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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 19d

A fantastic kickoff tonight of the Boston Network for History & Philosophy of Physics, organized by @miguelohn.bsky.social & featuring talk by Peter Galison on his work with the Black Hole Initiative. #HPS ⚛️

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Miguel Ohnesorge @miguelohn.bsky.social · Sep 3

New History & Philosophy of Physics network in Boston! Join us: open to locals and visitors. Check out the inaugural colloquium program & sign up to our mailing list and register for the inaugural lecture given by Peter Galison: www.bu.edu/cphs/boston-...

#philsci #histsci #philsky

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Miguel Ohnesorge @miguelohn.bsky.social · Aug 31

Forgot: #philsky #philsci #histsci

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Miguel Ohnesorge @miguelohn.bsky.social · Aug 31

Many thanks to @cristianlarph.bsky.social @erantal.bsky.social @beccajackson.bsky.social @annaalexandrova.bsky.social @federicabocchi.bsky.social for discussions at various stages and nice audiences at Cambridge, BU, UW Madison, UEA, Durham, and PSA for questions and comments :-)

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Miguel Ohnesorge @miguelohn.bsky.social · Aug 31

Now out as preprint in Philosophy of Science. l argue that two central desiderata for measures often conflict: quantitativeness and responsiveness to stakeholder values, forcing a choice between them. The conflict poses a challenge for recent work on "legitimate" measurement. doi.org/10.1017/psa....

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Thomas Spiteri @tespiteri.bsky.social · Aug 14

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

The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science · Episode

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Miguel Ohnesorge @miguelohn.bsky.social · Aug 14

Congratulations to both of you, and to @annaalexandrova.bsky.social too!

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Eran Tal @erantal.bsky.social · Aug 12

My student, Sebastian Rodriguez Duque, has just successfully defended his dissertation on the role of ethical and social values in measurement. Next stop: two-year postdoc at Cambridge U supervised by @annaalexandrova.bsky.social . Congratulations, Dr. Rodriguez Duque! #philsky #philsci

Yasmin Haddad @yashaddad.bsky.social · Aug 11

Huge congratulations to my dear & brilliant friend Sebastian on his thesis defence today, "Values in psychosocial measurement". It's been a privilege to be a part of this journey, Dr. Duque! 🤍 #philsci @erantal.bsky.social

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Miguel Ohnesorge @miguelohn.bsky.social · Aug 13

It is a bit odd to think someone could have a PhD in earth science and write two standard works on the history of geophysics and not know the difference between g and G...

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Miguel Ohnesorge @miguelohn.bsky.social · Aug 13

This is extremely uncharitable. She is clearly talking about g only, which is frequently presented as a constant in school textbooks and science communication (this is a public lecture!). Not to mention that g was de facto taken to be a universal constant prior to Newton.

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Katy Duncan 🍉 @katysduncan.bsky.social · Aug 13

@naomioreskes.bsky.social's brilliant @rigb.org lecture: how military secrecy delayed plate tectonic theory for 3 decades - a narrative that remains ever relevant to science today...

⚒️ 🧪 #histsci #skystorians #science #academicsky #STS #geoscience @miguelohn.bsky.social

Rethinking the origin of plate tectonics - with Naomi Oreskes

YouTube video by The Royal Institution

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · Jul 25

A lovely meal the other day in Porto with newlyweds 🎊 Miguel & Maria, where Maria introduced us to a few traditional Portuguese desserts such as "Bacon Pudding" & "Camel Drool" 😂 🐫🐪

A young couple smiling in a restaurant, where the woman is dividing the desserts for everyone to sample.

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Miguel Ohnesorge @miguelohn.bsky.social · Jul 6

Join us for this free online event to discuss the meaning, limits, and prospects of assigning numbers to the social and natural world. All online with free registration. #philsci #philsky #histsci #sts #histtech #sociology

Eran Tal @erantal.bsky.social · Jul 6

Onilne workshop on quantification! The Society for the Study of Measurement is delighted to host an event on the philosophy, sociology, and history of quantification across the sciences on August 9. Free with registration. #philsci #philsky #histsci #histtech #sts #sociology 🧪 tinyurl.com/5rn7p7sk

Quantification in History, Philosophy, Sociology, and Practice – The Society for the Study of Measurement

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Miguel Ohnesorge @miguelohn.bsky.social · Jul 25

Such a nice picture of you and Aja!

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · Jul 19

Excited to be heading to the International Society for the History, Philosophy, & Social Studies of Biology (aka ISH) conference in Porto (my 1st!). Check out the great program & these talks by members of our #PhiGeo research group ⬇️ #HPS #ISHPSSB2025

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Phi-Geo at ISH Porto
Matilde Carrera
Boston University, USA
Defining Ancestry: Conceptual Clarity to Minimize Harms [Virtual]
Organized: Conceptual Challenges in the Field of Human Evolution, 14:30-16:00 Monday, 21
July, 2025
Conceptual Challenges in the Field of Human Evolution Organized: Conceptual Challenges in the Field of Human Evolution, 14:30-16:00 Monday, 21 July, 2025
Federica Bocchi
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Relationship-Building and the Limits of Participatory Science
Organized: Participation in Conservation in Postcolonial and Settler Colonial Contexts —
Session 1, 14:30-16:00 Monday, 21 July, 2025Organized: Participation in Conservation in Postcolonial and Settler Colonial Contexts — Session 2, 16:30-18:00 Monday, 21 July, 2025
Matthew Brewer
Boston University, USA
Classification, Uniqueness, and Analogical Reasoning: Lessons from Biology and Geology [Virtual]
Individual: Classification, 11:00-12:30 Tuesday, 22 July. 2025
Aja Watkins
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Criteria for Soil Classification
Organized: How Does Dirt Become Soil? Categorizations of Soil in the Agricultural Sciences — Session 1. 14:30-16:00 Wednesday, 23 July, 2025Organized: How Does Dirt Become Soil?
Categorizations of Soil in the Agricultural Sciences — Session 2, 16:30-18:00 Wednesday, 23
July, 2025
Alisa Bokulich
Boston University, USA
Reconstructing, Extinct Life: Analogues, Homologues, & Biomechanical Models Organized: Evolutionary Reconstruction and Explanation, 16:30-18:00 Wednesday, 23 July.
2025

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Miguel Ohnesorge @miguelohn.bsky.social · Jul 6

Join us for this free online event to discuss the meaning, limits, and prospects of assigning numbers to the social and natural world. All online with free registration. #philsci #philsky #histsci #sts #histtech #sociology

Eran Tal @erantal.bsky.social · Jul 6

Onilne workshop on quantification! The Society for the Study of Measurement is delighted to host an event on the philosophy, sociology, and history of quantification across the sciences on August 9. Free with registration. #philsci #philsky #histsci #histtech #sts #sociology 🧪 tinyurl.com/5rn7p7sk

Quantification in History, Philosophy, Sociology, and Practice – The Society for the Study of Measurement

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Jim Weatherall @jamesowenweatherall.com · Jun 23

Very excited for this summer school on my forthcoming book with Chris Smeenk, The Aims and Structure of Cosmological Theory!!

The book is very nearly finished. Let us know if you'd like to give feedback on a draft.

www.usi.ch/en/education...

Summer School: The Aim and Structure of Cosmological Theory

A number of challenging questions arise in contemporary cosmology, and philosophers can contribute constructively to answering them. Over the past century cosmologists have debated whether, for exampl...

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Miguel Ohnesorge @miguelohn.bsky.social · Jun 24

I would read a draft for sure. Congrats to you and Chris! (I would have wanted to attend the summer school, too, under normal circumstances, but it's just been too hectic relocating my life to the States this year).

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · Jun 10

📣 My latest coauthored paper with Wendy Parker "Understanding Data Uncertainty" is finally forthcoming in /Studies in History & Philosophy of Science/:
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#philsci #philsky 🧪 #Data

Alisa Bokulich & Wendy Parker, Understanding Data Uncertainty - PhilArchive

Scientific data without uncertainty estimates are increasingly seen as incomplete. Recent discussions in the philosophy of data, however, have given little attention to the nature of uncertainty estim...

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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · Jun 3

Co-organized with @wmyrvold.bsky.social, the 2025 Foundations of Thermodynamics workshop will be held in NTU from 16-18 July 2025. We have a great slate of participants and I am very much looking forward to it!

Attendance is free and there will be a Zoom option. Details here: bit.ly/3SxvSNi

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · Jun 1

@miguelohn.bsky.social is staying with us for week, so today took him on hike to top of Great Blue Hill to see weather observatory where they've continuously used same historic instruments since #19thC, such as this Campbell-Stokes sunshine recorder. Then walked along @neponsetgreenway.bsky.social

View from top of GBH Observatory with crystal ball of the Campbell-Stokes sunshine recorder in foreground & trees& pond far below in distance.

View of downtown Boston in distance from GBH

Lower Mills section of Neponset River and old Bakers chocolate factory.

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Miguel Ohnesorge @miguelohn.bsky.social · May 20

Congrats, David!

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Enno Fischer @ennofischer.bsky.social · May 19

Apply to join a team of wonderful colleagues at Philosophy at TU Dresden. I am advertising a 3-year PhD position in philosophy of science/philosophy of physics as part of the DFG project 'Progress through Principles', deadline 28.06.2024. For details: tinyurl.com/3eb2f667
#philsci #philsky

Job ad for position in DFG project: "Progress through Principles: An Epistemology of Foundational Assumptions Guiding Contemporary Physics"

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Miguel Ohnesorge @miguelohn.bsky.social · May 17

Great that you will be in Boston!

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Katy Duncan 🍉 @katysduncan.bsky.social · May 14

The only possible way to round off the @ri-science.bsky.social Geophysics conference was to stick the attendees in Faraday’s lab 🤷🏻‍♀️ Thank you all so much for coming! @miguelohn.bsky.social @alisabokulich.bsky.social

7 people behind the glass wall of Faraday’s original laboratory, surrounded by his apparatus

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