Yiftach Fehige
@yjhf.bsky.social
I am a Canadian-German scholar of science and religion located @ihpst-uoft.bsky.social. Fellow of @victoriacollege.bsky.social. Latest book: Thought Experiments, Science, and Theology. Coming out next: Science & Religion in a Democratic Society.
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Now live! The website for the next conference of @esssat.bsky.social - the 21st European Conference on Science & Theology (ECST XXI).
The title of the conference is 'Lost in Translation? Celebrating Language Diversity in Science and Religion'.
Leeds, UK; 19-22 August 2026
👉🏾 esssatconference.org
The title of the conference is 'Lost in Translation? Celebrating Language Diversity in Science and Religion'.
Leeds, UK; 19-22 August 2026
👉🏾 esssatconference.org
October 1, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Now live! The website for the next conference of @esssat.bsky.social - the 21st European Conference on Science & Theology (ECST XXI).
The title of the conference is 'Lost in Translation? Celebrating Language Diversity in Science and Religion'.
Leeds, UK; 19-22 August 2026
👉🏾 esssatconference.org
The title of the conference is 'Lost in Translation? Celebrating Language Diversity in Science and Religion'.
Leeds, UK; 19-22 August 2026
👉🏾 esssatconference.org
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#HPS program at the University of Copenhagen invites applications for Postdoc in History and Philosophy of Science as part of research project Human Variables in Biodiversity Assessment (PI: Joeri Witteveen): employment.ku.dk/faculty/?sho...
#philsky #PhilJobs #philsci
Deadline is November 7, 2025.
#philsky #PhilJobs #philsci
Deadline is November 7, 2025.
Post-doc position in History and Philosophy of Science
employment.ku.dk
September 21, 2025 at 12:31 PM
#HPS program at the University of Copenhagen invites applications for Postdoc in History and Philosophy of Science as part of research project Human Variables in Biodiversity Assessment (PI: Joeri Witteveen): employment.ku.dk/faculty/?sho...
#philsky #PhilJobs #philsci
Deadline is November 7, 2025.
#philsky #PhilJobs #philsci
Deadline is November 7, 2025.
It was a good decision to dump X.
New study on #BlueSky for #SciComm.
“Bluesky posts demonstrate substantially higher levels of interaction (likes, reposts, replies, and quotes) and greater textual originality than previously reported for X, suggesting both stronger interactive and more interpretive engagement.”
🦋🦫🌱🐋🧪 #philsci
“Bluesky posts demonstrate substantially higher levels of interaction (likes, reposts, replies, and quotes) and greater textual originality than previously reported for X, suggesting both stronger interactive and more interpretive engagement.”
🦋🦫🌱🐋🧪 #philsci
Research posts on Bluesky are more original — and get better engagement
Bluesky posts about science garner more likes and reposts than similar ones on X.
www.nature.com
September 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
It was a good decision to dump X.
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A couple of #histSTM #histsci #philsci positions opening up: Asst Prof in Philosophy of Science & Technology (TT) at University of Toronto, apps due Oct 15 (including letters of rec).
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Assistant Professor - Philosophy of Science and/or Technology
Assistant Professor - Philosophy of Science and/or Technology
jobs.utoronto.ca
September 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
A couple of #histSTM #histsci #philsci positions opening up: Asst Prof in Philosophy of Science & Technology (TT) at University of Toronto, apps due Oct 15 (including letters of rec).
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
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Become a Visiting Fellow!
Interested in joining the Center for Philosophy of Science?
More info about our programs available on our website at www.centerphilsci.pi...
Applications for 2026-27 will be opening soon!
Interested in joining the Center for Philosophy of Science?
More info about our programs available on our website at www.centerphilsci.pi...
Applications for 2026-27 will be opening soon!
September 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Become a Visiting Fellow!
Interested in joining the Center for Philosophy of Science?
More info about our programs available on our website at www.centerphilsci.pi...
Applications for 2026-27 will be opening soon!
Interested in joining the Center for Philosophy of Science?
More info about our programs available on our website at www.centerphilsci.pi...
Applications for 2026-27 will be opening soon!
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Congratulations to Yiftach Fehige for the Honourable mention of "Thought Experiments, Science, and Theology" by the Book Prize committee of the International Society for Science and Religion, who recognized the volume as an “excellent contribution to the field". Find it at: brill.com/display/titl...
September 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Congratulations to Yiftach Fehige for the Honourable mention of "Thought Experiments, Science, and Theology" by the Book Prize committee of the International Society for Science and Religion, who recognized the volume as an “excellent contribution to the field". Find it at: brill.com/display/titl...
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🎉 Congrats to IHPST emeritus professor Polly Winsor, David L. Hull Prize winner! @ishpssb2025.bsky.social honors her work in taxonomy history and dedication to mentoring. She's the first Canadian and second woman to receive this award 📸 @gregoryrupik.bsky.social ihpst.utoronto.ca/news/polly-w...
August 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🎉 Congrats to IHPST emeritus professor Polly Winsor, David L. Hull Prize winner! @ishpssb2025.bsky.social honors her work in taxonomy history and dedication to mentoring. She's the first Canadian and second woman to receive this award 📸 @gregoryrupik.bsky.social ihpst.utoronto.ca/news/polly-w...
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Two tenure track/ tenured positions--one Assist Prof & one Assoc Prof in Philosophy of Science &/or Technology at @ihpst-uoft.bsky.social
philjobs.org/job/show/29502
philjobs.org/job/show/29506
Areas include phil of social science, Native American philo, phil of race
#philsci #philtech #philjobs
philjobs.org/job/show/29502
philjobs.org/job/show/29506
Areas include phil of social science, Native American philo, phil of race
#philsci #philtech #philjobs
Assistant Professor - Philosophy of Science and/or Technology, University of Toronto
- PhilJobs:JFP
Assistant Professor - Philosophy of Science and/or Technology, University of Toronto
An international database of jobs for philosophers
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August 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Two tenure track/ tenured positions--one Assist Prof & one Assoc Prof in Philosophy of Science &/or Technology at @ihpst-uoft.bsky.social
philjobs.org/job/show/29502
philjobs.org/job/show/29506
Areas include phil of social science, Native American philo, phil of race
#philsci #philtech #philjobs
philjobs.org/job/show/29502
philjobs.org/job/show/29506
Areas include phil of social science, Native American philo, phil of race
#philsci #philtech #philjobs
My department is hiring: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Associate Professor - Philosophy of Science and/or Technology
Associate Professor - Philosophy of Science and/or Technology
jobs.utoronto.ca
August 31, 2025 at 9:10 PM
My department is hiring: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
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The math behind the moves: Why a #UofT prof was asked to investigate a headline-making chess scandal ♚ uoft.me/bKg
August 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The math behind the moves: Why a #UofT prof was asked to investigate a headline-making chess scandal ♚ uoft.me/bKg
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Israel is a gift to the world...
Never forget that ...
#timetostandupforisrael
👇👇👇
blogs.timesofisrael.com/israels-gift...
Never forget that ...
#timetostandupforisrael
👇👇👇
blogs.timesofisrael.com/israels-gift...
August 6, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Israel is a gift to the world...
Never forget that ...
#timetostandupforisrael
👇👇👇
blogs.timesofisrael.com/israels-gift...
Never forget that ...
#timetostandupforisrael
👇👇👇
blogs.timesofisrael.com/israels-gift...
My manuscript on #Science and #Religion in a #Democratic #Society was accepted by the press. I am grateful for the reviewers: constructive and extremely helpful reports!
July 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
My manuscript on #Science and #Religion in a #Democratic #Society was accepted by the press. I am grateful for the reviewers: constructive and extremely helpful reports!
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#OpenScience lobbyists, skeptics and everything in between: consider coming to Munich in May 2026 (gorgeous time to visit..) to discuss the future of Open Research!
FOR2026 is open for submissions: opensciencestudies.eu/for-2026-con... pls help spread the word 🙏 #philsci #sts #methods #policy 🧪
FOR2026 is open for submissions: opensciencestudies.eu/for-2026-con... pls help spread the word 🙏 #philsci #sts #methods #policy 🧪
FOR 2026 Conference – A Philosophy of Open Science for Diverse Research Environments
opensciencestudies.eu
June 25, 2025 at 5:49 AM
#OpenScience lobbyists, skeptics and everything in between: consider coming to Munich in May 2026 (gorgeous time to visit..) to discuss the future of Open Research!
FOR2026 is open for submissions: opensciencestudies.eu/for-2026-con... pls help spread the word 🙏 #philsci #sts #methods #policy 🧪
FOR2026 is open for submissions: opensciencestudies.eu/for-2026-con... pls help spread the word 🙏 #philsci #sts #methods #policy 🧪
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For #Pride, @degruyterbrill.bsky.social honors the legacy & richness of queer thought and LGBTQIA+ activism. Part of the special collection is our title
Jewish Men and the Holocaust: Sexuality, Emotions, Masculinity by Florian Zabransky.
cloud.newsletter.degruyter.com/PRIDE_2025?u...
Jewish Men and the Holocaust: Sexuality, Emotions, Masculinity by Florian Zabransky.
cloud.newsletter.degruyter.com/PRIDE_2025?u...
June 16, 2025 at 11:57 AM
For #Pride, @degruyterbrill.bsky.social honors the legacy & richness of queer thought and LGBTQIA+ activism. Part of the special collection is our title
Jewish Men and the Holocaust: Sexuality, Emotions, Masculinity by Florian Zabransky.
cloud.newsletter.degruyter.com/PRIDE_2025?u...
Jewish Men and the Holocaust: Sexuality, Emotions, Masculinity by Florian Zabransky.
cloud.newsletter.degruyter.com/PRIDE_2025?u...
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Closer To Truth (CTT) recently broadcast a 13-part Philosophy of Biology series on Public Broadcasting Service stations nationwide in the US. These free resources may be of interest to PSA members for teaching, research, and/or outreach purposes.
closertotruth.com/project/phil...
closertotruth.com/project/phil...
Philosophy of Biology - Closer To Truth
Philosophy of Biology has two sides: the process of science and the content of biology. We address key questions. What is the nature of life? How does evolution work and what… video Why Philosophy of ...
closertotruth.com
June 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Closer To Truth (CTT) recently broadcast a 13-part Philosophy of Biology series on Public Broadcasting Service stations nationwide in the US. These free resources may be of interest to PSA members for teaching, research, and/or outreach purposes.
closertotruth.com/project/phil...
closertotruth.com/project/phil...
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Colleagues from Jewish studies at the Palacky University of Olomouc are organizing a conference on the representation of the Shoah in newer literature (both fiction and non fiction). The deadline of the CfP is 31 August, travel and accommodation will be reimbursed.
June 12, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Colleagues from Jewish studies at the Palacky University of Olomouc are organizing a conference on the representation of the Shoah in newer literature (both fiction and non fiction). The deadline of the CfP is 31 August, travel and accommodation will be reimbursed.
So much has happened since then! Liberal Judaism seems institutionally divided now. New rabbinic seminars were created, for instance. There are five seminars in Potsdam now! New agreements were signed by the University of Potsdam in the fall of 2024.
Walter Homolka has been in the news since @alanposener.bsky.social reported in spring 2022 about his alleged power abuse as scholar, organizer, and rabbi; and about Homolka's husband's sexual harassment of rabbinical students (the husband was also Homolka's colleague).
www.welt.de/kultur/plus2...
www.welt.de/kultur/plus2...
Missbrauchsskandal am Potsdamer Geiger Kolleg: Die Methode Homolka - WELT
Wie das Potsdamer Kolleg für liberale Rabbiner bestätigt, wurde ein Student von einer Lehrkraft sexuell belästigt – dem Ehemann des Rektors Walter Homolka. Seit WELT den Fall recherchiert, wird der Sk...
www.welt.de
May 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
So much has happened since then! Liberal Judaism seems institutionally divided now. New rabbinic seminars were created, for instance. There are five seminars in Potsdam now! New agreements were signed by the University of Potsdam in the fall of 2024.
Es hatte enorme Folgen fuer die Aufstellung des Liberalen Judentums in Deutschland. Gute Folgen, wenn man die Massstaebe des Gutachten anlegt.
Als wäre nichts gewesen? Was folgt aus dem Gutachten zur Causa Walter Homolka?
Als wäre nichts gewesen? Was folgt aus dem Gutachten zur Causa Walter Homolka?
www.deutschlandfunk.de
May 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Es hatte enorme Folgen fuer die Aufstellung des Liberalen Judentums in Deutschland. Gute Folgen, wenn man die Massstaebe des Gutachten anlegt.
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I have signed this open letter calling on @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social to finish their investigation into the alleged plagiarism of the PhD dissertation of Walter Homolka and make it public.
jonathanschorsch.wordpress.com/2025/01/30/a...
jonathanschorsch.wordpress.com/2025/01/30/a...
February 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I have signed this open letter calling on @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social to finish their investigation into the alleged plagiarism of the PhD dissertation of Walter Homolka and make it public.
jonathanschorsch.wordpress.com/2025/01/30/a...
jonathanschorsch.wordpress.com/2025/01/30/a...
Terrific turnout & rewarding discussion of my work on divine revelation & the scientific imagination at the University of Hong Kong. It's a beautiful campus I must say, with a vibrant academic community.
May 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Terrific turnout & rewarding discussion of my work on divine revelation & the scientific imagination at the University of Hong Kong. It's a beautiful campus I must say, with a vibrant academic community.
I am relieved and grateful that my book on #thoughtexperiments, #science, and #theology continues to attract very positive feedback. Here is a recent review by Eleanor Helms, who has a great book coming out herself on #Kierkegaard and #thoughtexperiments. publicera.kb.se/aejpr/articl...
Yiftach Fehige. Thought Experiments, Science, and Theology. The Netherlands: Brill, 2024, 246 pp.
| AGATHEOS – European Journal for Philosophy of Religion
publicera.kb.se
May 23, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I am relieved and grateful that my book on #thoughtexperiments, #science, and #theology continues to attract very positive feedback. Here is a recent review by Eleanor Helms, who has a great book coming out herself on #Kierkegaard and #thoughtexperiments. publicera.kb.se/aejpr/articl...
After two days of discussion, I feel assured that AI is not a moral agent in a robust sense, and in my contribution, I argued that it shouldn't become one. I am grateful for the hospitality and what I have learned.
May 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
After two days of discussion, I feel assured that AI is not a moral agent in a robust sense, and in my contribution, I argued that it shouldn't become one. I am grateful for the hospitality and what I have learned.
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I have happy news. The Manuscript Review Committee at the University of Toronto Press has approved my (short) book on queer Holocaust history. Coming out 2025, with a preface by Jennifer Evans and one part translated by William Jones.
October 30, 2024 at 8:18 PM
I have happy news. The Manuscript Review Committee at the University of Toronto Press has approved my (short) book on queer Holocaust history. Coming out 2025, with a preface by Jennifer Evans and one part translated by William Jones.
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📣The @UofT Centre for Ethics has a call for applications for a post-doctoral fellowship in on the topic of Algorithm Bias.
Please share 🙏
➡️ includes teaching opportunity and position is renewable up to 3 years
@ihpst-uoft.bsky.social
@uoftethics.bsky.social
ethics.utoronto.ca/postdoctoral...
Please share 🙏
➡️ includes teaching opportunity and position is renewable up to 3 years
@ihpst-uoft.bsky.social
@uoftethics.bsky.social
ethics.utoronto.ca/postdoctoral...
Postdoctoral Fellowship In Algorithm Bias | Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto
ethics.utoronto.ca
March 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
📣The @UofT Centre for Ethics has a call for applications for a post-doctoral fellowship in on the topic of Algorithm Bias.
Please share 🙏
➡️ includes teaching opportunity and position is renewable up to 3 years
@ihpst-uoft.bsky.social
@uoftethics.bsky.social
ethics.utoronto.ca/postdoctoral...
Please share 🙏
➡️ includes teaching opportunity and position is renewable up to 3 years
@ihpst-uoft.bsky.social
@uoftethics.bsky.social
ethics.utoronto.ca/postdoctoral...
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Renowned neuroscientist Melanie Woodin has been named #UofT’s 17th president — and asks the community to join in her in “dreaming big.” #UofT alumna Woodin starts her five-year term July 1st. ➡️ uoft.me/uoftpres17
March 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Renowned neuroscientist Melanie Woodin has been named #UofT’s 17th president — and asks the community to join in her in “dreaming big.” #UofT alumna Woodin starts her five-year term July 1st. ➡️ uoft.me/uoftpres17