Massimiliano Simons

masssimons.bsky.social

25 September 2026 08:21

14/END And finally: I am perhaps even more proud that my article is in the same issue as the fabulous article that @mvandyck.bsky.social wrote on Bas van Fraassen his constructive empiricism - definitely also work checking out! www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/hopos/cu...

Massimiliano Simons

masssimons.bsky.social

25 September 2026 08:21

3/ For this paper, I look at two figures in particular: Hugo Dingler and Gaston Bachelard. They both put experimentation at the center of their thinking, but they do so as part of two radically different philosophical projects.

Massimiliano Simons

masssimons.bsky.social

25 September 2026 08:21

1/ 🧵 The history of the philosophy of experimentation isn't really just a history of what philosophers have said about experiments. In a new #HOPOS paper, I argue that it is also a history of what philosophers thought philosophy of science itself was *for*. #philsci

Jan Potters

janpotters.bsky.social

25 September 2026 08:21

What can we learn from the history of philosophy of experimentation, you ask? Well, tell me your philosophy of experiment, and I'll show you what you take to be the goal of philosophy of science! Very nice paper by Massimiliano, building on our earlier work in @hoposjournal.bsky.social

jhokjournal.bsky.social

jhokjournal.bsky.social

22 September 2026 13:24

How did India’s academies of science construct and maintain scientific prestige? George Bailey’s article for the Special Issue 2026 critically examines the informal codes of conduct used to structure participation and maintain ethical standards between 1970 and 2000. doi.org/10.55283/jhk...