Harriet Fagerberg
@harrif.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @ Cambridge HPS - Philosophy of Science, Biology and Medicine https://www.hfagerberg.co.uk
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Harriet Fagerberg
@harrif.bsky.social
· May 19
A Domino Theory of Disease | Philosophy of Science | Cambridge Core
A Domino Theory of Disease - Volume 92 Issue 2
www.cambridge.org
My paper 'A Domino Theory of Disease' is out and available *open access* with Philosophy of Science! 🥳 @philscijournal.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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US colleagues in #philsci #sts #histsci #histmed, please encourage your students to consider the Gates Cambridge Scholarships. Deadline for US residents is October 15th. They need to first apply for admission to the Department of HPS for MPhil or PhD (2026 entry) www.hps.cam.ac.uk/study/postgr...
International Scholarship at The University of Cambridge
International postgraduate scholarships at the University of Cambridge
www.gatescambridge.org
August 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
US colleagues in #philsci #sts #histsci #histmed, please encourage your students to consider the Gates Cambridge Scholarships. Deadline for US residents is October 15th. They need to first apply for admission to the Department of HPS for MPhil or PhD (2026 entry) www.hps.cam.ac.uk/study/postgr...
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‼️ Join #LSEPhilosophy!
We are hiring an Assistant Professor of #Philosophy with focus on #Sustainability
Application deadline: 3 November 2025
More information: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
#London #PartOfLSE #hiring #jobs
We are hiring an Assistant Professor of #Philosophy with focus on #Sustainability
Application deadline: 3 November 2025
More information: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
#London #PartOfLSE #hiring #jobs
August 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
‼️ Join #LSEPhilosophy!
We are hiring an Assistant Professor of #Philosophy with focus on #Sustainability
Application deadline: 3 November 2025
More information: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
#London #PartOfLSE #hiring #jobs
We are hiring an Assistant Professor of #Philosophy with focus on #Sustainability
Application deadline: 3 November 2025
More information: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
#London #PartOfLSE #hiring #jobs
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Letter of the day (in the Times)
August 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Letter of the day (in the Times)
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For anyone who might be interested in teaching my book on Leopold's land ethic:
The Philosophers for Sustainability group has put together resources to use for teaching _The Land Is Our Community _. 1/n
🌱🐋 🌎 📗
The Philosophers for Sustainability group has put together resources to use for teaching _The Land Is Our Community _. 1/n
🌱🐋 🌎 📗
July 25, 2025 at 2:53 AM
For anyone who might be interested in teaching my book on Leopold's land ethic:
The Philosophers for Sustainability group has put together resources to use for teaching _The Land Is Our Community _. 1/n
🌱🐋 🌎 📗
The Philosophers for Sustainability group has put together resources to use for teaching _The Land Is Our Community _. 1/n
🌱🐋 🌎 📗
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This week @universitypress.cambridge.org has granted free access to all titles in the collection of Cambridge Elements in the Philosophy of Biology, edited by Grant Ramsey. There are many options to choose from! Happy reading! 📕👇 www.cambridge.org/core/publica... #philsci #HPbio #evosky #ISHPSSB2025
July 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This week @universitypress.cambridge.org has granted free access to all titles in the collection of Cambridge Elements in the Philosophy of Biology, edited by Grant Ramsey. There are many options to choose from! Happy reading! 📕👇 www.cambridge.org/core/publica... #philsci #HPbio #evosky #ISHPSSB2025
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Still time to submit at abstract for Climate, Emotion and Mental Health! August 14-15 at Cambridge HPS 🎓 Deadline this Friday @cambridgephilos.bsky.social @camneuro.bsky.social l
#philsci #philsky #psychology #psychiatry #philmed #cogsci #climate
#philsci #philsky #psychology #psychiatry #philmed #cogsci #climate
Free in August and looking for a way to do even more philosophy? 🤔 Juliette Vazard and I are organising a workshop on Climate, Emotion and Mental Health - deadline 4th of July! ✍️
Call for Abstracts — Harriet Fagerberg
www.hfagerberg.co.uk
June 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Still time to submit at abstract for Climate, Emotion and Mental Health! August 14-15 at Cambridge HPS 🎓 Deadline this Friday @cambridgephilos.bsky.social @camneuro.bsky.social l
#philsci #philsky #psychology #psychiatry #philmed #cogsci #climate
#philsci #philsky #psychology #psychiatry #philmed #cogsci #climate
Still time to submit at abstract for Climate, Emotion and Mental Health! August 14-15 at Cambridge HPS 🎓 Deadline this Friday @cambridgephilos.bsky.social @camneuro.bsky.social l
#philsci #philsky #psychology #psychiatry #philmed #cogsci #climate
#philsci #philsky #psychology #psychiatry #philmed #cogsci #climate
Free in August and looking for a way to do even more philosophy? 🤔 Juliette Vazard and I are organising a workshop on Climate, Emotion and Mental Health - deadline 4th of July! ✍️
Call for Abstracts — Harriet Fagerberg
www.hfagerberg.co.uk
June 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Still time to submit at abstract for Climate, Emotion and Mental Health! August 14-15 at Cambridge HPS 🎓 Deadline this Friday @cambridgephilos.bsky.social @camneuro.bsky.social l
#philsci #philsky #psychology #psychiatry #philmed #cogsci #climate
#philsci #philsky #psychology #psychiatry #philmed #cogsci #climate
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Free in August and looking for a way to do even more philosophy? 🤔 Juliette Vazard and I are organising a workshop on Climate, Emotion and Mental Health - deadline 4th of July! ✍️
Call for Abstracts — Harriet Fagerberg
www.hfagerberg.co.uk
June 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Free in August and looking for a way to do even more philosophy? 🤔 Juliette Vazard and I are organising a workshop on Climate, Emotion and Mental Health - deadline 4th of July! ✍️
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Israel kills innocent Palestinians. Activists spray-paint a plane. Guess which the UK government calls terrorism | Sally Rooney
Israel kills innocent Palestinians. Activists spray-paint a plane. Guess which the UK government calls terrorism | Sally Rooney
If Palestine Action becomes a proscribed group, writing these words of support could become a serious offence. It’s vital we fight this alarming attack on free speech, says writer Sally Rooney
www.theguardian.com
June 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Israel kills innocent Palestinians. Activists spray-paint a plane. Guess which the UK government calls terrorism | Sally Rooney
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Check out this call for abstracts for a mid august workshop in Cambridge. The questions Harriet and Juliette are posing are so interesting and unusual #philsky #climate #mentalhealth #emotion
Free in August and looking for a way to do even more philosophy? 🤔 Juliette Vazard and I are organising a workshop on Climate, Emotion and Mental Health - deadline 4th of July! ✍️
Call for Abstracts — Harriet Fagerberg
www.hfagerberg.co.uk
June 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Check out this call for abstracts for a mid august workshop in Cambridge. The questions Harriet and Juliette are posing are so interesting and unusual #philsky #climate #mentalhealth #emotion
Free in August and looking for a way to do even more philosophy? 🤔 Juliette Vazard and I are organising a workshop on Climate, Emotion and Mental Health - deadline 4th of July! ✍️
Call for Abstracts — Harriet Fagerberg
www.hfagerberg.co.uk
June 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Free in August and looking for a way to do even more philosophy? 🤔 Juliette Vazard and I are organising a workshop on Climate, Emotion and Mental Health - deadline 4th of July! ✍️
My paper 'A Domino Theory of Disease' is out and available *open access* with Philosophy of Science! 🥳 @philscijournal.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
A Domino Theory of Disease | Philosophy of Science | Cambridge Core
A Domino Theory of Disease - Volume 92 Issue 2
www.cambridge.org
May 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
My paper 'A Domino Theory of Disease' is out and available *open access* with Philosophy of Science! 🥳 @philscijournal.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Next year I will have two new colleagues. Ahmad Elabbar and Harriet Fagerberg are joining Cambridge HPS as Assistant Professors. What a huge honour and a privilege, congratulations to us all! Send us your postgrad applicants in all areas of #philsci #philmed, including ethics and politics of STEM.
April 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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One year ago we started a small online reading group on functions and now we have our first workshop on biological functions! Proud of the growing functions in philosophy network 💙 thanks to best co-organiser @harrif.bsky.social and @assemblinglife.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk #philsky
April 11, 2025 at 6:49 AM
One year ago we started a small online reading group on functions and now we have our first workshop on biological functions! Proud of the growing functions in philosophy network 💙 thanks to best co-organiser @harrif.bsky.social and @assemblinglife.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk #philsky
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This week we are hosting a workshop on Biological functions organised by @frabellazzi.bsky.social and @harrif.bsky.social. Check out the program and get in touch if you want to attend remotely 🦋
www.hf.uio.no/ifikk/englis...
In collaboration with @leverhulme.ac.uk #philsky
www.hf.uio.no/ifikk/englis...
In collaboration with @leverhulme.ac.uk #philsky
Cambridge-Oslo Workshop on Biological Functions
- Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas
First meeting of Functions in Philosophy Network
www.hf.uio.no
April 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM
This week we are hosting a workshop on Biological functions organised by @frabellazzi.bsky.social and @harrif.bsky.social. Check out the program and get in touch if you want to attend remotely 🦋
www.hf.uio.no/ifikk/englis...
In collaboration with @leverhulme.ac.uk #philsky
www.hf.uio.no/ifikk/englis...
In collaboration with @leverhulme.ac.uk #philsky
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Check out this paper that I completely agree with: @marcartiga.bsky.social, @peterschulte.bsky.social & Nir Fresco argue against @harrif.bsky.social and Justin Garson's thesis that proper functions must be proximal functions.
philpapers.org/rec/ARTSPF
philpapers.org/rec/ARTSPF
Marc Artiga, Peter Schulte & Nir Fresco, Some Proper Functions are Distal - PhilPapers
philpapers.org
February 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Check out this paper that I completely agree with: @marcartiga.bsky.social, @peterschulte.bsky.social & Nir Fresco argue against @harrif.bsky.social and Justin Garson's thesis that proper functions must be proximal functions.
philpapers.org/rec/ARTSPF
philpapers.org/rec/ARTSPF
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Can you believe we once lived alongside at least four other species of humans? I'm writing a whole book about it and still find it bewildering.
January 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Can you believe we once lived alongside at least four other species of humans? I'm writing a whole book about it and still find it bewildering.
Still time to submit an abstract for the Philosophy of Medicine Roundtable! 👇
The Philosophy and Medicine Project at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social welcomes abstracts for the 2025 Philosophy of Medicine Roundtable - deadline 1st of February! ✍️ 🎓 www.philosophyandmedicine.org/cfa-philosop...
CfA Philosophy of Medicine Roundtable — Philosophy & Medicine
www.philosophyandmedicine.org
January 25, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Still time to submit an abstract for the Philosophy of Medicine Roundtable! 👇
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The Philosophy and Medicine Project at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social welcomes abstracts for the 2025 Philosophy of Medicine Roundtable - deadline 1st of February! ✍️ 🎓 www.philosophyandmedicine.org/cfa-philosop...
CfA Philosophy of Medicine Roundtable — Philosophy & Medicine
www.philosophyandmedicine.org
January 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The Philosophy and Medicine Project at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social welcomes abstracts for the 2025 Philosophy of Medicine Roundtable - deadline 1st of February! ✍️ 🎓 www.philosophyandmedicine.org/cfa-philosop...
The Philosophy and Medicine Project at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social welcomes abstracts for the 2025 Philosophy of Medicine Roundtable - deadline 1st of February! ✍️ 🎓 www.philosophyandmedicine.org/cfa-philosop...
CfA Philosophy of Medicine Roundtable — Philosophy & Medicine
www.philosophyandmedicine.org
January 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The Philosophy and Medicine Project at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social welcomes abstracts for the 2025 Philosophy of Medicine Roundtable - deadline 1st of February! ✍️ 🎓 www.philosophyandmedicine.org/cfa-philosop...
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a short thread of Nicolas Cage resembling various philosophers
1. Spinoza
1. Spinoza
December 19, 2024 at 12:05 PM
a short thread of Nicolas Cage resembling various philosophers
1. Spinoza
1. Spinoza
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“Do we need to rethink biological functions?” With @jroloff.bsky.social & @frabellazzi.bsky.social, I respond to Dong & @gualtiero.bsky.social’s critique of the selected effects theory. We argue: Selection is inescapable! Part 1 now on @philosophyofbrains.com: philosophyofbrains.com/2024/12/10/s...
The Brains Blog
Fabian Hundertmark, Bielefeld UniversityJakob Roloff, Justus-Liebig-University GießenFrancesca Bellazzi, University of Oslo, ERC Project Assembling Life (no.101089326) 1. Introduction Functions are…
philosophyofbrains.com
December 11, 2024 at 6:16 PM
“Do we need to rethink biological functions?” With @jroloff.bsky.social & @frabellazzi.bsky.social, I respond to Dong & @gualtiero.bsky.social’s critique of the selected effects theory. We argue: Selection is inescapable! Part 1 now on @philosophyofbrains.com: philosophyofbrains.com/2024/12/10/s...
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Reposting this text from last year again jeppssonphilosopherauthor.blogspot.com/2023/08/anti... inspired by @rwillowfish.bsky.social . There's plenty to criticize within or related to psychiatry. But also lots of problematic stuff within common criticisms.
Antipsychiatry
I debated whether to call this post "antipsychiatry" or "critical psychiatry". Hardly anyone label themselves "antipsychiatrist", at least n...
jeppssonphilosopherauthor.blogspot.com
December 7, 2024 at 7:48 AM
Reposting this text from last year again jeppssonphilosopherauthor.blogspot.com/2023/08/anti... inspired by @rwillowfish.bsky.social . There's plenty to criticize within or related to psychiatry. But also lots of problematic stuff within common criticisms.
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CFA Philosophy of Medicine Roundtable
Kings College London June 2nd and 3rd
Submit 500 word anonymized abstracts by Feb 1 for a talk slot, there will also be a poster session
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#hps #philosophy #philosophyofmedicine
Kings College London June 2nd and 3rd
Submit 500 word anonymized abstracts by Feb 1 for a talk slot, there will also be a poster session
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Please share
#hps #philosophy #philosophyofmedicine
Philosophy of Medicine Roundtable CFA
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December 5, 2024 at 2:37 PM
CFA Philosophy of Medicine Roundtable
Kings College London June 2nd and 3rd
Submit 500 word anonymized abstracts by Feb 1 for a talk slot, there will also be a poster session
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please share
#hps #philosophy #philosophyofmedicine
Kings College London June 2nd and 3rd
Submit 500 word anonymized abstracts by Feb 1 for a talk slot, there will also be a poster session
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please share
#hps #philosophy #philosophyofmedicine