2/2 Nadia Ruiz on "Modeling for economic policy: rethinking models' epistemic limitations," @becklukas.bsky.social on "Policy Optimization IAMs as Normative Models," and @dkhosrowi.bsky.social on "Machine Learning systems in scientific discovery contexts."
1/2 MAPS team members presented at the Hannover-Groningen Philosophy of Science Workshop.
The CELLS' colloquium series continues. Today we had Annalisa Costella, from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Annalisa gave a talk titled "Of Green Frequently Flyers and Wealthy Socialists: A Defense of Apparent Hypocrisy."
Conference this weekend! If you aren't registered yet, you can do so on our website. (Conference is in-person only). #philsci #conference
www.centerphilsci.pitt.edu/event/social-ontology-an...
In this thread, we’ll be live-posting highlights from the “Scientific Progress via Model Transfer: The Case of Cultural Evolution” workshop talks. Follow along for updates 👇
Yesterday, the CELLS' colloquium series had its first speaker. Armin Schulz, from the University of Kansas. Armin gave a talk titled: Institutional Conflicts of Interest: A Novel Functionalist Account.
The latest paper of our team member Edoardo Peruzzi is now available open access in Synthese. He argues that legal cross-examination can be undestood as a form of higher-order evidence defeat:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#FrontierResearch #ERCStG
2/2 Notions of 'performativity' in philosophy of science have always been notoriously vague. This paper proposes a different typology for philosophers of science, by going back to the basics: Austin.
1/2 Team member @jakobortmann.bsky.social has a new publication out in @philscijournal.bsky.social : "But what is 'Performativity of Science'? Austin, Perlocutionary Sequels, and Referent Malleability."
philpapers.org/rec/ORTBWI
2/2 The conference was organized by the Department of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, University of Goettingen, Germany.
1/2 Team member George Barimah presented on "Medical AI Regulation and Inductive Risks: A Case by Case Perspective" at the Rethinking AI in Practice – Culture and Ethics’ Role in Shaping the Future of Digital Health Care Technologies Conference.
Welfare Econ faces a core problem: preference endogeneity. What should we do when the yardstick used to assess policies changes with the analysed system? MAPS member @becklukas.bsky.social tackles this issue in the context of large-scale interventions. New paper in Politics, Philosophy & Economics.
This paper is about performativity, power, and wine.
Team member Philippe van Basshuysen's paper has just been published: Performative power in Science in the European Journal for Philosophy of Science.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New from the BJPS Review of Books
It’s Only Human
– Armin W Schulz
Reviewed by Olivier Morin
Read it here:
www.thebsps.org/reviewofbooks/morin-on-schulz
#philsci #philsky
Great initiative from @belewollesen.bsky.social (team member of @modeltransfer.bsky.social ). Thank you for inviting us!!!
Team member Matthias Ackermann gave a talk entitled "Predictable Uncertainty’ and Locally Reliable Climate
Change Information" at CELLS Colloquium.
@iphilluh.bsky.social
SOCRATES Fellow Doohyun (Richard) Sung gave a talk titled "Persistence is Futile: On Pursuit and Futility Analysis in Pharmaceutical Research" at the CELLS colloquium @iphilluh.bsky.social
⏰DEADLINE APPROACHING
Our team member Edoardo Peruzzi organizes a workshop together with @karimbaraghith.bsky.social:
"Scientific Progress via Model Transfer? The Case of Cultural Evolution"
📍 Leibniz Universität Hannover
📅 April 9–10, 2026
Below you’ll find more information about CfP 👇
2/2 Lukas argues that the concept of preference, closely aligned with desire, lies at the core of economics. Yet the nature of economic preferences remains unclear; for instance, are they a form of desire? The chapter presents and critically evaluates the dominant positions on this issue
1/2 Team member @becklukas.bsky.social is sharing his forthcoming chapter (Desire in Economics) in the Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Desire.
2/2 ...and his commitment to equilibrium theory. I argue that his account fails to capture macroeconomic modeling and that the methodological limits of microfounded models undermine equilibrium theory as economics’ core framework.
1/2 Team member Nadia Ruiz's paper has just been published: "Dan Hausman on Macroeconomic Models." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Ruiz critiques Dan Hausman’s 2023 The Inexact and Separate Science of Economics by examining his view of economic models as predicate models ...
2/2 .. I argue that his account fails to capture macroeconomic modeling and that the methodological limits of microfounded models undermine equilibrium theory as economics’ core framework
Working on #TrustInScience #AcademicFreedom #ValuesInScience #Expertise #IntegrativeResearch #ScienceForPolicy or related topics?
👉 Apply until Nov. 30 for the Early-Career Workshop on #Wissenschaftsreflexion taking place June 2026. Travel costs and accomodation can be covered. Spread the word :)
2/2 ... & models reshaping the world they claim to describe. We discuss interactions between these challenges and how they might be met.
1/2 Team member Philippe van Basshuysen and @simonlohse.bsky.social just published "Three Problems for Predictive Policy Advice." Predictive policy advice faces three fundamental challenges: the choice of disciplines providing the advice; value judgments implicit in forecasts;
🔥 Excited to welcome Alberto Bartoccini as a visiting scholar to our #ModelTransfer team!
Alberto is a PhD student in the joint Economics programme of the Tuscan Universities. As a historian of economic thought, he studies how scientific knowledge is codified, standardized, and transmitted. 👇
Yesterday, Sebastian Meller gave a talk entitled "Olfaction––a forgotten sensory tool? Biomedical perspectives across species boundaries" at the CELLS colloquium.
