Very nice post from Fons Dewulf on our youthful attempts to live and breathe history and philosophy of science
Preprint of a forthcoming paper in HOPOS @hoposjournal.bsky.social on Thomas Kuhn's (unpublished) work on the history of quantum physics
Call for papers (<10K words unpublished) for 2026 Du Châtelet Prize in Philosophy of Physics
Topic: Newton’s Principia & its reception (300th anniversary of 3rd Ed.)
Prize $1,000, workshop, & pub in SHPS
Open to grad students & w/in 5 yrs PhD
Deadline: September 1, 2026
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Jan Potters
Jan Potters
happy boards of canada day to all who celebrate
Rosencrantz: what time is it?
Guildenstern, looking at his watch: t
Rosencrantz, later: now what time is it
Guildenstern, frowning: now it’s t again. Or t still?
Rosencrantz: that can’t be right. It’s got to be t+1 or something eventually
Guildenstern: the watch hand just keeps clicking back…
📢 Call for Abstracts
2nd International Conference on the History of the Philosophy of Technology
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🗓 Oct 26–28, 2026
Theme: National and Cultural Traditions in the Philosophy of Technology
📅 Deadline: May 25, 2026
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New on the Archive:
Potters, Jan (2027) Sharpening Philosophical Concepts: Thomas Kuhn and the History of Quantum Physics. [Preprint]
https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/29809/
New on the Archive:
Potters, Jan (2027) Sharpening Philosophical Concepts: Thomas Kuhn and the History of Quantum Physics. [Preprint]
https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/29809/
