Baptiste Le Bihan

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...

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

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/

#philsky #philsci #quantum

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 ...

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

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...

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 👇

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

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

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.

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.

Not so empty Horizons - Much ado from nothing

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...

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

YouTube video by The Quietist A Mechanism for Entanglement?

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

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

philjobs.org/job/show/28814

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...

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

Zombie is to Human as Human is to XXX?

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...

Tomorrow!

Livestream: pitt.zoom.us/j/93433720100

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

philsci.eu/fellowships/...

This week end at the Center for philosophy of science.

The universe is unknowable from within it | JB Manchak

"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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Picture with the abstract of the article “The Great Loop: From Conformal Cyclic Cosmology to Aeon Monism” by Baptiste Le Bihan, published in the Journal for General Philosophy of Science (JGPS).

Are you interested in the metaphysics of time? In a recent article, Baptiste Le Bihan argues that 'aeon monism' fits Penrose's 'conformal cyclic cosmology'—the cosmos as a collection of successive universes or 'aeons'—and explores its implications: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philsky

Most Cited Recent Philosophy Articles, Year by Year - Daily Nous “What philosophy journal article, published less than ten years ago, has the most citations in philosophy journals?” . That’s the question taken up by Brian Weatherson (Michigan) in a piece posted at ...

Some interesting data from @bweatherson.bsky.social on the most cited "recently published" articles each year...

My paper on black hole evaporation, idealizations, and de-idealization has been accepted for publication at the EJPS!

Do black holes evaporate? I argue that one particular family of arguments for evaporation rests on idealizations that resist de-idealization: philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24578/

I'm hiring a 2-year postdoc to come work with me on any issue related to the philosophy of thermodynamics! Please DM me with any questions. Deadline for initial consideration March 3, midnight PT. Please share widely!

Details here: philjobs.org/job/show/28502

Samuel Baron, Baptiste Le Bihan & James Read, Scientific Theory and Possibility - PhilArchive 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 ...

What do scientific theories tell us about possibility?
In a forthcoming paper, Sam Baron, James Read, and I argue that models of effective theories—those that work well in specific domains—should guide our modal reasoning in science. #Philosophy #Science
philarchive.org/rec/BARPTA-14

I’m hiring a postdoctoral fellow for 3 years to work on the philosophy of physics at the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP), LMU Munich (deadline: February 23, 2025). More information below. @lmu-mcmp.bsky.social @lmuphilosophy.bsky.social

Consider submitting a paper for the next Society for Metaphysics of Science event in Lugano, Switzerland, in June-July 2025! Deadline in three days, January 15, 2025.
socmetsci.org/2025

Annica Vieser and I are excited to share our entry in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, exploring the metaphysical implications of quantum gravity.

iep.utm.edu/m-quantum-gr...

Comments welcome!

Quel lien entre le temps des physiciens et celui de notre conscience ? Pourquoi les philosophes ont-ils leur mot à dire ? Découvrez mon entretien avec Benoît Rey dans Science & Vie (Janv. 2025), où science et philosophie se rencontrent.
👉 lnkd.in/e2uVsU5E

Katherine Dormandy and I are officially editing a special issue of *Synthese* on Gatekeeping in Science. The call for papers is attached. It should be a fun issue.

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Please consider submitting a paper for the next Society for Metaphysics of Science event in Lugano, Switzerland, in June-July 2025! And it would be appreciated if you can circulate the information. socmetsci.org/2025