Enno Fischer

A couple of weeks ago, a piece of slop I created went viral (well, a little bit) ... now I've followed it up with a new paper: "What is AI Slop? An Explication" - open access at www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... - feel free to circulate! #philsky #AIslop

Check out this new paper by TRIDENT PI @jackiesullivan.bsky.social exploring team science in translational neuroscience, including the benefits and challenges of interdisciplinary collaboration. 🧠 #TeamScience #Neuroscience #NFRF link.springer.com/article/10.1...

This is the fifteenth contribution to the TC on the pursuitworthiness of experiments that @ennofischer.bsky.social & I have been editing for the EJPS. Find discussions of the geosciences, biology, physics, neuroscience & much more in the 📄s that have been published: link.springer.com/collections/...

In their 🆕📄, @alisabokulich.bsky.social & @mattbrewer.bsky.social argue that targeted observation practices in the #geosciences owe much to Peirce’s views on the economy of research, which are better understood as an account of the pursuitworthiness of #data 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #HPS

New on the Archive: Sullivan, Jacqueline and Panjwani, Saher (2026) The Pursuitworthiness of Team Science Collaborations in Translational Neuroscience. [Preprint] https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/31003/

Fourteen down for the topical collection on the pursuitworthiness of experiments across the sciences that @ennofischer.bsky.social and I have been editing for EJPS. We’re almost there: be sure to take a look at the articles that are already available 👇📄 link.springer.com/collections/...

Deciding when a new experimental system is worth developing is costly & challenging. Vallejos-Baccelliere offers a framework grounded in 3 exp. virtues: opening data domains, enabling fine-grained interventions & reducing theoretical dependence 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #histsci

Methods in the Philosophy of Science: A User's Guide, edited by the inestimable @phieveigl.bsky.social (and me!), has 27 chapters from super-cool philosophers of science explaining how they do their thing, and is now open access! Our baby is free! #philsci direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edi...

This is the thirteenth article from the TC on the pursuitworthiness of experiments across the sciences that @ennofischer.bsky.social & I have been editing over the past year. The collection is almost complete - do check out the contributions already available! link.springer.com/collections/... #HPS

In their new 📃, Ryan O’Loughlin & @danvisioni.bsky.social advance a set of heuristics for assessing the pursuitworthiness of small-scale solar geoengineering field experiments in response to shifting modeling priorities & ethico-political considerations 👇 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci

Program & registration: www.philosophie.lmu.de/mcmp/en/late... #PhilosophyOfScience #PhilosophyOfMedicine #EvidenceBasedMedicine #AI

How do we establish reliable medical knowledge in the age of AI, big data, and evidence-based medicine? Looking forward to The Epistemology of Medicine workshop (25–26 June, Munich), bringing together philosophers, statisticians, and medical researchers for two days of interdisciplinary discussion.

New article- open access: The pursuitworthiness of chemical experimentation. This is very different from what I have written so far. Special thanks to @ennofischer.bsky.social & @alejandrofabregastejeda.com for encouraging me to think about this- I learned a lot! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

An der @tudresden.bsky.social ist im Institut für Philosophie zum 01.10.2026 eine Stelle als wiss. Mitarbeiterin bzw. Mitarbeiter (m/w/d) *unbefristet* zu besetzen. Hier ist die Ausschreibung: www.verw.tu-dresden.de/StellAus/ste... tu-dresden.de/gsw/phil/iphil

An experiment can be pursuitworthy, even if its main target outcome seems unlikely. My new paper, analyzes “no-lose arguments”: arguments for experiments in which every plausible outcome advances science. link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philphysics #HPS #physics #philsky

We have a great interdisciplinary MA program at TU Berlin! Check it out and spread the word! #philosophie #geschichte #literatur #studieren #Berlin Theory and History of Science and Technology (MA-TGWT) www.tu.berlin/en/hpstl/stu...

This 📄 belongs to the TC on the pursuitworthiness of experiments I am currently co-editing with @ennofischer.bsky.social and is the eleventh contribution showcasing perspectives from different natural and social sciences on how experimental research is assessed: link.springer.com/collections/...

How would #psychology look through the lens of @michelamassimi.bsky.social's Perspectival Realism? In her new paper, Suilin Lavelle defends the pursuit of Majority World psychological frameworks and experiments beyond WEIRD biases 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philsky #psysky #cogsci

It is publication day for The Organism-Environment Pairing (@mitpress.bsky.social)! This 📗 has been deeply formative for me as a scholar, and it owes so much to so many wonderful people. I truly hope it finds many readers! mitpress.mit.edu/978026205282... #booksky #philsci #histsci #philsky #evosky

Interested in herbaria, plants and digitization? Come work with us! 3 PhD & Postdoc Positions in History & Phil. of Biology & Digital Humanities! #ERC Project BOTLEG; @ruhr-uni-bochum.de! Deadline: 25 May '26 #HistSci #PhilSci #HPBio #EnvHist #DigitalHumanities #AcademicSky #PhDSky Details below 👇

This is the tenth article from the topical collection that Enno Fischer (@ennofischer.bsky.social) and I are editing for EJPS. Take this chance to browse the other papers that have been published and stay in the loop for the remaining additions to the collection! 👇 link.springer.com/collections/...

Unconventional experiments that later redefine what counts as 'pursuitworthy' are excluded by strict standards. Szymon Miłkoś suggests that we need “transformative” standards: judge risky research by how well it turns intuitions into shareable norms 📄👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #HPS #philsci

This is the ninth article to appear in the topical collection that @ennofischer.bsky.social and I are editing on the pursuitworthiness of experiments across a wide range of sciences: link.springer.com/collections/... More exciting papers are forthcoming, so watch this space!

Big Biology strains common accounts of pursuitworthiness. @parvathi.bsky.social & Arrabito argue that these projects blend inquiry, infrastructure development & community platforms and propose a new framework to capture how scientists assess their value👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #HPBio #HPS

In their new 📄, van Panhuys and Jadreškić argue that technical review in high-energy physics functions as a collective mechanism for managing epistemic risk. They show how deliberation over non-epistemic values shapes experimental pursuitworthiness 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #HPS

This is the eighth article published in the TC on the pursuitworthiness of experiments across different scientific disciplines that @ennofischer.bsky.social & I are assembling for EJPS. Check out the other available papers and stay tuned for upcoming contributions! link.springer.com/collections/...

This is the sixth article from the TC that @ennofischer.bsky.social & I are editing for EJPS and it's a special one. Enno sets the stage for the other contributions by showing why the pursuitworthiness of experiments merits philosophical reflection in its own right. link.springer.com/collections/...

How to decide whether to pursue an experiment? @ennofischer.bsky.social articulates the "context of pursuit" for experiments, in which facilities, research questions, expected gain & feasibility help determine what experiments are worth doing👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philsky #HPS

New paper, the first of 2026, and it's a big one! 📗Evidence-based medicine and the promises and limits of digital health and wearable technology, out in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #philsky #philsci #histsci

This is the fifth article from the TC that @ennofischer.bsky.social & I are currently editing for the EJPS! A critical mass of papers is accruing, and we still have fantastic theoretical contributions and case studies from a range of sciences in the pipeline! link.springer.com/collections/...

In her latest 📃, HyeJeong Han argues that in regulatory science (e.g., 💊 regulation), economic considerations shape decisions to halt experimentation. She shows how costs become integrated into evidential standards & impact institutionalized judgments👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #HPS

This is the fourth article published in the Topical Collection that @ennofischer.bsky.social and I are editing for EJPS: "The Pursuitworthiness of Experiments Across the Sciences" (link.springer.com/collections/...). More exciting articles are coming soon—don’t miss what’s next! #philsci #histsci

In his latest paper, Jamie Shaw discusses the pursuitworthiness of different types of Big Science—normal, revolutionary & socially oriented—with attention to funding allocation mechanisms, risks, benefits, pluralism & social responsibility 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #HPS #metasci #philsky

This paper is the third contribution to the TC @ennofischer.bsky.social and I are editing for EJPS: link.springer.com/collections/... So far articles covering high-energy physics, neurolinguistics & sex-related biomedical research have been published! Stay tuned—more exciting pieces are on the way!

In her new 📃, Marina DiMarco analyzes the NIH’s Sex as a Biological Variable (SABV) policy in the context of exploratory inquiry & confirmatory experimentation, arguing that it offers important reflections on pursuitworthiness judgments 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #HPbio #HPS

This paper is the second addition to the TC @ennofischer.bsky.social & I are editing for EJPS: link.springer.com/collections/... Stay posted for more exciting articles in the pipeline covering pursuitworthiness criteria across the sciences and general theoretical pieces reflecting on these issues!

What makes a neurolinguistics experiment worth pursuing? Nevia Dolcini & colleagues propose two axes of pursuitworthiness standing in an asymmetric relationship: methodological (thresholds for epistemic adequacy) & pragmatic (contextual priorities) 👇📃 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #HPS

Apply to join a team of wonderful colleagues at Philosophy at TU Dresden. I am advertising a 2-year PostDoc position in philosophy of science/philosophy of physics as part of the DFG project 'Progress through Principles', deadline 03.11.2025. Details: tinyurl.com/493dffby #philsci #philsky

Apply to join a team of wonderful colleagues at Philosophy at TU Dresden. I am advertising a 2-year PostDoc position in philosophy of science/philosophy of physics as part of the DFG project 'Progress through Principles', deadline 03.11.2025. Details: tinyurl.com/493dffby #philsci #philsky

This paper is the first to be published in the Topical Collection “The Pursuitworthiness of Experiments Across the Sciences,” which @ennofischer.bsky.social and I are editing for EJPS. Stay tuned for more exciting contributions spanning a wide range of sciences! 👇🔖 link.springer.com/collections/...

Physicists have long been enamored with “beautiful” models—but this seems to have changed in high-energy physics. In his new paper, Martin King argues that experimental contexts strongly determine the pursuitworthiness of “ugly models” 👇📃 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philphysics #HPS

Standards like 'A4 paper' make life easier, but some situations call for custom solutions. Our new article explores the tension between rigidity and flexibility in 'epistemic' standards—rules for what we can justifiably claim to know. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #philsci #philsky

“Traits” are central units of biological analysis—but how should they be individuated, and relative to which ontogenetic frame of reference? In my new paper, I argue that answering this isn’t easy—and matters more than it seems. 📃👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #HPBio #evosky #evodevo

How do economic concepts relate to the promise of foundational research? In our new paper, we propose an account of scientific pursuitworthiness that spells out talk of 'costs' and 'benefits' in terms of theoretical virtues. link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philsky #HPS

Apply to join a team of wonderful colleagues at Philosophy at TU Dresden. I am advertising a 3-year PhD position in philosophy of science/philosophy of physics as part of the DFG project 'Progress through Principles', deadline 28.06.2024. For details: tinyurl.com/3eb2f667 #philsci #philsky

What makes a particular #experiment 'pursuitworthy'? Do criteria differ across scientific fields? @ennofischer.bsky.social & I have extended the deadline for submissions to our topical collection on these issues. Please help us spread the word! 👇 tu-dresden.de/gsw/phil/iph... #philsci #philsky #HPS

New GWP (German Soc for Phil of Sci) Executive Committee (2025-28), left to right: Michael Jungert (Managing Director), Enno Fischer (Treasurer), Lena Kästner (Vice President), Mathias Frisch, Anna Leuschner, Axel Gelfert (President). (Not pictured: Simon Friederich, JGPS representative) #philsci 👍