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Knowledge in Crisis

@knowledgecrisis.bsky.social
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Philosophers investigating today's crises of knowledge. 📍Austria www.knowledgeincrisis.com

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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🔥 New Publication! Daniel Sharp, with co-author Katharina Anna Sodoma, has published the chapter "Empathic Engagement and Polarization in Multi-Party Democracies: The Case of the Populist Radical Right" in 'The European Face of Political Epistemology.' 🧐Read it here: buff.ly/aDgifvC #philsky
New Publication!


Key researcher Daniel Sharp, along wiht co-author Katharina Anna Sodoma, has recently published the chapter "Empathic Engagement and Polarization in Multi-Party Democracies: The Case of the Populist Radical Right" in 'The European Face of Political Epistemology.'
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🤔 Change My Mind! Interactive Workshop at the Central European University, part of Wiener Demokratie-Tag. 👉️September 15 ⏰️17:15-19:00 📍@weareceu.bsky.social Tackle some of today's most pressing issues through open, honest dialogue with a philosopher! More info: buff.ly/WQqqH0n #philsky #philevent
🤔 Change My Mind! Interactive Workshop at the Central European University, part of Wiener Demokratie-Tag.

👉️September 15
⏰️17:15-19:00 
📍@weareceu.bsky.social

Tackle some of today's most pressing issues through open, honest dialogue with a philosopher!

More info: https://buff.ly/WQqqH0n
#philsky #philevent
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
👏 New Publication! Postdoc researcher Fabian Pregel ( @univie.ac.at ) has recently published an article "Three Faces of Open Texture: A Unified Framework" in Journal of Philosophical Logic. 🧐 Curious? Read more here >> buff.ly/CPnJGus #philsky #Logic #opentexture #philosophy #newresearch
👏 New Publication!

Postdoc researcher Fabian Pregel ( @ University of Vienna ) has recently published an article "Three Faces of Open Texture: A Unified Framework" in Journal of Philosophical Logic.
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
👀 Today at 15:00! Key researcher Guido Melchoir @uni-graz.at presents "Knowledge Without Inquiry" at #ECAP12: 12th European Congress Of Analytic Philosophy. The talk forms part of the Epistemology: Limits and Problems of Inquiry session. Abstract: buff.ly/wX02WUV #philsky #epistemology #knowledge
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
👀 Today at 15:00! Postdoc Andrea Raimondi @univie.ac.at presents "Reference, Conflicting Intentions, and the Madagascar Pr" at #ECAP12: 12th European Congress Of Analytic Philosophy. The talk forms part of the Philosophy of Language session Abstract: buff.ly/V2bYgim #philsky #language #philosophy
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
👀 Today at 9:00! PhD student Javad Hajialikhani @univie.ac.at presents "Non-Naturalism and Normative Symmetry" at #ECAP12: 12th European Congress Of Analytic Philosophy. His talk forms part of the Ethics: Moral Diversity session. Abstract: buff.ly/PwikiGE #philsky #ethics #philosophy
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
🔥 New Publication! Key Researcher Asya Passinsky ( @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social ) has recently published an article "Essence and Emancipation: On Jenkins’ Ontology and Oppression" in Analysis. 👉️ Read the article here >> buff.ly/TmBvyq0 #philsky #analysis #Jenkins #emancipation #gender
New publication: Key Researcher Asya Passinsky has recently published an article "Essence and Emancipation: On Jenkins’ Ontology and Oppression" in Analysis.
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
🔥 New Publication! Daniel Sharp ( @univie.ac.at ) recently published 'What is wrong with denationalization: Citizenship revocation and social equality' in European Journal of Political Theory. 👉️ Read it here >> buff.ly/KtTobk7 #philsky #research #newpublication #citizenship #politcaltheory
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
🔥 New Publication! Bernhard Ritter ( @uni-graz.at ) just published " Is Having a Pain Having an Unshareable Particular? " in Analytic Philosophy! Do I have something no one else can have when I am in pain? Read the full paper here: buff.ly/RBYADLK #philsky #newresearch #pain #philosophy
New Publication!
Bernhard Ritter (Graz) just published " Is Having a Pain Having an Unshareable Particular? " in Analytic Philosophy!
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
In January, Tim Crane @timcrane.bsky.social & Simon Rippon (CEU) went head-to-head in a public debate "Will we ever achieve AGI?" @kurier.at wrote about it in April, and now have adapted it through WAS JETZT SCHULE as school material! Full module here (in German): buff.ly/9QS2Ggm #philsky #AGI
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
This was our Knowledge, Power and Social Life conference in Vienna! From July 1st-3rd we invited 9 philosophers from across the globe to share their research, showcasing the best of philosophy today! Stayed tuned and follow us for our upcoming 'Meet the Philosopher" Interview Series! #philsky
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
💥 New Publication! "The Ethics of Communicating Voluntary and Personal Risk" by Philip Ebert. Risk communication raises ethical and theoretical challenges about when and how communicators may go beyond merely informing individuals about the risks they face. 👉️ Read it here buff.ly/CDJh69P #philsky
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
📕 New Publication! Key researcher, Ferenc Huoranszki (CEU) @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social has published 'Dreams of a Final Normative Theory: An Essay on the Changing Role of Utopia in Contemporary Political Thought' in the book, 'Utopia and Democracy'. Read it here>>https://buff.ly/RxUQCFN #philsky
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
‼️ Last days to register for our conference Knowledge in Crisis: 'Knowledge, Power and Social Life' from July 1-3, at the @univie.ac.at Sky Lounge! 🔥 Registration closes tomorrow! All info at our website below 👇️ www.knowledgeconference.at #philsky @weareceu.bsky.social @fwf-at.bsky.social
1-3 July 2026

Knowledge in Crisis Conference 2026:
Knowledge, Power and Social Life
Conference at the University of Vienna Sky Lounge

Three days of the latest in social epistemology. In the heart of Vienna.
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Today at 4pm! Key researcher, Katharina Kraus (@univie.ac.at), delivers her inaugural lecture, 'Der allgemein menschliche Standpunkt in der Aufklärung und der Moderne'. 📍 University of Vienna’s Große Festsaal ⏰️ 18 June at 4pm #philsky #inaugurallecture
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
🔥 NEW PUBLICATION! Daniel Sharp ( @univie.ac.at ) whose research focuses on moral and political philosophy, has published 'Immigration and social citizenship in times of crisis: deepening and broadening citizenship' in Ethics & Global Politics. 👉️ Read it here buff.ly/6Gj0rOJ #philsky
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Key researcher, Katharina Kraus (University of Vienna) will be presenting her talk 'The Supreme Principle of Reason in Kant: Metaphysical Foundation or Practical Presupposition?' at the workshop: “Truth, Modality and Explanation: Historical Perspectives”, @univie.ac.at today! #philsky
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
👏 New Publication! Alice van't Hoff from @univie.ac.at recently published 'Ways of Being Qualified' in Australasian Journal of Philosophy. 👉️ Interested to read more? Read it here >> buff.ly/M3CcImz #philsky #knowledgecrisis #research #quanitified
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Key researcher, Maria Kronfeldner @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social is part of the UP Salon @univie.ac.at event 'What Are We Even Doing? Metaphilosophical Conversations Part 2' ⏰ Friday June 5th! 📍 University of Vienna More info here >> upsalon.univie.ac.at/events/detai... #philsky
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
FIRESIDE CHAT! What is Intelligence, Really? June 9, 5:30 - 7 PM CEU 🔥 Tickets buff.ly/Q3zZra7 Organized by us, (a @fwf-at.bsky.social Cluster of Excellence) & @weareceu.bsky.social in cooperation with European Forum Alpbach #EFA26 as part of the democracy in a digital age event series. #philsky
🧠 What is Intelligence, Really?

Join us for our roundtable discussion with Rumman Chowdhury & Tim Crane 

Tuesday, June 9  •  5:30 PM - 7 PM 
Central European University Vienna

This event has been organized by the FWF @fwf_at Cluster of Excellence Knowledge in Crisis and by CEU @weareceu in cooperation with European Forum Alpbach @forumalpbach as part of its democracy in a digital age event series.
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
New Publication! 'Knowledge and Argument' by Spencer Paulson, in Nous. Paulson argues that knowledge plays a distinctive role in psychological explanation that weaker epistemic states can't because it is robust in the face of counterevidence in a way that they aren't. 👉️ buff.ly/wVbZJRD #philsky
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Episode 7 OUT NOW! Pseudoscience! This episode we map out the spectrum from science to bad science to pseudoscience. Turn up the volume as we unpick the boundaries between them, and come away better equipped to spot the next pseudoscientific claim headed your way. Links in comments 👇️ #philsky
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
💥 New Publication! 'Overconfidence and Prosocial Behavior-Promoting Virtual Reality' by postdoc researcher, Lukas Schwengerer @lschwengerer.bsky.social, published in Philosophy & Technology. 👀 Curious? Read more here >> buff.ly/4slSYTF #philsky #newpublication #philosophy #knowledgecrisis #VR
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Former KiC postdoc, Juliette Vazard, will present her paper: Despair and Diachronic Agency: Disheartening Chances and the Rational Revision of Plans today at the Empirically Informed Philosophy of Mind online Seminar! 🗓️ TODAY at 5 – 6:30 pm (CET) 📍 Online via Zoom: buff.ly/uyYy2cE #philsky
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
💥 New Publication Elek Lane ( @univie.ac.at ) publishes 'Metaphor, truth, and composition: against Non-Cognitivism', in Inquiry. 👉️ Read the full paper buff.ly/o3npW82 #philosophy #language #newpublication #philsky
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
💥 Today! Conference: Reason in Perception @uni-graz.at Today's speakers: ‍Fiona Macpherson, Anders Nes‍, Paweł Grad, John Morrison‍, and Galen Strawson. More info buff.ly/3jf0kQi #philsky #philevent #perception
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
📢 Public lecture with Q&A! 'The Bounds of Knowledge' by acclaimed philosopher Ernest Sosa (Rutgers, USA) 📍May 11 at 5:30 pm | CEU @weareceu.bsky.social @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social 💥 🎟️ Free Tickets buff.ly/btyrZ6d #philsky #philevent #philosophy #knowledge #ernestsosa
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
🚨 Episode 6 OUT NOW! Episode 6: 'Explanation' (with Gregor Greslehner, Paulina Sliwa and Benjamin Schnieder @univie.ac.at 🎧️ Listen Now! ➜ Spotify buff.ly/ifjF6dq ➜ Apple buff.ly/qvjW3m8 ➜ YouTube buff.ly/uXns2l2 Subscribe to stay up to date with our new releases! #philsky #explanation
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
📢 NEW Lecture! Absences with Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social 📍 April 28th at 5:30 pm, at CEU Join us for a free public lecture on the philosophy of absence by acclaimed author and Philosophy Bites co-founder, Nigel Warburton. Free Tickets: buff.ly/8nXxvJZ #philsky #vienna #philevent
Public Lecture: Absences with Nigel Warburton. @8th April 2026 at Central European University. Organised by the Knowledge in Crisis project, an FWF Cluster of Excellence
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
👀 New Publication In his new paper 'Evidence Resistance and Control', published in the Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Keith Raymond Harris @kraymondh.bsky.social discusses evidence resistance. 🧠 Curious? Read more >> buff.ly/mnzJTxv #newpublication #distrust #knowledgecrisis #philsky
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
🛑 Leider wird diese Veranstaltung auf einen späteren Termin verschoben. Wir geben das neue Datum in Kürze bekannt!
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
📕 New book! Key researcher, Cathy Mason's new book 'Iris Murdoch's Moral Philosophy: Reframing the True, the Real, and the Good' has just been published by Oxford University Press. 👉️ Read more here: buff.ly/sYOLtLQ #newrelease #irismurdoch #moralphilosophy
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
📢 New Publication! Postdoc, Keith Harris @kraymondh.bsky.social ( @univie.ac.at ) recently published 'Epistemic Magnetism' in the Journal of the American Philosophical Association @apa-journal.bsky.social 👉️ Read the paper here: buff.ly/5rA1MyF #research #philpaper #epistemology #philsky
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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 · 22/01/2026
🚨 Podcast Episode 3 OUT NOW! Cathy Mason (CEU) & Matt Dougherty (CEU) speak to Juliette Vazard about Emotions Listen Now! ➜ Spotify buff.ly/wqbEUWj ➜ Apple buff.ly/LysWFOk ➜ YouTube buff.ly/ERFlrU7 What do our emotions actually tell us about the world? #knowledge #emotions #philsky
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
⚠️ Public Lecture Series Only 4 days until our lecture with world renowned philosopher of mind, Ned Block! "Can only meat machines be conscious?" 📌 Join Us! 12th January 2026 17:30-19:00 @CEU 👉 Register here >> buff.ly/XT28whs
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
"Can only meat machines be conscious?" Join us and renowned philosopher of mind, Ned Block @neddo.bsky.social as he discusses what is crucial for assessing the prospects of consciousness in AI and less complex animals. 📌 12th January 2026 17:30-19:00 @CEU 👉 Register here >> buff.ly/XT28whs
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
💡 Public Lecture Series Our inaugural KiC Lectures start again in January and we are kicking it off with world renowned philosopher of mind, Ned Block @neddo.bsky.social. "Can only meat machines be conscious?" 📌 Join Us! 12th January 2026 17:30-19:00 @CEU 👉 Register here >> buff.ly/XT28whs
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
TODAY! Online at 16:00 Can we Asses Consciousness in AI Systems? A talk with Tobias Schlicht. 🔥 Join via Zoom here: buff.ly/EdAOhAE Find out more at our events page: buff.ly/6OAsYji #philsky #PhilEvent #knowledgecrisis #AIAndConsciousness
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
🚨 Save the Date: 12.12.25 Film Screening & Discussion! 🎬 💬 🎞️ The Couple in the Cage (1993) (31mins) Two artists intended to create a satirical commentary on the notion of discovery. Their audience had something different in mind... ╰┈➤ˎˊ˗ Join us and reserve your tickets here! buff.ly/HbOMxrf
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
📌 Save the Date! Can we Asses Consciousness in AI Systems? A talk with Tobias Schlicht. Wed 03.12.25 | Online at 16:00 ▶ Join the talk online here: buff.ly/EdAOhAE Find out more at our events page: buff.ly/6OAsYji #philsky #PhilEvent #knowledgecrisis #AIAndConsciousness
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
📌 Save the Date! Can we Asses Consciousness in AI Systems? A talk with Tobias Schlicht. Wed 03.12.25 | Online at 16:00 📩 Email us at kic@ceu.edu for the zoom link! Find out more at our events page: buff.ly/6OAsYji #philsky #PhilEvent #knowledgecrisis #AIAndConsciousness
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
TODAY! Paulina Sliwa (Vienna) @pasliwa.bsky.social has been awarded the honor of giving the annual Hartnack Lecture 2025 in Aarhus. She presents 'Changing Perspectives and the Virtue of Perspectival Flexibility' at 13:15! Read more here >>https://buff.ly/ImrW2oj #philsky #philevent @univie.ac.at
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
NOW ONLINE! What better day to launch than on World Philosophy Day! Knowledge in Crisis: The Podcast. In our first episode, Cathy Mason and Fabio Lampert speak with Keith Harris about conspiracy theories. Check it out on Spotify buff.ly/YPz92HY Apple buff.ly/uy9DJsl YouTube buff.ly/RRhw4jg
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Today, Maria Kronfeldner joins the Austrian ERA Symposium to discuss how science communication and public participation can be designed to promote trust, enable dialogue, and strengthen social participation. More here: buff.ly/RJBetU4
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Next week in Vienna! Join us at Filmcasino on world philosophy day to watch & discuss Waking Life with philosophers Camilo Martinez and Alex Horne ➡️ www.eventbrite.at/e/film-scree...
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
TODAY @unisalzburg.bsky.social Interdisciplinary Challenges: Bridging Philosophy & Science Education Workshop A workshop to foster the collaboration between philosophy and science education & reflect on the nature of science (NoS). ➡️ MORE INFO buff.ly/CDFq92r #philevent #knowledgecrisis
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Knowledge in Crisis mit Pint of Science Salzburg live am 7. November im Antiquariat Weinek um 18:00 Uhr. Eintritt frei (mit Reservierung)! Kommt vorbei für Denken, Trinken & gute Gespräche. 🍻🧠 🔴 Anmelden hier! buff.ly/GvsTG8E #Salzburg #Philosophie #PintOfScienceAT #kiCEvent #knowlegecrisis
collage of logos and a drawn picture of a cat and a half eyeball and brain. Pint of science x knowledge in crisis at Antiquariat Weinek in Salzburg.
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Interdisciplinary Challenges: Bridging Philosophy & Science Education Workshop on November 10th. A workshop to foster the collaboration between philosophy and science education & reflect on the nature of science (NoS). ➡️ Register Now! via our events page buff.ly/CDFq92r #philevent #knowledgecrisis
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Montag 27 Oktober, 19 Uhr bei Panoramabar Lehen „Wem können wir noch glauben?“ Orientierung in der Wissenskrise Unser Key Researcher Bettina Bussmann und David Lanius @unisalzburg.bsky.social sind im Gespräch mit Senja Post und Gregor Betz. Mehr Infos und Anmeldung hier: buff.ly/ojKJqGR
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