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Historian & Philosopher of Biology 🇲🇽 • Postdoctoral Fellow @theramseylab.bsky.social (@clpskuleuven.bsky.social) • https://www.alejandrofabregastejeda.com • https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262052825/the-organism-environment-pairing/ • #Philsci #HPS #philsky
We're hiring: 3-year VAP, AOS Phil Law, 3/3 load, application date Mar. 23.
We're also searching for a lecturer who can teach logic and a research ethics-type class. I'll update when that ad is posted.
philjobs.org/job/show/30989
I’m very grateful to Pierre Durand for his insightful and generous review of my book Death etc in the Journal for General Philosophy of Science !
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
PDF is here :
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/jf0ub...
The 2026 edition of the Nayef Al-Rodhan International Book Prize in Transdisciplinary #Philosophy is now open. 🌍📖
This £20,000 award celebrates original philosophical research that transcends traditional academic boundaries.
🔗 Find out more: royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/nayef-a...
"Evolution Evolving is a landmark book written by stellar scientists who have brought together numerous interesting and relevant examples that show why development matters for evolution."
Thankyou @kampourakisk.bsky.social for your wonderful review in American Biology Teacher. See shorturl.at/2Gso8
Evolution 2026 meeting logo. Clilp art of a globe and laptop showing a virtual presentation. Text: Society for the Study of Evolution Global Meeting Participation.
SSE is pleased to offer free virtual #Evol2026 registration to all SSE members residing in 152 countries and territories around the world including India, Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. Request your free registration code today! www.evolutionsociety.org/index.php?mo...
I’ve been enjoying reviewing @amiethomasson.bsky.social’s Rethinking Metaphysics for Phil Review – here’s the submitted version. #philsky #pragmatism
We are happy to announce that the Internal Conflicts and Organismal Adaptation STN has funding available to support several small travel grants for early-career researchers to enable them to visit another laboratory. What is this for? This funding is intended to enable early-career researchers – PhD students, postdocs, and junior research fellows – to visit another laboratory. In so doing, they can learn a new method or approach and/or initiate novel collaborations in the form of manuscripts, grants, or fellowship proposals. We envision that these visits are short stays (a week up to a month) but longer stays are also permitted. Who can apply? Early-career researchers, i.e. PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, and up to junior research fellows (i.e., those in tenure-track positions but not tenured yet). Priority will be given to ESEB members and to trips that reflect novel collaborations (i.e., between people who have not previously collaborated, defined by co-authorship). ESEB membership is cheap (€40 annually, €20 for students) and discounts are available for residents of low to upper-middle economy countries (see ESEB website for details). Membership also comes with additional benefits such as reduced fees for conference attendance. What can be requested? Applicants can request funding to support a short research visit at another institution. The maximum amount of support that can be requested is €1.000, to be used for travel and accommodation. The provided funding cannot be used to cover research costs, wages, and/or stipends. ESEB policy states that we should minimize the environmental impact of e.g. travel; therefore, we will only support travel by airplane if the distance travelled exceeds 500 km and the travel time with alternative forms of transport would be more than 6 hours. How to apply: Download the application form and fill it out. Obtain two short letters of support, one from your supervisor/line manager and one from the host research group explai…
Are you an early career researcher who want to visit another lab to collaborate on a project on internal conflicts?
Apply for our ECR Research Visit Grant!
Deadline is April 30.
Header of an article in the European Journal for Philosophy of Science (2026, volume 16, article 7, “Paper in General Philosophy of Science”) titled "Judging the worth of pursuing: assessing the dynamic responsivity of a project to experimental and model-building practices," authored by William Anthony Penn and Arica Bauer, shown in the journal’s standard publication layout with DOI and update icon.
Through case studies in astronomy, epidemiology and climate modeling, Penn & Bauer argue that scientific projects should be judged pursuitworthy by their dynamicity—their responsiveness to experiments, models & applications. Check out their 📃👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philsky #HPS
We're excited to announce the Spring 2026 PSA office hours! Come learn, ask questions, and connect with leading voices in philosophy of science!
Details in the 🧵
Registration at this link: www.philsci.org/psa_...
Deadline for abstracts is extended untill March 19! So if you are interested in the interfase of physics of life and evolution, consider applying!
Realising I haven't advertised this here—I'm hiring! Walter Dean and I have a project on measuring the strength of mathematical theorems used in philosophy, and we're looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our team.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQO344/r...
Every March, I write an article for @chemistryworld.com that is dedicated to the role of women in science. This year, I decided to take a more optimistic and fun approach towards this issue, focusing on how women have always figured in chemical practice! www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/chem...
📣Interested in pursuing a postgraduate degree in the history of STM? Wishing to apply to our Hans Rausing Scholarship? Then this webinar is for you!
Pursuing a research degree in the history of STM
Thursday 12 March
17.00-18.00 (GMT)
Register via Eventbrite ⬇️
#histsci #histtech #histmed #histstm
CFP - Workshop: Climate Change and Animal Ethics (29–30 June 2026, Fribourg, submission deadline: 20 March): www.unifr.ch/env/fr/info/...
This is the seventh article from the topical collection that @ennofischer.bsky.social and I are editing for EJPS. A critical mass of exciting contributions has accrued, and we still have more articles covering different sciences in the pipeline. Stay tuned! link.springer.com/collections/...
Header of an article in the European Journal for Philosophy of Science (2026, volume 16, article 7, “Paper in General Philosophy of Science”) titled "Judging the worth of pursuing: assessing the dynamic responsivity of a project to experimental and model-building practices," authored by William Anthony Penn and Arica Bauer, shown in the journal’s standard publication layout with DOI and update icon.
Through case studies in astronomy, epidemiology and climate modeling, Penn & Bauer argue that scientific projects should be judged pursuitworthy by their dynamicity—their responsiveness to experiments, models & applications. Check out their 📃👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philsky #HPS
Super excited to announce our big annual conference! 🥳
"Caring for Non-Humans: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Care among Animals, the Environment, and AI"
📍Prague, October 12-14
Organized by @johndorsch.bsky.social & yours truly 😇
Please share widely! 🙏
cetep.eu/news/cfa-car...
Call for Contributed Talks and Posters | 14th European Conference on Mathematical & Theoretical Biology - Submission deadline
📆 Mar 14, 2026
@tonychemero.bsky.social and I have written a short James Gibson's bio for The Palgrave Encyclopaedia for Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology. Check it out! ⬇️
doi.org/10.1007/978-...
symbolic graphic; on the right is a photo of four Senior Fellows sitting at a table and discussing
#CfA: The College #UARuhr invites advanced international researchers in the #SocialSciences & #humanities to apply for a Senior #Fellowship by 15 May 2026.
Join us for an inspiring 6-month #research stay starting 2027: www.college-uaruhr.de/cfa-fellowships-2027-28
New on the Archive:
Prieto, Guido I. and Fábregas-Tejeda, Alejandro (2026) Modeling versatility as the hallmark of model organisms. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 48. p. 12. ISSN 0391-9714
https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/28339/
Welcome to the social media page of the International Philosophy of Biology Circle (IPBC) 🌐
Our aim is to foster an interdisciplinary forum for dialogue on the theoretical, conceptual, historical, and ethical dimensions of the life sciences.
Visit our website to learn more: www.phil-bio-circle.org
Workshop on genetics, eugenics and scientific racism next week! #Philsci #Philosophy #Ethics #HPS #Sociology #AcademicSky
We will be conducting hybrid sessions, you can find the zoom link at www.imseam.uni-heidelberg.de/en/heinzelma...
2nd CfA: Risk and Uncertainty in Ethics!
A cool workshop at University of Leeds, 20-21 May 2026.
Keynotes: Hilary Greaves, Claire Field, Weng Kin San.
Submit an abstract (max 500 words) to Nick Makins (n.d.makins@leeds.ac.uk) by 20 March. More info at philevents.org/event/show/1...
#philosophy
In Disputed Inheritance, "the inheritance being disputed is, as expected, Mendel’s 1866 paper [....] But there is a second inheritance that is also being disputed in Radick’s book—cultural inheritance—and that is a riveting and important battle."
Scott Gilbert's review here: tinyurl.com/2uftxzrb
Book cover of “Temporal Cognition in Animals” by Angelica Kaufmann in the Cambridge Elements: The Philosophy of Biology series. Against a black background, the title is surrounded by Ernst Haeckel’s illustrations of marine organisms—radial, symmetrical forms in vivid blues, oranges, reds, and greens.
Do non-human animals represent time? New Element in the #PhilBio series by Angelica Kaufmann—free to download until March 16! Kaufmann argues that temporal cognition is widespread across many animal species & advances comparative analyses 👇📕 www.cambridge.org/core/element... #evosky #HPS #cogsci
New episode!! 🎉🎙️
A conversation w/ @melaniemitchell.bsky.social about metaphors and AI.
Are current AI systems like human minds? Or more like alien intelligences, role players, mirrors, libraries, or stochastic parrots? And does our choice of metaphor matter?
Listen: disi.org/manyminds/
📣 UK Kant Society: Andrew Cooper Essay Prize 2026
The UK Kant Society has announced a newly-named early career essay prize, in honour of the society's late executive committee member and friend, Andrew Cooper. The prize is £500.
Deadline: 30 June 2026
More details 👇
bshp.org.uk/news/uk-kant...
Header of an article in Trends in Ecology & Evolution (Volume 40, Issue 4, April 2025, pages 320–322), published by Cell Press, titled "Our not-so-natural connection to nature." The authors are Yannick Joye (Vilnius University) and Andreas De Block (KU Leuven), with their institutional affiliations listed beneath the title in the journal’s standard layout.
The biophilia hypothesis holds that we have an innate predisposition to be drawn to #nature. Y. Joye & @andreasdeblock.bsky.social review the evidence in its favor, find it wanting, and suggest that #culturalevolution offers a better alternative www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #evosky #philsci
New pub+project from Alan Love, @kampourakisk.bsky.social & Tobias Uller. “Improving scientific mentoring w/HPS.”
Paper available soon: @royalsocietypublishing.org journal #ProceedingsB buff.ly/XY0algj
Until then, check out buff.ly/8Jv3Osi & consider contributing
#HPS-mentoring-in-biology