Auguste Nahas
@augustenahas.bsky.social
Postdoc at the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Research in History and Philosophy of Biology.
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The Case for Pluralism About Teleological Explanation | Philosophy of Science | Cambridge Core
The Case for Pluralism About Teleological Explanation
www.cambridge.org
My latest paper, The Case for Pluralism About Teleological Explanation, is now available @philscijournal.bsky.social!
#philsci #HPbio #HPS
#philsci #HPbio #HPS
My latest paper, The Case for Pluralism About Teleological Explanation, is now available @philscijournal.bsky.social!
#philsci #HPbio #HPS
#philsci #HPbio #HPS
The Case for Pluralism About Teleological Explanation | Philosophy of Science | Cambridge Core
The Case for Pluralism About Teleological Explanation
www.cambridge.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
My latest paper, The Case for Pluralism About Teleological Explanation, is now available @philscijournal.bsky.social!
#philsci #HPbio #HPS
#philsci #HPbio #HPS
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You can still register for today's talk in our lecture series!
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#HPBio #PhilSci #HistSci
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#HPBio #PhilSci #HistSci
Next Monday, we welcome @cshambaugh.bsky.social from the University of Oregon in our ROTO Lecture Series who will talk about dialectical biology. Just register via the link and join the talk and discussion at 4pm (CET): rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture...
#HPBio #PhilSci #HistSci
#HPBio #PhilSci #HistSci
November 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
You can still register for today's talk in our lecture series!
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#HPBio #PhilSci #HistSci
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#HPBio #PhilSci #HistSci
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New paper in @philscijournal.bsky.social! Sacha Ferrari, Wouter Lammers & Sylvia Wenmackers built an agent-based model to explore how the structure of scientific #networks shapes the public uptake of science—especially under uncertainty & affinity bias👇 doi.org/10.1017/psa.... #philsci #philsky #HPS
October 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
New paper in @philscijournal.bsky.social! Sacha Ferrari, Wouter Lammers & Sylvia Wenmackers built an agent-based model to explore how the structure of scientific #networks shapes the public uptake of science—especially under uncertainty & affinity bias👇 doi.org/10.1017/psa.... #philsci #philsky #HPS
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An awesome hybrid conference on the legacies of Richard Lewontin is coming to Toronto. Elliott Sober is the keynote! "Dialectical Biology Today" runs from October 10-12. Learn more and register below! #philbio 🐋🌱
@ihpst-uoft.bsky.social
ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/diale...
@ihpst-uoft.bsky.social
ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/diale...
September 19, 2025 at 10:35 AM
An awesome hybrid conference on the legacies of Richard Lewontin is coming to Toronto. Elliott Sober is the keynote! "Dialectical Biology Today" runs from October 10-12. Learn more and register below! #philbio 🐋🌱
@ihpst-uoft.bsky.social
ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/diale...
@ihpst-uoft.bsky.social
ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/diale...
Congratulations Alejandro!!
With great joy—and a touch of nervousness—I’m thrilled to share that my first academic monograph will be published by @mitpress.bsky.social in May 2026! It examines the organism–environment relationship in biology from an integrated #HPS perspective: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205282... #evosky #philsky
The Organism-Environment Pairing
In this first systematic book-length examination of the organism-environment relationship in the life sciences, Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda addresses a crucia...
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August 22, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Congratulations Alejandro!!
Longshot but, does anyone know where I can find the original version of this photograph of Norbert Wiener, Arturo Rosenblueth, and Julian Bigelow? I assumed this would be from a Macy Conference (with Mead behind Rosenblueth?), though I'm confused by the white coats #histsci #histstm #histtech #hps
August 8, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Free download for two weeks
Explanation in Biology
Cambridge Core - Philosophy: General Interest - Explanation in Biology
www.cambridge.org
January 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Free download for two weeks
As I say in the acknowledgements, I’m so grateful to everyone who contributed to this in ways big and small. Special thanks to @afabregastejeda.bsky.social who went far above the call of duty by carefully reading and commenting on the entire thing!
Back on social media after a long hiatus! Been a little busy ;)
Just submitted this, defence will be mid November!
Just submitted this, defence will be mid November!
September 21, 2024 at 2:13 AM
As I say in the acknowledgements, I’m so grateful to everyone who contributed to this in ways big and small. Special thanks to @afabregastejeda.bsky.social who went far above the call of duty by carefully reading and commenting on the entire thing!
Back on social media after a long hiatus! Been a little busy ;)
Just submitted this, defence will be mid November!
Just submitted this, defence will be mid November!
September 21, 2024 at 2:11 AM
Back on social media after a long hiatus! Been a little busy ;)
Just submitted this, defence will be mid November!
Just submitted this, defence will be mid November!
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I'm thrilled to share my latest article at the EJPS! I assess the potential & limitations of aligning notions of 'research environments' with biological concepts of environment to try to grasp the socio-material contexts in & through which science happens 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci
September 16, 2024 at 5:00 PM
I'm thrilled to share my latest article at the EJPS! I assess the potential & limitations of aligning notions of 'research environments' with biological concepts of environment to try to grasp the socio-material contexts in & through which science happens 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci
I was so happy to be invited to contribute to this! It’s the most historical piece I’ve written to date, on the largely forgotten prehistory of the cybernetic account of teleology. Can’t wait to read the other chapters. Thank you to Alejandro and the other edits for their amazing and fast work!
I am really excited to announce an edited volume that I have prepared with my dear colleagues Jan Baedke, Guido Prieto & Greg Radick: “The Riddle of Organismal Agency: New Historical and Philosophical Reflections,” coming out soon! www.routledge.com/The-Riddle-o... #philsci #HPBio #philsky #histsci
March 11, 2024 at 9:11 PM
I was so happy to be invited to contribute to this! It’s the most historical piece I’ve written to date, on the largely forgotten prehistory of the cybernetic account of teleology. Can’t wait to read the other chapters. Thank you to Alejandro and the other edits for their amazing and fast work!
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Well that took forever. But I finally finished my three-part essay on Stephen Jay Gould and punctuated equilibria. In Part 3: why did Gould change his mind about key features of evolution around 1977? Read to find out: www.extinctblog.org/extinct/2023...
Equilibrium, Disrupted — Extinct
In which Max finally completes his three-part essay on Stephen Jay Gould
and punctuated equilibria, and asks why Gould changed his mind about key
features of evolution around 1977
www.extinctblog.org
December 20, 2023 at 2:34 PM
Well that took forever. But I finally finished my three-part essay on Stephen Jay Gould and punctuated equilibria. In Part 3: why did Gould change his mind about key features of evolution around 1977? Read to find out: www.extinctblog.org/extinct/2023...
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"We get this instinct that true science must start from a firm foundation. Time and again, that's what I see NOT happening in the practice of science. We start from where we stand. The foundation is never indubitable, the foundation is provisional."
Hasok Chang in our latest ep. Out Now!
#PhiSci 🧪
Hasok Chang in our latest ep. Out Now!
#PhiSci 🧪
S2 Ep 11 - Hasok Chang on Epistemic Iteration - The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philos...
Our very special guest today is Hasok Chang. Hasok is Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge and his research focuses on 'taking the most obvious items of scient...
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December 13, 2023 at 9:00 PM
"We get this instinct that true science must start from a firm foundation. Time and again, that's what I see NOT happening in the practice of science. We start from where we stand. The foundation is never indubitable, the foundation is provisional."
Hasok Chang in our latest ep. Out Now!
#PhiSci 🧪
Hasok Chang in our latest ep. Out Now!
#PhiSci 🧪
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Hot off the presses: The latest Minnesota Studies volume edited by myself, William Bausman, and Oliver Lean!
cla.umn.edu/mcps/publica...
cla.umn.edu/mcps/publica...
December 10, 2023 at 12:05 AM
Hot off the presses: The latest Minnesota Studies volume edited by myself, William Bausman, and Oliver Lean!
cla.umn.edu/mcps/publica...
cla.umn.edu/mcps/publica...
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Very excited that my long-time collaborator & friend @charbelelhani.bsky.social found his way to Bluesky. Follow him for an exciting mix of philosophy of biology, science education, pragmatism, ethnobiology, and intercultural philosophy :)
December 4, 2023 at 9:33 AM
Very excited that my long-time collaborator & friend @charbelelhani.bsky.social found his way to Bluesky. Follow him for an exciting mix of philosophy of biology, science education, pragmatism, ethnobiology, and intercultural philosophy :)
Huge congratulations to Dr. Alejandro, who never ceases to be a source of inspiration and support for many of us!!
Today, I successfully defended my PhD dissertation! I feel incredibly happy and grateful to all those whose support and kindness have sustained me throughout these years. #PhDone #philsci #HPbio #histsci #ROTOsForever
November 21, 2023 at 7:11 PM
Huge congratulations to Dr. Alejandro, who never ceases to be a source of inspiration and support for many of us!!
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I finally found time this afternoon to take a good look at Greg Radick’s Disputed Inheritance. What a magnificent book.
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Disputed Inheritance
A root-and-branch rethinking of how history has shaped the science of genetics. In 1900, almost no one had heard of Gregor Mendel. Ten years later, he was famous as the father of a new science of here...
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November 17, 2023 at 5:33 PM
I finally found time this afternoon to take a good look at Greg Radick’s Disputed Inheritance. What a magnificent book.
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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#FossilFriday here's an amazingly intact, vertically preserved tree trunk from Pennsylvanian Carboniferous of Cape Breton. I believe it's a Lycopsid, but correct me. Almost feels like walking into a forest c. 315 million yrs ago. Time is preserved in so many different ways in stratigraphic record⏳⚒️
November 17, 2023 at 3:27 PM
#FossilFriday here's an amazingly intact, vertically preserved tree trunk from Pennsylvanian Carboniferous of Cape Breton. I believe it's a Lycopsid, but correct me. Almost feels like walking into a forest c. 315 million yrs ago. Time is preserved in so many different ways in stratigraphic record⏳⚒️
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Join us this Thursday for the next talk in the ROTO lecture series! Alkistis Elliott-Graves (Bielefeld University) will discuss the epistemic success criteria of "applied predictions" in ecological research. Please register in this link 👇 rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture... #PhilSci #HPBio
November 13, 2023 at 1:09 PM
Join us this Thursday for the next talk in the ROTO lecture series! Alkistis Elliott-Graves (Bielefeld University) will discuss the epistemic success criteria of "applied predictions" in ecological research. Please register in this link 👇 rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture... #PhilSci #HPBio
Very glad to have contributed to this wonderful volume on New Perspectives on Classical German Philosophy with Andrea Gambarotto!
Life, Organisms, and Human Nature
The book focuses on Kant, Schelling, Hegel, Humboldt and the Romantics and explores their key concepts for theorizing the natural realm.
link.springer.com
November 14, 2023 at 5:53 PM
Very glad to have contributed to this wonderful volume on New Perspectives on Classical German Philosophy with Andrea Gambarotto!
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📣Excited to welcome the flagship organization for #philsci the Philosophy of Science Association (PSA) to Bsky! 📣
@philsci.bsky.social
Follow them for updates about philosophy of science, PSA conferences, & their many initiatives.
www.philsci.org/what_we_do.php
#histsci #metasci 🧪#edusky
#philsky
@philsci.bsky.social
Follow them for updates about philosophy of science, PSA conferences, & their many initiatives.
www.philsci.org/what_we_do.php
#histsci #metasci 🧪#edusky
#philsky
October 10, 2023 at 7:07 PM
📣Excited to welcome the flagship organization for #philsci the Philosophy of Science Association (PSA) to Bsky! 📣
@philsci.bsky.social
Follow them for updates about philosophy of science, PSA conferences, & their many initiatives.
www.philsci.org/what_we_do.php
#histsci #metasci 🧪#edusky
#philsky
@philsci.bsky.social
Follow them for updates about philosophy of science, PSA conferences, & their many initiatives.
www.philsci.org/what_we_do.php
#histsci #metasci 🧪#edusky
#philsky
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Sometimes #writing feels like the fast flow of a stream rushing through; you joyously swoop and catch the words before they slip past.
Other times it is a geological labour, an accretionary gravel lag where you must take pick and place every pebble from out of the grit.
Other times it is a geological labour, an accretionary gravel lag where you must take pick and place every pebble from out of the grit.
October 10, 2023 at 12:34 PM
Sometimes #writing feels like the fast flow of a stream rushing through; you joyously swoop and catch the words before they slip past.
Other times it is a geological labour, an accretionary gravel lag where you must take pick and place every pebble from out of the grit.
Other times it is a geological labour, an accretionary gravel lag where you must take pick and place every pebble from out of the grit.
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Hi, Bluesky!👋 We are ROTO or "The Return of the Organism in the Biosciences: Theoretical, Historical and Social Dimensions" research group at Ruhr University Bochum! Our work spans #philsci #philbio #histbio #histSTM #evobio & #philosophyofmedicine 👇 rotorub.wordpress.com We are excited to connect!
October 3, 2023 at 4:24 PM
Hi, Bluesky!👋 We are ROTO or "The Return of the Organism in the Biosciences: Theoretical, Historical and Social Dimensions" research group at Ruhr University Bochum! Our work spans #philsci #philbio #histbio #histSTM #evobio & #philosophyofmedicine 👇 rotorub.wordpress.com We are excited to connect!
This sound like a fantastic new. paper from Miguel! Congratulations :)
Why is measurement a privileged source of knowledge? My paper-lenght answer is finally out in the online first edition of Philosophy of Science #philsci
The Epistemic Privilege of Measurement: Motivating a Functionalist Account | Philosophy of Science |...
The Epistemic Privilege of Measurement: Motivating a Functionalist Account
www.cambridge.org
October 3, 2023 at 8:43 PM
This sound like a fantastic new. paper from Miguel! Congratulations :)
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Only 2 more days until Season 2 starts with a bang! An awesome ep with the fab @rachelankeny.bsky.social discussing scientific change and research repertoires #philsci #histsci #sts
So you'll have to wait till season 2 to find out more about scientific change and repertoires... almost as exciting as waiting for a Netflix drop! #philsci
I have it on good authority that season 2 starts with @rachelankeny.bsky.social discussing ‘scientific repertoires’ and that it is not to be missed!
October 2, 2023 at 9:48 PM
Only 2 more days until Season 2 starts with a bang! An awesome ep with the fab @rachelankeny.bsky.social discussing scientific change and research repertoires #philsci #histsci #sts