From ssnet_list at u.washington.edu Mon Jan 26 13:51:32 2026 From: ssnet_list at u.washington.edu (Monika Sengul-Jones via Ssnet_list) Date: Mon Jan 26 14:40:54 2026 Subject: [Ssnet_list] Feb. 2, 2026 | First Monday STSS Reading Group | Against Method | Paul Feyerabend Message-ID: *Apologies for cross-posting.* Hey everyone, We're happy to have Dan Tibbles (Bioethics and Humanities, UW School of Medicine) as our next First Monday STSS Reading Group host on 2/2/2026. We're reading: Against Method (4th Ed) by Paul Feyerabend (1975) Analytical Index, Introduction, Chapters 1 & 19 (PDF: 28-42 & 221-232; Print: xxviv-12 & 249-63) In Dan's words, here's why this matters: "Since first reading it, I have seen Against Method as an argument for humility in claiming knowledge and expertise, and I have gone back and read it repeatedly to remind myself of that humility. For Feyerabend, humans have made the ?rules? for knowledge and expertise and those rules are just as fallible as any other human institution. "When we try and subject all sources of knowledge to the same rules, we are arbitrarily privileging one method over others, all of which can contribute to our understanding of our world. "Yet that does not mean that we cannot test ideas or theories, or that we cannot choose which we think best fit our view of the world, only that claims of having the singular idea or theory or method cannot be justified." How does the study of method inform your work? Join us to discuss! If you didn't receive a calendar invitation and would like one, please email mmjones@uw.edu to join the list of invitees. Yours, Monika Sengul-Jones (and on behalf of Leah Ceccarelli) First Monday STSS co-facilitators https://depts.washington.edu/stsst/first-monday/ www.societyandtechnology.uw.edu Monika Sengul-Jones is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://washington.zoom.us/j/96892037334?pwd=Co0Rq8Fg20Q0bmnua4PwkfezQ8VCmE.1 Meeting ID: 968 9203 7334 Passcode: 532069 --- One tap mobile +12063379723,,96892037334# US (Seattle) +12532158782,,96892037334# US (Tacoma) --- Join by SIP ? 96892037334@zoomcrc.com Passcode: 532069 Join instructions https://washington.zoom.us/meetings/96892037334/invitations?signature=pIaXjQakiWF9znYJC5-f4CTJtY-rMuC_-7w4fUyC9Yg -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ssnet_list at u.washington.edu Mon Jan 26 17:28:40 2026 From: ssnet_list at u.washington.edu (Monika Sengul-Jones via Ssnet_list) Date: Mon Jan 26 17:54:37 2026 Subject: [Ssnet_list] =?utf-8?q?Next_in_Signals_=26_Society_=7C_Personal_R?= =?utf-8?q?obots_=E2=80=94_Is_It_Finally_Time=3F_=7C_2/9/2026_at_5?= =?utf-8?q?=3A30_PM?= Message-ID: Hey everyone, *Welcome, new members, to the Society + Technology at UW listserv. And my apologies for cross-posting.* Society + Technology at UW is pleased to promote the next public evening event in the Signals & Society series, *Personal Robots ? Is It Finally Time?* on Monday, February 9, 2026, at 5:30 PM at Lonely Siren (1501 Pike Pl, Level 2, #200, Seattle, WA 98101). Add to calendar. This will be a conversation with Ryan Calo (Law & Information, UW Seattle) and Maya Cakmak (Computer Science, UW Seattle) on what?s at stake when robots are the gatekeepers to our intimate routines and confidential secrets. Free and open to the public. No registration required. Add to calendar. See you there? Yours, Monika Sengul-Jones, PhD www.societyandtechnology.uw.edu PS. For those of you who are new to S+T at UW, we host a monthly online science, technology, and society studies reading group, First Monday STSS. The next meeting is 2/2 at 12:30 and the invitations have been sent. We're reading selections of Paul Feyerabend's Against Method (1975), chosen by our host Dan Tibbles (Bioethics & Humanities, UW School of Medicine). Would you like to join? Email mmjones@uw.edu to be added to the list and receive regular invitations. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: