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Knowledge in Crisis
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Philosophers investigating today's crises of knowledge.
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https://www.knowledgeincrisis.com
"Can only meat machines be conscious?"

Join us and renowned philosopher of mind, Ned Block @neddo.bsky.social as he discusses what is crucial for assessing the prospects of consciousness in AI and less complex animals.

📌 12th January 2026
17:30-19:00
@CEU

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December 26, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🎄 Taking a little festive break to relax, recharge, and get ready for 2026! Wishing you all a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year—we’ll see you next year! ✨

📅 2026 is shaping up to be huge—check our events page and start filling your diaries!

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December 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🔥 New Publication!
One Crisis to Solve Another? The Place of Care in a World of Automated Work by Anca Gheaus, published in Journal of Social Philosophy.

Interested? Read the publication here >>
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December 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
⚠️ Conference!
Knowledge, Agency & Responsibility
9-10th Jan
Vienna

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.

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December 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🔥 New Podcast Episode!
What do we give our attention to—and why does it matter?

Our second episode explores attention from moral, political, philosophical and personal dimensions. 

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E2 — Attention (with Cathy Mason and Paulina Sliwa)
Podcast Episode · Knowledge in Crisis: The Podcast · 12/18/2025 · 27m
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December 18, 2025 at 8:31 AM
🔔 New Post!
Breaking Bread With the Enemy by Anca Gheaus.

Starting with a social media scandal about a man abandoning two cats, Gheaus questions the " role that philosophy should have in public life as well as what philosophers would have to do if our work is to play that role".

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December 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🙌 New Publication!
Trusting Despite Oneself: Stated, Introspected, and Revealed Epistemic Trust by Keith Harris and published in Social Epistemology.

In his new publication, Harris looks at the “crisis of trust”.

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Trusting Despite Oneself: Stated, Introspected, and Revealed Epistemic Trust
It is commonly claimed, based in large part on survey data, that we now face a crisis of trust characterised in part by a lack of epistemic trust in experts and mainstream media institutions. Such ...
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December 16, 2025 at 11:01 AM
In her new article, 'Despair can help us mourn lost futures and chart new paths', former KiC Postdoc @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social, Juliette Vazard, writes about despair — and asks: after the devastation, what role can it play in helping us move forward?

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Despair can help us mourn lost futures and chart new paths | Psyche Ideas
Hope is indispensable. But when false hope blinds us to reality, a short bout of despair might be the antidote we need
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December 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
❯❯❯❯ TODAY!
Film Screening & Discussion! 🎬 💬

𐂺 The Couple in the Cage (1993) (31mins)
Two artists intended to create a satirical commentary on the notion of discovery. Their audience had something different in mind...

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Film Screening: The Couple in the Cage (1993)
Two artists intended to create a satirical commentary on the notion of discovery. Their audience had something different in mind...
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December 12, 2025 at 8:45 AM
💡 Public Lecture Series
Our inaugural KiC Lectures start again in January and we are kicking it off with world renowned philosopher of mind, Ned Block @neddo.bsky.social.

"Can only meat machines be conscious?"

📌 Join Us!
12th January 2026
17:30-19:00
@CEU

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December 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🥊 KiC Debates: Will we ever achieve artificial general intelligence?

A philosophical debate with Tim Crane and Simon Rippon on artificial general intelligence, with audience voting and the chance to share your thoughts, too!

📌 Jan 20 @ 17:30
CEU Auditorium
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KiC Debates: Will we ever achieve artificial general intelligence?
Join us for a philosophical debate on artificial general intelligence, with audience voting and the chance to share your thoughts, too!
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December 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Reposted by Knowledge in Crisis
We are starting our @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social Knowledge in Crisis 'KiC public lecture series', with Ned Block on 12 Jan 2026! events.ceu.edu/2026-01-12/c...
Can Only Meat Machines Be Conscious?
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December 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
💥 Der philosophische Kurz-Essay in der Zeitung | Journalistisches Handwerk für Print und Online ✍🏻

📌 25.-27. März 2026

Ein Workshop von PhilPublica @philpublica.bsky.social und KiC an der Uni Wien @univie.ac.at und CEU @weareceu.bsky.social

‼️ Bewerbungsfrist: 4. Januar 2026
December 9, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🚨 Save the Date: 12.12.25
Film Screening & Discussion! 🎬 💬

🎞️ The Couple in the Cage (1993) (31mins)

Two artists intended to create a satirical commentary on the notion of discovery. Their audience had something different in mind...

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December 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
👍 New Post!
'Deadnames and the Philosophy of Language' by Elek Lane. Published in Blog of the APA, Elek Lane, a postdoc with KiC @univie.ac.at, discusses his particular interest in deadnames, a name that someone has rejected in virtue of a gender transition.

Read more below!
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Deadnames and the Philosophy of Language | Blog of the APA
Names are a big deal in the philosophy of language. Gottlob Frege taught philosophers about sense and reference with “Hesperus” and “Phosphorus.” Bertrand Russell used names to demonstrate how the…
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December 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
First Conference of the European Moral Responsibility Consortium (EMRC) at the Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven. @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social

Paulina Sliwa @pasliwa.bsky.social (Vienna) and Denis Džanić (Graz), both with KiC, are giving talks here today!
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First Conference of the European Moral Responsibility Consortium (EMRC)
First Conference of the European Moral Responsibility Consortium (EMRC)
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December 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
📢 TODAY!
Workshop: Analogies, External Validity and the Future of Experimental Modeling Across Sciences.

This 2 day hybrid workshop addresses science questions from an interdisciplinary perspective to improve understanding and to create a dialogue between scientists and philosophers.

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Salzburg-Vienna Workshop: Analogies, external validity and the future of experimental modelling across sciences
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December 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
TODAY! Online at 16:00
Can we Asses Consciousness in AI Systems? A talk with Tobias Schlicht.

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December 3, 2025 at 8:45 AM
📣 Call for Applications!
Conference: Reason in Perception
@uni-graz.at from 7-8 May 2026.

We invite you to submit an anonymized abstract of up to 500 words by January 31, 2026

▶ More info at our events page

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December 2, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🚨 Save the Date: 12.12.25
Film Screening & Discussion! 🎬 💬

🎞️ The Couple in the Cage (1993) (31mins)
Two artists intended to create a satirical commentary on the notion of discovery. Their audience had something different in mind...

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December 1, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Can we Asses Consciousness in AI Systems? A talk with Tobias Schlicht.

Wed 03.12.25 | Online at 16:00

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November 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM
📣 Call for participation! 4&5 Dec

Hybrid Workshop: Analogies, External Validity and the Future of Experimental Modeling Across Sciences.

Addressing science questions from an interdisciplinary perspective!

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Salzburg-Vienna Workshop: Analogies, external validity and the future of experimental modelling across sciences
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November 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
📌 Save the Date!
Can we Asses Consciousness in AI Systems? A talk with Tobias Schlicht.
Wed 03.12.25 | Online at 16:00

📩 Email us at kic@ceu.edu for the zoom link!
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#philsky #PhilEvent #knowledgecrisis #AIAndConsciousness
November 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
TODAY!
Paulina Sliwa (Vienna) @pasliwa.bsky.social has been awarded the honor of giving the annual Hartnack Lecture 2025 in Aarhus. She presents 'Changing Perspectives and the Virtue of Perspectival Flexibility' at 13:15!

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November 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🎬 Film Screening & Discussion!
📌 Save the Date: 12.12.25

The Couple in the Cage (1993)
A short film (31 min) that documents the traveling performance of Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Coco Fusco, in which they exhibited themselves as caged Amerindians from an imaginary island.

🔥 FREE tickets here!!
Film Screening: The Couple in the Cage (1993)
Two artists intended to create a satirical commentary on the notion of discovery. Their audience had something different in mind...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM