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Philosophy of science; history & philosophy of biology, medicine & psychology; mental health; clinical research & practice; Washington U St. Louis

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Applying multilevel selection to understand cancer evolution and progression Cancer is a prime example of multilevel selection. At an organismal level, natural selection has led to the evolution of diverse tumor suppression mechanisms, while at a cellular level, it favors trai...

New paper. Thank you Lucie Laplane and co-authors for inviting me to contribute to this paper. journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

30.07.2025 04:12 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Texas State University - Cluster Hire: Three Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Positions in the History of Science, Technology, Medicine, and the Environment | H-Net

3 Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Positions in the History of Science, Technology, Medicine, and the Environment at Texas State University πŸ—ƒοΈ #HPS
#histsci #histmed #envhist

networks.h-net.org/jobs/68829/t...

22.07.2025 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
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Lecturer in Philosophy: Academic Year 2025-26 (Anticipated) University of California, Merced is hiring. Apply now!

Do you know someone with a PhD in Philosophy who would like to teach in the Central Valley of California this year? We have teaching needs in ethics; "a reasonable estimate for an initial appointment is $70,977". Please share with anyone you think may be interested!

aprecruit.ucmerced.edu/JPF02002

14.07.2025 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Call for Papers: Recent Work in the Philosophy of the Historical Sciences

Oooo Charles Pence & Daniel Swaim are putting together a special issue on the philosophy of the historical sciences (and you can publish in French!).

pencelab.be/en/events/rp...

#philsci

09.07.2025 08:07 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Proofs and Research Programmes: Lakatos at 100 This open access book offers new insights into issues raised in philosophy of mathematics and in philosophy of science by Imre Lakatos.

New publication: β€œTrade-offs and Progress in Cancer Science”, open access here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Thank you to Adrian Currie for the feedback, and to Frigg and Worrall for their invitation to contribute. (This was the Lakatos lecture.)

10.07.2025 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Are you a philosopher of mind? Would you like to work at the U of Vienna? Well then, here is a job for you. #philosophy #psychology #cognitivescience

berufungsservice.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/us...

01.07.2025 10:17 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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USAID cuts could lead to 14 million deaths over the next five years, researchers say An analysis published Monday in the medical journal The Lancet projects that cuts to the agency will lead to more deaths from diseases like AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.

I really don’t understand how anyone in this administration, or anyone who supports them, sleep at night.

30.06.2025 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1310    πŸ” 518    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 62

Sending love and peace.

13.05.2025 05:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Audience Faves: Hasok Chang on 'Epistemic Iteration' The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science Β· Episode

Great interview with Hasok Chang on 'Epistemic Iteration':

The idea that we don't often start scientific inquiries from a solid foundation. We knowingly start from an imperfect position, and use the outcomes to refine and correct the original starting point.

open.spotify.com/episode/6tbT...

09.05.2025 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

β€œOnly the callow and obdurately scientific believe that data speak for themselves; they should be sentenced for their heresy to six months in a research laboratory or six weeks in a courtroom.” (Smith, et. al. (1980) The Benefits of Psychotherapy, p. 181)

09.05.2025 12:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!

19.04.2025 03:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just a stray! :)

07.04.2025 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cousin gray cat Walter sends his greetings

06.04.2025 10:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Philosophy of Science Association

I found Craig Callender’s piece as the PSA President in this latest newsletter really moving. Very funny at the start and serious at the end

01.03.2025 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Philosophy at Guelph is hiring in Ethics/ Applied Ethics.

Please share widely.

careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...

10.02.2025 05:45 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Know Your Rights | Immigrants' Rights | ACLU Regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Learn more here about your rights as an immigrant, and how to express them.

Heads up! The @aclu.org Immigrant Rights Project has an EXCELLENT online resource available in multiple languages to walk immigrants or advocates through various scenarios of encounters with immigration officials or police. It includes contact #s for local ACLU offices.

www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...

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IUHPST - International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology

Call for IUHPST Essay Prize in History & Philosophy of Science
Submission deadline: 15 January 2025
This biennial prize competition seeks to encourage fresh methodological thinking on the history and philosophy of science and related areas. Prize of $1,000 US #HPS
iuhpst.org/pages/inter-...

03.01.2025 23:52 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Charles Darwin the malacologist | The Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland

Fun #histsci about Darwin of relevance to #molluscMonday! conchsoc.org/MolluscWorld...

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Happy #MolluscMonday! 🐚 The flamboyant Chromodoris annae nudibranch isn't just a pretty faceβ€”those vibrant colors warn predators of its toxicity. It's nature's version of 'look, but don't touch!' #MarineLife

16.12.2024 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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So excited about #MolluscMonday decided to post another! The blue dragon sea slug (Glaucus atlanticus) is as stunning as it is dangerous. It preys on venomous jellyfish like Portuguese man o' wars, storing their stingers for its own defense. #marinelife

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I just learnt my grandmother worked at Hull House in Chicago, probably in the 1920s and early 30s. Can any historians of psychology recommend a good history of Hull House or places like it? #histsci

23.12.2024 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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Thomas Kingston's Death Highlights Challenges in Linking Antidepressants to Suicide And the necessity of being transparent about potential harms

Thomas Kingston’s Death Highlights Challenges in Linking Antidepressants to Suicide

And the necessity of being transparent about potential harms

www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/thomas-kin...

22.12.2024 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2
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Who’s Afraid of Philosophical Wonder Juice? In Defense of Pseudoscience The mention of the β€œC-word” provokes a reaction both absurdly disproportionate and delightfully predictable. Consciousness is one of those…

To conclude this year, here are 2 essays, non-academic, I had a lot of fun writing in 2024.

(1) Who’s Afraid of Philosophical Wonder Juice? In Defense of Pseudoscience
medium.com/@as-barwich/...

(2) Anything Goes? Why uphold peer review at all
as-barwich.medium.com/anything-goe...

23.12.2024 11:13 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

Fantastic! Curious about your thoughts on the implications for attachment theory!?

20.12.2024 06:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

PSA Around the World 2025 🌍 Focus: Eastern & Central Europe. Call for Abstracts is now open!

πŸ—“οΈ Deadline: March 31, 2025
πŸ’» Fully online, Nov 6, 14, 22
$50 fee (waivers available).

More info: www.philsci.org/psa_...
πŸ“„ Submit abstracts: psaatw25.sciencescon...

19.12.2024 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 5

Job ad for philosophers: PM me for more details, I don't have a link. "The Faculty of Arts at the University of Calgary invites applications for a tenure-track transdisciplinary position with a focus on Environmental Ethics at the rank of Assistant Professor (Research).... #philsci #philsky

20.12.2024 04:54 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
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With California's votes now certified, this appears to be the final popular vote count. The margin of 1.47 percentage points is the smallest since the 2000 election. Kamala Harris received over 75 million votes in this election.

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Sure! Here’s another really nice review: Defining and assessing adverse events and harmful effects in psychotherapy study protocols: a systematic review.
(2023) Klatte, et. al.
Psychotherapy 60 (1), 130. Curious what you discover!

10.12.2024 10:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A Scale for Measuring Positive and Negative Experiences of Psychotherapy (PNEP): First Psychometric Findings of a New Instrument for Monitoring Clients' Experiences. (2024)
Dandachi-FitzGerald B, et al. Clin Psychol Psychother.

10.12.2024 09:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No pain, no gain revisited: the impact of positive and negative psychotherapy experiences on treatment outcome (2024) Verkooyen

10.12.2024 09:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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