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GAP Infomail 02-2025

by Martin Kusch

Wir sind um die Verbreitung der unten stehenden Informationen gebeten worden. Wenn Sie selbst einen Beitrag zur GAP-Infomail haben, senden Sie uns diesen bitte als einfachen Text im Emailkorpus unter info(a)gap-im-netz.de zu. Beiträge, die uns bis Freitag 10 Uhr erreichen, werden per GAP-Infomail am darauf folgenden Montag verschickt - Beiträge, die uns danach erreichen, entsprechend eine Woche später. ****************************************** (1) CALL FOR PAPERS (Salzburg, Deadline: … [View More]28.02.2025) Dignity in the Digital Age (2) CALL FOR PAPERS (Duisburg/Essen, Deadline: 28.02.2025) Online Conference "The Language of Psychotherapy: An Interdisciplinary Perspective" (3) CALL FOR PAPERS (Salzburg, Deadline: 01.05.2025) Salzburg Conference for Young Analytic Philosophy: SOPhiA 2025 (4) CALL FOR PAPERS (Special Issue, Deadline: 01.11.2025) Inquiry: Insights through Metaphors (5) VERANSTALTUNGSANKÜNDIGUNG (Heidelberg, 23-24.01.2025) Workshop on Recent Work on Authoritative and Formal Normativity (6) VERANSTALTUNGSANKÜNDIGUNG (Tutzing, 01-02.03.2025) Veranstaltung "Und was bringt ein Argument, das die Leute nicht bewegt?" (7) VERANSTALTUNGSANKÜNDIGUNG (Göttingen, 17.03.2025) 2025: Aufwind! Abschlusstagung des Verbundprojekts Bildersturm KORREKTUREN ****************************************** (1) CALL FOR PAPERS (Salzburg, Deadline: 28.02.2025) Dignity in the Digital Age June 17 to 18, 2024 (lunch to lunch) University of Salzburg Organizers: Gottfried Schweiger (Salzburg) and Michael Zichy (Bonn) Invited speakers: Marcel Becker and Adrienne de Ruiter In an era where digitalization permeates every aspect of our lives, the concept of dignity is being redefined and challenged in unprecedented ways. This conference and book volume seek to explore the multifaceted relationship between digitalization and dignity, addressing the challenges that technological advancements pose, for example, to our fundamental rights, privacy, and sense of self-worth. We invite scholars from various philosophical backgrounds and disciplines to contribute to this critical discourse.Issues of control, safety, respect, and justice in online spaces demand urgent attention, calling for a reevaluation of existing ethical frameworks and political philosophies. The opacity of complex algorithms, often referred to as the "black box" problem, poses significant challenges to explainability and transparency, making it difficult for users to understand how decisions affecting them are made. This also calls to address the need for robust regulation and policies to mitigate the adverse effects of digitalization on society. Discussions on digital literacy are also encouraged, as empowering individuals with the knowledge to navigate digital spaces is essential for protecting their dignity and rights. Contributions that offer insights into the ethical considerations and propose solutions for enhancing fairness and reducing discrimination - for example with respect to vulnerable and marginalized groups - in digital systems are highly valued. This call for papers seeks to foster a philosophical dialogue that not only critiques the current state of digital technologies but also envisions a future where dignity is upheld in the face of rapid technological advancement. Papers will be featured in a book volume dedicated to this theme. We invite abstracts of 500 words (in Word format) and a brief CV. Travel and accommodation expenses up to 500EUR can be covered. Please send your abstract before February 28 to the organizers @ this email address: gottfried.schweiger(a)plus.ac.at ****************************************** (2) CALL FOR PAPERS (Duisburg/Essen, Deadline: 28.02.2025) Online Conference "The Language of Psychotherapy: An Interdisciplinary Perspective" The research project "The Therapeutic Game" (PI Stefan Rinner) funded by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation and based at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Duisburg-Essen is organising an interdisciplinary two-day online conference on questions regarding language and its use in psychotherapeutic settings, to be held via Zoom on May 15 and 16. Our goal is to bring together researchers interested in this topic from different fields, including philosophy, linguistics, psychology, psychiatry, communication studies, and sociology. We invite submissions of abstracts for presentations by researchers from all career stages, including graduate students. Topics may include, but are not limited to, the following: - features and functions of therapeutic speech and conversations - linguistic models and explanations of the various functions and effects of therapeutic speech - application of tools or models developed in other areas of research to therapeutic speech - similarities between therapeutic speech and other socially relevant kinds of speech (e.g., hate speech and political speech) The submitted abstracts should be 500 words and indicate the intended kind of presentation: (i) Regular: 20 min presentation, 10 min discussion (ii) Exploratory: 5 min presentation, 10 min discussion Please send your abstract as a .pdf file to stefan.rinner(a)uni-due.de. The deadline for submission is February 28 2025. The conference language will be English. All abstracts will be reviewed by the members of the research project and selections made on the basis of judgments of quality and fit with the workshop topic and aims. Decisions will be communicated by the end of March 2025. For more information on the research project visit: https://stefan-rinner.webnode.page/the-therapeutic-game/ ****************************************** (3) CALL FOR PAPERS (Salzburg, Deadline: 01.05.2025) Salzburg Conference for Young Analytic Philosophy: SOPhiA 2025 September 03 - 05, 2025 Department of Philosophy (Humanities), University of Salzburg, Austria Mode: in-person conference _Aim:_ SOPhiA 2025 provides an opportunity for students and doctoral candidates in philosophy to take a first peek into the philosophical business and to get in touch with prospective and well established philosophers. Contributions in every discipline of philosophy (epistemology, ethics, logic, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of religion, philosophy of science, etc.) are welcome. As common in analytic philosophy, contributors should make use of understandable language as well as rational argumentation. In addition to the conference presentations there will also be affiliated workshops on selected topics in analytic philosophy. _Keynote Speakers:_ * Ophelia Deroy (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) * Stavros Ioannidis [in person] & Stathis Psillos [online] (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) * David Lanius (University of Salzburg) _Call for papers:_ Students and doctoral candidates (pre-doc) in philosophy are encouraged to submit an abstract prepared for double-blind review. We are committed to fostering diversity and equality in our programs. Submissions from underrepresented groups are particularly welcome. Abstracts should not exceed 2.000 _characters_. All submissions should be suitable for a presentation of approximately 20 minutes in length (plus 10 minutes discussion). The conference language is English. Please submit your abstract at <http://www.sophia-conference.org [1]> until May 1, 2025. Note that authors may appear as co-authors on multiple submissions, but not more often than once as first author/presenter. Attendees who do not wish to present are asked to register in advance by emailing to <organization(a)sophia-conference.org>. _SOPhiA best paper award:_ Contributors are also invited to submit a full paper (of up to 8.000 words) not including any author or affiliation information. A jury will evaluate all submissions and will determine the winning paper. A selection of full papers will, in addition, undergo double-blind peer-review and be considered for publication in KRITERION - Journal of Philosophy free of article processing charges. Please prepare your full paper according to the guidelines available at <http://degruyter.com/krt> and submit it via the link provided there. When submitting your manuscript via the journal's submission system, please select „Special Issue: SOPhiA Best paper Award" as the issue type. Note that only full papers in English submitted before the general deadline (May 1, 2025) can be considered for the SOPhiA best paper award and that contributors are not allowed to be first or co-author of more than one paper submitted for the SOPhiA best paper award. Please be aware that only contributions that have also been submitted as a regular SOPhiA talk will be considered for the SOPhiA best paper award. _Submission deadline:_ May 1, 2025 _Notification deadline:_ June 1, 2025 _Website:_ www.sophia-conference.org [1] ****************************************** (4) CALL FOR PAPERS (Special Issue, Deadline: 01.11.2025) Inquiry: Insights through Metaphors Journal: _Inquiry: An interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy_ Guest Editors: Jochen Briesen (Heidelberg University) Jacob Hesse (Ruhr-University Bochum) Description: This special issue is based on a conference that was held in June 2024 at the University of Konstanz. Traditionally, discussions of metaphor tend to emphasize either its aesthetic aspect, often at the expense of its epistemic value, or vice versa. Our hypothesis, however, is that the aesthetic dimension of metaphors can actively contribute to and enhance their epistemic significance. We think that this investigation naturally leads to questions about the relationship between metaphors and images. For instance, to what extent do metaphors possess pictorial qualities? Some scholars have even suggested the existence of genuine visual metaphors. In this context, it is worth exploring the distinct properties metaphors acquire when realized visually. Further questions are: Can the epistemic value of metaphors be clarified by drawing upon the epistemic value of images? How do the aesthetic and epistemic aspects of images and metaphors relate to each other? What epistemic value can art and aesthetic objects in general hold? Is there a unique epistemic value inherent in metaphors themselves? Which value can metaphors and analogies have for science and (scientific) understanding in general? We invite contributions that explore these and other related questions from the perspectives of philosophy of language, linguistics, epistemology, philosophy of science, aesthetics, art history, or cultural studies. The deadline for submissions is November 1st, 2025. Submissions should be made through the journal's online system. When submitting, please be sure to select our special issue from the dropdown menu provided. If this step is missed, the manuscript will be processed as a regular submission. You find the submission portal here: https://accounts.taylorfrancis.com/identity/#/login?authorize=true&client_i… Submission guidelines: https://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?show=instructions&journ… PhilEvents: https://philevents.org/event/show/130678 If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact Jacob Hesse (jacob.hesse(a)rub.de) or Jochen Briesen (jochen.briesen(a)uni-heidelberg.de). ****************************************** (5) VERANSTALTUNGSANKÜNDIGUNG (Heidelberg, 23-24.01.2025) Workshop on Recent Work on Authoritative and Formal Normativity The workshop will take place at the _Neue Universität_ in Heidelberg. If you want to attend in person, please register with us in advance (michael.vollmer(a)uni-heidelberg.de). The talks will be accessible online via the following link https://heiconf.uni-heidelberg.de/mav9-vakj-f7uq-fumy _Program:_ (23.01.) 10:00 - 10:15 Welcome 10:15 - 11:25 Jonathan Way - _The Normativity Challenge_ Coffebreak 11:40 - 12:50 Jack Woods - _tba_ Extended Lunchbreak & Social Activity 15:45 - 16:55 Michael Vollmer - _Doing without 'Authority'?_ Coffeebreak 17:10 - 18:20 Elizabeth Ventham - _Non-Moral Blame and Criticism_ 19:30 Dinner (24.01.) 10:00 - 10:15 Welcome 10:15 - 11:25 Eline Gerritsen - _Questioning the Normative Status of Social Norms_ Coffebreak 11:40 - 12:50 Derek Baker - _Deliberation without Authority_ Extended Lunchbreak & Social Activity 15:45 - 16:55 Susanne Mantel - _A Normative Take on the Ought Simpliciter_ Coffeebreak 17:10 - 18:20 James Brown - _Welfare Subjects and Prudential Normativity_ 19:30 Dinner ****************************************** (6) VERANSTALTUNGSANKÜNDIGUNG (Tutzing, 01-02.03.2025) Veranstaltung "Und was bringt ein Argument, das die Leute nicht bewegt?" _"Und was bringt ein Argument, das die Leute nicht bewegt?"_ _Möglichkeiten und Grenzen des Argumentierens in Politik und Gesellschaft_ In Kooperation mit dem DFG-Netzwerk "Argumentieren in der Schule" und der Universität Mainz Leitung: Laura Martena / Dominik Balg Die Debattenkultur steckt in einer tiefen Krise. Das ist jedenfalls seit Jahren überall zu hören und zu lesen. Haben wir das Argumentieren verlernt? Oder waren wir nie besonders gut darin? Wozu sollten wir überhaupt in den argumentativen Austausch mit anderen treten, und warum fällt uns das so schwer? Bei der Tagung suchen wir Antworten. Dazu betrachten wir im ersten Teil aktuelle Diagnosen des Stands der Debattenkultur. Dabei werden wir unter anderem auf wachsende Sachferne und Wahrheitsvergessenheit, Emotionalisierung und Verrohung stoßen. In einem solchen Klima scheinen sachliche Argumente einen besonders schlechten Stand zu haben. Sollten wir daher unter anderem bei ethischen und politischen Kontroversen besser auf das Argumentieren verzichten und stattdessen versuchen, unsere Positionen mit anderen Mitteln durchzusetzen? Eine alternative Reaktion könnte darin bestehen, sich stärker um die Ausbildung und Förderung argumentativer Fähigkeiten und Haltungen zu bemühen. Da wir diese nicht immer schon besitzen, sondern erst erwerben müssen, bedürfte es dazu neuer Bildungsformate. Im zweiten Teil der Tagung stellen wir unter anderem Praxis-Projekte vor, die eben dies leisten sollen. Zum Abschluss loten wir aus, inwieweit sich die Debattenkultur durch solche Initiativen verbessern lässt. Die Tagung richtet sich an Multiplikatorinnen und Multiplikatoren im schulischen und außerschulischen Bildungsbereich und darüber hinaus an alle Interessierten. Anmeldung und Programm: https://www.apb-tutzing.de/programm/tagung/9-2-25 ****************************************** (7) VERANSTALTUNGSANKÜNDIGUNG (Göttingen, 17.03.2025) 2025: Aufwind! Abschlusstagung des Verbundprojekts Bildersturm Einladung zu 2025: Aufwind! Abschlusstagung des Verbundprojekts Bildersturm (Göttingen, 17.03.2025) Die Abschlusstagung des Verbundprojekts „Bildersturm: Frauen in der Philosophie sichtbar machen und neue Vorbilder etablieren [2]" findet am Montag, dem 17. März 2025, von 12:00 bis 19:30 Uhr in der Historischen Sternwarte Göttingen statt. Im Fokus stehen die Präsentation von Handreichungen zu Kanon und Vorbildern in der Philosophie, eine Podiumsdiskussion mit Vertreter:innen der Fachgesellschaften DGPhil, GAP und SWIP Germany sowie eine Keynote von Eva Weber-Guskar (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) zum Thema „Akademische Philosophie sichtbar machen - ‚Gefühle der Zukunft' als Lehrstück". Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Anmeldung bis zum 13. März 2025 per Email an christine.bratu(a)uni-goettingen.de. ****************************************** KORREKTUREN Wir wurden gebeten, folgende Korrekturen zu Ankündigungen durchzugeben: GAP Infomail 35-2024: Die Registrierungsfrist für die Veranstaltung "How we do (not) talk about mistaken beliefs" (6-7 Februar, 2025, HHU Düsseldorf) wurde verlängert: The deadline to register for in-person attendance is 28 January 2025. The deadline to register for online attendance is 4 February 2025. -- Links: ------ [1] http://www.sophia-conference.org/ [2] https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/670560.html [View Less]

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Informationen der DGPhil - 2. Woche

by Martin Kusch

DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT FÜR PHILOSOPHIE E.V. INFORMATIONEN DER DGPHIL 02. KALENDERWOCHE 2025 Verwenden Sie für eigene Einreichungen bitte die Schnittstelle unter: https://www.dgphil.de/jobs-events-cfps/einreichen/ Für Anregungen zur Verbesserung unserer Angebote sind wir stets dankbar. Die Geschäftsführung STELLENAUSSCHREIBUNGEN ------------------------- CALLS FOR PAPERS 1) Philosophie der Liebe und Sexualität (Panel auf der XII. Tagung für Praktische Philosophie) (Deadline: 01.04.… [View More]2025) ------------------------- VERANSTALTUNGSANKÜNDIGUNG 2) IMAGINATION DES ABSOLUTEN. Schellings Philosophie der bildenden Künste im Rahmen seines Würzburger Systems (Vortrag und Gespräch mit Gunther Wenz) (Beginn: 27.01.2025, Ende: 27.01.2025) 3) Das Schelling-Jubiläum 2025 (Beginn: 27.01.2025, Ende: 04.10.2025) 4) »Krisis und Entscheidung in der Philosophie Schellings« - Festvortrag Prof. Dr. Marcela García-Romero (Präsidentin der NASS, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles) (Beginn: 31.01.2025, Ende: 01.02.2025) ------------------------- 1) CALL FOR PAPERS Philosophie der Liebe und Sexualität (Panel auf der XII. Tagung für Praktische Philosophie) Einreichungen an: E-Mail Deadline: 01.04.2025 Call Bezeichnung: Call for Papers Datum: 25.09.2025 Ende: 26.09.2025 Online ansehen [1] ------------------------- 2) VERANSTALTUNG IMAGINATION DES ABSOLUTEN. Schellings Philosophie der bildenden Künste im Rahmen seines Würzburger Systems (Vortrag und Gespräch mit Gunther Wenz) Ort: Schelling-Forum der BAdW, Klinikstraße 3, 97070 Würzburg, schelling-forum(a)badw.de Beginn: 27.01.2025 - 18:00 Uhr Ende: 27.01.2025 - 20:00 Uhr Einsender Dr. Vicki Müller-Lüneschloß Vicki.Mueller-Lueneschloss(a)schelling.badw.de Online ansehen [2] ------------------------- 3) VERANSTALTUNG Das Schelling-Jubiläum 2025 Ort: Leonberg, München, Würzburg Beginn: 27.01.2025 Ende: 04.10.2025 Einsender Dr. Vicki Müller-Lüneschloß Vicki.Mueller-Lueneschloss(a)schelling.badw.de Online ansehen [3] ------------------------- 4) VERANSTALTUNG »Krisis und Entscheidung in der Philosophie Schellings« - Festvortrag Prof. Dr. Marcela García-Romero (Präsidentin der NASS, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles) Ort: Stadtmuseum Leonberg Beginn: 31.01.2025 - 19:30 Uhr Ende: 01.02.2025 - 14:00 Uhr Einsender Dr. Vicki Müller-Lüneschloß Vicki.Mueller-Lueneschloss(a)schelling.badw.de Online ansehen [4] ------------------------- IMPRESSUM ANGABEN GEMÄß § 5 TMG Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie e. V. Prof. Dr. Reinold Schmücker Präsident c/o Universität Münster Philosophisches Seminar Domplatz 23 48143 Münster Vereinsregister: VR 3789 Registergericht: Amtsgericht Leipzig Vertreten durch: Prof. Dr. Reinold Schmücker Prof. Dr. Nadja Germann PD Dr. Christian Barth KONTAKT Telefon: 0251 83-24594 [5] E-Mail: info(a)dgphil.de Internet: www.dgphil.de [6] -- Links: ------ [1] https://www.dgphil.de/aktuelles/alle-events/details-1/events/philosophie-de… [2] https://www.dgphil.de/aktuelles/alle-events/details/events/imagination-des-… [3] https://www.dgphil.de/aktuelles/alle-events/details/events/das-schelling-ju… [4] https://www.dgphil.de/aktuelles/alle-events/details/events/krisis-und-entsc… [5] tel:+492518324594 [6] https://www.dgphil.de [View Less]

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Fwd: Informationen der DGPhil - 1. Woche

by Martin Kusch

DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT FÜR PHILOSOPHIE E.V. INFORMATIONEN DER DGPHIL 01. KALENDERWOCHE 2025 Verwenden Sie für eigene Einreichungen bitte die Schnittstelle unter: https://www.dgphil.de/jobs-events-cfps/einreichen/ Für Anregungen zur Verbesserung unserer Angebote sind wir stets dankbar. Die Geschäftsführung STELLENAUSSCHREIBUNGEN 1) Two PhD positions in the project "Worldly Indeterminacy" (University of Bern) 2) PhD-scholarships in Neurophilosophy (LMU-GSN, Deadline 17.02.2025, 12.00 … [View More]

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VDP Events Next Week: 1. Writing Evenings (14 Jan); 2. Faculty Presentation (FÖP) (15 Jan); 3. Pragmatic Academic on External Teaching Applications (17 Jan)

by Vienna Doctoral School of Philosophy

Dear all, Your doctoral school wishes you a wonderful 2025. We would like to invite you to the following events taking place next week at the Neues Institutsgebäude (NiG), Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien. 1. Writing Evenings WS24 The VDP Writing Evenings provide an opportunity for focused work on dissertations and academic texts. They are accessible to philosophy PhD candidates, advanced master's students, or anyone in between. Upcoming sessions: 14.01.25, 15:00-19:00, NIG, 3A 21.01.25, … [View More]

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CEU Department of Philosophy upcoming events

by Philosophy

Dear all thank you for your interest in the Department of Philosophy events at CEU. Our upcoming events are as follows: Descartes and Leibniz on Infinity<https://events.ceu.edu/2025-01-14/descartes-and-leibniz-infinity> Anat Schechtman (University of Texas at Austin) Tuesday, January 14, 2025 - 3:40PM Vienna Campus | Quellenstrasse 51 | QS D-001 Tiered Power and Romantic Relationships<https://events.ceu.edu/2025-02-18/power-and-romantic-relationships> Lucy McDonald (KCL) Tuesday,… [View More]

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Wittgen=steine tomorrow: Anne-Marie Søndergaard Christensen, "Wittgenstein and the difficulty of avoiding failures of decency"

by Martin Kusch

-------- Originalnachricht -------- BETREFF: Wittgen=steine: Two talks this term DATUM: 30.09.2024 08:37 VON: Martin Kusch <martin.kusch(a)univie.ac.at> AN: Hermes <hermes(a)lists.philo.at>, Forum <forum(a)lists.univie.ac.at> Dear All, The "Wittgen=steine" group organises a talk tomorrow: October 18th, 2024, 3:00pm to 4:30pm, HS 3B: Anne-Marie Søndergaard Christensen, "Wittgenstein and the difficulty of avoiding failures of decency" … [View More]

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Fwd: [Hermes] Fwd: Ausschreibung: Roland Atefie-Preis der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 2025

by Raphael Gustavo Aybar Valdivia

Liebe Kolleg*innen, untenstehend zu Ihrer Information. mit besten Grüßen, Andreas Wintersperger, MA ---- Institutskoordination philosophie(a)univie.ac.at +43(1)4277 46401 Institut für Philosophie Universitätsstraße 7/3/A 316 1010 Wien https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/ -------- Originalnachricht -------- Betreff: Ausschreibung: Roland Atefie-Preis der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 2025 Datum: 07.01.2025 11:42 Von: "Kontny, Johannes" <Johannes.Kontny(a)oeaw.ac.at> An: … [View More]

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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, … [View More]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 [View Less]

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Fellowship opportunities at the Institute for Human Sciences (Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen, IWM) in Vienna

by Kasper Nowak

Dear VDP Mailing List, I would like to share with you the following information about fellowship opportunities at the Institute for Human Sciences (Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen, IWM) in Vienna: ----------------------------------- The Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna (Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen, IWM) is an intellectually and politically independent institute for advanced study in the humanities and social sciences. ***** ***** ***** ***** Jan … [View More]Patočka Fellowship The Jan Patočka Fellowship Program aims to foster research inspired by Jan Patočka's legacy and his intellectual endeavor to rethink Europe under post-European paradigms. It welcomes scholars working on the manifold philosophical, societal, economic, geopolitical, or historical dimensions of this challenging topic. As a name-giver for this program, Patočka's critical investigations into the history of philosophy, the meaning of modernity, (post)colonialism, war, technology, and the dialectics of enlightenment offer exemplary--though by no means exclusive--fields of research. The call invites project applications that offer inspiring perspectives on the idea of (post-)Europe and its critical reflection in contemporary debates. The fellowship is open to all academic disciplines in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Jan Patočka Junior Visiting Fellows will be invited to spend five months between September 2025 and June 2026 at the IWM to pursue their research projects. Deadline for applications: 16 February 2025 More details here: https://www.iwm.at/program/jan-patocka-fellowship [1] ***** ***** ***** ***** Digital Humanism Junior Visiting Fellowship The fellowship aims to bring eminent scholars from a wide range of academic fields to the Institute and allow them to pursue cutting-edge research on all aspects of the networked society. Two junior visiting fellows come to the Institute each semester, carry out their own research projects, and enjoy the possibility of an intensified collaboration and discussion with the senior visiting fellow. Junior visiting fellows will be invited to spend a period of three consecutive months at the Institute in autumn 2025. Deadline for applications: 21 January 2025 More details here: https://www.iwm.at/program/digital-humanism-fellowship [2] ***** ***** ***** ***** Further fellowship opportunities at the IWM can be found here: https://www.iwm.at/blogs?category_id=75 [3] ----------------------------------- Best regards, Kasper Nowak Links: ------ [1] https://www.iwm.at/program/jan-patocka-fellowship [2] https://www.iwm.at/program/digital-humanism-fellowship [3] https://www.iwm.at/blogs?category_id=75 [View Less]

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Fellowship opportunities at the Institute for Human Sciences (Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen, IWM) in Vienna

by Kasper Nowak

Dear VDP Mailing List, I would like to share with you the following information about fellowship opportunities at the Institute for Human Sciences (Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen, IWM) in Vienna: ----------------------------------- The Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna (Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen, IWM) is an intellectually and politically independent institute for advanced study in the humanities and social sciences. ***** ***** ***** ***** *Jan Patočka … [View More]Fellowship* The Jan Patočka Fellowship Program aims to foster research inspired by Jan Patočka’s legacy and his intellectual endeavor to rethink Europe under post-European paradigms. It welcomes scholars working on the manifold philosophical, societal, economic, geopolitical, or historical dimensions of this challenging topic. As a name-giver for this program, Patočka’s critical investigations into the history of philosophy, the meaning of modernity, (post)colonialism, war, technology, and the dialectics of enlightenment offer exemplary––though by no means exclusive––fields of research. The call invites project applications that offer inspiring perspectives on the idea of (post-)Europe and its critical reflection in contemporary debates. The fellowship is open to all academic disciplines in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Jan Patočka Junior Visiting Fellows will be invited to spend five months between September 2025 and June 2026 at the IWM to pursue their research projects. *Deadline for applications: 16 February 2025* *More details here: *https://www.iwm.at/program/jan-patocka-fellowship ***** ***** ***** ***** *Digital Humanism Junior Visiting Fellowship* The fellowship aims to bring eminent scholars from a wide range of academic fields to the Institute and allow them to pursue cutting-edge research on all aspects of the networked society. Two junior visiting fellows come to the Institute each semester, carry out their own research projects, and enjoy the possibility of an intensified collaboration and discussion with the senior visiting fellow. Junior visiting fellows will be invited to spend a period of three consecutive months at the Institute in autumn 2025. *Deadline for applications: 21 January 2025* *More details here:* https://www.iwm.at/program/digital-humanism-fellowship ***** ***** ***** ***** Further fellowship opportunities at the IWM can be found here: https://www.iwm.at/blogs?category_id=75 ----------------------------------- Best regards, Kasper Nowak [View Less]

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