Join us this Thursday for the next talk in the Colloquium for Philosophy and History of Science: "Scientific Understanding: Context Matters" by @RegtHenk (@ISiS_Radboud).

Lecturing together with Lucie White at the Summer School on "Values in Science" Utrecht University has been such a wonderful experience. Many thanks to Abigail Nieves Delgado @abigailnd.bsky.social and Jan Baedke (@RotoRub) for a superbly organized school!

📆 One month until #EES2022: Our Conference on Engaging Ethics and Epistemology of Science will take place on 29-30 Sept in Hannover 📢 Abstracts for all talks are now online at grk2073.org/eesconference #philosophyofscience #philsci #GRK2073 @UBI_Philosophy

Check out our new HPS+ course program for the coming winter term including 60+ classes from 8 different faculties! hpsplus.org/_files/ugd/70b…

Apply for our Master programme in History, Philosophy and Culture of Science (HPS+) Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Deadline 15.09.2022! hpsplus.org

Day 2 of #EES2022! We are very excited to keep on discussing ethics and epistemology of science with all these researchers 💯#philosophyofscience #philsci #GRK2073 @UBI_Philosophy

Can we improve causal concepts? I argue that the concept of actual causation is a multi-purpose tool. We use it for selecting interventions and for ascribing responsibility. Improving the concept for one purpose may have bad consequences for the other. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

A new #openaccess book review has been published Journal for General Philosophy of Science (JGPS)! Enno Fischer (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) discusses James Woodward's functional approach to causation that integrates descriptive & normative aspects. What do we want from causal reasoning? link.springer.com/article/10.100… #philsci

Apply for our MA in History, Philosophy, and Culture of Science (HPS+) Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Deadline 15.09! hpsplus.org

Are you looking for a PhD/Postdoc in #HPS on microbes and race? Apply and join my VIDI research group "Microbiome research and race in the Local South" (NWO Funding nwo) and work in wonderful Utrecht University (Utrecht History & Philosophy of Science). Deadlines: Nov. 6th! Links below👇

Große Ehre für zwei Experten in der Wissenschaftsphilosophie und ein Studierendenteam der #LUH: Prof. Dr. Mathias Frisch und Prof. Dr. Torsten Wilholt sowie das Projekt Glücksklee freuen sich über den Wissenschaftspreis Niedersachsen 2023. uni-hannover.de/de/universitae…

"We get this instinct that true science must start from a firm foundation. Time and again that's what I see NOT happening in the practice of science. We start from where we stand. The foundation is never indubitable, it's provisional" Hasok Chang out now! thehpspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2180146/141399…

Is supersymmetry a promising theory? Here is a philosophical analysis of naturalness arguments for #SUSY showing that some of these arguments have been problematically overstated from the start. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Before 2023 ends, explore the December issue of JGPS! An obituary for Laudan, the dispute on scientific realism, quantum jumps, categorical monism, evo. perspectives on cooperation, functional approaches to causation, modal empiricism & more #philsci! 👇📢link.springer.com/journal/10838/…

The driver failed to brake, but the brakes were broken anyway. What’s the cause of the accident? See my new article in The EJPS for a discussion of the heuristic roles that causal models can play for solving such legal cases with complex causal structure. doi.org/10.1007/s13194…

"Excited Delirium Syndrome" is a problematic diagnosis when applied to deaths in contexts of police violence. In this new paper Saana Jukola and I analyze the epistemic conditions of forensic medicine that make the diagnosis so problematic: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Join a team of wonderful colleagues at Philosophy @tudresden, @GSW_TUDresden! I am advertising a 3-year PhD position in philosophy of science, deadline 28.06.2024. For details see the official job ad: tinyurl.com/24rwtdsy

What makes a particular scientific experiment 'pursuitworthy'? Enno Fischer and I are very excited to edit a topical collection on this issue for The EJPS. Get in touch with us if you are interested & please help us spread the word! Full CfP 📢👇tu-dresden.de/gsw/phil/iphil… #philsci