„Mitmachen. Staunen. Entdecken.“ - am 24.4. findet die Lange Nacht der Forschung statt. Am FWF-Standort wird ein Vortrags- u. Führungsprogramm rund um das 120-Jahre-Jubiläum der Otto-Wagner-Postsparkasse geboten. #LNF26
📅: 24.4.2026, 17-22h
📌: Postsparkasse, 1010 Wien
www.fwf.ac.at/aktuelles/de...
Können KI-Sprachmodelle denken, oder handelt es sich bloß um probabilistische Plapperapparate? Für die Wissenschaftsseiten des @derstandard.at habe ich eine Tagung von @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social , @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social & @timcrane.bsky.social besucht. www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
philosophie.univie.ac.at/news-events/...
deadline extended until April 14 #philsky
⚡New Episode!
Objectivity with Gregor Greslehner (Vienna), Matt Dougherty (CEU) & Guest Sophie Veigl (Vienna)
Tune in for a conversation about knowledge, perspective, and whether rethinking objectivity might actually strengthen — rather than undermine — science.
🎧 Listen Now! (see comments)
In einem Beitrag auf der Seite "Forschung & Lehre" der FAZ greife ich die Debatte um "Deskilling" durch KI in der Hochschullehre auf, am Beispiel meines Fachs, der Philosophie
www.faz.net/aktuell/karr...
Only PhD positions this time.
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...
🚨 Podcast Episode 3 OUT NOW!
Cathy Mason (CEU) & Matt Dougherty (CEU) speak to Juliette Vazard about Emotions
Listen Now!
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What do our emotions actually tell us about the world?
#knowledge #emotions #philsky
Yes. Mahler's Kindertotenlieder, too.
And another job! A 6 year postdoc in Philosophy of Enlightenment and Modernity at Uni Wien with (newly arrived) Prof. Katharina Kraus.
philjobs.org/job/show/30622
Philosophy jobseekers! 6 year postdoc in theoretical philosophy in Saarbrücken.
⚠️ TODAY! Conference: Knowledge, Agency & Responsibility
A conference organised by Fabio Lampert @flampert.bsky.social, on issues concerning human agency, abilities, and capacities, with a focus on problems about free will and moral responsibility.
More info: buff.ly/dccJSiq
#philsky #philevent
Yay, @kraymondh.bsky.social!
Very excited that the first episode of the @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social podcast is out! Cathy Mason, @flampert.bsky.social, and @kraymondh.bsky.social talking about conspiracy theories. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Huge thanks to @nigelwarburton.bsky.social for advice and encouragement!
Happening TODAY!!!
Last chance to grab your FREE tickets to our World Philosophy Day Screening!
Waking Life (2001) by Richard Linklater
📍 5.30 pm at Filmcasino
#WorldPhilosophyDay #PhilosophyInFilm #FilmCasinoVienna #ViennaEvents
TODAY! Action for Ethicists - A talk with Simon-Pierre Cheverie-Cossette
Neues Institutsgebäude @univie.ac.at, Hörsaal 2i, 1.15-2.45 pm.
Simon-Pierre is Professor of Practical Philosophy at the University of Neuchâtel and works on topics in moral philosophy and psychology.
#philevent #ethics
We'll consider any combination of these specialisms in social and theoretical philosophy. You may have equal levels of research specialism in both, or one may be more dominant; the two areas may reflect two aspects of your work or different non-intersecting areas of interest. Spread the word! 2/2
📣JOB ALERT📣
Lecturer or Associate Professor in Philosophy at University of Leeds. AOS: Social Philosophy + at least one of: Metaphysics, Epistemology, or Philosophy of Language, Logic, Mind, or Action. Details at jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx.... Closing date 5 Nov 2025. #philosophy 1/2
Thank you! <3
@knowledgecrisis.bsky.social
(continued) We distinguish between the actions others afford qua persons and those they afford qua bodies. We argue that perceptual objectification is for the latter to be salient to us.
New paper with @tom-mcclelland.bsky.social! What is it to see someone as an object – to perceptually objectify them? We argue that seeing is not just a metaphor. We see others afford doing things with and to.
doi.org/10.1111/ejop...
Philosophy job seekers: there is a 6-year postdoc in philosophy of language coming up at the University of Vienna. See advertisement here: philjobs.org/job/show/29670
Beyond (the pale). At least that bit seems right!
"A key legacy of illiberalism turns out to be a series of institutional traps that are difficult to counteract in the short term without resorting to the same methods that established them in the first place."
www.journalofdemocra...
Tuomo's book is available here (open-access!): library.oapen.org/handle/20.50... @fwf-at.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
"As a systematic investigation of the nature and role of archaeology in Foucault’s work and for the form of critique that this work enacts, Tiisala sets new standards for Foucault scholarship."
Great review of Tuomo Tiisala's book "Power and Freedom in the Space of Reasons: Elaborating Foucault’s Pragmatism" by David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social in Political Theory, which came out as part of @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We’re excited to share that @flampert.bsky.social is giving an invited lecture today at the 2025 Summer School “Climate Change? Let’s Be The Change!”, organized by the Student Network on Climate Action.
For more about the program: buff.ly/4ckQiVS
