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Massimiliano Simons

@masssimons.bsky.social

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

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0,8 FTE position for teaching health humanities and medical ethics at the medical faculty of Maastricht University. Philosophy of science or STS people certainly welcome!

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

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Very much enjoyed that one!

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Two PhD positions (100%) in didactics of philosophy at KU Leuven

One of the PhD candidates will concentrate on the characterization and presentation of philosophy in textbooks and the other on didactics of philosophy.
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

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If you have copy of text, would love to read it

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for Dutch-reading skeeps: I'm interviewed in today's De Limburger ab/ conspiracy theories, climate denialism, Open Science, scientific fraud/error, etc. headline in the paper version better than the on-line edition, but complaints ab/ headlines are cliché, no?...

www.limburger.nl/cnt/dmf20240...

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This looks like a great volume, would love to read it

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Great lineup for this years historical epistemology workshop! Sadly I cannot be there this year #philsci #histsci

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Martin Kusch of Vienna and I are editing a special issue of Studies in HPS entitled "Are Social Sciences Special?". We are interested in both history and philosophy essays, see the link for the framing and instructions for how to submit. Deadline is Sept 30th 2024 #philsci #histsci #philsky #STS

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I am now just waiting for the nth law that is self-reflexive on these laws

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Sounds like the first law of history of philosophy in general

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Simondon and everything! Consider your abstract accepted

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pleased to highlight this blog post @nichecanada.bsky.social I wrote (improved thx to Andrew Watson's skilful editing) related to the recent Everything Everywhere All at Once workshop.

1/x

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CONFERENCE 'Michel Serres and Bruno Latour in conversation' (Oxford/online, 23-24 May, 2024)

I will give a talk on 'Nothing but Experience: The Empiricisms of Serres and Latour'

You can participate online as well

www.mfo.ac.uk/event/confer... #philsci #hopos

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Call for paper & poster submissions: Pragmatism & Philosophy of Science, Sep 27-29, 2024 Rotman Institute of Philosophy @ Western U. Submissions due July 15. Speakers incl. Holly Andersen, Alisa Bokulich, Jenann Ismael, Huw Price, Carlo Rovelli, Laura Ruetsche, Ken Waters, & Jim Woodward
#philsci

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going thru materials I collected in N. America for the next ... while. will post ab/ some & tag a few of you when relevant. e.g., this article on "The All Plastic House" from Imperial Oil Review 1969 is for @jessvarner.bsky.social - have you seen this, Jess? if not I'll thread in others like it.

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Deadline is coming close for our conference on the history of philosophy of technology - let me emphasize again: can be about any (tradition of) thinkers of technology, not just 'philosophers'. Links with the history of philosophy of science (#HOPOS) much appreciated #philtech #philsci

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yes, reflections on these authors and their impact are more than welcome!

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'Olden Labs Launches The World’s First Automated Animal Research Lab' -

Not sure whether ways to get more research and publications out there with even less human thought and reflection involved (especially automatically experimenting on animals).

www.synbiobeta.com/read/olden-l...

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Reminder - CFP for Conference on the History of Philosophy of Technology (@FasosMaastricht, 28-30 Oct, 2024)

This is chance to present on historical periods or thinkers about technology you always cared about but felt neglected or ignored! #philtech

www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/confe...

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Multiple postdoctoral teaching assistant positions at Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven, focus on ethics/political philosophy/philosophy of law (first position, 60%), phenomenology (second position, 40%), and German philosophical texts (third position, 20%)

www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

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FASoS researcher Dani Shanley was interviewed, together with Joshi Hoogenboom, by Maastricht University about synthetic data.

What is synthetic data and is it safe to use? Find out in the interview 👇 www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/news/synthet...

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"We no longer 'search' Google, but barter with a seedy search box to try and coax out a result that isn't either a search engine-optimized half-answer or an attempt to trick us into clicking an ad. " www.wheresyoured.at/the-great-lo...

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Philosopher Daniel Dennett has died.

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Open position for a 6 year PhD project as Dutch-speaking tutor and study counselor at Faculty of Philosophy at KU Leuven.

You can propose your own PhD topic, but will also be a member of the Study Counselling Team of the Faculty of Law and Criminology

www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

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This looks like a very promising read 📚

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Wat heeft AI met papegaaien te maken? Als onderdeel van de lezingenreeks voor de permanente vorming actuele filosofie aan de UGent, geef ik een lezing over hoe de levenswetenschappen ons anders kunnen doen denken over AI.

www.ugent.be/lw/philosoph...

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📣 Job Klaxon 📣
Full time Lecturer in History of Modern Medicine at University of Edinburgh, Science, Technology and Innovation Studies
#histmed #skystorians

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I found this book by @masssimons.bsky.social quite good! Serres is positioned here as a link between Bachelard/Canguilhem and Latour/Stengers, basically contemporising the historical epistemology tradition. Certainly more books on the topic would be ideal, though!

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Greatest gaslighting in philosophy is the claim that continental philosophy would be anti-science, whereas most of it is just anti-realist (or better: radical empiricist).

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Finally finished this monster 😪

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On Thursday the 14th of March (15.30), I will defend my PhD-dissertation: "The Politics of Big Science in a Small Country - The Moral Economy of the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (1980 - 2020)." 1/2

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Henri Bergson, Freedom: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1904–1905 - edited by Nils F. Schott and Alexandre Lefebvre, translated by Leonard Lawlor, Bloomsbury, May 2024
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/freedom-9...

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PhD position at Open University (Heerlen): ‘From historic injustices to empowered futures: examining the role of marginalized communities in shaping inclusive and resilient sustainability transitions'

www.academictransfer.com/en/338139/ph...

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