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Borut Trpin
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Philosopher, curious about how we reason and make sense of science. Assistant professor at Uni Ljubljana, PI at Uni Maribor. boruttrpin.com
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Borut Trpin @boruttrpin.bsky.social · 1d
Just published: Coherence as a Constraint on Scientific Inquiry, Synthese (with @martinjustin.bsky.social).
TL,DR: coherence considerations can be good or bad in scientific inquiry. Our paper suggests how to determine when it is the former rather than the latter.
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Coherence as a constraint on scientific inquiry - Synthese
We investigate the epistemic role of coherence in scientific reasoning, focusing on its use as a heuristic for filtering evidence. Using a novel computational model based on Bayesian networks, we simulate agents who update their beliefs under varying levels of noise and bias. Some agents treat reductions in coherence as higher-order evidence and interpret such drops as signals that something has gone epistemically awry, even when the source of error is unclear. Our results show that this strategy can improve belief accuracy in noisy environments but tends to mislead when evidence is systematically biased. We explore the implications for the rationality of coherence-based reasoning in science.
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Gabriel Tarziu @gabrieltarziu.bsky.social · 6d
Quick reminder: the deadline for submissions to the EJPS TC “Understanding Climate Change: A Multifaceted Inquiry”, which I’m co-editing with @boruttrpin.bsky.social, is December 1, 2025.

Please share with anyone who might be interested!

More info here: link.springer.com/collections/...
Understanding Climate Change: A Multifaceted Inquiry
Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges of our time. Addressing it requires an unprecedented level of collaboration and engagement between ...
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Finnur Dellsén @dellsen.bsky.social · 26d
A weirdly underappreciated problem about Inference to the Best Explanation is how it can handle uncertain evidence. This new paper, now forthcoming in Philosophy of Science, proposes a strategy for doing that (and argues that Einstein may have used it). #philsky #philsci

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Inferring to the Best Explanation from Uncertain Evidence | Philosophy of Science | Cambridge Core
Inferring to the Best Explanation from Uncertain Evidence
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Borut Trpin @boruttrpin.bsky.social · 21d
Our paper "Coherence as a Constraint on Scientific Inquiry" (with @martinjustin.bsky.social), has just been accepted in Synthese.

We model when treating drops in coherence as higher-order evidence helps (noisy settings) vs. misleads (biased evidence).

Preprint: philsci-archive.pitt.edu/26685/
Coherence as a Constraint on Scientific Inquiry - PhilSci-Archive
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Philosophy of Science Association @philsci.bsky.social · 28d
Don't forget to register for PSA Around the World 2025! This year spotlights Eastern & Central Europe 🌍

📅 The conference will take place:
Thu, Nov 6 (3–6:15pm CET)
Fri, Nov 14 (3–6:15pm CET)
Sat, Nov 22 (3–6:30pm CET)
🔗 Register here:
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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · Aug 31
Just registered for PSA Around the World Eastern Europe. Hope you do too! Organised by @philsci.bsky.social with @eenphilsci.bsky.social this online conference over three afternoons in November covers the past and the present of #philsci in Eastern n Central Europe (where it arguably started!)
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Borut Trpin @boruttrpin.bsky.social · Aug 28
Gabriel (@gabrieltarziu.bsky.social) and I are guest editing a topical collection for EJPS on Understanding Climate Change. Submissions on the epistemology of climate science, policy, and public reasoning are welcome.

Deadline: 1 Dec 2025 → link.springer.com/collections/...
Understanding Climate Change: A Multifaceted Inquiry
Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges of our time. Addressing it requires an unprecedented level of collaboration and engagement between ...
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Borut Trpin @boruttrpin.bsky.social · Aug 26
Funny enough, I only spotted this paper through a citation alert. I worked out a different strategy to respond to my old worries this spring but haven’t had time to write it up yet. Maybe that’s next!
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Borut Trpin @boruttrpin.bsky.social · Aug 26
During my PhD, I raised an objection to Jeffrey conditionalisation (Phil Studies). Andrew Doppenberg has now published an excellent reply that defends JC. It’s gratifying to see the debate continue, even when critical of my old work - and reassuring that JC remains robust.
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Jeffrey conditionalization: against caution - Philosophical Studies
Borut Trpin has raised a novel objection to Jeffrey conditionalization (JC). He argues that JC can lead to increasing confidence in a false hypothesis, based on non-misleading observations. But I show...
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Borut Trpin @boruttrpin.bsky.social · Aug 11
Our symposium The Legacy of the Vienna Circle a Century On takes place on 4–5 December 2025 at the University of Maribor, Slovenia.

Join us in revisiting the Vienna Circle’s ideas and their relevance for today’s philosophy.

Abstracts due by 10 October.

Welcome!

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The Legacy of the Vienna Circle a Century On
Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor, SloveniaDecember 4, 2025(possibly continuing on December 5) This symposium marks a century since the intellectual height of the Vienna Circle, whose members hel...
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Martin Justin @martinjustin.bsky.social · Aug 5
In November, we are hosting a graduate conference in social epistemology in Maribor. You can send you abstracts till end of August!

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Philosophy Students’ Symposium 2025
The Department of Philosophy (Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor), its students, and The Slovenian Society for Analytic Philosophy (DAF) are honoured to invite any graduate and PhD students to the...
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Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy @lmu-mcmp.bsky.social · Jul 29
Here is a summer read from the MCMP.
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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.
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#PhilosophyOfScience #EFTs #Reductionism #Emergence #Realism #ScienceThreads
A theory of everything will never work at all scales
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Martin Justin @martinjustin.bsky.social · Jul 26
Turns out you can remain dogmatic if you also randomize your research strategy.

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The Mix Matters: Exploring the Interplay Between Epistemic and Zetetic Norms in Scientific Disagreement | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science: Vol 0, No ja
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Borut Trpin @boruttrpin.bsky.social · Jul 28
@martinjustin.bsky.social and I also published this paper in the CogSci25 proceedings: escholarship.org/uc/item/0668...

We examine how coherence-based reasoning affects belief updating under uncertainty. It helps agents resist noise but can backfire when evidence is systematically misleading.
Coherence-Based Evidence Filtering: A Computational Exploration
Author(s): Justin, Martin; Trpin, Borut | Abstract: This study explores the role of coherence-based reasoning in belief updating within uncertain environments. We develop a novel computational model w...
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Borut Trpin @boruttrpin.bsky.social · Jul 25
🚨 New paper out (just accepted)!

"The Mix Matters: Exploring the Interplay Between Epistemic and Zetetic Norms in Scientific Disagreement" by @martinjustin.bsky.social, Dunja Šešelja, Christian Straßer & me.

Forthcoming in The BJPS: doi.org/10.1086/737742
The Mix Matters: Exploring the Interplay Between Epistemic and Zetetic Norms in Scientific Disagreement | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science: Vol 0, No ja
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Finnur Dellsén @dellsen.bsky.social · Jul 23
#Gaza is often described as an open-air prison. That analogy is no longer accurate: prisoners are not systematically shot, bombed, and starved to death.

Gaza is now an open-air death camp.
Mass starvation spreads across Gaza | MSF
More than 100 organisations are sounding the alarm to allow lifesaving aid into Gaza.
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Borut Trpin @boruttrpin.bsky.social · Jun 19
Happy to share that my first PhD student Martin Justin has just published his paper, solo-authored and in his first year, in Episteme! He offers a sharp and timely defense of conciliationism in the peer disagreement debate. See link for details.

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More Hope for Conciliationism | Episteme | Cambridge Core
More Hope for Conciliationism
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Borut Trpin @boruttrpin.bsky.social · May 7
Cool news: a paper Mariangela Zoe Cocchiaro and I wrote, "The Puzzle of Scientific Disagreement" just got accepted at the European Journal for Philosophy of Science!

Preprint's up here if you wanna check it out: philsci-archive.pitt.edu/25256/
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Borut Trpin @boruttrpin.bsky.social · Apr 23
In case you happen to be in Reykjavík next week, you are kindly invited to come to my talk on the role of full belief!

English: english.hi.is/lunch-talk-p...

Icelandic: hi.is/vidburdir/ha...
Lunch Talk in Philosophy: Borut Trpin, “Affirming Beliefs”
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Gregory Morgan 🇺🇸🇳🇿 @drgregorymorgan.bsky.social · Dec 27
5 Women in Philosophy of Science You Should Know
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5 Women in Philosophy of Science You Should Know
Philosophy has not given some of these exceptional women the attention and admiration they deserve. It’s time to remedy that!
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Borut Trpin @boruttrpin.bsky.social · Dec 9
Happy to share my ARIS grant was successful! I'll be PI of a 3-year project "Scientific Discovery and Justification: A Coherentist Perspective" at the Department of Philosophy, University of Maribor. The project will focus on coherence in scientific reasoning and climate modeling. More soon!
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Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy @lmu-mcmp.bsky.social · Nov 26
The Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy at LMU Munich is now on Bluesky. Please help us spread the word. #Philosophy #Mathematics #Science #Logic
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Borut Trpin @boruttrpin.bsky.social · Jul 24
I rarely log in here, but many thanks for the shoutout!
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Borut Trpin @boruttrpin.bsky.social · Jan 8
Is abductive inference ever reasonable and may it be compatible with Bayesianism?
Short answer: yes.
Long answer: yes but... you will need to read my paper that's forthcoming in Analysis for details.

Preprint available here: boruttrpin.weebly.com/uploads/1/1/...

#philsky #philosophy
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Borut Trpin @boruttrpin.bsky.social · Dec 5
I also hit the paywall yesterday, but it magically became available today. So it might be worth trying again a day or so later? In any case, looking forward to reading this book -- thanks for sharing, @cailinmeister.bsky.social!
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