Philosopher thinking about biochemical kinds and functions (and much more) x LeverhulmeTrust and DurhamUni🧬 Writer @Jargonium; @ChemistryWorld 🖋️ θαυμάζειν.
London, England
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So delighted to share that I just signed my FIRST monograph book contract and that “The Philosophy of Biochemistry: Biochemical Kinds and their Properties” is now forthcoming in #CambridgeUniversityPress! Thanks to my amazing editor @GaskinHilary and @ttahko 💙@CambUP_PHILNYUK
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Is all the information for the production of proteins in the genes? Watch my interview with Dr. Francesca Bellazzi (@FranciBellazzi). #Genetics #Biology #Philosophy #Science
Full interview: piped.video/z-No7N8hhp0
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Six funded PhDs, Centre for Sciences of Place and Memory, Univ Stirling (Scotland). Join our team in philosophy, cognitive sciences, social sciences, & arts to study spatial thinking, disorientation, cities, truth & the past. Deadline 22 April, guidelines placememory.net/apply-now-fo…
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New paper just out, co-authored with @FranciBellazzi: "Unification Principles for Biochemical Kinds" philpapers.org/rec/BELUPF
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My article for #PhilosophyCompass on the Metaphysics of Pregnancy has been accepted for publication! It has been the result of some years of teaching and I think it’s such a cool topic. 🎉 Here is the link to the AAM version: philpapers.org/rec/BELTMO-20
@Assembling_Life 🦋
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New episode (1061), with Dr. Lauren Ross (@ProfLaurenRoss). We talk about causation and explanation in #Science. #Philosophy
YouTube: piped.video/sbY40h-1gKY
Podcast: bit.ly/4hLHjvL
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I'm co-editing a Synthese special issue on the relationship between traditional, naturalistic, and social metaphysics, called "The Aims and Methodologies of Contemporary Metaphysics". Check out the CFP below if you work on meta-metaphysics! The deadline is September 30th
Happy to share that @LoreLorenzetti, @pyrosuarez, and I will be editing a forthcoming topical collection in Synthese, titled The Aims and Methodologies of Contemporary Metaphysics.
CfP at this link: link.springer.com/collection…
Please spread the word!
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Best news for my dear colleagues and friends Vanessa Seifert and Alex Franklin! And of course for @MetaScienceEU 🌟
'careful, insightful, and agenda-setting'
The Editors are delighted to announce the winner of the 2024 BJPS Popper Prize
thebsps.org/auxhyp/bjps-popp…
#philsci
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Fantastic honourable mention for @tobytfriend too 🌟
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Exciting news! My new paper "Can Chemical Substances Be Natural?" is out now
doi.org/10.1080/00026980.202…
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Interested in scales and measurement? 📐 With @Assembling_Life and @CPSUiO we are organising a two days #workshop on “ScaM: scales and measurement in the sciences”. We have a great lineup of speakers. Info and registration ➡️ hf.uio.no/english/research/s…
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Francesca Bellazzi retweeted
We're organising a summer school in philosophy of cosmology this summer in Lugano — spread the word to anyone who might be interested!
💥 Summer School: The Aim and Structure of Cosmological Theory
Application Deadline: 15 February 2025!
Please refer to the link provided for further practical information: usi.ch/en/cosmology
For any questions: [email protected].
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The ERC Project @Assembling_Life is hiring *two postdocs*. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a great team in a very active department (featuring @CPSUiO). Feel free to get in touch if you want more info 🤓 #philjob #jobalert @ERC_Research
jobbnorge.no/en/available-jo…
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Together fantastic Norwegian employment benefits, this includes:
- truly supportive people and space to grow and improve
- a big community of postdocs and phds
- your own big office (!!)
- work retreats and workshops in the woods (!!!)
- Oslo is great, nature is gorgeous
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Learn more about the project here:
hf.uio.no/ifikk/english/rese…
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Seriously considering moving definitely away from X / and be only on #BlueSky. For those of you that haven’t moved fully yet to other platforms, what are your main motivations?
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Had a fantastic time at the workshop on comparative philosophy of science organised by @si_loh and @karimbschir for the @CPSUiO. It was a great chance to put philosophy at work and brainstorm ideas 💡 @Assembling_Life
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It was so nice to host Vanessa Seifert at the #CPS bookclub to discuss her Cambridge Element “Chemistry’s metaphysics” and her writing process! Interviewed by @OestSander. @Assembling_Life @CambUP_PHILNYUK 📖
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New book "Explanation in Biology" w Cambridge University Press is out & open access!
Covers (1) causal explanation & (2) non-causal/mathematical explanation in life sciences--bio, neuro, etc 🌿🧬🧠
Intro to philosophical work on scientific explanation!
cambridge.org/core/elements/…
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Happy New Year from @Assembling_Life 🎉 we are so ready for a year of workshops, collaborations and a lot of philosophy 📖🤝 Stay tuned for our first event of 2025 “#ScaM Workshop: on scales and measurement in the sciences” with @CPSUiO ( Oslo, 27/28 March 2025) 📐📏
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My paper “Biochemical functions as weakly emergent” is finally out in the latest issue of #Argumenta together with other fantastic commentaries on J Wilson book “Metaphysical Emergence” ➡️
argumenta.org/wp-content/upl…
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Very excited to be in the company of Karen Bennet, Nina Emery and other great philosophers! Plus you can read Wilson’s response here: argumenta.org/article/author…
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