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
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
meta.phil.ufl.edu
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
philpapers.org/rec/ANDIEI
#philsci #philsky #sfu
philpapers.org/rec/ANDIEI
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
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Very happy to announce that the CFP is now open for APSA26: The Inaugural Biennial Conference of the Asian Philosophy of Science Association! It will be held at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. The keynote will be Craig Callender. Submission deadline: 31 Dec 2025. URL: tinyurl.com/APSA26
Asian Philosophy of Science Association (APSA) Conference 2026
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September 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Very happy to announce that the CFP is now open for APSA26: The Inaugural Biennial Conference of the Asian Philosophy of Science Association! It will be held at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. The keynote will be Craig Callender. Submission deadline: 31 Dec 2025. URL: tinyurl.com/APSA26
Feels like I am doing something right enough in life that when I die, no one will think, thank god the trolley got em, whoever redirected that trolley thereby spared so many other people.
September 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Feels like I am doing something right enough in life that when I die, no one will think, thank god the trolley got em, whoever redirected that trolley thereby spared so many other people.
Youngest Child just wrapped up a long think about the best ever books for kids younger than him. Results: When the Robbers Came to Cardamom Town, and The Monster Under the Hill.
September 10, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Youngest Child just wrapped up a long think about the best ever books for kids younger than him. Results: When the Robbers Came to Cardamom Town, and The Monster Under the Hill.
Ebeneezer Murderbeak is back! Just in time for the start of Fall term.
Here he is atop the AQ, admiring some brutalist Arthur Erickson architecture in the morning light filtered through wildfire smoke.
Waiting for his moment to lecture some students and snack on some koi.
#sfu
Here he is atop the AQ, admiring some brutalist Arthur Erickson architecture in the morning light filtered through wildfire smoke.
Waiting for his moment to lecture some students and snack on some koi.
#sfu
September 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Ebeneezer Murderbeak is back! Just in time for the start of Fall term.
Here he is atop the AQ, admiring some brutalist Arthur Erickson architecture in the morning light filtered through wildfire smoke.
Waiting for his moment to lecture some students and snack on some koi.
#sfu
Here he is atop the AQ, admiring some brutalist Arthur Erickson architecture in the morning light filtered through wildfire smoke.
Waiting for his moment to lecture some students and snack on some koi.
#sfu
Oh summer garden drama. Stolen rhubarb-weird? but whatever. Then stolen tomatoes, which is pure sacrilege.
After 8 years w/out a single apple, our little tree did so well! Kids were proud. Till a bear sat on it and squashed the whole thing, trellis and tree.
Still a great garden year, though
After 8 years w/out a single apple, our little tree did so well! Kids were proud. Till a bear sat on it and squashed the whole thing, trellis and tree.
Still a great garden year, though
August 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Oh summer garden drama. Stolen rhubarb-weird? but whatever. Then stolen tomatoes, which is pure sacrilege.
After 8 years w/out a single apple, our little tree did so well! Kids were proud. Till a bear sat on it and squashed the whole thing, trellis and tree.
Still a great garden year, though
After 8 years w/out a single apple, our little tree did so well! Kids were proud. Till a bear sat on it and squashed the whole thing, trellis and tree.
Still a great garden year, though
Great triple header topic! I wish I could join in person, and am also very glad for all the discussions that Zoom enables instead. Looking forward to meeting participants
Great news!
This year, together with my colleagues Paul Hasselkuß and Alexander Christian, I am organising a summer school on
P3: Pluralism, Pragmatism, Perspectivism
HHU Summer School, 15th ‑ 19th September 2025
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
p3-summerschool.netlify.app
This year, together with my colleagues Paul Hasselkuß and Alexander Christian, I am organising a summer school on
P3: Pluralism, Pragmatism, Perspectivism
HHU Summer School, 15th ‑ 19th September 2025
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
p3-summerschool.netlify.app
Pluralism, Pragmatism, Perspectivism
Summerschool exploring three recent approaches for engaging with the post-positivist legacy in philosophy of science. 15th -- 19th September 2025, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany.
p3-summerschool.netlify.app
August 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Great triple header topic! I wish I could join in person, and am also very glad for all the discussions that Zoom enables instead. Looking forward to meeting participants
Reposted by H.K. Andersen
University teachers, we may very well be next. No one will pay us for sabbaticals and prep time if our right to strike lasts 12 hours. If your flight is delayed, please remember it's because someone else is doing your civil disobedience for you. #cdnpoli #canadasky
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Air Canada flight attendants to stay on the picket lines after strike deemed illegal | CBC News
The union representing thousands of striking Air Canada flight attendants says it will risk jail time and fees but will not order its members back to work, despite the federal labour relations board c...
www.cbc.ca
August 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
University teachers, we may very well be next. No one will pay us for sabbaticals and prep time if our right to strike lasts 12 hours. If your flight is delayed, please remember it's because someone else is doing your civil disobedience for you. #cdnpoli #canadasky
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Head canoning: if you crack open an Infinite Improbability Drive from the Hitchhiker's Guide, what you will find powering it is a Lucky Day plot hole
#LuckyDay by Chuck Tingle is a great read, especially if you are a "cuddling with numbers to reassure myself" type of queerdo
#LuckyDay by Chuck Tingle is a great read, especially if you are a "cuddling with numbers to reassure myself" type of queerdo
August 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Head canoning: if you crack open an Infinite Improbability Drive from the Hitchhiker's Guide, what you will find powering it is a Lucky Day plot hole
#LuckyDay by Chuck Tingle is a great read, especially if you are a "cuddling with numbers to reassure myself" type of queerdo
#LuckyDay by Chuck Tingle is a great read, especially if you are a "cuddling with numbers to reassure myself" type of queerdo
A fantastic discussion last night about climate change, how nice it is to NOT be at war, found & built family & community, queer culture & robot culture, for Automatic Noodle @annaleen.bsky.social
Already planning the next Phil&Scifi syllabus, feeling lucky to live in hopepunkville AKA Vancouver
Already planning the next Phil&Scifi syllabus, feeling lucky to live in hopepunkville AKA Vancouver
August 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
A fantastic discussion last night about climate change, how nice it is to NOT be at war, found & built family & community, queer culture & robot culture, for Automatic Noodle @annaleen.bsky.social
Already planning the next Phil&Scifi syllabus, feeling lucky to live in hopepunkville AKA Vancouver
Already planning the next Phil&Scifi syllabus, feeling lucky to live in hopepunkville AKA Vancouver