H.K. Andersen
@hkandersen.bsky.social
Philosopher and historian of science at Simon Fraser University, working on explanation, causation, pragmatism, time. Very geeky about science fiction/fantasy. Also photography. she/they
Just gotta point out that "Canadian content" got us both Strange Brew and Heated Rivalry which combo is an amazing Canadian taxpayer contribution to society
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January 3, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Just gotta point out that "Canadian content" got us both Strange Brew and Heated Rivalry which combo is an amazing Canadian taxpayer contribution to society
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It takes special bravery in a family game of Apples to Apples for a teen to play the "Your mom" card.
December 29, 2025 at 5:35 AM
It takes special bravery in a family game of Apples to Apples for a teen to play the "Your mom" card.
Eldest child made this arcane lore christmas meme. Happy christmas eve!
December 25, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Eldest child made this arcane lore christmas meme. Happy christmas eve!
Preprint for "Foundations of Causation", from my 2024 talk at the Minnesota CPS. I've been saying this offhand for years, so it was good to finally get specific and into the weeds about what it means to branch out a new science of causation.
#philsky #philsci
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#philsky #philsci
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Holly K. Andersen, Foundations of Causation - PhilPapers
Drawing on historical episodes where new fields of science branch out of philosophy, I offer six distinctive developments involved in such episodes as a template that can be applied to the ...
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December 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Preprint for "Foundations of Causation", from my 2024 talk at the Minnesota CPS. I've been saying this offhand for years, so it was good to finally get specific and into the weeds about what it means to branch out a new science of causation.
#philsky #philsci
philpapers.org/rec/ANDFOC-2
#philsky #philsci
philpapers.org/rec/ANDFOC-2
Kid 2 got a plasma ball birthday gift. Here it is in slo mo.
December 14, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Kid 2 got a plasma ball birthday gift. Here it is in slo mo.
Heads up to PhD letter writers and to programs using My Liason system for grad letter submissions. I am not receiving any emails from Liason to my SFU address, even to reset my password. IT Services can't find anything; this happened last year also. You might need to go looking! #philsky #philsci
December 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Giving a talk today! I am excited to be working out how to structure this overall argument, lots of moving pieces and not in any final form yet. And definitely longer than 1 paper. In the meantime, here's the bit I am focusing on now. #philsci #philsky
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UBC
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December 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Giving a talk today! I am excited to be working out how to structure this overall argument, lots of moving pieces and not in any final form yet. And definitely longer than 1 paper. In the meantime, here's the bit I am focusing on now. #philsci #philsky
philosophy.ubc.ca/events/event...
philosophy.ubc.ca/events/event...
I got myself a neuron scarf for my talk in Bloomington at IU HPS and it is so awesome. Bringing to attention of philosophers of science if you want to support small biz artists #philsci
Hey guys! I'm having a sale on all my silk #sciart scarves and ties 😊 🐡🧪🧠
Banish the Boring and Beige
This year, give gorgeous, geeky gifts
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November 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I got myself a neuron scarf for my talk in Bloomington at IU HPS and it is so awesome. Bringing to attention of philosophers of science if you want to support small biz artists #philsci
Eldest child discussing queer characters in lit is 🔥👍. Described Sir Gawain as "sadboy rizz". Still wonders why Moby Dick doesn't get the "oh no, queer!" ban in the US.
We wondered how many creatives might've counted as aro-ace (Eldest: "they'd be more locked in") and I realized...KANT
We wondered how many creatives might've counted as aro-ace (Eldest: "they'd be more locked in") and I realized...KANT
November 13, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Eldest child discussing queer characters in lit is 🔥👍. Described Sir Gawain as "sadboy rizz". Still wonders why Moby Dick doesn't get the "oh no, queer!" ban in the US.
We wondered how many creatives might've counted as aro-ace (Eldest: "they'd be more locked in") and I realized...KANT
We wondered how many creatives might've counted as aro-ace (Eldest: "they'd be more locked in") and I realized...KANT
The crows in Bloomington do the same evening commute through the sky together as they do in Burnaby. A river of flying crows at sunset. View from @jordicat.bsky.social 's office: there were dozens to hundreds per tree.
November 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The crows in Bloomington do the same evening commute through the sky together as they do in Burnaby. A river of flying crows at sunset. View from @jordicat.bsky.social 's office: there were dozens to hundreds per tree.
Bloomington is a very lovely place in the fall. Had some fantastic philosophy of science discussions today and set up for even more tomorrow
November 6, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Bloomington is a very lovely place in the fall. Had some fantastic philosophy of science discussions today and set up for even more tomorrow
Flying out of Vancouver is pretty much always some flavour of gorgeous
November 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Flying out of Vancouver is pretty much always some flavour of gorgeous
Spent my extra hour last night watching the finale of The Residence, had to know whodunnit. Great show, exactly the right kind clever funny escapism.
In contrast, have been watching The Foundation series while cooking, and keep thinking, can't Harry Seldon just die and stay dead already please
In contrast, have been watching The Foundation series while cooking, and keep thinking, can't Harry Seldon just die and stay dead already please
November 2, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Spent my extra hour last night watching the finale of The Residence, had to know whodunnit. Great show, exactly the right kind clever funny escapism.
In contrast, have been watching The Foundation series while cooking, and keep thinking, can't Harry Seldon just die and stay dead already please
In contrast, have been watching The Foundation series while cooking, and keep thinking, can't Harry Seldon just die and stay dead already please
Can't help but laugh at the idea that anyone is taking seriously this "but is she REALLY your aunt" and the fact that this is the only straw they could grasp.
If you spell out the details for how you are related to your aunty you sound like Merry and Pippin
If you spell out the details for how you are related to your aunty you sound like Merry and Pippin
October 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Can't help but laugh at the idea that anyone is taking seriously this "but is she REALLY your aunt" and the fact that this is the only straw they could grasp.
If you spell out the details for how you are related to your aunty you sound like Merry and Pippin
If you spell out the details for how you are related to your aunty you sound like Merry and Pippin
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Call for Papers for the Society for Exact Philosophy conference in Vancouver in May 2026. @hkandersen.bsky.social is one of the keynotes! meta.phil.ufl.edu/host/sep/mee... #philsky
Conference Page
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October 24, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Call for Papers for the Society for Exact Philosophy conference in Vancouver in May 2026. @hkandersen.bsky.social is one of the keynotes! meta.phil.ufl.edu/host/sep/mee... #philsky
I accidentally Gettier'd someone today.
Person: I knew you were married to a a Norwegian!
Me: How could you possibly have known that
P: Your last name, it's the Norwegian spelling.
Me: But mine is Danish. And his last name is completely different. Yes, though, married to a norwegian.
#philsky
Person: I knew you were married to a a Norwegian!
Me: How could you possibly have known that
P: Your last name, it's the Norwegian spelling.
Me: But mine is Danish. And his last name is completely different. Yes, though, married to a norwegian.
#philsky
October 23, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I accidentally Gettier'd someone today.
Person: I knew you were married to a a Norwegian!
Me: How could you possibly have known that
P: Your last name, it's the Norwegian spelling.
Me: But mine is Danish. And his last name is completely different. Yes, though, married to a norwegian.
#philsky
Person: I knew you were married to a a Norwegian!
Me: How could you possibly have known that
P: Your last name, it's the Norwegian spelling.
Me: But mine is Danish. And his last name is completely different. Yes, though, married to a norwegian.
#philsky
This is fantastic context for the protests. I remember this way back in the 90's. I graduated high school in 1995 in NW Montana and you could tell so much sometimes by the town some picked to move to after graduating. Portland was a slightly fringe choice and it was all this attitude
What The Hell Is Going On, a thread:
I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.
So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.
I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.
So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.
October 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This is fantastic context for the protests. I remember this way back in the 90's. I graduated high school in 1995 in NW Montana and you could tell so much sometimes by the town some picked to move to after graduating. Portland was a slightly fringe choice and it was all this attitude
Heading into the long weekend with some atmosphere.
Philosophers: do have a strong, or mild, preference for reading papers when its one paper with that hang together at 14k-ish words, or two shorter papers that each have less in terms of a point but also are only 7-8k each?
#philsci #philsky
Philosophers: do have a strong, or mild, preference for reading papers when its one paper with that hang together at 14k-ish words, or two shorter papers that each have less in terms of a point but also are only 7-8k each?
#philsci #philsky
October 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Happy Mid-autumn harvest festival weekend! I made fusion mooncakes, cookie outside with a paste of dates and four kinds of nuts inside.
Metro Vancouver style energy snacks, because I absolutely have to finish this draft today.
Metro Vancouver style energy snacks, because I absolutely have to finish this draft today.
October 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Happy Mid-autumn harvest festival weekend! I made fusion mooncakes, cookie outside with a paste of dates and four kinds of nuts inside.
Metro Vancouver style energy snacks, because I absolutely have to finish this draft today.
Metro Vancouver style energy snacks, because I absolutely have to finish this draft today.
Preprint: specific subtypes of epistemic injustice where academic science interfaces with Indigenous knowledge in the BC area, targeted by epistemic transformative justice in 3 "the future looks better than the past" case studies. Great coauthors here
#philsci #philsky #sfu
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#philsci #philsky #sfu
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Holly K. Andersen, Grace A. Shaw, Erica Olson & Rudy Reimer, Identifying Epistemic Injustices to Inform Epistemic Transformative Justice - PhilPapers
In this chapter, we identify four specific subtypes of epistemic injustice that target Indigenous knowledge systems, practices, products, and methods of transmission. These four subtypes of epistemic ...
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September 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Preprint: specific subtypes of epistemic injustice where academic science interfaces with Indigenous knowledge in the BC area, targeted by epistemic transformative justice in 3 "the future looks better than the past" case studies. Great coauthors here
#philsci #philsky #sfu
philpapers.org/rec/ANDIEI
#philsci #philsky #sfu
philpapers.org/rec/ANDIEI
We're coming up on philosophy PhD application season. In case it is helpful for you or your students, I have a guide to this process, developed over the years of working with SFU MA students. Let me know if you have questions or suggestions
#philsky #philsci
www.hkandersen.com/applying-for...
#philsky #philsci
www.hkandersen.com/applying-for...
Applying for Ph.d. programs
These notes were developed over the years for the annual "Applying to a PhD program" session for Simon Fraser University Philosophy MA students. This offers a perspective on how to prioritize your...
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September 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
We're coming up on philosophy PhD application season. In case it is helpful for you or your students, I have a guide to this process, developed over the years of working with SFU MA students. Let me know if you have questions or suggestions
#philsky #philsci
www.hkandersen.com/applying-for...
#philsky #philsci
www.hkandersen.com/applying-for...
Working on a paper where I swear every day I am making progress but am coming to suspect it is more like Pachelbel's Canon progress because damn it is no closer to being done
September 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Working on a paper where I swear every day I am making progress but am coming to suspect it is more like Pachelbel's Canon progress because damn it is no closer to being done
A lovely moment shared with Ebeneezer Murderbeak on the walk in. They played with that mallard decoy! Pushing it around like a toy duck. And they coo'd at me! You can hear them make little cozy sounds if you listen closely. Definitely improved my day to be counted as birdfriend.
#sfu #heron
#sfu #heron
September 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM