@drlynnchiu
Recovering philosopher staying with the trouble. PhD #philbio. Worked on niche construction, holobiont, gut mind, co-immunity, EES. Now curating & communicating research @univie.ac.at as Intl Sci Comm manager + #Rudolphina editor. #Philscicomm #scicomm
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wow wow wow!
a new book from Giuseppe Longo!
came out this Jan.
Longo is amazing. this is an instant must read for me.
tagging @neuroyogacara.bsky.social jic, bc bio complexity & great stuff on how to think re computation.
www.upress.umn.edu/978151792050...
I am happy to share this article, entitled "The importance of Biological Theory". It is my inaugural editorial as the new Editor-in-Chief of @biologicaltheory.bsky.social . In these complex and challenging times, theory is more important now than ever. Enjoy!
doi.org/10.1007/s137...
Tom Van Dooren and I are organising a symposium on "Advances in theoretical evo-devo" at the next Euro Evo Devo meeting in Glasgow. Invited speakers: @n-martin.bsky.social, Nayely Vélez-Cruz, Thomas Hansen & Günter Wagner. Consider submitting an abstract, now open! www.evodevoconference26.com
🗓️ Save the dates!
Join our Spring-Summer 2026 KLI Colloquium series! www.kli.ac.at/content/en/e...
We kick off the series on March 12, with Carrie Figdor (University of Iowa) on biological modality and its role in psychology.
🏵️ We are happy to welcome our new Visiting Fellow Denis Walsh! www.kli.ac.at/content/peop...
Denis is a philosopher of science/biology (University of Toronto) and will work on his project “‘The Being of Living Beings’: A metaphysics for agency” at the KLI.
Happy World Book Day!
Book-writing philosophers, do tell us what your current book project is about...
#philsky
Hot take: the hippocampus isn't actually "evolutionarily ancient" and its not helpful to think of it as such.
The full argument for this take is right here (but you need to scroll down to sections 5-6):
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Header and abstract page of an original research article in History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences (2026, volume 48, article 12) titled "Modeling versatility as the hallmark of model organisms," authored by Guido I. Prieto and Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda. Abstract In recent years, discussions on the epistemology of model organism-based research have emerged in the philosophy of science. A key topic of discussion is how the epistemic insights gained from model organisms differ from those gained through other experimental organisms used in laboratory and field research. Here, we argue that model organisms are epistemically special due to their nature as ontogenetically changeable, standardized, and evolved material model carriers. These characteristics afford six important kinds of modeling versatility that biologists marshal in their investigations: (i) synchronic target versatility; (ii) synchronic scope versatility; (iii) diachronic target versatility; (iv) diachronic scope versatility; (v) manipulation versatility; and (vi) discovery versatility. In presenting these dimensions of modeling versatility, we also clarify key notions such as ‘representational target,’ ‘representational scope,’ and ‘representational power’ as these apply to modeling practices that involve model organisms.
It has been argued that what sets model organisms apart from other experimental 🐋🌱 is their high representational power. In our latest 📃, we argue otherwise: the hallmark of MOs lies in the dimensions of modeling versatility they afford to scientists 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #HPS
Looking very much forward to the upcoming special exhibition at the Wien Museum, one of my favorite museums in Vienna!
This one will be about the construction of the then-controversial Danube Island, which separates the old and new Danubes.
www.wienmuseum.at/donauinsel_2...
Directional dynamics coming from physics itself!
www.univie.ac.at/en/news/deta...
Original paper: journals.aps.org/prx/abstract...
Welcome to the social media page of the International Philosophy of Biology Circle (IPBC) 🌐
Our aim is to foster an interdisciplinary forum for dialogue on the theoretical, conceptual, historical, and ethical dimensions of the life sciences.
Visit our website to learn more: www.phil-bio-circle.org
I had the great pleasure to interview @mattminich.bsky.social, a new #APARTUSA postdoc at @univie.ac.at, for our #Rudolphina research magazine. Thank you, Matt, and welcome to UniWien!
📣 We are pleased to announce the call for nominations for the Lakatos Award 2027! Deadline: 1 September 2026.
📚 Submit in your nominations for the best monograph in the philosophy of science!
More information: www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/n...
#PhilSci #Lakatos #LSEPhilosophy #Philosophy
Oh wise elders, teach me the way to walk and knit, so as to stay industrious during my commutes.
The find promises new insights into one of the most famous ideological transitions in the history of science: the moment when Earth was thrust from the center of our universe. Cool story by @joshuasokol.bsky.social for @science.org
Schrödinger’s Equation Turns 100 🎉
On 27 Jan. 1926, the journal Annalen der Physik received Schrödinger’s manuscript for the first of his four papers on “Quantisation as an Eigenvalue problem”. 🐈
Follow the journey from the original papers to the laboratories & technologies shaping the next century.
THE REFERENCE PAGE, my friends. Give this guy a scicomm award. Who needs a video abstract when they can read this?!
Noooooooooooo. This lives rent-free in my mind and I will NEVER not think of it when I see a T-rex.
What is this feeling that's welling up in my philsci x scicomm chest right now? Is this... love?
Came across this really cool paper that is cool for different reasons: (1) the paper itself, (2) the fact that the author ANNOTATED IT BY OVERLAYING IT WITH A COMIC.
I love how certain minds work.
Yuan-Sen Ting should be on bluesky, by the way.
www.ysting.space/papers/li-ti...
Hooray hooray publication day! Huge thanks to the team at Allen Lane 🐧
The panel is about universities and their role in democracy. Moderator will be Hannelore Veit, President of the Alumni Community and long-time US correspondent for the Austrian national broadcasting agency ORF. (there will be 🎂s).
Registration info on the intranet: wiki.univie.ac.at/spaces/NEWS/...
#UniVienna folks: save the date! 12 Mar 2026 is the 661st birthday @univie.ac.at.The program, an exclusive event for uni employees, incl an exciting afternoon panel w/Rector Sebastian Schütze, @timcrane.bsky.social, @solecheler.bsky.social, @pauluswagner.bsky.social. German w/English interpreter.
I don't think I can tell the difference between the years post 2022. None of these futuristic-looking numbers make any sense to me! I still live in 2003!
Tag line for philosophy as a discipline
👀ICYMI: "Through the oral histories, we capture aspects of the experience of research that might be difficult to access in other ways."
✍️ @angecass.bsky.social & Paul Merchant
#ResearchMethods #Sustainability #AcademicSKy
We just added the finishing touches to the 6th newsletter of the #Rudolphina research magazine @univie.ac.at! Subscribe literally now to receive it very, very soon.
rudolphina.univie.ac.at/en/newslette...
#AllaboutthatSTRESS
Thanks for investing in us & this course, @univie.ac.at! Can't wait to start the scicomm & public engagement segments.
Don't worry, I made the same mistake and even... escalated the issue to the organizers 🙈