📢 Abierta la convocatoria para participar en el Seminario de Doctorandos BioKoinos–METIS 26/27, un espacio para presentar y discutir trabajos en un entorno colaborativo y constructivo. 📅 Fecha límite para enviar propuestas: 13/09/26 Formulario de inscripción: forms.gle/FsJ9L4ED33EA...

PHD Seminar BioKoinos-METIS 2026-2027

Envía aquí tu propuesta para presentar en el Seminario de Doctorandos BioKoinos-METIS 2026-2027.

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Ernst Mayr was born OTD in 1904. “Most scientific problems are far better understood by studying their history than their logic.” 🧠🗃️🌱🐋🦋🦫🧪 #HistSTM #PhilSci

💙📚 'Life Beyond Human Boundaries: John Dupré’s Philosophy and the Interdisciplinary Study of the Life Sciences,' an #OpenAccess book, is self-standing as the only substantive anthology of writings centered on John Dupre’s work. bit.ly/4f2gkNl #PhilSci 🗃️

Some pigeons have chosen my balcony to nest, and they have a couple squabs and I am so very happy to see them grow!

⭐️Keynote speaker season⭐️ José Antonio Pérez-Escobar (UNED/ @metisuned.bsky.social) Mathematical explanations in biology: A Neo-Aristotelian proposal

Carlos Esteban-Jiménez (UCM): The cognitive dimension of experimental niche construction: an epistemological problem? #XVIPBCS

⭐️Keynote speaker season⭐️ Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda (KU Leuven): Ethospaces and comparative study of behavior

Tommaso Zorzini (UniMi): Reciprocal causation in EES is still unidirectional and diachronic #XIVPBCS

There's something about hanging posters ye olde way that sparks a little charm. Remember! The XIV Philosophy of Biology and Cognitive Sciences Workshop #xivpbcs is this week! #hps #philbio #cogsci #hpbio

📣 The XIV PBCS (Philosophy of Biology and Cognitive Sciences) Workshop is next week!!! #philbio #cogsci #hps 🗓️ 18-19 June 2026, at UNED (Madrid). Don't miss it! ℹ️ More info: sites.google.com/view/xivpbcs #pbcs #xivpbcs #14pbcs

New on the Archive: Miláns del Bosch, Lorenzo and Pérez-Escobar, José Antonio (2026) Mathematical properties of natural worlds. [Preprint] https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/29949/

If you work in phil science and never sent your paper to a generalist journal (because worry your readership isn’t there), Philosophy and Phenomenological Research intends to bring more Phil science to its pages, and I have just joined as one of the editors. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research

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🟢 Segundo taller de investigación en historia y filosofía de la ciencia 📍 Palau Cerveró, Universitat de València 📅 Viernes, 22 de mayo de 2026 | 11:00 🔹Berta Peñasco (UNED) 🔹Laura Guinot Ferri (UV) 🔹Mariano Martín (UNED) Más información: n9.cl/l28u3

🟢 Paloma Atencia will give a keynote talk at Ernst Mach Workshop XIV (2026) on Aesthetic Attention, organised by the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences. 🔷 On 18 May, Paloma will speak on: “How Stories Hold Us: An Attentional Account of Immersion” More info: emw.flu.cas.cz

1/3 Hospitals increasingly optimise for metrics. Universities optimise for rankings. Research🧪 optimises for measurable output. But what happens when systems become so focused on quantification that they begin to lose sight of lived reality itself? #ScienceQuality #philsci #sciwri #ResearchIntegrity

What Gets Lost When We Measure Everything – The Science Matters

Data promises clarity, but in turning reality into numbers, it inevitably leaves something behind. The more we measure, the greater the risk of overlooking what truly matters.

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‼️ We have the schedule for the XIV PBCS Workshop! 3️⃣ Keynote speakers and 1️⃣5️⃣ talks about 🌸 Philosophy of Biology and 🧠 Cognitive Sciences. 🗓️ When? 18-19 June. 🌐 Here you can take a look 👀: sites.google.com/view/xivpbcs... #xivpbcs #pbcs #philbio #cogsci #hpbio

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Cap a València, que demà s'ha de fer una xerradeta al XXVI Congrès Valencià de Filosofia: "Hacia una metafísica de la biología desde sus prácticas". Ens veiem! www.uv.es/departamento...

XXVI CONGRÉS VALENCIÀ DE FILOSOFIA

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New on the Archive: Moreno, Alvaro and El-Hani, Charbel and Saborido, Cristian (2026) From geochemical to biogeochemical cycles: an organizational view of how (and why) life shaped its conditions of existence. [Preprint] https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/28968/

📢 New publication by two members of the BioKoinos Group: Carolina Cuadrado Bastos (UCM) and Laura Nuño de la Rosa (CSIC). 👩‍💻🏞️ This paper addresses the question on when is (nonepistemic) value influence legitimate in climate change research. 💻 +Info: rdcu.be/e669R

🟢 Our colleague José Antonio Pérez Escobar (UNED, METIS) will give the talk: “Against a Global Conception of Mathematical Hinges” 📍 Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg 📆 Monday, 9 March Programme: n9.cl/xztaeg

❇️ Ya está abierta la 3ª edición (2026) del MOOC Filosofía de las ciencias de la salud (UNED @uneduniv.bsky.social) ✅ Un curso abierto dedicado al análisis filosófico de los conceptos, métodos y supuestos de las ciencias de la salud. 👉 Información y matrícula: iedra.uned.es/courses/cour...

🟢 METIS seminar #17: Tomorrow Laura Nuño de la Rosa (CSIC) will talk about "From Kinds to Characters: Rethinking the Concept of Sex in Evolutionary Biology'' 🕚 11:30-13:30 | 📍 Paseo Senda Rey 7, Humanities Building, Room B 💻 Attend online: blogs.uned.es/metis/contact/

🟢Seminario METIS #14: Mañana, Losner Briones @losnerbriones.com (UNED) hablará sobre “Extrapolación causal pluralista en las ciencias de la salud: Una actualización mecanicista’’ 🕚 11:30–13:30 | 📍 Paseo Senda Rey 7, Edificio de Humanidades, Aula B 💻 Asistencia online: blogs.uned.es/metis/contact/

📄 New article by Davide Vecchi (UNED, METIS): “Molecular evolutionary models and mechanistic explanation” Synthese, 207, 74 (2026). doi.org/10.1007/s112... 👉 You can access it here: rdcu.be/e2hIg

Molecular evolutionary models and mechanistic explanation - Synthese

Synthese - Molecular approaches have revolutionised evolutionary biology since the late 50s. Today, molecular evolutionary biology is an integrated hybrid of mechanistic, mathematical and datafied...

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Os dejamos algunas fotos de la pasada sesión del Seminario BioKoinos-METIS metisuned.bsky.social presentada por @isanchezmoreno.bsky.social (UNED) y comentada por @josepgasol.com (UPCE) ¡Os esperamos para la próxima sesión! 📷 irenekoe97.bsky.social

🟢 Seminario de Doctorandos BioKoinos–METIS 🗓 4 feb. 2026 💠 Ponente: @isanchezmoreno.bsky.social (UNED) “Animales enculturados y el pidgin interespecie: un análisis desde la filosofía de la comunicación animal” 🔹 Comentarista: @josepgasol.com (UPCE) ➡️ Más info: blogs.uned.es/metis/ignaci...

❇️ CfA ended. Many thanks to all who submitted an abstract! Once the scientific committee reviews your contributions, the organising committee will notify you of the outcome. More info: sites.google.com/view/xivpbcs...

Want a chance to participate in Philosophy of Biology and Cognitive Sciences Workshop (PBCS)? Only a week and a half left till the CfA is closed! #xivpbcs #pbcs #philbio #cogsci bsky.app/profile/meti...

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🚨Reminder: the Deadline was extended! If you’re interested in participating in XIV PBCS, you can still send your proposals until 1st February. More info: sites.google.com/view/xivpbcs...

🚨Cuarta sesión del Seminario de doctorandos BioKoinos-METIS 25/26. Alberto Monterde Fuertes (UPV/EHU): «Dolor y nocicepción: Diferenciación funcional desde la autonomía biológica». Comenta: Leyre Celada-Marcén (UCM). 🔗Más info: blogs.uned.es/metis/albert...