Shame on all these people: Alan Dershowitz and Steven Pinker, American evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers, Larry Summers and Martin Nowak.

Our latest issue features work on the 'pregnancy problem' in Descartes, Peano & cardinality, Cassirer & relativity, Rose Rand's academic career, the Bernays-Müller debate, Whewell on natural kinds, hypothetical explanations, & critique of 'German physics'.

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who first used the distinction between the negative and positive program in experimental philosophy?

This paper argues for a view I share, but always thought was hard to establish without opening up many related debates. I'll be curious to see responses. #philsci #philsky

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3 PhD Positions in History and Philosophy of Physics, Biology and Science @UtrechtHPS.
ERC Project on Niels Bohr, collab. with ROTO.
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If you were fascinated the first time you saw Hooke’s Micrographia or Arber’s seaweed cyanotypes, check out Tal Danino’s new book Beautiful Bacteria.

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New genome-scale phylogeny of birds! Lots to chew on here, including increased confidence in mostly post-Cretaceous diversification of Neoaves and Mirandornithes as the sister group to other neoavians. The hoatzin is still a problem... www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🪶🧪 (📷Stiller et al.)

Newly published: Science and the Public. In this Element, I explore the relationship between science and the public with resources from philosophy of science. Details in thread below. Volume is free online until 4/9. t.co/mKYvwSls3c
#philsci #philsky #histsci #STS #metasci #SciComm

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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The Biggest Questions: Is it possible to really understand someone else’s mind? by Grace Huckins www.technologyreview.com/2023/11/15/1...

So, what's good about BlueSky over Mastadon, @jdagg.bsky.social ?