Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda
@alejandrofabregastejeda.com
Mexican Historian & Philosopher of Biology • Postdoctoral Fellow at @theramseylab.bsky.social (@clpskuleuven.bsky.social) • Book Reviews Editor for @jgps.bsky.social • https://www.alejandrofabregastejeda.com • #PhilSci #HistSTM #philsky • Escribo y edito
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The Organism-Environment Pairing
In this first systematic book-length examination of the organism-environment relationship in the life sciences, Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda addresses a crucia...
mitpress.mit.edu
With great joy—and a touch of nervousness—I’m thrilled to share that my first academic monograph will be published by @mitpress.bsky.social in May 2026! It examines the organism–environment relationship in biology from an integrated #HPS perspective: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205282... #evosky #philsky
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See hundreds of titles borrowed and read by Darwin in the 1840s from The London Library. In addition to many already known from his reading notebooks, we find many titles and authors that we did not know Darwin had read.
darwin-online.org.uk/content/fram...
Courtesy of The London Library
darwin-online.org.uk/content/fram...
Courtesy of The London Library
December 23, 2025 at 2:08 AM
See hundreds of titles borrowed and read by Darwin in the 1840s from The London Library. In addition to many already known from his reading notebooks, we find many titles and authors that we did not know Darwin had read.
darwin-online.org.uk/content/fram...
Courtesy of The London Library
darwin-online.org.uk/content/fram...
Courtesy of The London Library
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Thrilled about this new grant we are offering for under-represented early career scholars. The first cycle is for scholars in history and area studies. Please spread the word widely. @universitypress.cambridge.org
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Amplifying voices
New Cambridge grant to help under-represented scholars publish
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December 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Thrilled about this new grant we are offering for under-represented early career scholars. The first cycle is for scholars in history and area studies. Please spread the word widely. @universitypress.cambridge.org
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Read more here: 🔗 cup.org/4pF5xvr
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Read more here: 🔗 cup.org/4pF5xvr
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New analysis of the major qualitative differences between natural and artificial intelligence (via LLMs).
LLMs and humans form judgments differently across seven epistemological stages 🧵
osf.io/preprints/ps...
LLMs and humans form judgments differently across seven epistemological stages 🧵
osf.io/preprints/ps...
December 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
New analysis of the major qualitative differences between natural and artificial intelligence (via LLMs).
LLMs and humans form judgments differently across seven epistemological stages 🧵
osf.io/preprints/ps...
LLMs and humans form judgments differently across seven epistemological stages 🧵
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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The Deadline for Commentary Proposals for our target article, "Metabolic considerations for cognitive modeling," is Tuesday, February 3, 2026. For details, follow the reposted link below:
@phaueis.bsky.social
#philsci #cogsky #CognitiveNeuroscience
@phaueis.bsky.social
#philsci #cogsky #CognitiveNeuroscience
The call for commentary proposals for @phaueis.bsky.social and my BBS target article is now posted. It appears that one can download the preprint via this page. Think about it:
Call for Commentary Proposals - Metabolic considerations for cognitive modeling
Call for Commentary Proposals - Metabolic considerations for cognitive modeling
www.cambridge.org
December 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The Deadline for Commentary Proposals for our target article, "Metabolic considerations for cognitive modeling," is Tuesday, February 3, 2026. For details, follow the reposted link below:
@phaueis.bsky.social
#philsci #cogsky #CognitiveNeuroscience
@phaueis.bsky.social
#philsci #cogsky #CognitiveNeuroscience
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Want to study the history of science and technology? We're inviting applications for "1+3" year (MA+PHD) or 3-year PhD scholarships to study at CHoSTM and
@kingshistory.bsky.social !
Click here for more information about how to apply and what we offer: tinyurl.com/mw84w7py
@kingshistory.bsky.social !
Click here for more information about how to apply and what we offer: tinyurl.com/mw84w7py
December 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Want to study the history of science and technology? We're inviting applications for "1+3" year (MA+PHD) or 3-year PhD scholarships to study at CHoSTM and
@kingshistory.bsky.social !
Click here for more information about how to apply and what we offer: tinyurl.com/mw84w7py
@kingshistory.bsky.social !
Click here for more information about how to apply and what we offer: tinyurl.com/mw84w7py
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Causation, correlation, and attempts to explain ALS (aka Lou Gehrig’s disease). Great article on a devastating disease. #philsci #philsky
When a French village became an ALS hot spot, neurologists found that the patients consistently ate three foods. Shayla Love traveled there to investigate:
Revisit the story from March, which became one of The Atlantic’s most-read articles of 2025: theatln.tc/DpPZNmMC
Revisit the story from March, which became one of The Atlantic’s most-read articles of 2025: theatln.tc/DpPZNmMC
December 26, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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Lovely to receive books as a Christmas gift, even more so when they are so beautiful and super interesting (and necessary)! ✨🌱🐾 #philsky #booksky @kristinandrews.bsky.social @martahalina.bsky.social @christinewebb.bsky.social @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social
December 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Lovely to receive books as a Christmas gift, even more so when they are so beautiful and super interesting (and necessary)! ✨🌱🐾 #philsky #booksky @kristinandrews.bsky.social @martahalina.bsky.social @christinewebb.bsky.social @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social
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Call for papers: Philosophy through Art, Games, and Fiction think.taylorandfranc... Guest editor: Lisa Bortolotti. Deadline: 31 July 2026. Submit your work! #philsky #philpsy
Philosophy through Art, Games, and Fiction
Can we do philosophy by writing fiction, drawing, designing a game, or telling a story? Submit work to this special issue honouring the legacy of Helen De Cruz.
think.taylorandfrancis.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Call for papers: Philosophy through Art, Games, and Fiction think.taylorandfranc... Guest editor: Lisa Bortolotti. Deadline: 31 July 2026. Submit your work! #philsky #philpsy
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The ROTO group wishes all of you a very happy Christmas break, some relaxed days and a good start into 2026! 🎄
December 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The ROTO group wishes all of you a very happy Christmas break, some relaxed days and a good start into 2026! 🎄
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🚨Two TT posts in Social and Political Philosophy🚨 @maastrichtu.bsky.social | #PhilosophyJobs #Hiring #academicjobs @apaphilosophy.bsky.social @philjobs.org
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3566...
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3566...
Assistant Professor in Political Philosophy
Assistant Professor in Political Philosophy
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl
December 23, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🚨Two TT posts in Social and Political Philosophy🚨 @maastrichtu.bsky.social | #PhilosophyJobs #Hiring #academicjobs @apaphilosophy.bsky.social @philjobs.org
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3566...
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3566...
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Join us for interesting discussions at the Computational Approaches to Early Evolution workshop next year in April at OIST in Onna, Okinawa! 🦠💻🧬 Registrations open until January 2nd '26, do not miss it! More info & registration details in the link below! 🔽
www.oist.jp/conference/c...
www.oist.jp/conference/c...
Computational Approaches to Early Evolution
www.oist.jp
December 23, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Join us for interesting discussions at the Computational Approaches to Early Evolution workshop next year in April at OIST in Onna, Okinawa! 🦠💻🧬 Registrations open until January 2nd '26, do not miss it! More info & registration details in the link below! 🔽
www.oist.jp/conference/c...
www.oist.jp/conference/c...
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Happy holidays! Today my paper "Turning Biodiversity Data into Evidence" is officially out on BioSocieties. This is the first paper of a special issue on Data Communities co-edited with Paola Castaño & Emma Cavazzoni.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Stay tuned for the other contributions!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Stay tuned for the other contributions!
Turning biodiversity data into evidence: the role of protocols in the epistemology of evidence-based conservation - BioSocieties
Proponents of evidence-based conservation (EBC) maintain that environmental intervention ought to be based on biodiversity data and data synthesis, instead of relying on unproven theory, individual ex...
link.springer.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Happy holidays! Today my paper "Turning Biodiversity Data into Evidence" is officially out on BioSocieties. This is the first paper of a special issue on Data Communities co-edited with Paola Castaño & Emma Cavazzoni.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Stay tuned for the other contributions!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Stay tuned for the other contributions!
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Finally got round to reading this excellent book.
Definitely recommend it to - well, anyone!
#philsky #philosophy
Definitely recommend it to - well, anyone!
#philsky #philosophy
December 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Finally got round to reading this excellent book.
Definitely recommend it to - well, anyone!
#philsky #philosophy
Definitely recommend it to - well, anyone!
#philsky #philosophy
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Your holiday readings are here! That is, issue 4 of this year's volume of @jgps.bsky.social has just come out. We have a book symposium on John Norton's book on inductive inference, a review of @philippehune.bsky.social's book on death, papers on archaeology, the chemical bond, and much more.
Journal for General Philosophy of Science
JGPS has been a forum for original research and discussion in the philosophy of science since the publication of its first volume in 1970. The journal’s scope ...
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December 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Your holiday readings are here! That is, issue 4 of this year's volume of @jgps.bsky.social has just come out. We have a book symposium on John Norton's book on inductive inference, a review of @philippehune.bsky.social's book on death, papers on archaeology, the chemical bond, and much more.
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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)
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#philsci #philsky #sts
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)
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3 Years Postdoc: Transitions From Animal-Based Approaches in Biomedicine – META | PoliMi
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December 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
📢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
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
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A blog post by Manchester's Jon Williamson for Leeds' Centre for Theoretical Philosophy. Enjoy!
Is causal inference just statistical inference?
ahc.leeds.ac.uk
December 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
A blog post by Manchester's Jon Williamson for Leeds' Centre for Theoretical Philosophy. Enjoy!
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I am very happy to have been awarded the 4th place in the prize for young researchers of the SPS (Societé de philosophie des sciences) with my paper on Agnes Arber and her understanding of teleology (link.springer.com/article/10.1...)! 🥳
Congrats to Dejan Makovec who won the competition! 👏
#PhDSky
Congrats to Dejan Makovec who won the competition! 👏
#PhDSky
December 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I am very happy to have been awarded the 4th place in the prize for young researchers of the SPS (Societé de philosophie des sciences) with my paper on Agnes Arber and her understanding of teleology (link.springer.com/article/10.1...)! 🥳
Congrats to Dejan Makovec who won the competition! 👏
#PhDSky
Congrats to Dejan Makovec who won the competition! 👏
#PhDSky
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The full SHPS book forum on Inference and Representation is now out, with contributions by Chiara Ambrosio, Alexander Bird and Oscar Westerblad: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
I respond here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#philsci #philsky #hps #histsci #philtech #sts #metascience
I respond here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#philsci #philsky #hps #histsci #philtech #sts #metascience
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science | Inference and Representation: A Study in Modeling Science | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
Read the latest articles of Studies in History and Philosophy of Science at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
www.sciencedirect.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The full SHPS book forum on Inference and Representation is now out, with contributions by Chiara Ambrosio, Alexander Bird and Oscar Westerblad: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
I respond here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#philsci #philsky #hps #histsci #philtech #sts #metascience
I respond here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#philsci #philsky #hps #histsci #philtech #sts #metascience
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⚠️ Conference!
Knowledge, Agency & Responsibility
9-10th Jan
Vienna
A conference organised by Fabio Lampert @flampert.bsky.social, on issues concerning human agency, abilities, and capacities, with a focus on problems about free will and moral responsibility.
More info: buff.ly/gXKBzmp
#philsky
Knowledge, Agency & Responsibility
9-10th Jan
Vienna
A conference organised by Fabio Lampert @flampert.bsky.social, on issues concerning human agency, abilities, and capacities, with a focus on problems about free will and moral responsibility.
More info: buff.ly/gXKBzmp
#philsky
www.knowledgecrisis.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
⚠️ Conference!
Knowledge, Agency & Responsibility
9-10th Jan
Vienna
A conference organised by Fabio Lampert @flampert.bsky.social, on issues concerning human agency, abilities, and capacities, with a focus on problems about free will and moral responsibility.
More info: buff.ly/gXKBzmp
#philsky
Knowledge, Agency & Responsibility
9-10th Jan
Vienna
A conference organised by Fabio Lampert @flampert.bsky.social, on issues concerning human agency, abilities, and capacities, with a focus on problems about free will and moral responsibility.
More info: buff.ly/gXKBzmp
#philsky
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Out now: the e-book version of *Contemporary Debates in the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence*, co-edited by me, Atoosa Kasirzadeh @atoosakz.bsky.social & John Zerilli. Print version out on Jan 21: www.amazon.com/Contemporary... #aiethics #philosophy
December 22, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Out now: the e-book version of *Contemporary Debates in the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence*, co-edited by me, Atoosa Kasirzadeh @atoosakz.bsky.social & John Zerilli. Print version out on Jan 21: www.amazon.com/Contemporary... #aiethics #philosophy
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Call for papers: Experimental argument analysis: Interdisciplinary perspectives on verbal reasoning. Deadline: 30 April 2026. Guest editors: Eugen Fischer and Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga. Submit your work! think.taylorandfranc... #philsoc #philpsy
Experimental argument analysis: Interdisciplinary perspectives on verbal reasoning
Calling all researchers in experimental philosophy, cognitive psychology, and experimental linguistics to submit work on verbal reasoning!
think.taylorandfrancis.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Call for papers: Experimental argument analysis: Interdisciplinary perspectives on verbal reasoning. Deadline: 30 April 2026. Guest editors: Eugen Fischer and Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga. Submit your work! think.taylorandfranc... #philsoc #philpsy
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El libro "La zarigüeya de Schrödinger. Cómo viven y entienden la muerte los animales", de Susana Monsó, ha sido nominado, en su edición alemana, al premio “Libro de ciencia del año” (Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres). ¡Por favor, vota por él si crees que merece ganar! www.wissenschaftsbuch.at
December 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
El libro "La zarigüeya de Schrödinger. Cómo viven y entienden la muerte los animales", de Susana Monsó, ha sido nominado, en su edición alemana, al premio “Libro de ciencia del año” (Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres). ¡Por favor, vota por él si crees que merece ganar! www.wissenschaftsbuch.at
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Happy to share my new paper w/ @cgershen.bsky.social, just published at @royalsocietypublishing.org Interface!
Open Access🔓: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/article...
Instead of proposing a new theory, we offer a synthesis in theoretical biology. Want to know more? Read the full thread./1 👇🧵
Open Access🔓: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/article...
Instead of proposing a new theory, we offer a synthesis in theoretical biology. Want to know more? Read the full thread./1 👇🧵
Closing the loop: how semantic closure enables open-ended evolution?
Abstract. This study explores the evolutionary emergence of semantic closure—the self-referential mechanism through which symbols actively construct and in
royalsocietypublishing.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Happy to share my new paper w/ @cgershen.bsky.social, just published at @royalsocietypublishing.org Interface!
Open Access🔓: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/article...
Instead of proposing a new theory, we offer a synthesis in theoretical biology. Want to know more? Read the full thread./1 👇🧵
Open Access🔓: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/article...
Instead of proposing a new theory, we offer a synthesis in theoretical biology. Want to know more? Read the full thread./1 👇🧵
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For the finale of season 7, we have a new audio essay out @manymindspod.bsky.social by @kensycoop.bsky.social!
It's an exploration of names in the animal kingdom - what they are, who uses them, and why.
In case you get hooked, we've put together a separate playlist of all our essays so far. Enjoy!
It's an exploration of names in the animal kingdom - what they are, who uses them, and why.
In case you get hooked, we've put together a separate playlist of all our essays so far. Enjoy!
Many MInds – Complete Audio Essays
open.spotify.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
For the finale of season 7, we have a new audio essay out @manymindspod.bsky.social by @kensycoop.bsky.social!
It's an exploration of names in the animal kingdom - what they are, who uses them, and why.
In case you get hooked, we've put together a separate playlist of all our essays so far. Enjoy!
It's an exploration of names in the animal kingdom - what they are, who uses them, and why.
In case you get hooked, we've put together a separate playlist of all our essays so far. Enjoy!
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From trees that love getting struck by lightning to one of the most insane acrobatic feats in nature, here are our favorite science news stories of the year! @science.org
Our favorite science news stories of 2025
A mix of Science’s most loved and most read items of the year
www.science.org
December 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
From trees that love getting struck by lightning to one of the most insane acrobatic feats in nature, here are our favorite science news stories of the year! @science.org