Daniel Kostic
@danielkostic.bsky.social
Philosopher working on theories of explanation, understanding consciousness and AI (http://daniel-kostic.weebly.com).
One half of KOKHA (https://kokha.bandcamp.com/album/mental-health)
One half of KOKHA (https://kokha.bandcamp.com/album/mental-health)
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Daniel Kostic
@danielkostic.bsky.social
· Jan 31
2025 Summer School — SMS
socmetsci.org
2025 Summer School of the Society for the Metaphysics of Science, will feature a stream on Topological Explanations, run by myself and Jim Woodward, & @jackiesullivan.bsky.social and Muhammad Ali Khalidi's stream on Psychiatric Kinds and Natural Kinds. More info: socmetsci.org/2025-summer-...
Of course, not to be conflated with the Vienna Bermuda Triangle, along which famous philosophers used to go clubbing after a hard day of discussing metaphysics.
November 24, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Of course, not to be conflated with the Vienna Bermuda Triangle, along which famous philosophers used to go clubbing after a hard day of discussing metaphysics.
Can we request book reviews to help her generate more content? For example, this one looks like a vampire novel and amazon says it's related to the following items:
November 23, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Can we request book reviews to help her generate more content? For example, this one looks like a vampire novel and amazon says it's related to the following items:
It’s a study in metamodernism, which I assume comes after postmodernism. While traditional hermeneutics became complicit with established knowledge-power structures through its fixation on the text, this radical and subversive new approach foregrounds the materiality of epistemic artifacts.
November 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
It’s a study in metamodernism, which I assume comes after postmodernism. While traditional hermeneutics became complicit with established knowledge-power structures through its fixation on the text, this radical and subversive new approach foregrounds the materiality of epistemic artifacts.
Well, obviously it’s gotta be great for projects, the Pergantism is in the title.
Shamelessly nicked from Kris McDaniel over on Facebook: the book review that will make your weekend.
Watch Honest Review of Perspectives on Pragmatism Book on Amazon Live
Dive into the world of pragmatism with The Munro’s! Discover why this book's unique perspective, from classical to contemporary, is a must-read for curious minds and project seekers.
www.amazon.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Well, obviously it’s gotta be great for projects, the Pergantism is in the title.
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A new special issue of Philosophical Transactions B takes on one of science’s biggest questions: how life begins.
Rather than retracing Earth’s history, the authors look for the universal conditions that could make life possible anywhere, approaching the question from many fields and angles.
Rather than retracing Earth’s history, the authors look for the universal conditions that could make life possible anywhere, approaching the question from many fields and angles.
How life begins and where it might happen again
A recent special issue of Philosophical Transactions B takes on one of the biggest mysteries in science: how life first began. Instead of trying to replay Earth’s exact history, the issue’s authors lo...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
A new special issue of Philosophical Transactions B takes on one of science’s biggest questions: how life begins.
Rather than retracing Earth’s history, the authors look for the universal conditions that could make life possible anywhere, approaching the question from many fields and angles.
Rather than retracing Earth’s history, the authors look for the universal conditions that could make life possible anywhere, approaching the question from many fields and angles.
What a magnificent scene, indeed! I was already a huge fan of Fontaines D.C., CMAT, and Lankum, but discovering this treasure trove of new bands just made my day. I’m diving headfirst into the discographies of the new favs: Problem Patterns, Sprints, Bicep, Gilla Band, and For Those I Love.
‘We’ve got to release the dead hand of the past’: how Ireland created the world’s best alternative music scene
Irish indie acts used to be ignored, even on Irish radio. But songs confronting the Troubles, poverty and oppression are now going global – and changing how Ireland sees itself
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
What a magnificent scene, indeed! I was already a huge fan of Fontaines D.C., CMAT, and Lankum, but discovering this treasure trove of new bands just made my day. I’m diving headfirst into the discographies of the new favs: Problem Patterns, Sprints, Bicep, Gilla Band, and For Those I Love.
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Ken Aizawa's excellent new book is now available, open access:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
Compositional Abduction and Scientific Interpretation
Cambridge Core - Philosophy of Science - Compositional Abduction and Scientific Interpretation
www.cambridge.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Ken Aizawa's excellent new book is now available, open access:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
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This is tomorrow — the first day last week was excellent. Look forward to tomorrow’s programme with thanks to @eenphilsci.bsky.social for the organisation.👇
This Friday, 14 November is the second of three meetings of the PSA Around the World! A fantastic online program with plenary panel and parallel sessions. All welcome! Note: time zone is 3pm CET.
Check out the program in the thread! 🥳
November 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This is tomorrow — the first day last week was excellent. Look forward to tomorrow’s programme with thanks to @eenphilsci.bsky.social for the organisation.👇
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I am happy to be part of the organization of the next Causality in the Sciences conference in Sevilla, focusing on cases from medicine. Mark your calendars for October 8-9th 2026. Deadline for abstract submission: March 8th. More details here: eventos.us.es/142286/secti...
Causality and Causal Inference in Medicine (CauseMed)
This conference aims to bring together current research dealing with causality and inferential practices in the health sciences, broadly construed, welcoming philosophical, methodological, and scienti...
eventos.us.es
November 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I am happy to be part of the organization of the next Causality in the Sciences conference in Sevilla, focusing on cases from medicine. Mark your calendars for October 8-9th 2026. Deadline for abstract submission: March 8th. More details here: eventos.us.es/142286/secti...
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Tomorrow we have a workshop. Join us if you're around in Warsaw.
November 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Tomorrow we have a workshop. Join us if you're around in Warsaw.
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Check out the program in the thread! 🥳
The PSA Around the World 2025 is coming soon: Nov 6, 14 & 22 (online)!
Hosted by @philsci.bsky.social and @eenphilsci.bsky.social it highlights #philsci from, about, and connected to Central and Eastern Europe.
Great lineup, still time to register!
www.philsci.org/psa_around_t...
Hosted by @philsci.bsky.social and @eenphilsci.bsky.social it highlights #philsci from, about, and connected to Central and Eastern Europe.
Great lineup, still time to register!
www.philsci.org/psa_around_t...
PSA Around the World 2025 - Philosophy of Science Association
www.philsci.org
October 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Check out the program in the thread! 🥳
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Good news everyone: #Duke Summer Seminars in Neuroscience and Philosophy (SSNAP) are back!! We are now accepting applications for SSNAP 2026, which will take place from May 26 to June 6, 2026. #neuroscience #philosophy #brain Please spread the word! ssnap.submittable.com/submit
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November 7, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Good news everyone: #Duke Summer Seminars in Neuroscience and Philosophy (SSNAP) are back!! We are now accepting applications for SSNAP 2026, which will take place from May 26 to June 6, 2026. #neuroscience #philosophy #brain Please spread the word! ssnap.submittable.com/submit
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Huge thanks to @eenphilsci.bsky.social and especially @tmarvan.bsky.social and @magdalenamalecka.bsky.social for a terrific program — and what a treat the historical retrospective on the Vienna Circle and the profound legacies of Eastern European philosophy in the plenary panel! 🤩 many thanks all 👏
What a successful kick-off of the PSA around the World - Eastern Europe! So many super interesting talks. Kudos to @tmarvan.bsky.social, @magdalenamalecka.bsky.social, @philsci.bsky.social and @eenphilsci.bsky.social for such a great job at organizing it! Looking forward to the next one on 14 Nov.
Check out the schedule of the online conference PSA Around the World Eastern Europe (pm of Nov 6,14,22). A collaboration between @philsci.bsky.social and @eenphilsci.bsky.social it showcases #philsci from, about, and otherwise connected to the region. Wonderful names and titles, looking forward!
November 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Huge thanks to @eenphilsci.bsky.social and especially @tmarvan.bsky.social and @magdalenamalecka.bsky.social for a terrific program — and what a treat the historical retrospective on the Vienna Circle and the profound legacies of Eastern European philosophy in the plenary panel! 🤩 many thanks all 👏
What a successful kick-off of the PSA around the World - Eastern Europe! So many super interesting talks. Kudos to @tmarvan.bsky.social, @magdalenamalecka.bsky.social, @philsci.bsky.social and @eenphilsci.bsky.social for such a great job at organizing it! Looking forward to the next one on 14 Nov.
Check out the schedule of the online conference PSA Around the World Eastern Europe (pm of Nov 6,14,22). A collaboration between @philsci.bsky.social and @eenphilsci.bsky.social it showcases #philsci from, about, and otherwise connected to the region. Wonderful names and titles, looking forward!
www.philsci.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
What a successful kick-off of the PSA around the World - Eastern Europe! So many super interesting talks. Kudos to @tmarvan.bsky.social, @magdalenamalecka.bsky.social, @philsci.bsky.social and @eenphilsci.bsky.social for such a great job at organizing it! Looking forward to the next one on 14 Nov.
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Listening to the first panel on history of #philsci in CEE. Inspiring that so many colleagues around the world tuned in. A wonderful first talk by Marta Sznajder on Janina Hosiasson (her heartbreaking story below). Now Angela Potochnik on the role of Marie Neurath (Reidemeister) in the Vienna Circle
November 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Listening to the first panel on history of #philsci in CEE. Inspiring that so many colleagues around the world tuned in. A wonderful first talk by Marta Sznajder on Janina Hosiasson (her heartbreaking story below). Now Angela Potochnik on the role of Marie Neurath (Reidemeister) in the Vienna Circle
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Excited (and a bit daunted) to be part of a remarkable keynote lineup at Theoretical Rationality and Practical Reason conference at Sofia University next May.
Abstract submissions are open until January 1, 2026.
philevents.org/event/show/1...
Abstract submissions are open until January 1, 2026.
philevents.org/event/show/1...
Theoretical Rationality and Practical Reason
The division of theoretical and practical philosophy was codified by Kant, who set aside the kingdom of natural necessity and the kingdom of moral ends. The last centuries saw gradual erosion of this ...
philevents.org
November 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Excited (and a bit daunted) to be part of a remarkable keynote lineup at Theoretical Rationality and Practical Reason conference at Sofia University next May.
Abstract submissions are open until January 1, 2026.
philevents.org/event/show/1...
Abstract submissions are open until January 1, 2026.
philevents.org/event/show/1...
Having lived in Germany during my PhD, I find it really difficult to disagree with Weiwei’s eloquent assessment. It’s hilariously on brand that they cancelled his piece. Still, there are many redeeming things about Berlin, even about its bureaucracy.
hyperallergic.com/1050197/what...
hyperallergic.com/1050197/what...
What I Wish I Had Known About Germany Earlier
A German newspaper commissioned an article from me but then refused to publish it.
hyperallergic.com
October 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Having lived in Germany during my PhD, I find it really difficult to disagree with Weiwei’s eloquent assessment. It’s hilariously on brand that they cancelled his piece. Still, there are many redeeming things about Berlin, even about its bureaucracy.
hyperallergic.com/1050197/what...
hyperallergic.com/1050197/what...
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still time to register www.philsci.org/psa_around_t...
PSA Around the World 2025 - Philosophy of Science Association
www.philsci.org
October 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
still time to register www.philsci.org/psa_around_t...
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Check out the schedule of the online conference PSA Around the World Eastern Europe (pm of Nov 6,14,22). A collaboration between @philsci.bsky.social and @eenphilsci.bsky.social it showcases #philsci from, about, and otherwise connected to the region. Wonderful names and titles, looking forward!
www.philsci.org
October 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Check out the schedule of the online conference PSA Around the World Eastern Europe (pm of Nov 6,14,22). A collaboration between @philsci.bsky.social and @eenphilsci.bsky.social it showcases #philsci from, about, and otherwise connected to the region. Wonderful names and titles, looking forward!
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The report of Dagstuhl Seminar 25142 "Explainability in Focus: Advancing Evaluation through Reusable Experiment Design" is now published as part of the periodical Dagstuhl Reports: drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/doc...
Organized by: Simone Stumpf, Elizabeth Daly and Stefano Teso
Organized by: Simone Stumpf, Elizabeth Daly and Stefano Teso
October 13, 2025 at 8:26 AM
The report of Dagstuhl Seminar 25142 "Explainability in Focus: Advancing Evaluation through Reusable Experiment Design" is now published as part of the periodical Dagstuhl Reports: drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/doc...
Organized by: Simone Stumpf, Elizabeth Daly and Stefano Teso
Organized by: Simone Stumpf, Elizabeth Daly and Stefano Teso
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Next Friday, talk, discussion and reception at the Francis Crick Institute with philosopher, Hasock Chang talking about the tricky role of measurement in science. Free and open to all
Part of School of Advanced Study and Crick Institute Being Human Lectures
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/measuremen...
Part of School of Advanced Study and Crick Institute Being Human Lectures
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/measuremen...
Measurement and the search for meaningful scientific concepts
Professor Hasok Chang, Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge, delivers the eight Being Human talk.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM
That misrepresents our argument. We argue that rich interpretations (contrastive explanantia, qualitative reasoning, and sharpening) are necessary for establishing proper counterfactual dependencies in any type of explanation. The full open-access paper is a better source than just the abstract.
October 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
That misrepresents our argument. We argue that rich interpretations (contrastive explanantia, qualitative reasoning, and sharpening) are necessary for establishing proper counterfactual dependencies in any type of explanation. The full open-access paper is a better source than just the abstract.
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CFA: the 8th SURe workshop will take place May 27-29, 2026, at the IFiS PAN in Warsaw.
Submission deadline: 20 January 2026.
For more info visit: sure-workshop.weebly.com/current-work...
@philsci.bsky.social @epsaphilsci.bsky.social
Submission deadline: 20 January 2026.
For more info visit: sure-workshop.weebly.com/current-work...
@philsci.bsky.social @epsaphilsci.bsky.social
Current Workshop
CFA: 8th Scientific Understanding and Representation (SURe) annual workshop Call for abstracts We invite authors to submit abstracts of up to 750-words for the upcoming...
sure-workshop.weebly.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:55 AM
CFA: the 8th SURe workshop will take place May 27-29, 2026, at the IFiS PAN in Warsaw.
Submission deadline: 20 January 2026.
For more info visit: sure-workshop.weebly.com/current-work...
@philsci.bsky.social @epsaphilsci.bsky.social
Submission deadline: 20 January 2026.
For more info visit: sure-workshop.weebly.com/current-work...
@philsci.bsky.social @epsaphilsci.bsky.social