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Adrian Currie @adrian-currie.bsky.social · 2d

If you’re interested in practicing the philosophy of science in practice why not come along to an online workshop “the philosophy of science in practice - in practice”? #philsci

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Diego Morales @dmoralesp.bsky.social · 3d

@olivia.science and @irisvanrooij.bsky.social, your cool work could fit nicely here!

Diego Morales @dmoralesp.bsky.social · 3d

New CFP on AI, education, and research from Philipp Hacker and my fantastic colleagues, Matthew Dennis and @vlastasikimic.bsky.social.

Check it out and consider submitting your work! 👇

philevents.org/event/show/1...

#education #philAI #philosophysky

Artificial Intelligence in Research & Education (AI & Society, Oxford University Press)

Artificial Intelligence in Research & Education AI & Society, Oxford Intersections (Oxford University Press) Call for Papers: Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping research and education i...

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Dr Sophie Hay @pompei79.bsky.social · 4d

Surprisingly yet pleasingly complex - the tile elements required to reconstruct a Roman roof over the House of the Faun, #Pompeii. Beautiful watercolour, pencil, and ink illustrations by Pasquale Maria Veneri dating to 1843 on display in the National Archaeological Museum
In Naples.

Watercolour showing different tile elements both flat (tegulae) and curved (imbrices) and antifixes and water spouts needed for a Roman roof

Plan of the House of the Faun in watercolour showing the reconstructed rooflines.

Reconstruction of a roofline in plan and section

Full image of the three elements as one watercolour illustration

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Pete Savin @petesavin.bsky.social · 5d

The remains of a Roman flagon found during excavation during the 2024 excavation season. The Uncovering roman Carlisle Team will be back from the 26th October for a short 2 week dig. #HadriansWall #Carlisle #archaeology

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Diego Morales @dmoralesp.bsky.social · 6d

Recently out of the oven! Book on the Ethics of Behaviour Change Technologies, edited by @joel-h-anderson.bsky.social and my fantastic colleagues @lilyevafrank.bsky.social and @spahnandreas.bsky.social. Check it out! 👇👇👇

www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...

Ethics of Behaviour Change Technologies

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Diego Morales @dmoralesp.bsky.social · 7d

I think that you might like this account: @effinbirds.com Pure art for our current times

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Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · 8d

What a loss for the field of primatology. A genuine pioneer, a brilliant scientist, and an inspirational writer.

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91

Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour

www.theguardian.com

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Prof. Lucy Cheke @lucycheke.bsky.social · 10d

New Paper out! GIBSONA is a battery of Animal AI tasks evaluating object and affordances understanding - www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

General interaction battery: Simple object navigation and affordances (GIBSONA)

Perception of affordances is an agent’s capability to identify what action-possibilities exist with a particular object or set of objects, based on it…

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Diego Morales @dmoralesp.bsky.social · 13d

Finally got around to deleting my Academia*edu account. Over the years it increasingly felt like a pay-to-win platform with their insistence on hiding basic features behind the premium paywall. The new terms of service were the last straw. This felt like a good time to vote with my feet.

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Diego Morales @dmoralesp.bsky.social · 15d

I once heard this tip: if you offered objections to claims provided by someone who will integrate your committee, you can reasonably expect that person to reply to your objections. Thus, you can prepare by anticipating replies to your objections. Hope this helps!

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Diego Morales @dmoralesp.bsky.social · 16d

Se ve genial!

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Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda @alejandrofabregastejeda.com · 16d

I am quite excited to share a new preprint on the prospects for a 'metaphilosophy of science'—a second-order inquiry into the concepts, assumptions, aims, and methods that underpin philosophy of science itself. 👇📃 philsci-archive.pitt.edu/26661/ 1/3 #philsci #philsky #HPS #HPbio #metaphilosophy

Toward a Metaphilosophy of Science - PhilSci-Archive

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Dr. Walter Veit @walterveit.bsky.social · 18d

My new book 'Modelling Evolution' is now published! Please share. Available for free download for 2 weeks with this link: www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Modelling Evolution

Cambridge Core - Philosophy of Science - Modelling Evolution

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Diego Morales @dmoralesp.bsky.social · 19d

I believe he passed away in 2020 😅

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Kozzy Voudouris @kozzyvoudouris.bsky.social · 22d

A prominent idea in biology tells us that evolution is not always incremental, but often involves a few important structural changes that open up phylogenetic possibility.

Think: single cells ➡️ multicellular life. Solitary individuals ➡️ eusocial colonies.

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Diego Morales @dmoralesp.bsky.social · 26d

Pretty accurate.

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Diego Morales @dmoralesp.bsky.social · 28d

Cool set!

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Diego Morales @dmoralesp.bsky.social · 28d

Es un excelente libro!

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Diego Morales @dmoralesp.bsky.social · Sep 5

Wonderful piece by @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social on @literaryhub.bsky.social about the Aeneid:

lithub.com/emily-wilson...

A great read!

Emily Wilson Explores The Aeneid ’s Influence on the Contemporary Western World

“Hindsight as foresight makes no sense,” insists the speaker of W. H. Auden’s great poem about the Aeneid, “Secondary Epic,” objecting to perhaps the most provocative element of Virgil’s epic: the …

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Tobias Flattery @tobiasflattery.bsky.social · Sep 4

Plato has Laches express well why doing philosophy can be hard: "I am really getting annoyed at being unable to express what I think... I still think I know what [X] is, but I can’t understand how it has escaped me just now so that I can’t pin it down in words and say what it is.” #philsky

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Diego Morales @dmoralesp.bsky.social · Sep 3

@smellosopher.bsky.social, look! 🎉🎉

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Diego Morales @dmoralesp.bsky.social · Sep 2

Cool new paper by @kozzyvoudouris.bsky.social on analogical reasoning as a means for generating alternative hypotheses in comparative cognition. Check out the thread and the publication 👇👇

#philsky #cognition

Kozzy Voudouris @kozzyvoudouris.bsky.social · Sep 2

Doing cognitive science on non-human systems like animals or artificial intelligence, brings inherent challenges. One of them is generating plausible alternative explanations for behaviour that can be tested empirically.

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Diego Morales @dmoralesp.bsky.social · Sep 2

Congrats on the publication! 👏👏 I will check it out for sure.

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Diego Morales @dmoralesp.bsky.social · Aug 31

Uuu, that is a good feeling indeed. I raise: probably that, plus remembering exactly where the passage you need to reference is within the book.

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