Tuomas Tahko
@ttahko.bsky.social
Prof of Metaphysics of Science & Head of School of Arts at University of Bristol.
I run, hike, take photos, drink craft beer, and eat my veg.
www.ttahko.net
I run, hike, take photos, drink craft beer, and eat my veg.
www.ttahko.net
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Tuomas Tahko
@ttahko.bsky.social
· Mar 11
Francesca Bellazzi & Tuomas E. Tahko, Unification Principles for Biochemical Kinds - PhilPapers
Biochemical kinds present an interesting case study in the philosophical literature on natural kinds and functions, as they fall between chemical kinds, defined by their intrinsic microstructural prop...
philpapers.org
New paper just out, co-authored with @frabellazzi.bsky.social: "Unification Principles for Biochemical Kinds"
philpapers.org/rec/BELUPF
philpapers.org/rec/BELUPF
New paper out: "Quantum Holism and Essential Dispositions", with Christina Conroy and Donnchadh O'Conaill. This one spent many, many years in limbo as the volume was delayed, but nice to finally see it out! Message me if you'd like a PDF (behind Springer's paywall): link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Quantum Holism and Essential Dispositions
It is often suggested that at least some entities posited in QM are non-individuals, in the sense that they are numerically distinct entities but there is no fact of the matter as to which entity is which. Such entities are often regarded as holistic, in the sense...
link.springer.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:38 AM
New paper out: "Quantum Holism and Essential Dispositions", with Christina Conroy and Donnchadh O'Conaill. This one spent many, many years in limbo as the volume was delayed, but nice to finally see it out! Message me if you'd like a PDF (behind Springer's paywall): link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Reposted by Tuomas Tahko
Hello, #AcademicSky! We are the Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science (CLPS) at KU Leuven. Our senior and junior researchers focus on #logic, #epistemology & #philsci. We’re here to share our work and connect with logicians and philosophers of science worldwide—help us spread the word! #philsky
September 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Hello, #AcademicSky! We are the Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science (CLPS) at KU Leuven. Our senior and junior researchers focus on #logic, #epistemology & #philsci. We’re here to share our work and connect with logicians and philosophers of science worldwide—help us spread the word! #philsky
"Nature and AI" Workshop, open to everyone and no technical background needed!
A discussion about nature and AI – what they are, humanity’s place in relation to them, and the associated opportunities and risks.
Pervasive Media Studio, Monday 13th Oct:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nature-and...
A discussion about nature and AI – what they are, humanity’s place in relation to them, and the associated opportunities and risks.
Pervasive Media Studio, Monday 13th Oct:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nature-and...
Nature and AI Workshop
A discussion about nature and AI – what they are, humanity’s place in relation to them, and the associated opportunities and risks
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
"Nature and AI" Workshop, open to everyone and no technical background needed!
A discussion about nature and AI – what they are, humanity’s place in relation to them, and the associated opportunities and risks.
Pervasive Media Studio, Monday 13th Oct:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nature-and...
A discussion about nature and AI – what they are, humanity’s place in relation to them, and the associated opportunities and risks.
Pervasive Media Studio, Monday 13th Oct:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nature-and...
It was great to attend the Isambard AI launch last week. UK's most powerful supercomputer is ready to go and it's right here in Bristol!
July 21, 2025 at 8:54 AM
It was great to attend the Isambard AI launch last week. UK's most powerful supercomputer is ready to go and it's right here in Bristol!
One of the more ceremonial Head of School tasks today: reading names at the graduations in Wills Memorial Building.
July 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
One of the more ceremonial Head of School tasks today: reading names at the graduations in Wills Memorial Building.
Postcard from Antwerp, where I've today given a keynote talk at the 28th Conference of the International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry on AlphaFold.
July 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Postcard from Antwerp, where I've today given a keynote talk at the 28th Conference of the International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry on AlphaFold.
JOB: 12-month Lecturer in Philosophy role at Bristol from 1st September 2025. DL: 30th June
This covers me while I continue as Head of School of Arts in 25/26.
Philosophy of Mathematics / Philosophy of Science + Logic
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
This covers me while I continue as Head of School of Arts in 25/26.
Philosophy of Mathematics / Philosophy of Science + Logic
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
www.bristol.ac.uk
June 16, 2025 at 11:57 AM
JOB: 12-month Lecturer in Philosophy role at Bristol from 1st September 2025. DL: 30th June
This covers me while I continue as Head of School of Arts in 25/26.
Philosophy of Mathematics / Philosophy of Science + Logic
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
This covers me while I continue as Head of School of Arts in 25/26.
Philosophy of Mathematics / Philosophy of Science + Logic
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Next up in the Cambridge Elements in Metaphysics series, Kris McDaniel on "Metaontology", free to access until 24th June: www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Metaontology
Cambridge Core - Epistemology and Metaphysics - Metaontology
www.cambridge.org
June 10, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Next up in the Cambridge Elements in Metaphysics series, Kris McDaniel on "Metaontology", free to access until 24th June: www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Listening to my copy of Metallica's Black album on vinyl on a whim as I learned that it just made it to the exclusive list of double-diamond albums.
May 31, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Listening to my copy of Metallica's Black album on vinyl on a whim as I learned that it just made it to the exclusive list of double-diamond albums.
I don't think I've mentioned it here before that I have Strava these days, in case there are people interested in following my running "comeback" and ultra trail training:
strava.app.link/CV3SOzBSLTb
strava.app.link/CV3SOzBSLTb
strava.app.link
May 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I don't think I've mentioned it here before that I have Strava these days, in case there are people interested in following my running "comeback" and ultra trail training:
strava.app.link/CV3SOzBSLTb
strava.app.link/CV3SOzBSLTb
My entry on Ontological Dependence in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy has been updated:
plato.stanford.edu/entries/depe...
plato.stanford.edu/entries/depe...
Ontological Dependence (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
plato.stanford.edu
May 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
My entry on Ontological Dependence in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy has been updated:
plato.stanford.edu/entries/depe...
plato.stanford.edu/entries/depe...
Another Metaphysics Cambridge Element is out! Phil Corkum on "Neo-Aristotelian Metaphysics", freely available until 7th May. Also, this is the 30th title in the series. Just two more commissioned titles coming out before I'll conclude my term as the editor.
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Neo-Aristotelian Metaphysics
Cambridge Core - Epistemology and Metaphysics - Neo-Aristotelian Metaphysics
www.cambridge.org
April 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Another Metaphysics Cambridge Element is out! Phil Corkum on "Neo-Aristotelian Metaphysics", freely available until 7th May. Also, this is the 30th title in the series. Just two more commissioned titles coming out before I'll conclude my term as the editor.
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Just about to give a talk on Categorial Fundamentality at LMU:
sites.google.com/view/fundame...
sites.google.com/view/fundame...
April 16, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Just about to give a talk on Categorial Fundamentality at LMU:
sites.google.com/view/fundame...
sites.google.com/view/fundame...
Reposted by Tuomas Tahko
The next Society for the Metaphysics of Science conference will take place in Lugano, Switzerland, June 30 – July 2: socmetsci.org/2025
As program chair, I’m currently looking for commentators for the papers, as well as session chairs. Please contact me if you are a scholar and would be interested.
As program chair, I’m currently looking for commentators for the papers, as well as session chairs. Please contact me if you are a scholar and would be interested.
SMS 2025 Conference - Lugano, Switzerland — SMS
The 2025 Conference of the Society for the Metaphysics of Science will be held at USI in Lugano, Switzerland, 30 June through 2 July.
socmetsci.org
April 8, 2025 at 8:40 AM
The next Society for the Metaphysics of Science conference will take place in Lugano, Switzerland, June 30 – July 2: socmetsci.org/2025
As program chair, I’m currently looking for commentators for the papers, as well as session chairs. Please contact me if you are a scholar and would be interested.
As program chair, I’m currently looking for commentators for the papers, as well as session chairs. Please contact me if you are a scholar and would be interested.
Next up in the Elements in Metaphysics series is "Social Ontology" by Brian Epstein. #openaccess and check out the video abstract too!
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Social Ontology
Cambridge Core - Philosophy: General Interest - Social Ontology
www.cambridge.org
April 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Next up in the Elements in Metaphysics series is "Social Ontology" by Brian Epstein. #openaccess and check out the video abstract too!
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Here's a little piece that I wrote on a journal Special Issue bringing together Avicenna scholars and contemporary metaphysicians: "Contemporary Reflections on Substantial Kind Change in Avicenna", just out #openaccess in Theoria!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Contemporary Reflections on Substantial Kind Change in Avicenna
Contemporary metaphysics, and especially neo-Aristotelian metaphysics, tackles many of the same problems as Avicenna did. One of these problems is the possibility of substantial kind change. For inst...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Here's a little piece that I wrote on a journal Special Issue bringing together Avicenna scholars and contemporary metaphysicians: "Contemporary Reflections on Substantial Kind Change in Avicenna", just out #openaccess in Theoria!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
New Cambridge Elements in Metaphysics title out: "Metaphysics of Color" by Michael Watkins
and Elay Shech. #openaccess
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
and Elay Shech. #openaccess
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
The Metaphysics of Color
Cambridge Core - Philosophy: General Interest - The Metaphysics of Color
www.cambridge.org
March 17, 2025 at 9:05 AM
New Cambridge Elements in Metaphysics title out: "Metaphysics of Color" by Michael Watkins
and Elay Shech. #openaccess
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
and Elay Shech. #openaccess
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Heading to Stirling to give a talk on "Categorial Fundamentality" this Thursday.
I've promised two papers this year for special issues, one on Categories and one on Fundamentality. Seems like a good way to combine the topics!
CFP for the fundamentality volume:
link.springer.com/collections/...
I've promised two papers this year for special issues, one on Categories and one on Fundamentality. Seems like a good way to combine the topics!
CFP for the fundamentality volume:
link.springer.com/collections/...
New Directions for Fundamentality
The notion of fundamentality has received much attention in recent years. In particular, significant progress has been achieved by developing and comparing ...
link.springer.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Heading to Stirling to give a talk on "Categorial Fundamentality" this Thursday.
I've promised two papers this year for special issues, one on Categories and one on Fundamentality. Seems like a good way to combine the topics!
CFP for the fundamentality volume:
link.springer.com/collections/...
I've promised two papers this year for special issues, one on Categories and one on Fundamentality. Seems like a good way to combine the topics!
CFP for the fundamentality volume:
link.springer.com/collections/...
New paper just out, co-authored with @frabellazzi.bsky.social: "Unification Principles for Biochemical Kinds"
philpapers.org/rec/BELUPF
philpapers.org/rec/BELUPF
Francesca Bellazzi & Tuomas E. Tahko, Unification Principles for Biochemical Kinds - PhilPapers
Biochemical kinds present an interesting case study in the philosophical literature on natural kinds and functions, as they fall between chemical kinds, defined by their intrinsic microstructural prop...
philpapers.org
March 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
New paper just out, co-authored with @frabellazzi.bsky.social: "Unification Principles for Biochemical Kinds"
philpapers.org/rec/BELUPF
philpapers.org/rec/BELUPF
Reposted by Tuomas Tahko
Philosophers: spread the word, apply, come to St Andrews, have research fun with us!
philjobs.org/job/show/28814
philjobs.org/job/show/28814
Research Fellow, University of St. Andrews
- PhilJobs:JFP
Research Fellow, University of St. Andrews
An international database of jobs for philosophers
philjobs.org
March 3, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Philosophers: spread the word, apply, come to St Andrews, have research fun with us!
philjobs.org/job/show/28814
philjobs.org/job/show/28814
Reposted by Tuomas Tahko
New Element in Philosophy of Physics just published!
Karen Crowther's "Why Do We Want a Theory of Quantum Gravity?" is available for free online for two weeks.
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Karen Crowther's "Why Do We Want a Theory of Quantum Gravity?" is available for free online for two weeks.
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Why Do We Want a Theory of Quantum Gravity?
Cambridge Core - Philosophy: General Interest - Why Do We Want a Theory of Quantum Gravity?
www.cambridge.org
March 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
New Element in Philosophy of Physics just published!
Karen Crowther's "Why Do We Want a Theory of Quantum Gravity?" is available for free online for two weeks.
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Karen Crowther's "Why Do We Want a Theory of Quantum Gravity?" is available for free online for two weeks.
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
In my efforts to replace the now insufferable ad-infested Facebook, I joined Reddit. I'm very positively surprised! As a brand new user, my recent post seeking craft beer recommendations received some 5k views in the first 24h and plenty of engagement. Way more than I ever got on Fb or Twitter/X.
February 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
In my efforts to replace the now insufferable ad-infested Facebook, I joined Reddit. I'm very positively surprised! As a brand new user, my recent post seeking craft beer recommendations received some 5k views in the first 24h and plenty of engagement. Way more than I ever got on Fb or Twitter/X.
Reposted by Tuomas Tahko
😈 Dr Poppy Mankowitz (Philosophy) introduces us to her @erc.europa.eu Project EVIL: Expressing Value in Language which explores the value of evaluative adjectives
Read how the project seeks to resolve central and longstanding issues in both philosophy & linguistics 👉 bit.ly/3D3HB1X
Read how the project seeks to resolve central and longstanding issues in both philosophy & linguistics 👉 bit.ly/3D3HB1X
February 26, 2025 at 10:46 AM
😈 Dr Poppy Mankowitz (Philosophy) introduces us to her @erc.europa.eu Project EVIL: Expressing Value in Language which explores the value of evaluative adjectives
Read how the project seeks to resolve central and longstanding issues in both philosophy & linguistics 👉 bit.ly/3D3HB1X
Read how the project seeks to resolve central and longstanding issues in both philosophy & linguistics 👉 bit.ly/3D3HB1X
Another new title in the Cambridge Elements in Metaphysics series: Carl Gillett on "Reduction, Emergence, and the Metaphysics in Science". Free to download until 4th March!
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Reduction, Emergence and the Metaphysics in Science
Cambridge Core - Philosophy: General Interest - Reduction, Emergence and the Metaphysics in Science
www.cambridge.org
February 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Another new title in the Cambridge Elements in Metaphysics series: Carl Gillett on "Reduction, Emergence, and the Metaphysics in Science". Free to download until 4th March!
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Proud to see @vanessaseifert.bsky.social and Alex Franklin win the BJPS Popper Prize for 2024 with their joint paper that was developed during the MetaScience ERC project. Plus honourable mention for Toby Friend's paper. Three MetaScience project members featured!
www.thebsps.org/auxhyp/bjps-...
www.thebsps.org/auxhyp/bjps-...
BJPS Popper Prize 2024 | Auxiliary Hypotheses | BJPS
Winner of the 2024 BJPS Popper Prize announced
www.thebsps.org
February 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Proud to see @vanessaseifert.bsky.social and Alex Franklin win the BJPS Popper Prize for 2024 with their joint paper that was developed during the MetaScience ERC project. Plus honourable mention for Toby Friend's paper. Three MetaScience project members featured!
www.thebsps.org/auxhyp/bjps-...
www.thebsps.org/auxhyp/bjps-...