This paper marks an important milestone for me, because ten years ago when I started working on the theory of metascience, I realized mainstream metascience wasn't going in the direction I initially hoped it would. After the psychology reproducibility project got published, I could not stop

Berna Devezer@devezer.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📣 The difference between replicable and not replicable is not itself scientifically replicable. 📣 New work with Erkan Buzbas, showing that verdicts such as "X% of results replicated" are based on an inferential machinery that doesn't work. arxiv.org/abs/2604.26268

The good thing with AI generated emails from students is that they don't start with "hey" but with "Sir"

Some clients think they are helping their lawyers or keeping costs down by drawing up their own documents, but the AI documents are often woolly, riddled with errors and full of irrelevant information, lawyers say.

Lawyers waste hours checking AI documents produced by clients - DutchNews.nl

Lawyers are facing hours of extra work dealing with AI documents produced by both their clients and opposing legal teams, the Financieele Dagblad reported on Monday. Some clients think they are…

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This picture (credits to the creator I don't know) represents the the feelings of living in this world.

Bayesians are like listen up FUCKERS, we SOLVED epistemology. And it turns out you can believe WHATEVER YOU WANT provided it’s not LITERALLY INCONSISTENT and you CHOSE THE RIGHT OPINIONS before LOOKING AT THE EVIDENCE AT ALL

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Congratulations to Barbara Vetter! Her work is a must read in the theory of modality. She has been crafting her theory over many years and it's great to see a fellow possible world agnostic receive such an award! You can learn more about her work on our podcast! youtu.be/RpVWA9jXG4w?...

Barbara Vetter on grounding possibility in the real world, human abilities and more! I EP 6

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Justin Weinberg@dailynous.com · 8mo ago

One of this year's recipients of the prestigious Leibniz prize is a philosopher...

The season finale is here. What a ride. And to end it on a high note, I had the pleasure to meet with my co-supervisro and an absolutely stellar philosopher, Luca Incurvati. In the two years we have been working together I have learned tons, and in this interview I learned even more. Thank you, Luca

Ping Pong Philosophy 🏓@pingpongphilosophy.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🏓 The Ping Pong Philosophy Season Finale is here! 🎙️ We wrap up our very first season with Luca Incurvati, one of today’s leading voices in logic and the philosophy of mathematics. OUT NOW on Spotify and YouTube! https://open.spotify.com/episode/3PvxF4QjmlxJFwtW5Rdj5q?si=7SfQi1FySGCPCBqm9ak5WQ

I think it is always a pleasure to know that analytical philosophy is doing well and it is genuinly concerned with philosophical problems that have real world repercusions. That is why it was a pleasure to interview Mari Mikkola for @pingpongphilosophy.bsky.social, who is one those.

Ping Pong Philosophy 🏓@pingpongphilosophy.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Mari Mikkola on hate speech, feminism, metaphysics… and surviving Phenomenology of Spirit. 🎙️ A must-listen episode of Ping Pong Philosophy! Check it out now! https://youtu.be/VZDW77ou2iA

Giving talks with slides is just academic karaoke.

Over the summer I had the chance to go to the SIFA conference and attend the keynote talks. The first day Mario de Caro gave a fantastic talk on Virtue Ethics and AI systems that inspired me to reach him and ask him to do an episode. 24 hours later we recorded this interview. Thank you, Mario.

Ping Pong Philosophy 🏓@pingpongphilosophy.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I talked with Mario de Caro, Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University and Università Roma Tre, about virtue ethics for AI, free will, and the time he managed to make Hilary Putnam change his mind. Check out the podcast on Spotify and YouTube!  https://youtu.be/nSEJGjq0Vko 🎙️🏓

mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one

Chris Morran@themorrancave.bsky.social · 9mo ago

NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House. By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro

We now on episode seven, which was actually the first episode we recorded. This was huge, because I was going to interview none other than Filippo Ferrari, who is a mandatory reference when studying issues in the normativity of truth, something that our research project touches on.

Filippo Ferrari on dualism, reading Kaplan and normativity I EP 7

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Ping Pong Philosophy 🏓@pingpongphilosophy.bsky.social · 9mo ago

We forgot to post the link! youtu.be/RT1LdPXPjjA

Although possible world semantics has become the standard way to treat modality in contemporary analytic philosophy people like Barbara Vetter have pushed to understand it better in terms that are relevant for us humans in the actual world. I got to sit down with her for Ping Pong Philosophy. Enjoy!

Ping Pong Philosophy 🏓@pingpongphilosophy.bsky.social · 9mo ago

In this episode of Ping Pong Philosophy 🏓, I talk with Barbara Vetter, Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at Freie Universität Berlin and co-director of the Human Abilities Centre for Advanced Studies, about possibility, human abilities, and more!

TOMORROW! 🎙️🏓 A brand new episode of Ping Pong Philosophy drops! This time, I sat down with Barbara Vetter to talk about grounding possibility in the real world, human abilities and why philosophers study anthropology and developmental psychology. You don’t want to miss this one!

Halfway through our first season! 🏓🎙️ Huge thanks to every guest who’s shared their time and ideas with us in the Ping Pong Philosophy Podcast.  There’s so much more to come! Can’t wait for what’s coming next 👀

For the mid season episode I had the absolute pleasure to intervew one hell of a philosopher, the one and only Massimo Pigliucci. We got to talk about many things, the most fun of those being whether if denouncing pseudo-science for so long has gotten him a lot of hate mail.

Massimo Pigliucci on panpsychism, reading the Platonic dialogues and answering unsolicited emails

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Ping Pong Philosophy 🏓@pingpongphilosophy.bsky.social · 9mo ago

In this episode of Ping Pong Philosophy 🏓, I talk with Massimo Pigliucci, K.D. Irani Professor of Philosophy at the City College of New York, about panpsychism, scientifically informed philosophy and more! 🎙️ You can also check out the podcast on Spotify!

🏓 One of my favorite conversations this season with Massimo Pigliucci, K.D. Irani Professor of Philosophy at CCNY. We got into Stoicism, the tricky line between science and pseudo-science, and why philosophy and science need each other more than ever. 🎙️ Ep 5 of Ping Pong Philosophy drops tomorrow!

New paper! 🥳 "Trust in Mathematics", coauthored with Silvia De Toffoli is out now in Philosophia Mathematica. A thread on what it is about. Please share with anyone who may be interested! academic.oup.com/philmat/adva...

Trust in Mathematics

Abstract. In this paper we develop a systematic account of trust in mathematics based on Katherine Hawley’s commitment account of trust. We focus on two re

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For the fourth episode (and one of my favourites so far) I got to interview @lisamherzog.bsky.social. It was a pleasure to listen to her "slightly crazy" takes on political philosophy, going to the opera (which she suggests to all philosophy students) and anarchism. Watch/listen here or on Spotify!

Ping Pong Philosophy 🏓@pingpongphilosophy.bsky.social · 9mo ago

In this episode of Ping Pong Philosophy 🏓, I talk with Lisa Herzog, Full Professor and Aletta Jacobs Chair of Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Groningen, about anarchism, philosophy at the opera, and the importance of sustainable work.

The publisher who disowns AI will make an absolute killing - it'll be seen as the most independent, trustworthy and imaginative and will be the place to which authors and readers will flock.

Chris Kempshall@chriskempshall.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Well isn’t this a literal fucking nightmare…

_Anarchy in th UK starts playing in the background_ No, seriously, this was a great episode. Watch/Listen to it tomorrow!

Ping Pong Philosophy 🏓@pingpongphilosophy.bsky.social · 9mo ago

This has to be one of my favorite episodes of the season! I had such a fascinating conversation with Lisa Herzog. We talked about anarchism and the importance of sustainable work. Can’t wait for you to watch it! Ep 4 of Ping Pong Philosophy drops tomorrow! 🎙️

Back when I was an undergrad I stumbled upon a video of a certain Franz Berto who boldly claimed that the laws of logic are not only about how we reason in our mind, but that they applied to reality as such. Years later I was able sit down with him for a chat. New episode of Ping Pong Φ out now!

Ping Pong Philosophy 🏓@pingpongphilosophy.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🌍 Are possible worlds just as real as our own? And what role does imagination play in logic and metaphysics? In this episode 🏓, I talk with Franz Berto, Professor at the University of St. Andrews, about modal realism, imagination, and what we can learn from reading Wittgenstein’s Tractatus.

Tomorrow a new episode of @pingpongphilosophy.bsky.social will be posted. This time is with the extraordinary Franz Berto, who (to my surprise) would like for modal realism to be true.

Ping Pong Philosophy 🏓@pingpongphilosophy.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🎙️ A brand new episode of Ping Pong Philosophy drops TOMORROW! This week’s guest: Franz Berto 🏓 💭 When was the first time you realized that Lewis was a great philosopher, yet deeply mistaken? Stay tuned to hear Professor Berto’s answer!

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People working on non-deterministic semantics flaunt that they can do modal logic without possible worlds. But do they have a theory modality? Yesterday in Ghent I argued that they do. Thanks for the invite, I met many people who I cite, which now I can call colleagues. #metaphysics #modallogic

Hey Google! How about you the fuck don't?

🎙️ Had a fascinating conversation with Jennifer Lackey in this week’s episode of Ping Pong Philosophy 🏓 Don’t miss it! And if you haven’t tuned in yet, now’s the perfect time.

Can you believe it? I got to sit down with one of my favourite philosophers and ask them about their work. The Jennifer Lackey episode is live tomorrow! Don't miss it.

Ping Pong Philosophy 🏓@pingpongphilosophy.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🚨 TOMORROW! A brand new episode of Ping Pong Philosophy with Jennifer Lackey 🎙️🏓 💭 What’s a philosophical position you wish were true, but in your view… isn’t? Jennifer shares her take in tomorrow’s episode. Don’t miss it!