#Philsci

KLI: A Home to Theory that Matters

What a treat to have @MartinKusch @UniVienna with us this week to talk about "Relativism in Philosophy of Science" at the #KLIColloquium! His new book on this topic @CambridgeUP will

I wanted to offer a more digestible summary of this thread and the original one below it. Not posting on this or interacting with anyone in my mentions about this

Massimiliano Simons

Currently reading some French positivism. Given the current ‘rediscovery’ of the political program of positivism of the Vienna Circle, it is important not to forget that French positivism also existed.

Maxwell Ramstead

A thread to comment on @danwilliamsphil’s preprint “Is the brain an organ for prediction error minimization?” The preprint available here: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/18047/ Many sincere thanks to Dan for the pleasant and

Massimiliano Simons

So, as promised: why Brunschvicg claimed “Aristotle had the mental age of an 8-year old.” This was not just a random insult, but highlights a complex, yet forgotten research program

Last week, @hssonline & @SocHistTech announced that this year's joint meeting in New Orleans had been postponed due to #COVID19.Many people, including myself, were saddened by this decision, even though

Ok. So I think we have another Jones Day Associate. Some friends and I noticed that Path Integral Salesman guy seems like a physics bullshitter. Since he’s public about who