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Reposted by: Angela Potochnik, John Wilkins, Alan Richardson

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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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#hps #philsci #psych
S5 E9 – Miriam Solomon on How Stigma Shapes Psychiatry
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Reposted by: Angela Potochnik, Joanna Bryson, Brendan Nyhan , and 9 more

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Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk
Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk
NEW YORK—Insisting your fate was sealed the moment you clicked the link, a report released Tuesday found that you will be fired for reading this headline about Charlie Kirk. “Shortly after you navigat...
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by Angela Potochnik

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"...The scientific world-conception serves life, and life receives it." Good ol' Vienna Circle.
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by Angela Potochnik

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"...We witness the spirit of the scientific world-conception penetrating in growing measure the forms of personal and public life, in education, upbringing, architecture, and the shaping of economic and social life according to rational principles..."
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by Angela Potochnik

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"Thus, the scientific world-conception is close to the present. Certainly it is threatened with hard struggles and hostility. Nevertheless there are many who do not despair but, in view of the present sociological situation, look forward with hope to the course of events to come..."
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by Angela Potochnik

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Yay more PSA for me!
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Philosophy of Science Association @philsci.bsky.social · 27d
ICYMI: the latest newsletter is out. A warm welcome to our new Governing Board members @apotochnik.bsky.social @hkandersen.bsky.social and to our new Nominating Committee members Wendy Parker, @thebusyowl.bsky.social and Adrian Currie!

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Reposted by: Angela Potochnik, Steven French, Michela Massimi

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ICYMI: the latest newsletter is out. A warm welcome to our new Governing Board members @apotochnik.bsky.social @hkandersen.bsky.social and to our new Nominating Committee members Wendy Parker, @thebusyowl.bsky.social and Adrian Currie!

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Reposted by: Angela Potochnik, Steven French

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Just registered for PSA Around the World Eastern Europe. Hope you do too! Organised by @philsci.bsky.social with @eenphilsci.bsky.social this online conference over three afternoons in November covers the past and the present of #philsci in Eastern n Central Europe (where it arguably started!)
PSA Around the World 2025 - Philosophy of Science Association
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Reposted by: Angela Potochnik

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🚨Project 🚨My project “Human Genomics without Racism” kicks off during #ISHPSSB25.

Join us for the Symposium “Values, Bias, and Controversies” on Monday 21, 14:30.

#philsky
#popgen
#evosky
#STS
#biological
#HPbio

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The Human Genomics without Racism (HUGERA) project brings together geneticists, philosophers, and social scientists to create tools for an ethically sound science of human variation. Latest News
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Reposted by: Angela Potochnik, Chris Stringer, Steven French , and 1 more

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Read all Elements in The Philosophy of Biology series for FREE during the ISHPSSB conference 20 - 25 July. You can find all of these Elements free to download and read here: cup.org/4kEgivL
Philosophy of Biology
Welcome to Cambridge Core
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Reposted by: Angela Potochnik

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What is more useful for explaining human behavior, neuroscience or folk psychology? In this new book chapter, co-authored with Laura Bringmann, we argue for the latter. Featuring mirror neurons, tiny worms, and Steve buying a banana! www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) On worms, mirror neurons and explaining human behavior
PDF | A key challenge for psychological theorizing is: At what level(s) should we look for the best explanations and predictions of human behavior? The... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...
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by Helen De Cruz — Reposted by: Angela Potochnik, Thomas Arnold, Nigel Warburton , and 3 more

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Dear all,

Helen passed away at 13:21 local time. Helen would not have wanted us to be sad for a long time. All they wanted was to be remembered. They looked forward to being rid of pain and to being at rest. Helen took great comfort in you, their friends and readers.

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by Angela Potochnik

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Thanks to Ricardo Lopes for interviewing me about Recipes for Science, coauthored with Matteo Colombo and Cory Wright (2nd edition released 2024). You can find links to the YouTube video and podcast at www.thedissenter.net. #philsky #philsci #science
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Reposted by: Angela Potochnik

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Mass protests matter. Tomorrow's No Kings National Day of Action will send a clear message that millions of people from all walks of life oppose the Trump administration’s illegal power grab. Find your local event here: nokings.org
No Kings
On June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. ...
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by Angela Potochnik

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Collin's dissertation explores the nature of maker's knowledge and, accordingly, how engineering is central to science's cumulative progress. I think the project is truly innovative and important.
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by Angela Potochnik

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Congratulations to Collin Lucken for successfully defending his dissertation, Engineering Progress in Science! Thanks to Adrian Currie @adrian-currie.bsky.social, the large face looming on the wall, for tremendously helpful involvement as external committee member. @ucphilosophy.bsky.social #philsci
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by Angela Potochnik

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Great job on the dissertation and defense, Mel! We look forward to seeing where your work goes from here. Our committee photo is unfortunately missing Colin Allen, who was an excellent external committee member.
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by Angela Potochnik

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Congratulations to Mel Andrews @bayesianboy.bsky.social for successfully defending their dissertation, The Math is Not the Territory: On the Uses & Abuses of Machine Learning & Other Mathematical Modelling Strategies! #philsky #philsci @ucphilosophy.bsky.social
Photo of four philosophers standing in a row: Tony Chemero, Mel Andrews, Zvi Biener, Angela Potochnik
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by Angela Potochnik — Reposted by: Michela Massimi

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Video abstract for Melissa's and my new Element, Public Engagement with Science: Defining the Project! #philsky #philsci #scicomm 🧪
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Center for Public Engagement with Science @ucpews.bsky.social · May 8
We are excited to announce the official release of the first Element in the new series Elements in Public Engagement with Science!

Hear about the first Element (Public Engagement with Science: Defining the Project) from the authors themselves in the video below 🤩

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Cambridge Elements | Elements in Public Engagement With Science | Defining the Project
YouTube video by UC Center for Public Engagement with Science
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by Angela Potochnik — Reposted by: Michela Massimi

ucpews.bsky.social
We are excited to announce the official release of the first Element in the new series Elements in Public Engagement with Science!

Hear about the first Element (Public Engagement with Science: Defining the Project) from the authors themselves in the video below 🤩

www.youtube.com/watch?v=auvM...
Cambridge Elements | Elements in Public Engagement With Science | Defining the Project
YouTube video by UC Center for Public Engagement with Science
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by Angela Potochnik

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May 8 is also the launch of the series Melissa and I are editing with @cambridgeup.bsky.social, Elements in Public Engagement with Science. There's 12+ other Elements in progress by amazing authors from different fields. Learn about the series and find our volume: www.cambridge.org/core/publica...
Public Engagement With Science
Welcome to Cambridge Core
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by Angela Potochnik

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Public Engagement with Science: Defining the Project by Melissa Jacquart @mjacquart.bsky.social and me is now physically in the world (as well as freely available online)! Keep an eye out for a video introduction to the Element released on the official publication date, Thursday May 8.
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Reposted by: Angela Potochnik, Helen De Cruz

ucphilosophy.bsky.social
Levels of Explanation is now out with OUP—open access! It includes a chapter from Angela Potochnik (@apotochnik.bsky.social), ‘Antireductionism has Outgrown Levels’: she argues that the idea that explanations come in levels has led philosophers astray. Link below👇

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Reposted by: Angela Potochnik

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Interested in public engagement with science? Check out Professor Angela Potochnik’s (@apotochnik.bsky.social) recent blog post: ‘Science and the Public’! #philsky blog.apaonline.org/2...
Science and the Public
I was awarded my Ph.D. in Philosophy in 2007. Early in my Ph.D. program, I mentioned to a more senior graduate student that I was interested in how science relates to society. This student explained to me that, while some philosophers of science consider the social structure of science, it simply is outside the scope…
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by Angela Potochnik

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I'm nearing two years as department head (@ucphilosophy.bsky.social). The biggest surprise might be the sheer volume of letters I've had to write, for all kinds of purposes. 61 so far, just for this role--so, not including tenure letters, etc. They vary in depth but many are several pages. Wild.
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Reposted by: Angela Potochnik

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My sense is that Panchanathan initially thought that he could limit the damage and protect the core work of the agency, but that quickly proved untenable: "orders...to accept a 55% cut to the agency’s $9 billion budget next year and fire half its 1700-person staff may have been the final straws...."
Exclusive: NSF director to resign amid grant terminations, job cuts, and controversy
“I have done all I can,” says Sethuraman Panchanathan, a Trump appointee who has led agency since 2020
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Reposted by: Angela Potochnik, Jenni Barclay, E. Richard Gold , and 1 more

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It's not just Columbia, it's not just DEI, and it's not just biomedical research: Trump's war on universities has frozen crucial science at institutions like Princeton, Cornell, Northwestern, and more. Our @nature.com team spoke to some of the affected scientists: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How Trump’s attack on universities is putting research in peril
Scientists have little information as the US government freezes and cancels their funding.
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by Angela Potochnik

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I also reflect on how the relationship between science and the public is much more mainstream in philosophy of science now than a couple of decades ago, though still not quite codified as a proper focus of study (for example, no PhilPapers category yet!)
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by Angela Potochnik

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Check out my post in the APA's Public Philosophy Blog on the idea of "responsive science"--addressing science's obligations to society by combining diversified professional participation and increased public participation in science. #philsky #philsci #scicomm #science
Science and the Public
I was awarded my Ph.D. in Philosophy in 2007. Early in my Ph.D. program, I mentioned to a more senior graduate student that I was interested in how science relates to society. This student explained t...
blog.apaonline.org
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Reposted by: Angela Potochnik

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BREAKING: Harvard sues the Trump administration to stop the freeze of more than $2 billion in grants.
Harvard sues Trump administration to stop the freeze of more than $2 billion in grants
Harvard University has announced that it's suing the Trump administration to halt a freeze on more than $2.2 billion in grants after the institution said it would defy the Trump administration’s demands to limit activism on campus.
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