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Pablo Magaña @pmagana94.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Can liberalism work for, and in, the far future? Simon Goldstein (in a recent paper with Peter N. Salib) thinks so. We'll be delighted to have Simon Goldstein (HKU) on October 8 at the Moral Minds and Ethical Futures seminar (12h CET). You are all warmly invited. More info below 👇

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Hugo Viciana @hugoviciana.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"Disagreement is necessary for healthy epistemic communities. And effective altruists disagree all the time. And that’s good! They literally come from all spheres of the political compass, which is why they are also perhaps targetted from all sides"

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Bastian Herre @bastianherre.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Tomorrow is International #DemocracyDay. So let’s check in on the development and state of democracy worldwide. The world has become much more democratic over the last centuries. But some of this progress has recently been reversed. A thread with some key charts:

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Confederación de Sociedades Científicas de España (COSCE) @cosce.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

🔬 “La ciencia no puede operar con la lógica de una oficina municipal” Rafael Vázquez, investigador en el IIS La Fe, explica en @elpais.com las trabas que sufre la #investigación en España y reivindica las propuestas del Manifiesto COSCE por un SECTI más eficiente. elpais.com/ciencia/2026...

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Me piden ser científico, pero mi día a día es de gestor

El autor denuncia el peso creciente de la burocracia en su día a día como investigador. Las sociedades científicas denuncian que hasta el 44% de la jornada se va en tareas administrativas

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Jordi Paniagua @jordipaniagua.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Sobre salarios en la enseñanza: en una carrera tipo, el profesor de secundaria gana más en acumulado que el de universidad durante 22-27 años. Incluso en el mejor de los casos, la universidad tarda mucho en compensar el inicio precario: FPU y PAD pesan mucho.

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Hugo Viciana @hugoviciana.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

The 6th European Experimental Philosophy Conference will be this time in Cagliari, Italy... and I have been told the call for papers is still open! sites.unica.it/6euroxphi/

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6th European Experimental Philosophy Conference

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Hugo Viciana @hugoviciana.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Qué bueno sería que se le prestara mucha atención al manifiesto de @cosce.bsky.social ¡Simplificación administrativa ya! “La ciencia requiere una agilidad que es incompatible con los tiempos de la administración general.” 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 cosce.org/wp-content/u...

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Pablo Magaña @pmagana94.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

philevents.org/event/show/1... Next Thursday, April 30 at 1pm CET, Charlotte F. Unruh (Southampton) will discuss long-termism (against a duty to make the future go best) at the Moral Minds and Ethical Futures seminar series co-organized by @hugoviciana.bsky.social and me. Join us!!

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Against a Duty to Make the Future Go Best (April 30, 1pm CET)

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Hugo Viciana @hugoviciana.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

In case you haven't heard yet, philosopher of science Nancy Cartwright has received this year’s BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Humanities category. www.frontiersofknowledgeawards-fbbva.es/noticias/the...

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Premio Fronteras del Conocimiento en Humanidades a Nancy Cartwright

Por fortalecer la racionalidad científica desde la filosofía y fundamentar la adopción de políticas públicas eficaces basadas en la evidencia

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𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙲. 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚗 @charlescmann.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

It's Norman Borlaug's birthday! If you don't know who he was, you should--regardless of what you think about modern ag and the global food system--as NB was, for better and worse, a major part of creating them. Last year, I had a fun talk with Derek Thompson (@dkthomp.bsky.social) about the guy.

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Plain History: How Norman Borlaug Stopped the Apocalypse

Podcast Episode · Plain English with Derek Thompson · May 16, 2025 · 1h 9m

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Mohammad Atari @mohammadatari.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Check out our new paper in SPPS.

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Hugo Viciana @hugoviciana.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Interested in the moral psychology of intergenerational concern? Join us this Thursday for an online seminar this with @kyleflaw.com

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Hugo Viciana @hugoviciana.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

THIS TUESDAY Chris von Rueden will be discussing their recent BBS article: 'Egalitarianism is not Equality: Moving from Outcome to Process in the Study of Human Political Organisation'. Join us if interested! philevents.org/event/show/1...

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Chris von Rueden on egalitarianism in human political organisation

The next assembly of our reading group will take place on March 17th at 13:00 (Lisbon/London Time). 14pm Central European Time. The agreed-upon reading for this upcoming session is   Stibbard-Haw...

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Hugo Viciana @hugoviciana.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Philosophy Bluesky! It's 250 years today since the publication of (An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of) The Wealth of Nations. There's so much more in it than it is usually assumed. One of my favorites, is how the book is a fundamental part in the prehistory of artificial intelligence. (1/3)

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Manuel Ansede @manuelansede.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Abre el Museo de la Psicología: “Con un cajón y una rata se han observado fenómenos trascendentales del comportamiento humano” elpais.com/ciencia/2026...

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Kevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com · 26/02/2026

New paper: Intuitive theories of truth We connect philosophical theories of truth with cognitive science. We suggest new avenues for research around questions of how people judge statements as truth apt, what makes them true, and whether to assert something as true. Check it out!

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Intuitive theories of truth

Cognitive science has recently begun exploring how people conceptualize and reason about truth. We offer the field a framework that can guide inquiry …

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Kevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com · 19/02/2026

If you were to create a philosophy of LLM course, what kinds of things would you cover? My thoughts in thread, but eager to hear what others would do

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Hugo Viciana @hugoviciana.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Thomas Schelling Appreciation Meetup 😅: We´ll meet you know where, you know at what time

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Hugo Viciana @hugoviciana.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

“The inertia of moral typecasting means it is hard to accept that people initially judged as evil (like the Central Park 5) might instead be victims, or that someone initially judged as a victim (like Gypsy Rose Blanchard) might instead be more evil.” www.researchgate.net/profile/Emil...

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Hugo Viciana @hugoviciana.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

“..we found that the mind-independence of scientific phenomena and the ideas that comprise the no-miracles argument were most central to scientists’ thinking …and that ideas pertaining to instrumentalism and the pessimistic induction were least central.” link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Deeper explorations of scientific realism in the wild - Synthese

Synthese - Building upon previous investigations of scientific realism “in the wild” – i.e., among practicing scientists – we report the results of an empirical study that...

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Hugo Viciana @hugoviciana.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

The "paramilitary experiment". Are there pre-conditions for a paramilitary force in the US in 2026? Gambling on autocratic breakdown: even if unlikely, the problem is accepting low-probability risks with catastrophic institutional repercussions. www.economist.com/briefing/202...

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Immigration agents have become Donald Trump’s personal posse

That is a liability for America and, increasingly, for him

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Rob Sica @robsica.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

"By aligning themselves with science and reason, Chinese elites signaled membership in a modern, progressive, and internationally respected epistemic community... The framing of belief in ghosts as a cognitive bias or emotional crutch represents a distinctly modern epistemic move"

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The Rhetoric of Disenchantment: Ghost Belief and Secular Critique in Early Twentieth‐Century China

This study presents the first large-scale empirical analysis of how ghosts and spirits were debated during China's early twentieth-century secular transformation. Using a novel dataset of over 2000 d...

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Hugo Viciana @hugoviciana.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

👇Please note it is Central European Time

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Hugo Viciana @hugoviciana.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

3-year postdoctoral contracts – Andalusia Eligibility: • PhD obtained ≤ 5 years ago (extensions possible) • ≥ 12 months of international research experience (outside the PhD country) 👉 www.investigacion.us.es/convocatoria... If interested, feel free to contact me

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Hugo Viciana @hugoviciana.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

"Claude takes moral intuitions seriously as data points even when they resist systematic justification, and tries to act well given justified uncertainty about first-order ethical questions as well as metaethical questions that bear on them." @agaitan.bsky.social dailynous.com/2025/12/04/b...

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Building an AI’s Moral Character - Daily Nous

If you could build an agent from the ground up, what would its character be like? That's the question confronting AI developers today. Recently some details came to light about how Anthropic is approa...

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Hugo Viciana @hugoviciana.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

El concepto de falacia... sobre el terreno

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Erik Angner @erikangner.com · 10/12/2025

Is anyone in the EU paying attention? I know the Swedish Government is not #NobelPrize2025

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ivar @ivarr.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

📢 Se ofertan 29 contratos predoctorales concedidos a @universidadgranada.bsky.social, uno de ellos para trabajar con nosotrxs en el proyecto PID2024 sobre inferencias de estados mentales en el dominio moral! ⏳ Plazo de presentación: 18/12/25 🔗 investigacion.ugr.es/recursos-hum...

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Convocatoria de contratos predoctorales 2025 | Vicerrectorado de Investigación y Transferencia

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Hugo Viciana @hugoviciana.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

¿En un mundo de responsabilidades globales, por qué algunas acciones solidarias multiplican su impacto y otras no? Dentro la primera píldora de AyudaFuturo, un recurso sobre altruismo eficaz, ética e impacto social. Con @anibalmastobiza.bsky.social ayudafuturo.com 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=waH3...

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Repensar la ayuda, pensar el futuro

YouTube video by AyudaFuturo

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Hugo Viciana @hugoviciana.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

“This result suggests that the resources devoted to writing and evaluating grant proposals may not have their intended effect of facilitating the selection of the most promising science.” @ageinves.bsky.social

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Antonio Gaitán @agaitan.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Acabamos de sacar un libro blanco sobre desacuerdos en contextos digitales, uno de los resultados del proyecto #digi_morals financiado por #fundacionBBVA Resultado de la colaboración entre tres ámbitos: la filosofía, la comunicación y la ciencia política 👇👇🎉🎉📣 e-archivo.uc3m.es/entities/pub...

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Desacuerdos en contextos digitales : variedades, causas y posibles intervenciones

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Pablo Magaña @pmagana94.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Next Thursday, November 20 (at 1pm CET), Andreas Schmidt (U. of Groningen) will present at the Moral Minds and Ethical Futures online seminar co-organized by @hugoviciana.bsky.social and me. He'll be talking about "Longtermist Political Philosophy." You're welcome to join us! Info below:

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Hugo Viciana @hugoviciana.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

I finished the audiobook of David Edmonds’s latest this weekend, and I’m still fascinated by this curious new genre that traces the life of a thought experiment including its debates, and the reach that it ended up having across different contexts. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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Death in a Shallow Pond

From the bestselling coauthor of Wittgenstein’s Poker, a fascinating account of Peter Singer’s controversial “drowning child” thought experiment—and how it changed the way people think about charitabl...

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Hugo Viciana @hugoviciana.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

We are putting together this event this Tuesday/Wednesday at the @unisevilla.bsky.social @ffilosofiaus.bsky.social . You can also follow along online (streaming available). philevents.org/event/show/1...

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Hugo Viciana @hugoviciana.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

This looks like a philosophy book I’d like to read. On the marginal value of knowledge and the marginal value of ignorance: open.substack.com/pub/jimmyalf...

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I submitted the book manuscript

After four years, a pandemic, and several moves, my book on the value of (marginal) ignorance is finally sent off to the publisher!

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