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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 20d

Call for Abstracts
#HPS of Biodiversity
April 30 — May 2, 2026
Copenhagen, Denmark
Abstracts of 200-500 words should be submitted through: tinyurl.com/hpsbio. The deadline for submissions is Friday, November 7, 2025. Co-organized by @federicabocchi.bsky.social

Second HPS of Biodiversity Meeting

Use this form to submit your abstract

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Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · May 9

My article “What to do about data distance? Responsible alternatives to data sharing” now in Harvard Data Science Review as commentary on Groth & Borgman’s feature conceptualising data distance - a stimulating debate which I am grateful to be part of hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/c4t7vqmm... #philsci

What to Do About Data Distance? Responsible Alternatives to Data Sharing

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Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · Mar 31

Italian readers: articolo intervista sul “lato umano della scienza” e la relazione tra #scienza e #filosofia, messo insieme da Sofia Belardinelli a Padova: ilbolive.unipd.it/it/news/scie... #philsci 🧪

Il lato umano della scienza: la ricerca come attività sociale | Il Bo Live UniPD

La scienza è neutrale? I dati sono solo una rappresentazione dei fatti? A queste questioni si dedica la ricerca di Sabina Leonelli, filosofa della scienza, a cui abbiamo posto alcune domande sulla nat...

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · Mar 31

This Friday Phi-Geo grad @leticiacastillo.bsky.social will be giving an invited lecture at Tufts University on "Hidden Narratives in Paleontology: Toward Ethical & Inclusive Practices". #philsci #STS #PhiGeo #philsky ⚒️

Leticia smiling in front of a museum didplay

STS LUNCH SEMINAR
Spring 2025, Fridays 12-1:15pm EST
Science, Technology, and Society - Lunch Seminar
Spring 2025 Schedule

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Federica Rocky Bocchi @federicabocchi.bsky.social · Mar 30

Thanks, @frabellazzi.bsky.social, for co-organizing a great multidisciplinary workshop on Scale and Measurement at the Center for Philosophy and the Sciences at the University of Oslo. Here's a picture from @beccajackson.bsky.social 's talk on the Apgar Score and "Construct Realization".

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Federica Rocky Bocchi @federicabocchi.bsky.social · Feb 28

In these uncertain times, this is something to look forward to.

I will present a brand new project, "When Adequacy is Inadequate: a Pragmatist Approach to Accurate Measurement Democratization," with Carlos Santana. »https://www.centerphilsci.pitt.edu/event/pragmatism-and-measurement-2/

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Uljana Feest @ufeest.bsky.social · Feb 17

I received some copies of my forthcoming book in the mail!
The official release date is March 11
#hps #philsci #psychology #metascience #sts

Open cardboard box, containing several paperback copies of the Uljana Feest's forthcoming book, Operationism in Psychology: An Epistemology of Exploration

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Federica Rocky Bocchi @federicabocchi.bsky.social · Feb 5

I am honored to have been invited to present “Quantifying the Biodiversity Crisis: measurement and scaling issues” at the ScaM workshop on scale and measurement at the University of Oslo. Drawing from a collaboration with @alisabokulich.bsky.social

Check it out: www.hf.uio.no/english/rese...

ScaM workshop: on scale and measurement in the sciences - Centre for Philosophy and the Sciences (CPS)

Read this story on the University of Oslo's website.

www.hf.uio.no

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Federica Rocky Bocchi @federicabocchi.bsky.social · Feb 5

I am excited to give a talk, "Democratizing Measurements for Environmental Justice," at the AAAS Meeting in Boston on Feb. 15th. I argue that "Science Shaping Tomorrow" must be participatory and democratic starting from the foundation: measurement.
Details:
aaas.confex.com/aaas/2025/me...

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HPS @ AAAS @hps-aaas.bsky.social · Jan 13

Another #HPS talk of interest at the upcoming AAAS meeting in Boston on Saturday, February 15, 2025 is "Democratizing Measurements for Environmental Justice" by
Federica Bocchi @federicabocchi.bsky.social , University of Copenhagen
#philsci #philsky

AAAS ANNUAL MEETING
"Democratizing Measurements for Environmental Justice"
Federica Bocchi, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen,
Denmark, Denmark
Abstract
Saturday, February 15, 2025

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Federica Rocky Bocchi @federicabocchi.bsky.social · Nov 16

Thanks to all those who joined my talk at #PSA2024! Special thanks to my coauthor, Carlos Santana, and the other symposium presenters: Tina Heger, Melissa Charenko, Aja Watkins, and Karen Kovaka.

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Federica Rocky Bocchi @federicabocchi.bsky.social · Nov 16

Publication alert! My paper, "Biodiversity Skepticism and Measurement Practices," is now available in Biology & Philosophy open access. It's my first attempt to link measurement theory and conceptual engineering to the practices of measuring biodiversity.
Link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · Nov 13

Don't forget to check out the Underrepresented Philosophy of Sciences Scholars (UPSS) Session highlighting PSA's UPSS Mentoring Initiative this weekend at #PSA24 in NOLA #philsci

PSA UPSS Initiative @psa-upss.bsky.social · Sep 28

Congrats to PSA UPSS Session winners:
Ian Peebles (ASU)
Vanessa Schipani (UPENN)
@lidasara.bsky.social (UT - San Antonio), &
Banin Diar Sukmono (UC Irvine)! 🎉
Join us for UPSS session taking place on Saturday, November 16th from 1:15-3:15 p.m. in Studio 1 at PSA in NOLA
philsci.org/upss_biennia...

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Matthew J. Cull @matthewjcull.bsky.social · Nov 8

New Stanford Encyclopedia article out today, written by myself and Katharine Jenkins: Feminist Metaphysics plato.stanford.edu/entries/femi...
#philsky

Feminist Metaphysics (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

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Federica Rocky Bocchi @federicabocchi.bsky.social · Nov 9

See you in NOLA!

Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · Nov 8

Friday November 15
9:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Federica & Aja

"No Lineation without Representation:
Making Earth System Boundaries
Objective"
@federicabocchi.bsky.social & Carlos Santana

"Data and Evidence Practices in Paleoclimatology
@melissacharenko.bsky.social

"Evidence in Fire Science"
Aja Watkins

Studio 2
November 15, 2024
9:00 AM - 11:45 AM
From Data and
Evidence to Policy and Action in the Environmental
Sciences

Epistemic Inequity in Evidence-Based
Conservation
Karen Kovaka
No Lineation without Representation:
Making Earth System Boundaries
Objective
Bocchi & Santana
Data and Evidence Practices in
Paleoclimatology
Melissa Charenko
Evidence in Fire Science
Aja Watkins
Evidence Synthesis in Ecology:
Challenges and Suggestions
Tina Heger

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Soazig Le Bihan @soaziglebihan.bsky.social · Nov 1

Good morning, #phisky, #philsci, #conservation, #envhum and 🌎
@federicabocchi.bsky.social has an upcoming paper in Philosophy and Biology, arguing that we are not doomed to skepticism regarding biodiversity despite its multiple/conflicting measures. Preprint: philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24138/

Biodiversity Skepticism and Measurement Practices - PhilSci-Archive

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HPS @ AAAS @hps-aaas.bsky.social · Sep 24

Congratulations to new #HPS AAAS Fellows, incl
Kevin Elliott, Michigan State Univ
Pnina Geraldine Abir-Am, Brandeis Uni
Kristine Harper, University of Copenhagen (pic)
who were inducted at 150th AAAS Fellows Gala in DC on Saturday Sept 21st.
Read more about AAAS Fellows:
www.aaas.org/fellows/2023...

Photo of a man & two women all holding certificates smiling:
Pnina Geraldine Abir-Am (L), Kevin Elliott (C), & Kristine Harper (R) at 150th AAAS Fellows Gala in DC on Saturday Sept 21st, 2024.

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Stefano Canali @stefanocanali.bsky.social · May 18

Day 2 of #SPSP2024, the day of our symposium "Demanding Evidence and Addressing Justice at the Intersection of Health and Environmental Sciences"!
Co-organised with @federicabocchi.bsky.social, with great talks by Federica, Ariane Hanemaayer, and Helena Alves Pinto.

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Federica Rocky Bocchi @federicabocchi.bsky.social · Apr 28

Thanks, any comments is more than welcome!

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Federica Rocky Bocchi @federicabocchi.bsky.social · Apr 28

My paper "Metrics in biodiversity conservation and the value-free ideal" is now available OA in Synthese.
Here's the link: rdcu.be/dF0sC

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · Mar 1

Excited that my former PhDs @federicabocchi.bsky.social & Aja Watkins also had their #PSA24 symposium session "From Data & Evidence to Policy & Action in the Environmental Sciences" accepted, with great talks by them, Karen Kovaca, Tina Heger & @melissacharenko.bsky.social, & Carlos Santana #philsci

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · Feb 8

A great survey intro to philosophy of geosciences by my recent PhD Aja Watkins & @miguelohn.bsky.social is now out ⤵️ #philsci ⚒️

Miguel Ohnesorge @miguelohn.bsky.social · Feb 8

Aja Watkins and I wrote an introduction to the philosophy of the geosciences, which is now available in open access: compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#philsci #histsci

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Federica Rocky Bocchi @federicabocchi.bsky.social · Oct 25

Thanks to Charles Pence and Max Bautista Perpinyà for organizing a workshop on Integrating the History and Philosophy of Biodiversity at the Brussels' Natural Science Museum, last week.
I had a great time presenting my work in progress on a "theory of evidence" for evidence-based conservation!

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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · Oct 11

AND HERE IT IS!!

This year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year has been awarded to this *gorgeous* picture of a tri-spine horseshoe crab taken by Laurent Ballesta!

Absolutely obsessed with how much it looks like some sort of alien spaceship 🎉🌿🧪
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

A golden horseshoe crab scuttling along a muddy sea floor at night with three golden travellie fish following along.

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David Ludwig @davidludwig.bsky.social · Sep 23

Instead of patrolling the border between indigenous knowledge & science, philosophers of science should contribute to methods for navigating the epistemic & political complexity of transdisciplinary research. Check out our short & programmatic paper here philpapers.org/archive/LUDT...

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