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Invitation: APSE talk by Stephan Hartmann & accompanying reading circle (DIFFERENT ROOM!)

by Ella Valerie Berger

Dear all, we warmly invite you to the next APSE (Applied Philosophy of Science and Epistemology) lecture and to the accompanying Reading Cycle. The talk will be held by Stephan Hartmann (LMU Munich). Title: Coherence and Truth Date: Thursday, January 23rd 2025 Reading Circle: 1pm - 3pm Talk: 3pm - 5 pm Location: this APSE event will exceptionally NOT take place in room 3A but in the "Konferenzzimmer" of the Department of Political Science (Institut für Politikwissenschaften). This room is located in the NIG, 2nd floor, in hallway A (the one at staircase 1). You can find the room on the floorplan here: Orientierung [1] Abstract of the talk (3-5 PM): One of the most important questions in epistemology is what our knowledge of the world is ultimately based on. In this context, some epistemologists argue that there are fundamental beliefs that do not themselves require justification and on which all other beliefs depend. Coherence theorists reject this answer and argue instead that our knowledge is based on the mutual support of the propositions under consideration: If our beliefs add up to a coherent whole, then we have a reason for them to be true. It has also been argued that much of scientific reasoning relies on coherence considerations. In this talk, we will first outline the coherence theory of justification and discuss some of the reasons for and against it. In doing so, we will also address the central question of what coherence actually is. For this purpose, a Bayesian framework proves particularly useful, as coherence considerations are most effective in the domain of uncertainty. We will then take a closer look at the relationship between coherence and truth. To what extent is the coherence of a set of propositions an indicator of its truth? Answering this question leads to some old and new challenges for the coherence theorist. The talk concludes with a moderately optimistic assessment of the role of coherence considerations in everyday life and in science. Reading Circle (1-3 PM): We will focus our discussion on Chapter 2 of Stephan Hartmann's book: Bovens, Luc, and Stephan Hartmann, '2 Coherence', Bayesian Epistemology (Oxford, 2004; online edn, Oxford Academic, 20 Jan. 2005), https://doi-org.uaccess.univie.ac.at/10.1093/0199269750.003.0003 (pdf in the attachment) As introduction to the field, we suggest: Olsson, Erik, "Coherentist Theories of Epistemic Justification", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2023 Edition), Edward N. Zalta & Uri Nodelman (eds.), URL = <https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2023/entries/justep-coherence/>. For further reading regarding the topic: Especially Chapter 1 in: Bovens, Luc, and Stephan Hartmann, Bayesian Epistemology (Oxford, 2004; online edn, Oxford Academic, 20 Jan. 2005), https://doi-org.uaccess.univie.ac.at/10.1093/0199269750.001.0001 Titel anhand dieser DOI in Citavi-Projekt übernehmen, accessed 17 Jan. 2025. Hartmann, Stephan and Trpin, Borut (2023) Why Coherence Matters. Why_Coherence_Matters_preprint.pdf [2] Hartmann, S., & Trpin, B. (2024). A New Posterior Probability-Based Measure of Coherence. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 46. Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/30p8x5xh Please send a quick message to vinzenz.fischer(a)univie.ac.at if you are planning to attend the Reading Cycle! Feel free to bring your lunch! Feel free to share this invitation with anyone who might be interested! Best wishes, Ella Berger (on behalf of the APSE unit) Links: ------ [1] https://politikwissenschaft.univie.ac.at/ueber-uns/orientierung/ [2] https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/22792/1/Why_Coherence_Matters_preprint.pdf

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Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Brazil

by Vienna Circle Society

Call for Applications (Please note: This opportunity is part of a research group in Brazil that Lucas Baccarat (research assistant at Institute Vienna Circles project Carnap in Context II: "Practical" Philosophy in the US) is affiliated with.) Postdoctoral fellowship at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP) The post-doc researcher will be part of the Brazilian research team of the bilateral research project The crisis of philosophy in the 1930s, funded by SNSF (Switzerland) and FAPESP (São Paulo, Brazil) and led by Guillaume Fréchette (Geneva) and Mario Porta (São Paulo). The selected candidate will be integrated into the Research Group on the Origins of Contemporary Philosophy. The fellowship provides a monthly amount of R$ 12,000.00 (twelve thousand reais), with a planned duration of 42 months. It requires full-time dedication to the project with a workload of 40 hours per week. The starting date is April 2025 Activities to be performed by the Fellow: (i) writing and submission of individual and joint papers related to the general theme of the project; (ii) active participation in the activities of the Research Group on the Origins of Contemporary Philosophy, including weekly meetings; (iii) organization of conferences, workshops, and lectures in Brazil and abroad. Application: The candidate is required to submit, by February 13, 2025, a single PDF document via email to mariopor(a)pucsp.br. The document must include: (i) A project proposal of up to 4 pages (Times New Roman/Arial 11, 1.5 spacing) addressing the Identity Crisis of Philosophy in the 1930s in the following philosophical Traditions: Neokantianism, Logical Empiricism, Phenomenology and Hermeneutics (ii) a cover letter describing the candidates background and profile, as well as the alignment between the candidates interests and skills and the research project (maximum 800 words). (iii) an updated CV (Lattes Curriculum or Orcid for Brazilian candidates). (iv) two academic reference letters. (v) proof of completion of a Master's and Doctorate in Philosophy. Requirements: a) proven prior experience in group research projects; b) strong ability to work effectively in teams, contributing not only to individual activities but also to the management of administrative and bureaucratic matters; c) great command of the English language (proficiency in Portuguese is desirable), and d) reside in São Paulo during the fellowship. Evaluation: a) evaluation of prior academic work and the submitted research proposal; b) thematic alignment of the candidate's research with the central theme of the project, as well as with the historical-philosophical approach adopted by the Research Group on the Origins of Contemporary Philosophy; c) review of external references regarding group activity. The Research Group on the Origins of Contemporary Philosophy seeks to promote good academic practices regarding gender and socio-economic diversity. Female researchers are encouraged to apply for the position. After an initial review of the applications, a select group of candidates will be shortlisted for the interview round. Project description The identity crisis of philosophy is a large-scale phenomenon beginning in the 19th century and extending throughout the entire 20th century, following us even today: many of the questions that were raised in the 19th century are still relevant today: is there a place for philosophy in the development of science? What is the relationship between philosophy and science? To assess such a large-scale phenomenon and its effects on contemporary thought, we need to investigate first its main turning points. This project aims to provide a unified account of the identity crisis of philosophy in the 1930s by examining it through the lens of four philosophical traditions: Neo-Kantianism (Cassirer), logical empiricism (Carnap), phenomenology (Husserl) and hermeneutics (Heidegger).

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IVC Talk: Caterina del Sordo (IVC Fellow) on "Quasi-analysis Vs. Explication. The Early Carnap on Conceptual Engineering", January 16, 4.45pm

by Zarah Weiss

Dear all, our next speaker in the Philosophy of Science Colloquium organized by the Institute Vienna Circle is Caterina del Sorda (IVC Fellow), who will give a talk on January 16, 4.45-6.15 pm. All are welcome! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Philosophy of Science Colloquium TALK: Caterina del Sordo (IVC Fellow) QUASI-ANALYSIS VS. EXPLICATION. THE EARLY CARNAP ON CONCEPTUAL ENGINEERING Philosophy of Science Colloquium The Institute Vienna Circle holds a Philosophy of Science Colloquium with talks by our present fellows. Date:16/01/2025 Time: 16h45 Venue: New Institute Building (NIG), Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien, HS 2G Abstract: This paper calls into question the thesis that early Carnap's rational reconstruction arises as a proto-version of his later and more mature idea of explication. The aim of the paper is to show that (1) according to the criteria of similarity, exactness, and fruitfulness, rational reconstruction qualifies as an explication, and that (2) according to their explanatory preconditions, rational reconstruction and explication emerge as processes of conceptual generalization and specification, respectively. To support (1), I consider rational reconstruction, in terms of early Carnap's quasi-analysis, as a representational theory of mathematical structures; to support (2), I rely on formal concept analysis as a common framework for comparing conceptual constructions.

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Invitation: APSE talk by Laura Caponetto & accompanying reading circle

by Veronika Lassl

Dear all, I warmly invite you to an upcoming APSE event on refusal. It consists of a talk by Laura Caponetto (Milan) entitled "Refusing - and Refusing to Obey" and an accompanying reading circle prior to the talk. Date: Thursday, January 16th Reading Circle: 1pm - 3pm Talk: 3pm - 5 pm Location: room 3A (NIG) After the talk, we will go out for dinner. Please write to veronika.lassl(a)univie.ac.at if you would like to join. Everyone is welcome to attend parts or all of this event! Abstract: We can do several different things with the word ‘No’. We can turn down an offer, decline an invitation, deny permission. We can engage in civil disobedience. In this talk, I aim to map these varieties and unpack the normative profile of refusal. I argue that refusal constitutes an illocutionary family comprising acts which have different felicity conditions but share the definitional normative function of preventing certain obligations from being created or waived. I begin by singling out what I take to be the paradigmatic case of refusal. I then broaden the picture a little, to consider speech acts that share ‘family resemblances’ with this paradigmatic case. And then I broaden it further, to look at speech acts that populate the ‘illocutionary neighborhood’, including ‘refusal to obey’. The talk expands upon my previous work on the topic (Caponetto 2023). While that work was primarily concerned with ‘upstream norms’ for refusing (i.e. the conditions under which refusal succeeds), I here focus on its ‘downstream norms’ – on the changes refusal effects on the normative landscape. Reading Circle: We will discuss Caponetto's 2023 paper "The pragmatic structure of refusal" (attached as a PDF), which is closely related to the topic of the talk. Please feel free to bring your lunch! The reading circle is open to everyone - please send a message to vinzenz.fischer(a)univie.ac.at if you want to attend. As an introduction to the field, we suggest: Green, M. (2020) . Speech acts. In E. N. Zalta (Ed.), The Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy (Fall 2021 Edition). https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2021/entries/speech-acts/ For further reading regarding the topic: Caponetto, L. (2017). On silencing, authority, and the act of refusal. Rivista di Estetica, 64, 35–52. Langton, R. (2018b). Blocking as counter-speech. In D. Fogal, D.W. Harris, & M. Moss (Eds.), New work on speech acts (pp. 144–164). Oxford University Press. Sbisà, M. (2019). Assertion among the speech acts. In S. C. Goldberg (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of assertion (pp. 158–178). Oxford University Press. Looking forward to seeing you there, Veronika Lassl

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REMINDER: Call for Applications - Summer School on History and Epistemology of Econometrics - Vienna July 2025

by Zarah Weiss

Summer School Call for Applications (Deadline: February 15, 2025) 23rd univie: summer school Scientific World Conceptions (USS-SWC) The History and Epistemology of Econometrics Vienna, July 7-11, 2025 https://summerschool-ivc.univie.ac.at/ Course Description Models and their econometric estimation play an increasingly important role in modern economic and political life. From macroeconomic policy and financial regulation to public health and climate policy, models contribute to shaping policies. The generation of ever more data is likely to support the proliferation of models and econometrics. Research resources in academia focus on the theoretical foundations of the underlying model and on the statistical methods of econometrics; much less attention is devoted to the epistemological challenges of the underlying concepts, the normative challenges of the everyday work with econometrics, and the application of its results in policy decisions and evaluation. The objective of this program is to increase attention amongst philosophers of science, academic economists, and empirical economists in policy institutions (eg, central banks) to these issues. The course is also structured around a particular point of view namely, that economics is a science of models and that most of the main features of econometrics relate generally to the role of models in science. Topics will be selected reflecting participants interests and may include: * History of econometrics to frame the philosophical issues to be discussed in the course * The Vienna Circle and econometrics * Values and Ethical Pitfalls in econometric research * Key philosophical issues of how models relate to the world and how they relate to each other * Data: observation, classification, and measurement of economic variables from a modeling point of view * Conceptual issues related to modeling randomness * The identification problem: how possibly, if at all possible, to map descriptive relations onto theoretical variables? * Issues related to optional stopping, search methodologies, and the proper interpretation of results obtained through search * Different approaches to the nature of causation and different strategies of causal inference * The conceptual basis of graphical causal modeling and controlled, natural, and field experiments * The conceptual issues surrounding the problem of model uncertainty, as well as some of the strategies economists use to address it Main Lecturers: Kevin D. Hoover (Duke University) Kevin D. Hoover is Professor of Economics and Philosophy and Senior Fellow of the Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke University. He is the editor of the journal History of Political Economy and a past editor of the Journal of Economic Methodology. His current research addresses causality, causal inference in economics, the history of macroeconomics, philosophical issues related to the microfoundations of macroeconomics, and the engagement with economics of the American pragmatist philosopher Charles. S. Peirce. He is the author of The New Classical Macroeconomics, the Methodology of Empirical Macroeconomics, Causality in Macroeconomics, Applied Intermediate Macroeconomics, as well as many articles in monetary and macroeconomics, the history of economics, the philosophy of economics, and applied econometrics. Jennifer Jhun (Duke University) Jennifer Jhun is an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department at Duke University, as well as a Senior Fellow of the Center for the History of Political Economy. She holds a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh. Her main research interests are in the philosophy of science, especially philosophy of economics, but also in issues in other areas, such as psychology and physics. She is currently engaged on a project that investigates antitrust from a historical and philosophy-of-science perspective: Whats the Point of ceteris Paribus? or, How to Understand Supply and Demand Curves. Philosophy of Science 85, no. 2 (2018): 271-292; Economics, Equilibrium Methods, and Multi-scale Modeling. Erkenntnis 86, no. 2 (2021): 457-472; Multi-Model Reasoning in Economics: The Case of COMPASS. Philosophy of Science 90, no. 4 (2023): 836-854; Implied Market Shares and Antitrust Markets as Fuzzy Sets. Forthcoming at The Antitrust Bulletin. (Joint with Matthew Panhans, Federal Trade Commission) Guest Lecturer: Marcel Boumans (University of Utrecht) Marcel Boumans is historian and philosopher of science at Utrecht University. His main research focus is on understanding empirical research practices in science outside the lab from a philosophy of science-in-practice perspective. He is particularly interested in the practices of measurement and modelling and the role of mathematics in social science. The first step in these practices is to make sense of the available data. Visualisations play an important role in this. His current research project Vision and Visualisation is nearing completion with a book manuscript Shaping the Phenomena. The program is primarily directed at graduate students and junior researchers in philosophy of science and economics as well as empirical economists at policy institutions (eg, central banks) but the organizers also encourage applications from people in all stages of their career and from fields other than economics that apply advanced econometrics. Application form and further information: <https://summerschool-ivc.univie.ac.at/application/> https://summerschool-ivc.univie.ac.at/application/ USS-SWC operates under the academic supervision of an International Program Committee of distinguished philosophers, historians, and scientists. Its members represent the scientific fields in the scope of USS-SWC, make contact to their home universities and will also support acknowledgement of courses taken by the students. The annual summer school is organised by the Institute Vienna Circle of the University of Vienna. <https://wienerkreis.univie.ac.at/> https://wienerkreis.univie.ac.at/ Find information about our exchange programme with Duke University (North Carolina) here: <https://international.univie.ac.at/en/international-cooperation/university- wide-partnership-agreements/north-america/> https://international.univie.ac.at/en/international-cooperation/university-w ide-partnership-agreements/north-america/ Inquiries: Administrator: Zarah Weiss Institute Vienna Circle Alser Straße 23/32 1080 Wien <mailto:summerschool.ivc@univie.ac.at> summerschool.ivc(a)univie.ac.at Scientific director: Georg Schiemer Institute Vienna Circle Alser Straße 23/32 1080 Wien <mailto:georg.schiemer@univie.ac.at> georg.schiemer(a)univie.ac.at

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Vienna STS Talks - STS Talk by Aristotle Tympas

by Katrin Hackl

We are happy to invite you to our 8 talk of the Vienna STS Talk Series in 2024W [cid:image001.jpg@01DB6107.4A0AF8E0] STS Talk by Aristotle Tympas Department of History & Philosophy of Science, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens January 20, 2025 05:00 PM-06:30 PM On starting with 'artificial intelligence' and arriving at 'existential risks', 19th-21st century: From local engine 'explosions' and regional network 'instability' to global environmental 'unsustainability'. Abstract The presentation will seek to contextualize the emergence of the so called 'existential risks' (also called 'existential threats') by offering a long-run history of technology-related risks. As the argument goes, key to this history is, first, the wide-spread phenomenon of steam engine 'explosions' at the start of industrial capitalism (up to the first half of the nineteenth century), and, then, alongside the connection of steam engines to long distance energy transmission lines and networks of lines (throughout the first half of the twentieth century), the emergence of the phenomenon of line/network 'instability'. Biography Aristotle Tympas, a specialist in the study of technology from the humanities and the social sciences, works as professor at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, School of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. His studies combined engineering (MSc, Aristotelio University, 1989), technology and science policy (MSc, Georgia Tech, 1995) and history-sociology of technology (PhD, Georgia Tech, 2001). Former chair (2017-2019) of the management committee of the 'Tensions of Europe: Research Network on History, Technology and Europe', Tympas currently serves as vice president of the International Master's Programme on Society, Science and Technology (ESST), as director of the Interdepartmental Graduate Program 'Science, Technology, Society-Science and Technology Studies' and as vice-chair of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science (he served as department chair from 2020 to 2022). He has been a visiting scholar in the US (MIT Program in Science, Technology and Society), Germany (Viadrina Center B/Orders in Motion) and Sweden (Swedish Institute for Disability Research). He is the author of Calculation and Computation in the Pre-electronic Era (Springer, 2017) and Analog Labor, Digital Capital (Angelus Novus, 2018, In Greek). Organiser Department of Science and Technology Studies Location STS Seminar Room, NIG, St. II. 6th floor, Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Vienna & online via zoom<https://univienna.zoom.us/j/63251489007?pwd=FBTgiIoQbHPTvmHhnjFwObba9mAGqZ.6> [cid:image003.png@01DB6108.03B99C10] Best wishes, Katrin Hackl __________ Mag. Katrin Hackl Research Support & Communication Department of Science and Technology Studies University of Vienna Universitätsstraße 7 /II/ 6th floor (NIG) 1010 Vienna / Austria Tel.: 0043-1-4277-496007 [cid:image002.jpg@01DB6107.4A0AF8E0]<https://sts.univie.ac.at/>

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"Adverse Allies: Logical Empiricism and Austrian Economics": Program and Registration for Workshop in Vienna

by Alexander Linsbichler

*Program for Workshop I "Adverse Allies: Logical Empiricism and Austrian Economics"; 12.-14.02.2025 in Vienna* The FWF ESPRIT research project “Adverse Allies: Logical Empiricism and Austrian Economics”, the Institute of Philosophy and Scientific Method (JKU Linz), the Institute Vienna Circle (University of Vienna), and the Vienna Circle Society will host two workshops in 2025. Workshop I at the University of Vienna: 12.02.-14.02.2025 Workshop II at JKU Linz: 23.09.-25.09.2025 Watch out for call for papers for workshop II in April/May 2025. Registration / Online Participation for workshop I: The event is free and open to the public, with advance registration via vcs(a)univie.ac.at by 05.02.2025 requested. Please indicate whether you want to attend in person or online, in which case the link for online participation will be provided. All presentations will be in person. Participation in discussions will be limited for online participants. You can find the program, a book of abstracts, and further information on workshop I here <https://homepage.univie.ac.at/alexander.linsbichler/>, here <https://www.jku.at/institut-fuer-philosophie-und-wissenschaftstheorie/news-…>, and on philevents. Scientific Committee: Alexander Linsbichler, Julian Reiss, Georg Schiemer, Friedrich Stadler Contact: Alexander Linsbichler (alexander.linsbichler(a)jku.at) Subject to Changes. *Alexander Linsbichler* Institute of Philosophy and Scientific Method (Johannes Kepler University Linz) alexander.linsbichler(a)jku.at Department of Philosophy ( <https://ufind.univie.ac.at/de/person.html?id=47545>University of Vienna) <https://ufind.univie.ac.at/de/person.html?id=47545> alexander.linsbichler(a)univie.ac.at *neu erschienen: Viel mehr <https://www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com/detail/index/sArticle/57805/sC…>als nur <https://www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com/detail/index/sArticle/57805/sC…>Ökonomie <https://www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com/detail/index/sArticle/57805/sC…> (Böhlau, 2022)*

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Buchpräsentation: Demokratisierung des Wissens: Von der Wiener Methode der Bildstatistik zu Isotype | 7. Januar 2025, 18.30 Uhr

by Zarah Weiss

Einladung zur Buchpräsentation Demokratisierung des Wissens: Von der Wiener Methode der Bildstatistik zu Isotype Buchpräsentation und Diskussion mit Günther Sandner 7. Jänner 2025, 18.30 Uhr FAKTory | Literatur, Wissen und Beratung für Studierende Universitätsstraße 9, 1010 Wien Mitte der 1920er Jahre entwickelte ein Team rund um den Ökonomen und Wissenschaftsphilosophen Otto Neu rath die Wiener Methode der Bildstatistik. Vor allem für Arbeiter*innen und an Schulen sollten soziale und ökonomische Zusammenhänge bildhaft vermittelt werden. Austrofaschismus und Nationalsozialismus zwangen die Gruppe zur Flucht, ihre Bildsprache aber wurde international. Ab Mitte der 1930er Jahre hieß sie ISOTYPE International System Of TYpographic Picture Education. Das Buch History and Legacy of Isotype zeichnet diese Geschichte nach und verweist auf ihre ungebrochene Aktualität wissenschaftliches Wissen in der Gesellschaft und im politischen Diskurs zu stärken. Christopher Burke / Günther Sandner: History and Legacy of Isotype, Bloomsbury, London 2024. Günther Sandner, Politikwissenschaftler und Autor von (u.a.): Otto Neurath. Eine politische Biographie (2014) und Weltsprache ohne Worte. Margaret Mead, Rudolf Modley und das Glyphs-Projekt (2022). Ko-Kurator der Ausstellung Isotype Wie man mit Bildern die Welt erklärt (ab November 2025 im Wien Museum). Um Anmeldung wird gebeten bis Montag, 6. Jänner 2025: veranstaltungen(a)ihsf.at <mailto:veranstaltungen@ihsf.at> 01 50165-13778 ihsf.at

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Webinar Invitation: Policy bias in economic research and the epistemological problems of econometrics: Lessons for designing economic policy processes | Jan 14, 3pm

by Zarah Weiss

Invitation Policy bias in economic research and the epistemological problems of econometrics: Lessons for designing economic policy processes SUERF BAFFI Bocconi webinar Tuesday, January 14, 2025 Online, Webex, 3-4.30 pm A recent paper finds considerable policy bias in economic research. Jelveh, Kogut and Naidu (2024) show that partisanship is detectable across fields and within fields, even across those estimating the same theoretical parameter. This poses serious challenges to economic policy development. Models and their econometric estimation play an increasingly important role in modern economic and political life. From macroeconomic policy and financial regulation to public health and climate policy, models contribute to shaping policies. The generation of ever more data is likely to support the proliferation of models and econometrics. Yet, research resources in academia focus on the theoretical foundations of the underlying model and on the statistical methods of econometrics; much less attention is devoted to the epistemological challenges of the underlying concepts, the normative challenges of the everyday work with models and econometrics as well as the inevitable role of expert judgement. Yet, understanding these challenges would be crucial to design policy processes that effectively address potential policy biases on economic policy development and ensure the integrity of that process. This SUERF panel discussion discusses how serious the policy bias in economic research is and how it affects policy development. Furthermore, panellists will explain how that policy bias is possible even when rigorous mathematical /statistical methods are employed. Finally, the panel suggests design features of economic policy development processes that improve its integrity in the face of the policy bias in economic research. Registration: https://www.suerf.org/events/policy-bias-in-economic-research-and-the-episte mological-problems-of-econometrics-lessons-for-designing-economic-policy-pro cesses/registration/ More information: https://www.suerf.org/events/policy-bias-in-economic-research-and-the-episte mological-problems-of-econometrics-lessons-for-designing-economic-policy-pro cesses/

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New Years Greetings, New Years Plans

by Vinzenz Fischer

Dear all! Before the new year begins, I wanted to share some new year plans with you: 1. New Year's Writing Marathon 2. APSE Reading Circle 3. Guide to this Mailing List 1. New Year's Writing Marathon Veronika Lassl from the Vienna Forum for Analytic Philosophy (WFAP) is organizing a New Year's Writing Marathon and has asked me to invite you all. If structured co-working helps you with writing and researching, please feel free to join us! Dates: December 30th & January 2nd - 4th (Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday) Location: Room 3C (NIG) Here's our schedule: 8:50-9:00 Welcome 9:00-9:50 1st writing period (50 min) 9:50-10:00 Break 10:00-11:30 2nd writing period (90 min) 11:30-12:00 Break 12:00-12:50 3rd writing period (50 min) 12:50-14:00 LUNCH BREAK 14:00-14:50 4th writing period (50 min) 14:50-15:00 Break 15:00-15:50 5th writing period (50 min) 15:50-16:00 Break 16:00-16:50 6th writing period (50 min) After 16:50 People can continue to write if someone with a key card is still there. A few rules: - No coming/going during writing periods (except for obvious exceptions: going to the toilet, emergencies, …) - Please arrive and get settled in your seat before the session begins - No disturbances during writing periods (crunchy or smelly snacks, phone ringing, etc) - If you want, you can put your phone away at the teacher’s desk during writing periods - Bring snacks if you want, we will have a shared snack desk to use during breaks - If you want to eat the shared snacks, we kindly ask for a donation of 5€ per person per week. - You can work on anything you want It's helpful if you could let us know if you're planning to attend (so we can gauge the amount of coffee we need to make). Please write an e-mail to veronika.lassl(a)univie.ac.at We're looking forward to seeing you there! 2. APSE Reading Circle The Applied Philosophy of Science and Epistemology (APSE) Unit is organizing a lecture series every semester. Upcoming January there are three talks planned. We are organizing an accompanying reading circle for these three upcoming sessions. We will be reading and discussing a text written and suggested to us by the speaker and then visit the talk afterwards. Since it will take place at lunch time, feel free to bring some food and snacks with you to the Reading Circle. The sessions are: Thursday, 16.01.2025 Laura Caponetto (University of Milan) Reading Circle Session: 13:00-15:00, HS 3A, NIG 3rd floor APSE Lecture: 15:00-17:00, HS 3A, NIG 3rd floor Thursday, 23.01.2025 Stephan Hartmann (LMU) Reading Circle Session: 13:00-15:00, HS 3A, NIG 3rd floor APSE Lecture: 15:00-17:00, HS 3A, NIG 3rd floor Thursday, 30.01.2025 Igor Grabovac (MedUni Wien) Reading Circle Session: 13:00-15:00, HS 3A, NIG 3rd floor APSE Lecture: 15:00-17:00, HS 3A, NIG 3rd floor Closer to each event I will send out an seperate e-mail with the literature and a more detailed description of the topic. Please feel warmly invited! 3. Guide to this Mailing List This Mailing List is intended to facilitate the communication among students, teachers and researchers in and surrounding the Master Epistemologies of Science and Technology. Any information for events and other happenings concerned with the topics Philosophy of Science and Technology, History of Science and Technology and/or Science and Technology Studies are welcome. Current Settings: Anyone can send messages to hps_est(a)lists.philo.at that will be sent to all members of the list. Messages from members of the list will be sent without the acceptance of a moderator. This is to ensure quick and easy communication from member to member. Messages from non-members need to be accepted by a moderator of the list. If any questions or suggestions arise, please send a message to hps_est-owner(a)lists.philo.at Signing up via E-Mail: Send an e-mail with the subject "subscribe" to: hps_est-subscribe(a)lists.philo.at Signing up via Link: Alternatively, you can follow this link and follow the instructions: https://lists.philo.at/postorius/lists/hps_est.lists.philo.at/ I wish you all a warm winter break and einen guten Rutsch (a good slide into the new year)! Vinzenz Fischer

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