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Ann-Christin Fischer @acfischer.bsky.social · 8d

For all my @ruhr-uni-bochum.de people: I am part of the organizers of this cool reading group since almost 2 years now. Feel free to join this amazing PhD safe space with great people!

RUB Research School @rubresearchschool.bsky.social · 8d

Die Geburtstunde der interdisziplinären Lesegruppe @ruhr-uni-bochum.de schlug bei einem unserer Events und ab diesem Wintersemester können Sie sich die regelmäßige Teilnahme mit einem 1 CP für das Research School Zertifikat anrechnen lassen! 👉 www.research-school.rub.de/de/promovier...

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ROTO Research Group @roto-rub.bsky.social · 28d

New semester, new lecture series 🎉Starting next month, we welcome amazing scholars to give online talks in the history and philosophy of life sciences. Find all dates and registration links here: rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture...
We look forward to seeing you there 🤗
#PhilSci #HistSci #HPBio

Overview of the ROTO Lecture Series in the winter semester 2025/2026.

The talks will be:
- "Race Reification and Population Descriptors in Human Genomics" by Celso Neto (University of Exeter)
- "Understanding plant holobionts through complexity science" by César Marín (Universidad Santo Tomás)
- "What is Dialectical Biology?" by Chris Shambaugh (University of Oregon)
- "Learning from Partial Overlaps Between Knowledge Systems" by Charbel El-Hani (Federal University of Bahia)
- "21st century eugenics, scientific racism and the role of academia in promoting political ideology" by Rebecca Sear (Brunel University London)
- "The Organism and the System: Boundary Crossings in 20th Century Science" by Libby O’Neil (Mississippi State University)

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Ann-Christin Fischer @acfischer.bsky.social · Aug 29

Yesterday we had an amazing Social Gathering for young scholars at #EPSA25. The view and the discussions were great! Thanks to the local organizers and the @epsaphilsci.bsky.social for the financial support.

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Ann-Christin Fischer @acfischer.bsky.social · Aug 28

🍝🍝I already am hungry and than🍝🍝 pubs.aip.org/aip/pof/arti...

Phase behavior of Cacio e Pepe sauce

“Pasta alla Cacio e pepe” is a traditional Italian dish made with pasta, pecorino cheese, and pepper. Despite its simple ingredient list, achieving the perfect

pubs.aip.org

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Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · Aug 28

Big day at #EPSA25 for my group: first presenting joint paper with Emma Cavazzoni on data models & AI for pest monitoring, then symposium with Richard Williams on the role of philosophy in policy, my own paper on the case of Environmental Intelligence - details: philsci.eu/EPSA25/Progr... #philsci

European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA) - EPSA25 - Programme

philsci.eu

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Ann-Christin Fischer @acfischer.bsky.social · Aug 28

☝️EPSA 2025 in Groningen☝️
If you are a (self-identified) junior scholar join our
🥂Young Scholar Drinks🍻
tonight. All information in your inbox and on the flyer in the conference bag. I am very much looking forward to all of you 🎉
@epsaphilsci.bsky.social #epsa2025 #philsci

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Ann-Christin Fischer @acfischer.bsky.social · Aug 27

Oscar @oscarw.bsky.social · Aug 27

Hasok Chang delivering the opening keynote talk at #EPSA25! #philsci #philsky

Ann-Christin Fischer @acfischer.bsky.social · Aug 27

So excited for #EPSA25 at Groningen.
@epsaphilsci.bsky.social and the organizers has created a great program.

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · Aug 10

CFA The Human Diversity Dilemma: Navigating the intersection of microbes, ethics & society
ISHPSSB Off-Year Workshop
Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
October 1-3, 2025
Abstracts due Aug.18
Organizers @abigailnd.bsky.social & @msimang.bsky.social
#philsci #STS 🦠
More info ⤵️

Home | The Human Diversity

perspectivesrace.wixsite.com

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Ann-Christin Fischer @acfischer.bsky.social · Aug 6

Needed to summarize my PhD Project in 3min and realized I am the interesting spot of being behind and before the schedule. Is this a collective experience?
#PhD #PhilSci #HPS

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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · Aug 6

This is not caused primarily by "screen time".

It's been caused by the mass eradication of third places for young people in basically every city over the past three decades - and a society that's hostile to the concept of teens socialising in public spaces.

www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

‘Worrying’ levels of screen time means young people losing confidence to socialise in person, minister warns – UK politics live

Culture secretary Lisa Nandy says ‘majority of young people spend all, or almost all, of their free time alone in their bedrooms, online’

www.theguardian.com

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Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda @alejandrofabregastejeda.com · Aug 4

Organismal agency is one of today's liveliest debates in the life sciences. Our volume—published a year ago—brings historians, philosophers & scientists into the conversation, offering the kind of nuanced treatment this complex issue deserves 👇 www.routledge.com/The-Riddle-o... #HPS #evosky #philsky

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Ann-Christin Fischer @acfischer.bsky.social · Aug 5

This!

Lennart Nacke, PhD @lennartnacke.com · Jul 31

Hard truth for grad students:

Writing isn't something you do after the REAL science.

➡︎ Writing IS the science. ⬅︎

Your experiments don't matter
if you can't communicate them.

Your discoveries don't exist
if they stay in your lab notebook.
#academicsky #phdsky #acwrite

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Microbiome research and race in the 'Local South' @localmicrobes.bsky.social · Jul 24

Such a fun an intense time @ishpssb2025.bsky.social with @nmorar.bsky.social @utrechthps.bsky.social Thanks for the amazing discussion!

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Federico Boem @federicoboem.bsky.social · Jul 23

Today it's my turn!

For those who want to follow the programme, here's the link:
lnkd.in/dpZFnXAE

#ISHPSSB2025

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Ann-Christin Fischer @acfischer.bsky.social · Jul 24

Thanks to everyone that made #ishpssb2025 possible! Especially all the students in tech support and all the invisible work done. Muito obrigada!

ISHPSSB2025 @ishpssb2025.bsky.social · Jul 23

Shoutout to the students supporting the #ISHPSSB2025 conference!
#hpbio #philsci #histstm #histsci #philbio #hbio #sts

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Vera Straetmanns @yavannakemi.bsky.social · Jul 22

Amazing session this afternoon at #ISHPSSB2025 about "Reimagining gardens"! 🌷🌳 Go check out the project pollinator.art by Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg - it's really cool!

Pollinator Pathmaker

Design and plant gardens for endangered bees, butterflies and other pollinators using the algorithmic tool - an artwork by Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg.

pollinator.art

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Ann-Christin Fischer @acfischer.bsky.social · Jul 22

Got amazing feedback after my talk at #ISHPSSB2025 . Thanks for everyone attending the session on Epistemic Injustice and my talk on endometriosis and ignorance.

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Ann-Christin Fischer @acfischer.bsky.social · Jul 21

For more: Feel free to write me a mail!

Ann-Christin Fischer @acfischer.bsky.social · Jul 21

This isn’t just accidental. It’s part of a long history of epistemic injustice and ignorance, where certain groups’ knowledge, body and experience are systematically devalued. We’re digging into that tomorrow through the lens of endometriosis, reproductive bias, and the politics of ignorance.

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Ann-Christin Fischer @acfischer.bsky.social · Jul 21

Men are often failed by health systems because of toxic masculinity — they’re discouraged from seeking help. But women are failed when they do seek help. Being “in the system” doesn’t help if the system doesn’t listen or lacks the science because women’s bodies haven’t been taken seriously.

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Ann-Christin Fischer @acfischer.bsky.social · Jul 21

Important questions — thank you for asking! Yes, women often live longer, but living longer doesn’t mean living better. The phrase “women live sicker” captures the brutal truth: women’s health concerns are dismissed, misdiagnosed, and under-researched for decades.

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Ann-Christin Fischer @acfischer.bsky.social · Jul 21

That is a great questions and points to issue related to feminism and toxic masculinity. The quick answer is that men die quicker and women live sicker. Women experience more neglect in the health care systems, men do not go. Social, biological, behavioral factors intersect in complex ways.

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ROTO Research Group @roto-rub.bsky.social · Jul 20

Accidental ROTO team meeting on the Ponte Dom Luís I. in Porto 😊
We're ready for #ISHPSSB2025!

ROTO members Jan, Ann-Christin and Vera together with ROTO fellow Abigail on the bridge with the roofs of Porto in the background.

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Ann-Christin Fischer @acfischer.bsky.social · Jul 21

That was such an interesting session and talk! It got me thinking about evidential standards in different sciences 🤔

Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · Jul 21

@andrameneganzin.bsky.social & Matteo Bedettti on "Homo naledi, Controversial Burials & Responsibility Failures" in session "Abusing Deep Time: Scientific Responsibility in the Paleosciences" at @ishpssb2025.bsky.social #ISHPSSB2025 #philsci #paleosky 🏺

Andra in front of screen text: Introduction
• Philosophers of science have long departed from conceptions of science as axiomatic, unified and stable systems of inquiry > knowledge production as a highly dynamic, situated and collective process.
• Epistemic standards play a key role in knowledge generation processes (Brigandt 2012, Jacoby 2023) and among these, evidential standards (e.g., Stegenga 2011;
Tempini and Leonelli 2021).
• In contexts of inquiry marked by 'epistemic scarcity' (Currie 2021) like paleoanthropology, evidential standards are frequently invoked in debated settings:
How are evidential standards constructed, interpreted and enforced?

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