My daughter just said “H2O is the scientific name for water.” Shit’s about to go down.
Bennett McNulty
@mbmcnulty.bsky.social
Associate Prof of Philosophy at the University of Minnesota, Residential Fellow at the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science – Philosophy, Running, Classical Guitar, Baking, History – He/Him
Deadline Extended (until Aug. 17)! TWO postdoc positions in Milan (for two years each) on 18th-C British/German ethics (18ethics.unimi.it). Fluency in Italian is NOT required. See here for more details and share widely! www.unimi.it/en/node/54703
Homepage - 18ETHICS
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Paul Feyerabend in correspondence with Grover Maxwell, excited about his new typewriter.
Man, Spence has been *fantastic* for England the last few games.
"When they say we’re coming for anti-fascists, what they’re calling Antifa is a boogeyman that doesn’t exist. What they’re doing is they’re going after anybody who says no to them," said union electrician & activist Cal Robinet after being indicted with the Minnesota 15 on conspiracy charges.
Manuel Neuer?? More like Manuel Alter. Heyyyyooooooooooo
"Zetetic and Epistemic Deference in Standpoint Epistemology" is now actually out in Phil Studies! :D link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Zetetic and epistemic deference in standpoint epistemology - Philosophical Studies
The Advantage Thesis is the centerpiece of standpoint epistemology. According to this thesis, standpoint occupants—those who bear a particular sort of epistemically fruitful relationship to marginaliz...
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Cat Saint-Croix@catsaintcroix.bsky.social · 3mo ago📣🎉 New paper! "Zetetic and Epistemic Deference in Standpoint Epistemology", forthcoming in Phil Studies! Epistemic deference has gotten a bad rap in standpoint epistemology lately, but that's a bad take. Here's why. philpapers.org/rec/SAIZAE
Academic writing should be addressed neither to the public nor to other academics. It should be addressed to a single interlocutor with whom you have a petty rivalry and whose work you are trying to discredit
High quality volume from excellent editors!
The HOPOS Journal@hoposjournal.bsky.social · 3mo agoRoutledge Handbook of the History of Philosophy of Science After Kant (2026). Edited by Flavia Padovani, Adam Tamas Tuboly. The 50 essays in this Handbook cover perspectives, theories, movements, and traditions in the field. Link: www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
My paper "Reflections on Crisis Science," was accepted for presentation at PSA26, this November in San Diego. Here's the preprint for those interested! philsci-archive.pitt.edu/29859/
Reflections on Crisis Science - PhilSci-Archive
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“Elmo is capital” should enter the discourse
Elon Green@elongreen.bsky.social · 2mo agook, this place has the juice
Watch now! The 2026 Giere Memorial lecture in philosophy of science recording is now on the MCPS YouTube channel. Thank you to Dr Roman Frigg! buff.ly/yfRXxh4 @lsephilosophy.bsky.social #philsci
Giere Memorial Lecture in Philosophy of Science 2026
An evening with Dr Roman Frigg Cyclones, Forecasts, and Uncertainty: How Model-Ensembles Can Be an Effective Guide to Anticipatory Action"
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2 of the first 3 philosophy of science papers I've graded have referenced the TV show Big Bang Theory
my computer trying to shame me about me email responsiveness
Lmao now google docs shoves its Gemini Clippy in your face immediately as you write
I’m at the “I had a dream about finding a complete manuscript that I had forgot I had written” stage of my writing process
Forthcoming in @hoposjournal.bsky.social! I discuss the systemic injustice that saw women banned from scientific education in Victorian Britain through the lenses of how artisanal knowledges like weaving and knitting were severed from mathematical knowledge. #philsci philsci-archive.pitt.edu/29274/
Knots and Knitting: On the Dangers of Epistemically Severing and Trademarking Artisanal Knowledges from Science - PhilSci-Archive
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New association alert: APA Central Division past president Valerie Tiberius is the inaugural president of the International Society for Moral Psychology (ISMP). APA member John Doris is a co-project director. ISMP membership is free for a limited time. dailynous.com/2026/04/13/n...
New: International Society for Moral Psychology - Daily Nous
The International Society for Moral Psychology (ISMP) is a new association that aims to be an “interdisciplinary and international home for moral psychology, aimed at fostering deeper engagement…
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Registration now open for HOPOS 2026, the 16th Biennial Congress of HOPOS (The International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science). Ohio State University, Columbus (OH) 22 to 25 June 2026 buff.ly/SNV412s
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Early-bird registration is now open. To register for HOPOS 2026, navigate to the registration page by clicking here.The
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3 more PSA Office Hours this semester! All at 12pm EDT. April: Scientific Epistemology:KareemKhalifa, Pitt/UCLA: 8 April; May: Philos of Ecology:KarenKovaka (UC SanDiego)&CarlosSantana (UPenn): 7 May; May: Philos of Linguistics:GabrielDupre (UC Davis)&Ryan Nefdt (U CapeTown): 20 May
PSA Office Hour - Philosophy of Science Association
The PSA Office Hour aims to facilitate interactions between our graduate student membership and prominent philosophers of science, and in a more controlled, accessible, and carbon-conscious setting…
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