Duygu Uygun-Tunc
@uyguntunc.bsky.social
Philosophy of science, epistemology, philosophy of mind. Collegiate Assistant Professor and Harper-Schmitt Fellow @ UChicago. PhD
from Universität Heidelberg & Helsinki University. www.uyguntunc.com
from Universität Heidelberg & Helsinki University. www.uyguntunc.com
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The Paul Meehl Graduate School Meta Research Symposium 2025 is on October 17. Keynote speakers are @uyguntunc.bsky.social and @lspitzer.bsky.social. The symposium is free to attend for everyone - also if you are not a PhD student. And will soon announce an extra workshop the afternoon of the 16th.
June 25, 2025 at 7:49 AM
The Paul Meehl Graduate School Meta Research Symposium 2025 is on October 17. Keynote speakers are @uyguntunc.bsky.social and @lspitzer.bsky.social. The symposium is free to attend for everyone - also if you are not a PhD student. And will soon announce an extra workshop the afternoon of the 16th.
Yeah, obviously. But the important question is, can this be a winning strategy to create an alternative science? I highly doubt it. In the long run, selective application of rigor to bend facts is basically shooting yourself in the foot.
1. It's Fustilarian Friday and today's drop is the "Restoring Gold Standard Science" executive order.
My read is that this is designed to (1) protect far-fringe figures such as the antvaxxers now heading our health agencies, and (2) kneecap efforts to use scientific evidence in regulatory policy.
My read is that this is designed to (1) protect far-fringe figures such as the antvaxxers now heading our health agencies, and (2) kneecap efforts to use scientific evidence in regulatory policy.
Restoring Gold Standard Science
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7301 of title 5, United
www.whitehouse.gov
May 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Yeah, obviously. But the important question is, can this be a winning strategy to create an alternative science? I highly doubt it. In the long run, selective application of rigor to bend facts is basically shooting yourself in the foot.
Setting aside the fact that the history of science is not neatly organisable under one methodological principle, this is not the right time to smuggle methodological anarchism. We need rigor more than ever, to be able to prevent wacky science from gaining ground and sidelining legitimate science.
May 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Setting aside the fact that the history of science is not neatly organisable under one methodological principle, this is not the right time to smuggle methodological anarchism. We need rigor more than ever, to be able to prevent wacky science from gaining ground and sidelining legitimate science.
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In our new paper with @mntunc.bsky.social
(philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/25...) we reassess the Inductive Risk Argument (IRA) and its implications for the value-free ideal of science. We say that IRA's call for social value-encroachment in scientific inference is mistaken. Here's an overview:
(philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/25...) we reassess the Inductive Risk Argument (IRA) and its implications for the value-free ideal of science. We say that IRA's call for social value-encroachment in scientific inference is mistaken. Here's an overview:
Is the value-free ideal of science untenable? Part I: Inductive risk - PhilSci-Archive
philsci-archive.pitt.edu
May 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
In our new paper with @mntunc.bsky.social
(philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/25...) we reassess the Inductive Risk Argument (IRA) and its implications for the value-free ideal of science. We say that IRA's call for social value-encroachment in scientific inference is mistaken. Here's an overview:
(philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/25...) we reassess the Inductive Risk Argument (IRA) and its implications for the value-free ideal of science. We say that IRA's call for social value-encroachment in scientific inference is mistaken. Here's an overview:
Finally saw Aristotle's Lyceum. Not much to see, really. It was fun to imagine where he might have sat, though:)
May 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Finally saw Aristotle's Lyceum. Not much to see, really. It was fun to imagine where he might have sat, though:)
In our new paper with @mntunc.bsky.social
(philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/25...) we reassess the Inductive Risk Argument (IRA) and its implications for the value-free ideal of science. We say that IRA's call for social value-encroachment in scientific inference is mistaken. Here's an overview:
(philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/25...) we reassess the Inductive Risk Argument (IRA) and its implications for the value-free ideal of science. We say that IRA's call for social value-encroachment in scientific inference is mistaken. Here's an overview:
Is the value-free ideal of science untenable? Part I: Inductive risk - PhilSci-Archive
philsci-archive.pitt.edu
May 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
In our new paper with @mntunc.bsky.social
(philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/25...) we reassess the Inductive Risk Argument (IRA) and its implications for the value-free ideal of science. We say that IRA's call for social value-encroachment in scientific inference is mistaken. Here's an overview:
(philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/25...) we reassess the Inductive Risk Argument (IRA) and its implications for the value-free ideal of science. We say that IRA's call for social value-encroachment in scientific inference is mistaken. Here's an overview:
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I've written a free and accessible guide to Cephalopod Sentience with Alex Schnell, Piero Amodio and Peter Morse, stunningly illustrated by Roksolana Tkach. Please download and share! It's worth it for the illustrations alone! 🐙 thebrooksinstitute.org/sites/defaul...
February 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I've written a free and accessible guide to Cephalopod Sentience with Alex Schnell, Piero Amodio and Peter Morse, stunningly illustrated by Roksolana Tkach. Please download and share! It's worth it for the illustrations alone! 🐙 thebrooksinstitute.org/sites/defaul...
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Thrilled to announce the creation of the @elisabethbik.bsky.social Science Integrity Fund to provide "funding for training programs, grants, or awards for science integrity advocates."
Thanks to @science.org for covering this.
Help us grow the fund with a tax-deductible donation.
Thanks to @science.org for covering this.
Help us grow the fund with a tax-deductible donation.
Renowned scientific integrity investigator endows fund to support fellow sleuths
Microbiologist Elisabeth Bik donates $200,000 to support training, travel
www.science.org
February 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Thrilled to announce the creation of the @elisabethbik.bsky.social Science Integrity Fund to provide "funding for training programs, grants, or awards for science integrity advocates."
Thanks to @science.org for covering this.
Help us grow the fund with a tax-deductible donation.
Thanks to @science.org for covering this.
Help us grow the fund with a tax-deductible donation.
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For years, officials in the Czech Republic had pushed a dam project to protect a river south of Prague, and the critically endangered species living in it. But the project stalled.
In the meantime, the beavers of Prague simply built dams themselves, saving the government some 1.2 million euros.
In the meantime, the beavers of Prague simply built dams themselves, saving the government some 1.2 million euros.
Czech Dam Project Was Stalled by Bureaucracy. Beavers Built Their Own.
The dam project, drafted in 2018 and based on a former military training site south of Prague, had been delayed by land negotiations. Local beavers built several dams, saving the government more than ...
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:30 AM
For years, officials in the Czech Republic had pushed a dam project to protect a river south of Prague, and the critically endangered species living in it. But the project stalled.
In the meantime, the beavers of Prague simply built dams themselves, saving the government some 1.2 million euros.
In the meantime, the beavers of Prague simply built dams themselves, saving the government some 1.2 million euros.
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Latest blogpost on Musk/Royal Society debacle: deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/02/seve... I look at the reasons that have been given for inaction, and find them wanting. @royalsociety.org
Seven reasons for keeping Elon Musk as a Fellow of the Royal Society
Last November, I wrote a blogpost explaining why I had resigned as a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS). In brief, over the summer a group ...
deevybee.blogspot.com
February 12, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Latest blogpost on Musk/Royal Society debacle: deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/02/seve... I look at the reasons that have been given for inaction, and find them wanting. @royalsociety.org
Nice. I can get flagged for studying barriers to replicability, biased samples, or methodological diversity.
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Nice. I can get flagged for studying barriers to replicability, biased samples, or methodological diversity.
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
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Today I learned that Kepler was not only one of the pioneers of the scientific revolution, but also one of the first people to write a science fiction novel. The plot of the novel, named Somnium (Latin for dream), has also very interesting parallels with Kepler’s life & work. 🧵
January 30, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Today I learned that Kepler was not only one of the pioneers of the scientific revolution, but also one of the first people to write a science fiction novel. The plot of the novel, named Somnium (Latin for dream), has also very interesting parallels with Kepler’s life & work. 🧵
"you've just been accepted to a selective university made up of five islands...and Volcanic Island, the central administrative zone, overlooks it all."
I wonder if there are measures in place for volcanic eruptions that may destroy the other islands.🤔
news.uchicago.edu/story/role-p...
I wonder if there are measures in place for volcanic eruptions that may destroy the other islands.🤔
news.uchicago.edu/story/role-p...
A role-playing game that’s uniquely UChicago
Students and scholars design Haven Academy to introduce undergraduates to free expression and university life
news.uchicago.edu
December 23, 2024 at 9:20 PM
"you've just been accepted to a selective university made up of five islands...and Volcanic Island, the central administrative zone, overlooks it all."
I wonder if there are measures in place for volcanic eruptions that may destroy the other islands.🤔
news.uchicago.edu/story/role-p...
I wonder if there are measures in place for volcanic eruptions that may destroy the other islands.🤔
news.uchicago.edu/story/role-p...
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We need a total and complete shutdown of RAs entering the our labs until our PIs can figure out what is going on.
December 18, 2024 at 3:47 PM
We need a total and complete shutdown of RAs entering the our labs until our PIs can figure out what is going on.
In any bookstore, hundreds of books dedicated to revealing the success recipes of the rich for everyone, each allegedly a bestseller, and each literally titled:
[Insert euphemism for data points at the margins of the distribution]
[Insert euphemism for data points at the margins of the distribution]
December 18, 2024 at 3:58 PM
In any bookstore, hundreds of books dedicated to revealing the success recipes of the rich for everyone, each allegedly a bestseller, and each literally titled:
[Insert euphemism for data points at the margins of the distribution]
[Insert euphemism for data points at the margins of the distribution]
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Private company buys a public good. A few years go by and the company decides the public good is no longer worthwhile; the public suffers as a result.
This story arc is way too common in modern society.
deadline.com/2024/12/max-...
This story arc is way too common in modern society.
deadline.com/2024/12/max-...
December 16, 2024 at 3:09 AM
Private company buys a public good. A few years go by and the company decides the public good is no longer worthwhile; the public suffers as a result.
This story arc is way too common in modern society.
deadline.com/2024/12/max-...
This story arc is way too common in modern society.
deadline.com/2024/12/max-...
Two more small thought pieces: You may not think that a research methodology needs justification within a philosophical framework because 1. we learn by inventing/trying out first instead of a priori theorizing, or 2. the goodness of the particular methodology is so obvious. >
Not that anybody needs to find falsificationism or any other research philosophy useful, but it is important to underline that no research practice is 'good' or 'valuable' or 'informative' in itself. They can be so only from a given philosophical perspective, which gives it meaning and justification
The idea that replication is a 'cardinal rule' or 'cornerstone' of the scientific method follows directly from a methodological falsificationist philosophy of science. Popper (1959) discusses how we increase our confidence in theories that make predictions that withstand >
December 9, 2024 at 8:35 PM
Two more small thought pieces: You may not think that a research methodology needs justification within a philosophical framework because 1. we learn by inventing/trying out first instead of a priori theorizing, or 2. the goodness of the particular methodology is so obvious. >
Not that anybody needs to find falsificationism or any other research philosophy useful, but it is important to underline that no research practice is 'good' or 'valuable' or 'informative' in itself. They can be so only from a given philosophical perspective, which gives it meaning and justification
The idea that replication is a 'cardinal rule' or 'cornerstone' of the scientific method follows directly from a methodological falsificationist philosophy of science. Popper (1959) discusses how we increase our confidence in theories that make predictions that withstand >
December 9, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Not that anybody needs to find falsificationism or any other research philosophy useful, but it is important to underline that no research practice is 'good' or 'valuable' or 'informative' in itself. They can be so only from a given philosophical perspective, which gives it meaning and justification
I was away from social media for soo long, is here where nerds gather now?😅
I am a philosopher of science thinking about how to increase the credibility of the social sciences. I (hope to) post about methodology, error-control, scientific values, and expertise.
I am a philosopher of science thinking about how to increase the credibility of the social sciences. I (hope to) post about methodology, error-control, scientific values, and expertise.
November 23, 2024 at 1:52 AM
I was away from social media for soo long, is here where nerds gather now?😅
I am a philosopher of science thinking about how to increase the credibility of the social sciences. I (hope to) post about methodology, error-control, scientific values, and expertise.
I am a philosopher of science thinking about how to increase the credibility of the social sciences. I (hope to) post about methodology, error-control, scientific values, and expertise.
So many good news, 2024 is the best, until the world makes a better year.
For decades, privacy experts have been wary of snooping from space. They feared satellites powerful enough to zoom in on individuals, capturing close-ups. Now, quite suddenly, analysts say, a startup is building a new class of satellite whose cameras would, for the first time, do just that.
When Eyes in the Sky Start Looking Right at You
New satellites that orbit the Earth at very low altitudes may result in a world where nothing is really off limits.
www.nytimes.com
February 21, 2024 at 1:54 AM
So many good news, 2024 is the best, until the world makes a better year.
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Special issue: "Is psychology self-correcting? Reflections on the Credibility Revolution in Social and Personality Psychology." Edited by @simine.com and I.
Check out the nine articles with diverse perspectives and approaches to examining the reform movement:
spb.psychopen.eu/index.php/sp...
Check out the nine articles with diverse perspectives and approaches to examining the reform movement:
spb.psychopen.eu/index.php/sp...
November 20, 2023 at 1:56 PM
Special issue: "Is psychology self-correcting? Reflections on the Credibility Revolution in Social and Personality Psychology." Edited by @simine.com and I.
Check out the nine articles with diverse perspectives and approaches to examining the reform movement:
spb.psychopen.eu/index.php/sp...
Check out the nine articles with diverse perspectives and approaches to examining the reform movement:
spb.psychopen.eu/index.php/sp...
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Operations at Gaza’s main hospital were showing signs of collapse on Saturday, with the health authorities describing power outages, shortages of water and medicine and a crisis in treating seriously wounded patients and vulnerable children.
Gaza Hospitals Near Collapse as Fighting Rages Nearby
Facing power outages and shortages of food, water and medical supplies, hospitals are struggling just to keep patients alive, Gazan health authorities say.
nyti.ms
November 11, 2023 at 10:48 PM
Operations at Gaza’s main hospital were showing signs of collapse on Saturday, with the health authorities describing power outages, shortages of water and medicine and a crisis in treating seriously wounded patients and vulnerable children.
Are all tots dead serious veridicalists about perception?
Me: I saw a banana in my dream.
2yo: You didn't see mama; you seemed to see a banana.
#philsky #philscisky
Me: I saw a banana in my dream.
2yo: You didn't see mama; you seemed to see a banana.
#philsky #philscisky
October 15, 2023 at 2:49 AM
Are all tots dead serious veridicalists about perception?
Me: I saw a banana in my dream.
2yo: You didn't see mama; you seemed to see a banana.
#philsky #philscisky
Me: I saw a banana in my dream.
2yo: You didn't see mama; you seemed to see a banana.
#philsky #philscisky
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This is the biggest "political" achievement of the reform movement to date and I congratulate everyone who made it possible, & especially @simine.com. I'd like to share a few random thoughts about the evolution of the mvmnt from a protest mvmnt to a mvmnt that increasingly defines the mainstream 🧵
On further reflection, the selection of @simine.com as Editor-in-Chief of Psychological Science is one of the most important milestones for the reform movement in psychology.
There will be impact on the journal, sure. But more, selecting a committed, visible reformer illustrates its normalization.
There will be impact on the journal, sure. But more, selecting a committed, visible reformer illustrates its normalization.
October 6, 2023 at 10:40 PM
This is the biggest "political" achievement of the reform movement to date and I congratulate everyone who made it possible, & especially @simine.com. I'd like to share a few random thoughts about the evolution of the mvmnt from a protest mvmnt to a mvmnt that increasingly defines the mainstream 🧵