Diego Morales
@dmoralesp.bsky.social
PhD researcher in the Philosophy & Ethics Group at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), working at the interface of Philosophy, Comparative Cognition, and AI.
🌐: www.dmoralesp.com
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As I promised, here's my new Harvard Data Science Review commentary (on Leonelli's 'Environmental Intelligence'). It summarises my Royal Society argument that AGI is a confused concept with no demonstrable scientific merit and needs to be tossed in the bin if we want to get our heads straight again:
November 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
As I promised, here's my new Harvard Data Science Review commentary (on Leonelli's 'Environmental Intelligence'). It summarises my Royal Society argument that AGI is a confused concept with no demonstrable scientific merit and needs to be tossed in the bin if we want to get our heads straight again:
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Explore Ancient Egyptian symbolism through the first comprehensive geoarchaeological survey of the iconic temple complex of Karnak 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
October 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Explore Ancient Egyptian symbolism through the first comprehensive geoarchaeological survey of the iconic temple complex of Karnak 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
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Each generation seems to rediscover the riddle of organismal agency: are organisms agents that pursue intrinsic goals—and how could we know? Our 📕 gathers historians, philosophers & scientists to explore this debate—now available in paperback!👇 www.routledge.com/The-Riddle-o... #philsky #HPS #evobio
October 27, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Each generation seems to rediscover the riddle of organismal agency: are organisms agents that pursue intrinsic goals—and how could we know? Our 📕 gathers historians, philosophers & scientists to explore this debate—now available in paperback!👇 www.routledge.com/The-Riddle-o... #philsky #HPS #evobio
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For #MosaicMonday a venator (gladiators who fought wild animals) fighting a bear. Many animals were made to fight for #Roman entertainment, but conclusive evidence for fighting bears has only just been discovered.
(£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
📷 Carole Raddato / CC BY-SA 2.0
🏺 #Archaeology
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📷 Carole Raddato / CC BY-SA 2.0
🏺 #Archaeology
October 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
For #MosaicMonday a venator (gladiators who fought wild animals) fighting a bear. Many animals were made to fight for #Roman entertainment, but conclusive evidence for fighting bears has only just been discovered.
(£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
📷 Carole Raddato / CC BY-SA 2.0
🏺 #Archaeology
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📷 Carole Raddato / CC BY-SA 2.0
🏺 #Archaeology
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Enjoyed discussing "Why Science & Philosophy Need Each Other" w Megan Peters @meganakpeters.bsky.social
We discuss the importance of engagement between science & philosophy, our experience w this & simplified conceptions of science & philosophy 🧠📕
Thanks Tev Naidu! #philsky #philsci #sciencesky
We discuss the importance of engagement between science & philosophy, our experience w this & simplified conceptions of science & philosophy 🧠📕
Thanks Tev Naidu! #philsky #philsci #sciencesky
Why Science and Philosophy Need Each Other | Lauren Ross & Megan Peters
YouTube video by Mind-Body Solution
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October 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Enjoyed discussing "Why Science & Philosophy Need Each Other" w Megan Peters @meganakpeters.bsky.social
We discuss the importance of engagement between science & philosophy, our experience w this & simplified conceptions of science & philosophy 🧠📕
Thanks Tev Naidu! #philsky #philsci #sciencesky
We discuss the importance of engagement between science & philosophy, our experience w this & simplified conceptions of science & philosophy 🧠📕
Thanks Tev Naidu! #philsky #philsci #sciencesky
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I’ve just uploaded to philpapers my (preprint) chapter titled “Values and Measurement” forthcoming in the Routledge Handbook of Values in Science.
It’s an overview of arguments for values playing significant roles in measurement practices.
Comments welcome!
philpapers.org/rec/LARVAM-2
It’s an overview of arguments for values playing significant roles in measurement practices.
Comments welcome!
philpapers.org/rec/LARVAM-2
Cristian Larroulet Philippi, Values and Measurement - PhilPapers
At first sight, measurement might appear to be a natural candidate for a scientific practice that is value-free. This chapter reviews prominent arguments supporting the opposite view, i.e., that value...
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October 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I’ve just uploaded to philpapers my (preprint) chapter titled “Values and Measurement” forthcoming in the Routledge Handbook of Values in Science.
It’s an overview of arguments for values playing significant roles in measurement practices.
Comments welcome!
philpapers.org/rec/LARVAM-2
It’s an overview of arguments for values playing significant roles in measurement practices.
Comments welcome!
philpapers.org/rec/LARVAM-2
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Philosophy-science collaborations as rare chances to adjust the normal focus of the lens- zooming in and out to examine different levels of analysis
🧠 Steve Fleming (@smfleming.bsky.social), professor of cognitive neuroscience at University College London on why collaborating with philosophers helps science ask better questions—and find better answers.
#PLPEXPeditions
@ucl.ac.uk @uclpals.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social
#PLPEXPeditions
@ucl.ac.uk @uclpals.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Philosophy-science collaborations as rare chances to adjust the normal focus of the lens- zooming in and out to examine different levels of analysis
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If you’re interested in practicing the philosophy of science in practice why not come along to an online workshop “the philosophy of science in practice - in practice”? #philsci
October 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
If you’re interested in practicing the philosophy of science in practice why not come along to an online workshop “the philosophy of science in practice - in practice”? #philsci
New CFP on AI, education, and research from Philipp Hacker and my fantastic colleagues, Matthew Dennis and @vlastasikimic.bsky.social.
Check it out and consider submitting your work! 👇
philevents.org/event/show/1...
#education #philAI #philosophysky
Check it out and consider submitting your work! 👇
philevents.org/event/show/1...
#education #philAI #philosophysky
Artificial Intelligence in Research & Education (AI & Society, Oxford University Press)
Artificial Intelligence in Research & Education
AI & Society, Oxford Intersections (Oxford University Press)
Call for Papers:
Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping research and education i...
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October 7, 2025 at 7:01 AM
New CFP on AI, education, and research from Philipp Hacker and my fantastic colleagues, Matthew Dennis and @vlastasikimic.bsky.social.
Check it out and consider submitting your work! 👇
philevents.org/event/show/1...
#education #philAI #philosophysky
Check it out and consider submitting your work! 👇
philevents.org/event/show/1...
#education #philAI #philosophysky
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Surprisingly yet pleasingly complex - the tile elements required to reconstruct a Roman roof over the House of the Faun, #Pompeii. Beautiful watercolour, pencil, and ink illustrations by Pasquale Maria Veneri dating to 1843 on display in the National Archaeological Museum
In Naples.
In Naples.
October 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Surprisingly yet pleasingly complex - the tile elements required to reconstruct a Roman roof over the House of the Faun, #Pompeii. Beautiful watercolour, pencil, and ink illustrations by Pasquale Maria Veneri dating to 1843 on display in the National Archaeological Museum
In Naples.
In Naples.
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The remains of a Roman flagon found during excavation during the 2024 excavation season. The Uncovering roman Carlisle Team will be back from the 26th October for a short 2 week dig. #HadriansWall #Carlisle #archaeology
October 5, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The remains of a Roman flagon found during excavation during the 2024 excavation season. The Uncovering roman Carlisle Team will be back from the 26th October for a short 2 week dig. #HadriansWall #Carlisle #archaeology
Recently out of the oven! Book on the Ethics of Behaviour Change Technologies, edited by @joel-h-anderson.bsky.social and my fantastic colleagues @lilyevafrank.bsky.social and @spahnandreas.bsky.social. Check it out! 👇👇👇
www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...
www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...
Ethics of Behaviour Change Technologies
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October 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Recently out of the oven! Book on the Ethics of Behaviour Change Technologies, edited by @joel-h-anderson.bsky.social and my fantastic colleagues @lilyevafrank.bsky.social and @spahnandreas.bsky.social. Check it out! 👇👇👇
www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...
www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...
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What a loss for the field of primatology. A genuine pioneer, a brilliant scientist, and an inspirational writer.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91
Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
What a loss for the field of primatology. A genuine pioneer, a brilliant scientist, and an inspirational writer.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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New Paper out! GIBSONA is a battery of Animal AI tasks evaluating object and affordances understanding - www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
General interaction battery: Simple object navigation and affordances (GIBSONA)
Perception of affordances is an agent’s capability to identify what action-possibilities exist with a particular object or set of objects, based on it…
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September 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
New Paper out! GIBSONA is a battery of Animal AI tasks evaluating object and affordances understanding - www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Finally got around to deleting my Academia*edu account. Over the years it increasingly felt like a pay-to-win platform with their insistence on hiding basic features behind the premium paywall. The new terms of service were the last straw. This felt like a good time to vote with my feet.
September 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Finally got around to deleting my Academia*edu account. Over the years it increasingly felt like a pay-to-win platform with their insistence on hiding basic features behind the premium paywall. The new terms of service were the last straw. This felt like a good time to vote with my feet.
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I am quite excited to share a new preprint on the prospects for a 'metaphilosophy of science'—a second-order inquiry into the concepts, assumptions, aims, and methods that underpin philosophy of science itself. 👇📃 philsci-archive.pitt.edu/26661/ 1/3 #philsci #philsky #HPS #HPbio #metaphilosophy
Toward a Metaphilosophy of Science - PhilSci-Archive
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September 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I am quite excited to share a new preprint on the prospects for a 'metaphilosophy of science'—a second-order inquiry into the concepts, assumptions, aims, and methods that underpin philosophy of science itself. 👇📃 philsci-archive.pitt.edu/26661/ 1/3 #philsci #philsky #HPS #HPbio #metaphilosophy
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My new book 'Modelling Evolution' is now published! Please share. Available for free download for 2 weeks with this link: www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Modelling Evolution
Cambridge Core - Philosophy of Science - Modelling Evolution
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September 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
My new book 'Modelling Evolution' is now published! Please share. Available for free download for 2 weeks with this link: www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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A prominent idea in biology tells us that evolution is not always incremental, but often involves a few important structural changes that open up phylogenetic possibility.
Think: single cells ➡️ multicellular life. Solitary individuals ➡️ eusocial colonies.
Think: single cells ➡️ multicellular life. Solitary individuals ➡️ eusocial colonies.
September 18, 2025 at 10:45 AM
A prominent idea in biology tells us that evolution is not always incremental, but often involves a few important structural changes that open up phylogenetic possibility.
Think: single cells ➡️ multicellular life. Solitary individuals ➡️ eusocial colonies.
Think: single cells ➡️ multicellular life. Solitary individuals ➡️ eusocial colonies.
Pretty accurate.
September 14, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Pretty accurate.
Wonderful piece by @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social on @literaryhub.bsky.social about the Aeneid:
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A great read!
lithub.com/emily-wilson...
A great read!
Emily Wilson Explores The Aeneid ’s Influence on the Contemporary Western World
“Hindsight as foresight makes no sense,” insists the speaker of W. H. Auden’s great poem about the Aeneid, “Secondary Epic,” objecting to perhaps the most provocative element of Virgil’s epic: the …
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September 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Wonderful piece by @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social on @literaryhub.bsky.social about the Aeneid:
lithub.com/emily-wilson...
A great read!
lithub.com/emily-wilson...
A great read!
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Plato has Laches express well why doing philosophy can be hard: "I am really getting annoyed at being unable to express what I think... I still think I know what [X] is, but I can’t understand how it has escaped me just now so that I can’t pin it down in words and say what it is.” #philsky
September 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Plato has Laches express well why doing philosophy can be hard: "I am really getting annoyed at being unable to express what I think... I still think I know what [X] is, but I can’t understand how it has escaped me just now so that I can’t pin it down in words and say what it is.” #philsky
Cool new paper by @kozzyvoudouris.bsky.social on analogical reasoning as a means for generating alternative hypotheses in comparative cognition. Check out the thread and the publication 👇👇
#philsky #cognition
#philsky #cognition
Doing cognitive science on non-human systems like animals or artificial intelligence, brings inherent challenges. One of them is generating plausible alternative explanations for behaviour that can be tested empirically.
September 2, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Cool new paper by @kozzyvoudouris.bsky.social on analogical reasoning as a means for generating alternative hypotheses in comparative cognition. Check out the thread and the publication 👇👇
#philsky #cognition
#philsky #cognition
Yes, Adobe, I am short on time. No, Adobe, for the n-th time, I will not try your generative summary. I can misinterpret philosophy papers on my own, thank you very much.
August 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Yes, Adobe, I am short on time. No, Adobe, for the n-th time, I will not try your generative summary. I can misinterpret philosophy papers on my own, thank you very much.
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Are you teaching or taking an ethics of technology course this fall? Whether or not you're using my *This is Technology Ethics* book, you might find this 10-episode podcast (w/ the same title as the book) by @johndanaher.bsky.social & me useful: technologyethicspod.wordpress.com #aiethics
Technology Ethics Podcast
A podcast-based introduction to the philosophy and ethics of technology
technologyethicspod.wordpress.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Are you teaching or taking an ethics of technology course this fall? Whether or not you're using my *This is Technology Ethics* book, you might find this 10-episode podcast (w/ the same title as the book) by @johndanaher.bsky.social & me useful: technologyethicspod.wordpress.com #aiethics
