dsbrooks.bsky.social
Philosopher & Historian of Biology and Neuroscience Associate editor for Acta Biotheoretica (https://link.springer.com/journal/10441) https://www.danielsbrooks.com/
👤 Joined on 08 February 2024
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@dsbrooks.bsky.socialEdith Stein did her dissertation about empathy with Husserl at the Univ. of Freiburg and was his assistant for a brief while. Her subsequent habilitation (about psychology and Geisteswissenschaften) was rejected by the Univ. of Göttingen. The Nazis murdered her in 1942. #HOPOS #HPS #phenomenology
Show PostDoes the gut microbiome cause mental disorders, or do we just tell causal stories about correlations? Jacob Neal & I present "Beyond correlation: rethinking causal inference in microbiome research," using anorexia nervosa as our case study.
Show Post🎓 Congratulations to Alberto Monterde Fuertes, who defends his PhD thesis "Pain beyond nociception: Reductionism, functional individuation, and biological autonomy" tomorrow! 📅 Wed, Oct 7 · 10:00 📍 Salón de Grados, HEFA I Supervised by Leonardo Bich & Cristian Saborido. Everyone welcome!
Show PostRecently, I went to the Donald Campbell archives to draw out connections between Campbell’s work and Bill Wimsatt’s work on robustness. My paper was just published in the Acta Biotheoretica Festschrift issue (edited by Daniel Brooks and Caitlin Mace). link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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