Vienna Forum for Analytic Philosophy

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14th WFAP Graduate Conference.

Filtering Truth: A Graduate Conference on Epistemic Bubbles, Echo Chambers and the Spread of Misinformation.

Huge thanks to everyone involved — it was an absolute blast!

Warmly, Piet
(Secretary, Vienna Forum for Analytic Philosophy)

'Filtering Truth: A Graduate Conference on Epistemic Bubbles, Echo Chambers, and the Spread of Misinformation' kicks off today: buff.ly/vAnX3es

@wfap.bsky.social
@univie.ac.at

During this week’s session, we will be discussing a paper by one of our keynotes, Keith Harris. The paper is entitled “Video on demand: what deepfakes do and how they harm” (2021). 💥

📅 When? Friday, 27.06.2025, 18:30
📍 Where? Hörsaal 2i, Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG) or via Zoom

Looking forward! 😊

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🚨 We are very pleased to invite you to our upcoming GRADUATE CONFERENCE:

🗓️ Dates: July 3–5, 2025
📍 Venue: Lecture Hall 3D, Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG)
University of Vienna, Universitätsstraße 7, 3rd Floor, 1010 Vienna

For more infos, please take a look at our website (link in bio!) 💻

During this week’s session, we will be discussing a paper by one of our keynotes, Giulia Napolitano. The paper is entitled “Conspiracy Theories and Evidential Self-Insulation” (2021). 💥

📅 When? Friday, 20.06.2025, 18:30
📍 Where? Hörsaal 2i, Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG) or via Zoom

Warmly, Piet

This week, we will be discussing a paper by one of our keynotes, Megan Fritts. The paper is entitled “Fake News and Epistemic Vice: Combatting a Uniquely Noxious Market” (2022). 💥

📅 When? Friday, 13.06.2025, 18:30
📍 Where? Hörsaal 2i, Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG) or via Zoom

Looking forward! 💖

There will be no assigned reading this week, since a workshop on disjunctivism will take place instead of our regular session. 😊The keynote lecture by Professors Conant and Haase (University of Chicago) will start at 6:30 PM.

📅 When? Friday, 06.06.2025, 6:30 PM
📍 Where? Hörsaal 2G (!), NIG

🚨 Forum Session ALERT 🚨

During this week’s session, we’ll be discussing a text by Elizabeth Anderson entitled “Epistemic Bubbles and Authoritarian Politics” (2021).

📅 When? Friday, 30.05.2025, 18:30
📍 Where? Hörsaal 2i, Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG) or via Zoom

Looking forward! 😍

🚨 Forum Session ALERT 🚨

During this week's session, we'll be discussing a text by Hana Samaržija entitled “The Epistemology of Fanaticism: Echo Chambers and Fanaticism” (2022).

📅 When? Friday, 23.05.2025, 18:30
📍 Where? Hörsaal 2i, Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG) or via Zoom

Looking forward!

We’ll discuss two texts this week! 💥 First, the second chapter from @martinkusch.bsky.social’s book "Psychologism" (1995). Second, the introduction and first chapter from Musa al-Gharbi’s book "We Have Never Been Woke" (2024).

📅 Friday, 16.05.2025, 18:30
📍 Hörsaal 2i, Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG)

For this week’s session, we will be reading two texts by one of our keynotes, Keith Harris: “Conspiracy Theories, Populism, and Epistemic Autonomy” (2022) and “Epistemic Domination” (2022). 💥

📅 When? Friday, 09.05.2025, 18:30
📍 Where? Hörsaal 2i, Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG) or via Zoom

🚨 The Forum is BACK AGAIN! 🚨

This time, we'll discuss a paper by Thomas Grundmann entitled "Facing Epistemic Authorities: Where Democratic Ideals and Critical Thinking Mislead Cognition" (2021).

📅 When? Friday, 02.05.2025, 18:30
📍 Where? Hörsaal 2i, Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG) or via Zoom

I look forward to seeing many of you tomorrow for our weekly session! 😊 This time we will discuss “Top-Down and Bottom-Up Solutions to the Problem of Political Ignorance” (2023) by Ilya Somin.

📅 When? Friday, 11.04.2025, 18:30–20:00
📍 Where? Hörsaal 2i, Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG) or via Zoom

🚨 Abstract Selection Alert 🚨

In case you didn't receive the relevant e-mail (cause you're not on our mailing list, link in bio!), you may slide 🕺 into our DMs so we can forward it to you.

📅 When? Friday, 04.04.2025, 18:30–20:00
📍 Where? Hörsaal 2i, Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG) or via Zoom

I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow for our weekly session! 😊 This time we will read and discuss “Vectors of Epistemic Insecurity” (2022) by Emily Sullivan and Mark Alfano.

📅 When? Friday,28.03.2025, 18:30–20:00
📍 Where? Hörsaal 2i, Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG) or via Zoom

We will read two shorter texts this week 😊. The first is "Modeling How False Beliefs Spread" (2021) The second is “Epistemic Networks and Polarization” (2021).

📅 When? Friday, 21.03.2025, 18:30–20:00
📍 Where? Hörsaal 2i, Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG) or via Zoom

This week, we will discuss "The Dangers of Disinformation" (2023) by Åsa Wikforss. 😊

📅 When? Friday, 14.03.2025, 18:30–20:00
📍 Where? Hörsaal 2i, Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG) or via Zoom

I also passionately invite you to join our internal workshop this Saturday! More information on our website. 😏

Happy summer semester! 😊 We‘re very excited to welcome you back tomorrow. This time, we will read and discuss "Is Fake News Old News?" (2021) by Catarina Novaes and Jeroen de Ridder.

📅 When? Friday, 07.03.2025, 18:30
📍 Where? Hörsaal 2i (NOT 3B!), Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG) or via Zoom