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UniversityofGroningenLibrary<p>New in our electronic <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/collection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>collection</span></a>:</p><p>➡️ Levels of Explanation </p><p>🔗 <a href="https://academic.oup.com/book/59296" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">academic.oup.com/book/59296</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/OpenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenScience</span></a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/PhilosophyOfScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhilosophyOfScience</span></a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/methodology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>methodology</span></a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/reductionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reductionism</span></a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/metaphysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metaphysics</span></a></p>
Chris Brooking<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ecoevo.social/@sarahdalgulls" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sarahdalgulls</span></a></span> I know that generative AI applies a set of rules , and is just a "text rearranger". However, I don't see that as necessary precluding intelligent results, as there are many examples of emergent complexity in mathematics. One example the Mandelbrot set has infinite complexity, yet arises from applying a simple rule to each point. A classic example is the [game of life <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway</span><span class="invisible">%27s_Game_of_Life</span></a>], where different starting states can give different complex outcomes.</p><p>So, I would not be surprised if a complex system produced more than you'd expect by just rearranging words. When and if we do create real artificial intelligence it won't be something planned and programmed but an emergence from a complex system, just as our intelligence is an emergence from neurons that fire depending on complex rules. It is likely to be quite different from anything we predicted the system would do, and possibly not obvious as intelligence at first.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/emergentbehaviors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emergentbehaviors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/philosophyofscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophyofscience</span></a></p>
Michael Nagenborg (he/him)<p>If you are aware of curious and critical students looking for a unique interdisciplinary <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/MSc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MSc</span></a> Programme which combines <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/PhilosophyOfTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhilosophyOfTechnology</span></a>, <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/PhilosophyOfScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhilosophyOfScience</span></a>, <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/EthicsOfTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EthicsOfTechnology</span></a>, <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/HistoryOfTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfTechnology</span></a> and <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/STS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>STS</span></a> , please point them to <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophy</span></a> of <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> , <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> , and <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/Society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Society</span></a>. At the Open Day, they learn about our dedicated tracks on <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/TechnologyAndValues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechnologyAndValues</span></a> (in collaboration with 4TU.Centre for Ethics and Technology), <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> , and <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sustainability</span></a>. <a href="https://www.utwente.nl/en/education/study-choice-calendar/master-open-day/#" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">utwente.nl/en/education/study-</span><span class="invisible">choice-calendar/master-open-day/#</span></a></p>
🇪🇷Götterdämmerung<p>Back in the day as a wee undergrad majoring in philosophy, I attended a symposium on theology of science. I asked one of the speakers how could anyone falsify theological data. He simply said this: "Falsification is not as transparent as once believed." </p><p>Classic philosopher move. When backed into a corner, redefine the terms. </p><p><a href="https://glitch.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://glitch.social/tags/philosophyofscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophyofscience</span></a> <a href="https://glitch.social/tags/theology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theology</span></a></p>
SelfAwarePatterns<p><strong>Avoiding the structural gaps</strong></p><p>A long standing debate in quantum physics is whether the wave function is real. A quick reminder: quantum entities appear to move like waves, including portions interfering with each other. These waves are modeled with the wave function. But once measured, quantum objects manifest as localized points or field excitations. The wave function can’t predict the measurement outcome, only probabilities on what the result will be.</p><p>A popular move here is to decide the wave function isn’t real, that it’s just a mathematical contrivance. Doing so seems to sidestep a lot of uncomfortable implications. But it leaves us trying to explain the statistical outcomes of measurements that show patterns from portions of the wave interfering with itself. Those effects, along with entanglement, are heavily used in quantum computing. If the wave function isn’t modeling something real, then it’s usefulness in technology starts to look like a magic incantation.</p><p>Of course, accepting wave function realism leaves us with something that seems to operate in a higher dimensional “configuration space.” And we end up having to choose between unsettling options, like an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objective-collapse_theory" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">objective wave function collapse on measurement</a>, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Broglie%E2%80%93Bohm_theory" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">pilot wave guiding the particle in a non-local manner</a>, or just accepting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Many-worlds_interpretation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">pure wave mechanics despite its implications</a>.</p><p>Valia Allori has an article at IAI <a href="https://iai.tv/articles/the-world-is-not-a-quantum-wave-function-auid-3096?_auid=2020" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">arguing against quantum wave function realism</a>. (Warning: you might hit a paywall.) The main thrust of her argument, as I understand it, is that we shouldn’t allow ourselves to be lured farther away from the manifest image of the world (the world as it intuitively appears to us) when there are viable alternatives. </p><p>Her argument is in opposition to <a href="https://selfawarepatterns.com/2022/01/16/the-benefits-of-wave-function-realism/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Alyssa Ney’s argument for wave function realism</a>, which touts as one of the benefits that it reclaims locality. Allori argues that this is aiming to satisfy an intuition we develop in three dimensional space, that there aren’t non-local effects, “spooky actions at a distance”. But wave function realism only preserves locality across configuration space, which Allori views as a pyrrhic victory.</p><p>Overall, Allori seems to view this as a conflict between two different sets of intuitions. On one side, we have views that are closer to the overall manifest image of reality, one with three dimensions, but at the cost of non-local phenomena. She doesn’t view this as ideal, but deems it preferable to the idea of a universal wave function existing in near infinite dimensions. In her view, embracing theories too far away from the manifest image puts us on the path that leads to runaway skepticism, where nothing we perceive can be trusted.</p><p>But I think looking at this in terms of intuitions is a mistake. When it comes to models of reality, our intuitions have historically never been particularly useful. Instead they’ve often led us astray, causing us to insist the earth was the center of the universe, humans were separate from nature, or that time and space were absolute, all ideas that had to be abandoned in the face of empirical realities. The reason to prefer locality isn’t merely to privilege one intuition over others, but to prefer theories that provide a structurally complete accounting.</p><p>A while back I described this as <a href="https://selfawarepatterns.com/2024/01/28/causal-completeness/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a preference for causally complete theories</a>. But causation is a relation across time that is made asymmetrical by the second law of thermodynamics, that entropy always increases. The more fundamental reality are the structural relations. A theory which can account for all (or at least more of) those relations should, I think, be preferred to theories that have larger gaps in their accounting.</p><p>By that standard, I perceive wave function antirealism to have huge gaps, gaps which proponents of the idea seem comfortable with, but I suspect only because, as Allori does, they deem it a lesser evil than the alternative. Of course, objective collapse and pilot-wave theories also have gaps, but they seem smaller, albeit still weaknesses that I think should make them less viable. </p><p>Pure wave mechanics seems like the option with the fewest gaps. Many would argue that accounting for probabilities remains a crucial gap, but that seems like more of philosophical issue than a scientific one, how best to talk about what probabilities mean. In many ways, it highlights issues that already exist in the philosophy of probability.</p><p>Overall then, my take is that the goal isn’t to preserve the manifest image of reality, but to <em>account for it</em> in our scientific image. Preferring theories that are closer to the manifest image just because they are closer, particularly when the theories have larger gaps than the alternatives, seems to amount to what is often called “the incredulous stare”, simply rejecting an proposition because it doesn’t comport with our preexisting biases.</p><p>But maybe I’m overlooking something? Are there reasons to prefer theories closer to the manifest image? Is there a danger in excessive skepticism as Allori worries? Or is preferring a more complete accounting itself still privileging certain intuitions over others?</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://selfawarepatterns.com/tag/interpretations-of-quantum-mechanics/" target="_blank">#InterpretationsOfQuantumMechanics</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://selfawarepatterns.com/tag/many-world-interpretation/" target="_blank">#ManyWorldInterpretation</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://selfawarepatterns.com/tag/philosophy/" target="_blank">#Philosophy</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://selfawarepatterns.com/tag/philosophy-of-science/" target="_blank">#PhilosophyOfScience</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://selfawarepatterns.com/tag/quantum-mechanics/" target="_blank">#QuantumMechanics</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://selfawarepatterns.com/tag/science/" target="_blank">#Science</a></p>
Harald Klinke<p>Workshop: Large Language Models for the History, Philosophy & Sociology of Science<br>April 2–4, 2025 <br>TU Berlin, Germany & Online <br>Exploring how LLMs can address challenges in HPSS research <br>Keynotes by Iryna Gurevych, Nina Tahmasebi & Pierluigi Cassotti <br>16 contributed talks on LLM use cases & implications </p><p>Free and open to the public—registration encouraged! More info: <a href="https://www.tu.berlin/hps-mod-sci/workshop-llms-for-hpss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tu.berlin/hps-mod-sci/workshop</span><span class="invisible">-llms-for-hpss</span></a>](<a href="https://www.tu.berlin/hps-mod-sci/workshop-llms-for-hpss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tu.berlin/hps-mod-sci/workshop</span><span class="invisible">-llms-for-hpss</span></a> <br><a href="https://det.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/HistoryOfScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfScience</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/PhilosophyOfScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhilosophyOfScience</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/SociologyOfScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SociologyOfScience</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a></p>
Harald Klinke<p>Workshop: Large Language Models for the History, Philosophy & Sociology of Science
April 2–4, 2025
TU Berlin, Germany & Online
16 contributed talks on LLM use cases & implications
Free and open to the public—registration encouraged!
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Nick Byrd, Ph.D.<p>Df. "clinical <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/equipoise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equipoise</span></a> describes a situation of evidentiary uncertainty among experts"</p><p>Opel et al. argue such equipoise is neither necessary nor sufficient for <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/SharedDecisionMaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SharedDecisionMaking</span></a>.</p><p>Rather SDM is most useful where tradeoffs between options are KNOWN.</p><p><a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-025-09410-z" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1007/s11606-025-094</span><span class="invisible">10-z</span></a></p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/decisionScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decisionScience</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/bioethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bioethics</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/epistemology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epistemology</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/philosophyOfScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophyOfScience</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/socialPsychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialPsychology</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/edu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>edu</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a></p>
🐜🦅<p>Got the physical copies of my Cambridge element in the mail. A reminder that the whole book is free to download until the end of February: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009210171" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">doi.org/10.1017/9781009210171</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://fediphilosophy.org/tags/probability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>probability</span></a> <a href="https://fediphilosophy.org/tags/philosophyofscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophyofscience</span></a> <a href="https://fediphilosophy.org/tags/confirmation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>confirmation</span></a> <a href="https://fediphilosophy.org/tags/induction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>induction</span></a> <a href="https://fediphilosophy.org/tags/bayesian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bayesian</span></a></p>
MathildeTahar<p>I really enjoy Paris ✨ Their bookshops have amazing taste. </p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Bergson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bergson</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/PhilBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhilBooks</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Philbio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philbio</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/philosophyofscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophyofscience</span></a></p>
Lupposofi<p>Dominic Murphy has revised his SEP-entry on Philosophy of Psychiatry, <a href="https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/psychiatry/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">plato.stanford.edu/entries/psy</span><span class="invisible">chiatry/</span></a></p><p>The Angius, Primiero & Turner entry on The Philosophy of Compurer Science has also been revised, <a href="https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/computer-science/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">plato.stanford.edu/entries/com</span><span class="invisible">puter-science/</span></a></p><p>Other SEP-news here, as usual, <a href="https://plato.stanford.edu/new.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">plato.stanford.edu/new.html</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/sep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sep</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/filosofia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>filosofia</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/psykiatria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psykiatria</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/psychiatry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychiatry</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computer</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/computerScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computerScience</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medical</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/clinical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clinical</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/mind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mind</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/philosophyofScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophyofScience</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/ontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ontology</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/epistemology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epistemology</span></a></p>
Project Gutenberg<p>The birth of naturalism</p><p>The modern era is often seen as the triumph of science over supernaturalism. But what really happened is far more interesting</p><p>By Peter Harrison</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/investigating-the-roots-of-the-natural-supernatural-dichotomy?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=5764ddb69c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_02_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-d88b59c7bc-72664972" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/investigating-t</span><span class="invisible">he-roots-of-the-natural-supernatural-dichotomy?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=5764ddb69c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_02_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-d88b59c7bc-72664972</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/historyofscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>historyofscience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/philosophyofscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophyofscience</span></a></p>
ParabenAparaten 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇨🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sunny.garden/@fringemagnet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fringemagnet</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tchafia.be/@jifi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jifi</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@benroyce" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>benroyce</span></a></span> </p><p>Even if you were familiar with Karl Popper, that could still be a good advice to read it again</p><p>Look at what <a href="https://mast.lat/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mast.lat/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Americans</span></a> do when they say/pretend they are familiar with Jesus Christ: they do all the contrary of what he is meant to have preached <a href="https://mast.lat/tags/whitenationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whitenationalism</span></a> <a href="https://mast.lat/tags/ultraright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ultraright</span></a> <a href="https://mast.lat/tags/farright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farright</span></a> (In deed they never read anything, except when they are already agreeing on the idea, so as they can be sure not to read something else)</p><p>So I don't think that being "familiar" with anything is the way to go: Maybe "being able to discuss" is a much stronger stance?</p><p>Personally, I am not able to "discuss" Karl Popper. I simply study <a href="https://mast.lat/tags/epistemology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epistemology</span></a> and <a href="https://mast.lat/tags/philosophyofscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophyofscience</span></a> at my rhythm.</p>
🐜🦅<p>I posted this yesterday, but I should have noted that my Cambridge Element ‘Probability and Inductive Logic’ is free to download for the next four weeks. Get amongst it!</p><p><a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009210171" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">doi.org/10.1017/9781009210171</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://fediphilosophy.org/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://fediphilosophy.org/tags/Bayesianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bayesianism</span></a> <a href="https://fediphilosophy.org/tags/induction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>induction</span></a> <a href="https://fediphilosophy.org/tags/confirmation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>confirmation</span></a> <a href="https://fediphilosophy.org/tags/probability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>probability</span></a> <a href="https://fediphilosophy.org/tags/philosophyofscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophyofscience</span></a></p>
David A. McKay<p>New blogpost/essay: *On the Point of Tipping*</p><p>[some thoughts-in-progress (that ended up quite long) on the uses and limitations of climate tipping points as a scientific metaphor & model]</p><p><a href="https://gaiaexmachina.wordpress.com/2025/01/28/on-the-point-of-tipping/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gaiaexmachina.wordpress.com/20</span><span class="invisible">25/01/28/on-the-point-of-tipping/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TippingPoints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TippingPoints</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EarthSystemScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EarthSystemScience</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PhilosophyOfScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhilosophyOfScience</span></a></p>
Jessica StockdaleDelighted to announce that I'm now an Assistant Professor in Research Methods at Brighton and Sussex Medical School.<br>
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Jessica StockdaleDelighted to announce that I'm now an Assistant Professor in Research Methods AT Brighton and Sussex Medical School<br>
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<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/academicchatter?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academicchatter</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/womeninSTEM?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#womeninSTEM</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/womeninscience?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#womeninscience</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/collectorofwords?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#collectorofwords</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/philosophyofscience?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#philosophyofscience</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/academicstyle?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academicstyle</a>
Quentin Ruyant<p>My article "Two senses of representation in science" is now published! It's open access. Short summary below. 🧵</p><p><a href="https://ojs.ehu.eus/index.php/THEORIA/article/view/26040" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ojs.ehu.eus/index.php/THEORIA/</span><span class="invisible">article/view/26040</span></a><br><a href="https://ojs.ehu.eus/index.php/THEORIA/issue/view/2115" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ojs.ehu.eus/index.php/THEORIA/</span><span class="invisible">issue/view/2115</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/philsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philsci</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/philosophyofscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophyofscience</span></a></p>
Jim Donegan 🎵 ✅<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WilliamGrassie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WilliamGrassie</span></a> - What are the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UltimateQuestions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UltimateQuestions</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a>? </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcxzaJjIslE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=EcxzaJjIsl</span><span class="invisible">E</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PhilosophyOfScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhilosophyOfScience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Religion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Metaphysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metaphysics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/LawsOfPhysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawsOfPhysics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/LawsOfNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawsOfNature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ethics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Morality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Morality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Religion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MeaningOfLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MeaningOfLife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Devine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Devine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Theology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Theology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Materialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Materialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Dualism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dualism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Reality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Realism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Realism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/CloserToTruth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CloserToTruth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RobertKuhn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertKuhn</span></a></p>
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