Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda
Mexican Historian & Philosopher of Biology • Postdoctoral Fellow at KU Leuven (@theramseylab.bsky.social) • Book Reviews Editor for @jgps.bsky.social • #PhilSci #HistSci #philsky • Escribo y edito • https://www.alejandrofabregastejeda.com
- What makes a particular #experiment 'pursuitworthy'? Do criteria differ across scientific fields? @ennofischer.bsky.social & I have extended the deadline for submissions to our topical collection on these issues. Please help us spread the word! 👇 tu-dresden.de/gsw/phil/iph... #philsci #philsky #HPS
- Is basal cognition research on the right track? Drawing parallels with the #evo-devo approach to the #evolution of development, @philosobio.bsky.social & I argue in our new 📝 that it exhibits both promise & potential hurdles in studying cognitive evolution👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci
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- ¡Muchísimas gracias por tus amables palabras, Luis! ¡Es un gusto conectar contigo por aquí!
- In the incredibly niche category of authorial homage poetry on John Rawls, John Koethe's poem (shown below) could certainly be considered the best—although, surprisingly, not the only one (see, e.g., storysouth.com/stories/ode-...). 😜 #philsky
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- What a great initiative, Dana! Could you share your poem about Spinoza with me, if possible? No rush at all. Many thanks in advance! And yes, someone should definitely compile an anthology of poems about philosophers.
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- I know, right? It's amazing these poems exist!
- Here’s the best poem ever written about John Rawls.
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- Hi, Nathan. Thanks a lot for sharing! John Koethe's poem about Rawls was covered some weeks ago in Daily Nous: dailynous.com/2025/04/10/a...
- 📣 Essay Prize of the Revue internationale de Philosophie: "Philosophy in the Public Sphere" Open to all. First prize: €2,000. Deadline: June 1, 2025 Details: shs.cairn.info/docs/rip_pri... Please share widely.
- I am delighted to see this paper, written with Ingrid Lamminpää e Amedeo Amedei, published in the European Journal of Immunology. This is also provocative, with the specific aim of sparking debate since many aspects need to be further explored and clarified. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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- Amazing news! 🥳 Heartfelt congratulations @hscottfordsmand.bsky.social!
- #publishingjob Acquisitions Editor for Brain and Life Sciences MIT Press Cambridge, MA salary not listed 👇
- If you're interested in philosophy of biology—particularly its intersections with #evolution, #paleosky, and comparative studies of #behavior, #cognition, and #culture —consider following @theramseylab.bsky.social! We're a cool group of philosophers with a broad range of expertise! #philsci #HPbio
- New essay review in @jgps.bsky.social! M.R. Martínez-Ordaz & D. Cañas assess the prospects of using robust international scientific consensus as a reliable indicator of 'future-proof science,' as proposed by @pvickers.bsky.social in his latest book link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philsky
- Nueva fecha límite para envío de trabajos. congressin.com/e/aifibi/
- Last Friday, I had a lot of fun presenting my joint work with @philosobio.bsky.social on basal cognition research at UPV/EHU. Thanks a lot to @ias-research.bsky.social for the invitation! The recording is available here: youtu.be/GTzaRhwilIM?... 📃👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #cogsky
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- Thanks a lot, Lucia :)
- My colleague Bo Schuman runs a YouTube channel on #logic— particularly its philosophy & history. As part of his FWO project's outreach efforts, he plans to be much more active in the coming years. Share it with struggling students & check it out yourself! www.youtube.com/@LogicwithBo... #philsky
- 🌿✨ ¡Atención comunidad científica y amantes de la evolución! Nos emociona anunciar el 1er Congreso Mexicano de Biología Evolutiva. 🦠 Fecha: 19 a 21 de noviembre de 2025 📍 Lugar: Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, CDMX. 📢 ¡Reserva las fechas y sé parte de este evento! #CongresoMexicanoEvolución
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- Heartfelt congratulations, Laura! 🥳🎉
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- Thanks a lot for sharing, Alisa! Here is the call for papers, in case anyone who sees the post is interested: tu-dresden.de/gsw/phil/iph...
- In response to Graham Priest, Melisa Vivanco argues that demarcating a plurality of pure mathematical structures is no easy task. Check out her new essay review, which I had the pleasure of commissioning & editing for @jgps.bsky.social! 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsky #mathsky #philsci
- Fresh off the press: I'm absolutely thrilled to share this paper that I had the honour of developing and co-authoring with the excellent Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- My first paper is published!🤩 In it, I analyze how 20th century plant morphologist Agnes Arber understood teleology in plants.🪴 Spoiler: I think that she had two different notions of teleology and only liked one of them. Read more here: rdcu.be/d5xPI or in the following thread! 🧵 (1/5) 🌱🐋 #HistSci
- Roundtable "Applicability of logic for the study of scientific reasoning", Jan 10, 2025, 6PM CET/ 11AM GMT-6 Panelists: Atocha Aliseda (UNAM), et al. Registration required: forms.gle/Z6L65EiA9XKT... Simultaneously, the meeting will be broadcast via YouTube (www.youtube.com/channel/UCNy...)
- @grupoanfibio.bsky.social has created a starter pack of philosophers of science (and #philsci groups & societies) in/from Ibero-America. Please share widely and self-nominate if your name is missing! go.bsky.app/4XmN14i #HPS #philsky #HPBio #LatinskySTEM #LatinoSkyat://did:plc:3hei5fquot7gdi6td6k6dw23/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3ldj2q2ho422t
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- @grupoanfibio.bsky.social, ¿podrían agregar a Ariel (@interacciones.org) a la lista en cuanto tengan oportunidad, por favor? ¡Muchos saludos!
- Im taking advantage of my project's Zenodo platform to publish a paper that's always well-received when I talk abt it but not so much when I write it down (weird!) It's open access & will be regularly reviewed so pls send me your comments! #CReaCaL #MarieCurie #ERC zenodo.org/records/1441...
- 📣Apply now for the HPS+Logic M.A. at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de! The program includes courses on science and its history, logic and topics on culture, ethics & technology. Find all info here: www.hpsplus.org Application deadline for the summer term: - 15 January (Non-EU students) - 15 March (EU students)
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- ¡Muchas gracias por la iniciativa! Van algunos nombres adicionales: @susanamonso.com @abigailnd.bsky.social @yashaddad.bsky.social @tormentas.bsky.social @vivavivette.bsky.social @drxl.bsky.social @nicohinrichs.bsky.social @emotedaction.bsky.social @cristianlarph.bsky.social @luciacneco.bsky.social
- 🎉 New: The Value of Price We explore the role of the Price equation in evolutionary biology. We argue that, like Galilean kinematics, it is a phenomenological framework that unifies diverse fields by formalizing a shared explanandum. 🖋️ Baravalle, Roffé, Luque & Ginnobili. doi.org/10.1007/s137...
- Last PTPBio issue of 2024 is out, with papers from Pierrick Bourrat, Yasmin Haddad, Ross L. Stein, and Marshall Abrams! Always fully #openaccess — free for authors & free to read. Please share our posts & follow us! 🌱🐋 journals.publishing.umich.edu/ptpbio/issue...
- Who needs sex? Sex concepts that is. Get your mind out of the gutter and into Biology and Philosophy. doi.org/10.1007/s105...
- Milieus of Minutiae from UVA Press is out, and I got my copy! This began as a workshop on details and small things in literature, philosophy, and science. My chapter, "Confronting the Limits of Optical Interpretation," is my new take on the history of the microscope. DM me if you want a scan! 🧪 🗃️ 🐋🌱
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- Hi, Kate. Funky topic you picked for an undergrad philbio course! Maybe it could work if you assign them this chapter by @julipereto.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/books/o... & this paper by Frank Anet www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... (Hopefully these OTTOMH recommendations are useful!)
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- That sounds like a fantastic project and something along those lines would be perfectly fitting for the topical collection! So please submit something in the coming months with your PhD student and Krist!
- Thank you for your interest and for sharing the CfP, Daniel! We also welcome submissions by scientists and metascientists (or mixed co-authoring teams with philosophers), so please consider sending something if you have time!
- How do we judge whether a particular experiment is 'pursuitworthy'? What factors need to be considered? @ennofischer.bsky.social & I are receiving submissions exploring these & related questions for a topical collection in EJPS! Please help us spread the word! tu-dresden.de/gsw/phil/iph... #philsci
- Lorenzo Sartori on black hole pictures: philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24263/
- It’s out & #OpenAccess 🎉🎉 My 1st book ´Chemistry’s Metaphysics’ is one of the most creative projects Ive undertaken. Filled w/ metaphysical questions explored through a chemical lens, hopefully it contributes to the interaction of chemistry & philosophy www.cambridge.org/core/element...
- Congratulations, Vanessa! 🎉🎊 It looks fantastic!
- It’s out & #OpenAccess 🎉🎉 My 1st book ´Chemistry’s Metaphysics’ is one of the most creative projects Ive undertaken. Filled w/ metaphysical questions explored through a chemical lens, hopefully it contributes to the interaction of chemistry & philosophy www.cambridge.org/core/element...
- ¡Tenemos sede para el próximo congreso! aifibi.wordpress.com/vc-aifibi-bu...
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- Oh, wow! That's so cool! Thank you so much for the shout-out, Alisa, and for all your community-building work these past few months in shaping BlueSky as an amazing meeting point for both scientists and HPS scholars!
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- No problem! Skepticism is more than welcome! If you have any questions or comments after reading the paper, please let us know. We would love to hear practicing biologists' opinions on these issues.
- Hi, Jeffrey. In the paper we discuss several examples of population drift that are not the result of niche constructing activities (e.g., abiotic sudden hazards). Clarifying the distinct ways through which niche construction can affect drift is not equating the former with 'evolution' sensu lato. 1/
- Just as there are constructed and non-constructed sources of selective pressures, there are both constructed and non-constructed sources of drift. Making this point is very different from trivializing what niche construction means (so no, not every change in allele frequencies is the result of NC).
- Is niche construction (NC) just about selection? In our new #HPbio paper, we argue that NC can also influence drift by modulating pop. size & driftability (variance in possible reproductive outcomes). This link prompts a broader definition of NC 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #evosky
