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Massimiliano Simons

@masssimons.bsky.social

Assistant Prof. in Philosophy of Technology Maastricht University, fascinated by #synbio, #experimentation, #historicalepistemology, #HOPOS, #HOPOT, #sciencefiction and #conspiracytheory - he/him

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TT/T Faculty , University of Texas at Arlington - PhilJobs:JFP TT/T Faculty , University of Texas at Arlington An international database of jobs for philosophers

My department is hiring!! Philosophy and ethics of environment. Please spread the word. The turn around is a short! #philsky #philsci #philtrch #moralphil

philjobs.org/job/show/30842

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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 Prize in Logic and Philosophy is...

APA member Bas van Fraassen has been awarded the 2026 Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy. Congratulations! dailynous.com/2026/01/21/b...

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β€˜In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies

I regularly talk in panel discussions on AI and its social repercussions, and exactly this is the thing I constantly need to remind people of. Your nice and shiny AI or social media platform runs on the invisible labor of poor data workers. But it’s a subject Westerners prefer to ignore.

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Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History (111286-0126) - University of Warwick Title: Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History (111286-0126). Application Deadline: . Position Type: Permanent

🚨History Job: Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History (Permanent) πŸ—ƒοΈ

Come work with us at Warwick! You will join a group of excellent early-modernists and one of the nicest bunches of historians around!
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@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social

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'Our body invents a thousand unexpected figures': Michel Serres's philosophy of the body, movement, and sport

Last Friday I successfully defended my dissertation on the French philosopher Michel Serres. You can read the entire dissertation on the university website. @masssimons.bsky.social @drchriswatkin.bsky.social @timhowles.bsky.social @lilian-kroth.bsky.social pure.eur.nl/en/publicati...

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Disappointment or hype? Framing artificial intelligence in the US elite news media - Lilla Vicsek, Katalin Feher, Dennis Nguyen, 2026 How do elite US news outlets frame AI within accounts of hype, disappointment and tempered expectation? This study finds that rather than fueling hype, coverage...

Interesting contribution to the #media study of #AI narratives from a #sociology of expectations perspective journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Postdoc Research Assoc/Sloan Fdn Postdoc Research Assoc/Sloan Fdn

Excited to recruit a 🚨 postdoc 🚨 for projects on #AI and evolving scientific practice, norms, and impact! Interdisciplinary work across science of science, philosophy of science, math with creative Purdue/Argonne/CMU/Chicago/Princeton collaborators! *pls repost*! careers.purdue.edu/job/Postdoc-...

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2 Postdoctoral positions in Intellectual History at the Department of History - Ledig stilling pΓ₯ Aarhus Universitet Ledig stilling ved Institut for Kultur og Samfund - Historie, fag, Aarhus Universitet

2 Postdoc positions in Intellectual History at Aarhus!
www.au.dk/om/stillinge...

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About the Conference

I'm co-chairing the Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social Conference in Toronto, Oct 2026. #STS #scipol #innovation

Theme: "TechnoPower β€’ Technoscientific Futures".

Open panel submissions portal is open! ls!

Deadline: 2nd February 2026

www.4sonline.org/about_the_co...

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I once heard Anscombe point out that there’s a parallel argument for books. Everything we take to be real also happens in books. How do we know we’re not in a book? #philsky

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From Empire to Ecology: Environmental, Colonial and Industrial Legacies of the Manchester Ship Canal | Courses | University of Liverpool This interdisciplinary PhD project investigates the environmental, industrial and colonial legacies of the Manchester Ship Canal, one of the great engineering feats of the Victorian era. While histor...

Application deadline for our fully-funded PhD position has been extended to 1 February 2026 - especially geographer friends, please share!

www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/envi...

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Assistant Professor Science, Technology and Society Studies Assistant Professor Science, Technology and Society Studies

We are hiring another Assistant Professor Position at @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social, this position is in #STS with clear focus on sustainability and environmental challenges.

Feel free to reach out for questions!

vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...

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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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These *two* TT positions in #politicalphilosophy at our faculty are still open! Come join us!

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Finally, here it is!
(Many thanks to @uminnpress.bsky.social.)

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Assistant Professor Science, Technology and Society Studies Assistant Professor Science, Technology and Society Studies

We are hiring another Assistant Professor Position at @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social, this position is in #STS with clear focus on sustainability and environmental challenges.

Feel free to reach out for questions!

vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...

08.01.2026 09:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Research Fellow - AR3233 Research Fellow - AR3233, Unit: Philosophical, Anthropological and Film Studies Salary: Grade 6 / Β£38,784-Β£42,254 pa Full time Fixed term: 24 months, <p style="text-align: justify;"><span>Application...

2 year Postdoctoral Research Fellow opportunity at the University of St Andrews on my project "Aesthetic Values and the Social Dimensions of Science"

www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

#philosophy #philsci

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Happy new year! If you are early career or graduate in Phil of Bio, consider European summer school below: fantastic venue, brilliant mix of junior & senior scholars, a wealth of debates, PPTs & skills training organised by @thomasreydon.bsky.social and myself. Deadline EXTENDED to 31 Jan! #philsci

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Ernest Nagel on Science and Philosophy This book provides new perspectives on the twentieth-century history of philosophy of science through the person of Ernest Nagel

The Nagel-Hempel correspondence has just been published in the Vienna Circle Institute Library. Check it out!

link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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Against "Epistemic Injustice" On the Epistemic Injustice as a Central Organising Concept

Against β€œEpistemic Injustice”

#philsky #philosophy #epistemology

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Southern Epistemologies - HAU Books H. Clark Barrett is Professor of Anthropology at UCLA. He studies contemporary variation in social and moral judgment as a window into the evolution of human cognition. His current project asks how ev...

This will be an extraordinary volume.

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You cannot stop the future, therefore I am creating new assignments that incorporate whatsapp, rather than banning it like luddites!

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Sometimes they even ask the tutor to join

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Call for Applications: Early Career Rescue Fellowship – Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies

Post-doc positions:
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."

uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...

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New on the Archive:

Simons, Massimiliano (2025) Political philosophy of experimentation. European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 15. ISSN 1879-4912

https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27381/

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New on the Archive:

Simons, Massimiliano (2026) What is the history of philosophy of experimentation a history of? The cases of Hugo Dingler and Gaston Bachelard. HOPOS: The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science.

https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27380/

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De professor zal het wel weten, toch? Of moeten we verder kijken dan die ene expert? Leunen we als journalisten soms te veel op de kennis van academici en specialisten, zeker bij complexe thema’s en netelige vragen? Een zelfkritische blik opΒ experteninterviews, verantwoordelijkheidΒ en kwetsbaarheid.

Heel interessant stuk over de rol van wetenschappers en experten in het publiek debat - zowel de rol die ze daarin zelf opnemen als die hen door anderen (journalisten, het publiek) wordt toegedicht.

www.standaard.be/opinies/de-p...

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Een expert is geen wetenschapper Expertise wordt vaak gelijkgesteld met wetenschap. Dat miskent de eigenheid van expertise. Vijf verschillen tussen wetenschap en expertise worden hier verkend.

En voor het onderscheid tussen een expert en een wetenschapper, in het licht van de publieke opinievorming, verwijs ik altijd heel graag naar dit stuk van @masssimons.bsky.social

www.eoswetenschap.eu/gezondheid/e...

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