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Christian List

@clist.bsky.social

Professor of Philosophy and Decision Theory, LMU Munich. Co-Director of the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy. Account used for academic purposes. Further info at: https://christianlist.net/

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Levin Hornischer@levinhornischer.bsky.social · last wk.

Proud to have co-organized our summer school with a dream team again 😊 A big thank you to the lecturers and the participants for making this such a nice event! 🥳

Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy@lmu-mcmp.bsky.social · last wk.

We had a wonderful 2026 Summer School for Widening Participation in Mathematical Philosophy at @lmu.de! Many thanks to the terrific participants from all over the world and to the fantastic lecturers Dunja Šešelja [Bochum], Xueyin (Snow) Zhang [Berkeley], and @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social [@tum.de]!

Christian List@clist.bsky.social · last mo.

On the 10th anniversary of the Brexit referendum, it's worth reposting my old @lseblogs.bsky.social post with my critique of the "will of the people" rhetoric around Brexit, from the perspective of social choice theory. @lsephilosophy.bsky.social @albertpweale.bsky.social @rbellamy.bsky.social

Is Brexit the will of the people? The answer is not quite that simple - LSE BREXIT

The Prime Minister, Theresa May, has repeatedly asserted that Brexit is “the will of the British people”, and that the government, therefore, has a duty to “deliver” it. But is Brexit really the will ...

blogs.lse.ac.uk

Christian List@clist.bsky.social · last mo.

On the 10th anniversary of the Brexit referendum, it's worth reposting my old @lseblogs.bsky.social post with my critique of the "will of the people" rhetoric around Brexit, from the perspective of social choice theory. @lsephilosophy.bsky.social @albertpweale.bsky.social @rbellamy.bsky.social

Is Brexit the will of the people? The answer is not quite that simple - LSE BREXIT

The Prime Minister, Theresa May, has repeatedly asserted that Brexit is “the will of the British people”, and that the government, therefore, has a duty to “deliver” it. But is Brexit really the will ...

blogs.lse.ac.uk

Timothy Gowers@wtgowers.bsky.social · 3mo ago

OpenAI's claim that this is a central conjecture in discrete geometry is not an exaggeration. This will I think be looked back on as the first time that AI solved a major mathematics problem (defined as a problem that all experts in some subfield had thought about). openai.com/index/model-...

An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in discrete geometry

An OpenAI model solved the 80-year-old unit distance problem, disproving a major conjecture in discrete geometry and marking a milestone in AI-driven mathematics.

openai.com

The British Academy@britishacademy.bsky.social · 3mo ago

How do groups make good decisions? 🤔 A new study by Fellow of the British Academy @clist.bsky.social explores under what conditions collective judgments are better than individual ones. From juries to AI agents, the study explores what conditions impact reliable group decisions. Read more @lmu.de.

How groups make good decisions

Mathematical philosophy: A new study shows when collective judgments are better than individual ones. The findings are also relevant for the use of AI agents among other applications.

lmu.de

Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (BAdW)@badw.de · 3mo ago

"Wie Gruppen gute Entscheidungen treffen" - BAdW-Mitglied @clist.bsky.social vom @lmu-mcmp.bsky.social über seine neue Studie, die zeigt, wann kollektive Urteile besser funktionieren als individuelle. Das Ergebnis ist auch für den Einsatz von KI-Agenten relevant.

Wie Gruppen gute Entscheidungen treffen

Mathematische Philosophie: Eine neue Studie zeigt, wann kollektive Urteile besser sind als individuelle. Das Ergebnis ist auch für den Einsatz von KI-Agenten relevant.

lmu.de

Christian List@clist.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This programmatic paper explores structural parallels in how consciousness and quantum mechanics challenge the traditional objectivist worldview of science and maps out possible responses. (We are not claiming the explanation of consciousness comes from QM or vice versa.) arxiv.org/pdf/2604.14234

arxiv quant-ph@arxiv-quant-ph.bsky.social · 4mo ago

John B. DeBrota, Christian List Consciousness, Quantum Mechanics, and the Limits of Scientific Objectivism https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.14234

Christian List@clist.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This programmatic paper explores structural parallels in how consciousness and quantum mechanics challenge the traditional objectivist worldview of science and maps out possible responses. (We are not claiming the explanation of consciousness comes from QM or vice versa.) arxiv.org/pdf/2604.14234

arxiv quant-ph@arxiv-quant-ph.bsky.social · 4mo ago

John B. DeBrota, Christian List Consciousness, Quantum Mechanics, and the Limits of Scientific Objectivism https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.14234

Christian List@clist.bsky.social · 4mo ago

How can a group make coherent and reliable judgments on complex issues, where these may be not just yes/no issues (e.g. guilty/not guilty in a jury) but non-binary variables (e.g. economic or climate variables)? This paper investigates this judgment-aggregation problem. @royalsocietypublishing.org

Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy@lmu-mcmp.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Newly published: "Collective Intelligence through Aggregation", by Franz Dietrich (@pse.bsky.social) and Christian List, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2026, doi.org/10.1098/rstb... @royalsocietypublishing.org

Christian List@clist.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Now published: a seven-pronged no-go result for quantum mechanics (QM). Seven classically accepted theses about physical reality are jointly inconsistent with QM. Any six are consistent. Different interpretations of QM can be classified in terms of which theses they give up and which they retain.

Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy@lmu-mcmp.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Newly published: "A Heptalemma for Quantum Mechanics", by John DeBrota and Christian List, Foundations of Physics, 2026, doi.org/10.1007/s107...

Christian List@clist.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Now published: a seven-pronged no-go result for quantum mechanics (QM). Seven classically accepted theses about physical reality are jointly inconsistent with QM. Any six are consistent. Different interpretations of QM can be classified in terms of which theses they give up and which they retain.

Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy@lmu-mcmp.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Newly published: "A Heptalemma for Quantum Mechanics", by John DeBrota and Christian List, Foundations of Physics, 2026, doi.org/10.1007/s107...

Lenore Blum@lenoreblum.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Just finished listening to this really wonderful talk. @clist.bsky.social gives an extremely cogent and down to earth discussion of #freewill leading to the plausibility that artificial agents can have it. I would even say, AI free will is inevitable.

Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy@lmu-mcmp.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Now available online: Christian List's talk at Hong Kong University's AI & Humanity Lab, "Can Artificial Agents Have Free Will?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr5d...

Christian List@clist.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Can artificial agents have free will? Here is a framework for thinking about this question. I discuss two kinds of artificial agents: group agents (e.g., corporations, states etc.) and AI systems (e.g., LLMs, autonomous decision-making systems etc.). Both raise important questions of responsibility.

Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy@lmu-mcmp.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Now available online: Christian List's talk at Hong Kong University's AI & Humanity Lab, "Can Artificial Agents Have Free Will?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr5d...

Johannes Kleiner@johanneskleiner.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I am extremely proud of what Camilo, Moritz, and the whole team have put together for this year's Models of Consciousness #MoC7. Stellar choice of topics and speakers, and an amazing social programme aimed at true exchange among participants. Come join us! #ConSci Talk application is now open.

Models of Consciousness@moc7.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The next Models of Consciousness Conference will take place in Copenhagen! 

 We are excited to bring #MoC7 to the University of Copenhagen on October 12–16, 2026. Call for Abstracts is now open on our website (link below!)

announcement of the models of consciousness conference 2026 at the university of copenhagen
Christian List@clist.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Here is a social-choice-theoretic critique of the notion of "the will of the people". The talk revisits William Riker's critique of populism (from his 1982 book Liberalism against Populism) and develops it further. At first sight, Riker's book may look dated, but the topic has become timely again.

Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy@lmu-mcmp.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Now available online: Christian List's 2026 Aquinas Lecture at the University of Innsbruck, "The Will of the People Revisited". www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

Christian List@clist.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Here is a social-choice-theoretic critique of the notion of "the will of the people". The talk revisits William Riker's critique of populism (from his 1982 book Liberalism against Populism) and develops it further. At first sight, Riker's book may look dated, but the topic has become timely again.

Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy@lmu-mcmp.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Now available online: Christian List's 2026 Aquinas Lecture at the University of Innsbruck, "The Will of the People Revisited". www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

Christian List@clist.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Updated: "A Heptalemma for Quantum Mechanics" (with John DeBrota). We present a no-go result: seven initially plausible theses about physical reality are jointly inconsistent with the predictions of QM, while any six are jointly consistent. The upshot is a novel taxonomy of interpretations of QM.

arxiv.org