Adam Toon
@adamtoonphilos.bsky.social
Director of Egenis, the Centre for the Study of Life Sciences. Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Exeter. Author of Mind as Metaphor (OUP, 2023) and Models as Make-Believe (Palgrave, 2012).
Pinned
Reposted by Adam Toon
Bogs. Quagmires. Peatlands. Squidgy worlds full of beginnings and endings.
Inspired by bogs, we hope our poetry & creative approaches will help you get stuck into understanding & caring for #peatlands.
Discover the squelchy world of 'BogTalk' below.
renewbiodiversity.org.uk/bog-talk-poe...
Inspired by bogs, we hope our poetry & creative approaches will help you get stuck into understanding & caring for #peatlands.
Discover the squelchy world of 'BogTalk' below.
renewbiodiversity.org.uk/bog-talk-poe...
November 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Bogs. Quagmires. Peatlands. Squidgy worlds full of beginnings and endings.
Inspired by bogs, we hope our poetry & creative approaches will help you get stuck into understanding & caring for #peatlands.
Discover the squelchy world of 'BogTalk' below.
renewbiodiversity.org.uk/bog-talk-poe...
Inspired by bogs, we hope our poetry & creative approaches will help you get stuck into understanding & caring for #peatlands.
Discover the squelchy world of 'BogTalk' below.
renewbiodiversity.org.uk/bog-talk-poe...
Reposted by Adam Toon
The call for applications for 2026 European Advanced School in Philosophy of Life Sciences is now open! Deadline 15 Jan 2026, theme will be “philosophy of biology for a healthy planet”, all info here: www.kli.ac.at/en/events/ev... graduate students &early postdocs, do consider joining us! #philsci
Events | Event Calendar | Discover The KLI
The Konrad Lorenz Institute provides a stimulating and creative environment for fellows, visiting scholars, students, and external faculty.
www.kli.ac.at
November 20, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The call for applications for 2026 European Advanced School in Philosophy of Life Sciences is now open! Deadline 15 Jan 2026, theme will be “philosophy of biology for a healthy planet”, all info here: www.kli.ac.at/en/events/ev... graduate students &early postdocs, do consider joining us! #philsci
Reposted by Adam Toon
Latest papers: Agata Machcewicz-Grad discusses a hybrid view of beliefs developed by Tim Crane and Katalin Farkas, which combines a fictionalist treatment of standing beliefs with a realist account of occurrent judgments doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky #philpsy
October 29, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Latest papers: Agata Machcewicz-Grad discusses a hybrid view of beliefs developed by Tim Crane and Katalin Farkas, which combines a fictionalist treatment of standing beliefs with a realist account of occurrent judgments doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky #philpsy
Reposted by Adam Toon
Latest papers: Michael D. Kirchhoff argues mental representation in cognitive science is not a useful fiction because it fails to be genuinely explanatory in this open access article doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky #phipsy
November 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Latest papers: Michael D. Kirchhoff argues mental representation in cognitive science is not a useful fiction because it fails to be genuinely explanatory in this open access article doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky #phipsy
Reposted by Adam Toon
🚨New publication🚨: my paper 'What motivates mental fictionalism?' is part of a Philosophical Psychology symposium on Mind As Metaphor by @adamtoonphilos.bsky.social. Available at www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
What motivates mental fictionalism?
Mental fictionalists propose that we should continue to engage in truth-conditional discourse about the mind, even though we have reason to believe that the discourse lacks truthmakers. In Mind As ...
www.tandfonline.com
October 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
🚨New publication🚨: my paper 'What motivates mental fictionalism?' is part of a Philosophical Psychology symposium on Mind As Metaphor by @adamtoonphilos.bsky.social. Available at www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Adam Toon
Two-year postdoc w/ Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science! Scholars in all areas of #philsci, inclusive of philosophical approaches to logic&math, are eligible. This is understood broadly to include issues in the history&practice of particular sciences.Deadline 5 Dec 2025.
buff.ly/MhR4PcK
buff.ly/MhR4PcK
Two-Year Post-Doctoral Associate, Philosophy of Science, University of Minnesota - PhilJobs:JFP
An international database of jobs for philosophers
philjobs.org
October 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Two-year postdoc w/ Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science! Scholars in all areas of #philsci, inclusive of philosophical approaches to logic&math, are eligible. This is understood broadly to include issues in the history&practice of particular sciences.Deadline 5 Dec 2025.
buff.ly/MhR4PcK
buff.ly/MhR4PcK
Reposted by Adam Toon
Interested in the social implications of genomics and its philosophical aspects?
Our project has numerous activities coming up! Follow the blusky account to stay up-to-date.
#philsky #STS #popgen #metascience #philsci #HPbio
Our project has numerous activities coming up! Follow the blusky account to stay up-to-date.
#philsky #STS #popgen #metascience #philsci #HPbio
Hello BLue-Sky, are you interested in the study of the social implications of genomics? Our project brings together philosophers, social scientists, and geneticists to address this question. Follow us here and sign-up for our mailing list at Hugera.org/contact/ #philsky #STS #metascience
Contact - HUGERA
The HUGERA team welcomes new collaborators and partners, within and outside academia. Most of our activities, such as lectures and workshops, are open. To know more about our activities, join our mail...
Hugera.org
October 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Reposted by Adam Toon
Hello BLue-Sky, are you interested in the study of the social implications of genomics? Our project brings together philosophers, social scientists, and geneticists to address this question. Follow us here and sign-up for our mailing list at Hugera.org/contact/ #philsky #STS #metascience
Contact - HUGERA
The HUGERA team welcomes new collaborators and partners, within and outside academia. Most of our activities, such as lectures and workshops, are open. To know more about our activities, join our mail...
Hugera.org
October 2, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Hello BLue-Sky, are you interested in the study of the social implications of genomics? Our project brings together philosophers, social scientists, and geneticists to address this question. Follow us here and sign-up for our mailing list at Hugera.org/contact/ #philsky #STS #metascience
Reposted by Adam Toon
#Job #PhilSci #HPS
Fully funded PhD-position at Bielefeld University, Philosophy of the Biomedical Sciences), deadline Oct 30, 2025
Job ad: uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org/job/view/451...
On the program: blogs.uni-bielefeld.de/blog/isosnew...
Fully funded PhD-position at Bielefeld University, Philosophy of the Biomedical Sciences), deadline Oct 30, 2025
Job ad: uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org/job/view/451...
On the program: blogs.uni-bielefeld.de/blog/isosnew...
Doctoral Researcher in Philosophy of the Medical S...
The History and Philosophy of Medicine Group, led by Prof. Lara Keuck, is looking for a highly motivated candidate for a three-year PhD project in phi...
uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org
October 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
#Job #PhilSci #HPS
Fully funded PhD-position at Bielefeld University, Philosophy of the Biomedical Sciences), deadline Oct 30, 2025
Job ad: uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org/job/view/451...
On the program: blogs.uni-bielefeld.de/blog/isosnew...
Fully funded PhD-position at Bielefeld University, Philosophy of the Biomedical Sciences), deadline Oct 30, 2025
Job ad: uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org/job/view/451...
On the program: blogs.uni-bielefeld.de/blog/isosnew...
Reposted by Adam Toon
I've just launched my new website! It has a page on my Marie Curie project, which I will keep updating as the project progresses. yoshinariyoshida.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:50 AM
I've just launched my new website! It has a page on my Marie Curie project, which I will keep updating as the project progresses. yoshinariyoshida.com
Reposted by Adam Toon
Just 2 weeks left to submit for 2025 Du Châtelet Prize in Philosophy of Physics
Topic: Physics in the writings of women 1700-1900
Deadline: October 10, 2025, 11:59 PM GMT
<10K words, blinded, unpublished; prize is open to grad students & scholars w/in 5 years of PhD
www.duchateletprize.org
#HPS
Topic: Physics in the writings of women 1700-1900
Deadline: October 10, 2025, 11:59 PM GMT
<10K words, blinded, unpublished; prize is open to grad students & scholars w/in 5 years of PhD
www.duchateletprize.org
#HPS
September 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Just 2 weeks left to submit for 2025 Du Châtelet Prize in Philosophy of Physics
Topic: Physics in the writings of women 1700-1900
Deadline: October 10, 2025, 11:59 PM GMT
<10K words, blinded, unpublished; prize is open to grad students & scholars w/in 5 years of PhD
www.duchateletprize.org
#HPS
Topic: Physics in the writings of women 1700-1900
Deadline: October 10, 2025, 11:59 PM GMT
<10K words, blinded, unpublished; prize is open to grad students & scholars w/in 5 years of PhD
www.duchateletprize.org
#HPS
Reposted by Adam Toon
#Postdoc at Technische Universität Berlin in digital humanities & history/philosophy/sociology of science #philsci #STS. ERC project investigates digital communication within the ATLAS collaboration at CERN
Deadline: October 13, 2025
www.jobs.tu-berlin.de/en/job-posti...
#PhilJobs
Deadline: October 13, 2025
www.jobs.tu-berlin.de/en/job-posti...
#PhilJobs
Job Posting I-390/25: Research Associate - salary grade E13 TV-L Berliner Hochschulen – Job Postings at Technische Universität Berlin
Faculty I - Humanities and Educational Sciences, Institute of History and Philosophy of Science, Technology, and Literature / History and Philosophy of Modern Science
www.jobs.tu-berlin.de
September 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM
#Postdoc at Technische Universität Berlin in digital humanities & history/philosophy/sociology of science #philsci #STS. ERC project investigates digital communication within the ATLAS collaboration at CERN
Deadline: October 13, 2025
www.jobs.tu-berlin.de/en/job-posti...
#PhilJobs
Deadline: October 13, 2025
www.jobs.tu-berlin.de/en/job-posti...
#PhilJobs
Reposted by Adam Toon
Latest papers: Stacie Friend & Kris Goffin argue that although chatbot-fictionalism offers insights into human-AI interaction, it does not resolve ethical concerns in this open access article doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky #philpsy
September 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Latest papers: Stacie Friend & Kris Goffin argue that although chatbot-fictionalism offers insights into human-AI interaction, it does not resolve ethical concerns in this open access article doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky #philpsy
Reposted by Adam Toon
Call for papers: Ian Hacking and the Philosophy of Psychiatry. Deadline: 1st February 2026. Guest editors: Şerife Tekin and Jonathan Y. Tsou. Submit your work! think.taylorandfranc... #philsky #philpsy #philsci
Ian Hacking and the Philosophy of Psychiatry
Submit work that examines how Hacking’s historical and pragmatic approach to philosophy has reshaped inquiries into psychiatry.
think.taylorandfrancis.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Call for papers: Ian Hacking and the Philosophy of Psychiatry. Deadline: 1st February 2026. Guest editors: Şerife Tekin and Jonathan Y. Tsou. Submit your work! think.taylorandfranc... #philsky #philpsy #philsci
Reposted by Adam Toon
When a typo in your Google search leads to new and exciting philosophical positions
September 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
When a typo in your Google search leads to new and exciting philosophical positions
Reposted by Adam Toon
I’ve been training my whole life for this moment
September 22, 2025 at 5:12 AM
I’ve been training my whole life for this moment
Reposted by Adam Toon
#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.
Reposted by Adam Toon
Ctrl Alt Deleaf
Ctrl Alt Deleaf wins public vote to name track cleaning train
Other names on the shortlist included Leaf-Fall Weapon, Pulp Friction and The Autumn Avenger.
www.bbc.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Ctrl Alt Deleaf
Reposted by Adam Toon
Really excited to share my first ever published paper, forthcoming in Philosophical Psychology: "From Monkeys to Infants: The Empirical Challenges Facing Mental Fictionalism"
It's open-access, which I'm really happy about.
Brief 🧵 on what it's all about!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
It's open-access, which I'm really happy about.
Brief 🧵 on what it's all about!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
September 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Really excited to share my first ever published paper, forthcoming in Philosophical Psychology: "From Monkeys to Infants: The Empirical Challenges Facing Mental Fictionalism"
It's open-access, which I'm really happy about.
Brief 🧵 on what it's all about!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
It's open-access, which I'm really happy about.
Brief 🧵 on what it's all about!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Latest news in mental fictionalism! Three more excellent contributions to our special issue of Philosophical Psychology. First: Agata Machcewicz-Grad discusses Tim Crane and Katalin Farkas' hybrid view of beliefs: doi.org/10.1080/0951... @timcrane.bsky.social #philsky #philmind #cogsci
September 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Latest news in mental fictionalism! Three more excellent contributions to our special issue of Philosophical Psychology. First: Agata Machcewicz-Grad discusses Tim Crane and Katalin Farkas' hybrid view of beliefs: doi.org/10.1080/0951... @timcrane.bsky.social #philsky #philmind #cogsci
Many thanks to Ayush Srivastava (IIT Bombay) for a positive and thought-provoking review of Mind as Metaphor (OUP, 2023) in Problemos (Vilnius University Press): www.zurnalai.vu.lt/problemos/ar...
September 15, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Many thanks to Ayush Srivastava (IIT Bombay) for a positive and thought-provoking review of Mind as Metaphor (OUP, 2023) in Problemos (Vilnius University Press): www.zurnalai.vu.lt/problemos/ar...
Reposted by Adam Toon
JOB AD: If you research philosophy, history or social studies of biology, with interest in agroecology, crop science or environmental intelligence, consider applying for 3-year postdoctoral fellowship in Munich! Deadline for applications: 31/10, details www.sts.sot.tum.de/en/sts/arbei... #philsci
Jobs
www.sts.sot.tum.de
September 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
JOB AD: If you research philosophy, history or social studies of biology, with interest in agroecology, crop science or environmental intelligence, consider applying for 3-year postdoctoral fellowship in Munich! Deadline for applications: 31/10, details www.sts.sot.tum.de/en/sts/arbei... #philsci
Reposted by Adam Toon
Latest papers: Marco Facchin shows how Toon’s fictionalism entails a specific form of the extended mind thesis doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky. #philpsy
August 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Latest papers: Marco Facchin shows how Toon’s fictionalism entails a specific form of the extended mind thesis doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky. #philpsy
Reposted by Adam Toon
Excited to say I’ll be in the Funny Women Grand Final on Thursday 25th September in London, with an incredible line up.
Come if you’re in town. Tickets here www.ucl.ac.uk/bloomsbury-t...
Come if you’re in town. Tickets here www.ucl.ac.uk/bloomsbury-t...
September 2, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Excited to say I’ll be in the Funny Women Grand Final on Thursday 25th September in London, with an incredible line up.
Come if you’re in town. Tickets here www.ucl.ac.uk/bloomsbury-t...
Come if you’re in town. Tickets here www.ucl.ac.uk/bloomsbury-t...
Reposted by Adam Toon
Only 10 days left to apply:
We are searching for a senior postdoc (3 +3 years) in the field of theoretical ecology and evolution.
The position provides the opportunity to closely interact with experimentalists and develop own research projects.
Please RT.
Details 👇:
shorturl.at/iiiOv
We are searching for a senior postdoc (3 +3 years) in the field of theoretical ecology and evolution.
The position provides the opportunity to closely interact with experimentalists and develop own research projects.
Please RT.
Details 👇:
shorturl.at/iiiOv
September 1, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Only 10 days left to apply:
We are searching for a senior postdoc (3 +3 years) in the field of theoretical ecology and evolution.
The position provides the opportunity to closely interact with experimentalists and develop own research projects.
Please RT.
Details 👇:
shorturl.at/iiiOv
We are searching for a senior postdoc (3 +3 years) in the field of theoretical ecology and evolution.
The position provides the opportunity to closely interact with experimentalists and develop own research projects.
Please RT.
Details 👇:
shorturl.at/iiiOv