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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/
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).
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/...
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!
nice place to read a great book. congrats again! @alejandrofabregastejeda.com