Hugo Viciana
@hugoviciana.bsky.social
Profesor-investigador en Departamento de Filosofía, Lógica y Filosofía de la Ciencia. Universidad de Sevilla.
Filosofía, ciencia, psicología moral y ética y humanidades digitales.
Actualizando mis probabilidades previas.
http://www.hugoviciana.eu
Filosofía, ciencia, psicología moral y ética y humanidades digitales.
Actualizando mis probabilidades previas.
http://www.hugoviciana.eu
Now at the Science of Ethics online seminar! @markalfano.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Now at the Science of Ethics online seminar! @markalfano.bsky.social
We are putting together this event this Tuesday/Wednesday at the @unisevilla.bsky.social @ffilosofiaus.bsky.social . You can also follow along online (streaming available).
philevents.org/event/show/1...
philevents.org/event/show/1...
November 2, 2025 at 10:43 AM
We are putting together this event this Tuesday/Wednesday at the @unisevilla.bsky.social @ffilosofiaus.bsky.social . You can also follow along online (streaming available).
philevents.org/event/show/1...
philevents.org/event/show/1...
This looks like a philosophy book I’d like to read. On the marginal value of knowledge and the marginal value of ignorance:
open.substack.com/pub/jimmyalf...
open.substack.com/pub/jimmyalf...
I submitted the book manuscript
After four years, a pandemic, and several moves, my book on the value of (marginal) ignorance is finally sent off to the publisher!
open.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This looks like a philosophy book I’d like to read. On the marginal value of knowledge and the marginal value of ignorance:
open.substack.com/pub/jimmyalf...
open.substack.com/pub/jimmyalf...
Elecciones a Rector/a hoy en la US. Un voto individual rara vez decide. Pero el rectorado orienta ~500M€ y el rumbo de la institución durante años.
En términos de valor esperado, votar pensando en el bien común puede ser una de las acciones individuales con mayor impacto, pese a la incertidumbre.
En términos de valor esperado, votar pensando en el bien común puede ser una de las acciones individuales con mayor impacto, pese a la incertidumbre.
October 30, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Elecciones a Rector/a hoy en la US. Un voto individual rara vez decide. Pero el rectorado orienta ~500M€ y el rumbo de la institución durante años.
En términos de valor esperado, votar pensando en el bien común puede ser una de las acciones individuales con mayor impacto, pese a la incertidumbre.
En términos de valor esperado, votar pensando en el bien común puede ser una de las acciones individuales con mayor impacto, pese a la incertidumbre.
How far can digital tools and computational models take us in understanding ideas, values, or philosophical texts?
Curious?
Join the seminar series Cultural Analytics and Digital Approaches in Philosophy — upcoming sessions with Ying Zhong, @lucianli123.bsky.social , and @markalfano.bsky.social
Curious?
Join the seminar series Cultural Analytics and Digital Approaches in Philosophy — upcoming sessions with Ying Zhong, @lucianli123.bsky.social , and @markalfano.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 7:53 AM
How far can digital tools and computational models take us in understanding ideas, values, or philosophical texts?
Curious?
Join the seminar series Cultural Analytics and Digital Approaches in Philosophy — upcoming sessions with Ying Zhong, @lucianli123.bsky.social , and @markalfano.bsky.social
Curious?
Join the seminar series Cultural Analytics and Digital Approaches in Philosophy — upcoming sessions with Ying Zhong, @lucianli123.bsky.social , and @markalfano.bsky.social
"[..] relatively elite schools award disproportionately many philosophy degrees -- and this tendency has increased as the percentage of students earning philosophy degrees has declined"
eschwitz.substack.com/p/eek-the-pl...
eschwitz.substack.com/p/eek-the-pl...
Eek! The Plummeting Philosophy Major in the U.S.
only 0.36% of Bachelor's recipients are philosophy majors, and 22% of all philosophy BAs are awarded by just 20 universities
eschwitz.substack.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
"[..] relatively elite schools award disproportionately many philosophy degrees -- and this tendency has increased as the percentage of students earning philosophy degrees has declined"
eschwitz.substack.com/p/eek-the-pl...
eschwitz.substack.com/p/eek-the-pl...
Joel Mokyr has just won the Nobel prize in economics. A good time to recall that his work has long argued that the Industrial Revolution was driven not only by technology and institutions, but by philosophical ideas.
www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/joel...
www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/joel...
Joel Mokyr: We Owe Our Modern Prosperity to Enlightenment Ideas
[Joel Mokyr is the Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts and Sciences and a professor of economics and history at Northwestern University. His latest book is The Enlightened Economy: Britain and the Indu...
www.historynewsnetwork.org
October 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Joel Mokyr has just won the Nobel prize in economics. A good time to recall that his work has long argued that the Industrial Revolution was driven not only by technology and institutions, but by philosophical ideas.
www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/joel...
www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/joel...
"reader, [be] aware of a significant disconnect between what we often hear and what actually happens"
ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
October 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"reader, [be] aware of a significant disconnect between what we often hear and what actually happens"
ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
Reposted by Hugo Viciana
‼️How do we think about future generations? And how should we? On October 9 at 1pm CET we’re kicking off the first of a series of online seminars on “Moral Minds and Ethical Futures: Empirical and Normative Perspectives,” co-organized by
@hugoviciana.bsky.social (U. of Sevilla) and me.
@hugoviciana.bsky.social (U. of Sevilla) and me.
October 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
‼️How do we think about future generations? And how should we? On October 9 at 1pm CET we’re kicking off the first of a series of online seminars on “Moral Minds and Ethical Futures: Empirical and Normative Perspectives,” co-organized by
@hugoviciana.bsky.social (U. of Sevilla) and me.
@hugoviciana.bsky.social (U. of Sevilla) and me.
On toxic disagreements as collective action problems
New paper: HOW TO DISAGREE. @stephenking.bsky.social @wiglet1981.bsky.social @cfcamerer.bsky.social @ichotiner.bsky.social @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
How to Disagree
How should one respond to an argument that one believes to be wrong, or egregiously wrong? What is the proper tone? Does disagreement have an internal morality?
papers.ssrn.com
September 28, 2025 at 8:09 AM
On toxic disagreements as collective action problems
Reposted by Hugo Viciana
La primera semana de octubre, la Universidad de Sevilla @unisevilla.bsky.social acoge el XI Congreso trienal de la Sociedad Española de Filosofía Analítica.
🔹 Conferencias y charlas abiertas al público (hasta completar aforo).
👉 Programa completo y más información:
eventos.us.es/124755/progr...
🔹 Conferencias y charlas abiertas al público (hasta completar aforo).
👉 Programa completo y más información:
eventos.us.es/124755/progr...
XI Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Filosofía Analítica
XI Congress of the Spanish Society for Analytic Philosophy (SEFA). This event aims to bring together scholars working within the Analytic tradition of Philosophy. The 2025 edition will take place at t...
eventos.us.es
September 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
La primera semana de octubre, la Universidad de Sevilla @unisevilla.bsky.social acoge el XI Congreso trienal de la Sociedad Española de Filosofía Analítica.
🔹 Conferencias y charlas abiertas al público (hasta completar aforo).
👉 Programa completo y más información:
eventos.us.es/124755/progr...
🔹 Conferencias y charlas abiertas al público (hasta completar aforo).
👉 Programa completo y más información:
eventos.us.es/124755/progr...
Es una posición silenciada (supongo x miedo a las consecuencias) pero muy posible, si no plausible, que los comités de ética hagan más daño que bien. Como mínimo convendría pensar en términos de horas de valor humano perdidas, investigaciones nunca realizadas, etc. También es una idea anti-memética.
Affirmative action for anti-inefficiency academics?
A follow-up to my hobbit post
www.writingruxandrabio.com
September 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Es una posición silenciada (supongo x miedo a las consecuencias) pero muy posible, si no plausible, que los comités de ética hagan más daño que bien. Como mínimo convendría pensar en términos de horas de valor humano perdidas, investigaciones nunca realizadas, etc. También es una idea anti-memética.
Reposted by Hugo Viciana
Delighted to announce the publication of 'From Questions to Knowledge', my new and updated statistics and data analysis handbook.
www.danielnettle.eu/2025/09/14/f...
www.danielnettle.eu/2025/09/14/f...
From Questions to Knowledge
I am delighted to announce the publications of my statistics and data analysis book, ‘From Questions to Knowledge: Data Analysis for Psychology and Behavioural Science Using R’. This b…
www.danielnettle.eu
September 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Delighted to announce the publication of 'From Questions to Knowledge', my new and updated statistics and data analysis handbook.
www.danielnettle.eu/2025/09/14/f...
www.danielnettle.eu/2025/09/14/f...
Reposted by Hugo Viciana
Estudio publicado en Nature que muestra la responsabilidad de las empresas emisoras en las 213 últimas olas de calor, prácticamente imposibles sin este factor antropocénico. Recibirá críticas en muchos lugares, dudo que refutaciones en Nature o similar.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors - Nature
Climate change made 213 historical heatwaves reported over 2000–2023 more likely and more intense, to which each of the 180 carbon majors (fossil fuel and cement producers) substantially contributed.
www.nature.com
September 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Estudio publicado en Nature que muestra la responsabilidad de las empresas emisoras en las 213 últimas olas de calor, prácticamente imposibles sin este factor antropocénico. Recibirá críticas en muchos lugares, dudo que refutaciones en Nature o similar.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Hugo Viciana
Lo de los drones rusos en Polonia es un buen motivo para que la OTAN haga lo que debió haber hecho hace tiempo: cerrar el espacio aéreo de Ucrania.
September 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Lo de los drones rusos en Polonia es un buen motivo para que la OTAN haga lo que debió haber hecho hace tiempo: cerrar el espacio aéreo de Ucrania.
Dan Williams' 10-week course on the philosophy of artificial intelligence looks like one I'd love to take
www.conspicuouscognition.com/p/philosophy...
www.conspicuouscognition.com/p/philosophy...
Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence: 10-Week Syllabus & Readings
Can computers think and feel? Will "super-intelligent" machines cause human extinction? How will advances in AI transform democracy, society, the information environment, and human relationships?
www.conspicuouscognition.com
September 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Dan Williams' 10-week course on the philosophy of artificial intelligence looks like one I'd love to take
www.conspicuouscognition.com/p/philosophy...
www.conspicuouscognition.com/p/philosophy...
We are finalizing the program for the workshop 'Moral Epistemology and Social Progress: Experimental and Philosophical Perspectives'
Do you know someone who might be interested in submitting a proposal?
philevents.org/event/show/1...
Do you know someone who might be interested in submitting a proposal?
philevents.org/event/show/1...
Moral Epistemology and Social Progress: Experimental and Philosophical Perspectives
This focused workshop explores the intersection of empirical research on moral cognition and philosophical theories of social and moral progress. We bring together experimental philosophers and moral ...
philevents.org
September 1, 2025 at 9:03 AM
We are finalizing the program for the workshop 'Moral Epistemology and Social Progress: Experimental and Philosophical Perspectives'
Do you know someone who might be interested in submitting a proposal?
philevents.org/event/show/1...
Do you know someone who might be interested in submitting a proposal?
philevents.org/event/show/1...
"In today's media landscape [...] it is essential to recognize how our interactions with information are influenced by our contexts. Making sense of these relationships is key to grasping how sources and content platforms shape our behavior with regard to what and how we search."
Motivated information search: Context-dependent efficiency in children and adults
While the motivation to gather accurate information emerges early in childhood, social motivations can modulate the drive for accuracy. Across two stu…
www.sciencedirect.com
August 31, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"In today's media landscape [...] it is essential to recognize how our interactions with information are influenced by our contexts. Making sense of these relationships is key to grasping how sources and content platforms shape our behavior with regard to what and how we search."
Another interesting comparison of different AI's outputs on moral preferences—this time focusing on animal sentience 👇
Monika Jotautait\.e, Lucius Caviola, David A. Brewster, Thilo Hagendorff
Speciesism in AI: Evaluating Discrimination Against Animals in Large Language Models
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.11534
Speciesism in AI: Evaluating Discrimination Against Animals in Large Language Models
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.11534
August 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Another interesting comparison of different AI's outputs on moral preferences—this time focusing on animal sentience 👇
No conocía que un equipo de investigadores se habían dedicado a seleccionar y clasificar falacias de los discursos políticos en España 👏- Puede ser un buen recurso
New paper out in PLN Journal #74! 📑 We introduce "FallacyES-Political," a dataset of ~2000 fallacies from Spanish political debates, ideal for NLP & discourse analysis. Read it here: journal.sepln.org/sepln/ojs/oj...
FallacyES-Political: A Multiclass Dataset of Fallacies in Spanish Political Debates | Cruz | Procesamiento del Lenguaje Natural
FallacyES-Political: A Multiclass Dataset of Fallacies in Spanish Political Debates
journal.sepln.org
August 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
No conocía que un equipo de investigadores se habían dedicado a seleccionar y clasificar falacias de los discursos políticos en España 👏- Puede ser un buen recurso
Reposted by Hugo Viciana
🏚️ La escasez de vivienda frena una economía abundante
O por qué el problema social y vital más urgente de las últimas generaciones es también un cuello de botella económico 🧵👇
O por qué el problema social y vital más urgente de las últimas generaciones es también un cuello de botella económico 🧵👇
July 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
🏚️ La escasez de vivienda frena una economía abundante
O por qué el problema social y vital más urgente de las últimas generaciones es también un cuello de botella económico 🧵👇
O por qué el problema social y vital más urgente de las últimas generaciones es también un cuello de botella económico 🧵👇
Interesting update on @mprinzing.bsky.social & @mvazquez.bsky.social previous 2024 article 👇
Studying Philosophy Does Make People Better Thinkers | This study “offers the strongest evidence to date that studying philosophy does indeed make people better thinkers.” www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Studying Philosophy Does Make People Better Thinkers | Journal of the American Philosophical Association | Cambridge Core
Studying Philosophy Does Make People Better Thinkers
www.cambridge.org
July 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Interesting update on @mprinzing.bsky.social & @mvazquez.bsky.social previous 2024 article 👇
Reposted by Hugo Viciana
"Gold standard science"
May 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"Gold standard science"