Joe Roussos
@joeroussos.bsky.social
Philosopher. Decision theory, expertise, models, climate science, science-for-policy.
Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm
joeroussos.org 🏳️🌈
Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm
joeroussos.org 🏳️🌈
One of my fav papers is finally out: "Normative formal epistemology as modelling" is now in @thebjps.bsky.social
In it I argue that formal epistemology is no good for building theories about the epistemic. But that's ok, because actually it builds models
www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/P8FVP...
In it I argue that formal epistemology is no good for building theories about the epistemic. But that's ok, because actually it builds models
www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/P8FVP...
University of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent
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May 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
One of my fav papers is finally out: "Normative formal epistemology as modelling" is now in @thebjps.bsky.social
In it I argue that formal epistemology is no good for building theories about the epistemic. But that's ok, because actually it builds models
www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/P8FVP...
In it I argue that formal epistemology is no good for building theories about the epistemic. But that's ok, because actually it builds models
www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/P8FVP...
Looking forward to this talk tomorrow. It is called "Should experts be open and honest?" and I'll be talking about Covid-19, change, and Stephen John's provocative case against these virtues of expert communication.
www.iffs.se/en/calendar/...
www.iffs.se/en/calendar/...
Joe Roussos: Should experts be open and honest?
www.iffs.se
February 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Looking forward to this talk tomorrow. It is called "Should experts be open and honest?" and I'll be talking about Covid-19, change, and Stephen John's provocative case against these virtues of expert communication.
www.iffs.se/en/calendar/...
www.iffs.se/en/calendar/...
Futurists, historians, x-risk people: help!
Several 20th C thinkers said that we live at the most important time in history. Carl Sagan warned that our technological power now exceeds our wisdom, Derek Parfit called it "the hinge of history".
I'm looking for earlier versions of that claim. Ideas?
Several 20th C thinkers said that we live at the most important time in history. Carl Sagan warned that our technological power now exceeds our wisdom, Derek Parfit called it "the hinge of history".
I'm looking for earlier versions of that claim. Ideas?
December 9, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Futurists, historians, x-risk people: help!
Several 20th C thinkers said that we live at the most important time in history. Carl Sagan warned that our technological power now exceeds our wisdom, Derek Parfit called it "the hinge of history".
I'm looking for earlier versions of that claim. Ideas?
Several 20th C thinkers said that we live at the most important time in history. Carl Sagan warned that our technological power now exceeds our wisdom, Derek Parfit called it "the hinge of history".
I'm looking for earlier versions of that claim. Ideas?
ngl guys, this made me laugh. Absurd waste of money from a UK perspective but just genuinely funny from an African one
In July, I FOI'd the Home Office for the full breakdown of spending on the Rwanda scheme
I was refused because the government planned to publish the data in future, and today is the day. These numbers are in millions
www.gov.uk/government/p...
I was refused because the government planned to publish the data in future, and today is the day. These numbers are in millions
www.gov.uk/government/p...
December 2, 2024 at 7:37 PM
ngl guys, this made me laugh. Absurd waste of money from a UK perspective but just genuinely funny from an African one
Reposted by Joe Roussos
New from the BJPS Review of Books
Idealization in Epistemology
by Daniel Greco
–Reviewed by Joe Roussos (@joeroussos.bsky.social)
Read it here: https://buff.ly/4g5WgaP
#philsci #philsky #epistemology
Idealization in Epistemology
by Daniel Greco
–Reviewed by Joe Roussos (@joeroussos.bsky.social)
Read it here: https://buff.ly/4g5WgaP
#philsci #philsky #epistemology
buff.ly
November 26, 2024 at 10:54 AM
New from the BJPS Review of Books
Idealization in Epistemology
by Daniel Greco
–Reviewed by Joe Roussos (@joeroussos.bsky.social)
Read it here: https://buff.ly/4g5WgaP
#philsci #philsky #epistemology
Idealization in Epistemology
by Daniel Greco
–Reviewed by Joe Roussos (@joeroussos.bsky.social)
Read it here: https://buff.ly/4g5WgaP
#philsci #philsky #epistemology
Reposted by Joe Roussos
CfP: What is the appropriate role of climate economics in decision-making and climate policy? What role do value judgments play in its models and methods? How does it relate to other disciplines?
If you have answers, submit them to our topical collection for the EJPS: philsci.eu/Phil-Climate...
If you have answers, submit them to our topical collection for the EJPS: philsci.eu/Phil-Climate...
European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA) - Philosophical Perspectives on Climate Economics
philsci.eu
November 25, 2024 at 5:39 PM
CfP: What is the appropriate role of climate economics in decision-making and climate policy? What role do value judgments play in its models and methods? How does it relate to other disciplines?
If you have answers, submit them to our topical collection for the EJPS: philsci.eu/Phil-Climate...
If you have answers, submit them to our topical collection for the EJPS: philsci.eu/Phil-Climate...
Literally all of them
Pub quiz. Can you name a counter-example to David Hume’s argument that if our political leaders are independently wealthy they’d have no motivation for corruption and will act in the public interest?
November 25, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Literally all of them
How do you define wishful thinking?
I had a different definition in mind than a speaker at a conference on Friday.
They said wishful thinking is: Ann believes that Kamala will win because she desires to have that belief
I thought: Ann believes that Kamala will win because she wants Kamala to win
I had a different definition in mind than a speaker at a conference on Friday.
They said wishful thinking is: Ann believes that Kamala will win because she desires to have that belief
I thought: Ann believes that Kamala will win because she wants Kamala to win
November 24, 2024 at 1:06 PM
How do you define wishful thinking?
I had a different definition in mind than a speaker at a conference on Friday.
They said wishful thinking is: Ann believes that Kamala will win because she desires to have that belief
I thought: Ann believes that Kamala will win because she wants Kamala to win
I had a different definition in mind than a speaker at a conference on Friday.
They said wishful thinking is: Ann believes that Kamala will win because she desires to have that belief
I thought: Ann believes that Kamala will win because she wants Kamala to win
By way of introducing myself, here's a recently published paper! 🔓
It is on unawareness and awareness growth, based on some criticisms of Karni-Vierø "Reverse Bayesianism". I provide a new model of growing awareness and show that it overcomes recent challenges
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
It is on unawareness and awareness growth, based on some criticisms of Karni-Vierø "Reverse Bayesianism". I provide a new model of growing awareness and show that it overcomes recent challenges
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Awareness Revision and Belief Extension
What norm governs how an agent should change their beliefs when they encounter a completely new possibility? Orthodox Bayesianism has no answer, as it takes all learning to involve updating prior b...
www.tandfonline.com
November 19, 2024 at 11:10 AM
By way of introducing myself, here's a recently published paper! 🔓
It is on unawareness and awareness growth, based on some criticisms of Karni-Vierø "Reverse Bayesianism". I provide a new model of growing awareness and show that it overcomes recent challenges
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
It is on unawareness and awareness growth, based on some criticisms of Karni-Vierø "Reverse Bayesianism". I provide a new model of growing awareness and show that it overcomes recent challenges
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....