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Jonathan Basile @jonothingeb.bsky.social · 6d

Virality Vitality is now a paperback! Discount code: SNPF25.

How do viral phenomena undermine basic concepts of the life sciences and philosophy, including the body, immunity, self-reproduction, and species? How does this affect synthetic biology’s attempts to control life?

Jonathan Basile @jonothingeb.bsky.social · Apr 8

This little pathogen I’ve created now has a life of its own. Virality Vitality, on the subterfuges of reproduction and contagion, has just been published!

Unfortunately, only in hardcover for the time being (sunypress.edu/Books/V/Vira...); if you’d like to read it just get in touch!

A smiling man holding a book of which he is evidently very proud. The title is Virality Vitality and the cover is blue and orange, with an image of a cell being invaded by ghostly bacteriophages, like little lollipops

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Greg Rupik @gregoryrupik.bsky.social · 19d

An awesome hybrid conference on the legacies of Richard Lewontin is coming to Toronto. Elliott Sober is the keynote! "Dialectical Biology Today" runs from October 10-12. Learn more and register below! #philbio 🐋🌱
@ihpst-uoft.bsky.social

ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/diale...

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Greg Rupik @gregoryrupik.bsky.social · 12d

Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther's *When Maps Become the World* profoundly inspired my philosophical approach in my book, especially his notions of countermapping, pernicious reification, and contextual objectivity. I'm so grateful for his enthusiastic support of my project to Romanticize evolution! 🐋🌱

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Greg Rupik @gregoryrupik.bsky.social · 15d

Join us for this great conference on the legacies of Lewontin and Dialectical Biology! 🌱🐋 #philbio #evolution #histbio

Greg Rupik @gregoryrupik.bsky.social · 19d

An awesome hybrid conference on the legacies of Richard Lewontin is coming to Toronto. Elliott Sober is the keynote! "Dialectical Biology Today" runs from October 10-12. Learn more and register below! #philbio 🐋🌱
@ihpst-uoft.bsky.social

ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/diale...

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Greg Rupik @gregoryrupik.bsky.social · Sep 2

Despite being a major antagonist in the early chapters of my book, Michael Ruse provided a gracious and supportive peer review of my book before publication, and penned this early review. Remapping Biology with Goethe, Schelling, and Herder is now available in paperback. Check it out!
#philbio #hps

The written early review of remapping biology with Goethe Schelling and Herder, which is available via the link

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Greg Priest @gregpriest.bsky.social · 19d

Ludwig von Bertalanffy—the architect of “General System Theory”—was born OTD in 1901.

Mechanism “provides us with no grasp of … organic 'wholeness,’ … of organic 'teleology,’ or of the historical character of organisms.…”

🌱🐋🦫🦋 #HistSTM #PhilSci #evolbio #STS 🧪

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Jonathan Basile @jonothingeb.bsky.social · 23d

I'm excited to share with you all a conference I'm planning Oct. 10-12: Dialectical Biology Today: Legacies of Richard Lewontin.

It will be hybrid in Toronto and on zoom, so please join us however you can! Register for zoom link here: ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/diale...

Conference title: Dialectical Biology Today: Legacies of Richard Lewontin, and image of Lewontin in Black and White with intense expression in front of a chalkboard holding up a fist,
When and Where
Friday, October 10, 2025 11:30 am to Sunday, October 12, 2025 2:00 pm
Music Room (218)
Goldring Student Centre
150 Charles St W, Toronto, ON M5S 1K5 | and online via Zoom

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Greg Rupik @gregoryrupik.bsky.social · 19d

An awesome hybrid conference on the legacies of Richard Lewontin is coming to Toronto. Elliott Sober is the keynote! "Dialectical Biology Today" runs from October 10-12. Learn more and register below! #philbio 🐋🌱
@ihpst-uoft.bsky.social

ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/diale...

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The Onion @theonion.com · 29d

It Only Tuesday https://theonion.com/it-only-tuesday-1819569397/

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Shane Glackin @eltorosolo.bsky.social · Sep 7

Where to begin with Jon? He was one of the nicest, and certainly the funniest, people I've known in academia; several of his one-liners still crease me with laughter. Indeed, I was quoting one on here just the other week.

He gave me my start lecturing, 1/

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M. J. S. (Jonathan) Hodge: In Memoriam

Jon Hodge passed away peacefully on Friday August 29, 2025, in the Harrogate District Hospital, of complications following pneumonia. While in the hospital, Jon shared many stories and jokes with t…

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Edward Jones-Imhotep @ejonesimhotep.bsky.social · 29d

The IHPST is hiring! Assistant Professor - Philosophy of Science and/or Technology.

jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

Assistant Professor - Philosophy of Science and/or Technology

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Greg Rupik @gregoryrupik.bsky.social · Sep 7

Ishkabibble is officially on Bluesky! Give it a follow! #philbio #histbio 🐋🌱

ISHPSSB @ishpssb.bsky.social · Sep 7

We’re excited to launch the official BlueSky profile of ISHPSSB! Founded in 1998, we connect researchers in philosophy, history, and social studies of biology and medicine worldwide. Follow us for updates and events! #PhilosophyOfBiology, #HistoryOfScience, #STS, #Biology, #Medicine

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Kevin Lala @kevinlala.bsky.social · Mar 19

I am happy to share my review of @gregoryrupik.bsky.social interesting book "Remapping biology with Goethe, Schelling, and Herder", which is well-researched, thought-provoking and exciting.

"It tickles me that I can trace my scholarly roots to Goethe!"

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Greg Rupik @gregoryrupik.bsky.social · Sep 3

Happy Name Day to all the great Gregorys out there! #Greg #Gregory

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Greg Rupik @gregoryrupik.bsky.social · Sep 2

Despite being a major antagonist in the early chapters of my book, Michael Ruse provided a gracious and supportive peer review of my book before publication, and penned this early review. Remapping Biology with Goethe, Schelling, and Herder is now available in paperback. Check it out!
#philbio #hps

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Greg Rupik @gregoryrupik.bsky.social · Aug 28

Assistant Prof posting: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

Assistant Professor - Philosophy of Science and/or Technology

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Greg Rupik @gregoryrupik.bsky.social · Aug 28

Associate Prof posting: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

Associate Professor - Philosophy of Science and/or Technology

jobs.utoronto.ca

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Greg Rupik @gregoryrupik.bsky.social · Aug 28

DOUBLE #hpbio job alert! The @ihpst-uoft.bsky.social has 2 postings for full-time tenure stream positions in the #Philosophy of Science and/or Tech at the Assistant and Associate prof levels (general #philsci or phil. of race/indigenous knowledge/non-western sci).
🐋🌱

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Greg Rupik @gregoryrupik.bsky.social · Aug 28

Wishing a very #Goethe birthday to this guy.

(Engraving by James Posselwhite)

James Posselwhite's engraving portrait of Goethe

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Philippe huneman @philippehune.bsky.social · Aug 18

Let’s delve into the epistemology of network analyses (as GPT would say)!
My paper on networks as explanatory and non-explanatory is out in Synthese and Open Access :)

link.springer.com/content/pdf/...

#philsci #networks #philbio #topology

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Embryo Project @embryoproject.bsky.social · Aug 16

When the outsiders became the experts: AIDS activists transformed the field of biomedicine, and paved the way for additional research on illness-related social movements.

embryo.asu.edu/pages/constr...

#hpbio #philsci #histstm #histsci #philbio #hbio #sts #hps #biology #AIDS #encyclopedia

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ISHPSSB2025 @ishpssb2025.bsky.social · Aug 14

📣 A photo gallery with moments from #ISHPSSB2025 is available here 👉 ishpssb2025.icbas.up.pt/moments-from...
#hpbio #philsci #histstm #histsci #philbio #hbio #sts

Some conference participants wait for the opening session in front of the Hall of Biodiversity (magenta building) of the University of Porto, located in the Botanical Garden.

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Institute of Art and Ideas @iai.tv · Aug 12

Brain researchers are overturning decades of dogma. | iai.tv/articles/neu...

Award-winning neuroscientist Nicole Rust, the brain is a dynamic complex system, whose parts interact via feedback loops that are impossible to study in isolation from each other.

#philsci ⚛️ 🧪

Neuroscience needs a new paradigm: the brain is not a machine | Nicolee Rust

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Greg Priest @gregpriest.bsky.social · Aug 11

“The integration of the enormous number of bits of information … take place in our minds…. I doubt that there is such a thing as a correct view of nature, unless the rules of the game are stated clearly. Undoubtedly, there will later be other games and other rules.”

🐋🌱🦫🦋🧪 #HistSTM #PhilSci

Greg Priest @gregpriest.bsky.social · Aug 11

Erwin Chargaff was born OTD in 1905.

“Our understanding of the world is built up of innumerable layers. Each layer is worth exploring, as long as we do not forget that it is one of many.”

🐋🌱🦫🦋🧪 #HistSTM #PhilSci

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IHPST | University of Toronto @ihpst-uoft.bsky.social · Aug 6

🎉 Congrats to IHPST emeritus professor Polly Winsor, David L. Hull Prize winner! @ishpssb2025.bsky.social honors her work in taxonomy history and dedication to mentoring. She's the first Canadian and second woman to receive this award 📸 @gregoryrupik.bsky.social ihpst.utoronto.ca/news/polly-w...

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