#27,5

Today I have had what ended up as half a book writing day and half an article writing day. The former was devoted to filling out and submitting an author questinnaire related to marketing of my forthcoming book with Bloomsbury Academic, Carbon Capture and the Future of Environmentalism, as well as doing a little email research/review. The half article writing day was devoted to my article "Prolegomena to lifeworld-oriented studies of contested climate pasts and futures", which is in revision and under consideration by Journal of Cognitive Historiography. I reworked the article structure and added some 300 words to the text. 

This brings the number of writing days this Autumn up to 27,5 including 17,5 book writing days and 10 article writing days.

Research talk on "Ecosemiotic questions" given for UFTM ph.d. students

Today I have given a scientific lecture or research talk, titled «Ecosemiotic questions. Towards a comprehensive description of the complexity and creativity of life», for students in the Ph.D. program in Environmental Science and Technology at Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM) in Brazil. Some 12 people attended.

#26,5

Today I have had half an article writing day devoted to my article "Prolegomena to lifeworld-oriented studies of contested climate pasts and futures", which is in revision and under consideration by Journal of Cognitive Historiography. Specifically I made plans for case studies to include in the article, and found s few relevant sources. This brings the number of writing days this Autumn up to 26,5 including 9,5 book writing days.

109 papers assessed

Yesterday I completed the assessment of 109 compulsory assigment papers, each 1000-2000 words long, in Ex.phil.

Lectures and seminar given in Theory of science MA course

Today I have given three hours of lectures and a one-hour seminar in the master course Theory of science (MSO120), which is offered by the University of Stavanger´s Department of social studies. The topics were critical theory, rationality, and levels of science (specifically social sciences vs. psychology and biology). Some 9 students attended.

Scientific Board of first IACS Symposium joined

I have agreed to join the Scientific Board of the 2027 Symposium of the International Association for Cognitive Semiotics (IACS), with the theme "Minds Without Bodies? Bridging Perception, Semiosis, and Intelligence: Humans, Animals, Machines". The symposium, the first of its kind, is to be held at Babeș-Bolyai University, in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on 9–11 September 2027.

Peer-review for BioSystems

 I have recently done a peer-review for BioSystems.