Enno Fischer
@ennofischer.bsky.social
Philosopher of Science | JProf at TU Dresden | ennofischer.weebly.com
Can lab experiments help settle real-world death cases?
In our new paper, we look at experimental asphyxiation studies at the center of debates on deaths in custody.👇
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In our new paper, we look at experimental asphyxiation studies at the center of debates on deaths in custody.👇
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#philsci #philsky #HPS
Studying asphyxiation in the lab: the role of experimental evidence in cause-of-death inquiry - History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences
Like most scientific and medical disciplines, forensic medicine employs evidence from experimental studies. Yet, unlike most disciplines, forensic medicine is primarily interested in the post-hoc eval...
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February 5, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Can lab experiments help settle real-world death cases?
In our new paper, we look at experimental asphyxiation studies at the center of debates on deaths in custody.👇
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#philsci #philsky #HPS
In our new paper, we look at experimental asphyxiation studies at the center of debates on deaths in custody.👇
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#philsci #philsky #HPS
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This is the sixth article from the TC that @ennofischer.bsky.social & I are editing for EJPS and it's a special one. Enno sets the stage for the other contributions by showing why the pursuitworthiness of experiments merits philosophical reflection in its own right. link.springer.com/collections/...
The Pursuitworthiness of Experiments Across the Sciences
The concept of pursuitworthiness has garnered considerable attention in the philosophy of science in recent years. However, philosophical reflections on the ...
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February 2, 2026 at 10:34 AM
This is the sixth article from the TC that @ennofischer.bsky.social & I are editing for EJPS and it's a special one. Enno sets the stage for the other contributions by showing why the pursuitworthiness of experiments merits philosophical reflection in its own right. link.springer.com/collections/...
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How to decide whether to pursue an experiment? @ennofischer.bsky.social articulates the "context of pursuit" for experiments, in which facilities, research questions, expected gain & feasibility help determine what experiments are worth doing👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philsky #HPS
February 2, 2026 at 10:34 AM
How to decide whether to pursue an experiment? @ennofischer.bsky.social articulates the "context of pursuit" for experiments, in which facilities, research questions, expected gain & feasibility help determine what experiments are worth doing👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philsky #HPS
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New paper, the first of 2026, and it's a big one!
📗Evidence-based medicine and the promises and limits of digital health and wearable technology, out in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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📗Evidence-based medicine and the promises and limits of digital health and wearable technology, out in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#philsky #philsci #histsci
Evidence-based medicine and the promises and limits of digital health and wearable technology
New approaches to biomedical evidence are emerging in relation to innovative technologies and data sources. These include digital health, which promis…
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January 29, 2026 at 3:49 PM
New paper, the first of 2026, and it's a big one!
📗Evidence-based medicine and the promises and limits of digital health and wearable technology, out in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#philsky #philsci #histsci
📗Evidence-based medicine and the promises and limits of digital health and wearable technology, out in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#philsky #philsci #histsci
Reposted by Enno Fischer
This is the fifth article from the TC that @ennofischer.bsky.social & I are currently editing for the EJPS! A critical mass of papers is accruing, and we still have fantastic theoretical contributions and case studies from a range of sciences in the pipeline! link.springer.com/collections/...
The Pursuitworthiness of Experiments Across the Sciences
The concept of pursuitworthiness has garnered considerable attention in the philosophy of science in recent years. However, philosophical reflections on the ...
link.springer.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:11 PM
This is the fifth article from the TC that @ennofischer.bsky.social & I are currently editing for the EJPS! A critical mass of papers is accruing, and we still have fantastic theoretical contributions and case studies from a range of sciences in the pipeline! link.springer.com/collections/...
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In her latest 📃, HyeJeong Han argues that in regulatory science (e.g., 💊 regulation), economic considerations shape decisions to halt experimentation. She shows how costs become integrated into evidential standards & impact institutionalized judgments👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #HPS
January 26, 2026 at 4:11 PM
In her latest 📃, HyeJeong Han argues that in regulatory science (e.g., 💊 regulation), economic considerations shape decisions to halt experimentation. She shows how costs become integrated into evidential standards & impact institutionalized judgments👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #HPS
Reposted by Enno Fischer
This is the fourth article published in the Topical Collection that @ennofischer.bsky.social and I are editing for EJPS: "The Pursuitworthiness of Experiments Across the Sciences" (link.springer.com/collections/...). More exciting articles are coming soon—don’t miss what’s next! #philsci #histsci
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December 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This is the fourth article published in the Topical Collection that @ennofischer.bsky.social and I are editing for EJPS: "The Pursuitworthiness of Experiments Across the Sciences" (link.springer.com/collections/...). More exciting articles are coming soon—don’t miss what’s next! #philsci #histsci
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In his latest paper, Jamie Shaw discusses the pursuitworthiness of different types of Big Science—normal, revolutionary & socially oriented—with attention to funding allocation mechanisms, risks, benefits, pluralism & social responsibility 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #HPS #metasci #philsky
December 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
In his latest paper, Jamie Shaw discusses the pursuitworthiness of different types of Big Science—normal, revolutionary & socially oriented—with attention to funding allocation mechanisms, risks, benefits, pluralism & social responsibility 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #HPS #metasci #philsky
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This paper is the third contribution to the TC @ennofischer.bsky.social and I are editing for EJPS: link.springer.com/collections/... So far articles covering high-energy physics, neurolinguistics & sex-related biomedical research have been published! Stay tuned—more exciting pieces are on the way!
The Pursuitworthiness of Experiments Across the Sciences
The concept of pursuitworthiness has garnered considerable attention in the philosophy of science in recent years. However, philosophical reflections on the ...
link.springer.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This paper is the third contribution to the TC @ennofischer.bsky.social and I are editing for EJPS: link.springer.com/collections/... So far articles covering high-energy physics, neurolinguistics & sex-related biomedical research have been published! Stay tuned—more exciting pieces are on the way!
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In her new 📃, Marina DiMarco analyzes the NIH’s Sex as a Biological Variable (SABV) policy in the context of exploratory inquiry & confirmatory experimentation, arguing that it offers important reflections on pursuitworthiness judgments 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #HPbio #HPS
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
In her new 📃, Marina DiMarco analyzes the NIH’s Sex as a Biological Variable (SABV) policy in the context of exploratory inquiry & confirmatory experimentation, arguing that it offers important reflections on pursuitworthiness judgments 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #HPbio #HPS
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This paper is the second addition to the TC @ennofischer.bsky.social & I are editing for EJPS: link.springer.com/collections/... Stay posted for more exciting articles in the pipeline covering pursuitworthiness criteria across the sciences and general theoretical pieces reflecting on these issues!
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November 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This paper is the second addition to the TC @ennofischer.bsky.social & I are editing for EJPS: link.springer.com/collections/... Stay posted for more exciting articles in the pipeline covering pursuitworthiness criteria across the sciences and general theoretical pieces reflecting on these issues!
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What makes a neurolinguistics experiment worth pursuing? Nevia Dolcini & colleagues propose two axes of pursuitworthiness standing in an asymmetric relationship: methodological (thresholds for epistemic adequacy) & pragmatic (contextual priorities) 👇📃 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #HPS
November 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
What makes a neurolinguistics experiment worth pursuing? Nevia Dolcini & colleagues propose two axes of pursuitworthiness standing in an asymmetric relationship: methodological (thresholds for epistemic adequacy) & pragmatic (contextual priorities) 👇📃 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #HPS
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Apply to join a team of wonderful colleagues at Philosophy at TU Dresden. I am advertising a 2-year PostDoc position in philosophy of science/philosophy of physics as part of the DFG project 'Progress through Principles', deadline 03.11.2025.
Details: tinyurl.com/493dffby
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October 20, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Apply to join a team of wonderful colleagues at Philosophy at TU Dresden. I am advertising a 2-year PostDoc position in philosophy of science/philosophy of physics as part of the DFG project 'Progress through Principles', deadline 03.11.2025.
Details: tinyurl.com/493dffby
#philsci #philsky
Details: tinyurl.com/493dffby
#philsci #philsky
Apply to join a team of wonderful colleagues at Philosophy at TU Dresden. I am advertising a 2-year PostDoc position in philosophy of science/philosophy of physics as part of the DFG project 'Progress through Principles', deadline 03.11.2025.
Details: tinyurl.com/493dffby
#philsci #philsky
Details: tinyurl.com/493dffby
#philsci #philsky
October 20, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Apply to join a team of wonderful colleagues at Philosophy at TU Dresden. I am advertising a 2-year PostDoc position in philosophy of science/philosophy of physics as part of the DFG project 'Progress through Principles', deadline 03.11.2025.
Details: tinyurl.com/493dffby
#philsci #philsky
Details: tinyurl.com/493dffby
#philsci #philsky
Reposted by Enno Fischer
This paper is the first to be published in the Topical Collection “The Pursuitworthiness of Experiments Across the Sciences,” which @ennofischer.bsky.social and I are editing for EJPS. Stay tuned for more exciting contributions spanning a wide range of sciences! 👇🔖 link.springer.com/collections/...
The Pursuitworthiness of Experiments Across the Sciences
The concept of pursuitworthiness has garnered considerable attention in the philosophy of science in recent years. However, philosophical reflections on the ...
link.springer.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This paper is the first to be published in the Topical Collection “The Pursuitworthiness of Experiments Across the Sciences,” which @ennofischer.bsky.social and I are editing for EJPS. Stay tuned for more exciting contributions spanning a wide range of sciences! 👇🔖 link.springer.com/collections/...
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Physicists have long been enamored with “beautiful” models—but this seems to have changed in high-energy physics. In his new paper, Martin King argues that experimental contexts strongly determine the pursuitworthiness of “ugly models” 👇📃 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philphysics #HPS
October 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Physicists have long been enamored with “beautiful” models—but this seems to have changed in high-energy physics. In his new paper, Martin King argues that experimental contexts strongly determine the pursuitworthiness of “ugly models” 👇📃 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philphysics #HPS
Standards like 'A4 paper' make life easier, but some situations call for custom solutions. Our new article explores the tension between rigidity and flexibility in 'epistemic' standards—rules for what we can justifiably claim to know.
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Flexible or Rigid? A Functionalist Approach to Epistemic Standards
Epistemic standards have attracted some attention in recent discussions in social epistemology and philosophy of science. Yet these discussions typically lack a more general approach to what standa...
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August 12, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Standards like 'A4 paper' make life easier, but some situations call for custom solutions. Our new article explores the tension between rigidity and flexibility in 'epistemic' standards—rules for what we can justifiably claim to know.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#philsci #philsky
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#philsci #philsky
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“Traits” are central units of biological analysis—but how should they be individuated, and relative to which ontogenetic frame of reference? In my new paper, I argue that answering this isn’t easy—and matters more than it seems. 📃👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #HPBio #evosky #evodevo
July 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
“Traits” are central units of biological analysis—but how should they be individuated, and relative to which ontogenetic frame of reference? In my new paper, I argue that answering this isn’t easy—and matters more than it seems. 📃👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #HPBio #evosky #evodevo
How do economic concepts relate to the promise of foundational research? In our new paper, we propose an account of scientific pursuitworthiness that spells out talk of 'costs' and 'benefits' in terms of theoretical virtues.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#philsci #philsky #HPS
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#philsci #philsky #HPS
Rationally warranted promise: the virtue-economic account of pursuit-worthiness - Synthese
Pursuing a scientific idea is often justified by the promise associated with it. Philosophers of science have proposed various ways of unpacking this idea of promise, including more specific indicator...
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July 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
How do economic concepts relate to the promise of foundational research? In our new paper, we propose an account of scientific pursuitworthiness that spells out talk of 'costs' and 'benefits' in terms of theoretical virtues.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#philsci #philsky #HPS
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#philsci #philsky #HPS
Apply to join a team of wonderful colleagues at Philosophy at TU Dresden. I am advertising a 3-year PhD position in philosophy of science/philosophy of physics as part of the DFG project 'Progress through Principles', deadline 28.06.2024. For details: tinyurl.com/3eb2f667
#philsci #philsky
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May 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Apply to join a team of wonderful colleagues at Philosophy at TU Dresden. I am advertising a 3-year PhD position in philosophy of science/philosophy of physics as part of the DFG project 'Progress through Principles', deadline 28.06.2024. For details: tinyurl.com/3eb2f667
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What makes a particular #experiment 'pursuitworthy'? Do criteria differ across scientific fields? @ennofischer.bsky.social & I have extended the deadline for submissions to our topical collection on these issues. Please help us spread the word! 👇 tu-dresden.de/gsw/phil/iph... #philsci #philsky #HPS
May 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
What makes a particular #experiment 'pursuitworthy'? Do criteria differ across scientific fields? @ennofischer.bsky.social & I have extended the deadline for submissions to our topical collection on these issues. Please help us spread the word! 👇 tu-dresden.de/gsw/phil/iph... #philsci #philsky #HPS
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New GWP (German Soc for Phil of Sci) Executive Committee (2025-28), left to right: Michael Jungert (Managing Director), Enno Fischer (Treasurer), Lena Kästner (Vice President), Mathias Frisch, Anna Leuschner, Axel Gelfert (President). (Not pictured: Simon Friederich, JGPS representative) #philsci 👍
March 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
New GWP (German Soc for Phil of Sci) Executive Committee (2025-28), left to right: Michael Jungert (Managing Director), Enno Fischer (Treasurer), Lena Kästner (Vice President), Mathias Frisch, Anna Leuschner, Axel Gelfert (President). (Not pictured: Simon Friederich, JGPS representative) #philsci 👍
How do physical principles develop? We show that there are 5 processes: prehistory, elevation, formalization, generalization and challenge. For some principles these work better than for others. What does that tell us about such principles? See here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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The life cycle of scientific principles—a template for characterizing physical principles - Synthese
Scientific principles can undergo various developments. While philosophers of science have acknowledged that such changes occur, there is no systematic account of the development of scientific princip...
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March 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
How do physical principles develop? We show that there are 5 processes: prehistory, elevation, formalization, generalization and challenge. For some principles these work better than for others. What does that tell us about such principles? See here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#PhilSci
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Call for Papers for special issue of @epsaphilsci.bsky.social on
“The Pursuitworthiness of Experiments Across the Sciences”
Guest Editors: @ennofischer.bsky.social & @afabregastejeda.bsky.social
Deadline: 30 April 2025
#PhilSci
“The Pursuitworthiness of Experiments Across the Sciences”
Guest Editors: @ennofischer.bsky.social & @afabregastejeda.bsky.social
Deadline: 30 April 2025
#PhilSci
March 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Call for Papers for special issue of @epsaphilsci.bsky.social on
“The Pursuitworthiness of Experiments Across the Sciences”
Guest Editors: @ennofischer.bsky.social & @afabregastejeda.bsky.social
Deadline: 30 April 2025
#PhilSci
“The Pursuitworthiness of Experiments Across the Sciences”
Guest Editors: @ennofischer.bsky.social & @afabregastejeda.bsky.social
Deadline: 30 April 2025
#PhilSci
Whence the heuristic power of physical guiding principles such as correspondence and naturalness? In this article I argue that it arises from the way guiding principles integrate principles of nature and action principles. #philsci #philsky #Physics link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Guiding principles in physics - European Journal for Philosophy of Science
Guiding principles are central to theory development in physics, especially when there is only limited empirical input available. Here I propose an approach to such principles looking at their heurist...
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December 10, 2024 at 11:24 AM
Whence the heuristic power of physical guiding principles such as correspondence and naturalness? In this article I argue that it arises from the way guiding principles integrate principles of nature and action principles. #philsci #philsky #Physics link.springer.com/article/10.1...