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For decades, cellular aggregation was considered an evolutionary dead end.
Cells could come together temporarily.
But complex multicellular organisms like animals?
Our study, led by JP Gerdt, with Ruibao & @jennahed.bsky.social suggests it may be time to rethink that🧵 #ProtistsOnSKy
Under which conditions do AI tools save researchers’ time and effort? And at what cost? Alex Mussgnug and I just published a philosophical analysis of #Convenience in #AI #philsci
Paywalled: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Preprint: philsci-archive.pitt.edu/29890/
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Had two papers accepted in the last week:
1) "Common Ancestry, Contemporary Phylogenetics, and Process Ontology" in Systematic Biology (co-authored with @maureenmkearney.bsky.social).
2) "A Conventional View" in Biology & Philosophy (co-authored with Katherine Berensen & Peyton Cooper).
A friendly reminder: On June 23, we'll hold the hybrid workshop Naturalism in the Philosophy of Historiography. The programme is below. Join us either online or in Ostrava for this exciting event!
The next Philosophy Compass article with Raphaël Millière on language models is out now, open access. We review basic philosophical questions about language models and research on them thus far.
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
This paper considers cases where AI is used to automate tasks perceived to be “mere routine” and inconvenient to researchers. We term such uses “Convenience AI” and characterise the set of assumptions...
nice place to read a great book. congrats again! @alejandrofabregastejeda.com
Take a look! Well done, WEPA @josephtumber.bsky.social , @coralvive.bsky.social , @coraldelmarvr.bsky.social , & rest of the team!! 👏🏽🤗
#community #networking #professionaldevelopment #personaldevelopment
Special shoutout in there abt @geolatinas.bsky.social & our efforts to address language barriers
✨REMINDER✨ join us on June 15 from 2-3 PM eastern for "Philosophers of Science at Work: Exploring Non-Academic Careers" with Alan Love and Aaron Kagan!
The success of large language models (LLMs) across many domains of AI research has generated intense debate. Some attribute their impressive performance on complex tasks to human-like linguistic and ...
Throughout the Fundraising Campaign, we'l be sharing volunteer testimonials about the benefits of DRL.
To kick things off, our first testimonial is from Prof. Alison Stone from School of Global Affairs at the University of Lancaster, UK.
diversityreadinglist.org/support-us/
#philsky #philosophy
🎉 New in J-APA! 🎉
Sofia Ortiz-Hinojosa’s “An Initial Sketch of Sor Juana’s Virtue Epistemology” is now online.
🎥 We’re especially excited that this piece features J-APA’s first ever video abstract! ✨
Watch/read here: doi.org/10.1017/apa....
Centre for the Philosophy of Historiography
Cameron Buckner
Matt Haber
An Initial Sketch of Sor Juana’s Virtue Epistemology
