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MODEL TRANSFER ERC Project @modeltransfer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Murat Bakeev's article, "Model Transfer, the Challenge of Tractability Standards, and Methodological Embedding," has been published in Philosophy of Science as FirstView! You can read it open access via the link below. #FrontierResearch #ERCStG #ModelTransfer @erc.europa.eu

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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

A great title for an important paper “With Great Performativity Comes Great Responsibility?”. Congratulations to @becklukas.bsky.social @jakobortmann.bsky.social and the rest of the team #philsci #econsky

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Team members @dkhosrowi.bsky.social & @becklukas.bsky.social's paper, Like It or Not — Recommender Systems Lack a Coherent Normative Foundation, has been accepted for publication in Proceedings of the 2026 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency philpapers.org/archive/KHOL...

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Bele Wollesen @belewollesen.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

"The Condorcet Jury Theorem under Ambiguity" is the first paper I worked on in grad school. Now it is finally out in Ergo, check it out: journals.publishing.umich.edu/ergo/article... Special thank you to @lastpositivist.bsky.social and @becklukas.bsky.social for their comments and encouragement.

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Alex Gregory @alexgregory.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Beyond my book on happiness, I've been working away on /The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Desire/. The volume has 35 entries from many fantastic talented people, on a vast range of topics - wellbeing, decision, action, neuroscience, animals, pleasure, love, economics, AI, and more.

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Lukas Beck @becklukas.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Check out this august book review we wrote 👇

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Somayeh Tohidi @somayehtohidi.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Join us at LSE for a panel on the ethics of foreign intervention, with Kieran Oberman, Jonathan Parry, Paola Romero, and myself, chaired by Alex Voorhoeve. In person and online. www.lse.ac.uk/events/inter...

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The ethics of foreign intervention

6.30pm Tues 5 May | Kieran Oberman, Jonathan Parry, Paola Romero, Somayeh Tohidi | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Former LSE student Bele Wollesen has a paper coming out in Ergo that I am a big fan of (www.belewollesen.com/uploads/1/4/...).

The Condorcet Jury Theorem under Ambiguity
Bele Wollesen
Leibniz University Hannover

This paper evaluates the Condorcet Jury Theorem in the context of ambiguity. It explores the effects on the assumption of voter competence when voters face situations in which they can no longer ascribe a single probability. In contrast to voting in situations where voters are able to assign such probabilities, this paper demonstrates that voters may fail to vote competently under ambiguity, even if they are honest, practically rational, and epistemically competent. Thus, the conditions under which voter competence can be guaranteed become unclear once we adopt a less idealised framework of uncertainty. Specifically, conditions that ensure voter competence under risk do not necessarily guarantee voter competence under ambiguity. The second contribution is a more positive one. It outlines a fruitful research agenda aimed at identifying collective decision procedures that are better suited to less idealised uncertainty frameworks. In this regard, the paper shows how allowing abstention can have positive effects on the epistemic benefits of voting and extends the Condorcet Jury Theorem accordingly.

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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Solidarity with Martin Peterson, a wonderful philosopher. I enjoyed working on this volume with him. Buy his books!

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The Prisoner's Dilemma

Cambridge Core - Optimization, OR and risk - The Prisoner's Dilemma

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British Journal for the Philosophy of Science @thebjps.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

From the new issue: Against Prohibition (or, When Using Ordinal Scales to Compare Groups Is OK) – Cristian Larroulet Philippi Abstract in alt text or read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1... #philsci #philsky

ABSTRACT. There is a widely held view on measurement inferences that defends the prohibition that we should not make inferences from averages taken with ordinal scales (versus quantitative scales; interval or ratio). This prohibition is general—applying to all ordinal scales—and is sometimes endorsed without qualification. Adhering to it dramatically limits research in the social and biomedical sciences. I provide a Bayesian analysis of this problem, determining when measurements from ordinal scales can be used to confirm hypotheses about relative group averages. I illustrate with the alleged paradigm ordinal scale—the Mohs scale of mineral hardness—arguing that it has been mischaracterized in the literature. The prohibition, I conclude, cannot be upheld, even in a qualified sense. The beliefs needed to make average comparisons are less demanding than those appropriate for quantitative scales.

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Welfare Econ faces a core problem: preference endogeneity. What should we do when the yardstick used to assess policies changes with the analysed system? MAPS member @becklukas.bsky.social tackles this issue in the context of large-scale interventions. New paper in Politics, Philosophy & Economics.

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Lukas Beck @becklukas.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

New paper "Endogenous Preferences, Environmental Economics, and Welfare" accepted at Politics, Philosophy & Economics. In it, I argue for how we should address endogenous preferences in the welfare assessment of large-scale policy interventions (e.g., a carbon tax). Penultimate version here👇

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Marina Weisband @afelia.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Im Rentenpaket fällt mir wieder auf, wie sehr Berichterstattung darauf fokussiert, was das für Koalitionsstabilität und Kontrolle der Parteichefs über ihre Partei bedeutet, und wie wenig darauf, was es für das Leben der Menschen bedeutet.

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Tanja Rechnitzer @tanjarechnitzer.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

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

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Lukas Beck @becklukas.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

I am sharing a preprint of my chapter forthcoming in the Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Desire (edited by @alexgregory.bsky.social): "Desires in Economics." philpapers.org/rec/BECDIE-3 Feedback or any thoughts are welcome! Contains references to a galaxy far, far away🌌 More details below👇

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Lukas Beck, Desires in Economics - PhilPapers

At the heart of economics is a concept that bears a striking resemblance to a desire. Economists use preferences to explain and predict people's choices. However, what exactly we are talking ...

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Team member @becklukas.bsky.social gave a talk entitled "Policy Optimization IAMs as Normative Models" at the Institute of Philosophy Colloquium. @iphilluh.bsky.social

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Tanja Rechnitzer @tanjarechnitzer.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Looking for #ArgumentMapping tools or software for #TeachingPhilosophy. Is there an overview somewhere? Or do you have specific recommendations? #Philsky

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Cristian Larroulet Philippi @cristianlarph.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

I’ve just uploaded to philpapers my (preprint) chapter titled “Values and Measurement” forthcoming in the Routledge Handbook of Values in Science. It’s an overview of arguments for values playing significant roles in measurement practices. Comments welcome! philpapers.org/rec/LARVAM-2

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Cristian Larroulet Philippi, Values and Measurement - PhilPapers

At first sight, measurement might appear to be a natural candidate for a scientific practice that is value-free. This chapter reviews prominent arguments supporting the opposite view, i.e., that value...

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Jonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

I don't say "public philosophy" or "applied philosophy" because both seem to be trying to carve out a 2nd tier status for what is in fact our discipline at its best, doing what it's always done - speaking to people about questions that matter.

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Team member @becklukas.bsky.social presented "On the Diversity of Models in Normative Inquiry" at the #BSPS2025

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Ivan Boldyrev @ivanboldyrev.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

It was such a great conference, thank you, @mapsproject.bsky.social team!

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MAPS Project @mapsproject.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

We are pleased to invite you to the MAPS Symposium, taking place on June 4 and 5, 2025, at Koniglicher Pferdestall. Attendance is free and open to all. We have a great lineup! Join us for two days of engaging discussions and critical reflections.

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Itai Sher @itaisher.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

I think the thing people are missing about Trump’s plan is that, while we have to go through some short term pain, in exchange we will get long term pain.

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Ivan Moscati @ivan-moscati.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

In collaboration with Luca Congiu (University of Rome Tor Vergata), we are conducting an experimental study to test whether presenting probabilities pictorially reduces the prevalence of choice patterns in line with the Allais paradox.

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Lukas Beck @becklukas.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Congratulations to my spouse who is now a certified expert in strategic behavior and manipulation in collective decision-making 🥳 This is great, right? 😅

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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

The great conference (my very first one!) is in Atlanta this year. Send ‘papers on any topic in philosophy of the social sciences, especially those that tackle philosophical issues as they arise in, and are consequential for, practicing social scientists’. Abstracts by Dec 15th! #philsci #philsky

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Philosophy of Social Science Roundtable

The Philosophy of Social Science Roundtable is an annual event held in North America.  The conference is a small, workshop style event.  Papers on any topic related to the social sciences, b...

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Jonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

No one likes a poorly attended inauguration... so please join me in London or online on 3 Dec for my inaugural lecture, "The Edge of Sentience". www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2024/...

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The edge of sentience: risk and precaution in humans, other animals, and AI

6.30pm Tue 3 Dec | Jonathan Birch | Free public event at LSE

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Lukas Beck @becklukas.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

CfP: What is the appropriate role of climate economics in decision-making and climate policy? What role do value judgments play in its models and methods? How does it relate to other disciplines? If you have answers, submit them to our topical collection for the EJPS: philsci.eu/Phil-Climate...

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European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA) - Philosophical Perspectives on Climate Economics

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Miguel Ohnesorge @miguelohn.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

I designed a lecture course on measurement that I will teach at Cambridge in Spring 25 and, in extended form, at Boston University in Fall 25 (drive.google.com/file/d/1w3QE...). t focuses on perennial problems (quantification, scales, evidence) and methods. Happy about feedback. #philsci #philsky

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Erik Angner @erikangner.com · 11/10/2024

So many newspaper stories about AI have the form "In the future, AI will be able to X." But absent a demonstrable ability to X in the present, this isn't news – it's marketing dressed up as news. Journalists should not be that credulous.

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Cristian Larroulet Philippi @cristianlarph.bsky.social · 09/08/2024

I’m happy to share that my paper “Is Quantitative Measurement in the Human Sciences Doomed? On the Quantity Objection” has been accepted for publication by The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. Check it out here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... Or ask me for a copy!

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Is Quantitative Measurement in the Human Sciences Doomed? On the Quantity Objection | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science: Vol 0, No ja

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