My student, Paulina Kraft, is at the first European Congress for Metaphysics!

BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy@biap.bsky.social · 4w ago

As the European Congress for Metaphysics comes to a close, we're delighted that BIAP was represented by Esa Díaz-Leon, who delivered a keynote lecture, and Paulina Kraft, who presented a paper. Many thanks to the organisers, and congratulations to everyone who took part! ✨️

Wonderful workshop today on the manuscript "Linguistic Justice & AI", co-written by Sergi Morales-Gálvez & Seunghyun Song 📖✨️ Looking forward to tomorrow's workshop on Work & Social Justice! 🛠️⚖️

This week, the PLM Network conference brings together philosophers of language and mind from around the world to discuss the latest topics in the field. Programme and more info: eventum.upf.edu/142984/secti... @logos-group.bsky.social @biap.bsky.social @upf.edu

Huge congratulations to my PhD student, now Dr. Calosi, for a successful PhD defence! It was an honour and a pleasure to work with you 🤩🍾🥂

BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy@biap.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Huge congratulations to our own Duccio Calosi on his successful PhD defence yesterday! 👏🎓 We couldn't be happier or prouder. Well done, Dr. Calosi! ✨️

🧑‍⚖️ Suppose a judge issues a ruling. Are they casting light on a pre-existing legal fact? Are they issuing a command? Are they just booing and yaying? 💡 Check out Federico Arena's Open Philosophy Blog for some deep insights into the relation between legality and morality! 🔗 t.ly/0YpFY

🇨🇳 China asks Putin not to strike at Kyiv and urges to refrain from massive attacks, — Foreign Ministry "We consider only dialogue and negotiations to be the only viable way to resolve the conflict (war), - said the spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

This is one of the papers for the special issue Expressive Actions that I'm editing, and that was inspired by a workshop on expressive speech and expressive action a few years ago. 😀

Valencia Philosophy Lab@vlc-lab.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📚New publication! We are pleased to announce the publication of "The Expressivity and Rationality of Expressive Action", by Jean Moritz Müller in Review of Philosophy and Psychology. Link: link.springer.com/article/10.1... Please share! 🔁

Very happy to find out that my PhD student, Levan Sikharulidze, has won 1 early-career prize from the European Soc. of Analytic Philosophy for his submission to ECAP12 in the social and political phil. section. 🤩 analyticphilosophy.eu/early-career... @biap.bsky.social @logos-group.bsky.social

I'm giving a talk on individual and collective responsibility to the Collective Ethics Seminar in Vienna later on today. It's online! social.univie.ac.at/.../collecti... @biap.bsky.social @logos-group.bsky.social

This ended yesterday, and what a wonderful workshop it was, seeing friends, reading poetry, and crossing rivers together 🌱 Thanks to Delia Belleri and Claudia Picazo for putting it together

METIS research group@metisuned.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🟢 Workshop TODAY! 📍Biblioteca Central UNED, Madrid @bibliotecauned.bsky.social Speakers: @teresafm.bsky.social, Rachel Sterken, Delia Belleri, Pedro Abreu, @isabellabartoli.bsky.social, @ypeled.bsky.social, Joanna Odrowąż-Sypniewska & Yinqi Zhou. 💻 Online: zoom.us/j/96542576120

👋 Coming up in Madrid! Workshop on conceptual engineering and metalinguistic awareness, organized by Delia Belleri and Claudia Picazo! Very much looking forward to it! 😍 @biap.bsky.social @logos-group.bsky.social

Check this out! Summer course on analytic metaphysics in Santander coming up

BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy@biap.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📢 Summer course: Metafísica Analítica y Realidad ☀️ 📚️ 📅 Apply by May 4, August 10–14, 2026 📍 Santander, UIMP 👩‍🏫Taught by Marcelino Botín, Markel Kortabarria, Marco Portillo ⚠️ Scholarships available! 🧠 ⏳️ 👥 Consciousness, time, social ontology, and more! 🔗 t.ly/chTbE

Coming up!

BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy@biap.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Choosing whether—and whom—to marry is a bit like choosing between a bowl of cereal or a chocolate doughnut for breakfast. How? 💍❓🍩 Join us with Prof. Ruth Chang at the BIAP Distinguished Lectures to explore these questions and more! 🤔💭 ✨ Sneak peek on TED: t.ly/ylR6E 🗓️Schedule and info: t.ly/r8_jI

📯 BIAP Distinguished Lectures! We're very happy to announce three upcoming events with Prof. Ruth Chang (Oxford) on rationality, values, and the choices that shape our lives 🧩✨ 👇 See below for full details 📅 Open lecture on April 8 with @ateneubcn.cat - don’t miss it!

It's maybe ironic to post about the death of Jürgen Habermas here in one of our many twisted parodies of a public square, but he's the philosopher we very much need right now, a believer in the power of communication and reason. Here's my Times obituary:

Jürgen Habermas Dies at 96; One of Postwar Germany’s Most Influential Thinkers

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ejemplos de perversiones del significado, una noción que tengo que repensar y precisar

PEN Català@pencatala.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Des del PEN Català condemnem la decisió de les autoritats de declarar el @penbelarus.bsky.social una "formació extremista", fet que comporta el risc de procés penal. Ens solidaritzem amb els nostres companys en la seva missió de defensar la llibertat d'expressió i els drets culturals a Bielorússia.

Nouvel épisode de _Philosophy of Emotion_ 🎙️ — en français ! Avec Julien Deonna et Fabrice Teroni, nous discutons de **l’attitudinalisme**, la fameuse théorie des émotions qu’ils développent ensemble depuis plus de 15 ans 🫀 open.substack.com/pub/thecogsp...:

Episode 6: Julien Deonna and Fabrice Teroni on Emotions as Attitudes (en français).

Quand on a peur, on fuit.

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Very cool event coming up, bringing together two "María de Maeztu" institutions at the @ub.edu: BIAP @biap.bsky.social and Institut de Neurociències @ubneuro.bsky.social Two colleagues, Manolo and Andrea, at @logos-group.bsky.social will participate! @filosofiaub.bsky.social

BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy@biap.bsky.social · 5mo ago

📣 Upcoming event! Seminar + Round Table with @ubneuro.bsky.social 🗓️ Thu, March 12 📍 Sala de Graus (Miquel Siguan), Faculty of Psychology, University of Barcelona (Campus Mundet) 👇 More info + streaming link at t.ly/0KolP & t.ly/W28EK

Now out, my paper "The constitutive function of derogation" The main original contribution is a suggestion of how shared commitments to affective attitudes can update conversational contexts. @biap.bsky.social @logos-group.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The Constitutive Function of Derogation - Topoi

I defend an Austinian account of derogatory speech acts that distinguishes their general effects from their specific function – those that the being in force of their defining constitutive rules is me...

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We had a brilliant workshop last month on lies, fiction and manipulation in propaganda. The most actual topic we could be studying these days.

APhil @aphil.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🎙️Due to bad weather, today the BIAP Conference will take place online, following government recommendations. Tomorrow the sessions will be in person, as planned.🙌

👋 Ongoing this week! PhD seminar with Professor Ernesto Sosa, Rutgers University. The course is based on a new book that Prod. Sosa is concluding: Dawning Light Epistemology and Bounded Knowledge aphil.ub.edu/activity/daw... @biap.bsky.social @logos-group.bsky.social @filosofiaub.bsky.social

😀 What a week! Prof. Ernesto Sosa (Rutgers) delivered this year's PhD seminar, and a LOGOS Colloquium on the side. 📸 @biap.bsky.social @logos-group.bsky.social

We have an open PhD position at Umeå. Current deadline is March 6th which is pretty soon. S Please send this to any promising students who might be interested - especially if they are into the sort of stuff we do at Umeå. Here is the link: www.umu.se/en/work-with...

Doctoral student in philosophy

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🎙️ If you're an APhil alumnus/alumna (or not...) looking for a fully funded PhD in the Humanities, check out the call below in Vienna. 👇👇👇

Paulina Sliwa@pasliwa.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The University of Vienna is advertising a number of fully funded PhD positions in the Humanities (4 years), including in Philosophy. If you are interested or know any philosophy MA student who would be interested, please tell them to get in touch! careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/p...

The University of Vienna is advertising a number of fully funded PhD positions in the Humanities (4 years), including in Philosophy. If you are interested or know any philosophy MA student who would be interested, please tell them to get in touch! careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/p...

✨ BIAP Conference ✨ “Lies, Fiction, and Manipulation in Propaganda” 📅 12 i 13 de febrer de 2026 📍 Sala Polivalent (24.S18), Edifici Mercè Rodoreda, Campus de la Ciutadella, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

👋 Exciting news! Congratulations to our senior member Teresa Marques @teresafm.bsky.social for contributing three introductory chapters on Philosophy of Language (Part VI) in What is this Thing Called Philosophy (2nd ed.), edited by Duncan Pritchard for Routledge. 📚👏

Philosophy jobseekers! 6 year postdoc in theoretical philosophy in Saarbrücken.

Viktoria Knoll@grauesuppe.bsky.social · 7mo ago

🚨Postdoc-Stelle Theoretische Philosophie, 3+3 Jahre, an der Universität des Saarlandes (4 SWS Lehre) 📅Deadline: 05.02.2026 Wir sind ein sehr nettes (kleines, aber feines 💅) Institut und suchen Verstärkung. Gerne Re-post, danke! #philsky

SAVE THE DATE! 📢 Call for Papers: PLM8 – Barcelona 🧠 Philosophy of Language & Mind Conference | 17–19 June 2026 @upf.edu 📝 Abstracts due: 1 Feb 2026 🔗 Submit & info: eventum.upf.edu/142984/plm8 #PLM8

LOGOS Research Group@logos-group.bsky.social · 8mo ago

📢 Call for Papers | PLM8 (Barcelona) The 8th Philosophy of Language and Mind Network Conference will take place at @upf.edu, Barcelona, on 17–19 June 2026. 📝 Abstract deadline: 1 February 2026 🔗 Submissions & info: eventum.upf.edu/142984/plm8 🏛️ Organized by LOGOS & @upf.edu

Organized by Andrei Bespalov, Levan Sikharulidze, Andrea Huete and yours truly! Check it out!

BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy@biap.bsky.social · 7mo ago

SAVE THE DATE! 📢 BIAP collaborative research event: 'Lies, Fiction & Manipulation in Propaganda' 🗓 12–13 Feb 2026 📍 UPF, Barcelona The workshop brings together experts on propaganda, information warfare, and conspiracy theories 🧠 LINK: t.ly/jIutA #BIAP #Propaganda