Philosophers, spread the word! The next Special Issue of The Philosophical Quarterly will be 'Philosophy and Climate Change' - Guest Editor Stephen Gardiner, call for papers here: academic.oup.com/pq/pages/cal...

The July issue of Public Health Ethics is online, including many gems. @vmywang.bsky.social 's paper "On the unfairness of the 'fair-share principle'" challenges the assumption that distributing research funding based on global burden of disease is an adequate approach. Don't neglect distal causes!

On the Unfairness of the ‘Fair-share Principle’ for Health Research

Abstract. How ought scarce health research resources be allocated, where health research spans basic, translational, clinical, health systems and public he

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Interesting conversation with public health folks at Wash u… enjoyed our meeting to discuss ways of knowing. complicatingthenarrative.podbean.com/e/the-inhere...

The inherent values of science and public health with Anya Plutynski | Complicating The Narrative

How do values shape the actions and agenda of public health science?   Anya and Salma begin their conversation by discussing how values are inherently embedded in every decision that scientists make, ...

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Philosophers of the PSA #philsci @philsci.bsky.social: 2 reminders of deadlines on August 1st from the PSA Outreach and Engagement Committee! PSA Outreach & Engagement Prize, and AAAS | SciLine Workshop!... 1/4

This w/end's little snippet from my new book is from Chpt1 where we're asking "What is light?" Dear 🇺🇸US friends hoping you have a good chuckle at me attempting an American accent, rather than being affronted! #BookSky 🔭 📖: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/how-to-de... 📽️: www.youtube.com/shorts/-RIPE...

Chapter 1: Light Available to Preorder now!

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Check out our July Newsletter! Including a letter from the PSA president, more info about PSA26 San Diego, PSA election results, call for volunteers, and more! mms.philsci.org/msg_detail.p...

Check out this diamond #openaccess press of very high scholarly quality. Consider it for your #philsci monographs and check out the excellent books they already published

BSPS Open - BSPS

World-class philosophy of science monographs published Open Access at no cost to authors: a collaboration between the BSPS and University of Calgary Press.

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@thebsps.bsky.social BSPS Leeds 2026 is go! Opening with a presidential address by Robin Hendry ‘Metaphysics & Science: A call for History’ sites.google.com/view/bsps202...

⏰ Encourage eligible UPSS mentees to submit their PSA abstract by August 1st! Great opportunity to get on PSA'26 program & get feedback on their project #philsci

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UPSS mentees participating in PSA UPSS Mentoring Program who are current grad students or w/in 3 years of PhD are eligible to submit a paper to be considered for presentation in UPSS Session at the PSA Biennial mtg in San Diego Nov 19-22. Deadline August 1st, 2026 #HPS philsci.org/upss_biennia...

Registration for PSA26 San Diego is open! 🎟️ The early bird phase will end on September 1, at which point prices will increase. Visit the event site for more details and to register. As always, the most economical solution to registration is to be a member of the PSA! psa26.oa-event.com

Read the @philsci.bsky.social reply to the US Office of Management and Budget’s May 29 proposed revisions to the Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance. Signed by President Craig Callender, President-Elect Alan Love and yours truly (Past President): www.regulations.gov/comment/OMB-...

We have made the news! #eshs-hss (overlooking the blandly sweeping statements made about Edinburgh and #histSTM) www.heraldscotland.com/news/2627512...

Thousands of academics descend on Scottish capital for 'landmark' event

The five-day conference is being held at Edinburgh University, the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC), and the National Museum of…

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🎉🎉🎉Many congrats to Dr Chryssi Malouchou Kannellopoulou who graduated today with a PhD thesis on Reassessing selective realism. Chryssi is currently doing a postdoc in France on models and philosophy of astrochemistry. 🥳🎊

As a big conference week opens tomorrow in the UK, with our session on the history of openness first up tomorrow at #HSS in Edinburgh and various sessions later in Cambridge for #SPSP, we opened the call for the 2027 ISHPSSB meeting in Buenos Aires - congressin.com/e/ishpssb202... #HPS #philsci

Philosophers! Craig Callender and I are circulating an open letter calling for better COI disclosure in our journals. If tech companies fund and employ philosophers working on AI, we need to know and to be thinking about the impacts 1 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Open Letter about Industry Funding and Disclosure in Philosophy

*For full list of signatories, updated every few hours, please click here.* In recent years, philosophical writing on areas such as climate change, technology, misinformation, and artificial intellige...

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And it’s out - our homage to the inimitable John Dupré, a giant of contemporary philosophy, from his loving colleagues and a stellar cast of contributors link.springer.com/book/10.1007... : #philsci

Life Beyond Human Boundaries: John Dupré’s Philosophy and the Interdisciplinary Study of the Life Sciences

This open access book is self-standing as the only substantive anthology of writings centered on John Dupre’s work.

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Supporting UK colleagues is part of an existential effort to strengthen social connections and meaning-making strategies in the face of growing inequities and crises. Please support @bspsuk.bsky.social @bshsnews.bsky.social @easst.bsky.social @epsaphilsci.bsky.social @hpspodcast.bsky.social

This is a key node in the battle for democracy and the survival of our planet - fostering education and research on HOW humans assign meaning to facts, how we create and contextualise information, how we infuse knowledge into everyday decisions and interventions.

I am heartbroken by University of Exeter’s decision to endanger the majority of staff in philosophy and qualitative social science, including #Egenis @exeterspspa.bsky.social No warning, no consultations, just an email dropped into inboxes announcing redundancy. c.org/zKbPJFDwBq #philsci #sts #hps

Eran Tal at Society for Study of Measurement Conference on "When is Measurement Good? Evidence, Validity, and Values" comparing competing vales & standard tradeoffs in measurement evaluation with examples of UTC time & patient well being. #philsci

Brilliant talk on biodiversity metrics by my former PhD @federicabocchi.bsky.social #philsci

Alan Love on "Measuring Biological Function in Biomechanics: Observations and Consequences" at Society for Study Measurement Conference. #philsci

Summer conference season begins for Philosophy at Edinburgh with this conference this week organised by my excellent colleague Dr Jo Wolff with a fantastic line-up of talks on history and philosophy of measurement 🤩. Welcome everyone to Scotland. #philsci

Open letter about philosophy job losses at Nottingham. Please consider signing docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Open Letter: Opposing Compulsory Redundancies in the Department of Philosophy, University of Nottingham

We, the undersigned, call on the University of Nottingham to reverse its plans to impose compulsory redundancies on its staff in the Department of Philosophy. The University threatens to cut around o...

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Deadline extended to July 1, 2026! Complete details here - mms.philsci.org/msg_detail.p... PSA Philosophy of Science and Race Prize (Jul 1) - docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... PSA26 UPSS Session (Aug 1) - docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

And it is a wrap! Many thanks @daianbica.bsky.social and Adrien Avramoglou for bringing us together. Au revoir Sorbonne.

Fascinating talk by @daianbica.bsky.social on levels and scales and what binds them together. #philsci

Adrien Avramoglou presents a new pluralist take on the Best System Analysis of Laws building on Cohen and Callender’s seminal paper #philsci

This great 2-day conference on the metaphysical challenge of scientific pluralism is happening now in Sorbonne — so grateful to the organisers and wonderful hosts @daianbica.bsky.social and Adrien Avramoglou— with @msuarez.bsky.social Anjan Chakravartty, Andrea Hüttemann and many more speakers.

Daian Bica@daianbica.bsky.social · 5mo ago

My wonderful colleague, Adrien Avramoglou, and I are going to organise a two-day conference about the role of pluralism in contemporary metaphysics of science. Come to Paris for the city, stay for the metaphysics! sites.google.com/view/hhu-sor...

In Paris where this afternoon I present jointly authored work with @abbeaberdeen.bsky.social and Marcel Jaspars on local knowledge and the law of the sea from our academic.oup.com/book/62270/c... at the Law Faculty in Sorbonne.