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News and musings from the Institute of Philosophy, Leibniz University Hannover. We do, among other things, a lot of philosophy of science!

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Team member Matthias Ackermann gave a talk entitled "Predictable Uncertainty’ and Locally Reliable Climate
Change Information" at CELLS Colloquium.
@iphilluh.bsky.social

08.12.2025 15:23 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
SOCRATES Summer School 2026 On September 1-4, the SOCRATES group – Social Credibility and Trustworthiness of Expert Knowledge and Science-Based Information – is hosting its Summer School 2026 on Bridging the Gap: Science, T...

"Bridging the Gap: Science, Trust, and the Climate Crisis": three-day summer school in 2026 for PhD candidates in philosophy, sociology, psychology, communication and media studies
www.socrates.uni-hannover.de/en/news-even... @mathias07.bsky.social #SOCRATESgroup @iphilluh.bsky.social

15.12.2025 15:37 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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SOCRATES Fellow Doohyun (Richard) Sung gave a talk titled "Persistence is Futile: On Pursuit and Futility Analysis in Pharmaceutical Research" at the CELLS colloquium @iphilluh.bsky.social

01.12.2025 13:52 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

1/2 Team member @becklukas.bsky.social is sharing his forthcoming chapter (Desire in Economics) in the Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Desire.

25.11.2025 10:41 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

I will be one of the speakers at next year's meeting of the European Network for the Philosophy of Social Sciences. Consider sbmitting something (by March 1).
#ENPOSS, #philsci

25.11.2025 11:00 — 👍 21    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

"Dan Hausman on #macroeconomic models" - new paper by Nadia Ruiz @mapsproject.bsky.social ! #PhilEcon #PhilSci

24.11.2025 16:14 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

#PhilSci #Philsky

24.11.2025 16:12 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Call for papers Women in Logic 2026 is a satellite event of the FLoC 2026: The 9th Federated Logic Conference to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, from July 13 to July 29, 2026. The Women in Logic workshop (WiL) provides...

🚨CALL FOR PAPERS🚨

**Women In Logic 2026, Lisbon, Portugal**
24-25 July 2026

The annual Women in Logic Workshop is returning in 2026 as a TWO-DAY workshop!

Get your abstracts in by May 5, 2026!

For more info: sites.google.com/view/wil2026...

24.11.2025 10:32 — 👍 7    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

Join us for the Inaugural Conference of the new Forum #Wissenschaftsreflexion in June 2026! Early-Career Researchers can still apply for a dedicated workshop that covers travel & accomodation costs. #PhilSci #PhilSky #HPS #STS #SocSky @mapsproject.bsky.social @modeltransfer.bsky.social

19.11.2025 15:46 — 👍 10    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0

Working on #TrustInScience #AcademicFreedom #ValuesInScience #Expertise #IntegrativeResearch #ScienceForPolicy or related topics?
👉 Apply until Nov. 30 for the Early-Career Workshop on #Wissenschaftsreflexion taking place June 2026. Travel costs and accomodation can be covered. Spread the word :)

19.11.2025 14:38 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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Formal Epistemology Workshop The Formal Epistemology Workshop 2026 will be hosted by the University of Colorado Boulder's Department of Philosophy as part of the CU Boulder Morris Colloquium Series. It will take place at the Univ...

The Call for Papers for the 2026 Formal Epistemology Workshop is up now! Come join us in June in beautiful Boulder! Deadline for submission: January 15. Please spread far and wide!

18.11.2025 06:35 — 👍 7    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
Workshop – Forum Wissenschaftsreflexion – Leibniz University Hannover

Join us for the Inaugural Conference of the #ForumWissenschaftsreflexion, June 17-19, 2026 @unihannover.bsky.social! As part of the conference, we invite early-career researchers to present their research within a dedicated workshop on June 18. Call: tinyurl.com/5n99dask #PhDSky #AcademicSky

17.11.2025 15:43 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

🚀 #CfA: Early-Career Researchers Workshop "Wissenschaftsreflexion: What is it? Why do we need it?”
👉 Develop a 10-page paper related to #Wissenschaftsreflexion
👉 Propose a preferred commentator
👉 Receive feedback from two commentators!
📝Deadline: Nov. 30!
#PhilSci #HPS #SocSky #STS More info 👇

17.11.2025 15:43 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1
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See you next year at #DieNachtDieWissenSchafft?

12.11.2025 17:54 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Dr. George Kwasi Barimah and Dr. Donal Khosrowi @dkhosrowi.bsky.social led "Philosophie-Club” where questions about #ArtificialIntelligence were the hot topic.

12.11.2025 17:54 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Discussion between Dietmar Hübner (left) and Rainer Baake (right), moderated by Tanja Rechnitzer (middle)

Discussion between Dietmar Hübner (left) and Rainer Baake (right), moderated by Tanja Rechnitzer (middle)

@tanjarechnitzer.bsky.social moderated moderated a discussion between Prof. Dr. Dietmar Hübner and Rainer Baake on the ethical dimension of #GreenEnergy to a concerned public

12.11.2025 17:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Matthias Frisch talking about philosophical perspective on the climate crisis

Matthias Frisch talking about philosophical perspective on the climate crisis

Prof. Torsten Wilholt presented "Science in Times of Fake News and Populism" to a full room, while Prof. Mathias Frisch @mathias07.bsky.social tackled difficult questions about "Philosophical Perspectives on the Climate Crisis" (pictured).

12.11.2025 17:54 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
People entering the main building of Leibniz University Hannover which is illuminated in blue light

People entering the main building of Leibniz University Hannover which is illuminated in blue light

Philosophy goes public: Last saturday, led by members of the #SOCRATESgroup, we participated at the Hannover-wide event #NachtDieWissenSchafft.

12.11.2025 17:54 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Team member @becklukas.bsky.social gave a talk entitled "Policy Optimization IAMs as Normative Models" at the Institute of Philosophy Colloquium. @iphilluh.bsky.social

12.11.2025 13:01 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Philosophische Perspektiven auf die Klimakrise - Die Nacht, die Wissen schafft - Leibniz Universität Hannover Dieser Vortrag mit anschließender Diskussion beschäftigt sich mit verschiedenen philosophischen Perspektiven zur Klimakrise, wie dem Umgang mit großen Unsicherheiten, mit ethischen Problemen der Gener...

Mehr Info zum Vortrag "Philosophische Perspektiven auf die Klimakrise" @unihannover.bsky.social an der #NachtDieWissenSchafft: tinyurl.com/bdefwh59 #Philosophie

07.11.2025 15:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
ein Globus innerhalb eines Ziffernblatts, auf dem fünf vor 12 ist. Die Zeiger sind Streichhölzer, von denen eines brennt

ein Globus innerhalb eines Ziffernblatts, auf dem fünf vor 12 ist. Die Zeiger sind Streichhölzer, von denen eines brennt

Wie lässt sich unter Bedingungen großer Unsicherheit gerecht handeln? Prof. Dr. Mathias Frisch @mathias07.bsky.social beleuchtet bei der #NachtDieWissenSchafft in #Hannover, welche ethischen Verpflichtungen die #Klimakrise für gegenwärtige und zukünftige Generationen aufwirft. Diskutieren Sie mit!

07.11.2025 15:55 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Team member Philippe van Basshuysen gave a talk entitled "Performative Power in Science" at the Institute of Philosophy Colloquium. @iphilluh.bsky.social

06.11.2025 09:25 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Gespräch: Ethische Dimensionen grüner Energie - Die Nacht, die Wissen schafft - Leibniz Universität Hannover Welche ethischen Auswirkungen hat der Abbau von Materialien für erneuerbare Energien? Wie können diese Praktiken nachhaltig gestaltet werden? Wie sollte sich der Übergang zu grüner Energie auf margina...

Mehr Informationen zum Gespräch "Ethische Dimensionen Grüner Energie" im Rahmen der #NachtDieWissenSchafft @unihannover.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/mru35f48 #Philosophie #KlimaEthik

03.11.2025 09:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Graphik von zwei Glühbirnen nebeneinander, in der linken ist eine Pflanze zu sehen und in der rechten die Erde. 
save-energy_Image by Rosy / Bad Homburg / Germany from Pixabay

Graphik von zwei Glühbirnen nebeneinander, in der linken ist eine Pflanze zu sehen und in der rechten die Erde. save-energy_Image by Rosy / Bad Homburg / Germany from Pixabay

🌍„Grüne Energie“ ist nicht automatisch gerecht.
Was bedeutet #Nachhaltigkeit, wenn Rohstoffe & #Menschenrechte auf dem Spiel stehen?
Diskutieren Sie mit bei der #NachtDieWissenSchafft in #Hannover mit Prof. Dr. Dietmar Hübner & Rainer Baake, Gründungsdirektor der Stiftung Klima!

03.11.2025 09:34 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1
Logo of the socrates group

Logo of the socrates group

Meet the #SOCRATESgroup fellows!👋 Roderik Rekker (Radboud Univ.) studies the stability of #PoliticalAttitudes & political polarization, explores the #politicisation of trust in experts & the role of politicians and scientists in this process. #PolSci #PhilSci #TrustInScience t1p.de/vfitl

03.11.2025 08:19 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Wissenschaft in Zeit von Fake News und Populismus - Die Nacht, die Wissen schafft - Leibniz Universität Hannover In diesem Vortrag beleuchtet Prof. Wilholt, warum Demokratie unabhängige Wissenschaft braucht - gerade angesichts von Polarisierung, Fake News und Populismus. Die Bedrohung entsteht durch gesellschaft...

Mehr Infos zum Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Torsten Wilholt an der #NachtDieWissenSchafft
@unihannover.bsky.social
gibts hier: tinyurl.com/2n5jstev

30.10.2025 17:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Black hands reaching up against a yellow background on which in red there are written words such as demgagogue, populist, autocrat. Picture by John Hain from Pixabay

Black hands reaching up against a yellow background on which in red there are written words such as demgagogue, populist, autocrat. Picture by John Hain from Pixabay

❓Warum braucht Demokratie unabhängige Wissenschaft? Was können Universitäten tun, um:
👉Politisierung entgegenzuwirken?
👉 grundlegende institutionelle Regeln zu schützen?
Diskutieren Sie mit - in #Hannover an der #NachtDieWissenSchafft beim Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Torsten Wilholt!

30.10.2025 17:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Photo highlights from yesterday’s talk by Edoardo Peruzzi in Pittsburgh (credit: @center4philsci.bsky.social)!

#FrontierResearch #ERCStG #ModelTransfer #LTT #CenterPhilSci

Watch the recording on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/live/A73Ifkf...

29.10.2025 11:00 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

Realized that #SOCRATESgroup fellow @gabrieltarziu.bsky.social is also on Bluesky!

29.10.2025 14:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
logo of the socrates group

logo of the socrates group

Meet the #SOCRATESgroup fellows!👋 Kevin Elliott, Red Cedar Distinguished Professor at Michigan State Univ., returns to SOCRATES for his 2nd stay.
He'll focus on how philosophical discussions on values in science can inform #ScienceEducation. #Philsci #EpistemicInjustice
t1p.de/bfjf8

29.10.2025 13:58 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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