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We do, among other things, a lot of philosophy of science!
We do, among other things, a lot of philosophy of science!
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1/2 Team member @becklukas.bsky.social is sharing his forthcoming chapter (Desire in Economics) in the Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Desire.
I am sharing a preprint of my chapter forthcoming in the Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Desire (edited by @alexgregory.bsky.social): "Desires in Economics."
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Feedback or any thoughts are welcome!
Contains references to a galaxy far, far away🌌
More details below👇
philpapers.org/rec/BECDIE-3
Feedback or any thoughts are welcome!
Contains references to a galaxy far, far away🌌
More details below👇
Lukas Beck, Desires in Economics - PhilPapers
At the heart of economics is a concept that bears a striking resemblance to a desire. Economists use preferences to explain and predict people's choices. However, what exactly we are talking ...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:41 AM
1/2 Team member @becklukas.bsky.social is sharing his forthcoming chapter (Desire in Economics) in the Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Desire.
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I will be one of the speakers at next year's meeting of the European Network for the Philosophy of Social Sciences. Consider sbmitting something (by March 1).
#ENPOSS, #philsci
#ENPOSS, #philsci
The European Network for the Philosophy of the Social Sciences (ENPOSS) invites submissions to its 15th Conference at the University of Helsinki, 26-28 August 2026. More info here: enposs.eu
European Network for the Philosophy of the Social Sciences (ENPOSS)
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November 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
"Dan Hausman on #macroeconomic models" - new paper by Nadia Ruiz @mapsproject.bsky.social ! #PhilEcon #PhilSci
1/2 Team member Nadia Ruiz's paper has just been published: "Dan Hausman on Macroeconomic Models." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Ruiz critiques Dan Hausman’s 2023 The Inexact and Separate Science of Economics by examining his view of economic models as predicate models ...
Ruiz critiques Dan Hausman’s 2023 The Inexact and Separate Science of Economics by examining his view of economic models as predicate models ...
Dan Hausman on macroeconomic models
In this critique and exploration of Dan Hausman’s 2023 edition of The Inexact and Separate Science of Economics, I focus on his view of economic models as predicate models and his commitment to equ...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
"Dan Hausman on #macroeconomic models" - new paper by Nadia Ruiz @mapsproject.bsky.social ! #PhilEcon #PhilSci
The European Network for the Philosophy of the Social Sciences (ENPOSS) invites submissions to its 15th Conference at the University of Helsinki, 26-28 August 2026. More info here: enposs.eu
European Network for the Philosophy of the Social Sciences (ENPOSS)
enposs.eu
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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🚨CALL FOR PAPERS🚨
**Women In Logic 2026, Lisbon, Portugal**
24-25 July 2026
The annual Women in Logic Workshop is returning in 2026 as a TWO-DAY workshop!
Get your abstracts in by May 5, 2026!
For more info: sites.google.com/view/wil2026...
**Women In Logic 2026, Lisbon, Portugal**
24-25 July 2026
The annual Women in Logic Workshop is returning in 2026 as a TWO-DAY workshop!
Get your abstracts in by May 5, 2026!
For more info: sites.google.com/view/wil2026...
Call for papers
Women in Logic 2026 is a satellite event of the FLoC 2026: The 9th Federated Logic Conference to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, from July 13 to July 29, 2026.
The Women in Logic workshop (WiL) provides...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:32 AM
🚨CALL FOR PAPERS🚨
**Women In Logic 2026, Lisbon, Portugal**
24-25 July 2026
The annual Women in Logic Workshop is returning in 2026 as a TWO-DAY workshop!
Get your abstracts in by May 5, 2026!
For more info: sites.google.com/view/wil2026...
**Women In Logic 2026, Lisbon, Portugal**
24-25 July 2026
The annual Women in Logic Workshop is returning in 2026 as a TWO-DAY workshop!
Get your abstracts in by May 5, 2026!
For more info: sites.google.com/view/wil2026...
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Join us for the Inaugural Conference of the new Forum #Wissenschaftsreflexion in June 2026! Early-Career Researchers can still apply for a dedicated workshop that covers travel & accomodation costs. #PhilSci #PhilSky #HPS #STS #SocSky @mapsproject.bsky.social @modeltransfer.bsky.social
Working on #TrustInScience #AcademicFreedom #ValuesInScience #Expertise #IntegrativeResearch #ScienceForPolicy or related topics?
👉 Apply until Nov. 30 for the Early-Career Workshop on #Wissenschaftsreflexion taking place June 2026. Travel costs and accomodation can be covered. Spread the word :)
👉 Apply until Nov. 30 for the Early-Career Workshop on #Wissenschaftsreflexion taking place June 2026. Travel costs and accomodation can be covered. Spread the word :)
November 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Join us for the Inaugural Conference of the new Forum #Wissenschaftsreflexion in June 2026! Early-Career Researchers can still apply for a dedicated workshop that covers travel & accomodation costs. #PhilSci #PhilSky #HPS #STS #SocSky @mapsproject.bsky.social @modeltransfer.bsky.social
Working on #TrustInScience #AcademicFreedom #ValuesInScience #Expertise #IntegrativeResearch #ScienceForPolicy or related topics?
👉 Apply until Nov. 30 for the Early-Career Workshop on #Wissenschaftsreflexion taking place June 2026. Travel costs and accomodation can be covered. Spread the word :)
👉 Apply until Nov. 30 for the Early-Career Workshop on #Wissenschaftsreflexion taking place June 2026. Travel costs and accomodation can be covered. Spread the word :)
November 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Working on #TrustInScience #AcademicFreedom #ValuesInScience #Expertise #IntegrativeResearch #ScienceForPolicy or related topics?
👉 Apply until Nov. 30 for the Early-Career Workshop on #Wissenschaftsreflexion taking place June 2026. Travel costs and accomodation can be covered. Spread the word :)
👉 Apply until Nov. 30 for the Early-Career Workshop on #Wissenschaftsreflexion taking place June 2026. Travel costs and accomodation can be covered. Spread the word :)
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The Call for Papers for the 2026 Formal Epistemology Workshop is up now! Come join us in June in beautiful Boulder! Deadline for submission: January 15. Please spread far and wide!
Formal Epistemology Workshop
The Formal Epistemology Workshop 2026 will be hosted by the University of Colorado Boulder's Department of Philosophy as part of the CU Boulder Morris Colloquium Series.
It will take place at the Univ...
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November 18, 2025 at 6:35 AM
The Call for Papers for the 2026 Formal Epistemology Workshop is up now! Come join us in June in beautiful Boulder! Deadline for submission: January 15. Please spread far and wide!
🚀 #CfA: Early-Career Researchers Workshop "Wissenschaftsreflexion: What is it? Why do we need it?”
👉 Develop a 10-page paper related to #Wissenschaftsreflexion
👉 Propose a preferred commentator
👉 Receive feedback from two commentators!
📝Deadline: Nov. 30!
#PhilSci #HPS #SocSky #STS More info 👇
👉 Develop a 10-page paper related to #Wissenschaftsreflexion
👉 Propose a preferred commentator
👉 Receive feedback from two commentators!
📝Deadline: Nov. 30!
#PhilSci #HPS #SocSky #STS More info 👇
November 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Philosophy goes public: Last saturday, led by members of the #SOCRATESgroup, we participated at the Hannover-wide event #NachtDieWissenSchafft.
November 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Philosophy goes public: Last saturday, led by members of the #SOCRATESgroup, we participated at the Hannover-wide event #NachtDieWissenSchafft.
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Team member @becklukas.bsky.social gave a talk entitled "Policy Optimization IAMs as Normative Models" at the Institute of Philosophy Colloquium. @iphilluh.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Team member @becklukas.bsky.social gave a talk entitled "Policy Optimization IAMs as Normative Models" at the Institute of Philosophy Colloquium. @iphilluh.bsky.social
Wie lässt sich unter Bedingungen großer Unsicherheit gerecht handeln? Prof. Dr. Mathias Frisch @mathias07.bsky.social beleuchtet bei der #NachtDieWissenSchafft in #Hannover, welche ethischen Verpflichtungen die #Klimakrise für gegenwärtige und zukünftige Generationen aufwirft. Diskutieren Sie mit!
November 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Wie lässt sich unter Bedingungen großer Unsicherheit gerecht handeln? Prof. Dr. Mathias Frisch @mathias07.bsky.social beleuchtet bei der #NachtDieWissenSchafft in #Hannover, welche ethischen Verpflichtungen die #Klimakrise für gegenwärtige und zukünftige Generationen aufwirft. Diskutieren Sie mit!
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Team member Philippe van Basshuysen gave a talk entitled "Performative Power in Science" at the Institute of Philosophy Colloquium. @iphilluh.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Team member Philippe van Basshuysen gave a talk entitled "Performative Power in Science" at the Institute of Philosophy Colloquium. @iphilluh.bsky.social
🌍„Grüne Energie“ ist nicht automatisch gerecht.
Was bedeutet #Nachhaltigkeit, wenn Rohstoffe & #Menschenrechte auf dem Spiel stehen?
Diskutieren Sie mit bei der #NachtDieWissenSchafft in #Hannover mit Prof. Dr. Dietmar Hübner & Rainer Baake, Gründungsdirektor der Stiftung Klima!
Was bedeutet #Nachhaltigkeit, wenn Rohstoffe & #Menschenrechte auf dem Spiel stehen?
Diskutieren Sie mit bei der #NachtDieWissenSchafft in #Hannover mit Prof. Dr. Dietmar Hübner & Rainer Baake, Gründungsdirektor der Stiftung Klima!
November 3, 2025 at 9:34 AM
🌍„Grüne Energie“ ist nicht automatisch gerecht.
Was bedeutet #Nachhaltigkeit, wenn Rohstoffe & #Menschenrechte auf dem Spiel stehen?
Diskutieren Sie mit bei der #NachtDieWissenSchafft in #Hannover mit Prof. Dr. Dietmar Hübner & Rainer Baake, Gründungsdirektor der Stiftung Klima!
Was bedeutet #Nachhaltigkeit, wenn Rohstoffe & #Menschenrechte auf dem Spiel stehen?
Diskutieren Sie mit bei der #NachtDieWissenSchafft in #Hannover mit Prof. Dr. Dietmar Hübner & Rainer Baake, Gründungsdirektor der Stiftung Klima!
Meet the #SOCRATESgroup fellows!👋 Roderik Rekker (Radboud Univ.) studies the stability of #PoliticalAttitudes & political polarization, explores the #politicisation of trust in experts & the role of politicians and scientists in this process. #PolSci #PhilSci #TrustInScience t1p.de/vfitl
November 3, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Meet the #SOCRATESgroup fellows!👋 Roderik Rekker (Radboud Univ.) studies the stability of #PoliticalAttitudes & political polarization, explores the #politicisation of trust in experts & the role of politicians and scientists in this process. #PolSci #PhilSci #TrustInScience t1p.de/vfitl
❓Warum braucht Demokratie unabhängige Wissenschaft? Was können Universitäten tun, um:
👉Politisierung entgegenzuwirken?
👉 grundlegende institutionelle Regeln zu schützen?
Diskutieren Sie mit - in #Hannover an der #NachtDieWissenSchafft beim Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Torsten Wilholt!
👉Politisierung entgegenzuwirken?
👉 grundlegende institutionelle Regeln zu schützen?
Diskutieren Sie mit - in #Hannover an der #NachtDieWissenSchafft beim Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Torsten Wilholt!
October 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
❓Warum braucht Demokratie unabhängige Wissenschaft? Was können Universitäten tun, um:
👉Politisierung entgegenzuwirken?
👉 grundlegende institutionelle Regeln zu schützen?
Diskutieren Sie mit - in #Hannover an der #NachtDieWissenSchafft beim Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Torsten Wilholt!
👉Politisierung entgegenzuwirken?
👉 grundlegende institutionelle Regeln zu schützen?
Diskutieren Sie mit - in #Hannover an der #NachtDieWissenSchafft beim Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Torsten Wilholt!
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Photo highlights from yesterday’s talk by Edoardo Peruzzi in Pittsburgh (credit: @center4philsci.bsky.social)!
#FrontierResearch #ERCStG #ModelTransfer #LTT #CenterPhilSci
Watch the recording on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/live/A73Ifkf...
#FrontierResearch #ERCStG #ModelTransfer #LTT #CenterPhilSci
Watch the recording on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/live/A73Ifkf...
October 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Photo highlights from yesterday’s talk by Edoardo Peruzzi in Pittsburgh (credit: @center4philsci.bsky.social)!
#FrontierResearch #ERCStG #ModelTransfer #LTT #CenterPhilSci
Watch the recording on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/live/A73Ifkf...
#FrontierResearch #ERCStG #ModelTransfer #LTT #CenterPhilSci
Watch the recording on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/live/A73Ifkf...
Meet the #SOCRATESgroup fellows!👋 Kevin Elliott, Red Cedar Distinguished Professor at Michigan State Univ., returns to SOCRATES for his 2nd stay.
He'll focus on how philosophical discussions on values in science can inform #ScienceEducation. #Philsci #EpistemicInjustice
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He'll focus on how philosophical discussions on values in science can inform #ScienceEducation. #Philsci #EpistemicInjustice
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October 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Meet the #SOCRATESgroup fellows!👋 Kevin Elliott, Red Cedar Distinguished Professor at Michigan State Univ., returns to SOCRATES for his 2nd stay.
He'll focus on how philosophical discussions on values in science can inform #ScienceEducation. #Philsci #EpistemicInjustice
t1p.de/bfjf8
He'll focus on how philosophical discussions on values in science can inform #ScienceEducation. #Philsci #EpistemicInjustice
t1p.de/bfjf8
Meet the #SOCRATESgroup fellows!👋 Julie Zahle is a philosopher of the social sciences studying social practices & qualitative research. At SOCRATES, she examines how qualitative data can support causal claims & strategies to secure trustworthiness in research. #TrustInScience #philsci
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October 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Meet the #SOCRATESgroup fellows!👋 Julie Zahle is a philosopher of the social sciences studying social practices & qualitative research. At SOCRATES, she examines how qualitative data can support causal claims & strategies to secure trustworthiness in research. #TrustInScience #philsci
t1p.de/ohs05
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Any recommendations for #ArgumentMapping tools, #philsky ?
Looking for #ArgumentMapping tools or software for #TeachingPhilosophy. Is there an overview somewhere? Or do you have specific recommendations? #Philsky
October 25, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Any recommendations for #ArgumentMapping tools, #philsky ?
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Call for papers: Ian Hacking and the Philosophy of Psychiatry. Deadline: 1st February 2026. Guest editors: Şerife Tekin and Jonathan Y. Tsou. Submit your work! think.taylorandfranc... #philsky #philpsy #philsci
Ian Hacking and the Philosophy of Psychiatry
Submit work that examines how Hacking’s historical and pragmatic approach to philosophy has reshaped inquiries into psychiatry.
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October 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Call for papers: Ian Hacking and the Philosophy of Psychiatry. Deadline: 1st February 2026. Guest editors: Şerife Tekin and Jonathan Y. Tsou. Submit your work! think.taylorandfranc... #philsky #philpsy #philsci
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October 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Meet the #SOCRATESgroup fellows!👋 Gabriel Târziu studies #publicunderstanding of science & the impact of values on layperson's epistemic stances. He develops a framework for how people interpret scientific info, with a focus on #climatescience: t1p.de/rs3k2 #TrustInScience #philsci #philsky
October 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Meet the #SOCRATESgroup fellows!👋 Gabriel Târziu studies #publicunderstanding of science & the impact of values on layperson's epistemic stances. He develops a framework for how people interpret scientific info, with a focus on #climatescience: t1p.de/rs3k2 #TrustInScience #philsci #philsky
Two upcoming talks on #ModelTransfer 👇 #philsky
This week, our team member Murat Bakeev is at the HISRECO conference in Nijmegen, presenting his historical research on the challenged transfer of early evolutionary algorithms to economics at the Santa Fe Institute.
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#ModelTransfer #FrontierResearch #ERCStG
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#ModelTransfer #FrontierResearch #ERCStG
17th HISRECO Conference Program
Day 1 – Thursday, 23.10.2025 Ulbo de Sitter Room | 9:30 – 16:50 9:30–9:40 Opening remarks (HISRECO team) 9:40–10:30 Murat Bakeev (Leibniz University Hannover) How Artificially Intelligent Agents En…
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October 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Two upcoming talks on #ModelTransfer 👇 #philsky
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The PSA Around the World 2025 is coming soon: Nov 6, 14 & 22 (online)!
Hosted by @philsci.bsky.social and @eenphilsci.bsky.social it highlights #philsci from, about, and connected to Central and Eastern Europe.
Great lineup, still time to register!
www.philsci.org/psa_around_t...
Hosted by @philsci.bsky.social and @eenphilsci.bsky.social it highlights #philsci from, about, and connected to Central and Eastern Europe.
Great lineup, still time to register!
www.philsci.org/psa_around_t...
PSA Around the World 2025 - Philosophy of Science Association
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October 20, 2025 at 11:18 AM
The PSA Around the World 2025 is coming soon: Nov 6, 14 & 22 (online)!
Hosted by @philsci.bsky.social and @eenphilsci.bsky.social it highlights #philsci from, about, and connected to Central and Eastern Europe.
Great lineup, still time to register!
www.philsci.org/psa_around_t...
Hosted by @philsci.bsky.social and @eenphilsci.bsky.social it highlights #philsci from, about, and connected to Central and Eastern Europe.
Great lineup, still time to register!
www.philsci.org/psa_around_t...