Uljana Feest
@ufeest.bsky.social
Philosophy professor at Hannover, Germany. Interested in many things to do with integrated HPS, philosophy of experimentation, history and philosophy of psychology (memory, personality, validity, etc.), HOPOS.
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Uljana Feest
@ufeest.bsky.social
· May 10
Uljana Feest, "Operationism in Psychology: An Epistemology of Exploration" (U Chicago Press, 2025) - New Books Network
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Can't quite get myself to listen to this, but here's the interview that Carrie Figdor did with me on my recent book
newbooksnetwork.com/operationism...
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#philsci, #philosophy, #psychology, #HPS, #HOPOS, #metascience
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@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
#philsci, #philosophy, #psychology, #HPS, #HOPOS, #metascience
ok, so I'm in serious procrastination mode, which led me to read the SPSP-newletter cover to cover, enjoying the interview with @annaalexandrova.bsky.social (among other things)!
sway.cloud.microsoft/Et71m6wUBR3w...
Over and out
Please call me out if you see me on here again today
#SPSP
sway.cloud.microsoft/Et71m6wUBR3w...
Over and out
Please call me out if you see me on here again today
#SPSP
SPSP Newsletter # 24
November 2025
sway.cloud.microsoft
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ok, so I'm in serious procrastination mode, which led me to read the SPSP-newletter cover to cover, enjoying the interview with @annaalexandrova.bsky.social (among other things)!
sway.cloud.microsoft/Et71m6wUBR3w...
Over and out
Please call me out if you see me on here again today
#SPSP
sway.cloud.microsoft/Et71m6wUBR3w...
Over and out
Please call me out if you see me on here again today
#SPSP
For people interested in models, model transfer, scientific progress, cultural evolution!
#philsci
#philsci
Submission Details:
📝 Abstract (max. 400 words)
⏰ Deadline: December 15, 2025
🔗 Submit by email to: Edoardo Peruzzi ([email protected]) or Karim Baraghith ([email protected])
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📝 Abstract (max. 400 words)
⏰ Deadline: December 15, 2025
🔗 Submit by email to: Edoardo Peruzzi ([email protected]) or Karim Baraghith ([email protected])
philevents.org/event/show/1...
Workshop: Scientific Progress via Model Transfer? The Case of Cultural Evolution
Event Title: Scientific Progress via Model Transfer? The Case of Cultural Evolution
Date of the Workshop: April 9–10, 2026
Venue: Leibniz University Hannover (Hannover, Germany)
Organizers: Kari...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
For people interested in models, model transfer, scientific progress, cultural evolution!
#philsci
#philsci
Thank you for refocusing my attention on the Ukraine war. This was super informative and a pleasure to listen to
November 25, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Thank you for refocusing my attention on the Ukraine war. This was super informative and a pleasure to listen to
Super interesting conversation about what's going on in Russia/Ukraine and the larger geo-political implication
November 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Super interesting conversation about what's going on in Russia/Ukraine and the larger geo-political implication
I will be one of the speakers at next year's meeting of the European Network for the Philosophy of Social Sciences. Consider sbmitting something (by March 1).
#ENPOSS, #philsci
#ENPOSS, #philsci
The European Network for the Philosophy of the Social Sciences (ENPOSS) invites submissions to its 15th Conference at the University of Helsinki, 26-28 August 2026. More info here: enposs.eu
European Network for the Philosophy of the Social Sciences (ENPOSS)
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November 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
which of their products do you recommend?
November 23, 2025 at 11:46 AM
which of their products do you recommend?
I am so sorry this happened to your wife. Also so disappointed to learn this about Miles Hewstones. I took a lecture class with him when I was a visiting student at Bristol in 1990, and also really liked his textbook about social cognition. Uggghhhh. I had no idea.
November 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I am so sorry this happened to your wife. Also so disappointed to learn this about Miles Hewstones. I took a lecture class with him when I was a visiting student at Bristol in 1990, and also really liked his textbook about social cognition. Uggghhhh. I had no idea.
I like the term "load-bearing" ;-)
November 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I like the term "load-bearing" ;-)
Hello all! The PSA DEI Caucus is coming to BlueSky! Hoping to share news about our wonderful membership and our @philsci.bsky.social community at large! Doggo Pic for attention. #philosophy #hps #dei
November 18, 2025 at 10:51 AM
It's obviously a word !
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
It's obviously a word !
ok, so now we have some examples of bad writing that you can tolerate if the author is at least honest and humble. But what words are you thinking of that indicate dishonesty and cover-up? (Lucky to have had you as a co-author, so we managed to scrap most of the importantly, ways-in-which etc :-D)
November 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
ok, so now we have some examples of bad writing that you can tolerate if the author is at least honest and humble. But what words are you thinking of that indicate dishonesty and cover-up? (Lucky to have had you as a co-author, so we managed to scrap most of the importantly, ways-in-which etc :-D)
pure evil
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 11:06 AM
pure evil
Dieses Thema liegt mir am Herzen. Bitte hier unterzeichnen: weact.campact.de/petitions/ge...
Geflügelindustrie bedroht Kraniche!
Wir erleben derzeit ein Seuchengeschehen von enormem Umfang und Ausmaß, sowohl die Anzahl der Opfer als auch die Zahl der Ausbruchsorte betreffend. Eine „Schuldzuweisung“ an die ziehenden Wildvögel is...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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October 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I love this question
openlabhd.org/why/
openlabhd.org/why/
Why are there neuroscientists? Workshop of Ideas in Neuroscience Heidelberg, December 5th 2025 Try to surprise your colleagues with a sudden question – why are you doing neuroscience? You may expec…
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October 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I love this question
openlabhd.org/why/
openlabhd.org/why/
oh thank you. I asked the AI assistant in no uncertain terms how I could make him go away and he said that I couldn't...
October 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
oh thank you. I asked the AI assistant in no uncertain terms how I could make him go away and he said that I couldn't...
New paper on performativity by three former members of our institute! @iphilluh.bsky.social
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
When Predictions are More Than Predictions: Self-Fulfilling Performativity and the Road Towards Morally Responsible Predictive Systems | Proceedings of the 2025 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountabil...
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October 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
New paper on performativity by three former members of our institute! @iphilluh.bsky.social
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Reposted by Uljana Feest
Interested in #PhilosophyOfBiology? Check out the new Cambridge Elements on "The Scope of Evolutionary Thinking" by @thomasreydon.bsky.social. Available #OpenAccess here: www.cambridge.org/core/element... #philsci #philsky #evobio
The Scope of Evolutionary Thinking
Cambridge Core - Philosophy of Science - The Scope of Evolutionary Thinking
www.cambridge.org
October 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Interested in #PhilosophyOfBiology? Check out the new Cambridge Elements on "The Scope of Evolutionary Thinking" by @thomasreydon.bsky.social. Available #OpenAccess here: www.cambridge.org/core/element... #philsci #philsky #evobio
Uljana Feest’s 'Operationism in Psychology: An Epistemology of Exploration' provides a rigorous and insightful analysis of psychological research. This important contribution is a must-read for anyone interested in the philosophy and history of science. I’ve jotted dow some brief reflections below
Operationism recast as method: Feest’s epistemology of exploration - Metascience
Metascience -
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October 16, 2025 at 2:22 AM
What a nice and thoughtful review. Thanks so much, Thomas!
October 16, 2025 at 2:18 AM
What a nice and thoughtful review. Thanks so much, Thomas!
she cares about people unfriending her, but is she ashamed of the things she says/writes? It doesn't seem like that to me.
October 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
she cares about people unfriending her, but is she ashamed of the things she says/writes? It doesn't seem like that to me.
haha, sipping my mushroom tea as I type :-)
October 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
haha, sipping my mushroom tea as I type :-)
What does it mean that memory is epistemically blurry? Today at the Memory Palace, Uljana Feest discusses this important question and gives us a preview of her book "Operationism in Psychology. An Epistemology of Exploration".
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Memory as an Epistemically Blurry Object of Research
Uljana Feest (Leibniz Universität Hannover)
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October 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I hate it even more when peope, say "I" instead of "me" (my pet peeve, though I am coming to realize that this one has moved beyond the point of no return)
October 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I hate it even more when peope, say "I" instead of "me" (my pet peeve, though I am coming to realize that this one has moved beyond the point of no return)
I really enjoyed this interview with Owen Flanagan (about his book, What is it Like to be an Addict), where he touches on some of those questions:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk74...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk74...
#1148 Owen Flanagan: What Is It Like to Be an Addict?
YouTube video by The Dissenter
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October 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I really enjoyed this interview with Owen Flanagan (about his book, What is it Like to be an Addict), where he touches on some of those questions:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk74...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk74...