The HPS Podcast
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Award-winning podcast on the history, philosophy & social studies of science brought to you by graduate students from the University of Melbourne. Season 5 hosted by @tespiteri.bsky.social 🔗 https://linktr.ee/thehpspodcast
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Registration for the 2025 AAHPSSS conference is now open!

For details, and to register, please see: aahpsss.net.au/conference/2...
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I sat down with Prof. Cordelia Fine for an in-depth discussion about her wonderful new book “Patriarchy, Inc.”

She critiques two dominant stories of inequality — the “different but equal” view and the “business case for diversity” — and sets out a richer vision of what equality should mean today.
S5 E10 - Cordelia Fine on
Podcast Episode · The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science · 03/10/2025 · 53m
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Such a pleasure to talk with @tespiteri.bsky.social on the HPS Podcast about Patriarchy Inc.

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I sat down with Prof. Cordelia Fine for an in-depth discussion about her wonderful new book “Patriarchy, Inc.”

She critiques two dominant stories of inequality — the “different but equal” view and the “business case for diversity” — and sets out a richer vision of what equality should mean today.
S5 E10 - Cordelia Fine on
Podcast Episode · The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science · 03/10/2025 · 53m
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This week, we’re joined by Professor Miriam Solomon to discuss stigma and its impact on psychiatry — how it has shaped diagnoses, DSM revisions, and ideas of what counts as disorder

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S5 E9 – Miriam Solomon on How Stigma Shapes Psychiatry
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We are grateful to have had @ufeest.bsky.social join for this week's HPS Seminar, where she discussed work from her new book Operationism in Psychology: An Epistemology of Exploration. A stimulating and insightful session. Thanks a lot, Uljana!

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I had a rich and wide-ranging conversation w/ Professor Philip Kitcher for the podcast this week.

We discuss his intellectual journey, interventions in creationism, sociobiology & the genome project, his philosophical evolution, and vision for philosophy serving the common good. A real privilege.
S5 E8 - Philip Kitcher on Philosophy for Science and the Common Good
Podcast Episode · The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science · 11/09/2025 · 48m
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Call for 2025 Hanneke Janssen Memorial Prize for best work in History &/or Philosophy of Modern Physics by a student as part of a Masters Thesis. Prize incl a 2000 euro award, invitation to give a talk at Radboud U, & publish in Foundations of Physics.
Nomination by supervisor by October 6
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We’re taking a short mid-season break, but we’ll be back next week with more great conversations!

In the meantime, why not catch up on some of our earlier episodes? They’re well worth a listen.

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🎙️ New HPS Pod!

I chat with Prof. Lydia Patton about HOPOS — the history of philosophy of science. From her editorship of the journal to the future of the discipline, Patton shares why a historical lens reshapes core philosophical questions.

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S5 E7 - Lydia Patton on HOPOS
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An absolute privilege to interview the scientist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy for @hpspodcast.bsky.social
She was so generous & honest in talking about the shifts she had to experience in order to 'see' that men could be expert carers of babies #philsci #hps #fathertime
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This week, @samaragreenwood.bsky.social returns to The HPS Podcast with a special guest: renowned primatologist and evolutionary anthropologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy. Their interview, “Rethinking Our Starting Assumptions,” is available now — link below!
#hps #science
S5 E6 - Sarah Blaffer Hrdy on ‘Rethinking our Starting Assumptions’
Podcast Episode · The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science · 21/08/2025 · 29m
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Delighted to share that PATRIARCHY INC. is published in North America this week with @wwnorton.com
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This week, @samaragreenwood.bsky.social returns to The HPS Podcast with a special guest: renowned primatologist and evolutionary anthropologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy. Their interview, “Rethinking Our Starting Assumptions,” is available now — link below!
#hps #science
S5 E6 - Sarah Blaffer Hrdy on ‘Rethinking our Starting Assumptions’
Podcast Episode · The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science · 21/08/2025 · 29m
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This week, Cristian Larroulet Philipi joins us to talk about measurement in the human sciences: why it can be more philosophically complex than in the physical sciences, and how it raises pressing questions about the role of numbers in psychology, social science, and policy

#philsci #measurement
S5 E5 - Cristian Larroulet Philippi on Measurement in the Human Sciences
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This interview brought back happy memories of the three years I spent as a post-doc in Rheinberger's department at the MPI for the History of Science (about 20 years ago). Thank you, @tespiteri.bsky.social. Your smart and thoughtful questions turned this into a delightful conversation.
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This week, distinguished historian and philosopher of science Hans-Jörg Rheinberger joins us to explore how scientific inquiry unfolds through experimental systems. We discuss 'epistemic things', technical objects, and their implications for how science is practiced and understood.

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S5 E3 - Hans-Jörg Rheinberger on 'Epistemic Things'
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Grateful to Cristian Larroulet Philippi — our inaugural Seddon Fellow in the HPS program at UniMelb — for a rich and most insightful deep dive…

🎧 Don't miss this one!
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This week, Cristian Larroulet Philipi joins us to talk about measurement in the human sciences: why it can be more philosophically complex than in the physical sciences, and how it raises pressing questions about the role of numbers in psychology, social science, and policy

#philsci #measurement
S5 E5 - Cristian Larroulet Philippi on Measurement in the Human Sciences
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We're glad to hear you enjoyed this one!
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Grateful to Cristian Larroulet Philippi — our inaugural Seddon Fellow in the HPS program at UniMelb — for a rich and most insightful deep dive…

🎧 Don't miss this one!
🔗 linktr.ee/thehpspodcast

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tespiteri.bsky.social
This week, Cristian Larroulet Philipi joins us to talk about measurement in the human sciences: why it can be more philosophically complex than in the physical sciences, and how it raises pressing questions about the role of numbers in psychology, social science, and policy

#philsci #measurement
S5 E5 - Cristian Larroulet Philippi on Measurement in the Human Sciences
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How curious 🤔 -- I'll see if there's anything we can do on our end. How does the Buzzsprout link work? And what's your preferred platform? I'll try to play around with the links!
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It should look like this. If not, that's useful and important information that we will work toward rectifying!
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Hi @geekgirl397.bsky.social, If I'm not mistaken, the "listen" tab provides options other than Spotify – most podcast platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Overcast etc. Spotify just appears first. But, beneath that link, there's a Buzzsprout tab — an alternative platform to those others!
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Just finished listening to this episode and it’s so great! I’m teaching a course on the social structure of science and values in science to undergraduates in Iceland this fall and this will be super useful to give to the students.
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What happens when the old contract between science and society no longer fits?

This week, Prof. Heather Douglas unpacks the legacy of the value-free ideal, examines research ethics & funding — and proposes a new social contract for science. This was an illuminating conversation.

Listen now! 🎧
S5 E4 - Heather Douglas on Rethinking Science’s Social Contract
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Thanks Oscar – so pleased to hear this!
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It should look like this. If not, that's useful and important information that we will work toward rectifying!