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Gabriel Tarziu
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Postdoc at the MCMP, LMU Munich. Working on the philosophy of climate science, with broader interests in scientific understanding and explanation and the applicability of mathematics to the physical world. More about me here: https://shorturl.at/qz50C
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Meet the #SOCRATESgroup fellows!👋 Gabriel Târziu studies #publicunderstanding of science & the impact of values on layperson's epistemic stances. He develops a framework for how people interpret scientific info, with a focus on #climatescience: t1p.de/rs3k2 #TrustInScience #philsci #philsky
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October 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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A Season of New Ideas: Welcoming Scholars Exploring Trust in Science at SOCRATES
The winter semester has started, and SOCRATES is now the academic home to a fresh group of fellows.
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October 21, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Quick reminder: the deadline for submissions to the EJPS TC “Understanding Climate Change: A Multifaceted Inquiry”, which I’m co-editing with @boruttrpin.bsky.social, is December 1, 2025.

Please share with anyone who might be interested!

More info here: link.springer.com/collections/...
Understanding Climate Change: A Multifaceted Inquiry
Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges of our time. Addressing it requires an unprecedented level of collaboration and engagement between ...
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October 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Gave two lectures at Max Planck Institute for Math in the Sciences last week—entirely to mathematicians, who turned out to be deeply curious about philosophy. Grateful to the organisers for including philosophy in an otherwise advanced, purely math program & invitation
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September 29, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Gabriel (@gabrieltarziu.bsky.social) and I are guest editing a topical collection for EJPS on Understanding Climate Change. Submissions on the epistemology of climate science, policy, and public reasoning are welcome.

Deadline: 1 Dec 2025 → link.springer.com/collections/...
Understanding Climate Change: A Multifaceted Inquiry
Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges of our time. Addressing it requires an unprecedented level of collaboration and engagement between ...
link.springer.com
August 28, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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My latest paper just came out in 𝑬𝒑𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒆. It explores the relationship between knowledge and power, specifically, how and under what conditions knowledge places an epistemic subject at an advantage over those who lack it. If you want to know more, you can read it here:
doi.org/10.1017/epi....
August 14, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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Save the dates of 18-19th of September 2026 for the 6th Biennial EENPS Conference at the University of Bucharest!!!

Please expect a call for abstracts in autumn 2025 with submissions due likely in winter 2026!

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July 4, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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LMU Munich Climate School returns 6-11 Oct 2025. Open to students from all disciplines, it features lectures, workshops & a COP simulation. My lecture is on Philosophy of Climate Change: Trust in Science & Climate Change Denial. Please share with students who may be interested. #ClimateChange #LMU
May 20, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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Had a fantastic time yesterday at Ri as part of the "Decoding our Planet" workshop beautifully organised by @katysduncan.bsky.social and @miguelohn.bsky.social
More info here: www.aip.org/history/deco...
May 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Fantastic program now out for #HPS conference "Decoding Our Planet: The Making of Geophysics", bringing together scholars from history of science, #geophysics, & philosophy of science to explore how modern geophysics
took shape in #19thC & 20thC, at the Royal Institution in London 12 May
Decoding Our Planet: The Making of Geophysics How did we come to understand the origin and basic physical processes of our planet? Answering this question requires us to understand the origins of modern geophysics, the science investigating everything from gravity and magnetism to earthquakes, climate change, and plate tectonics. The best place to answer this question is at the Royal Institution, where most major geophysicists discoursed, debated, and corresponded. In this workshop, we bring together leading scholars from history of science, and geophysics, and philosophy of science to explore how modern geophysics took shape in the nineteenth and twentieth century. This event is held in conjunction with Discover200 - a celebration of the Ri's 200 year history of its Discourse series, CHRISTMAS LECTURES, and the isolation of Benzene We are incredibly grateful to the Freer Trust, the Department of History and Philosophy of Science (University of Cambridge), and individual attendees for their generosity in funding this event. Thank you! All talks are in the Conversation Room (see attached floorplan) unless otherwise specified. Talks are 25 minutes and 10 minutes Q&A. Lightning talks are 5 minutes, with a group 10 minute Q&A. Schedule 9:00 - 9:30am Breakfast and Registration Tea, coffee and pastries Mezzanine 9:30 - 9:40am Welcome and Introduction Conversation Room 9:40 - 10:50am Session 1 Alisa Bokulich Boston University Pablo Lima University of Seville The Philosophical Culture of the U.S. Coast Survey & the Rise of Geophysics: 1816-1874 The Making of Oceanography: Natural Models and Cross-scalar Reasoning in the Mediterranean Sea 10:50 - 11:10am Coffee Break Tea, coffee and biscuits Mezzanine 11:10am - 12:20pm Session 2 Katy Duncan Royal Institution Influence and Instrument: The Fair Weather Problem in Atmospheric Electricity (1850-1930) Gregory Good West Virginia University The Astronomical (and other) Backgrounds of Geophysics 12:20 - 12:55pm Lightning Talks Gabriel Târziu LMU Munich Rethinking the Importance of Model Hierarchies in Climate Science David Pyle University of Oxford Sensing the Unquiet Earth - Frank Perret and the Monitoring of Restless Volcanoes Nanina Föhr LMU Munich A Committee for the Ages: The Coordination of Geologic Time Measurement in the First Half of the zoth Century James Ladyman University of Bristol Triangulation - Geophysics and the Scientific Method Xiaoyue Hu Peking University The International Geophysical Year and the Development of Solar-Terrestrial Physics in China (19505-1980s) 10 minute Q&A 12:55 - 1:55pm Lunch Break Mezzanine Selection of sandwiches, crisps, fruit, tea and coffee 1:55 - 3:05pm Session 3 Teru Miyake Nanyang Technological University Untangling Seismology: The Göttingen Group 1907-1914 Miguel Ohnesorge University of Cambridge Quantification in Geophysics 3:05 - 3:15pm Short Break (uncatered) 3:15 - 3:50pm Museum & Archive Lightning Presentations Charlotte New Royal Institution Joshua Nall Whipple Museum, Department of HPS, University of Cambridge Anne Barrett Imperial College London Rebekah Higgitt National Museums Scotland Alexandra Rose Science Museum London 10 minutes Q&A 3:50 - 4:10pm 4:10 - 5:20pm Robert-Jan Wille Utrecht University Amelia Urry University of Cambridge 5:20 - 5:40pm 5:40 - 6:45pm Round-up and Close Free Time Meet in designated spot (TBC) before heading into theatre. 7:00pm Keynote Coffee Break Tea, coffee and biscuits Mezzanine Session 4 The Geopolitics of Atmospheric Physics 'Deep Uncertainty' in the Cryosphere Lecture Theatre Naomi Oreskes Harvard University There will be a short book signing after the keynote 8:30pm Speakers' Dinner Rethinking the Origins of Plate Tectonics Library There will be an opt-in tour of the building and exhibitions on the 13* May - details to follow.
April 28, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Semester's begun! Proud to hear that more than half of the physics students who enrolled in our interdisciplinary master's course on climate change (which I'm co-teaching with two climate scientists at LMU) are very curious about the philosophical aspects! Pressure’s on 😬 to help that interest grow.
April 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Excited to see a sneak peek of the upcoming Ri program on May 12th:
"Decoding Our Planet: The Making of Geophysics" on the origins of modern geophysics, the science investigating everything from gravity & magnetism to earthquakes, climate change, & plate tectonics.
More coming soon...
#HPS ⚒️
Ri The Royal Institution Science Lives Here Decoding Our Planet: The Making of Geophysics How did we come to understand the origin and basic physical processes of our planet? Answering this question requires us to understand the origins of modern geophysics, the science investigating everything from gravity and magnetism to earthquakes, climate change, and plate tectonics. The best place to answer this question is at the Royal Institution, where most major geophysicists discoursed, debated, and corresponded. In this workshop, we bring together leading scholars from history of science, and geophysics, and philosophy of science to explore how modern geophysics took shape in the nineteenth and twentieth century. All talks are in the Conversation Room (see attached floorplan) unless otherwise specified. Talks are 25 minutes and 10 minutes Q&A Lightning talks are 5 minutes, with a group 10 minute Q&A Schedule 9:00 - 9:30am Breakfast and Registration Conversation Room 9:30 - 9:40am Welcome and Introduction 9:40 - 10:50am Session 1 Alisa Bokulich Boston University Pablo Lima University of Seville The Philosophical Culture of the U.S. Coast Survey & the Rise of Geophysics: 1816-1874 The Making of Oceanography: Natural Models and Cross-scalar Reasoning in the Mediterranean Sea. 10:50 - 11:10am Coffee Break Mezzanine 11:10am - 12:20pm Katy Duncan Royal Institution Gregory Good West Virginia University Session 2 Influence and Instrument: The Fair Weather Problem in Atmospheric Electricity (1850-1930) The Astronomical (and other) Backgrounds of Geophysics
April 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM