Mike Stuart
@miikeessttuuart.bsky.social
Philosopher of science at a UK university. Currently working on scientific imagination, artificial intelligence, representations, visualizations, and thought experiments. Member of Philosophy in Prisons. More at: michaeltstuart.com
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In a few hours, the conference "Imagination & Creativity in Scientific Practices" will begin, hosted by the University of Parma. Mike Stuart will be speaking there, arguing against the coherence (and usefulness) of the concept of fictional truth for epistemology of imagination.
October 27, 2025 at 9:10 AM
In a few hours, the conference "Imagination & Creativity in Scientific Practices" will begin, hosted by the University of Parma. Mike Stuart will be speaking there, arguing against the coherence (and usefulness) of the concept of fictional truth for epistemology of imagination.
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This Friday in Luxembourg, Mike Stuart will be giving a talk entitled "Imagination as an icon in the anti-truth revolution."
October 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This Friday in Luxembourg, Mike Stuart will be giving a talk entitled "Imagination as an icon in the anti-truth revolution."
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Become a Visiting Fellow!
Interested in joining the Center for Philosophy of Science? Applications for 2026-27 now open for Visiting Fellows! Postdoc applications will be available soon!
More info about our programs available on our website at https://www.centerphilsci.pitt.edu/programs/overview/
Interested in joining the Center for Philosophy of Science? Applications for 2026-27 now open for Visiting Fellows! Postdoc applications will be available soon!
More info about our programs available on our website at https://www.centerphilsci.pitt.edu/programs/overview/
October 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Become a Visiting Fellow!
Interested in joining the Center for Philosophy of Science? Applications for 2026-27 now open for Visiting Fellows! Postdoc applications will be available soon!
More info about our programs available on our website at https://www.centerphilsci.pitt.edu/programs/overview/
Interested in joining the Center for Philosophy of Science? Applications for 2026-27 now open for Visiting Fellows! Postdoc applications will be available soon!
More info about our programs available on our website at https://www.centerphilsci.pitt.edu/programs/overview/
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Ann Johnson Institute Writing Retreat for #HPS & #STS scholars, 6-12 July 2026 at Ampersand Inn, Newton New Jersey. Theme is "Context of Discovery in Science & Technology", and the objective is project completion. 10 scholars will be selected. Applications due 17 November 2025
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The Ann Johnson Institute for Science, Technology and Society - McCausland College of Arts and Sciences | University of South Carolina
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September 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Ann Johnson Institute Writing Retreat for #HPS & #STS scholars, 6-12 July 2026 at Ampersand Inn, Newton New Jersey. Theme is "Context of Discovery in Science & Technology", and the objective is project completion. 10 scholars will be selected. Applications due 17 November 2025
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Job: Full professor in Science & Technology Studies at the University of Vienna. Deadline for applications is 17th September 2025. Contact Max Fochler or Sarah Davies (head and deputy head of the department) with enquiries about the role. #STS #HPS
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July 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Job: Full professor in Science & Technology Studies at the University of Vienna. Deadline for applications is 17th September 2025. Contact Max Fochler or Sarah Davies (head and deputy head of the department) with enquiries about the role. #STS #HPS
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When and how does AI help scientists gain understanding of the world? In a new paper, Mike Stuart develops an account of "pragmatic understanding" and argues that while AI can increase this kind of understanding in humans, it's unlikely to ever possess it itself. Read the full paper here: t.ly/EymHc
A New Account of Pragmatic Understanding, Applied to the Case of AI-Assisted Science - Philosophical Studies
This paper presents a new account of pragmatic understanding based on the idea that such understanding requires skills rather than abilities. Specifically, one has pragmatic understanding of an afford...
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July 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
When and how does AI help scientists gain understanding of the world? In a new paper, Mike Stuart develops an account of "pragmatic understanding" and argues that while AI can increase this kind of understanding in humans, it's unlikely to ever possess it itself. Read the full paper here: t.ly/EymHc
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On Thursday, Mike Stuart will be speaking at the HKUST as part of a conference called "Explanation, Narrative, and Understanding in the Social Sciences." His talk is called "How to Mix Methods and Make Sense: Understanding as an Epistemological Framework for Social Scientists."
June 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
On Thursday, Mike Stuart will be speaking at the HKUST as part of a conference called "Explanation, Narrative, and Understanding in the Social Sciences." His talk is called "How to Mix Methods and Make Sense: Understanding as an Epistemological Framework for Social Scientists."
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Today, Mike Stuart is presenting at the Asia Pacific Philosophy of Science biannual conference in Taipei. His paper is titled "Scientific Progress is Increasing Ability: AI and Space Science." appsa2025taiwan.mystrikingly.com
June 18, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Today, Mike Stuart is presenting at the Asia Pacific Philosophy of Science biannual conference in Taipei. His paper is titled "Scientific Progress is Increasing Ability: AI and Space Science." appsa2025taiwan.mystrikingly.com
So excited to finally have something on pragmatic understanding published, especially in Phil Studies, especially on AI! Read the preprint here! philsci-archive.pitt.edu/25492/
A New Account of Pragmatic Understanding, Applied to the Case of AI-Assisted Science - PhilSci-Archive
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May 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
So excited to finally have something on pragmatic understanding published, especially in Phil Studies, especially on AI! Read the preprint here! philsci-archive.pitt.edu/25492/
Senior Lecturer position in philosophy of science at the university of Vienna!
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Senior Lecturer für Wissenschafts- und Technikphilosophie
Senior Lecturer für Wissenschafts- und Technikphilosophie
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April 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Senior Lecturer position in philosophy of science at the university of Vienna!
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Society for the Philosophy
of Science (www.sps-philoscience.org)
Prize for Young Researchers (PhD or recent grad 2018 or later) for paper in philosophy of science, unpublished or published. Candidates must send an anonymized article by 30th April 2025 to SPSjeuneschercheurs@gmail.com
#philsci
of Science (www.sps-philoscience.org)
Prize for Young Researchers (PhD or recent grad 2018 or later) for paper in philosophy of science, unpublished or published. Candidates must send an anonymized article by 30th April 2025 to SPSjeuneschercheurs@gmail.com
#philsci
SPS, la Société de philosophie des sciences
La Société de philosophie des sciences est une société savante dont le but est de promouvoir la philosophie des sciences.
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April 8, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Society for the Philosophy
of Science (www.sps-philoscience.org)
Prize for Young Researchers (PhD or recent grad 2018 or later) for paper in philosophy of science, unpublished or published. Candidates must send an anonymized article by 30th April 2025 to SPSjeuneschercheurs@gmail.com
#philsci
of Science (www.sps-philoscience.org)
Prize for Young Researchers (PhD or recent grad 2018 or later) for paper in philosophy of science, unpublished or published. Candidates must send an anonymized article by 30th April 2025 to SPSjeuneschercheurs@gmail.com
#philsci
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This Wednesday, Mike Stuart is giving a talk at the YorRobots speaker seminar, entitled "Philosophy of Science Meets Robotics." More info here: www.york.ac.uk/yorrobots/ne...
Philosophy of science meets robotics
The philosophy of robotics is needed to explore the practice of designing and building robots, addressing topics like progress, values, imagination, collaboration, and the evolving skills of roboticis...
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March 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This Wednesday, Mike Stuart is giving a talk at the YorRobots speaker seminar, entitled "Philosophy of Science Meets Robotics." More info here: www.york.ac.uk/yorrobots/ne...
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Tomorrow, a three day conference on imagination will begin at Notre Dame. Mike Stuart will be one of the keynote speakers. His talk aims to develop a pragmatist epistemology of scientific imagination. Learn more about the conference here! sites.nd.edu/hpstv-confer...
Science and the Imagination: ND HPS Annual Conference (Spring 2025) | HPS Annual Conference
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March 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Tomorrow, a three day conference on imagination will begin at Notre Dame. Mike Stuart will be one of the keynote speakers. His talk aims to develop a pragmatist epistemology of scientific imagination. Learn more about the conference here! sites.nd.edu/hpstv-confer...
This is impressive. I wonder what the prompt was. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
‘A machine-shaped hand’: Read a story from OpenAI’s new creative writing model
Posting the piece online, OpenAI’s Sam Altman said this is the first time he has been “really struck” by AI writing
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March 13, 2025 at 12:12 PM
This is impressive. I wonder what the prompt was. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
Such a good overview of something that desperately needed overviewing! @hscottfordsmand.bsky.social dx.doi.org/10.1111/phc3...
Ethnographic Philosophy: A Qualitative Method for Naturalised Philosophy
Recent years have seen a rise in the engagement with empirical methods in philosophy. However, explicit discussion of the method and methodology behind such approaches is scarce, in particular for en...
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March 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Such a good overview of something that desperately needed overviewing! @hscottfordsmand.bsky.social dx.doi.org/10.1111/phc3...
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Mike Stuart will be giving a talk at the YorRobots & ISA Design and Verification Seminar on Wednesday, Feb 5th from 2-3pm at ISA 135. Title: Philosophy of science meets robotics. Abstract in the comments.
January 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Mike Stuart will be giving a talk at the YorRobots & ISA Design and Verification Seminar on Wednesday, Feb 5th from 2-3pm at ISA 135. Title: Philosophy of science meets robotics. Abstract in the comments.
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Later this week, on Thursday 9 and Friday 10 January, our newly established Radboud Center for Natural Philosophy will be officially launched, with an opening conference entitled Impossible Triangles of Thought: rcnp.science.ru.nl/events/launc...
Talks can be followed online; see link on website.
Talks can be followed online; see link on website.
Launch of the Radboud Center for Natural Philosophy
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January 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Later this week, on Thursday 9 and Friday 10 January, our newly established Radboud Center for Natural Philosophy will be officially launched, with an opening conference entitled Impossible Triangles of Thought: rcnp.science.ru.nl/events/launc...
Talks can be followed online; see link on website.
Talks can be followed online; see link on website.
Such an honour to be part of this special issue!!
The American Psychological Association just spotlighted an article written by Mike Stuart on the use of qualitative methods to study scientific imagination. This is a rare honour, and big win for qualitative-empirical philosophy of science! Read more here: t.ly/kj-Gr
Special section: Studying science “in the wild”
In their Qualitative Psychology special section, Osbeck et al. explore how qualitative methods are used to inform fundamental questions about the nature of science.
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November 29, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Such an honour to be part of this special issue!!
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A meditation on all the small, nearly unconscious tasks and motions that you go through doing lab work. These were just off the top of my head, and there are plenty more (additions encouraged in the comments!)
Lab Motions
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November 21, 2024 at 5:22 PM
A meditation on all the small, nearly unconscious tasks and motions that you go through doing lab work. These were just off the top of my head, and there are plenty more (additions encouraged in the comments!)
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Hi all! I am a philosopher of biology & science communicator @univie.ac.at! My (re)posts mostly concern #evobio #philsci #philbio #scicomm #highered #metascience #cogsci #sciart & happenings #UniVienna (esp Rudolphina research mag) Maybe I'll allow myself to nerd over math & fabrics here as well.
November 11, 2024 at 1:09 PM
Hi all! I am a philosopher of biology & science communicator @univie.ac.at! My (re)posts mostly concern #evobio #philsci #philbio #scicomm #highered #metascience #cogsci #sciart & happenings #UniVienna (esp Rudolphina research mag) Maybe I'll allow myself to nerd over math & fabrics here as well.
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The deadline for these two postdoc positions is approaching. One job for someone with expertise in evidence review and another for a philosopher of science:
Please circulate: we're hiring a postdoctoral research associate with expertise in philosophy of scientific method and philosophy of causality. Apply here: jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai.... A 2nd postdoc job, for someone with expertise in evidence review and research methods, coming soon.
November 2, 2024 at 8:14 AM
The deadline for these two postdoc positions is approaching. One job for someone with expertise in evidence review and another for a philosopher of science:
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Weekend spent to finish my slides for the PSA Biennial Meeting in New Orleans. My President’s Address will be on Sat 16th at 6pm on the topic of ‘Local Knowledges and the Right to Participate in Science’ — this is based on recent work I did with the UN for this report www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
A/HRC/55/44: Right to participate in science - Report of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Alexandra Xanthaki
In her report to the Human Rights Council, the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Alexandra Xanthaki, emphasizes the importance of an inclusive approach to the right to science. She r...
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November 9, 2024 at 12:52 PM
Weekend spent to finish my slides for the PSA Biennial Meeting in New Orleans. My President’s Address will be on Sat 16th at 6pm on the topic of ‘Local Knowledges and the Right to Participate in Science’ — this is based on recent work I did with the UN for this report www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
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Coauthored paper alert led by the awesome Peter Vickers: “Development of a novel methodology for ascertaining scientific opinion and extent of agreement
PONE-D-24-22168R1”
PONE-D-24-22168R1”
October 28, 2024 at 12:57 PM
Coauthored paper alert led by the awesome Peter Vickers: “Development of a novel methodology for ascertaining scientific opinion and extent of agreement
PONE-D-24-22168R1”
PONE-D-24-22168R1”
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💥 New: What the AI revolution means for the social sciences
✍️ LSE President and Vice Chancellor Larry Kramer argues we cannot avoid making choices about AI. blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
✍️ LSE President and Vice Chancellor Larry Kramer argues we cannot avoid making choices about AI. blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
What the AI revolution means for the social sciences
Artificial intelligence promises to fundamentally change the way social scientists teach and produce research. LSE President and Vice Chancellor Larry Kramer argues the social sciences must embrace…
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October 22, 2024 at 7:09 AM
💥 New: What the AI revolution means for the social sciences
✍️ LSE President and Vice Chancellor Larry Kramer argues we cannot avoid making choices about AI. blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
✍️ LSE President and Vice Chancellor Larry Kramer argues we cannot avoid making choices about AI. blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...