Celso Neto
@celsoneto.bsky.social
Philosopher of science and race. Associate Professor, Centre for the Study of the Life Sciences, University of Exeter. He/him
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The rumours are true: Leeds is hosting BSPS 2026! Make sure you put the date in your calendars (21-23 July) and, while you're at it, consider submitting a symposium proposal (CFS closes on 14th January 2026)! www.thebsps.org/news/bsps-an...
Annual Conference | 2025
The BSPS Annual Conference takes place on 15-17 July 2025 at the University of Glasgow
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November 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The rumours are true: Leeds is hosting BSPS 2026! Make sure you put the date in your calendars (21-23 July) and, while you're at it, consider submitting a symposium proposal (CFS closes on 14th January 2026)! www.thebsps.org/news/bsps-an...
This Tuesday, 17:00 GMT. Join us online!
Prof. Sarah Abel (Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas, UNAM) continues our online speaker series with the talk "Should genomic knowledge change our personal conceptions of race? (And, if so, how?)" on November 4th. You can Register to attend via zoom: hugera.org/lecture-seri...
November 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This Tuesday, 17:00 GMT. Join us online!
🚨TALK 🚨 Should Genomics change our personal conceptions of race?
Join us online for this talk by Sarah Abel on Nov 4th. Registration link below.
#humangenomics #philsky #philsci #STS #HPBio #STEM
Join us online for this talk by Sarah Abel on Nov 4th. Registration link below.
#humangenomics #philsky #philsci #STS #HPBio #STEM
Prof. Sarah Abel (Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas, UNAM) continues our online speaker series with the talk "Should genomic knowledge change our personal conceptions of race? (And, if so, how?)" on November 4th. You can Register to attend via zoom: hugera.org/lecture-seri...
October 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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In the next week's Perspectives on Science Seminar on Monday, October 27th, Abigail Nieves Delgado (Utrecht University) will give an online talk titled “Beyond Race: Rethinking Population Descriptors in Microbiome Research”. More here: tint-helsinki.fi/2025/10/21/2...
#philsky #philsci
#philsky #philsci
27.10. Perspectives on Science Seminar: Abigail Nieves Delgado – Centre for Philosophy of Social Science
tint-helsinki.fi
October 21, 2025 at 11:59 AM
In the next week's Perspectives on Science Seminar on Monday, October 27th, Abigail Nieves Delgado (Utrecht University) will give an online talk titled “Beyond Race: Rethinking Population Descriptors in Microbiome Research”. More here: tint-helsinki.fi/2025/10/21/2...
#philsky #philsci
#philsky #philsci
Still time to sign up for the talk tomorrow!
#philsky #philsci #STS #humangenetics #sciencesky #HPBio
#philsky #philsci #STS #humangenetics #sciencesky #HPBio
Prof. Katharina Schramm (Universität Bayreuth) kicks off our speaker series with the talk “We are all Africans! Antiracist projects and racializing practices in South Africa post-apartheid genomics” on October 21st. You can register to attend via zoom here: hugera.org/lecture-seri...
October 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Still time to sign up for the talk tomorrow!
#philsky #philsci #STS #humangenetics #sciencesky #HPBio
#philsky #philsci #STS #humangenetics #sciencesky #HPBio
🚨TALK🚨Interesting in Antiracism and Genomics in South Africa?
Katharina Schramm gives an online talk on the topic, on Oct 21st 17:00 (UK).
Follow the link below for registration.
#philsky #STS #HPBio #STEM #popgen #philsci #HPS #race
Katharina Schramm gives an online talk on the topic, on Oct 21st 17:00 (UK).
Follow the link below for registration.
#philsky #STS #HPBio #STEM #popgen #philsci #HPS #race
Prof. Katharina Schramm (Universität Bayreuth) kicks off our speaker series with the talk “We are all Africans! Antiracist projects and racializing practices in South Africa post-apartheid genomics” on October 21st. You can register to attend via zoom here: hugera.org/lecture-seri...
October 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Next Monday, @celsoneto.bsky.social will speak in our lecture series on race reification and population descriptors in human genomics. Come around!
Register here: rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture...
#PhilSci #PhilMed #race
Next Monday, @celsoneto.bsky.social will speak in our lecture series on race reification and population descriptors in human genomics. Come around!
Register here: rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture...
#PhilSci #PhilMed #race
October 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Next Monday, @celsoneto.bsky.social will speak in our lecture series on race reification and population descriptors in human genomics. Come around!
Register here: rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture...
#PhilSci #PhilMed #race
Next Monday, @celsoneto.bsky.social will speak in our lecture series on race reification and population descriptors in human genomics. Come around!
Register here: rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture...
#PhilSci #PhilMed #race
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If you’re interested in practicing the philosophy of science in practice why not come along to an online workshop “the philosophy of science in practice - in practice”? #philsci
October 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
If you’re interested in practicing the philosophy of science in practice why not come along to an online workshop “the philosophy of science in practice - in practice”? #philsci
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Next Monday, we start the new Lecture Series! We're very happy to welcome @celsoneto.bsky.social as our first speaker. 🤩 Celso will talk about race reification and population descriptors in human genomics.
Just register here to participate: rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture...
#PhilSci #PhilMed
Just register here to participate: rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture...
#PhilSci #PhilMed
October 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Next Monday, we start the new Lecture Series! We're very happy to welcome @celsoneto.bsky.social as our first speaker. 🤩 Celso will talk about race reification and population descriptors in human genomics.
Just register here to participate: rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture...
#PhilSci #PhilMed
Just register here to participate: rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture...
#PhilSci #PhilMed
Interested in the social implications of genomics and its philosophical aspects?
Our project has numerous activities coming up! Follow the blusky account to stay up-to-date.
#philsky #STS #popgen #metascience #philsci #HPbio
Our project has numerous activities coming up! Follow the blusky account to stay up-to-date.
#philsky #STS #popgen #metascience #philsci #HPbio
Hello BLue-Sky, are you interested in the study of the social implications of genomics? Our project brings together philosophers, social scientists, and geneticists to address this question. Follow us here and sign-up for our mailing list at Hugera.org/contact/ #philsky #STS #metascience
Contact - HUGERA
The HUGERA team welcomes new collaborators and partners, within and outside academia. Most of our activities, such as lectures and workshops, are open. To know more about our activities, join our mail...
Hugera.org
October 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Finally officially published! "Race science in mainstream psychology, 1960–2010" with @rhacodactylus.bsky.social (who needs a job btw) direct.mit.edu/qss/article/... 🧵
#histsci #sts #philsci #metascience
#histsci #sts #philsci #metascience
Race science in mainstream psychology, 1960–2010
Abstract. Anthropologists and human geneticists have long rejected efforts to purportedly scientifically justify racial inequality and colonialism. But race science has persisted, at least on the marg...
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October 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Finally officially published! "Race science in mainstream psychology, 1960–2010" with @rhacodactylus.bsky.social (who needs a job btw) direct.mit.edu/qss/article/... 🧵
#histsci #sts #philsci #metascience
#histsci #sts #philsci #metascience
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Book launch for “Methods in the Philosophy of Science: a user’s guide”. Ftf in Exeter and online on the 29th of Sept feat Sophie Veigl, Kerry McKenzie, Hasok Chang, and me. It should be fun! (the book will be open access in July, contact me in the meantime) www.exeter.ac.uk/events/detai... #philsci
September 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Book launch for “Methods in the Philosophy of Science: a user’s guide”. Ftf in Exeter and online on the 29th of Sept feat Sophie Veigl, Kerry McKenzie, Hasok Chang, and me. It should be fun! (the book will be open access in July, contact me in the meantime) www.exeter.ac.uk/events/detai... #philsci
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I’m thrilled to share that I’ll be spending a few months as a visiting PhD at Egenis, the Centre for the Study of Life Sciences at the university of Exeter. I am joining prof. @celsoneto.bsky.social’s ERC-funded project HUGERA (Human Genomics Without Racism) hugera.org
Home - HUGERA
The Human Genomics without Racism (HUGERA) project brings together geneticists, philosophers, and social scientists to create tools for an ethically sound science of human variation. Latest News Homep...
hugera.org
September 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I’m thrilled to share that I’ll be spending a few months as a visiting PhD at Egenis, the Centre for the Study of Life Sciences at the university of Exeter. I am joining prof. @celsoneto.bsky.social’s ERC-funded project HUGERA (Human Genomics Without Racism) hugera.org
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Moving through the editing and production process! Volume 24 of the Minnesota Studies in Philosophy of Science will be published in Spring 2026 and will be available open access. Learn more: Z.UMN.EDU/21026
Perspectives on the Human Genome Project and Genomics
Interdisciplinary voices reflect on some of the most complex and consequential scientific undertakings of our timePerspectives on the Human Genome Project an...
Z.UMN.EDU
September 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Moving through the editing and production process! Volume 24 of the Minnesota Studies in Philosophy of Science will be published in Spring 2026 and will be available open access. Learn more: Z.UMN.EDU/21026
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New semester, new lecture series 🎉Starting next month, we welcome amazing scholars to give online talks in the history and philosophy of life sciences. Find all dates and registration links here: rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture...
We look forward to seeing you there 🤗
#PhilSci #HistSci #HPBio
We look forward to seeing you there 🤗
#PhilSci #HistSci #HPBio
September 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
New semester, new lecture series 🎉Starting next month, we welcome amazing scholars to give online talks in the history and philosophy of life sciences. Find all dates and registration links here: rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture...
We look forward to seeing you there 🤗
#PhilSci #HistSci #HPBio
We look forward to seeing you there 🤗
#PhilSci #HistSci #HPBio
🚨Paper🚨 What is social constructionism about race?
Philosophers of race usually treat constructionism as a theory about what exists. This misses something important: race constructionism is a practice - a way to investigate human activities.
#philsky #STS
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Philosophers of race usually treat constructionism as a theory about what exists. This misses something important: race constructionism is a practice - a way to investigate human activities.
#philsky #STS
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
What is social constructionism about race? A reply to Hochman - Biology & Philosophy
This paper reconceptualizes social constructionism about race (hereafter SCR). While SCR is considered a hegemonic view in philosophy and academia more broadly, Hochman (2022) argues that this hegemon...
link.springer.com
September 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
🚨Paper🚨 What is social constructionism about race?
Philosophers of race usually treat constructionism as a theory about what exists. This misses something important: race constructionism is a practice - a way to investigate human activities.
#philsky #STS
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Philosophers of race usually treat constructionism as a theory about what exists. This misses something important: race constructionism is a practice - a way to investigate human activities.
#philsky #STS
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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[NEW PAPER] In "Beyond Dichotomies", I challenge the false dichotomy between subjectivity and objectivity in human social relationships. I show how they are both biological and social, using kinship research as an example. I’d love to hear your thoughts!
#PhilSci #Anthropology #PhilSky
#PhilSci #Anthropology #PhilSky
Beyond Dichotomies: Embracing an Integrated Approach to Social Relationships | Philosophy of Science | Cambridge Core
Beyond Dichotomies: Embracing an Integrated Approach to Social Relationships
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September 10, 2025 at 10:27 AM
[NEW PAPER] In "Beyond Dichotomies", I challenge the false dichotomy between subjectivity and objectivity in human social relationships. I show how they are both biological and social, using kinship research as an example. I’d love to hear your thoughts!
#PhilSci #Anthropology #PhilSky
#PhilSci #Anthropology #PhilSky
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EPSA 2025 (@epsaphilsci.bsky.social) was a fantastic conference – full of learning, inspiring conversations, and wonderful people.
Grateful to @celsoneto.bsky.social for the invitation to the Race Across Genomics Symposium!
Grateful to @celsoneto.bsky.social for the invitation to the Race Across Genomics Symposium!
September 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
EPSA 2025 (@epsaphilsci.bsky.social) was a fantastic conference – full of learning, inspiring conversations, and wonderful people.
Grateful to @celsoneto.bsky.social for the invitation to the Race Across Genomics Symposium!
Grateful to @celsoneto.bsky.social for the invitation to the Race Across Genomics Symposium!
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“What Can a Global Turn in
Philosophy of Science Look Like?”, forthcoming in Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science, by former Ashoka philosophy undergrad Kabir S. Bakshi.
Congratulations Kabir!
philsci-archive.pitt.edu/26382/
Philosophy of Science Look Like?”, forthcoming in Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science, by former Ashoka philosophy undergrad Kabir S. Bakshi.
Congratulations Kabir!
philsci-archive.pitt.edu/26382/
What Can a Global Turn in Philosophy of Science Look Like? - PhilSci-Archive
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August 31, 2025 at 4:43 PM
“What Can a Global Turn in
Philosophy of Science Look Like?”, forthcoming in Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science, by former Ashoka philosophy undergrad Kabir S. Bakshi.
Congratulations Kabir!
philsci-archive.pitt.edu/26382/
Philosophy of Science Look Like?”, forthcoming in Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science, by former Ashoka philosophy undergrad Kabir S. Bakshi.
Congratulations Kabir!
philsci-archive.pitt.edu/26382/
Interested in questions about the use and misuse of race in science?
Come to our symposium at #EPSA25, this Thursday 9:00 (A2).
@epsaphilsci.bsky.social
#philsky
#philsci
#HPbio
#STS
hugera.org/blog/
Come to our symposium at #EPSA25, this Thursday 9:00 (A2).
@epsaphilsci.bsky.social
#philsky
#philsci
#HPbio
#STS
hugera.org/blog/
News - HUGERA
We welcome Lauren Wilson and Tayyaba Jiwani as postdoctoral fellows of the HUGERA team! Lauren (insert link to her website or profile) is a philosopher of science working on issues of behavioral genet...
hugera.org
August 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Interested in questions about the use and misuse of race in science?
Come to our symposium at #EPSA25, this Thursday 9:00 (A2).
@epsaphilsci.bsky.social
#philsky
#philsci
#HPbio
#STS
hugera.org/blog/
Come to our symposium at #EPSA25, this Thursday 9:00 (A2).
@epsaphilsci.bsky.social
#philsky
#philsci
#HPbio
#STS
hugera.org/blog/
Why was Newton so sure that if you just did his optical experiments you’d *have* to believe him about light? Kirsten Walsh, Tom Roberts and I use 4E cognition to suggest an answer. Anachronism? You be the judge… (also i’m real proud of this paper) www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.... #philsci
Situated Cognition in Early Modern Experimentation: the Case of Compelled Assent
www.journals.uchicago.edu
August 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Why was Newton so sure that if you just did his optical experiments you’d *have* to believe him about light? Kirsten Walsh, Tom Roberts and I use 4E cognition to suggest an answer. Anachronism? You be the judge… (also i’m real proud of this paper) www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.... #philsci
Situated Cognition in Early Modern Experimentation: the Case of Compelled Assent
www.journals.uchicago.edu
August 22, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Why was Newton so sure that if you just did his optical experiments you’d *have* to believe him about light? Kirsten Walsh, Tom Roberts and I use 4E cognition to suggest an answer. Anachronism? You be the judge… (also i’m real proud of this paper) www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.... #philsci
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New blog post: The New Eugenics Companies
(Oops, I meant to say generational health and embryo selection)
(Oops, I meant to say generational health and embryo selection)
The New Eugenics Companies
Oops, I meant to say generational health and embryo selection
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August 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
New blog post: The New Eugenics Companies
(Oops, I meant to say generational health and embryo selection)
(Oops, I meant to say generational health and embryo selection)
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The next Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice (SPSP) conference will be held at the University of Cambridge, U.K, on 15-18 July 2026.
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August 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The next Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice (SPSP) conference will be held at the University of Cambridge, U.K, on 15-18 July 2026.
#philsci
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#philsci
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We got great news! @ishpssb2025.bsky.social gave us funding to support early career travel to our event in October! Deadline for abstract submission is extended until Aug 18. Don't miss this chance! #phibio #hps #microbiome #philsci 🦠
July 30, 2025 at 7:54 AM
We got great news! @ishpssb2025.bsky.social gave us funding to support early career travel to our event in October! Deadline for abstract submission is extended until Aug 18. Don't miss this chance! #phibio #hps #microbiome #philsci 🦠