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Philosophy of Science, History of Physics; Postdoc University of Antwerp (Belgium)

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Many men feel the stripper really likes them. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something

26.11.2025 07:27 πŸ‘ 4322 πŸ” 1194 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 11

Caribou corroborates this claim

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RDIPS - Rencontres doctorales internationales de philosophie des sciences - Sciencesconf.org Rencontres Doctorales Internationales de Philosophie des Sciences (RDIPS) - 2026

Appel Γ  contributions : la SociΓ©tΓ© de Philosophie des Sciences organise sa 12Γ¨me Γ©dition des RDIPS (Rencontres Doctorales Internationales de Philosophie des Sciences), qui se tiendra Γ  Namur les 24 et 25 septembre 2026.

Informations ici : rdips2026.sciencesconf.org

02.02.2026 09:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Mag ik je zo quoten op mijn cv 😎?

13.02.2026 10:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hah, die ga ik met veel interesse beluisteren!

12.02.2026 12:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Link naar de aflevering op de website van de podcast zelf (waar je ook verdere info vindt over de podcast):

podcastfilosofie.transistor.fm/episodes/tho...

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Headline from British Vogue I Ate Nothing But Sardines For 3
Days - Here's How My Skin Changed with a photo of a sardine

Headline from British Vogue I Ate Nothing But Sardines For 3 Days - Here's How My Skin Changed with a photo of a sardine

Only British Vogue has the courage to publish true science as it was practiced in the 18th century Transactions of the Royal Society

10.02.2026 10:34 πŸ‘ 226 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1
Events for January 2026 – CEFISES @ UCLouvain

Very much looking forward to my talk on Friday at Louvain-la-Neuve on Thomas Kuhn's work on the history of quantum physics. It seems like there should be a livestream/recording as well, so no excuses not to follow

cefises.be/en/event/cef...

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Eugenics: Critical Perspectives on a Creeping Concept Between Science and Ideology | Humanities Academie

The department of Philosophy and Moral Sciences at Ghent University is proud to present a lecture series on the topic of eugenics. As philosophers and ethicists, we are concerned about the revival and normalization of eugenic discourse.

humanitiesacademie.ugent.be/eugenics

13.01.2026 11:35 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Introduction to Category Theory for Non-Mathematicians

Happy to share this workshop program on 'Introduction to Category Theory for Non-Mathematicians', organized by a PhD student of mine, Marjolein Holvoet. It takes place at Ghent University. #philsky #philsci #philmath

www.ugent.be/doctoralscho...

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Chiantifa

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ArtificiΓ«le intelligentie hoort niet thuis aan een universiteit β€˜Verantwoord gebruik’ van AI aan een universiteit is β€˜geen gebruik’.

Collega Wim Vanrie en ikzelf schreven een tekst over de discussie rond de hallucinaties in de rede van Petra De Sutter. De casus toont volgens ons vooral waarom GenAI niet thuis hoort aan de universiteit.

apache.be/2026/01/09/a...

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Het allergekste is dan ook nog dat er zelfs geen contact is opgenomen met de ontwikkelaar, zoals de man van het buurthuis aangeeft (uit het stuk van het Nieuwsblad):

14.10.2025 12:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah but then Collins (I suppose) would just reply that, if you look at how disputes about eg experimenter regress situations are resolved is no different between orthodox and heterodox sciences, so descriptively there's no basis for distinguishing them: people act the same way in both cases

19.09.2025 16:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't see why Collins would not count as philosopher of science, given his use of, and responses to, Wittgenstein, Kuhn, etc.

19.09.2025 16:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

There's the work of Harry Collins on experimenters' regress problems, where he relied on historical studies of both gravitational waves and parapsychology to showcase how the regress was overcome in all cases in the same way

19.09.2025 15:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

@masssimons.bsky.social for our experiment-collection

18.09.2025 08:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Very cool, great job Tullio!

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03.09.2025 14:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We have a similar approach, with max 4 master students per supervisor (+ max 4 bachelors). If they don't come to the meetings or don't do the work, they can still submit, but then the supervisor communicates beforehand to the other assessors that they can't vouch for the work.

03.09.2025 09:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Anke te Heesen: RevolutionΓ€re im Interview. Thomas Kuhn, Quantenphysik und Oral History Article Anke te Heesen: RevolutionΓ€re im Interview. Thomas Kuhn, Quantenphysik und Oral History was published on January 1, 2024 in the journal WerkstattGeschichte (volume 32, issue 89).

Dear BlueSky friends, does anybody by any chance have access to this book-review? Many thanks!

www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

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100 Years of Quantum: Perspectives on its Past, Present, and Future In July 1925, Heisenberg published his paper on matrix mechanics, followed shortly thereafter (in early 1926) by Schrodinger’s paper on wave mechanics. As such, 2025 is the centenary of the modern qua...

CFA: 100 Years of Quantum: Perspectives on its Past, Present, and Future - October 20–24, 2025 - @perimeterinstitute.ca, Waterloo, Canada
Abstract deadline is August 24, 2025
Details: events.perimeterinstitute.ca/event/1013/ (via Doreen Fraser) #HPS βš›οΈ

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En ook het laatste deel van de werken in Vorst aan de Brusselsesteenweg (vervanging van de rails van tram 82)! Screenshot facebook

06.08.2025 21:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is this from one of Kuhn's interviews with Heisenberg?

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