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Dimitri Coelho Mollo · @dcm

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Aeon - Why the empty atom picture misunderstands quantum theory | Aeon Essays

Cool, accessible article over at #Aeon about the strangeness and complexity of atoms and their components, and how the popular idea that atoms are mostly empty space is problematic.
(The author mentions an episode of Cosmos in which Sagan says that, and which I remember vividly despite the decades in between)
https://aeon.co/essays/why-the-empty-atom-picture-misunderstands-quantum-theory

#PhilosophyOfPhysics #quantumtheory #ScienceComm

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Utrecht Hist & Phil of Science · @UtrechtHPS

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We're thrilled that our local philosopher of astronomy, Dr Niels Martens
@EU_phil_cosmo , is now affiliate faculty at Harvard's Black Hole Initiative, working on the Next Generation Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration.

https://bhi.fas.harvard.edu/people/?people_group=affiliates

#astronomy #philosophy #philosophyofphysics #philosophyofscience

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EU Philosophy of Cosmology · @EU_phil_cosmo

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Dark Matters - Dark matter, dark matter, wherefore art thou dark matter?

1) What does "dark matter" mean?
https://dansdarkmatters.wordpress.com/2023/07/21/dark-matter-dark-matter-wherefore-art-thou-dark-matter/

2) Are the dark matter and modified gravity concepts mutually exclusive?
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S135521982030109X

3) How to interpret Janus-faced theories that are both a form of dark matter and a modification of gravity?
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1355219820301106

#HPS #philosophy #philsci #philosophyofphysics #philosophyofcosmology

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EU Philosophy of Cosmology · @EU_phil_cosmo

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Bonn's Heinrich Hertz Visiting Fellowship programme is up and running again. Well-paid fellowships to visit one of the largest groups in the history and philosophy of gravity, spacetime, cosmology and astrophysics.

https://history-and-philosophy-of-physics.com/heinrich-hertz-fellowship.html

#philosophy #philsci #philosophyofphysics #philosophyofcosmology

#philosophy #philsci #philosophyofphysics #PhilosophyOfCosmology

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EU Philosophy of Cosmology · @EU_phil_cosmo

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Very exciting news in the philosophy of physics space as the first edited collection of philosophy of astrophysics is out! The volume is open-access, so you can go and read it today
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-26618-8

The volume is edited by Vera Matarese, Siska De Baerdemaeker, Nora Mills Boyd and Kevin Heng. Their aim was to gather current research in the philosophy of astrophysics, provide a reference resource for scholars in the field and create an introduction for curious newcomers.

The editors discussed the volume and its goals in a podcast with philosopher Robinson Erhardt. A highly recommended watch. https://youtu.be/jw87gyCaZIo

The philosophy of astrophysics is concerned with answering normative questions about the scientific practice of astrophysics. There are three main themes this volume is concerned with. 1) Theory, Observation, and their Relation. 2) Models and Simulations. 3) Black Holes.

#philosophy #philsci #astrophysics #astronomy #philosophyofphysics #philosophyofcosmology

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Utrecht Hist & Phil of Science · @UtrechtHPS

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Utrecht University - Two postdoc positions in History and Philosophy of Physics or Science (0.8 – 1.0 FTE)

Not one but two PostDoc positions at Utrecht University @utrechtuniversity on the history and philosophy of physics or science, within Guido Bacciagaluppi's ERC project "Niels Bohr for the 21st century". There are less than two weeks left to apply.
https://www.uu.nl/en/organisation/working-at-utrecht-university/jobs/two-postdoc-positions-in-history-and-philosophy-of-physics-or-science-08-10-fte
#HPS #history #historyofscience #histsci #philosophyofphysics #philsci

#hps #History #historyofscience #histsci #philosophyofphysics #philsci

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🐜🦅 · @anteagle

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My ARC project is running a workshop July 10–13 here in Adelaide/Tarndanya. In person registration closes June 26, but the whole event will be streamed via Zoom and we would welcome participants. Program is here: https://antonyeagle.org/pages/ADL-spacetime-2023-program.html

#philosophy #metaphysics #philosophyofphysics #conference

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EU Philosophy of Cosmology · @EU_phil_cosmo

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Open media

Recently the XXVI International Summer School in Philosophy of Physis was held. A week filled with a diverse range of contributions to the philosophy of dark matter---theoretical, experimental, epistemological and metaphysical---in gorgeous Urbino.
Recordings of all lectures to appear on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/@filosofiaurbino5391
#darkmatter #philsci #philosophyofphysics #philosophyofcosmology

#darkmatter #philsci #philosophyofphysics #PhilosophyOfCosmology

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