Niall Roe
@niallroe.bsky.social
Philosopher of Science.
Focused on experimentation and pragmatism.
www.niallroe.com
Focused on experimentation and pragmatism.
www.niallroe.com
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Niall Roe
@niallroe.bsky.social
· Jun 17
"Fact" comes from a word meaning "a thing done; a thing made; make; do". Makes pragmatism feel more appropriate.
Thanks @drbeasley.bsky.social !
Check out my good friend @niallroe.bsky.social's new paper on Charles S. Peirce on Experiment: philpapers.org/rec/ROECPA-2
Niall Roe, Charles Peirce and Experimental Science - PhilPapers
Among much else, Peirce was concerned with understanding the nature of experimentation. And while Peirce scholarship frequently appeals to the role of experimentation in his philosophy, no one has yet...
philpapers.org
October 26, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Thanks @drbeasley.bsky.social !
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Experimentation and thinking at the level of a program of experiments
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/09/05/e...
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Experimentation and thinking at the level of a program of experiments | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu
September 5, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Experimentation and thinking at the level of a program of experiments
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/09/05/e...
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/09/05/e...
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Hot off the press: Michael Kremer’s and my resurrection of Margaret Macdonald.
August 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Hot off the press: Michael Kremer’s and my resurrection of Margaret Macdonald.
Some chairs and a hat.
August 14, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Some chairs and a hat.
Tonight’s clouds looked kiiiinda like this
August 12, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Tonight’s clouds looked kiiiinda like this
Ten minute sunset sketch.
August 11, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Ten minute sunset sketch.
Some cabin sketches.
August 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Some cabin sketches.
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'Poll' in its earliest appearances refers to the top of a head – the modern political meanings of a number of votes or a survey of voters emerge from the 17th century through the act of counting people's heads.
The older 'head' sense is behind terms like 'poll tax', but also 'tadpole' (toad-head).
The older 'head' sense is behind terms like 'poll tax', but also 'tadpole' (toad-head).
July 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
'Poll' in its earliest appearances refers to the top of a head – the modern political meanings of a number of votes or a survey of voters emerge from the 17th century through the act of counting people's heads.
The older 'head' sense is behind terms like 'poll tax', but also 'tadpole' (toad-head).
The older 'head' sense is behind terms like 'poll tax', but also 'tadpole' (toad-head).
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What a great talk with Mike Travisano about evolutionary innovation and the origin of life, alongside amazing panelists Ken Waters and @mrebolleda.bsky.social ! So happy to be at #ISHPSSB2025 !
July 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
What a great talk with Mike Travisano about evolutionary innovation and the origin of life, alongside amazing panelists Ken Waters and @mrebolleda.bsky.social ! So happy to be at #ISHPSSB2025 !
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It's because of medieval lists that set out their entries with the format 'also... also... also...' (in Latin: item... item... item... ) that English today has the common noun 'item'.
July 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
It's because of medieval lists that set out their entries with the format 'also... also... also...' (in Latin: item... item... item... ) that English today has the common noun 'item'.
arxiv.org
July 15, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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⏰ Free access to read & download thru August 20 the final published version of Wendy Parker & my paper "Understanding Data Uncertainty" at this link ⬇️
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lMUI8yuR6...
#philsci #metasci 🧪 ⚒️
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lMUI8yuR6...
#philsci #metasci 🧪 ⚒️
July 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
⏰ Free access to read & download thru August 20 the final published version of Wendy Parker & my paper "Understanding Data Uncertainty" at this link ⬇️
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lMUI8yuR6...
#philsci #metasci 🧪 ⚒️
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lMUI8yuR6...
#philsci #metasci 🧪 ⚒️
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Just accepted:
‘Severe Testing: Error Statistics versus Bayes Factor Tests’
– Deborah Mayo
Abstract in alt text or read the full paper here (open access): www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
#philsci #philsky
‘Severe Testing: Error Statistics versus Bayes Factor Tests’
– Deborah Mayo
Abstract in alt text or read the full paper here (open access): www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
#philsci #philsky
July 7, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Just accepted:
‘Severe Testing: Error Statistics versus Bayes Factor Tests’
– Deborah Mayo
Abstract in alt text or read the full paper here (open access): www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
#philsci #philsky
‘Severe Testing: Error Statistics versus Bayes Factor Tests’
– Deborah Mayo
Abstract in alt text or read the full paper here (open access): www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
#philsci #philsky
If I could introduce a new type of punctuation, it would be a question mark with a comma at the bottom instead of a period. This would be useful for sort of run-on questions.
July 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
If I could introduce a new type of punctuation, it would be a question mark with a comma at the bottom instead of a period. This would be useful for sort of run-on questions.
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My research question is simple: How does everything connect to everything else in a way is new and yet totally obvious?
June 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
My research question is simple: How does everything connect to everything else in a way is new and yet totally obvious?
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I am on a bit of a PhD examining spree lately, so will post links to the great work of the newly minted doctors as they are uploaded. This one is by Ahmad Elabbar (who by the way will be starting as my new colleague next year, yey!). It is a tour de force, co-examined with the amazing Simon Caney
Justice as an ideal for climate assessment
Confronting a series of planetary crises, the international community has established a complex regime of global environmental assessments. The most prominent of these remains the Intergovernmental Pa...
www.repository.cam.ac.uk
March 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM
I am on a bit of a PhD examining spree lately, so will post links to the great work of the newly minted doctors as they are uploaded. This one is by Ahmad Elabbar (who by the way will be starting as my new colleague next year, yey!). It is a tour de force, co-examined with the amazing Simon Caney
Away for a few days. Didn’t bring a book with me because I knew I would use it to procrastinate. But now my work is done and my laptop won’t charge and
June 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Away for a few days. Didn’t bring a book with me because I knew I would use it to procrastinate. But now my work is done and my laptop won’t charge and
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We thank Reviewer 2 for their helpful feedback which has greatly improved the paper
Ok so I didn’t really need that in my adult beverage but thanks for sharing
May 29, 2025 at 10:36 AM
We thank Reviewer 2 for their helpful feedback which has greatly improved the paper
It’s kinda fun that “substance”, “hypostasis” and “understand” all kinda have the same base meaning, looking at their etymology. Stand under.
When we hypothesize we place something under, try it as a foundation. When we gain the right kind of confidence, we stand there with it.
When we hypothesize we place something under, try it as a foundation. When we gain the right kind of confidence, we stand there with it.
May 29, 2025 at 10:01 PM
It’s kinda fun that “substance”, “hypostasis” and “understand” all kinda have the same base meaning, looking at their etymology. Stand under.
When we hypothesize we place something under, try it as a foundation. When we gain the right kind of confidence, we stand there with it.
When we hypothesize we place something under, try it as a foundation. When we gain the right kind of confidence, we stand there with it.
Symbols grow... A symbol, once in being, spreads among the peoples. In use and in experience, its meaning grows. Such words as force, law, wealth, marriage, bear for us very different meanings from those they bore to our barbarous ancestors.
C.S. Peirce, “What is a Sign?”1894, EP2, 10.
C.S. Peirce, “What is a Sign?”1894, EP2, 10.
May 27, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Symbols grow... A symbol, once in being, spreads among the peoples. In use and in experience, its meaning grows. Such words as force, law, wealth, marriage, bear for us very different meanings from those they bore to our barbarous ancestors.
C.S. Peirce, “What is a Sign?”1894, EP2, 10.
C.S. Peirce, “What is a Sign?”1894, EP2, 10.