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News and musings from the Institute of Philosophy, Leibniz University Hannover. We do, among other things, a lot of philosophy of science!

Deadline for submissions for the Philosophy of Science & Race Prize has been extended to July 1st. Please consider submitting your own recently (2021-2026) published work in this area or nominating a scholar whose work on this topic you admire. #HPS

UPSS Philosophy of Science & Race Prize
Philosophy of Science Association@philsci.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Deadline extended to July 1, 2026! Complete details here - mms.philsci.org/msg_detail.p... PSA Philosophy of Science and Race Prize (Jul 1) - docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... PSA26 UPSS Session (Aug 1) - docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Edoardo Peruzzi's paper “Progress in Model-Based Sciences: Reframing the Relationship Between Horizontal and Vertical Progress in Economics,” has been accepted for publication in the Philosophy of Science: PSA 2026 Contributed Paper Proceedings. philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/29...

Progress in Model-Based Sciences:Reframing the Relationship Between Horizontal and Vertical Progress in Economics - PhilSci-Archive

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🚀📝New paper by @tanjarechnitzer.bsky.social on whether #ReflectiveEquilibrium is (just) a method. Check it out, it's #OpenAccess! #Metaphilosophy #Methodology #PhilSky #PhilosophicalMethod

Tanja Rechnitzer@tanjarechnitzer.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Is #ReflectiveEquilibrium (just) a method? And what even is a method in philosophy? In my new #OpenAccess paper in #Synthese, I draw a three-level distinction: #Epistemology, #Methodology, and #Method. 1/3

We are moving into the beautiful new research building #ForumWissenschaftsreflexion at the end of June, and we are delighted to celebrate this milestone at its inaugural conference! As part of the conference, our team member Murat Bakeev will participate in a workshop for young researchers. -->

Institute of Philosophy LUH@iphilluh.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Reminder: In June, #ForumWissenschaftsreflexion will open its doors. We are excited to move into our new research building dedicated to the #ScienceOfScience, and want to celebrate with you! For this purpose, we are hosting our Inaugural Conference from June 17-19. #PhilSci #HPS #SocSky #STS

Poster advertising the inaugural conference of the Forum Wissenschaftsreflexion: http://go.lu-h.de/wissConf

Check out this book review by @belewollesen.bsky.social and @becklukas.bsky.social on "False Prophets of Economics Imperialism: The Limits of Mathematical Market Models" by Matthew Watson 👇 #PhilEcon

Bele Wollesen @belewollesen.bsky.social · 4mo ago

It’s always a blast to write a book review with this guy: @becklukas.bsky.social. This time we read “False Prophets of Economics Imperialism: The Limits of Mathematical Market Models” by Matthew Watson. You can check out our thought on Watson’s book here: philpapers.org/archive/LUKF...