Daniel Kostic
@danielkostic.bsky.social
Philosopher working on theories of explanation, understanding consciousness and AI (http://daniel-kostic.weebly.com).
One half of KOKHA (https://kokha.bandcamp.com/album/mental-health)
One half of KOKHA (https://kokha.bandcamp.com/album/mental-health)
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Daniel Kostic
@danielkostic.bsky.social
· Jan 31
2025 Summer School — SMS
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2025 Summer School of the Society for the Metaphysics of Science, will feature a stream on Topological Explanations, run by myself and Jim Woodward, & @jackiesullivan.bsky.social and Muhammad Ali Khalidi's stream on Psychiatric Kinds and Natural Kinds. More info: socmetsci.org/2025-summer-...
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📣CFA -- We are inviting submissions for the next round of the *EPSA Epistemic Diversity in European Philosophy of Science* seminars
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#philsci #epistemicdiversity
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European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA) - Epistemic Diversity in European Philosophy of Science (Online Seminar Series) - 2nd Edition
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February 9, 2026 at 1:40 PM
📣CFA -- We are inviting submissions for the next round of the *EPSA Epistemic Diversity in European Philosophy of Science* seminars
More info:
philsci.eu/Epistemic-Di...
#philsci #epistemicdiversity
More info:
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#philsci #epistemicdiversity
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Join Professor Matthew Worley for a deep dive into British punk culture and its lasting imprint.
📅 17 Feb
⏰ 18:00 UK
📍 Glasgow + Online
Free but registration required — forms.gle/Pq11fqniw59D...
📅 17 Feb
⏰ 18:00 UK
📍 Glasgow + Online
Free but registration required — forms.gle/Pq11fqniw59D...
February 7, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Join Professor Matthew Worley for a deep dive into British punk culture and its lasting imprint.
📅 17 Feb
⏰ 18:00 UK
📍 Glasgow + Online
Free but registration required — forms.gle/Pq11fqniw59D...
📅 17 Feb
⏰ 18:00 UK
📍 Glasgow + Online
Free but registration required — forms.gle/Pq11fqniw59D...
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Excited to share that EPSA 2029 will take place in Ljubljana! 🎉
Big congrats to the Warsaw team for hosting EPSA 2027 too!
@epsaphilsci.bsky.social @mmilkowski.bsky.social @hgreif.bsky.social
Big congrats to the Warsaw team for hosting EPSA 2027 too!
@epsaphilsci.bsky.social @mmilkowski.bsky.social @hgreif.bsky.social
February 5, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Excited to share that EPSA 2029 will take place in Ljubljana! 🎉
Big congrats to the Warsaw team for hosting EPSA 2027 too!
@epsaphilsci.bsky.social @mmilkowski.bsky.social @hgreif.bsky.social
Big congrats to the Warsaw team for hosting EPSA 2027 too!
@epsaphilsci.bsky.social @mmilkowski.bsky.social @hgreif.bsky.social
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There are 10 days left to submit a proposal for the 6th Biennial EENPS Conference (Bucharest, 18–19 September 2026).
Submission deadline: 15 February!
Talks and symposia across all areas of philosophy of science are welcome ☀️
eenps2026.sciencesconf.org
#philsci
Submission deadline: 15 February!
Talks and symposia across all areas of philosophy of science are welcome ☀️
eenps2026.sciencesconf.org
#philsci
The Sixth Biennial Conference of the East European Network for Philosophy of Science - Sciencesconf.org
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February 5, 2026 at 8:53 AM
There are 10 days left to submit a proposal for the 6th Biennial EENPS Conference (Bucharest, 18–19 September 2026).
Submission deadline: 15 February!
Talks and symposia across all areas of philosophy of science are welcome ☀️
eenps2026.sciencesconf.org
#philsci
Submission deadline: 15 February!
Talks and symposia across all areas of philosophy of science are welcome ☀️
eenps2026.sciencesconf.org
#philsci
Wonderful news about EPSA2027 in Warsaw and EPSA2029 in Ljubljana, I'm very glad to be part of both LOCs! This is a smart and sustainable long-term strategy. I'm looking forward to both conferences.
📣 Letter with the latest updates on EPSA2027 *and* EPSA2029, changes in the steering committee, the proceedings for EPSA25, and more... #philsci
February 5, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Wonderful news about EPSA2027 in Warsaw and EPSA2029 in Ljubljana, I'm very glad to be part of both LOCs! This is a smart and sustainable long-term strategy. I'm looking forward to both conferences.
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Deadline in about 2 weeks. Send your abstracts!
The EENPS 2026 call for papers & symposia is now open! 🔥🔥🔥
🗓 Submission deadline: 15 Feb 2026
Conference: 18–19 Sept 2026, Bucharest 😉
See the conference website for full details!
eenps2026.sciencesconf.org
🗓 Submission deadline: 15 Feb 2026
Conference: 18–19 Sept 2026, Bucharest 😉
See the conference website for full details!
eenps2026.sciencesconf.org
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January 29, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Deadline in about 2 weeks. Send your abstracts!
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Bas van Fraassen has won the 2026 Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy
Bas van Fraassen Wins Schock Prize - Daily Nous
Bastiaan "Bas" van Fraassen, professor emeritus of philosophy at Princeton University, has been awarded the 2026 Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy. The Schock Prizes are bestowed by the Royal ...
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January 21, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Bas van Fraassen has won the 2026 Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy
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Network/graph data and other specialized data types russpoldrack.substack.com/p/networkgra... - the latest in my Better Code, Better Science series
Network/graph data and other specialized data types
Better Code, Better Science: Chapter 7, Part 6
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January 20, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Network/graph data and other specialized data types russpoldrack.substack.com/p/networkgra... - the latest in my Better Code, Better Science series
I feel seen.
Here's a guy on TikTok having a pop at left-wing axademics vm.tiktok.com/ZNRBdsfRM/
TikTok - Make Your Day
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January 19, 2026 at 4:38 PM
I feel seen.
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The deadline for symposia is tonight at midnight anywhere on earth!
✨Reminder✨ The symposia deadline for PSA 2026 is 15 January (this Thursday!)
Submissions for PSA 2026 in San Diego are now open! ☀️ Link and deadlines below
Symposia ✨ 15 January 2026
Papers ✨ 15 March 2026
Posters ✨ 1 June 2026
psa26.oa-event.com/c...
Symposia ✨ 15 January 2026
Papers ✨ 15 March 2026
Posters ✨ 1 June 2026
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January 15, 2026 at 6:53 PM
The deadline for symposia is tonight at midnight anywhere on earth!
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Our director, Edouard Machery has just published a new on book on the concepts of health and disease. You can download it for free for two weeks at
https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/health-and-disease/275DD294A0657AE0A4E12B710677A051
https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/health-and-disease/275DD294A0657AE0A4E12B710677A051
January 12, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Our director, Edouard Machery has just published a new on book on the concepts of health and disease. You can download it for free for two weeks at
https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/health-and-disease/275DD294A0657AE0A4E12B710677A051
https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/health-and-disease/275DD294A0657AE0A4E12B710677A051
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✨Reminder✨ The symposia deadline for PSA 2026 is 15 January (this Thursday!)
Submissions for PSA 2026 in San Diego are now open! ☀️ Link and deadlines below
Symposia ✨ 15 January 2026
Papers ✨ 15 March 2026
Posters ✨ 1 June 2026
psa26.oa-event.com/c...
Symposia ✨ 15 January 2026
Papers ✨ 15 March 2026
Posters ✨ 1 June 2026
psa26.oa-event.com/c...
January 12, 2026 at 4:18 PM
✨Reminder✨ The symposia deadline for PSA 2026 is 15 January (this Thursday!)
Final CFA for the 8th Scientific Understanding and Representation (SURe) annual workshop, which will take place May 27-29, 2026, at the IFIS PAN in Warsaw.
Submission deadline: 20 January 2026.
More info: shorturl.at/AUoye
@philsci.bsky.social @eenphilsci.bsky.social @epsaphilsci.bsky.social
Submission deadline: 20 January 2026.
More info: shorturl.at/AUoye
@philsci.bsky.social @eenphilsci.bsky.social @epsaphilsci.bsky.social
Current Workshop
CFA: 8th Scientific Understanding and Representation (SURe) annual workshop Call for abstracts We invite authors to submit abstracts of up to 750-words for the upcoming...
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January 12, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Final CFA for the 8th Scientific Understanding and Representation (SURe) annual workshop, which will take place May 27-29, 2026, at the IFIS PAN in Warsaw.
Submission deadline: 20 January 2026.
More info: shorturl.at/AUoye
@philsci.bsky.social @eenphilsci.bsky.social @epsaphilsci.bsky.social
Submission deadline: 20 January 2026.
More info: shorturl.at/AUoye
@philsci.bsky.social @eenphilsci.bsky.social @epsaphilsci.bsky.social
Call for Participation: Brain and Organisms: Neuroscience Beyond Computation, which will take place 16–20 March 2026 at the Lorentz Center@omega in Leiden.
Registration required.
More info: www.lorentzcenter.nl/brain-and-or...
@philsci.bsky.social @battaglialab.bsky.social @sfn.org @fens.org
Registration required.
More info: www.lorentzcenter.nl/brain-and-or...
@philsci.bsky.social @battaglialab.bsky.social @sfn.org @fens.org
January 7, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Call for Participation: Brain and Organisms: Neuroscience Beyond Computation, which will take place 16–20 March 2026 at the Lorentz Center@omega in Leiden.
Registration required.
More info: www.lorentzcenter.nl/brain-and-or...
@philsci.bsky.social @battaglialab.bsky.social @sfn.org @fens.org
Registration required.
More info: www.lorentzcenter.nl/brain-and-or...
@philsci.bsky.social @battaglialab.bsky.social @sfn.org @fens.org
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Tomorrow is the last day to apply for SSNAP! Please spread the word! #neuroscience #philosophy #neurophilosophy
Good news everyone: #Duke Summer Seminars in Neuroscience and Philosophy (SSNAP) are back!! We are now accepting applications for SSNAP 2026, which will take place from May 26 to June 6, 2026. #neuroscience #philosophy #brain Please spread the word! ssnap.submittable.com/submit
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December 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Tomorrow is the last day to apply for SSNAP! Please spread the word! #neuroscience #philosophy #neurophilosophy
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@boruttrpin.bsky.social and I have a new paper out in Philosophical Quarterly. We had both written on how inference to the best explanation could work with uncertain evidence. So we teamed up to test some suggestions for how to do that using computer simulations: academic.oup.com/pq/article/d...
Testing abductions from uncertain evidence
Abstract. Inference to the Best Explanation (IBE) is traditionally conceived of as a rule of inference, in which one infers to the hypothesis that provides
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December 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
@boruttrpin.bsky.social and I have a new paper out in Philosophical Quarterly. We had both written on how inference to the best explanation could work with uncertain evidence. So we teamed up to test some suggestions for how to do that using computer simulations: academic.oup.com/pq/article/d...
Today I read one of the most beautiful poems in @andreagibson.bsky.social 's book "Pansy". It's called "A LETTER TO MY DOG EXPLORING THE HUMAN CONDITION".
Here is Andrea performing it: youtu.be/SMeTA9-zMuk?...
Here is Andrea performing it: youtu.be/SMeTA9-zMuk?...
A LETTER TO MY DOG, EXPLORING THE HUMAN CONDITION
YouTube video by Andrea Gibson
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December 25, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Today I read one of the most beautiful poems in @andreagibson.bsky.social 's book "Pansy". It's called "A LETTER TO MY DOG EXPLORING THE HUMAN CONDITION".
Here is Andrea performing it: youtu.be/SMeTA9-zMuk?...
Here is Andrea performing it: youtu.be/SMeTA9-zMuk?...
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A short explainer of our key findings on the discrimination of people displaced from Ukraine in jobcentres (in German): www.instagram.com/reel/DSXGvil...
Antidiskriminierungsstelle on Instagram: "Unsere neue Studie zeigt: Menschen aus Osteuropa erleben in Jobcentern häufig Diskriminierungen. Aleksandra Lewicki, die die Studie gemeinsam mit Jannis Panag...
120 likes, 7 comments - ads_bund on December 17, 2025: "Unsere neue Studie zeigt: Menschen aus Osteuropa erleben in Jobcentern häufig Diskriminierungen. Aleksandra Lewicki, die die Studie gemeinsam mi...
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December 20, 2025 at 10:49 AM
A short explainer of our key findings on the discrimination of people displaced from Ukraine in jobcentres (in German): www.instagram.com/reel/DSXGvil...
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netneurotools: a trainee-oriented approach to network neuroscience | doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Our lab’s internal toolkit for accomplishing everyday tasks in brain imaging ⤵️
Our lab’s internal toolkit for accomplishing everyday tasks in brain imaging ⤵️
December 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
netneurotools: a trainee-oriented approach to network neuroscience | doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Our lab’s internal toolkit for accomplishing everyday tasks in brain imaging ⤵️
Our lab’s internal toolkit for accomplishing everyday tasks in brain imaging ⤵️
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History and Philosophy of Science conference in Hong Kong (June 2026), at which I will be one of the keynotes
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#HPS, #&HPS
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#HPS, #&HPS
HPS26 - Yafeng Shan
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December 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
History and Philosophy of Science conference in Hong Kong (June 2026), at which I will be one of the keynotes
www.shanyafeng.com/hps26
#HPS, #&HPS
www.shanyafeng.com/hps26
#HPS, #&HPS
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Between 1 and 4 September 2026, the #SOCRATESgroup at Leibniz University Hannover will host an interdisciplinary summer school on "Bridging the Gap: Science, Trust, and the Climate Crisis." We would be very grateful if you could share the call:
www.socrates.uni-hannover.de/en/news-even...
www.socrates.uni-hannover.de/en/news-even...
SOCRATES Summer School 2026
On September 1-4, the SOCRATES group – Social Credibility and Trustworthiness of Expert Knowledge and Science-Based Information – is hosting its Summer School 2026 on Bridging the Gap: Science, T...
www.socrates.uni-hannover.de
December 17, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Between 1 and 4 September 2026, the #SOCRATESgroup at Leibniz University Hannover will host an interdisciplinary summer school on "Bridging the Gap: Science, Trust, and the Climate Crisis." We would be very grateful if you could share the call:
www.socrates.uni-hannover.de/en/news-even...
www.socrates.uni-hannover.de/en/news-even...
2nd CFA for the 8th Scientific Understanding and Representation (SURe) annual workshop, which will take place May 27-29, 2026, at the IFIS PAN in Warsaw.
Submission deadline: 20 January 2026.
More info: shorturl.at/AUoye
@philsci.bsky.social @eenphilsci.bsky.social @epsaphilsci.bsky.social
Submission deadline: 20 January 2026.
More info: shorturl.at/AUoye
@philsci.bsky.social @eenphilsci.bsky.social @epsaphilsci.bsky.social
Current Workshop
CFA: 8th Scientific Understanding and Representation (SURe) annual workshop Call for abstracts We invite authors to submit abstracts of up to 750-words for the upcoming...
shorturl.at
December 17, 2025 at 9:21 AM
2nd CFA for the 8th Scientific Understanding and Representation (SURe) annual workshop, which will take place May 27-29, 2026, at the IFIS PAN in Warsaw.
Submission deadline: 20 January 2026.
More info: shorturl.at/AUoye
@philsci.bsky.social @eenphilsci.bsky.social @epsaphilsci.bsky.social
Submission deadline: 20 January 2026.
More info: shorturl.at/AUoye
@philsci.bsky.social @eenphilsci.bsky.social @epsaphilsci.bsky.social
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OUT NOW! Our findings on institutional discrimination of people from the east of Europe in German jobcentres (in German) - with @hcpetersen.bsky.social, @japvie81.bsky.social & Jure Leko, funded by @beauftragte.bsky.social: www.antidiskriminierungsstelle.de/SharedDocs/a...
Menschen aus Osteuropa werden beim Bürgergeld diskriminiert
Benachteiligungen gegenüber Menschen mit osteuropäischer Migrationsbiografie erschweren den Zugang zu Arbeit und Sozialleistungen erheblich
www.antidiskriminierungsstelle.de
December 16, 2025 at 10:46 AM
OUT NOW! Our findings on institutional discrimination of people from the east of Europe in German jobcentres (in German) - with @hcpetersen.bsky.social, @japvie81.bsky.social & Jure Leko, funded by @beauftragte.bsky.social: www.antidiskriminierungsstelle.de/SharedDocs/a...
People from Eastern Europe often experience discrimination in job centres in Germany.
"According to a study (by @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social and colleagues), Ukrainian refugees are accused of social tourism in job centres. As a result, they are prematurely pushed into low-wage jobs."
"According to a study (by @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social and colleagues), Ukrainian refugees are accused of social tourism in job centres. As a result, they are prematurely pushed into low-wage jobs."
"Menschen aus Osteuropa erleben in Jobcentern häufig Diskriminierung" @zeit.de berichtet exklusiv über unsere neue von der @beauftragte.bsky.social geförderte Studie. Danke für die Zusammenarbeit @hcpetersen.bsky.social @japvie81.bsky.social und Jure Leko) : www.zeit.de/arbeit/2025-...
Antislawismus: Menschen aus Osteuropa erleben in Jobcentern häufig Diskriminierung
Ukrainischen Geflüchteten wird einer Studie zufolge in Jobcentern Sozialtourismus unterstellt. Die Folge: Sie werden vorschnell in Niedriglohnjobs gedrängt.
www.zeit.de
December 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM
People from Eastern Europe often experience discrimination in job centres in Germany.
"According to a study (by @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social and colleagues), Ukrainian refugees are accused of social tourism in job centres. As a result, they are prematurely pushed into low-wage jobs."
"According to a study (by @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social and colleagues), Ukrainian refugees are accused of social tourism in job centres. As a result, they are prematurely pushed into low-wage jobs."
December 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM