Soazig Le Bihan
@soaziglebihan.bsky.social
Professor of #Philosophy, University of Montana. Models, ecology/conservation, science and values. Strong interest in animal issues and philosophy of law. Working on a book on scientific understanding. PSA DEI Caucus Senior Co-Chair.
www.soaziglebihan.org
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Physicists have long been enamored with “beautiful” models—but this seems to have changed in high-energy physics. In his new paper, Martin King argues that experimental contexts strongly determine the pursuitworthiness of “ugly models” 👇📃 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philphysics #HPS
October 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Physicists have long been enamored with “beautiful” models—but this seems to have changed in high-energy physics. In his new paper, Martin King argues that experimental contexts strongly determine the pursuitworthiness of “ugly models” 👇📃 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philphysics #HPS
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🆕 Online first: "On Elephants and Octopuses"
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@karimbschir.bsky.social & ISiS' @simonlohse.bsky.social propose to distinguish between a representative and an integrative model for pluralism in scientific policy advice.
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@karimbschir.bsky.social & ISiS' @simonlohse.bsky.social propose to distinguish between a representative and an integrative model for pluralism in scientific policy advice.
On Elephants and Octopuses: Two Models of Pluralistic Policy Advice | Philosophy of Science | Cambridge Core
On Elephants and Octopuses: Two Models of Pluralistic Policy Advice
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October 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
🆕 Online first: "On Elephants and Octopuses"
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
@karimbschir.bsky.social & ISiS' @simonlohse.bsky.social propose to distinguish between a representative and an integrative model for pluralism in scientific policy advice.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
@karimbschir.bsky.social & ISiS' @simonlohse.bsky.social propose to distinguish between a representative and an integrative model for pluralism in scientific policy advice.
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Don’t miss our Lunch Time Talk with Oron Shagrir!
📅 Tomorrow, October 14th
⏰ 12pm EDT
📍 CL-1117
Title: "The mathematical objection to artificial (machine) intelligence"
Can't make the talk? Join on Zoom: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/97226295421
See you there!
#LTT #CenterPhilSci
📅 Tomorrow, October 14th
⏰ 12pm EDT
📍 CL-1117
Title: "The mathematical objection to artificial (machine) intelligence"
Can't make the talk? Join on Zoom: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/97226295421
See you there!
#LTT #CenterPhilSci
October 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Don’t miss our Lunch Time Talk with Oron Shagrir!
📅 Tomorrow, October 14th
⏰ 12pm EDT
📍 CL-1117
Title: "The mathematical objection to artificial (machine) intelligence"
Can't make the talk? Join on Zoom: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/97226295421
See you there!
#LTT #CenterPhilSci
📅 Tomorrow, October 14th
⏰ 12pm EDT
📍 CL-1117
Title: "The mathematical objection to artificial (machine) intelligence"
Can't make the talk? Join on Zoom: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/97226295421
See you there!
#LTT #CenterPhilSci
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Happening Today at Noon!
Join us at 12 PM EDT in CL-1117 for a Lunch Time Talk with Oron Shagrir!
Title: "The mathematical objection to artificial (machine) intelligence"
Join on Zoom: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/97226295421
See you there!
#LTT #CenterPhilSci
Join us at 12 PM EDT in CL-1117 for a Lunch Time Talk with Oron Shagrir!
Title: "The mathematical objection to artificial (machine) intelligence"
Join on Zoom: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/97226295421
See you there!
#LTT #CenterPhilSci
October 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Happening Today at Noon!
Join us at 12 PM EDT in CL-1117 for a Lunch Time Talk with Oron Shagrir!
Title: "The mathematical objection to artificial (machine) intelligence"
Join on Zoom: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/97226295421
See you there!
#LTT #CenterPhilSci
Join us at 12 PM EDT in CL-1117 for a Lunch Time Talk with Oron Shagrir!
Title: "The mathematical objection to artificial (machine) intelligence"
Join on Zoom: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/97226295421
See you there!
#LTT #CenterPhilSci
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CfP for a Workshop on "Scientific Progress via Model Transfer? The Case of Cultural Evolution", April 2026 in Hannover 👇 #philsci #philsky
Our team member Edoardo Peruzzi organizes a workshop together with @karimbaraghith.bsky.social:
"Scientific Progress via Model Transfer? The Case of Cultural Evolution"
📍 Leibniz Universität Hannover
📅 April 9–10, 2026
Below you’ll find more information about the workshop and the CfP 👇
"Scientific Progress via Model Transfer? The Case of Cultural Evolution"
📍 Leibniz Universität Hannover
📅 April 9–10, 2026
Below you’ll find more information about the workshop and the CfP 👇
October 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Two cool-looking articles in my mailbox today: one by @193.bsky.social making the case for the underdetermination of data, and another by Ahmad Elabbar providing an institutional analysis of value influence in climate science. #philsci #phisky #valuesinscience #climate
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October 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Two cool-looking articles in my mailbox today: one by @193.bsky.social making the case for the underdetermination of data, and another by Ahmad Elabbar providing an institutional analysis of value influence in climate science. #philsci #phisky #valuesinscience #climate
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Very excited for a #envhum weekend at the Flathead Lake Bio Station. Big thanks to Craig Calender, Karen Kovaka, and the UC San Diego Center for Practical Ethics for making this possible!
On the menu: misinformation in the environmental sciences, animal communication, and human-wildlife conflict 🌎
On the menu: misinformation in the environmental sciences, animal communication, and human-wildlife conflict 🌎
September 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Very excited for a #envhum weekend at the Flathead Lake Bio Station. Big thanks to Craig Calender, Karen Kovaka, and the UC San Diego Center for Practical Ethics for making this possible!
On the menu: misinformation in the environmental sciences, animal communication, and human-wildlife conflict 🌎
On the menu: misinformation in the environmental sciences, animal communication, and human-wildlife conflict 🌎
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We’ve added a new selection of forthcoming titles to our Titles for Review sheet. If one sparks your interest (or if there’s another you’ve been eyeing), send us a request at [email protected]! tinyurl.com/ybh7mpvd #BookReview #PhilSky #OpenAccess
September 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
We’ve added a new selection of forthcoming titles to our Titles for Review sheet. If one sparks your interest (or if there’s another you’ve been eyeing), send us a request at [email protected]! tinyurl.com/ybh7mpvd #BookReview #PhilSky #OpenAccess
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"If we want philosophy to be genuinely global, just, and conducive to the pursuit of truth, we need to be more aware of the invisible labor that many NNES philosophers invest to be heard, and more willing to challenge the structures that may keep them quiet."
#philsky
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The Hidden Costs of Being a Non-Native English Speaker in Philosophy (guest post) - Daily Nous
Last year, a group of scholars launched an international survey of philosophers on the dominant language of philosophy today---"academic English"---and the challenges faced by native and non-native sp...
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September 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
"If we want philosophy to be genuinely global, just, and conducive to the pursuit of truth, we need to be more aware of the invisible labor that many NNES philosophers invest to be heard, and more willing to challenge the structures that may keep them quiet."
#philsky
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September 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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My revised and expanded entry on the Ethics of Cultural Heritage is now live in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy! Appropriation, repatriation, monuments, and more, as well as a new section on the nascent aesthetic injustice literature. #philsky
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The Ethics of Cultural Heritage (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
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September 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
My revised and expanded entry on the Ethics of Cultural Heritage is now live in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy! Appropriation, repatriation, monuments, and more, as well as a new section on the nascent aesthetic injustice literature. #philsky
plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethi...
plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethi...
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Émilie du Châtelet challenged the Enlightenment, and history nearly forgot her. Jon Templeman reviews Andrew Janiak’s 'The Enlightenment’s Most Dangerous Woman', a bold reexamination of philosophy’s hidden foundations. Read the review here: buff.ly/znhgfdx #EmilieDuChatelet #PhilSky #BookReview
September 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Émilie du Châtelet challenged the Enlightenment, and history nearly forgot her. Jon Templeman reviews Andrew Janiak’s 'The Enlightenment’s Most Dangerous Woman', a bold reexamination of philosophy’s hidden foundations. Read the review here: buff.ly/znhgfdx #EmilieDuChatelet #PhilSky #BookReview
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Some years ago, Bayer tried to recruit me for a project on trust in science. (I listened, but then declined.) Now it’s clear not only do they not trust science, they don’t trust justice, either. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/c...
G.O.P. Plan on Pesticides Faces Revolt From MAHA Moms
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September 16, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Some years ago, Bayer tried to recruit me for a project on trust in science. (I listened, but then declined.) Now it’s clear not only do they not trust science, they don’t trust justice, either. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/c...
September 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
So… I have disappeared for a month. Apologies. Travels, a new job (Associate Dean), and the beginning of a heavy semester have kept me quite busy. Looking forward to hanging out here again. And for now, here is my review of @cepaea.bsky.social’s fascinating book, The Land is our Community. #philsci🌎
Review of Roberta L. Millstein’s The Land Is Our Community - Roberta L. Millstein, The Land Is Our Community: Aldo Leopold’s Environmental Ethic for the New Millennium. Chicago, IL: University of Chic...
Review of Roberta L. Millstein’s The Land Is Our Community - Roberta L. Millstein, The Land Is Our Community: Aldo Leopold’s Environmental Ethic for the New Millennium. Chicago, IL: University of Chic...
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September 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
So… I have disappeared for a month. Apologies. Travels, a new job (Associate Dean), and the beginning of a heavy semester have kept me quite busy. Looking forward to hanging out here again. And for now, here is my review of @cepaea.bsky.social’s fascinating book, The Land is our Community. #philsci🌎
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July 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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philsci-archive.pitt.edu: What does it mean to say that science is value-laden?
https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/cgi/export/eprint/26034/Atom/pittphilsci-eprint-26034.xml
https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/cgi/export/eprint/26034/Atom/pittphilsci-eprint-26034.xml
July 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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TT Job in Philosophy: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Full Professor of Philosophy at School of Humanities, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, AOS/AOC: Open
#philsky #philsci #philjobs
#philsky #philsci #philjobs
We are hiring in Philosophy at NTU!
Open rank and open area call for tenure-track/tenured position: philjobs.org/job/show/29338
Please spread the word, and feel free to reach out should you have any questions!
Open rank and open area call for tenure-track/tenured position: philjobs.org/job/show/29338
Please spread the word, and feel free to reach out should you have any questions!
July 18, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Promising paper by Zina Ward: cluster theories of natural kinds help establish that female / male brains do not qualify as natural kinds. #philsci
Just accepted:
'Natural Kinds and Machine Learning: The Case of Male and Female Brains'
– Zina Ward
Abstract in alt text or read the full paper here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
#philsci #philsky
'Natural Kinds and Machine Learning: The Case of Male and Female Brains'
– Zina Ward
Abstract in alt text or read the full paper here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
#philsci #philsky
July 18, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Promising paper by Zina Ward: cluster theories of natural kinds help establish that female / male brains do not qualify as natural kinds. #philsci
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Reposting for recent arrivals… #philosophy #PhilSky
Resources for #philosophy on Bluesky (updated)
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July 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Reposting for recent arrivals… #philosophy #PhilSky
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I wonder, if we truly believe we are so much better than other species, why have we spent thousands of years driving home the point?
July 16, 2025 at 9:21 AM
I wonder, if we truly believe we are so much better than other species, why have we spent thousands of years driving home the point?
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Weighing in at 827 pages and 2 1/4 inches, our Oxford Handbook of American and British Women Philosophers in the 19th Century is HERE! Huge thanks to @oupphilosophy.bsky.social and our 50+ authors. Restoring women to the philosophical canon is a matter of justice, but it is also better scholarship!
July 15, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Weighing in at 827 pages and 2 1/4 inches, our Oxford Handbook of American and British Women Philosophers in the 19th Century is HERE! Huge thanks to @oupphilosophy.bsky.social and our 50+ authors. Restoring women to the philosophical canon is a matter of justice, but it is also better scholarship!
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#LSEPhilosophy Professor Roman Frigg & colleagues published the book “Proofs and Research Programmes: Lakatos at 100” with @springernature.com
👉It's the first book in this century to cover the contemporary significance of Lakatos’ philosophy
🔓 Open access link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #philsci
👉It's the first book in this century to cover the contemporary significance of Lakatos’ philosophy
🔓 Open access link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #philsci
Proofs and Research Programmes: Lakatos at 100
This open access book offers new insights into issues raised in philosophy of mathematics and in philosophy of science by Imre Lakatos.
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July 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
#LSEPhilosophy Professor Roman Frigg & colleagues published the book “Proofs and Research Programmes: Lakatos at 100” with @springernature.com
👉It's the first book in this century to cover the contemporary significance of Lakatos’ philosophy
🔓 Open access link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #philsci
👉It's the first book in this century to cover the contemporary significance of Lakatos’ philosophy
🔓 Open access link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #philsci
Intriguing article: “While many people might assume that our memories are primarily stored within our brains, some philosophers like myself argue that… memory can extend beyond the confines of the body to involve coupled interaction with structures in the environment. “ #philsci #philsky #cognition
What can slime mould teach us about biological memory? | Aeon Essays
Certain slime moulds can make decisions, solve mazes and remember things. What can we learn from the blob?
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July 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Intriguing article: “While many people might assume that our memories are primarily stored within our brains, some philosophers like myself argue that… memory can extend beyond the confines of the body to involve coupled interaction with structures in the environment. “ #philsci #philsky #cognition
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Just accepted:
‘In Search of Cosmic Time: Complete Observables and the Clock Hypothesis’
– Nicola Bamonti & Karim Thébault
Abstract in alt text or read the full paper here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
#philsci #philsky
‘In Search of Cosmic Time: Complete Observables and the Clock Hypothesis’
– Nicola Bamonti & Karim Thébault
Abstract in alt text or read the full paper here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
#philsci #philsky
July 14, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Just accepted:
‘In Search of Cosmic Time: Complete Observables and the Clock Hypothesis’
– Nicola Bamonti & Karim Thébault
Abstract in alt text or read the full paper here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
#philsci #philsky
‘In Search of Cosmic Time: Complete Observables and the Clock Hypothesis’
– Nicola Bamonti & Karim Thébault
Abstract in alt text or read the full paper here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
#philsci #philsky