Robeyns explains how extreme wealth concentration undermines democracies: "A focus on harm is alien to the dominant thinking about money [--] But we need a paradigm shift when it comes to thinking about the negative effects of extreme wealth concentration." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Is it bad that Elon Musk has a trillion dollars? Yes, and here’s why | Ingrid Robeyns

Just as the ‘poverty line’ determines what’s required for basic living, we need a ‘wealth line’ to show when extreme wealth becomes harmful, says economist and philosopher Ingrid Robeyns

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Surprisingly many smart people have recently told me that they think that climate change is not a threat to humanity in the way that AI apparently is. I am not sure where this trend to discount climate risks is coming from, but it is sadly only wishful thinking. The risks are real.

Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought

Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas

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An excellent first day at the Complicity and Collective Responsibility workshop at JNU in Delhi! Great work by Bhaskarjit Neog and his team in putting it all together: isos.wildapricot.org/Complicity

A lot has been written about the Epstein files lately, but I think this is the best piece. Marina Hyde asks what has anyone in power done to attack the structures and attitudes that allowed the abuse to happen? The answer: pretty much nothing at all. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...?

So the Epstein scandal is about politics? Silly me for thinking it’s about the mass abuse of women and girls | Marina Hyde

Obsessing over individual players and political chaos leaves less time to focus on the misogyny. And that’s for the best, isn’t it guys, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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The International Social Ontology Society (ISOS) has awarded six small grants this year to support member-led workshops that promote innovative research and collaboration in social ontology: isos.wildapricot.org/2026-workshops

The European Network for the Philosophy of the Social Sciences (ENPOSS) invites submissions to its 15th Conference at the University of Helsinki, 26-28 August 2026. blogs.helsinki.fi/enposshel/

Very happy to be part of the fourth volume of the Washington University Review of Philosophy, a philosophy journal that is run by undergraduate students www.pdcnet.org/collection-a...

Professor Kevin Durrheim’s public lecture on polarization starts at 4:15 pm! Join us at Metsätalo Lecture Hall 1 or online via Unitube: video.helsinki.fi/unitube/live...

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HCAS warmly welcomes everyone to a public lecture by social psychologist Kevin Durrheim, our current Jane and Aatos Erkko Visiting Professor. Join us for the lecture in Metsätalo (Hall 1) or online, on December 3 at 4:15 pm. For more details, visit our website: www.helsinki.fi/en/helsinki-...

🌟 Call for Applications: Small Grants for Workshops in Social Ontology 🌟 The International Social Ontology Society is excited to announce the opening of our Small Grants program for 2026! We fund innovative workshops that advance research in social ontology: isos.wildapricot.org/page-18190

International Social Ontology Society - Applying for Small Grants for Workshops

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My paper on Newsmax and Fox News is very topical again. Epistemic institutions like them present a special case for the responsibility of collective agents: www.fqpjournal.com/Article/Arch... Newsmax Will Pay $67 Million to Settle Dominion Defamation Lawsuit www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/b...

Newsmax Will Pay $67 Million to Settle Dominion Defamation Lawsuit

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First keynote of Social Ontology 2025, delivered by Bill Wringe, speaking on Non-Agential Groups in Political Philosophy. #SocialOntology2025

Second day of Institutional Epistemology 2025 workshop ahead, keynotes are streamed live, link at the workshop website: www.institutionalepistemology.net

Institutional Epistemology Workshop 2025, June 18-19 at the University of Helsinki. Our keynotes are Helen Beebee, Jessica Brown and Kevin Zollman. Keynotes will be streamed online. Program and IE resources here: www.institutionalepistemology.net #philsky #philsci

When the world is crazy, this is the only song that makes sense www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9G1...

Sesame Street: Happy Furry Monsters Song with R.E.M

YouTube video by Sesame Street

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@sadehormio.bsky.social n ja minun mielipide: #perintövero a koskevasta keskustelusta puuttuu oikeudenmukaisuusnäkökulma www.hs.fi/mielipide/ar...

Lukijan mielipide | Perintöveron poistaminen veisi kohti epätasa-arvoisempaa Suomea

Perintöverolla tasataan varallisuuden ja vallan kertymistä harvojen käsiin.

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Institutional Epistemology Workshop 2025, June 18-19, University of Helsinki. Our invited speakers this year are Helen Beebee, Jessica Brown, and @kevinzollman.com . We look forward to receiving your abstracts by March 10. More information here: www.institutionalepistemology.net #philsci #philsky

Institutional Epistemology 2025 CFA is out now, join us in June in Helsinki! Keynotes from Helen Beebee, Jessica Brown and Kevin Zollman: blogs.helsinki.fi/institutiona...

International Social Ontology Society has extended its small grants for workshops deadline to 12 January 2025. So please get thinking about how you could use the grants to hold an event! All relevant information, including details of how to apply, can be found at isos.wildapricot.org/page-18190

International Social Ontology Society - Applying for Small Grants for Workshops

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Really happy about how this book turned out, great contributions on collective responsibility from leading and upcoming names in social ontology: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Collective Responsibility

​This book demonstrates how the concept of collective obligation is relevant to ongoing normative debates in social and political philosophy.

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Symposium on Henry Shue’s "The Pivotal Generation: Why We Have a Moral Responsibility to Slow Climate Change Right Now" (Princeton University Press, 2021) is out now in Philosophy and Public Issues. Here is a link to my contribution: tuhat.helsinki.fi/ws/portalfil...

@inkerikoskinen.bsky.social and Päivi Seppälä argue that the competency assessment tests in University of Helsinki's renewed PhD application process do not promote fairness, objectivity or transparency and violate principles of responsible researcher evaluation. tint-helsinki.fi/2024/10/21/c...

The call for abstracts is now open for Social Ontology 2025, an interdisciplinary conference, this time in Dublin. isosonline.org/Social-Ontol...

International Social Ontology Society - Social Ontology 2025

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"It’s not that scientists aren’t capable of creative, exciting, ambitious work — they’ve just been forced to bend to a grant system that favors short, risk-averse projects. And if the grant system changes, odds are science will too." www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Science has a short-term memory problem

Scientists are trapped in an endless loop of grant applications. We’re wasting time and resources, when academia could be making breakthrough discoveries.

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Very happy to host the second international workshop of the Ethics of Coordination project in Helsinki later this week: www.ethics-of-coordination.net/events/secon...

Second International Workshop — Ethics of Coordination

This two-day conference brings together leading international researchers to present their latest results on issues related to the ethics of coordination and climate change.

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The Moral and Political Philosophy seminar will kick off its Autumn season on Wednesday 4 September with Garrett Cullity (Australian National University) talking about discriminatory attitudes. The full seminar schedule can be found at: blogs.helsinki.fi/mpp-seminar/events

(2/2) Sivistys tarvitsee sinua! -paneelissa oli Niiniluodon lisäksi akatemiatutkija @timomiettinen.bsky.social ja @sadehormio.bsky.social sekä @jaljillapodcast.bsky.social'in väitöskirjatutkija #LottaVuorio. Filosofoiva toimittaja #JakkeHolvas juonsi. Koko komeus nähtävissä: areena.yle.fi/1-71292055

Different studies attempting to answer the same question don't always reach the same conclusion. Sometimes it's error, sometimes noise, but on some occasion, the discordance between the findings persists. How can that be? www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsci #metasci

Persistent evidential discordance | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science: Vol 0, No ja

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The ISOS Election results are in! Let's welcome our wonderful new team: President: Åsa Burman Vice-president: Glenda Satne Steering Committee: Ásta, Thomas Brouwer, Peter Fioncchiaro, Säde Hormio, Kirk Ludwig, Asya Passinsky, Kenneth Silver, Leonie Smith. Congratulations, all! 👏👏👏

#Sivistys2024 -teema XIV #Puistofilosofia -viikolla huipentuu pe 19.7. #SuomenAkatemia 'n kanssa järjestettävään ohjelmaan. Mukana #IlkkaNiiniluoto, @timomiettinen.bsky.social, @sadehormio.bsky.social ja #LottaVuorio. #JakkeHolvas juontaa. 😊🙏❤ Katso #YleAreena 'ssa. 😍 areena.yle.fi/1-71292055

Akatemiatutkija @sadehormio.bsky.social 'n haastattelu #SuomenAkatemia 'n #TietystiFI -sivustolla #sivistys 'stä. Säde on mukana XIV #Puistofilosofia -viikolla alustajana ja Sivistys tarvitsee sinua! -paneelissa, joka näytetään livenä #YleAreena 'ssa. 😍 #Sivistys2024 www.aka.fi/tietysti/tee...