbook 'Anti-Racist Medicine' was launched in Parliament. The book, co-created by Qureshi, is the first defining an anti-racist curriculum in medicine. He hopes it can help uphold the NHS fairness principle for all ethnic groups.

‘Racism infiltrates every aspect of medicine’: New ‘blueprint’ for anti-racist healthcare in the UK launched

The first medical textbook on anti-racist healthcare, launching in Parliament on Monday, warns that ethnic inequalities still run deep throughout UK medicine.

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Anna Alexandrova@annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 3mo ago

If you are planning to attend, the registration is open. We @hpscambridge.bsky.social are pouring our hearts into this conference and it will be amazing. Even though my own submission was not accepted! #philsci #philsky #hps #metascience

Society for the Philosophy of Science in Practice 2026 Conference | SPSP Cambridge 2026

The Society for the Philosophy of Science in Practice 2026 Conference at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge

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Chloé de Canson@chloedecanson.bsky.social · 5mo ago

My paper on disease has been accepted at Philosophy of Medicine! I argue that diseases form homeostatic property clusters: their underlying pathomechanisms cause clustering in their symptomatology, biological signature, response to treatments, and prognosis philpapers.org/rec/CANDAH

Chloé de Canson, Diseases as Homeostatic Property Clusters - PhilPapers

Several philosophers have recently drawn on property cluster accounts of natural kinds to argue that individual diseases form natural kinds. According to them, diseases have a super-explanatory proper...

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Anna Alexandrova@annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 12mo ago

US colleagues in #philsci #sts #histsci #histmed, please encourage your students to consider the Gates Cambridge Scholarships. Deadline for US residents is October 15th. They need to first apply for admission to the Department of HPS for MPhil or PhD (2026 entry) www.hps.cam.ac.uk/study/postgr...

International Scholarship at The University of Cambridge

International postgraduate scholarships at the University of Cambridge

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Harriet Fagerberg@harrif.bsky.social · last yr.

Still time to submit at abstract for Climate, Emotion and Mental Health! August 14-15 at Cambridge HPS 🎓 Deadline this Friday @cambridgephilos.bsky.social @camneuro.bsky.social l #philsci #philsky #psychology #psychiatry #philmed #cogsci #climate

Harriet Fagerberg@harrif.bsky.social · last yr.

Free in August and looking for a way to do even more philosophy? 🤔 Juliette Vazard and I are organising a workshop on Climate, Emotion and Mental Health - deadline 4th of July! ✍️

Harriet Fagerberg@harrif.bsky.social · last yr.

Still time to submit at abstract for Climate, Emotion and Mental Health! August 14-15 at Cambridge HPS 🎓 Deadline this Friday @cambridgephilos.bsky.social @camneuro.bsky.social l #philsci #philsky #psychology #psychiatry #philmed #cogsci #climate

Harriet Fagerberg@harrif.bsky.social · last yr.

Free in August and looking for a way to do even more philosophy? 🤔 Juliette Vazard and I are organising a workshop on Climate, Emotion and Mental Health - deadline 4th of July! ✍️

The Guardian@theguardian.com · last yr.

Israel kills innocent Palestinians. Activists spray-paint a plane. Guess which the UK government calls terrorism | Sally Rooney

Israel kills innocent Palestinians. Activists spray-paint a plane. Guess which the UK government calls terrorism | Sally Rooney

If Palestine Action becomes a proscribed group, writing these words of support could become a serious offence. It’s vital we fight this alarming attack on free speech, says writer Sally Rooney

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AssemblingLife@assemblinglife.bsky.social · last yr.

This week we are hosting a workshop on Biological functions organised by @frabellazzi.bsky.social and @harrif.bsky.social. Check out the program and get in touch if you want to attend remotely 🦋 www.hf.uio.no/ifikk/englis... In collaboration with @leverhulme.ac.uk #philsky

Cambridge-Oslo Workshop on Biological Functions - Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas

First meeting of Functions in Philosophy Network

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