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How to Do Philosophy in a Warzone – A Conversation with Yehor Butsykin

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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 1d

@ceu-philosophy.bsky.social has organized a colloquium for today! How to Do Philosophy in a Warzone – A Conversation with Yehor Butsykin (Kyiv School of Economics).

Today from 3:40 pm – 5:20 pm at @weareceu.bsky.social

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Individuality, Composition, and Persistence. Synchronic and Diachronic Relations in Living Beings

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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 2d

Today kicks off the #SSLPS Workshop: Individuality, Composition, and Persistence. Synchronic and Diachronic Relations in Living Beings, in #Geneva! Our postdoc researcher Margarida Hermida from @unisalzburg.bsky.social will be speaking about Living Objects tomorrow at 11:45am. #PhilEvent #philsky

SSLPS Workshop 2025

Interpretation and Understanding

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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 5d

@ceu-philosophy.bsky.social has organized a conference for today in honor of our colleague David Weberman who has recently retired from @weareceu.bsky.social. Congrats, David! The program includes talks by @timcrane.bsky.social, Ferenc Huoranszki and Matt Dougherty. More here:

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No Guarantee: Coherence, Rationality, and Fragmentation - published on September 24, 2025

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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 6d

New publication: 'No Guarantee: Coherence, Rationality, and Fragmentation' by Camilo Martinez in Thought: A Journal of Philosophy.

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According to Anti-structuralists about rationality, such as Errol Lord and Benjamin Kiesewetter, incoherence is irrational because it guarantees a failure to respond to one’s possessed reasons. For…

Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 7d

We have some new postdocs that we're pretty excited about! Please join us in welcoming Lisa Doerksen and Jonathan Knutzen @weareceu.bsky.social, Elek Lane, Spencer Paulson, Audrey Powers, and Fabian Pregel @univie.ac.at, and Margarida Hermida @unisalzburg.bsky.social.

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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 8d

Day 2 of New Perspectives on Conventionalism at @unisalzburg.bsky.social! Today's talks include Luca Incurvati on imperatives and deontic modality and Deborah Kant on whether pragmatic evidence helps to solve the problem of existence for mathematical conventionalism. More here: buff.ly/IedYYBg

Workshop - Categoricity by Convention

Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 9d

Today: New Perspectives on Conventionalism, a conference organized in part by Key Researcher Julien Murzi at @unisalzburg.bsky.social. Learn more here: buff.ly/IedYYBg

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New Perspectives on Conventionalism Dates: 29-30 September 2025 Location: Unipark Room 4.101, Erzabt-Klotz-Strasse 1, 5020 Salzburg, Austria Conventionalist approaches to areas of discourse such as…

Truth, Lies & Democracy 2025

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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 10d

Congrats to our team, Causa Critica! Can you believe they created a video game from scratch in 48 hours?! We'll share more on their game, President of the Universe, soon. For now, a huge thank you to our friends at @causacreations.bsky.social & to @capitalofdemocracy.eu for the great organization!

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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 10d

Tune in for the @capitalofdemocracy.eu game jam closing ceremony, starting now! www.youtube.com/live/MCfksm_...

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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 12d

Let the games begin! The challenges have been announced and the teams are setting up. Best of luck to our team, Causa Critica! We'll be back with an update at the closing ceremony this Sunday 👾

Truth, Lies & Democracy 2025

Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 12d

Here we go! www.youtube.com/live/rhsDQP-...

@capitalofdemocracy.eu

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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 12d

Postdocs Camilo Martinez ( @weareceu.bsky.social) & @flampert.bsky.social ( @univie.ac.at) join @causacreations.bsky.social to create an interactive video game aimed at raising awareness about disinformation! Watch the opening of this year's @capitalofdemocracy.eu TLD game jam (3pm):

🧠 Can a game help defend democracy? Truth, Lies & Democracy returns in 2025 — this time in Vienna, the European Capital of Democracy. 🕹️ From 26–28 September, developers, designers and creatives…

Truth, Lies & Democracy 2025

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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 12d

We've partnered with @causacreations.bsky.social for this year's #TruthLiesDemocracy Game Jam! Tune in at 3pm CET today to check out the opening 👇

European Capital Of Democracy @capitalofdemocracy.eu · 12d

The #TruthLiesDemocracy Game Jam is going life at 15:00 CEST! 🎮 3 days, dozens of creative minds, and one mission: fighting disinformation through gaming. Join the Livestream on Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhsD...

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If memory is precious to you then go ahead and record everything! | Aeon Essays

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Yannic Kappes @yannickappes.bsky.social · 13d

I wrote something else than the usual metaphysics (discussion appreciated):

Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 13d

We already record much of our lives. But our memory and sense of self could be enhanced by recording even more, and creating so-called lifelogs that capture as many experiences as feasible

Our memories are precious to us and constitute our sense of self. Why not enhance them by recording all of your life?

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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 14d

Today marks the start of the conference on probability in philosophy and science, organized by Philipp Berghofer and Denis Džanić at @uni-graz.at! More details here: buff.ly/UA57UUT

Seeing Others as Objects: Perceptual Objectification & Affordances

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Paulina Sliwa @pasliwa.bsky.social · 15d

New paper with @tom-mcclelland.bsky.social! What is it to see someone as an object – to perceptually objectify them? We argue that seeing is not just a metaphor. We see others afford doing things with and to.
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In discussions of objectification, the use of visual language is ubiquitous. It is striking that the literature often talks about treating and seeing someone as an object in the same breath. Yet acc...

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Nic Porot @nicporot.bsky.social · 26d

Our entry (with @ericman.bsky.social ) for the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science, “The Language of Thought Hypothesis”, is now out.

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The Language of Thought Hypothesis

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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 27d

New publication by our postdoc Margarida Hermida (@unisalzburg.bsky.social) and James Ladyman (University of Bristol) on physical explanation and the autonomy of biology: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #philsky #philsci

Physical Explanation and the Autonomy of Biology | Philosophy of Science | Cambridge Core

Physical Explanation and the Autonomy of Biology

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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 29d

Heute um 9 Uhr! Key Researcher Bettina Bussmann und David Lanius (@unisalzburg.bsky.social) im Kolloquiumsgespräch mit Alexander Christian (Heinrich-Heine-Universität) und Romy Jaster (@humboldtuni.bsky.social) über epistemische Kompetenzen. buff.ly/C4W7V0o

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GAP.12: Pathways to Truth

The complete GAP.12 programme, including the sections programme with individual contributed papers, is now available via ConfTool. You must be logged into ConfTool to view the programme.

European Forum Alpbach Staffel 1 Folge 13: Demokratie im digitalen Zeitalter: Die Macht der Täuschung entlarven

Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · Sep 8

Watch now: @timcrane.bsky.social, @ruchowdh.bsky.social, @commissionerhr.coe.int and Philipp Blom discuss democracy in the digital age at this year's European Forum Alpbach 👇 buff.ly/cfmsMMi #EFA25 @weareceu.bsky.social

KI-generierte Inhalte und algorithmische Manipulation gefährden informierte Meinungsbildung und Entscheidungen. Erkunden Sie, wie Demokratien diese…

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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thanks to everyone who joined us for Ryle on Knowledge, Sense & Method! Here's a fun goodbye photo from our closing reception ✨

ERC-Starting Grant für Patricia Palacios von der Universität Salzburg: Physikalische Prinzipien im Kontext kollektiven Verhaltens - Universität Salzburg

Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · Sep 5

HUGE NEWS! Key Researcher Patricia Palacios (@unisalzburg.bsky.social) was awarded an @erc.europa.eu Starting Grant! Congrats, Patricia!

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Gibt es eine Verbindung zwischen dem Schwarmverhalten von Vögeln und der Meinungsbildung in menschlichen Gemeinschaften? Lassen sich diese kritischen Phänomene ähnlich modellieren wie andere kollektiv...

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