Mauricio Suárez

@msuarez.bsky.social

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Professor UCMadrid, educated Edinburgh & LSE, now often @Cambridge. Author of Inference and Representation (Chicago 24): https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/I/bo207912978.html

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Mauricio Suárez is a Spanish anglophone philosopher who specialises in philosophy and history of the natural sciences. He earned a BSc in astrophysics from the University of Edinburgh (1991), and an MSc and a PhD in philosophy of science from the London School of Economics. His doctoral thesis was on "Models of the world, data-models and the practice of science: The semantics of quantum theory". He currently holds a professorship in Logic and Philosophy of Science at Complutense University of Madrid. .. more

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Mauricio Suárez @msuarez.bsky.social · Aug 20

My 33 year old LSE MSc Dissertation on quantum logic was published last month together with a new introduction. Thanks @jalejandrofdezc.bsky.social for encouraging me to revisit this material.

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#philsci #philsky #histsci #hps #philtech #sts #metascience

Mauricio Suárez @msuarez.bsky.social · 1d

Gorgeous stuff. Merry Christmas, Martin!

Mauricio Suárez @msuarez.bsky.social · 2d

Of course! DM or email me and I can send you all papers back... Happy Christmas Eve!

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 4d

"Philosophers of science have much to learn from the history and philosophy of art and artistic representation."

Paintings are but research and experiment. I never do a painting as a work of art. All of them are researches. I search constantly and there is a logical sequence in all this research.

#PhilSci

Mauricio Suárez @msuarez.bsky.social · 4d

Please let me know if you can't get access. Hearty thanks to all three stellar commentators, including @oscarw.bsky.social!

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Mauricio Suárez @msuarez.bsky.social · 4d

The full SHPS book forum on Inference and Representation is now out, with contributions by Chiara Ambrosio, Alexander Bird and Oscar Westerblad: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

I respond here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#philsci #philsky #hps #histsci #philtech #sts #metascience

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science | Inference and Representation: A Study in Modeling Science | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier

Read the latest articles of Studies in History and Philosophy of Science at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature

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Mauricio Suárez @msuarez.bsky.social · 8d

Very grateful to audiences and organisers alike for their encouragement and feedback.

Mauricio Suárez @msuarez.bsky.social · 8d

And another one to the vienna-Salzburg workshop on analogy: viennaanalogiesworkshop.wordpress.com/about/

About

Organizing committee: Tarja Knuuttila (University of Vienna), Patricia Palacios (University of Salzburg), Margarida Hermida (University of Salzburg), Florian Kolowrat (University of Vienna).

viennaanalogiesworkshop.wordpress.com

Mauricio Suárez @msuarez.bsky.social · 8d

I gave a talk at the IVC: wienerkreis.univie.ac.at/news-events/...

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Mauricio Suárez @msuarez.bsky.social · 8d

Deeply grateful to the Institute Vienna Circle and @univie.ac.at for the opportunity to visit again over the last two weeks. It's such a joy to be back in a place and city that never fails to both inspire me and make me happy.

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Oscar @oscarw.bsky.social · 11d

Now out in Studies in HPS! 'Artefactualism and the twofold experience of modelling': authors.elsevier.com/a/1mH3%7E8yu...

Short article building on the phenomenology of modelling experience as discussed in @msuarez.bsky.social's excellent book, Inference and Representation.

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Mauricio Suárez @msuarez.bsky.social · 12d

Excellent stuff. Very good to see this finally out!

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Quentin Ruyant @qruy.bsky.social · 12d

New publication forthcoming: What do Large Language Models Represent? (Synthese)

Preprint available here:
philpapers.org/rec/RUYWDL

Quick summary below
#philsci #philsky #llm

Quentin Ruyant, What do Large Language Models Represent? - PhilPapers

If large language models (LLMs) are models, what do they represent exactly? I address this question by applying the various conceptions of epistemic representation that have been entertained by philos...

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Mauricio Suárez @msuarez.bsky.social · 17d

By @qruy.bsky.social

Institute of Art and Ideas @iai.tv · 17d

“One important implication of model indexicality is that the predictions of models are always conditional.” | https://bit.ly/3JOJeUJ

Tap to read as Quentin Ruyant argues while there are valid reasons to reject the multiverse, the ‘this universe’ objection is not one of them.

#philsci 🧪 ⚛️

The multiverse is metaphysics, not science

<p><em>The multiverse theory has gained popularity as, among other things, a way to explain our universe’s apparent fine-tuning for life. Against the theory, many argue that while the multiverse could...

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Institute of Art and Ideas @iai.tv · 17d

The multiverse is metaphysics, not science

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Mauricio Suárez @msuarez.bsky.social · 22d

Amazing building - so nice to be back

Mauricio Suárez @msuarez.bsky.social · 23d

At the IVC again. Such joy to be back.

Mauricio Suárez @msuarez.bsky.social · Nov 26

Excellent

Reposted by Steven French, Mauricio Suárez, Massimiliano Simons

Maarten Van Dyck @mvandyck.bsky.social · Nov 26

You have been wondering about the argument for Bas van Fraassen’s constructive empiricism? In this paper forthcoming in the HOPOS journal, I provide some answers!
#philsci #hps

Maarten Van Dyck, Defending constructive empiricism - PhilPapers

Bas van Fraassen’s constructive empiricism has significantly shaped the debate on scientific realism. However, many commentators have been puzzled by the precise nature of the argument for this positi...

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Frederick Britt @fbritt.bsky.social · Nov 13

Call for Papers

Workshop on 'ENTITY REALISM BEYOND MANIPULATION' (June 16 - 17, 2025) at the University of Bern (CH).

We are very much looking forward to welcoming Nora M. Boyd and @msuarez.bsky.social as keynote speakers and invite further contributions!

#philsci

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Entity Realism Beyond Manipulation

Entity realism (also known as ‘experimental realism’) traditionally ties belief in scientific entities to experimental manipulation. Yet many sciences involve a commitment to entities that...

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · Nov 3

"These may be thought to be in the world, but they may also be abstractions...or they may fail to exist: They may be interesting fictions."

From responses to commentaries on the 2024 book "Inference and Representation" by @msuarez.bsky.social

Book: doi.org/10.7208/chic...

#HPS #PhilSci #HistSci

Inference and Representation by Mauricio Suárez: Reply by the Author.

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Mauricio Suárez @msuarez.bsky.social · Nov 3

#philsci #hps #histsci #philsky #sts #philtech #metascience

Mauricio Suárez @msuarez.bsky.social · Nov 2

Thank you for the wonderful commentary!

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Mauricio Suárez @msuarez.bsky.social · Nov 2

The below link should work, but let me know if you can't get access and I'll DM you the author's copy!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Hearty thanks to Oscar Westerblad @oscarw.bsky.social, Chiara Ambrosio and Alexander Bird for their wonderful commentaries!

Inference and Representation by Mauricio Suárez: Reply by the Author.

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Mauricio Suárez @msuarez.bsky.social · Nov 2

My response to Ambrosio, Bird and Westerblad is now out in SHPS - as part of a book forum on Inference and Representation: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Make sure to check and download it before the curtain closes on December 21.

#philsci #hps #histci #philsky #sts #philtech #metascience

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Mauricio Suárez @msuarez.bsky.social · Sep 24

Las Meninas still the most absorbing and enigmatic painting 370 years after www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/a...

The Three-Hour Challenge: 180 Minutes with ‘Las Meninas’

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Mauricio Suárez @msuarez.bsky.social · Sep 21

New paper out jointly with the formidable @hscottfordsmand.bsky.social in a volume edited by Pietro Gori honouring Mary Hesse: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Inference and Negative Analogy: Lessons on Analogical Reasoning from Clinical Medical Practice

Mary Hesse’s work on the role of analogical reasoning in science has set the disciplinary standard. Her classic Models and Analogies in Science (1966) spearheaded the emergence of the philosophy...

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Daian Bica @daianbica.bsky.social · Sep 17

On the second day, we continued in full swing with a long, thoughtful lecture about inferential conceptions of representation given by @msuarez.bsky.social

Mauricio Suárez @msuarez.bsky.social · Sep 9

Indeed, that's quite a connection...

Mauricio Suárez @msuarez.bsky.social · Sep 5

Good in that way and female representation, but a really striking under-representation of southern Europe. The omnipotent north-south divide finally caught up with us? See you in a bit :-)!

Mauricio Suárez @msuarez.bsky.social · Sep 4

You're welcome :-). Good luck!

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