Lauren Ross
@laurennross.bsky.social
Philosopher of Science, PhD, MD. Dean’s Professor and Chancellor’s fellow, Logic and Philosophy of Science, UC Irvine.
https://sites.socsci.uci.edu/~rossl/
https://sites.socsci.uci.edu/~rossl/
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Lauren Ross
@laurennross.bsky.social
· Aug 16
Enjoyed giving a keynote at CogSci 2025! 🧠 🖥️ 🌉@cogscisociety.bsky.social #CogSci2025 #philsci #philsky #HPS
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Understanding scientific explanations | As a Ph.D. candidate in the top-ranked @ucirvine.bsky.social Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, Jaehyun Lee investigates the very nature of scientific inquiry
@uofcalifornia.bsky.social
@uofcalifornia.bsky.social
Understanding scientific explanations
www.socsci.uci.edu
November 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Understanding scientific explanations | As a Ph.D. candidate in the top-ranked @ucirvine.bsky.social Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, Jaehyun Lee investigates the very nature of scientific inquiry
@uofcalifornia.bsky.social
@uofcalifornia.bsky.social
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I am accepting graduate students for the UCI Cognitive Sciences PhD program for Fall 2026. Check out my lab website - www.relcoglab.org for our recent themes. Our funded work focuses on combinatorial reasoning, moral decision-making, and conceptual cognition in humans and large language models.
Relational Cognition Lab
www.relcoglab.org
November 5, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I am accepting graduate students for the UCI Cognitive Sciences PhD program for Fall 2026. Check out my lab website - www.relcoglab.org for our recent themes. Our funded work focuses on combinatorial reasoning, moral decision-making, and conceptual cognition in humans and large language models.
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Looking forward to this!
#philsci #cogsky #CognitiveNeuroscience
www.merex-project.org/workshop-2026
@tonychemero.bsky.social @dcm.social.sunet.se.ap.brid.gy @davidcolaco.bsky.social @francesegan.bsky.social @gualtiero.bsky.social @laurennross.bsky.social @okaydaniellle.bsky.social
#philsci #cogsky #CognitiveNeuroscience
www.merex-project.org/workshop-2026
@tonychemero.bsky.social @dcm.social.sunet.se.ap.brid.gy @davidcolaco.bsky.social @francesegan.bsky.social @gualtiero.bsky.social @laurennross.bsky.social @okaydaniellle.bsky.social
We are pleased to announce that our next workshop on explanatory paradigms in cognitive neuroscience (examining pluralism, integration, and elimination as competing alternatives) will take place on 25th to 27th February at TU Berlin. You're most welcome to join us there 😀
October 29, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Looking forward to this!
#philsci #cogsky #CognitiveNeuroscience
www.merex-project.org/workshop-2026
@tonychemero.bsky.social @dcm.social.sunet.se.ap.brid.gy @davidcolaco.bsky.social @francesegan.bsky.social @gualtiero.bsky.social @laurennross.bsky.social @okaydaniellle.bsky.social
#philsci #cogsky #CognitiveNeuroscience
www.merex-project.org/workshop-2026
@tonychemero.bsky.social @dcm.social.sunet.se.ap.brid.gy @davidcolaco.bsky.social @francesegan.bsky.social @gualtiero.bsky.social @laurennross.bsky.social @okaydaniellle.bsky.social
Amazing talk by Sally Haslanger @shaslang.bsky.social on "Social systems & their micro, meso, & macro interactions'' @ucisocsci.bsky.social & dinner afterwards with Ari Koslow, Tori Cotton @wittgencism.bsky.social, Cailin O’Connor @cailinmeister.bsky.social & Kate Ritchie @kateritch.bsky.social !!!
October 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Amazing talk by Sally Haslanger @shaslang.bsky.social on "Social systems & their micro, meso, & macro interactions'' @ucisocsci.bsky.social & dinner afterwards with Ari Koslow, Tori Cotton @wittgencism.bsky.social, Cailin O’Connor @cailinmeister.bsky.social & Kate Ritchie @kateritch.bsky.social !!!
Enjoyed discussing "Why Science & Philosophy Need Each Other" w Megan Peters @meganakpeters.bsky.social
We discuss the importance of engagement between science & philosophy, our experience w this & simplified conceptions of science & philosophy 🧠📕
Thanks Tev Naidu! #philsky #philsci #sciencesky
We discuss the importance of engagement between science & philosophy, our experience w this & simplified conceptions of science & philosophy 🧠📕
Thanks Tev Naidu! #philsky #philsci #sciencesky
Why Science and Philosophy Need Each Other | Lauren Ross & Megan Peters
YouTube video by Mind-Body Solution
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October 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Enjoyed discussing "Why Science & Philosophy Need Each Other" w Megan Peters @meganakpeters.bsky.social
We discuss the importance of engagement between science & philosophy, our experience w this & simplified conceptions of science & philosophy 🧠📕
Thanks Tev Naidu! #philsky #philsci #sciencesky
We discuss the importance of engagement between science & philosophy, our experience w this & simplified conceptions of science & philosophy 🧠📕
Thanks Tev Naidu! #philsky #philsci #sciencesky
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Huzzah! The PhilSci preprint archive for #philsci papers is finally on Bsky! Give them a follow to keep up with latest work in field ⬇️
@philsci-archive.bsky.social
@philsci-archive.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Huzzah! The PhilSci preprint archive for #philsci papers is finally on Bsky! Give them a follow to keep up with latest work in field ⬇️
@philsci-archive.bsky.social
@philsci-archive.bsky.social
So bad even political science (and philosophy) professors are showing up. With @daniellethomsen.bsky.social 🇺🇸
Here for democracy, science and #noKings #philsky #philsci #STS #sciencesky #HPBio
Here for democracy, science and #noKings #philsky #philsci #STS #sciencesky #HPBio
October 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
So bad even political science (and philosophy) professors are showing up. With @daniellethomsen.bsky.social 🇺🇸
Here for democracy, science and #noKings #philsky #philsci #STS #sciencesky #HPBio
Here for democracy, science and #noKings #philsky #philsci #STS #sciencesky #HPBio
Reposted by Lauren Ross
The Causality in Cognition Lab at Stanford University is recruiting PhD students this cycle!
We are a supportive team who happened to wear bluesky appropriate colors for the lab photo (this wasn't planned). 💙
Lab info: cicl.stanford.edu
Application details: psychology.stanford.edu/admissions/p...
We are a supportive team who happened to wear bluesky appropriate colors for the lab photo (this wasn't planned). 💙
Lab info: cicl.stanford.edu
Application details: psychology.stanford.edu/admissions/p...
October 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The Causality in Cognition Lab at Stanford University is recruiting PhD students this cycle!
We are a supportive team who happened to wear bluesky appropriate colors for the lab photo (this wasn't planned). 💙
Lab info: cicl.stanford.edu
Application details: psychology.stanford.edu/admissions/p...
We are a supportive team who happened to wear bluesky appropriate colors for the lab photo (this wasn't planned). 💙
Lab info: cicl.stanford.edu
Application details: psychology.stanford.edu/admissions/p...
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📣 BIG NEWS EVERYONE. I am so excited to announce…
🎉 I’m moving to University College London @ucl.ac.uk to join the Experimental Psychology department in @uclpals.bsky.social! 🎉
The big move happens in spring/summer. So I’m already exploring recruiting staff & students at UCL for fall 2026!
🎉 I’m moving to University College London @ucl.ac.uk to join the Experimental Psychology department in @uclpals.bsky.social! 🎉
The big move happens in spring/summer. So I’m already exploring recruiting staff & students at UCL for fall 2026!
October 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
📣 BIG NEWS EVERYONE. I am so excited to announce…
🎉 I’m moving to University College London @ucl.ac.uk to join the Experimental Psychology department in @uclpals.bsky.social! 🎉
The big move happens in spring/summer. So I’m already exploring recruiting staff & students at UCL for fall 2026!
🎉 I’m moving to University College London @ucl.ac.uk to join the Experimental Psychology department in @uclpals.bsky.social! 🎉
The big move happens in spring/summer. So I’m already exploring recruiting staff & students at UCL for fall 2026!
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Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring was published OTD in 1962.
“[W]e have now acquired a fateful power to alter and destroy nature. But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.”
🌱🐋 # HistSTM 🧪🌎 #philsci #philsky #WomeninSTEM
“[W]e have now acquired a fateful power to alter and destroy nature. But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.”
🌱🐋 # HistSTM 🧪🌎 #philsci #philsky #WomeninSTEM
September 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring was published OTD in 1962.
“[W]e have now acquired a fateful power to alter and destroy nature. But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.”
🌱🐋 # HistSTM 🧪🌎 #philsci #philsky #WomeninSTEM
“[W]e have now acquired a fateful power to alter and destroy nature. But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.”
🌱🐋 # HistSTM 🧪🌎 #philsci #philsky #WomeninSTEM
Enjoyed talking with Benjamin Kuper-Smith about: philosophy of science, mechanism, explanation, and career topics for his BJKS Podcast @bjkspod.bsky.social #philsci #philsky #HPS
🧠📒🔬
Check out other great episodes too!
www.buzzsprout.com/1390924/epis...
🧠📒🔬
Check out other great episodes too!
www.buzzsprout.com/1390924/epis...
118. Lauren Ross: Causation, mechanism, and explanation in neuroscience - BJKS Podcast
Lauren Ross is a professor of logic and philosophy at the University of California, Irvine. We talk about her work on causation, mechanism, and explanation in neuroscience, Lauren's background in...
www.buzzsprout.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Enjoyed talking with Benjamin Kuper-Smith about: philosophy of science, mechanism, explanation, and career topics for his BJKS Podcast @bjkspod.bsky.social #philsci #philsky #HPS
🧠📒🔬
Check out other great episodes too!
www.buzzsprout.com/1390924/epis...
🧠📒🔬
Check out other great episodes too!
www.buzzsprout.com/1390924/epis...
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Check out our chapter (led by @beakr.bsky.social) on cognitive ontology here! : philpapers.org/archive/KRIC...
We propose a developmental approach to 'cognitive homologies' –– (cognitive capacities that are "the same across species") –– as a means for carving up cognition.
Our approach adopts...
We propose a developmental approach to 'cognitive homologies' –– (cognitive capacities that are "the same across species") –– as a means for carving up cognition.
Our approach adopts...
September 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Check out our chapter (led by @beakr.bsky.social) on cognitive ontology here! : philpapers.org/archive/KRIC...
We propose a developmental approach to 'cognitive homologies' –– (cognitive capacities that are "the same across species") –– as a means for carving up cognition.
Our approach adopts...
We propose a developmental approach to 'cognitive homologies' –– (cognitive capacities that are "the same across species") –– as a means for carving up cognition.
Our approach adopts...
LPS Summer Development Program at @ucirvine.bsky.social marks fourth year of expanding access to graduate study | Funded by the National Science Foundation, the weeklong program brings students from around the world to explore graduate-level topics and connect with LPS faculty and graduate mentors
UC Irvine’s Logic and Philosophy of Science Summer Development Program marks fourth year of expanding access to graduate study
www.socsci.uci.edu
September 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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The peer review process: 3 strangers yelling “more cowbell” at your life's work
September 15, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The peer review process: 3 strangers yelling “more cowbell” at your life's work
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I had a rich and wide-ranging conversation w/ Professor Philip Kitcher for the podcast this week.
We discuss his intellectual journey, interventions in creationism, sociobiology & the genome project, his philosophical evolution, and vision for philosophy serving the common good. A real privilege.
We discuss his intellectual journey, interventions in creationism, sociobiology & the genome project, his philosophical evolution, and vision for philosophy serving the common good. A real privilege.
S5 E8 - Philip Kitcher on Philosophy for Science and the Common Good
Podcast Episode · The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science · 11/09/2025 · 48m
podcasts.apple.com
September 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I had a rich and wide-ranging conversation w/ Professor Philip Kitcher for the podcast this week.
We discuss his intellectual journey, interventions in creationism, sociobiology & the genome project, his philosophical evolution, and vision for philosophy serving the common good. A real privilege.
We discuss his intellectual journey, interventions in creationism, sociobiology & the genome project, his philosophical evolution, and vision for philosophy serving the common good. A real privilege.
Reposted by Lauren Ross
Danielle Thomsen's (@daniellethomsen.bsky.social) The Money Signal will change how you think about the function of money in US elections. A must-read! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
The Money Signal
A data-rich, eye-opening look at how, when, and why political fundraising is consequential. Over the last two decades, the number of competitive congressional races has declined precipitously. Yet ca...
press.uchicago.edu
August 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Danielle Thomsen's (@daniellethomsen.bsky.social) The Money Signal will change how you think about the function of money in US elections. A must-read! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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Assistant Professor opening at University of California, Irvine | @mathpsych.org #iccmpsyched mathpsych.org/page/news/131
Society for Mathematical Psychology
Online conferences, news, membership functions, and information about the Society
mathpsych.org
September 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Assistant Professor opening at University of California, Irvine | @mathpsych.org #iccmpsyched mathpsych.org/page/news/131
Great paper by Jacqueline Wallis @jwallis1.bsky.social on dirty mice! 🐁🐀 #philsci #philsky #HPS
"Here I draw on a recent movement...use of what are often called “dirty mice” – to challenge the standard view that less controlled experiments have diminished epistemic power."
"Here I draw on a recent movement...use of what are often called “dirty mice” – to challenge the standard view that less controlled experiments have diminished epistemic power."
Relinquishing experimental control to improve translation - Synthese
Here I draw on a recent movement in preclinical biomedical research – use of what are often called “dirty mice” – to challenge the standard view that less controlled experiments have diminished episte...
link.springer.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Great paper by Jacqueline Wallis @jwallis1.bsky.social on dirty mice! 🐁🐀 #philsci #philsky #HPS
"Here I draw on a recent movement...use of what are often called “dirty mice” – to challenge the standard view that less controlled experiments have diminished epistemic power."
"Here I draw on a recent movement...use of what are often called “dirty mice” – to challenge the standard view that less controlled experiments have diminished epistemic power."
Reposted by Lauren Ross
Join us in San Diego this November for #MCCS25, including 16 X research talks and the MCCS debate.
Invited faculty speakers are announced below. Half of speakers will be selected from submitted abstracts.
Registration is open:
Invited faculty speakers are announced below. Half of speakers will be selected from submitted abstracts.
Registration is open:
📍 Register now for #MCCS25 on November 13 & 14!
Join us for talks & networking with the best and brightest in molecular and cellular cognition. #Neuroskyence
Check out the link for more information and to register & submit an abstract 👉 event.fourwaves.com/MCCS25/pages
Join us for talks & networking with the best and brightest in molecular and cellular cognition. #Neuroskyence
Check out the link for more information and to register & submit an abstract 👉 event.fourwaves.com/MCCS25/pages
August 20, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Join us in San Diego this November for #MCCS25, including 16 X research talks and the MCCS debate.
Invited faculty speakers are announced below. Half of speakers will be selected from submitted abstracts.
Registration is open:
Invited faculty speakers are announced below. Half of speakers will be selected from submitted abstracts.
Registration is open:
Enjoyed giving a keynote at CogSci 2025! 🧠 🖥️ 🌉@cogscisociety.bsky.social #CogSci2025 #philsci #philsky #HPS
August 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Enjoyed giving a keynote at CogSci 2025! 🧠 🖥️ 🌉@cogscisociety.bsky.social #CogSci2025 #philsci #philsky #HPS
Reposted by Lauren Ross
Neuroscience needs a new paradigm: the brain is not a machine | By Nicole Rust
“The brain is a dynamic complex system—like the weather or a megacity—whose parts interact via feedback loops that are impossible to study in isolation from each other.” iai.tv/articles/neu... #philsky #philsci #neuro
“The brain is a dynamic complex system—like the weather or a megacity—whose parts interact via feedback loops that are impossible to study in isolation from each other.” iai.tv/articles/neu... #philsky #philsci #neuro
Neuroscience needs a new paradigm: the brain is not a machine | Nicole Rust
iai.tv
August 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Neuroscience needs a new paradigm: the brain is not a machine | By Nicole Rust
“The brain is a dynamic complex system—like the weather or a megacity—whose parts interact via feedback loops that are impossible to study in isolation from each other.” iai.tv/articles/neu... #philsky #philsci #neuro
“The brain is a dynamic complex system—like the weather or a megacity—whose parts interact via feedback loops that are impossible to study in isolation from each other.” iai.tv/articles/neu... #philsky #philsci #neuro
Congratulations to Jessica Lauman-Lairson for defending her excellent dissertation on "A Middle-Range Account of Analogical Inference" 🎉
Jeff Barrett and I co-advised, w Kyle Stanford on her committee! @ucisocsci.bsky.social
Check out her new Synthese pub here:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Jeff Barrett and I co-advised, w Kyle Stanford on her committee! @ucisocsci.bsky.social
Check out her new Synthese pub here:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
August 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Congratulations to Jessica Lauman-Lairson for defending her excellent dissertation on "A Middle-Range Account of Analogical Inference" 🎉
Jeff Barrett and I co-advised, w Kyle Stanford on her committee! @ucisocsci.bsky.social
Check out her new Synthese pub here:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Jeff Barrett and I co-advised, w Kyle Stanford on her committee! @ucisocsci.bsky.social
Check out her new Synthese pub here:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reposted by Lauren Ross
Salih Can Özdemir, who completed his master’s degree in our lab and is currently pursuing his PhD at the University of California, San Diego, has been elected as a Graduate Student Representative on the Cognitive Science Society Board! @cogscisociety.bsky.social
August 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Salih Can Özdemir, who completed his master’s degree in our lab and is currently pursuing his PhD at the University of California, San Diego, has been elected as a Graduate Student Representative on the Cognitive Science Society Board! @cogscisociety.bsky.social
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Brilliant keynote by @laurennross.bsky.social at #cogsci2025 on cognitive science and its philosophy. Lauren pointed out the myriad ways in which cogsci and philosophy support and benefit one another, using explanation and causal reasoning as case studies. Thank you for a great talk!! 🙏
August 2, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Brilliant keynote by @laurennross.bsky.social at #cogsci2025 on cognitive science and its philosophy. Lauren pointed out the myriad ways in which cogsci and philosophy support and benefit one another, using explanation and causal reasoning as case studies. Thank you for a great talk!! 🙏