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Stephan Hartmann

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Philosopher of science and Co-Director of the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy at LMU Munich. Interested in formal epistemology, social epistemology, philosophy of physics and cognitive science. Website: http://stephanhartmann.org .. more

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Stephan Hartmann is a German philosopher and Professor of Philosophy of Science at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, known for his contributions to formal epistemology.

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Stephan Hartmann @stephanhartmann.bsky.social · 7h

I’m joining the 2nd Symposium on Physics and Metabolism in Brain Functions at the Paris Brain Institute on Nov 7 — looking forward to discussing how physics can illuminate brain metabolism and consciousness.
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#PhilosophyOfScience #Physics #Neuroscience

2nd SYMPOSIUM: CONNECTION BETWEEN PHYSICS AND METABOLISM IN BRAIN FUNCTIONS

Following the success of the 1st international symposium (Barcelona, July 2024),we are pleased to welcome you in Paris for this 2nd edition

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Stephan Hartmann @stephanhartmann.bsky.social · 9d

LMU Munich is looking to fill a W2 Professorship in Philosophy Education. The role involves research, teaching, and the design of a new study program in philosophy/ethics.
Deadline: 15 Nov 2025.
Apply here: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/b...

Professorship (W2) of Philosophy Education

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Stephan Hartmann @stephanhartmann.bsky.social · 26d

LMU’s Alyssa Ney joins Roger Penrose & Jacob Barandes to debate one of the biggest mysteries in quantum theory: the collapse of the wave function.
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The collapse of the wave function

'The collapse of the wave function' is a phrase we see constantly in relation to quantum physics. Whilst many claim to understand what it means, its true character remains unknown. A century ago, Heis...

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Stephan Hartmann @stephanhartmann.bsky.social · Jul 19

Excited to share that the volume Lakatos @ 100 has just been published (open access)! It’s a great collection on Lakatos’s legacy.

📘 Book link: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Grateful to the editors for including me!

#Lakatos #PhilosophyOfScience #Bayes #OpenAccess

Proofs and Research Programmes: Lakatos at 100

This open access book offers new insights into issues raised in philosophy of mathematics and in philosophy of science by Imre Lakatos.

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Stephan Hartmann @stephanhartmann.bsky.social · Jul 8

Thrilled to announce that Sebastian Bender is joining LMU Munich as Professor of Early Modern Philosophy. His expertise in 17th-18th c. metaphysics & epistemology (Leibniz, Spinoza, Kant) will boost our History of Philosophy section. Welcome, Sebastian! sebastianbender.net

Sebastian Bender

I am an Assistant Professor (a tenure track "Juniorprofessor") at the Philosophy Department of University of Göttingen. Before coming to Göttingen, I held positions at Humboldt University in Berlin (w...

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Stephan Hartmann @stephanhartmann.bsky.social · Jun 13

Big congratulations to Alyssa Ney for winning the 2025 Patrick Suppes Prize in Philosophy of Science! 🎉 Her book The World in the Wave Function: A Metaphysics for Quantum Physics just earned the APA’s top award. #PhilosophyOfScience #QuantumPhysics #CongratsAlyssa www.amphilsoc.org/news/aps-awa...

APS Awards 2025 Patrick Suppes Prize in Philosophy of Science, largest book prize in Philosophy, to Dr. Alyssa Ney | American Philosophical Society

The American Philosophical Society has awarded the 2025 Patrick Suppes Prize in Philosophy to Dr. Alyssa Ney for her book The World in the Wave Function: A Metaphysics for Quantum Physics (Oxford Univ...

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Stephan Hartmann @stephanhartmann.bsky.social · May 22

Is a final theory of everything still the goal—or has science moved on? In this piece for IAI, I reflect on what effective field theories teach us about explanation, emergence, and realism.
🔗 iai.tv/articles/a-t...
#PhilosophyOfScience #EFTs #Reductionism #Emergence #Realism #ScienceThreads

A theory of everything will never work at all scales

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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · May 20

It is an honour for us to welcome one of the world's leading cosmologists as #CASFellow: George Ellis (Cape Town) is joining CAS at the invitation of Andreas Burkert @origins-cluster ‪@lmumuenchen.bsky.social‬ and Stephan Hartmann @stephanhartmann.bsky.social‬ @lmu-mcmp.bsky.social‬.

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Stephan Hartmann @stephanhartmann.bsky.social · May 7

Excited to announce our upcoming workshop: Reduction and Emergence in Physics and Cosmology at LMU Munich on May 16, 2025. We’ll explore how modern physics challenges traditional reductionist views, with insights from George Ellis and LMU scholars. Details here: www.cas.lmu.de/de/veranstal...

Reduction and Emergence in Physics and Cosmology

Workshop in the context of the CAS Research Focus

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Stephan Hartmann @stephanhartmann.bsky.social · Apr 3

Roman Frigg and I have revised our entry on Models in Science for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. It is now online. plato.stanford.edu/entries/mode...

Models in Science (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

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Stephan Hartmann @stephanhartmann.bsky.social · Mar 13

Great news from the QS World University Ranking. Just like last year LMU Munich is ranked 6th worldwide in philosophy.
www.topuniversities.com/university-s...

QS World University Rankings for Philosophy 2025

Discover the world's top universities for Philosophy. Explore the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 in various disciplines.

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Stephan Hartmann @stephanhartmann.bsky.social · Mar 6

The concepts of computation and information are becoming increasingly important. A special issue of Entropy entitled “Information-Theoretic Concepts in Physics”, which I co-edited with Michael Cuffaro, provides an overview and might be of interest to some of you.
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Entropy

Entropy, an international, peer-reviewed Open Access journal.

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Wayne Myrvold @wmyrvold.bsky.social · Mar 5

Call for papers: LMP 2025

Always a fun conference. If you're a grad student in philosophy of logic, math, or physics, please submit!!

Please share widely.

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LMP

Conference date and location: May 25-26, 2025. Western University, Department of Philosophy.

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Stephan Hartmann @stephanhartmann.bsky.social · Feb 26

Great news from my faculty: Andrew Stephenson has accepted the offer of a professorship in the history of 19th and 20th century philosophy at LMU Munich. This will consolidate our research strength in the philosophy of Kant (and related topics). www.acstephenson.com

Andrew Stephenson - Home

I am a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Southampton. I am currently on leave with a Humboldt Research Fellowship at the University of Leipzig's Forschungskolleg for Analytic German Idealism...

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Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy @lmu-mcmp.bsky.social · Feb 17

Just released: Interview with Professor Christian List on the Formal Philosophy Podcast on "The Many-Worlds Theory of Consciousness" (interviewers: Sylvester Kollin & Eric Chen) #philosophy #consciousness #consci open.spotify.com/episode/7z8X...

4. Christian List | The Many-Worlds Theory of Consciousness

The Formal Philosophy Podcast · Episode

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Stephan Hartmann @stephanhartmann.bsky.social · Dec 11

I am delighted to share the news that Hannes Leitgeb has been awarded the Leibniz Prize by the German Research Foundation. This is the most important and prestigious research prize in Germany and Hannes has more than earned it. www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...

Big success for LMU at Leibniz awards

Hannes Leitgeb, Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla, and Bettina Valeska Lotsch have each been given a prestigious Leibniz Prize by the German Research Foundation – the top research award in Germany.

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Stephan Hartmann @stephanhartmann.bsky.social · Oct 23

Are you interested in formal epistemology, social epistemology and agent-based modeling and would you like to join the MCMP? Then this DFG-funded three-year postdoc position within our project ‘Argumentation in a Social Context’ might be of interest to you. job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/0...

Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/x)

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Stephan Hartmann @stephanhartmann.bsky.social · Oct 19

Thanks to Alan Love and Sander Verhaegh for organizing a wonderful conference on the past, present and future of philosophy of science at the University of Minnesota. Today we talk about the future... cla.umn.edu/mcps/researc...

Conferences and Workshops

Read about conferences and workshops sponsored by MCPS and other affiliated units.

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