Thread by @yoginho

"Philosophy of science is alive and kicking, and in many aspects, of huge relevance to science today. The poor perception of the discipline means, however, that the potential benefits of collaboration between philosophers and scientists are largely being squandered.” #philsci /1

https://twitter.com/RachaelBrown42/status/1247155058757611521

Agree that this is due to a large extent to institutional barriers & a lack of education & appreciation on part of the scientists. But also due to the idiotic productivity-centred academic funding & publishing system we have set up. Philosophical work no longer worth our time. /2

Speculative (I call them visionary) projects out of fashion. Risk-taking suicidal for young scientists. Interdisciplinary projects systematically underfunded, time-consuming, and less likely to succeed. This is a systemic issue. We need to change the system… /3

I tried to set up fruitful & sustainable science & philosophy collaborations during my time at the KLI. Proud to see that some of these collaborations are still thriving! But too little, unfortunately, and a profound lack of vision from president & board of the institute… 😔 /4

Hive mind: what are other examples of places succeeding in setting up productive & sustainable science & philosophy collaborations? I have a list of my own, but would like to extend it. I’d like to mention as many such places as possible in my upcoming book. #philsci