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EU Philosophy of Astronomy & Cosmology
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Events, publications & news about the philosophy of astronomy & cosmology, especially within the EU. Posts by the UPAC research group, uu.nl/upac X: @EU_phil_cosmo Mastodon: @[email protected]
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EU Philosophy of Astronomy & Cosmology @eu-phil-cosmo.bsky.social · Nov 20
Hello World! This account collects events, news & publications about philosophy of astronomy & cosmology, especially within the EU. DM or tag us if you think a post is relevant for this account.
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EU Philosophy of Astronomy & Cosmology @eu-phil-cosmo.bsky.social · 2d
The next UPAC colloquium speaker session will be held tomorrow (7 Oct 2025, 1500-16h00), we will be hosting Jan de Boer (UvA), who will give a talk on "Holography and Black Holes". For more information, visit:
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EU Philosophy of Astronomy & Cosmology @eu-phil-cosmo.bsky.social · 9d
For the next UPAC colloquium work in progress session tomorrow (30 Sept 2025, 16h00-17h00), we will be discussing a draft by Dominic Ryder (LSE) titled "Deidealizing Black Hole Evaporation; a case study in the large scale structure of deidealization"

More info at: www.uu.nl/en/research/...
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EU Philosophy of Astronomy & Cosmology @eu-phil-cosmo.bsky.social · 14d
Call for abstracts for an open access collected volume on the conceptual distinction between spacetime and matter, with Cambridge University Press. We invite philosophers of physics, physicists and any other interested scholars to submit a proposal for a short chapter.

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Collected Volume Spacetime-Matter Distinction
Open call for chapter contributions to an open access collected volume on the conceptual distinction between spacetime and matter.
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Elise Cutts @elisecutts.bsky.social · 14d
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin ✨ figured out what stars are made of ✨ when she was just 25. 🔭🧪

Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students.

I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:
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EU Philosophy of Astronomy & Cosmology @eu-phil-cosmo.bsky.social · 16d
Patrick Dürr and Finnur Dellsén discuss scientific progress through the lens of the history of cosmology: philsci-archive.pitt.edu/26683/
Scientific Progress and Modern Cosmology - PhilSci-Archive
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EU Philosophy of Astronomy & Cosmology @eu-phil-cosmo.bsky.social · 23d
The next UPAC colloquium speaker session will be held tomorrow (16 Sept 2025, 1530-17h00), we will be hosting Franciszek Cudek (University of Oxford), who will give the talk "Localising the singular structure of spacetime". For more information, visit:

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EU Philosophy of Astronomy & Cosmology @eu-phil-cosmo.bsky.social · Sep 3
What can philosophy do for astronomy and cosmology, and vice versa?

Panel happening right now in Utrecht

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EU Philosophy of Astronomy & Cosmology @eu-phil-cosmo.bsky.social · Sep 3
Saakshi Dulani kicks off the second Utrecht conference, on the philosophy of astronomy and cosmology

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EU Philosophy of Astronomy & Cosmology @eu-phil-cosmo.bsky.social · Sep 2
Spacetime Matters conference in Utrecht
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EU Philosophy of Astronomy & Cosmology @eu-phil-cosmo.bsky.social · Sep 1
Ending the first day of our Spacetime Matters conference with a keynote by Kian Salimkhani
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EU Philosophy of Astronomy & Cosmology @eu-phil-cosmo.bsky.social · Sep 1
And so it begins.

The Spacetime Matters conference in Utrecht

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EU Philosophy of Astronomy & Cosmology @eu-phil-cosmo.bsky.social · Jul 1
Final call for registration: conference on the philosophy and foundations of astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology.

Registration deadline: 10th of July

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Jun 21
I'm putting the final touches on my second book #EdgeOfSpaceTime and the entire book is an argument for #cosmology and #particlephysics through #poetry. Part of what we can do in #scicomm is make those connections for people. Those connections are powerful & motivating for people, esp in hard times.
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EU Philosophy of Astronomy & Cosmology @eu-phil-cosmo.bsky.social · Jun 3
The next UPAC colloquium will be held today (03 Jun 2025, 16h00-17h00), where we will be discussing the article, Dark Matter: Explanatory Unification and Historical Continuity, by Simon Allzén, philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24413/ More info: www.uu.nl/en/research/...
Dark Matter: Explanatory Unification and Historical Continuity - PhilSci-Archive
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EU Philosophy of Astronomy & Cosmology @eu-phil-cosmo.bsky.social · May 26
For the next UPAC colloquium work in progress session tomorrow (27 May 2025, 16h00-17h00), we will be discussing a draft by Anastasiia Lazutkina (University of Wuppertal) titled "Evidence in cosmology: how galaxies became complicated"
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EU Philosophy of Astronomy & Cosmology @eu-phil-cosmo.bsky.social · May 22
Great 4th workshop on the history, philosophy and culture of black hole imaging

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EU Philosophy of Astronomy & Cosmology @eu-phil-cosmo.bsky.social · May 13
In the next UPAC colloquium (13 May 2025, 16h00-17h00), where we will be discussing the article,
Black Holes & Idealisation, by Dominic Ryder, philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24402/
More info on:
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The Black Hole Idealization Paradox - PhilSci-Archive
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EU Philosophy of Astronomy & Cosmology @eu-phil-cosmo.bsky.social · May 5
For the next UPAC colloquium speaker session (06 May 2025, 15h30-17h00), we will be hosting Sebastian de Haro [University of Amsterdam], who will give the talk "A Conceptual Analysis of Black Hole Entropy in String Theory". For more information, visit:

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EU Philosophy of Astronomy & Cosmology @eu-phil-cosmo.bsky.social · May 1
Hybrid Workshop on the history, philosophy & culture of black hole imaging (Cambridge, MA)

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Register by the 9th of May
4th HP&C Meeting: May 20, 2025 | ngEHT
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EU Philosophy of Astronomy & Cosmology @eu-phil-cosmo.bsky.social · Apr 28
For the next UPAC colloquium work in progress session tomorrow (29 April 2025, 16h00-17h00), we will be discussing a draft by Sanne Vergouwen & Niels Martens (Utrecht University) about Black Holes as Massive Spacetime.

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EU Philosophy of Astronomy & Cosmology @eu-phil-cosmo.bsky.social · Apr 24
The recording of the UPAC colloquium speaker session on April 1st, in which Marco Forgione (University of Milan) gave a talk titled "Can We Use Robustness Analysis to Evaluate the Hubble Tension?" has just been uploaded!

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UPAC Colloquium April 2024 - Can We Use Robustness Analysis to Evaluate the Hubble Tension?
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EU Philosophy of Astronomy & Cosmology @eu-phil-cosmo.bsky.social · Apr 14
One day left to apply for this PhD position
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EU Philosophy of Astronomy & Cosmology @eu-phil-cosmo.bsky.social · Mar 10
PhD position on the foundations of quantum cosmology, at the Universities of Amsterdam (primary host institution) and Utrecht

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Vacancy — PhD in the Emergence of Time and Laws in Quantum Cosmology
Do you enjoy working in an interdisciplinary research setting on foundational questions in physics? The Institute of Physics and the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation of the University of ...
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EU Philosophy of Astronomy & Cosmology @eu-phil-cosmo.bsky.social · Apr 8
The next UPAC colloquium will be held today (08 Mar 2025, 16h00-17h00), where we will be discussing the article, Theory-mediated detection of novel phenomena in astrophysics: the case of the photon ring, by Jamee Elder, philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24400/
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Theory-mediated detection of novel phenomena in astrophysics: the case of the photon ring - PhilSci-Archive
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EU Philosophy of Astronomy & Cosmology @eu-phil-cosmo.bsky.social · Apr 7
Philosophy of Astronomy and Cosmology Conference happening in Utrecht, 3-5 Sept 2025. It's not too late to submit your abstract.

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EU Philosophy of Astronomy & Cosmology @eu-phil-cosmo.bsky.social · Apr 1
The recording of the UPAC colloquium speaker session on March 4th, in which Jonathan Fay (Univesity of Bristol) gave a talk titled "On Reissner's Hypothesis: Historical proposals for a Machian unification of gravity and inertia" has just been uploaded!

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UPAC Colloquium March 2024 - On Reissner's Hypothesis: a Machian unification of gravity and inertia
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