Michela Massimi

Reminder: the deadline for contributed papers is coming up fast on 15 March!

This year's Adolf Grünbaum Memorial Lecture will be given by Professor Wayne Myrvold. Visit our website for more information: https://www.centerphilsci.pitt.edu/event/annual-lecture-series-wayne-c-myrvold/ #philsci

Very pleased to be speaking at his Royal Society conference 'Science as a Global Public Good, March 16th-17th. Hybrid event, organised by @michelamassimi.bsky.social and Geoffrey Boulton.

I'll be talking on "What could a human right to participate in science be?"

royalsociety.org/science-even...

Cultivating A Nation: how biodiversity shapes countries A panel on plant humanities and nationhood, featuring Alice Wolff, Diego Molina and Hilal Alkan, chaired by Molly Rose Bond.

"Cultivating A Nation: how biodiversity shapes countries"
Tue 24 March, 4-5pm at IASH and online

A free interdisciplinary roundtable on plant humanities, featuring Dr Alice Wolff, Dr Diego Molina, Dr Hilal Alkan and Dr Molly Rose Bond.

cultivatinganation.eventbrite.co.uk

Many thanks to you and to all the colleagues, Charbel, for contributing to the volume and for keeping the conversations going!

🙏🏻 to the fantastic authors who contributed chapters on the philosophical and legal aspects incl @katiekendig.bsky.social @hkandersen.bsky.social @charbelelhani.bsky.social @davidludwig.bsky.social @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social and more. Many thanks to @vmywang.bsky.social for editorial assistance.

Ways of World Knowing: Local Knowledge, Coastal Communities, and Equitable Ocean Governance Abstract. This collection of cross-disciplinary chapters by philosophers, legal scholars, and marine scientists explore the epistemic value of varieties of

Our co-edited volume with @abbeaberdeen.bsky.social and Marcel Jaspars is out: academic.oup.com/book/62270#l... (hardback to follow). Our ch 2 is OA academic.oup.com/book/62270/c.... We discuss how to better integrate local knowledge into ocean governance esp #BBNJ implementation.

Celebrating Chryssi Mallouchou Kannellopoulou who has just brilliantly defended her viva on selective realism and starts a postdoc at the University of Rennes in a week. Well-done Chryssi 👏👏

Fantastic upcoming conference — check out the super-interesting work that @vmywang.bsky.social will present on the Glasgow effect and the tricky choice of causal variables for causal modelling in public health when dealing with complex multifactorial phenomena such as excess mortality.

Ontology and values anchor indigenous and grey nomenclatures: a case study in lichen naming practices among the Samí, Sherpa, Scots, and Okanagan Ethnobotanical research provides ample justification for comparing diverse biological nomenclatures and exploring ways that retain alternative naming …

This is @katiekendig.bsky.social wonderful article on Sàmi nomenclature and ontological taxonomy for lichens as deeply connected to their herding practices, cultural values and respect for their land www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Sámi science, philosophy, and art #Tate Modern in London where a maze-like structure reproduces the anatomy of reindeer nose and the structure is enriched with smell from native plants, lichens and shoegrass. A celebration of the land in the old turbine hall. One for you @katiekendig.bsky.social?

Oh wonderful— I have not seen one yet but there is still dinner to come 😊— thank you for the suggestion.

In beautiful Strasbourg today where this afternoon I will give a seminar at the Institut de science et d'ingénierie supramoléculaires on Bohr’s legacy for the debate on the nature of physical reality (and my Perspectival realism). qtts.ipcms.fr/qtts4/

MAAAS Section L: History & Philosophy of Science THE PHILOSOPHY Of SCIENCE ASSOCITION, PSA 2026 San Diego Call for Submissions AAAS Cognate Society Session at PSA26 The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Section L (History & Philosophy of Science) and the Philosophy of Science Association (PSA) together invite submissions for the AAAS-PSA Cognate Society Symposium Session, which will take place at the PSA meeting November 19-22, 2026 in San Diego, CA. The 90 min symposium (which will be held on Thursday morning November 19th) typically consists of 3 presenters organized around a theme in the philosophy of science. Submissions must include the following: • The title of the proposed symposium • A short descriptive summary of the proposal (100-200 words) • A description of the topic and a justification of its current importance to the discipline (up to 1000 words) • A list of participants with institutional affiliations and e-mail addresses, including any non-presenting co-authors Titles and abstracts of all papers (up to 500 words for each title and abstract) • Either an abbreviated curriculum vita or short biographical description (up to 1 page) for each participant, including any non-presenting co-authors Please note that no previously published paper may be presented at the PSA meeting. All presentations must be in person—no hybrid or online options are available. To be considered for the AAAS-PSA Cognate Society Symposium all presenters must be current members of both the AAAS and the PSA. The deadline for submitting symposium proposals is 11:59 pm Anywhere on Earth (UTC -12) on April 1s. Submit session proposal here: https://forms.gle/YmihYVmZDEvqrXgq8 Submissions will be refereed by the AAAS-L Executive Committee and decisions will be made by June 15th, 2026. For questions, please contact HPSatAAAS@gmail.com (do not contact the PSA nor use the PSA26Conference submission site, since PSA cognate sessions are handled directly by the cognate …

Are you a member of AAAS & interested in presenting at upcoming PSA26 meeting? Here's an opportunity to get on program w/ the AAAS-PSA Cognate Society Session. Deadline April 1st. Still time to become member. Note that participation in cognate sessions does not preclude giving a poster etc #philsci

Many congrats Susana 💫

Fixed term #museumjob @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social Assistant Curator in Renaissance and Early Modern History, based in the Scottish History & Archaeology Department 📜🗃️
careers.nms.ac.uk/job/829206

🔊 Calling UK early career researches in astro, particle & nuclear physics. Please sign this open response to the proposed cuts at STFC ⚛️🧪🔭

"Protecting the UK's reputation as a science superpower requires not only investment, but continuity, confidence, and people"

✍️ ecr-openletter-stfc.github.io

Many congrats @miguelohn.bsky.social!

How revolutions can be a sign of moral progress | LSE British Politics Lea Ypi argues that revolutions have the ability to generate enthusiasm among spectators, changing our perception of what is feasible.

💡How revolutions can be a sign of moral progress | An excerpt from Lea Ypi's @leaypi.bsky.social inaugural lecture as Ralph Miliband Professor of Politics and Philosophy at @lselaw.bsky.social.

blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

There are 10 days left to submit a proposal for the 6th Biennial EENPS Conference (Bucharest, 18–19 September 2026).

Submission deadline: 15 February!

Talks and symposia across all areas of philosophy of science are welcome ☀️
eenps2026.sciencesconf.org

#philsci

Exciting job opening @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social Library and Archives Manager. Details here careers.nms.ac.uk/job/827960 #museumjobs #libraryjobs 📜

The British Philosophical Association has launch a new annual prize competition to celebrate the best of British Philosophy: bpa.ac.uk/prizes/. #philosophymatters

Deadline in about 2 weeks. Send your abstracts!

Many thanks to *you* Daian for your attentive and nuanced engagement with this topic. Truly impressive to see a PhD thesis that - rather than going usually modular in chapters structure - takes on a very difficult philosophical task and carries it through chapter by chapter with analytical rigor. 👏👏

Many congrats to Dr @daianbica.bsky.social for a brilliant PhD defence of a fascinating PhD thesis on Perspectival realism and a Perspectival account of Lewis’s Best System Analysis of laws — in the words of Daian’s intro ‘friends of epistemic humility, let us all unite!’ 👏👏

Bas van Fraassen Wins Schock Prize - Daily Nous Bastiaan "Bas" van Fraassen, professor emeritus of philosophy at Princeton University, has been awarded the 2026 Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy. The Schock Prizes are bestowed by the Royal ...

Bas van Fraassen has won the 2026 Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy

Many thanks to my excellent colleague Suilin Lavelle for organising a stimulating cross-disciplinary workshop @schoolofppls.bsky.social on Scientific Pluralism and Majority World Psychology.

Lecture under way @schoolofppls.bsky.social by Dr Adetula on the need to go beyond Western epistemology in psychological research and include African perspectives. Thanks to the School DEI committee for organising this cross-disciplinary event.

We're really excited to have Richard deliver our second annual Daniel C. Dennett lecture in Culture and Technology at Northeastern University London

@northeasternu.bsky.social
@nulondonphilos.bsky.social

More info/registration (online and in-person) here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-daniel...

If you work on #food systems and #climate, do consider submitting to this call for input by the UN Special Rapporteur on Climate and Human Rights. Deadline end of January. And welcome to BlueSky 👋 Elisa Morgera. Kudos to her and all UN rapporteurs working under increasingly difficult conditions.