Greg Rupik
@gregoryrupik.bsky.social
History & philosophy of biology | Author- Remapping Biology with Goethe, Schelling, and Herder: Romanticizing Evolution (Routledge) | Chief of Staff and University Secretary, University of St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto | he/him | 🐋🌱🏳️🌈
This term I'm teaching "Aliens & the Heavens: Christian Encounters with Cosmic Pluralism," a St. Mike's First Year Foundations course in the University of Toronto's Faculty of Arts & Science. So wonderful to be back in the classroom introducing students to #HPS & disciplines like #astrobiology!
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January 7, 2026 at 11:19 AM
This term I'm teaching "Aliens & the Heavens: Christian Encounters with Cosmic Pluralism," a St. Mike's First Year Foundations course in the University of Toronto's Faculty of Arts & Science. So wonderful to be back in the classroom introducing students to #HPS & disciplines like #astrobiology!
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Biological Theory is now on Bluesky!
We have a new team of editors and a new editorial board.
We will soon be posting about all our articles.
Find out more about the journal at link.springer.com/journal/13752
We have a new team of editors and a new editorial board.
We will soon be posting about all our articles.
Find out more about the journal at link.springer.com/journal/13752
December 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A review of Matthew Bell's Goethe: A Life in Ideas in the New Yorker
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
What Makes Goethe So Special?
The German poet’s dauntingly eclectic accomplishments were founded on a tireless interrogation of how a life should be lived.
www.newyorker.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
A review of Matthew Bell's Goethe: A Life in Ideas in the New Yorker
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Any historians of #astrobiology, #xenobiology, and/or #exobiology out there? I'm designing a course and would love to add some readings about the field and its history. Point me in the right direction! #histbio #hpbio
November 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Any historians of #astrobiology, #xenobiology, and/or #exobiology out there? I'm designing a course and would love to add some readings about the field and its history. Point me in the right direction! #histbio #hpbio
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A biologist at the American Museum of Natural History, Jonathan Coddington, cataloged a new genus of South American spiders in 1986.
Two things about the spider were unique:
they lived in caves & laid cubic eggs.
So he called them genus 'Plato', and that's the nerdiest thing I have read all year.
Two things about the spider were unique:
they lived in caves & laid cubic eggs.
So he called them genus 'Plato', and that's the nerdiest thing I have read all year.
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
A biologist at the American Museum of Natural History, Jonathan Coddington, cataloged a new genus of South American spiders in 1986.
Two things about the spider were unique:
they lived in caves & laid cubic eggs.
So he called them genus 'Plato', and that's the nerdiest thing I have read all year.
Two things about the spider were unique:
they lived in caves & laid cubic eggs.
So he called them genus 'Plato', and that's the nerdiest thing I have read all year.
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It was no “mere” metaphor: “plants do not … possess nerves or a central nervous system; and we may infer that with animals such structures serve only for the more perfect transmission of impressions, and for the more complete intercommunication of the several parts."
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November 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Two weeks until the Philosophy of Science Association’s next office hours! @michelamassimi.bsky.social and Mazviita Chirimuuta on “New approaches to realism.”
Sign up and more information:
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PSA Office Hour - Philosophy of Science Association
The PSA Office Hour aims to facilitate interactions between our graduate student membership and prominent philosophers of science, and in a more controlled, accessible, and carbon-conscious setting…
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November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Two weeks until the Philosophy of Science Association’s next office hours! @michelamassimi.bsky.social and Mazviita Chirimuuta on “New approaches to realism.”
Sign up and more information:
Sign up and more information:
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I can’t think of a better way to celebrate my 2nd year in Germany than keynoting the German Society for Women in Philosophy - join us in Ulm to discuss openness & democracy on Thursday 13 November: www.uni-ulm.de/einrichtunge... #philsci
SW*IP Germany Jahrestagung 2025 - Universität Ulm
www.uni-ulm.de
November 11, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I can’t think of a better way to celebrate my 2nd year in Germany than keynoting the German Society for Women in Philosophy - join us in Ulm to discuss openness & democracy on Thursday 13 November: www.uni-ulm.de/einrichtunge... #philsci
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I am excited to share with you all another episode of #TheYoungIdealist Series featuring @dalianassar.bsky.social
who navigates the viewers through her exciting philosophical work & discussing important issues like Knowledge, Aesthetics, Ethics, Nature & Ecology.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPur...
who navigates the viewers through her exciting philosophical work & discussing important issues like Knowledge, Aesthetics, Ethics, Nature & Ecology.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPur...
October 15, 2025 at 5:08 AM
I am excited to share with you all another episode of #TheYoungIdealist Series featuring @dalianassar.bsky.social
who navigates the viewers through her exciting philosophical work & discussing important issues like Knowledge, Aesthetics, Ethics, Nature & Ecology.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPur...
who navigates the viewers through her exciting philosophical work & discussing important issues like Knowledge, Aesthetics, Ethics, Nature & Ecology.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPur...
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The Quarterly Review of Biology turns 100! We are celebrating our anniversary with free-to-read articles from the archives, through 2026. Learn more: ow.ly/xXli50X7Z5B
The Quarterly Review of Biology: QRB 100th Anniversary
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October 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Next in Dialectical Biology Today: @hylomorphic.bsky.social weaves together historical threads from Hegel, Engels, & others to illustrate how Lewontin's dialectical biology critiques an anti-revolutionary, conservative ideology at the heart of population genetics & evolutionary ecology 🌱🐋
October 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Next in Dialectical Biology Today: @hylomorphic.bsky.social weaves together historical threads from Hegel, Engels, & others to illustrate how Lewontin's dialectical biology critiques an anti-revolutionary, conservative ideology at the heart of population genetics & evolutionary ecology 🌱🐋
Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther kicks off day 2 of Dialectical Biology Today, exploring Lewontin's avoidance of "synthesis," identifying the tension between anthropocentric ethics and deep ecology, and wondering how the Ocean might open up a new dialectic in a refreshed Naturphilosophie 🐋🌱
October 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther kicks off day 2 of Dialectical Biology Today, exploring Lewontin's avoidance of "synthesis," identifying the tension between anthropocentric ethics and deep ecology, and wondering how the Ocean might open up a new dialectic in a refreshed Naturphilosophie 🐋🌱
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I’m doing the hand symbol for dialectics
The "Dialectical Biology Today" Conference is...Today! Here's @jonothingeb.bsky.social welcoming participants to this gathering considering the legacies of Richard Lewontin. 🌱🐋 @ihpst-uoft.bsky.social
You can see the schedule & join on Zoom here! ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/diale...
You can see the schedule & join on Zoom here! ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/diale...
October 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I’m doing the hand symbol for dialectics
Amazing to have Elliott Sober delivering his keynote "Richard Lewontin - Biologist, Philosopher, and Marxist" at the Dialectical Biology Today Conference! 🌱🐋 @ihpst-uoft.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Amazing to have Elliott Sober delivering his keynote "Richard Lewontin - Biologist, Philosopher, and Marxist" at the Dialectical Biology Today Conference! 🌱🐋 @ihpst-uoft.bsky.social
First up at Dialectical Biology Today: Sonia Sultan illustrates—with great experimental & naturalistic examples—the interpenetration of organisms and environments; identifies three major challenges that emerge for biologists from this datum; and gives us a good reason to eat our broccoli! 🥦 🐋🌱
October 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
First up at Dialectical Biology Today: Sonia Sultan illustrates—with great experimental & naturalistic examples—the interpenetration of organisms and environments; identifies three major challenges that emerge for biologists from this datum; and gives us a good reason to eat our broccoli! 🥦 🐋🌱
The "Dialectical Biology Today" Conference is...Today! Here's @jonothingeb.bsky.social welcoming participants to this gathering considering the legacies of Richard Lewontin. 🌱🐋 @ihpst-uoft.bsky.social
You can see the schedule & join on Zoom here! ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/diale...
You can see the schedule & join on Zoom here! ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/diale...
October 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The "Dialectical Biology Today" Conference is...Today! Here's @jonothingeb.bsky.social welcoming participants to this gathering considering the legacies of Richard Lewontin. 🌱🐋 @ihpst-uoft.bsky.social
You can see the schedule & join on Zoom here! ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/diale...
You can see the schedule & join on Zoom here! ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/diale...
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Join us for this great conference on the legacies of Lewontin and Dialectical Biology! 🌱🐋 #philbio #evolution #histbio
An awesome hybrid conference on the legacies of Richard Lewontin is coming to Toronto. Elliott Sober is the keynote! "Dialectical Biology Today" runs from October 10-12. Learn more and register below! #philbio 🐋🌱
@ihpst-uoft.bsky.social
ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/diale...
@ihpst-uoft.bsky.social
ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/diale...
September 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Join us for this great conference on the legacies of Lewontin and Dialectical Biology! 🌱🐋 #philbio #evolution #histbio
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Virality Vitality is now a paperback! Discount code: SNPF25.
How do viral phenomena undermine basic concepts of the life sciences and philosophy, including the body, immunity, self-reproduction, and species? How does this affect synthetic biology’s attempts to control life?
How do viral phenomena undermine basic concepts of the life sciences and philosophy, including the body, immunity, self-reproduction, and species? How does this affect synthetic biology’s attempts to control life?
This little pathogen I’ve created now has a life of its own. Virality Vitality, on the subterfuges of reproduction and contagion, has just been published!
Unfortunately, only in hardcover for the time being (sunypress.edu/Books/V/Vira...); if you’d like to read it just get in touch!
Unfortunately, only in hardcover for the time being (sunypress.edu/Books/V/Vira...); if you’d like to read it just get in touch!
October 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Virality Vitality is now a paperback! Discount code: SNPF25.
How do viral phenomena undermine basic concepts of the life sciences and philosophy, including the body, immunity, self-reproduction, and species? How does this affect synthetic biology’s attempts to control life?
How do viral phenomena undermine basic concepts of the life sciences and philosophy, including the body, immunity, self-reproduction, and species? How does this affect synthetic biology’s attempts to control life?
Reposted by Greg Rupik
An awesome hybrid conference on the legacies of Richard Lewontin is coming to Toronto. Elliott Sober is the keynote! "Dialectical Biology Today" runs from October 10-12. Learn more and register below! #philbio 🐋🌱
@ihpst-uoft.bsky.social
ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/diale...
@ihpst-uoft.bsky.social
ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/diale...
September 19, 2025 at 10:35 AM
An awesome hybrid conference on the legacies of Richard Lewontin is coming to Toronto. Elliott Sober is the keynote! "Dialectical Biology Today" runs from October 10-12. Learn more and register below! #philbio 🐋🌱
@ihpst-uoft.bsky.social
ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/diale...
@ihpst-uoft.bsky.social
ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/diale...
Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther's *When Maps Become the World* profoundly inspired my philosophical approach in my book, especially his notions of countermapping, pernicious reification, and contextual objectivity. I'm so grateful for his enthusiastic support of my project to Romanticize evolution! 🐋🌱
September 26, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther's *When Maps Become the World* profoundly inspired my philosophical approach in my book, especially his notions of countermapping, pernicious reification, and contextual objectivity. I'm so grateful for his enthusiastic support of my project to Romanticize evolution! 🐋🌱
Join us for this great conference on the legacies of Lewontin and Dialectical Biology! 🌱🐋 #philbio #evolution #histbio
An awesome hybrid conference on the legacies of Richard Lewontin is coming to Toronto. Elliott Sober is the keynote! "Dialectical Biology Today" runs from October 10-12. Learn more and register below! #philbio 🐋🌱
@ihpst-uoft.bsky.social
ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/diale...
@ihpst-uoft.bsky.social
ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/diale...
September 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Join us for this great conference on the legacies of Lewontin and Dialectical Biology! 🌱🐋 #philbio #evolution #histbio
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Despite being a major antagonist in the early chapters of my book, Michael Ruse provided a gracious and supportive peer review of my book before publication, and penned this early review. Remapping Biology with Goethe, Schelling, and Herder is now available in paperback. Check it out!
#philbio #hps
#philbio #hps
September 2, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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I'm excited to share with you all a conference I'm planning Oct. 10-12: Dialectical Biology Today: Legacies of Richard Lewontin.
It will be hybrid in Toronto and on zoom, so please join us however you can! Register for zoom link here: ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/diale...
It will be hybrid in Toronto and on zoom, so please join us however you can! Register for zoom link here: ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/diale...
September 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I'm excited to share with you all a conference I'm planning Oct. 10-12: Dialectical Biology Today: Legacies of Richard Lewontin.
It will be hybrid in Toronto and on zoom, so please join us however you can! Register for zoom link here: ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/diale...
It will be hybrid in Toronto and on zoom, so please join us however you can! Register for zoom link here: ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/diale...