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Stefano Canali @stefanocanali.bsky.social · 19d

In Wageningen this week for Rachel Ankeny’s inaugural lecture @w-u-r.bsky.social and celebrate her seminal work for philosophy of science in practice and beyond.

#philsky #philsci

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Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · 26d

JOB AD: If you research philosophy, history or social studies of biology, with interest in agroecology, crop science or environmental intelligence, consider applying for 3-year postdoctoral fellowship in Munich! Deadline for applications: 31/10, details www.sts.sot.tum.de/en/sts/arbei... #philsci

Jobs

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Davide Serpico @davideserpico.bsky.social · Sep 6

It was amazing to hear from scholars I’ve long admired, all of whom engaged deeply with the project’s themes and with each other’s presentations 💙

Extremely grateful for the many insightful contributions and for the personal exchanges that made these days so valuable

#NormativeKinds #Unimi

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Stefano Canali @stefanocanali.bsky.social · Sep 6

And you, thanks Anna, I look forward to seeing you again soon!

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Stefano Canali @stefanocanali.bsky.social · Sep 4

Philosophical treats in Milan this week, thanks to the conference organised by @davideserpico.bsky.social and Francesco Guala for the end of their Normative kinds project.

#philsci #philsky

Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · Sep 1

Heading to Milan to listen to some heroes of mine and to speak on whether thick concepts have a place in science #philsci #philsky

Normative Kinds Final Conference

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Martin Zach @mzach.bsky.social · Sep 3

Soon... Registration still open!
#ImmunoSky #philbio #philsci
Link: pmpos.flu.cas.cz/host-microbe...

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Stefano Canali @stefanocanali.bsky.social · Jul 25

Great session on precision medicine with @simonlohse.bsky.social and great conference @ishpssb2025.bsky.social – so many notes and papers to go through, enough for the rest of the summer and more.

#HPS #philmed #philsci #STS

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Simon Lohse @simonlohse.bsky.social · Jul 25

We had a fantastic session at #ishpssb2025 , including this talk by Alessandro Demichelis and @stefanocanali.bsky.social

I hope the airport strikes in Portugal don't make the return journey of ISH folks too difficult!

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ROTO Research Group @roto-rub.bsky.social · Jun 11

Out now (print and open access!):
Jan Baedke’s Element on “The Organism” at
@cambridgeup.bsky.social .
It discusses philosophical, historical and social dimensions of the organism concept.
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
#philsci #philsky #HPS #hpbio #histsci

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · Jun 11

At STS Italia and immensely excited to hear the first keynote from Ruha Benjamin!

Ruha Benjamin at podium with colorfully illustrated slide displaying title ‘Dystopia, Utopia or UStopia: Whose Imagination are we Living In?’

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Stefano Canali @stefanocanali.bsky.social · Jun 10

See you tomorrow, sorry to miss dinner tonight!

Stefano Canali @stefanocanali.bsky.social · Jun 10

Seven hundred participants (700!), a very nice beautiful bag and conference kit, @shannonvallor.bsky.social and @ruha9.bsky.social giving keynotes, a conference dinner/party at the Milan Science Museum, and more.

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Stefano Canali @stefanocanali.bsky.social · Jun 10

Almost all ready to go (almost…) for the 10th STS Italia conference, from tomorrow to Friday at Politecnico.

stsitalia.org/conference-2...

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Stefano Canali @stefanocanali.bsky.social · Jun 6

Look at that! You can find me together with other wonderful colleagues on the for the Council of ISHPSSB, my favourite philosophy society.
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Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda @alejandrofabregastejeda.com · May 5

What makes a particular #experiment 'pursuitworthy'? Do criteria differ across scientific fields? @ennofischer.bsky.social & I have extended the deadline for submissions to our topical collection on these issues. Please help us spread the word! 👇 tu-dresden.de/gsw/phil/iph... #philsci #philsky #HPS

Call for papers announcement from the European Journal for Philosophy of Science, published by Springer. The special issue is titled 'The Pursuitworthiness of Experiments Across the Sciences,' with guest editors Enno Fischer (TU Dresden) and Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda (KU Leuven). The new deadline for submissions is 30 June 2025.

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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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Richard Van Noorden @richvn.bsky.social · May 14

A minority of researchers - under 30% - have used AI to edit or write their papers, according to a Nature survey published today.

Those that have used AI, more often than not didn't disclose it.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@nature.com

Chart showing results of Nature survey. A minority of researchers say they have used generative AI to edit, translate, or write their papers.

Edit paper:
18% said 'yes, I've done this without disclosing AI use'
10% said 'yes, I've done this and I disclosed AI use'
43% said: 'no, I've not done this but would be willing to'
29% said 'no, I've not done this and wouldn't consider it'.

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Stefano Canali @stefanocanali.bsky.social · May 16

Ending the week with a treat, @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social in Milano, giving a talk at Bocconi University! And look, from the room you could see Torre Velasca (the best building in Milan) and the Duomo (if you squint).

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ISHPSSB2025 @ishpssb2025.bsky.social · May 16

Registrations for #ISHPSSB2025 are open!
Check here ➡️ ishpssb2025.icbas.up.pt/registration...
#hpbio #philsci #histstm #histsci #philbio #hbio #sts

Registration information

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Stefano Canali @stefanocanali.bsky.social · May 16

Nice crowd at my talk today at the Centre for gender studies @unisr.bsky.social, where I presented my and Chris Hesselbein’s work on digital health tech for women’s health (#femtech) and its epistemic and political limitations – more here: doi.org/10.1007/978-...

#philsci #philsky

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Stefano Canali @stefanocanali.bsky.social · May 15

I’ve spent part of the afternoon attending Phyllis Illari's inaugural lecture ad professor at @stsucl.bsky.social.
Phyllis is one of my first mentors, supervised my masters' dissertation – someone to look up to, an example of the philosophers/philosophy we need.

www.eventbrite.com/e/live-strea...

LIVE STREAM - STS Inaugural Lecture Series: Professor Phyllis Illari

Professor Phyllis Illari's Inaugural Lecture titled: Causality and Collaboration

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Uljana Feest @ufeest.bsky.social · May 10

Can't quite get myself to listen to this, but here's the interview that Carrie Figdor did with me on my recent book
newbooksnetwork.com/operationism...
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
#philsci, #philosophy, #psychology, #HPS, #HOPOS, #metascience

Uljana Feest, "Operationism in Psychology: An Epistemology of Exploration" (U Chicago Press, 2025) - New Books Network

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Stefano Canali @stefanocanali.bsky.social · May 9

This is where I studied for my undergrad, always nice and exciting to be back!

#philsci #philsky

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Stefano Canali @stefanocanali.bsky.social · May 9

Hey BlueSky, it’s been a while, sorry, but today I am back at the University of Milan Statale to present at the Normative Kinds Seminar (sites.unimi.it/guala/normat...), kindly invited by Francesco Guala and @davideserpico.bsky.social.

Normative Kinds Project (2023-2025) – Francesco Guala

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Paolo Bory @paolobory.bsky.social · May 5

Our special issue co-edited with @chrish6699.bsky.social and @stefanocanali.bsky.social is finally out!
"Metaverse Datafication: Technologies, Definitions, and Futures"

www.tandfonline.com/toc/rics20/2...

Information, Communication & Society

Special Issue: Metaverse Datafication: Technologies, Definitions, and Futures. Guest Editors: Chris Hesselbein, Paolo Bory and Stefano Canali. Volume 28, Issue 5 of Information, Communication & Societ...

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