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📢 Happening later today (13th March 2026 at 15.30 CET)! Wedinar to present the latest Special Issue of Mefisto (doi.org/10.4454/mefi...) that I co-edited with Claudio Davini on the "pragmatic turn" in philosophical debates on health and disease.

Just starting! The workshop "Postgenomic Intersections: Epistemology and Ethical for the Exposome and Microbiome" with @stefanocanali.bsky.social and Thomas Bonnin @Politecnico di Milano. Check the program here: www.meta.polimi.it/workshop-pos...

Starting in a bit: our workshop “Postgenomic Intersections: Epistemology and Ethics for the Exposome and Microbiome”, today March 2nd and tomorrow March 3rd at Politecnico di Milano, co-organised by Thomas Bonnin and me. www.meta.polimi.it/workshop-pos... #philsci #philsky #postgenomics

We conceived this series to put into words the experience of #philsci researchers from Eastern n Central Europe. There are 2 entries from @boruttrpin.bsky.social and @danielkostic.bsky.social Thanks to both! These are stories of success and resilience, but read about the darker sides too and learn.

Daniel Kostic@danielkostic.bsky.social · 7mo ago

In the new @eenphilsci.bsky.social blog I tell my origin story, my current projects, and some of my struggles. eenps.weebly.com/blog/daniel-... Thank you @annaalexandrova.bsky.social and @gabrieltarziu.bsky.social for inviting me to share it. #philsci

📣 TPI Event @Nijmegen, 25 February "Joining Forces to Accelerate Animal-Free Innovation" #NAM #animalstudies Programme: www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...

TPI Nijmegen | Radboud University

On 25 February, a symposium will mark the launch of TPI Nijmegen: the partnership for the Transition to Animal-Free Innovation.

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New #philsci #philsky paper on #ML and #scientificmodelling! link.springer.com/article/10.1... “Machine learning and theory-ladenness: a phenomenological account” We revisit a widespread assumption in #philsci that modelling practices are inevitably shaped by domain-theoretical knowledge 1/4

Machine learning and theory-ladenness: a phenomenological account - Synthese

Synthese - We provide an analysis of theory-ladenness in machine learning (ML) in science, where ‘theory’ (that we call ‘domain-theory’) refers to the domain knowledge of...

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Forget the winter Olympics, we’ve got @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social in Milano (not in Cortina)! #philsci #philsky

Sabina Leonelli@sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Grateful to spend time in Milan as a guest of Giuseppe Primiero @PHILTECH, Center for Philosophy of Technology. I’ll give a cycle of public lectures, drop in if in town & interested in #data, #AI, #philsci, environmental intelligence (+1 on #openscience 30 March)! philtech.unimi.it/2025/11/25/s...

🎺 EPSA27 Venue - Call for Bids *Deadline: December 10* The European Philosophy of Science Association calls for proposals for the venue of EPSA27, its 11th Biennial Conference, to be held in 2027. For details, see philsci.eu/news/13550199

New paper, the first of 2026, and it's a big one! 📗Evidence-based medicine and the promises and limits of digital health and wearable technology, out in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #philsky #philsci #histsci

Evidence-based medicine and the promises and limits of digital health and wearable technology

New approaches to biomedical evidence are emerging in relation to innovative technologies and data sources. These include digital health, which promis…

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📢Job ad! Join us at Politecnico di Milano in an interdisciplinary collaboration between philosophy of science and biomedical engineering on transitions from animal research, with a 3-years postdoc (submission deadline: 12 January 2026) www.meta.polimi.it/3-years-post.... #philsci #philsky #sts

Come find me in Ivrea! Full day of activities about data and #bigdata and their present and futures, including activities with high-schools students in the morning and a public lecture in the evening. forumdemocraticodelcanavese.it/eventi.html #philsci #philsky

On my way to Statale University to talk about health personalisation and tailored medicine: dipafilo.unimi.it/it/eventi/fi...

I filosofi di PhilHeaD non lavorano da soli: parlano, discutono e progettano con medici e professionisti della salute Seminari, convegni e percorsi di mentorato creano uno spazio dove teoria e pratica si incontrano #WorldPhilosophyDay2025 #philmed #philhead #philsky

At the Science Festival in Genova (www.festivalscienza.it/programma-20...) to discuss the intertwining of science and values in medicine, with a @philhead.bsky.social roundtable with me, Cristina Amoretti, Paolo Vineis, Maria Frega. Pretty nice to bring philosophy of science to a science festival!

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Informazioni generali: Cristina Amoretti (cristina.amoretti[at]unige.it) Eventi: Juri Panicucci (juri.panicucci2[at]unibo.it) Mailing List: Stefano Canali (stefano.canali[at]polimi.it) Programma di…

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If around Padova on Nov 3, join the Italian launch of film Data Shadows, in conversation with outstanding colleagues & National Centre for Biodiversity. Dialogues on data rights and nature, extractive epistemologies, public science and constructive ways forward ortobotanico1545.it/eventi/data-...

Data Shadows: i dati si svelano - Orto Botanico di Padova

Lunedì 3 novembre, a partire dalle ore 16, il Teatro botanico ospiterà in prima visione nazionale la proiezione del film Data Shadows

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A permanent post in my department. Closing date Dec 14th 2025, interviews in March. Please spread #histsci

In Wageningen this week for Rachel Ankeny’s inaugural lecture @w-u-r.bsky.social and celebrate her seminal work for philosophy of science in practice and beyond. #philsky #philsci

JOB AD: If you research philosophy, history or social studies of biology, with interest in agroecology, crop science or environmental intelligence, consider applying for 3-year postdoctoral fellowship in Munich! Deadline for applications: 31/10, details www.sts.sot.tum.de/en/sts/arbei... #philsci

It was amazing to hear from scholars I’ve long admired, all of whom engaged deeply with the project’s themes and with each other’s presentations 💙 Extremely grateful for the many insightful contributions and for the personal exchanges that made these days so valuable #NormativeKinds #Unimi

Philosophical treats in Milan this week, thanks to the conference organised by @davideserpico.bsky.social and Francesco Guala for the end of their Normative kinds project. #philsci #philsky

Anna Alexandrova@annaalexandrova.bsky.social · last yr.

Heading to Milan to listen to some heroes of mine and to speak on whether thick concepts have a place in science #philsci #philsky

Soon... Registration still open! #ImmunoSky #philbio #philsci Link: pmpos.flu.cas.cz/host-microbe...

Great session on precision medicine with @simonlohse.bsky.social and great conference @ishpssb2025.bsky.social – so many notes and papers to go through, enough for the rest of the summer and more. #HPS #philmed #philsci #STS

Simon Lohse@simonlohse.bsky.social · last yr.

We had a fantastic session at #ishpssb2025 , including this talk by Alessandro Demichelis and @stefanocanali.bsky.social I hope the airport strikes in Portugal don't make the return journey of ISH folks too difficult!

We had a fantastic session at #ishpssb2025 , including this talk by Alessandro Demichelis and @stefanocanali.bsky.social I hope the airport strikes in Portugal don't make the return journey of ISH folks too difficult!

Simon Lohse@simonlohse.bsky.social · last yr.

Still looking for a session for tomorrow morning at ##ishpssb2025? Join us for the organised double session “Deconstruction as a Signature of Precision Medicine?" #HPS #philmed #philsci #STS app.oxfordabstracts.com/events/73530...

Out now (print and open access!): Jan Baedke’s Element on “The Organism” at @cambridgeup.bsky.social . It discusses philosophical, historical and social dimensions of the organism concept. www.cambridge.org/core/element... #philsci #philsky #HPS #hpbio #histsci

At STS Italia and immensely excited to hear the first keynote from Ruha Benjamin!

Almost all ready to go (almost…) for the 10th STS Italia conference, from tomorrow to Friday at Politecnico. stsitalia.org/conference-2...

Look at that! You can find me together with other wonderful colleagues on the for the Council of ISHPSSB, my favourite philosophy society. drexel.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #philsky @ishpssb2025.bsky.social

What makes a particular #experiment 'pursuitworthy'? Do criteria differ across scientific fields? @ennofischer.bsky.social & I have extended the deadline for submissions to our topical collection on these issues. Please help us spread the word! 👇 tu-dresden.de/gsw/phil/iph... #philsci #philsky #HPS