Eran Tal
Canada Research Chair in Data Ethics and Associate Professor of Philosophy at McGill University. Working in philosophy of science, philosophy of measurement, and ethics of ML in healthcare. https://www.dataethics.ca
- Reposted by Eran TalThe deadline for the Society for Study of Measurement conference has been extended to January 31st! 👇 #philsci #histsci
- Deadline today!! Society for the Study of Measurement, June 22-25, 2026, University of Edinburgh. 500-word abstract. #histsci #philsci #PhilSky #MLSky #psycsci #PsychSciSky #dataethics 🧪https://measurementsociety.org/2026-second-biennial-conference/
- Deadline today!! Society for the Study of Measurement, June 22-25, 2026, University of Edinburgh. 500-word abstract. #histsci #philsci #PhilSky #MLSky #psycsci #PsychSciSky #dataethics 🧪https://measurementsociety.org/2026-second-biennial-conference/
- Co-created mental health services aren't new. But there is little evidence that youth are engaged in co-creating the principles that govern their mental health data. New paper with Sebastian Rodriguez Duque and @skyebarbic.bsky.social #philsci #psycsci journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
- 🚨We're hiring! A tenure track position at McGill University in the area of #bioethics and / or philosophy of science, with a special focus on the ethics of medical technologies. Please share widely. #philsky #ethics #philsci philjobs.org/job/show/30402
- It was fun discussing AI and its effects on science in Edinburgh. Thank you to @technomoralfutures.bsky.social and @shannonvallor.bsky.social for hosting, to Emily Sullivan for chairing, and to @arfon.bsky.social and Anna Scaife for the stimulating conversation. Recording is now available.
- “AI is already contributing a lot to science & it’s especially good in certain kinds of tasks. For example, detecting patterns in large amounts of data is something current architectures of AI were built for.” @erantal.bsky.social Watch the recording ▶️ edin.ac/3VSUXUt @shannonvallor.bsky.social
- We need a new vision for mental health measurement where responsible social interactions are the goal and not a lucky byproduct. This is what Femke Truijens and I argue in this new preprint. Feedback welcome, please share! #ClinPsy #MentalHealth #PsycSci #PsychSciSky #PhilSci osf.io/preprints/ps...
- Reposted by Eran TalThis is a link to a hybrid book launch for the megavolume Methods in Philosophy of Science edited by the amazing @phieveigl.bsky.social and @adrian-currie.bsky.social Chapter 5 is mine with @inkerikoskinen.bsky.social The book will become open access in July 2026: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255224...
- An exciting conference in Montreal on values and mental health, organized by Zoey Lavallee and @annemariegj.bsky.social . Nov 6-7. Spread the word! #ClinPsy #MentalHealth #PsycSci #PsychSciSky #PhilSci #PhilSky www.lecre.umontreal.ca/en/event/per...
- Reposted by Eran TalNow out as preprint in Philosophy of Science. l argue that two central desiderata for measures often conflict: quantitativeness and responsiveness to stakeholder values, forcing a choice between them. The conflict poses a challenge for recent work on "legitimate" measurement. doi.org/10.1017/psa....
- University teachers, we may very well be next. No one will pay us for sabbaticals and prep time if our right to strike lasts 12 hours. If your flight is delayed, please remember it's because someone else is doing your civil disobedience for you. #cdnpoli #canadasky www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
- Job alert: tenure-track opening at the School of Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, in the area of Applied Measurement on psychology. Apply by September 21. #PsycSci #quantpsych tinyurl.com/4k73jyku
- My student, Sebastian Rodriguez Duque, has just successfully defended his dissertation on the role of ethical and social values in measurement. Next stop: two-year postdoc at Cambridge U supervised by @annaalexandrova.bsky.social . Congratulations, Dr. Rodriguez Duque! #philsky #philsci
- Huge congratulations to my dear & brilliant friend Sebastian on his thesis defence today, "Values in psychosocial measurement". It's been a privilege to be a part of this journey, Dr. Duque! 🤍 #philsci @erantal.bsky.social
- A wonderful postdoc opportunity in #bioethics in Canada and a chance to make a real difference #philsky #philsci
- 🚨 Hiring! My lab, the Everyday Ethics Lab at @camhnews.bsky.social is recruiting a postdoc to conduct empirical bioethics research in mental health, substance use health, and chronic pain. Join us for critical, collaborative, impactful work. Details here: bit.ly/4eRc4if Please share! #Bioethics
- Onilne workshop on quantification! The Society for the Study of Measurement is delighted to host an event on the philosophy, sociology, and history of quantification across the sciences on August 9. Free with registration. #philsci #philsky #histsci #histtech #sts #sociology 🧪 tinyurl.com/5rn7p7sk
- Speakers include @alexcsiszar.btinyurl.com @morgankthomp.bsky.social @markfabian.bsky.social and Andrea Saltelli. Organized by @miguelohn.bsky.social
- Correcting a typo in @alexcsiszar.bsky.social
- Reposted by Eran TalI have a new paper out in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 🥳 it is my 1st attempt to understand how "ancestry" is used in scientific practice, borrowing insights from science & values @fondsrechercheqc.bsky.social #philsci #philbio #hps www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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- Job alert in Montreal! The McGill Biomedical Ethics Unit is seeking a postdoctoral fellow with background in philosophy, decision sciences, or epidemiology. #philsky #philsci #ethics bioethicstoday.org/jobs/postdoc...
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- Reposted by Eran TalThe brilliant @silviamil.bsky.social is joining us in Munich 🥳 - and this means there’s a faculty post open in #egenis at the University of Exeter, which includes collaboration with our TUM group.. if you do philosophy of data and AI, consider apply! #philsci #UKEUbridges
- Lecturer in Philosophy (Artificial Intelligence and Data) (Education and Research)- University of Exeter - Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DML775/l...
- Postdoc opportunity in #AI ethics! Join a new project on Algorithmic Bias based out of the University of Toronto’s Centre for Ethics. #philsky #philsci ethics.utoronto.ca/postdoctoral...
- Reposted by Eran TalJust in time for @edinitiative.bsky.social Town Hall on Monday (you can still register to join online! ethicaldatainitiative.org/event/shapin...): a piece explaining EDI & why we need responsible data practices more than ever, now out in Computer 10.0.4.85/MC.2024.3522... #philsci in practice!
- Reposted by Eran TalAI models miss disease in Black and female patients: Analysis of chest x-rays underscores need for monitoring artificial intelligence tools for bias, experts say | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
- Interesting read by @dylanmatt.bsky.social on AI and the future of work that tries to avoid the hype
- AI is coming for the laptop class | Remote work has surged. Is it about to all be automated away? #news #worldnews
- Reposted by Eran TalFor our meeting on March 19 at 5pm UK time, we are lucky to be joined by author Leah M. McClimans for a Q and A! Sign up using the link in the post below.
- Reposted by Eran TalGreat lineup for this upcoming #Pragmatism & #Measurement conference (including 2 former PhD students of mine Aja Watkins & Federica Bocchi) #philsci
- Reposted by Eran TalCall for Applications: Editor-in-Chief, European Journal for Philosophy of Science. Editorship begins 1 September 2025 (negotiable) & renewable term of 4 years. Submit applications to the secretary of @epsaphilsci.bsky.social M. Amine Mansour at epsa@philsci.eu. Deadline is 15 May 2025. #philsci
- Reposted by Eran TalAnd not one of the polite ones. We’ve written a response to @nytimes.com’s Peter Baker and every other American who is taking the annexation of Canada as a fun thought experiment. Here in @foreignpolicy.com with my daughter @alicesouthey.com. Gift link.
- This looks really interesting and a promising way to think about #AIEthics in healthcare. #Medsky #philsci 🧪
- New paper in American Philosophical Quarterly: A Capability Approach to AI Ethics. We propose a conceptualization of #AIEthics via the capability approach, and show the significant theoretical and concrete benefits of using this approach #PhilTech scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/apq/arti...
- Great tenure track opportunity in Montreal (UQAM) for an ancient philosopher who is fluent in French. Deadline February 7. Spread the word! #philsky philjobs.org/job/show/28402
- My family just played the first two boards of Dungeons & Dragons: Bedlam in Neverwinter and are loving it. Great start to 2025! 🐲 #dnd
- Reposted by Eran TalFor those of us who are not professional biologists, it can be daunting to hear about transcription factors, signaling pathways and non-coding RNA. But this poignant piece from @philipcball.bsky.social opened my eyes to how deep and essential these ideas truly are. nautil.us/how-life-rea...
- Reposted by Eran TalNew paper by @federicabocchi.bsky.social, that "addresses the distrust around the utility of the biodiversity concept in relation to the plurality and heterogeneity of measurement practices, which often leads to eliminativist, deflationist, or revisionist positions" and finds a way out! #philsci
- Reposted by Eran TalI hadn't seen a starter pack yet for ethics (sorry if I missed it!), so I decided to throw one together. Let me know if I've missed anyone (including yourself!)--I cobbled this together quickly, so it's likely I've missed some folks! (And let me know if you want to be removed!) go.bsky.app/6woXBGaat://did:plc:l2o5f3l5gkblnp343tk3idla/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lciv34wy5d2j
- Reposted by Eran TalMark your calendars for the main conference on philosophy and methodology of economics! Sept 17-19 2025 in Bayreuth w great keynotes by @richardpettigrew.bsky.social @furmank.bsky.social, Wendy Carlin. The organisers and the Program Com are meticulous and inclusive #econsky #philsci #philsky
- P.S. suggesting your own papers / books is highly encouraged!
- Reposted by Eran Talat://did:plc:3z4v3yvoiv5337uyvvda45d5/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3l6xxys7nv52g
- Reposted by Eran TalComing up Thursday! Highlighting super interesting work by two scientists that connects to a lot of topics in Phil of Sci. Check out their bios. Modelling, simulations, values, local knowledge, in a deeply historically situated place; connects to a lot of work. Discussion will be lively #PSA24
- Reposted by Eran TalStarter packs are genius, but I was surprised there wasn't a list of them for people to find. So I built it: blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack... The website monitors the packs being shared and adds the ones it finds to the database. Missed your stater pack? Message me and I'll get it added.
- Reposted by Eran TalThe Philosophy of Geosciences Research Group at BU, Φ-Geo, is dedicated to exploring topics in the philosophy of the geosciences (historical & current Earth sciences), broadly understood. We have a big group heading to #PSA24 ⚒️ next week--check out our upcoming talks bokulich.org/%cf%86-geo-g... 🧵 ⬇️
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- Reposted by Eran TalIt's a crap day to be sharing good news? But for anyone looking to permanently join Edinburgh's lovely philosophy department and EFI's Centre for Technomoral Futures (@technomoralfutures.bsky.social) we are hiring a new Lecturer in Ethics of AI - closing date is 6 December. Please RT/share widely!
- Reposted by Eran TalIf you know students interested in applying for a PhD in Cambridge HPS, they can catch an online session with guidance on how to do it next week. It’s on Tuesday 5 November at 4pm (UK time). A recording will be available afterwards. Use this link to register
- Reposted by Eran TalLooking forward to the PSA @philsci.bsky.social conference in New Orleans in 2 weeks! @celsoneto.bsky.social and I are co-organizing the symposium "Race, Ethnicity, and Ancestry: The Uses and Misuses of Population Descriptors in Genomics". Hope to see many of you there! 🤝 #philsci #philbio #hps
- Reposted by Eran Tal"All person-named SI units are after men. Momentum, kg*m/s is awk. Emmy Noether made key contribution to understanding of symmetry & conservation. We urge the Nat'l Instit of Standards & Techno (NIST) & General Conf on Weights & Measures (GCWM) to adopt "noether" as SI unit for momentum Signed! #HPS
- I'll be speaking at a workshop at HPS Pittsburgh on pragmatism and measurement alongside Nancy Cartwright and Hasok Chang. Consider sending an abstract so we can hang out! Thanks to @sandradmitchell.bsky.social, Holly Andersen and Dana Matthiessen for organizing. #philsci 🧪
- Call for papers! #philsco
- Reposted by Eran TalWhat makes a particular scientific experiment 'pursuitworthy? @ennofischer.bsky.social and I are very excited to edit a topical collection on this issue for the EJPS! Get in touch with us if you are interested & please help us spread the word! CfP 📢👇 tu-dresden.de/gsw/phil/iph... #philsci #philsky
- Reposted by Eran TalWe made another thing! Here is a pretty great 'HPS Starter Pack' so you too can follow all the awesome history, philosophy and social studies of science (and #metasci #histSTM #philsci #philsky #hps #histsci 🧪) accounts on Bluesky. Please share widely #academicsky :)at://did:plc:3z4v3yvoiv5337uyvvda45d5/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3l6xxys7nv52g
- New chapter on Models and Measurement in the Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Scientific Modeling - and it's open access! #philsci 🧪 www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-...
- Happy World Metrology Day! #philsci 🧪 www.worldmetrologyday.org
- Reposted by Eran TalIntegrated History & Philosophy of Science conference (integratedhps.org) California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 27-29 March 2025. Submit 700wd abstracts to app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/75646... by 11:59 pm Anywhere on Earth (UTC -12) 18 August. #philsci #histsci
- I'm giving a webinar today on responsible measurement and youth mental health organized by Jai Shah at McGill @mcgillu.bsky.social - please feel free join! #psychscisky #philsci
- Reposted by Eran TalJoin Alison Wylie, Adrian Currie & me for 2-day workshop on philosophy of paleosciences, followed by 3-day retreat to Jurassic Coast. Travel & accommodation covered for speakers. Abstracts 500 words & CVs emailed to Adrian Currie at a.currie@exeter.ac.uk by 1st April #philsci #histsci ⚒️#paleosky
- Highly recommended workshop! A rare opportunity to think collaboratively about measurement concpets and how to operationalize them. The organizers have an interdisciplinary background in psychology, philosophy, and neuroscience. #psychscisky #philsci
- Workshop announcement: We organize a workshop on the interaction between conceptualization and measurement across all scientific disciplines for early-career researchers located in Europe. More info and application here ias.uva.nl/content/even... Thanks for sharing!
- Lecturer position in philosophy of technology and #AI at Bristol #philsci www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DGV861/l...
- Paper and symposium proposals are now being accepted for the 2024 Inaugural Conference of the Society for the Study of Measurement at UC Berkeley, August 5–6, 2024. Submit by April 1st! #philsci #histsci #PsychSciSky 🧪 measurementsociety.org/conference/
- Reposted by Eran TalIf you think philosophy adds value to a university, please please tell our vice chancellor, Karen Cox, k.cox@kent.ac.uk
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- Deadline extended to Wednesday, January 31!
- Models, Representation, and Computation, a conference devoted to celebrating Margaret Morrison's and Paul Humphreys’ life and work, will be held 12-15 June 2024 at the beautiful campus des Cordeliers in Paris. Abstract deadline January 19. #philsci #philbio #metasci #sts 🧪 mrc2024.sciencesconf.org
- Reposted by Eran TalSociety for Philosophy of Science in Practice (SPSP) Conference,16–18 May 2024 U of South Carolina. Abstract deadline: 26 January 2024 Individual paper proposals 500 word abstract; symposia proposals overall title & 500 word abstract for entire session & 500-word abstract for each paper.
- Models, Representation, and Computation, a conference devoted to celebrating Margaret Morrison's and Paul Humphreys’ life and work, will be held 12-15 June 2024 at the beautiful campus des Cordeliers in Paris. Abstract deadline January 19. #philsci #philbio #metasci #sts 🧪 mrc2024.sciencesconf.org
- ... and will have a great lineup of keynotes: Anouk Barberousse (Paris Sorbonne) – Nic Fillion (Simon Fraser University) – Roman Frigg (London School of Economics) – Mary Morgan (London School of Economics) – Emily Sullivan (Utrecht University).
- Epistemic iterations are not sufficient to operationalize constructs. In psychometrics and other psychosocial measurement, we also need *ethical* iterations. My new article with S.R. Duque and S. Barbic explains why. #philsci #PsychSciSky #socialpsyc #cogpsyc www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
