Losner Briones
@losnerbriones.com
He/him. Vegan.
Predoctoral researcher in Philosophy of Science at UNED, Madrid. FPI Fellow at EVISOC. With NATE project.
Evidence and causal extrapolation in the social sciences. 🔍 Basic income experiments via Evidential Pluralism.
www.losnerbriones.com
Predoctoral researcher in Philosophy of Science at UNED, Madrid. FPI Fellow at EVISOC. With NATE project.
Evidence and causal extrapolation in the social sciences. 🔍 Basic income experiments via Evidential Pluralism.
www.losnerbriones.com
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Losner Briones
@losnerbriones.com
· Jun 21
Happy to kick off the summer with the news that I'll be presenting papers next week and over the coming months at:
- VI SLMFCE Graduate Conference (@slmfce.bsky.social)
- EPSA 25 (@epsaphilsci.bsky.social)
- XI SEFA 2025 (@sefa2025.bsky.social)
- PSA Around the World 2025 (@philsci.bsky.social)
- VI SLMFCE Graduate Conference (@slmfce.bsky.social)
- EPSA 25 (@epsaphilsci.bsky.social)
- XI SEFA 2025 (@sefa2025.bsky.social)
- PSA Around the World 2025 (@philsci.bsky.social)
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Good to see this by @cristianlarph.bsky.social published. The Stevens prohibition against averages from ordinal scales is hereby lifted. Albeit only when you have evidence that your scale is not purely ordinal #philsi #metascience #measurement
Against Prohibition (or, When Using Ordinal Scales to Compare Groups Is OK) | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
There is a widely held view on measurement inferences that goes back to Stevens’s theory of measurement scales and ‘permissible statistics’. This view defends the following prohibition: you should not...
www.journals.uchicago.edu
November 1, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Good to see this by @cristianlarph.bsky.social published. The Stevens prohibition against averages from ordinal scales is hereby lifted. Albeit only when you have evidence that your scale is not purely ordinal #philsi #metascience #measurement
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The Phil-Sci Archive at Pitt is now pushing papers out on Bluesky. Follow the account below to see them
@philsci-archive.bsky.social
@philsci-archive.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The Phil-Sci Archive at Pitt is now pushing papers out on Bluesky. Follow the account below to see them
@philsci-archive.bsky.social
@philsci-archive.bsky.social
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Is democracy broken? How can we know if it still works?
My paper, “Does this democracy work?”, is now out in Economics & Philosophy:
doi.org/10.1017/S026...
Thank you to everyone who helped!
My paper, “Does this democracy work?”, is now out in Economics & Philosophy:
doi.org/10.1017/S026...
Thank you to everyone who helped!
doi.org
October 27, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Is democracy broken? How can we know if it still works?
My paper, “Does this democracy work?”, is now out in Economics & Philosophy:
doi.org/10.1017/S026...
Thank you to everyone who helped!
My paper, “Does this democracy work?”, is now out in Economics & Philosophy:
doi.org/10.1017/S026...
Thank you to everyone who helped!
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🚨Job Alert!
🏛️ One FPI PhD position open in our group.
🎓 Project: «Nuevas aproximaciones a la evidencia: desarrollos teóricos y prácticos».
📅Application period: from October 27 to November 7.
🔗More info at: www.uv.es/uvweb/servic...
🏛️ One FPI PhD position open in our group.
🎓 Project: «Nuevas aproximaciones a la evidencia: desarrollos teóricos y prácticos».
📅Application period: from October 27 to November 7.
🔗More info at: www.uv.es/uvweb/servic...
CPI-25-541
www.uv.es
October 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
🚨Job Alert!
🏛️ One FPI PhD position open in our group.
🎓 Project: «Nuevas aproximaciones a la evidencia: desarrollos teóricos y prácticos».
📅Application period: from October 27 to November 7.
🔗More info at: www.uv.es/uvweb/servic...
🏛️ One FPI PhD position open in our group.
🎓 Project: «Nuevas aproximaciones a la evidencia: desarrollos teóricos y prácticos».
📅Application period: from October 27 to November 7.
🔗More info at: www.uv.es/uvweb/servic...
Excited to take part in PSA Around the World 2025, where I'll be presenting part of my developing PhD work: "From causal inference to distributive outcomes: Why methodological pluralism matters in policy evaluation".
On 14 November at 17:35 (CET).
#PSA2025 #PolicyEvaluation
On 14 November at 17:35 (CET).
#PSA2025 #PolicyEvaluation
Check out the schedule of the online conference PSA Around the World Eastern Europe (pm of Nov 6,14,22). A collaboration between @philsci.bsky.social and @eenphilsci.bsky.social it showcases #philsci from, about, and otherwise connected to the region. Wonderful names and titles, looking forward!
www.philsci.org
October 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Excited to take part in PSA Around the World 2025, where I'll be presenting part of my developing PhD work: "From causal inference to distributive outcomes: Why methodological pluralism matters in policy evaluation".
On 14 November at 17:35 (CET).
#PSA2025 #PolicyEvaluation
On 14 November at 17:35 (CET).
#PSA2025 #PolicyEvaluation
Very promising project by Luis Mireles-Flores (@tint-philosophy.bsky.social)!
www.doi.org/10.4324/9781...
www.doi.org/10.4324/9781...
Causal Knowledge and the Process Of Policy Making | 63 | Toward a Bott
What are the roles of scientific causal knowledge in relation to the evidential requirements of policy making? In this chapter, I review the existing approaches
www.doi.org
October 17, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Very promising project by Luis Mireles-Flores (@tint-philosophy.bsky.social)!
www.doi.org/10.4324/9781...
www.doi.org/10.4324/9781...
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📢 ¡Vuelve el Seminario de doctorandos BioKoinos-METIS!
🗣️12 sesiones donde doctorandxs comparten sus investigaciones.
🕓Miércoles, 16h (CEST/CET) | Formato híbrido
👥Coord.: @jsramos.bsky.social (UNED) y Turad Miguel Turad (UCM)
📅Programa completo: blogs.uned.es/metis/semina...
🗣️12 sesiones donde doctorandxs comparten sus investigaciones.
🕓Miércoles, 16h (CEST/CET) | Formato híbrido
👥Coord.: @jsramos.bsky.social (UNED) y Turad Miguel Turad (UCM)
📅Programa completo: blogs.uned.es/metis/semina...
October 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
📢 ¡Vuelve el Seminario de doctorandos BioKoinos-METIS!
🗣️12 sesiones donde doctorandxs comparten sus investigaciones.
🕓Miércoles, 16h (CEST/CET) | Formato híbrido
👥Coord.: @jsramos.bsky.social (UNED) y Turad Miguel Turad (UCM)
📅Programa completo: blogs.uned.es/metis/semina...
🗣️12 sesiones donde doctorandxs comparten sus investigaciones.
🕓Miércoles, 16h (CEST/CET) | Formato híbrido
👥Coord.: @jsramos.bsky.social (UNED) y Turad Miguel Turad (UCM)
📅Programa completo: blogs.uned.es/metis/semina...
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Congrats to all involved in the production of the massive Oxford Handbook of cultural evolution. You can read our paper The Cultural Evolution Of Science here: cailinoconnor.com/wp-content/u...
October 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Congrats to all involved in the production of the massive Oxford Handbook of cultural evolution. You can read our paper The Cultural Evolution Of Science here: cailinoconnor.com/wp-content/u...
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Many people lack a coherent system of political beliefs (Converse, 1964). Yet, studies in social and political psychology often measure political ideology using a single-item "liberal-conservative" or "left-right" scale that assumes a coherent ideology.
doi.org/10.1007/s112...
doi.org/10.1007/s112...
October 13, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Many people lack a coherent system of political beliefs (Converse, 1964). Yet, studies in social and political psychology often measure political ideology using a single-item "liberal-conservative" or "left-right" scale that assumes a coherent ideology.
doi.org/10.1007/s112...
doi.org/10.1007/s112...
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En 24h un futbolista de la selección ha insinuado que nos fumigan con aviones y otro ha dicho que cualquier protesta es válida contra el genocidio en Gaza.
Para muchos el 1º es un valiente que se enfrenta al sistema y el 2º un provocador que mezcla política y deporte.
Vivimos un momento jodido.
Para muchos el 1º es un valiente que se enfrenta al sistema y el 2º un provocador que mezcla política y deporte.
Vivimos un momento jodido.
October 9, 2025 at 9:56 AM
En 24h un futbolista de la selección ha insinuado que nos fumigan con aviones y otro ha dicho que cualquier protesta es válida contra el genocidio en Gaza.
Para muchos el 1º es un valiente que se enfrenta al sistema y el 2º un provocador que mezcla política y deporte.
Vivimos un momento jodido.
Para muchos el 1º es un valiente que se enfrenta al sistema y el 2º un provocador que mezcla política y deporte.
Vivimos un momento jodido.
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Hoy hemos celebrado una comida para despedir a Francisco Álvarez, Manuel Sellés y Eduardo Bustos, fundadores del Departamento de LHFC de la UNED, que se jubilan.
Gracias por todo vuestro legado. Paco, Manolo y Eduardo, esta siempre será vuestra casa💚
Gracias por todo vuestro legado. Paco, Manolo y Eduardo, esta siempre será vuestra casa💚
October 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Hoy hemos celebrado una comida para despedir a Francisco Álvarez, Manuel Sellés y Eduardo Bustos, fundadores del Departamento de LHFC de la UNED, que se jubilan.
Gracias por todo vuestro legado. Paco, Manolo y Eduardo, esta siempre será vuestra casa💚
Gracias por todo vuestro legado. Paco, Manolo y Eduardo, esta siempre será vuestra casa💚
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At the XI SEFA Congress in Seville, Losner Briones (@losnerbriones.com) (with Guillermo Marín Penella) presenting:
“Two Extensions of Causal Extrapolation within Evidential Pluralism”
“Two Extensions of Causal Extrapolation within Evidential Pluralism”
October 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
At the XI SEFA Congress in Seville, Losner Briones (@losnerbriones.com) (with Guillermo Marín Penella) presenting:
“Two Extensions of Causal Extrapolation within Evidential Pluralism”
“Two Extensions of Causal Extrapolation within Evidential Pluralism”
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The XI SEFA Congress starts!
We’re proud to see so many METIS members: Javier González de Prado, Losner Briones, Paloma Atencia Linares, Marco Portillo, Neri Marsili, Umberto Rivieccio, Ignacio Sánchez Moreno, Laura Delgado-Verges, Laura Delgado, Claudia Picazo & Sophie Keeling.
We’re proud to see so many METIS members: Javier González de Prado, Losner Briones, Paloma Atencia Linares, Marco Portillo, Neri Marsili, Umberto Rivieccio, Ignacio Sánchez Moreno, Laura Delgado-Verges, Laura Delgado, Claudia Picazo & Sophie Keeling.
October 1, 2025 at 7:55 AM
The XI SEFA Congress starts!
We’re proud to see so many METIS members: Javier González de Prado, Losner Briones, Paloma Atencia Linares, Marco Portillo, Neri Marsili, Umberto Rivieccio, Ignacio Sánchez Moreno, Laura Delgado-Verges, Laura Delgado, Claudia Picazo & Sophie Keeling.
We’re proud to see so many METIS members: Javier González de Prado, Losner Briones, Paloma Atencia Linares, Marco Portillo, Neri Marsili, Umberto Rivieccio, Ignacio Sánchez Moreno, Laura Delgado-Verges, Laura Delgado, Claudia Picazo & Sophie Keeling.
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Save the Date: JUNE 8–12, 2026.
Fourth Lake Como Summer School in Philosophy of Economics.
Villa del Grumello, Como, Italy.
Sponsored by INEM, the University of Insubria, and the University of Milan.
More information forthcoming.
@catemar.bsky.social
@rseri.me
Fourth Lake Como Summer School in Philosophy of Economics.
Villa del Grumello, Como, Italy.
Sponsored by INEM, the University of Insubria, and the University of Milan.
More information forthcoming.
@catemar.bsky.social
@rseri.me
September 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Save the Date: JUNE 8–12, 2026.
Fourth Lake Como Summer School in Philosophy of Economics.
Villa del Grumello, Como, Italy.
Sponsored by INEM, the University of Insubria, and the University of Milan.
More information forthcoming.
@catemar.bsky.social
@rseri.me
Fourth Lake Como Summer School in Philosophy of Economics.
Villa del Grumello, Como, Italy.
Sponsored by INEM, the University of Insubria, and the University of Milan.
More information forthcoming.
@catemar.bsky.social
@rseri.me
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👋📢 METIS Seminars 2025-2026!
Hi 😊 As every year, we’re back with our weekly philosophy seminars. They are one of METIS’s main activities, and everyone is more than welcome to join. Here’s a thread on who we are, what we do, and how you can take part 👇🧵
Hi 😊 As every year, we’re back with our weekly philosophy seminars. They are one of METIS’s main activities, and everyone is more than welcome to join. Here’s a thread on who we are, what we do, and how you can take part 👇🧵
September 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
👋📢 METIS Seminars 2025-2026!
Hi 😊 As every year, we’re back with our weekly philosophy seminars. They are one of METIS’s main activities, and everyone is more than welcome to join. Here’s a thread on who we are, what we do, and how you can take part 👇🧵
Hi 😊 As every year, we’re back with our weekly philosophy seminars. They are one of METIS’s main activities, and everyone is more than welcome to join. Here’s a thread on who we are, what we do, and how you can take part 👇🧵
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I am quite excited to share a new preprint on the prospects for a 'metaphilosophy of science'—a second-order inquiry into the concepts, assumptions, aims, and methods that underpin philosophy of science itself. 👇📃 philsci-archive.pitt.edu/26661/ 1/3 #philsci #philsky #HPS #HPbio #metaphilosophy
Toward a Metaphilosophy of Science - PhilSci-Archive
philsci-archive.pitt.edu
September 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I am quite excited to share a new preprint on the prospects for a 'metaphilosophy of science'—a second-order inquiry into the concepts, assumptions, aims, and methods that underpin philosophy of science itself. 👇📃 philsci-archive.pitt.edu/26661/ 1/3 #philsci #philsky #HPS #HPbio #metaphilosophy
This academic year, I'll be co-teaching with @mjbuedo.bsky.social Philosophy of Science I and Philosophy of the Social Sciences for undergrads at UNED ✨📚
September 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
This academic year, I'll be co-teaching with @mjbuedo.bsky.social Philosophy of Science I and Philosophy of the Social Sciences for undergrads at UNED ✨📚
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📢 Reminder! Susana Monsó from METIS will participate in the "Festival de las Ideas" with the talk “Las otras inteligencias”.
📍 Círculo de Bellas Artes C/ Alcalá, 42, Madrid
📅 19 Sept. 2025 | 18h
A fantastic chance to meet @susanamonso.com and explore her work. Don’t miss it!
Info: goo.su/bNVDiT
📍 Círculo de Bellas Artes C/ Alcalá, 42, Madrid
📅 19 Sept. 2025 | 18h
A fantastic chance to meet @susanamonso.com and explore her work. Don’t miss it!
Info: goo.su/bNVDiT
Las otras inteligencias - Festival de las Ideas
festivaldelasideas.es
September 18, 2025 at 8:53 AM
📢 Reminder! Susana Monsó from METIS will participate in the "Festival de las Ideas" with the talk “Las otras inteligencias”.
📍 Círculo de Bellas Artes C/ Alcalá, 42, Madrid
📅 19 Sept. 2025 | 18h
A fantastic chance to meet @susanamonso.com and explore her work. Don’t miss it!
Info: goo.su/bNVDiT
📍 Círculo de Bellas Artes C/ Alcalá, 42, Madrid
📅 19 Sept. 2025 | 18h
A fantastic chance to meet @susanamonso.com and explore her work. Don’t miss it!
Info: goo.su/bNVDiT
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🧑🏼🏫 Vamos con el primer punto del #PactoXLaCiencia
📄 Estatuto del Personal de Investigación (EPI)
@cienciagob.bsky.social @dianamorantr.bsky.social
👇🏼🧵
📄 Estatuto del Personal de Investigación (EPI)
@cienciagob.bsky.social @dianamorantr.bsky.social
👇🏼🧵
September 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🧑🏼🏫 Vamos con el primer punto del #PactoXLaCiencia
📄 Estatuto del Personal de Investigación (EPI)
@cienciagob.bsky.social @dianamorantr.bsky.social
👇🏼🧵
📄 Estatuto del Personal de Investigación (EPI)
@cienciagob.bsky.social @dianamorantr.bsky.social
👇🏼🧵
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A privilege to co-author with the brilliant @alessandrabasso.bsky.social whose mastery of economics of inequality and its philosophy is unparalleled. Our general point: indicators always have more than one ideal to serve, so will have to prioritise and hence sacrifice #philsci #econsky #measurement
Measurement requires compromises: the case of economic inequality
We examine considerations that enter into design and evaluation of measures in social science, categorizing them into four drivers: epistemic, ethical…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:28 AM
A privilege to co-author with the brilliant @alessandrabasso.bsky.social whose mastery of economics of inequality and its philosophy is unparalleled. Our general point: indicators always have more than one ideal to serve, so will have to prioritise and hence sacrifice #philsci #econsky #measurement
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Now on the Oxford University Press website, complete with cover: Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka's Animals and the Right to Politics, the long-awaited sequel to 2011's Zoopolis.
An expected release date of 11 December. Just in time for Christmas!
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
An expected release date of 11 December. Just in time for Christmas!
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
September 4, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Now on the Oxford University Press website, complete with cover: Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka's Animals and the Right to Politics, the long-awaited sequel to 2011's Zoopolis.
An expected release date of 11 December. Just in time for Christmas!
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
An expected release date of 11 December. Just in time for Christmas!
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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September 📚 🏫
In August we took a little vacation 🌞🏖 from the department’s social media, but some members of METIS kept moving. A very brief thread with some of their activities 👇 🧵
In August we took a little vacation 🌞🏖 from the department’s social media, but some members of METIS kept moving. A very brief thread with some of their activities 👇 🧵
September 3, 2025 at 8:52 AM
September 📚 🏫
In August we took a little vacation 🌞🏖 from the department’s social media, but some members of METIS kept moving. A very brief thread with some of their activities 👇 🧵
In August we took a little vacation 🌞🏖 from the department’s social media, but some members of METIS kept moving. A very brief thread with some of their activities 👇 🧵
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🔷 METIS has a new social media team! 🚀
From now on, we will be behind the keyboard: Ignasi @ignasigil.bsky.social & Marco @raciondeser.bsky.social
We will continue to share the work, ideas, activity and good humour that make METIS what it is.
Stay tuned! 📚
From now on, we will be behind the keyboard: Ignasi @ignasigil.bsky.social & Marco @raciondeser.bsky.social
We will continue to share the work, ideas, activity and good humour that make METIS what it is.
Stay tuned! 📚
a picture of yoda from star wars with the words `` may the metis be with you '' written on it .
ALT: a picture of yoda from star wars with the words `` may the metis be with you '' written on it .
media.tenor.com
September 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
🔷 METIS has a new social media team! 🚀
From now on, we will be behind the keyboard: Ignasi @ignasigil.bsky.social & Marco @raciondeser.bsky.social
We will continue to share the work, ideas, activity and good humour that make METIS what it is.
Stay tuned! 📚
From now on, we will be behind the keyboard: Ignasi @ignasigil.bsky.social & Marco @raciondeser.bsky.social
We will continue to share the work, ideas, activity and good humour that make METIS what it is.
Stay tuned! 📚
Today I'm discussing randomised controlled trials and pilot studies. How do these designs assess redistributive policies, such as basic income? We'll find out!
🚨🚀 Our PhD student @losnerbriones.com kicks off the new academic year with a talk at EPSA25 tomorrow at 17:00. Full programme here:
➡️https://philsci.eu/EPSA25/Programme
➡️https://philsci.eu/EPSA25/Programme
European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA) - EPSA25 - Programme
philsci.eu
August 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Today I'm discussing randomised controlled trials and pilot studies. How do these designs assess redistributive policies, such as basic income? We'll find out!