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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Congratulations to Edgar Aguilera on obtaining a permanent position at Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico)! We were very lucky to have him as a BIAP María de Maeztu postdoctoral fellow, and we wish him every success in this exciting new stage! 🛫🙌

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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We are delighted to welcome a new BIAP student member! 🎉 As an FPI fellow with José Díez and Albert Solé as supervisors, Vuk will be exploring the relationship between the formalisation of scientific theories, and notions of understanding, modelling, and representation. 🔬

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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

💬⚖️Looking forward to this double session on language, democracy and justice on Wednesday! Manuscript workshop in the morning, and Polis seminar session in the afternoon. See you there!

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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

📚 New books by BIAP members! • Nationalism and Populism (Routledge), edited by Thomas Sturm and Sabine Döring, with a chapter by Teresa Marques. • The Oxford Handbook of Social Ontology, featuring a chapter by Teresa Marques and Manuel García-Carpintero. Congratulations! 👏

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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The summer school on Analytic Metaphysics and Reality, co-organised by BIAP members Marcelino Botín and Markel Kortabarria together with Marco Portillo, was a great success! Many thanks to UIMP and to all participants! ✨️

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APhil @aphil.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

👨‍🎓APhil lecturer, LOGOS Coordinator, and Director of BIAP, ICREA Professor Sven Rosenkranz, as the Dialectica Lecturer at ECAP12 last Friday in Madrid 😍 @logos-group.bsky.social @biap.bsky.social @ecap12th.bsky.social @filosofiaub.bsky.social @ub.edu

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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

🌏️ We were delighted to collaborate with Underwood International College (Yonsei University, Seoul) on the workshop Philosophical Foundations: AI, Epistemic Methods, Language, and Logic. BIAP was represented by our Director, Sven Rosenkranz, and junior researcher Marc Lara Crosas. Thanks to all!

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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Should welfare programmes have to pick up the bill when private law makes people poorer? ⚖️ BIAP member Diego M. Papayannis challenges orthodox views on the relationship between public and private law in the latest post on our Open Philosophy blog. 🗨️ 🔗 openphilosophy.blog/when-private...

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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

A few days ago, some colleagues, students and friends of our former BIAP Director Genoveva Martí gathered at UPF for a surprise workshop celebrating her and her many contributions to philosophy, ahead of her forthcoming retirement. Congratulations, Genoveva! 💙

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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

As the European Congress for Metaphysics comes to a close, we're delighted that BIAP was represented by Esa Díaz-Leon, who delivered a keynote lecture, and Paulina Kraft, who presented a paper. Many thanks to the organisers, and congratulations to everyone who took part! ✨️

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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

From botanical illustration to knitting, from architecture to video games—all were covered in the fantastic course on science and art organised last week by BIAP member Elena Menta Oliva at the Universitat d'Estiu de les Dones in Cornellà! 🌺🧶🏛️👾

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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

The 8th PLM conference took place at the UPF Ciutadella campus last week. ✨️ It was a great opportunity to share the latest developments from a tongue-twisting and mind-bogglingly diverse range of topics in the philosophy of language and mind! 🧠👅 Thanks to all!

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Víctor M. Verdejo @victormverdejo.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Such an amazing PLM conference… thank you all! @logos-group.bsky.social @biap.bsky.social @upf.edu

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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Huge congratulations to our own Duccio Calosi on his successful PhD defence yesterday! 👏🎓 We couldn't be happier or prouder. Well done, Dr. Calosi! ✨️

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Víctor M. Verdejo @victormverdejo.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

This week, the PLM Network conference brings together philosophers of language and mind from around the world to discuss the latest topics in the field. Programme and more info: eventum.upf.edu/142984/secti... @logos-group.bsky.social @biap.bsky.social @upf.edu

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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

A big thank you to everyone who took part in the Final Workshop of the Inner Speech in Action project yesterday! ✨ We have learned so much about inner speech, and we look forward to learning a lot more in the future! 🧠🔎

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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

🧑‍⚖️ Suppose a judge issues a ruling. Are they casting light on a pre-existing legal fact? Are they issuing a command? Are they just booing and yaying? 💡 Check out Federico Arena's Open Philosophy Blog for some deep insights into the relation between legality and morality! 🔗 t.ly/0YpFY

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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Wonderful workshop today on the manuscript "Linguistic Justice & AI", co-written by Sergi Morales-Gálvez & Seunghyun Song 📖✨️ Looking forward to tomorrow's workshop on Work & Social Justice! 🛠️⚖️

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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

🚨 Starting today at 15:00! 🧠 Join us today and tomorrow for the workshop Representation and Affect in Cognitive Science! 📍 Seminari de Filosofia, UB Raval (4th floor) 🕒 26/5, 15:00 - 27/5, 9:30 & 15:00

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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

The ESAP Early-Career Scholar Prize went really well for BIAP! 🏆️ ✨️ Levan Sikharulidze won in Social and Political Philosophy and Philosophy of Law, and Niccolò Rossi in Logic and Philosophy of Mathematics! 👏 Congratulations to all, and see you at ECAP12 this summer! ☀️

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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Great news! 📢 BIAP member Oscar Piedrahita has taken up a postdoctoral position at Utrecht University, where he will be working within the ESDiT (Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies) research programme! ✨️ biap.ub.edu/2026/05/14/o...

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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

How can physical matter undergo conscious experience? 🧠💭 BIAP members Markel Kortabarria and Marcelino Botín discuss how physicalists about the mind should draw on the metaphysical notion of grounding in their latest Open Philosophy Blog entry! 💡 🔗 openphilosophy.blog/two-ground-r...

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Two Grounding Recipes for the New Physicalist

This is a post by Marcelino Botín (University of Barcelona) and Markel Kortabarria (University of Barcelona) Consciousness is a rare beast. It is the aspect of reality with which we are most intima…

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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

BIAP is growing in new and exciting directions! 🙌 Join us in welcoming three new members this week: Anna Ortín Nadal, David Fernández-Duque, Sergi Morales-Gálvez! 👏

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Teresa Marques @teresafm.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

👋 Coming up in Madrid! Workshop on conceptual engineering and metalinguistic awareness, organized by Delia Belleri and Claudia Picazo! Very much looking forward to it! 😍 @biap.bsky.social @logos-group.bsky.social

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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

🤔 Can the label 'autistic' be “reclaimed” if it was never a slur? How does that work? 💡Marta Jorba, Bianca Cepollaro, and Valentina Petrolini explore this question in the latest entry for our Open Philosophy Blog! 🔗 openphilosophy.blog/reclaiming-t...

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Reclaiming the Label ‘Autistic’

Designed by Freepik This is a post by Bianca Cepollaro (Vita-Salute San Raffaele University), Marta Jorba (Pompeu Fabra University), Valentina Petrolini (University of Bologna). The word ‘autistic’…

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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

📢 Summer course: Metafísica Analítica y Realidad ☀️ 📚️ 📅 Apply by May 4, August 10–14, 2026 📍 Santander, UIMP 👩‍🏫Taught by Marcelino Botín, Markel Kortabarria, Marco Portillo ⚠️ Scholarships available! 🧠 ⏳️ 👥 Consciousness, time, social ontology, and more! 🔗 t.ly/chTbE

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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Check out this new episode of the Càtedra de Cultura Jurídica podcast! 🎙️✨️ BIAP members Jordi Ferrer and Edgar Aguilera take us on a deep dive into Legal Epistemology ⚖️🔍️ YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-v4... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7yna... @ccj-udg.bsky.social

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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

The use of certain words can be very contentious, but how can perfectly competent speakers disagree about whether the use of a term is derogatory? 🤔 Check out Teresa Marques's new entry on our Open Philosophy blog: "Derogation, Common Ground, and Why We Disagree"! 👉️ t.ly/3o0gh

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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Last week, our BIAP student member Elena Menta took part in the 4th UB Research & Outreach Day, organised by @doctorandsub.bsky.social 📣✨ She presented her research project in under 4 minutes! ⌛⚡ Great work, @elenamenta.bsky.social! 👏

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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

What a week! 🙌 It was such a privilege to host Prof. Ruth Chang for this year’s BIAP Distinguished Lectures. Across three talks, we learned and thought a lot about rationality, value, choice, and much more!💭✨ A huge thank you to Prof. Chang—and to all of you who joined us! 👏

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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Choosing whether—and whom—to marry is a bit like choosing between a bowl of cereal or a chocolate doughnut for breakfast. How? 💍❓🍩 Join us with Prof. Ruth Chang at the BIAP Distinguished Lectures to explore these questions and more! 🤔💭 ✨ Sneak peek on TED: t.ly/ylR6E 🗓️Schedule and info: t.ly/r8_jI

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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Exciting news at BIAP! 🚨 Sven Rosenkranz (ICREA/UB) is officially our new Director! 🎉 We look forward to this new chapter in the life of BIAP 🚀 We are also very thankful to our outgoing director, Genoveva Martí (ICREA/UB), for her work over the past years👏 @ub.edu

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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

📯 BIAP Distinguished Lectures! We're very happy to announce three upcoming events with Prof. Ruth Chang (Oxford) on rationality, values, and the choices that shape our lives 🧩✨ 👇 See below for full details 📅 Open lecture on April 8 with @ateneubcn.cat - don’t miss it!

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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

🙌 Busy days at BIAP! 📖 This last Wednesday, BIAP senior member Esa Díaz León gave a presentation of her Cambridge Elements book The Metaphysics of Gender, together with Pablo Rychter and Claudia Picazzo, organised by SEFA!

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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Looking forward to this talk by Teresa Marques at @swipaesp.bsky.social next week! 🗨️ Link for registration and info below👇

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APhil @aphil.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

🍾Wonderful news! Laura Delgado, APhil alumna, joined the Valencia Philosophy Lab @vlc-lab.bsky.social as a postdoctoral researcher in the AUSAD project of the University of Valencia. Congratulations, Laura!👏👏👏 🥂🥳 aphil.ub.edu/students/lau... @biap.bsky.social @logos-group.bsky.social

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Laura Delgado | APhil - Master and PhD in Analytic Philosophy

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Teresa Marques @teresafm.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Now out, my paper "The constitutive function of derogation" The main original contribution is a suggestion of how shared commitments to affective attitudes can update conversational contexts. @biap.bsky.social @logos-group.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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The Constitutive Function of Derogation - Topoi

I defend an Austinian account of derogatory speech acts that distinguishes their general effects from their specific function – those that the being in force of their defining constitutive rules is me...

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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

📣 Upcoming event! Seminar + Round Table with @ubneuro.bsky.social 🗓️ Thu, March 12 📍 Sala de Graus (Miquel Siguan), Faculty of Psychology, University of Barcelona (Campus Mundet) 👇 More info + streaming link at t.ly/0KolP & t.ly/W28EK

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APhil @aphil.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

👋 Ongoing this week! PhD seminar with Professor Ernesto Sosa, Rutgers University. The course is based on a new book that Prod. Sosa is concluding: Dawning Light Epistemology and Bounded Knowledge aphil.ub.edu/activity/daw... @biap.bsky.social @logos-group.bsky.social @filosofiaub.bsky.social

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Dawning Light Epistemology and Domains of Trust | APhil - Master and PhD in Analytic Philosophy

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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

👋 The BIAP workshop “Lies, Fiction, and Manipulation in Propaganda” took place last week! Thanks to all the participants for their insightful talks, to the organizers for their incredible work behind the scenes, and to everyone who attended and contributed to such engaging discussions. 👇📸

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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Happening today and tomorrow! Postdocs @kraymondh.bsky.social & @flampert.bsky.social are presenting at the @biap.bsky.social conference in Barcelona. Keith's talk is on propaganda and propagandists. Fabio's is on propaganda and the arts of coordination. cc @univie.ac.at buff.ly/DW7o9T3 #PhilSky

Conference poster: Large red circle on a cream background. In the circle is the title of the conference: Lies, Fiction & Manipulation in Propaganda. 12-13th February 2026 Pompeu Fabra University.

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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Also happy to see our former research assistant is giving a talk, Levan Sikharulidze, on trusting (or pretending to trust) authoritarian propaganda! Congrats, Levan! @biap.bsky.social @filosofiaub.bsky.social

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APhil @aphil.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

🎙️Due to bad weather, today the BIAP Conference will take place online, following government recommendations. Tomorrow the sessions will be in person, as planned.🙌

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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

👋REMINDER: Upcoming BIAP Conference Lies, Fiction, and Manipulation in Propaganda 📅 12–13 February 2026, UPF Join us next week! 🔗 Details here: t.ly/jIutA

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Lies, Fictions, and Manipulation in Propaganda Propaganda is a form [...]

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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

👋🎉 On 1st Feb, our postdoc Andrés Soria-Ruiz started his contract as a Ramón y Cajal fellow at the Dep. of Philosophy, U. of Barcelona @ub.edu, joining BIAP as faculty. Huge congratulations, Andrés! 👏 The Ramón y Cajal program is Spain’s most prestigious competitive research grant. #RamonyCajal

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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

👋 Exciting news! Congratulations to our senior member Teresa Marques @teresafm.bsky.social for contributing three introductory chapters on Philosophy of Language (Part VI) in What is this Thing Called Philosophy (2nd ed.), edited by Duncan Pritchard for Routledge. 📚👏

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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

👋Welcome our new student member, Paulina Kraft! Her wider research interests include the philosophy of time, the epistemology of modality, and the philosophy of action. We’re excited to have her on board and look forward to the insights she’ll bring to our community! www.ub.edu/grc_logos/au...

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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

👋🧠Fantastic outreach activity yesterday, made possible through our collaboration with the Ateneu Barcelonès @filoateneubcn ✨

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