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Baptiste Le Bihan @baptistelebihan.bsky.social · 1d

I'm hiring, please share widely!
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Homepage - Département de Philosophie - UNIGE

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British Journal for the Philosophy of Science @thebjps.bsky.social · 29d

New letter to the Editors

Caspar Jacobs, Against Presentist Velocities: Response to Gijsbers

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#philsci #philsky

On Gijsbers, Presentist Velocities | Letters to the Editor

Correspondence from Caspar Jacobs

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Baptiste Le Bihan @baptistelebihan.bsky.social · Sep 6

I draw a distinction between fragmented and holistic multiverses. The latter posit a broader structure and relations of determination between the multiverse and the universes. Here is the paper: philpapers.org/go.pl?aid=LE...

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Baptiste Le Bihan @baptistelebihan.bsky.social · Sep 6

New paper out on the multiverse. I argue we should distinguish two kinds of multiverse, and show that one of them can, in principle, be tested empirically. Comments welcome! philpapers.org/rec/LEBHVF

Baptiste Le Bihan, Holistic Versus Fragmented Multiverses: Empirical Access via Causal and Grounding Signatures - PhilPapers

Can multiverse hypotheses ever receive empirical support? Critics argue that multiverse scenarios posit unobservable entities, face severe underdetermination, or fall outside the bounds of science. Th...

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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · Sep 5

Postdoc job! I expect to have an opening at Johns Hopkins for a postdoctoral researcher working somewhere in the broad realms of physics, philosophy, and complexity. Apply at Academic Jobs Online:

academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30496

Johns Hopkins University, Physics and Astronomy

Job #AJO30496, Postdoctoral Fellow in Foundations of Physics, Complexity, and Emergence, Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, US

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Baptiste Le Bihan @baptistelebihan.bsky.social · Aug 30

Closing a paper at the intersection of philosophy of physics and metaphysics: what does it take for multiverse scenarios to be empirically accessible?

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Baptiste Le Bihan @baptistelebihan.bsky.social · Aug 3

CFP: Philosophy and Metaphysics of String Theory, Dec 9-10, Geneva
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Philosophy and Metaphysics of String Theory

This two-day workshop brings together philosophers and physicists to explore metaphysical and philosophical questions in string theory, broadly understood, i.e. including non-perturbative approac...

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Huw Price @huwprice.bsky.social · Jul 22

Latest piece with @kenwharton.bsky.social

ABSTRACT: In statistics and causal modeling it is common for a selection process to induce correlations in a subset of an uncorrelated ensemble. We propose that EPR and Bell correlations are selection artefacts of this kind. …1/

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Taming Entanglement

In statistics and causal modeling it is common for a selection process to induce correlations in a subset of an uncorrelated ensemble. We propose that EPR and Bell correlations are selection artefacts...

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Baptiste Le Bihan @baptistelebihan.bsky.social · Jul 3

philpapers.org/rec/BARCST-8
New paper with Sam Baron forthcoming: this time on causal set theory and the metaphysics of causation!

Sam Baron & Baptiste Le Bihan, Causal Set Theory is (Strongly) Causal - PhilPapers

Causal Set Theory (CST) is a promising approach to fundamental physics that seems to treat causation as a basic posit. But in exactly what sense is CST causal? We argue that ...

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Alessandro Torza @atorza.bsky.social · May 28

CFA: 2nd Parma Workshop in Analytic and Scientific Metaphysics
December 15-16, 2025
University of Parma (Italy)

Invited Speakers:
Claudio Calosi (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
Catharine Diehl (Leiden University)
Carl Hoefer (University of Barcelona)

Submission guidelines 👇

2nd Parma Workshop in Analytic and Scientific Metaphysics

Call for Abstracts 2nd Parma Workshop in Analytic and Scientific Metaphysics Dates: December 15-16, 2025 Venue: University of Parma (Italy) All scholars are invited to submit an abstract for presentat...

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Baptiste Le Bihan @baptistelebihan.bsky.social · May 24

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Baptiste Le Bihan @baptistelebihan.bsky.social · Apr 16

Only a few slots left, get in touch if you are interested.

Baptiste Le Bihan @baptistelebihan.bsky.social · Apr 8

The next Society for the Metaphysics of Science conference will take place in Lugano, Switzerland, June 30 – July 2: socmetsci.org/2025
As program chair, I’m currently looking for commentators for the papers, as well as session chairs. Please contact me if you are a scholar and would be interested.

SMS 2025 Conference - Lugano, Switzerland — SMS

The 2025 Conference of the Society for the Metaphysics of Science will be held at USI in Lugano, Switzerland, 30 June through 2 July.

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Baptiste Le Bihan @baptistelebihan.bsky.social · Apr 16

Only a few slots left, get in touch if you are interested.

Baptiste Le Bihan @baptistelebihan.bsky.social · Apr 8

The next Society for the Metaphysics of Science conference will take place in Lugano, Switzerland, June 30 – July 2: socmetsci.org/2025
As program chair, I’m currently looking for commentators for the papers, as well as session chairs. Please contact me if you are a scholar and would be interested.

SMS 2025 Conference - Lugano, Switzerland — SMS

The 2025 Conference of the Society for the Metaphysics of Science will be held at USI in Lugano, Switzerland, 30 June through 2 July.

socmetsci.org

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Baptiste Le Bihan @baptistelebihan.bsky.social · Apr 8

The next Society for the Metaphysics of Science conference will take place in Lugano, Switzerland, June 30 – July 2: socmetsci.org/2025
As program chair, I’m currently looking for commentators for the papers, as well as session chairs. Please contact me if you are a scholar and would be interested.

SMS 2025 Conference - Lugano, Switzerland — SMS

The 2025 Conference of the Society for the Metaphysics of Science will be held at USI in Lugano, Switzerland, 30 June through 2 July.

socmetsci.org

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Baptiste Le Bihan @baptistelebihan.bsky.social · Apr 8

The next Society for the Metaphysics of Science conference will take place in Lugano, Switzerland, June 30 – July 2: socmetsci.org/2025
As program chair, I’m currently looking for commentators for the papers, as well as session chairs. Please contact me if you are a scholar and would be interested.

SMS 2025 Conference - Lugano, Switzerland — SMS

The 2025 Conference of the Society for the Metaphysics of Science will be held at USI in Lugano, Switzerland, 30 June through 2 July.

socmetsci.org

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Baptiste Le Bihan @baptistelebihan.bsky.social · Mar 19

Physics teaches us that empty space is not really empty. It contains matter, energy, and even the keys to the fate of the universe. To the point where it challenges the notion of ‘nothing’. (Interviewed by Daniel Saraga for Horizons.)
www.horizons-mag.ch/2025/03/06/n...

Not so empty

Horizons - Much ado from nothing

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David Chalmers @davidchalmers.bsky.social · Mar 17

we're advertising 2-3 postdoctoral positions to work at NYU on artificial consciousness and related topics at the intersection of AI and the philosophy of mind (possibly including AI mentality, AI interpretability, and AI welfare). deadline is march 30! philjobs.org/job/show/28878

Post-Doctoral Associate/Research Scientist, New York University - PhilJobs:JFP Post-Doctoral Associate/Research Scientist, New York University

An international database of jobs for philosophers

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Huw Price @huwprice.bsky.social · Mar 6

Latest version of my work on entanglement with @kenwharton.bsky.social. We propose that entanglement is a kind of selection artefact. This was a talk at @griffith.edu.au, and the slides are accessible here: bit.ly/4h9dMeo

#philsky #PhilSci #quantum #entanglement

A Mechanism for Entanglement?

YouTube video by The Quietist

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Franz Berto @franzberto.bsky.social · Mar 3

Philosophers: spread the word, apply, come to St Andrews, have research fun with us!

philjobs.org/job/show/28814

Research Fellow, University of St. Andrews - PhilJobs:JFP Research Fellow, University of St. Andrews

An international database of jobs for philosophers

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Baptiste Le Bihan @baptistelebihan.bsky.social · Feb 27

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Scientific Theory and Possibility - Erkenntnis

It is plausible that the models of scientific theories correspond to possibilities. But how do we know which models of which scientific theories so correspond? This paper provides a novel proposal for...

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Eric Schwitzgebel @eschwitz.bsky.social · Feb 26

If consciousness is a nonphysical property, maybe there are other nonphysical properties even better than consciousness, which we sadly lack?

schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com/2025/02/zomb...

Zombie is to Human as Human is to XXX?

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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · Feb 20

Tomorrow!

Livestream: pitt.zoom.us/j/93433720100

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · Feb 12

15 EPSA Fellowships for junior philosophers working in Central & Eastern Europe to visit a leading research institution in Western Europe. In addition, Senior & Mid-Career scholars adversely affected by War in Ukraine are welcome to apply
Deadline: 31 March 2025 #philsci

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European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA) - Applications

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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · Feb 12

This week end at the Center for philosophy of science.

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jb manchak @manchak.bsky.social · Jan 24

"The universe is unknowable even if one were given an all-access pass to every possible observation at every possible place and time -- here, there, past, present, and future."
#physics #philsky #philsci

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The universe is unknowable from within it | JB Manchak

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