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Markel Kortabarria
@mkortabarria.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher at LOGOS Research Group in Analytic Philosophy – BIAP, University of Barcelona.

Thinking about (meta)metaphysics, grounding, m-explanation and other nerdy stuff.

(He/Him)

Website: http://www.ub.edu/grc_logos/markel-kortabarri
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New academic year, new lecture thread! 🎓📚

As always, pinning it on my profile for easy tracking.
The best week of the year and official celebration of my viva begins today
October 31, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The presence of nonexistent references in a paper I’m reviewing makes me suspect that AI may have been used
October 30, 2025 at 10:09 AM
University of Barcelona, you better pay me soon. I need to get my hands on that Silent Hill F
October 30, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Oh wow, this is a really valuable resource for postdoc funding opportunities (all disciplines) across Europe! #philsky Many thanks to Marcus Carlsen Häggrot for setting this up! (Something for @dailynous.com?)
Political Theory Postdoc Funding: Grants & Fellowships for Early Career Researchers
Grant and fellowship schemes for early-career researchers in political theory. Browse a comprehensive database of international funding sources for your postdoc in political philosophy. Grant applicat...
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October 30, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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the worse the shared draft the better the friend
October 30, 2025 at 8:14 AM
I forgot to show here the incredible tshirt my friends designed me as a gift for my successful viva
October 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Our vacancy for a Lecturer or Associate Professor in Social Philosophy has now been advertised: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx.... Please spread the word! The closing date for applications is 5 Nov 2025.
Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Lecturer/Associate Professor in Philosophy
Are you an experienced academic in Philosophy with the ambition to carry out world-leading research and deliver an exceptional student experience in a research-intensive Russell Group University? Woul...
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October 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
New academic year, new lecture thread! 🎓📚

As always, pinning it on my profile for easy tracking.
October 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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🗣️XXIII Taller d’Investigació en Filosofia (TIF) – Philosophy Graduate Conference.

🗓07-08 May 2026

📌Universitat de València, València, Spain.

⌛your abstract before 14 December!

👉Additional info: tallinfil.wordpress.com
TIF UV 2026
Taller d'investigació en filosofia a la Universitat de València, 7-8 de maig de 2026.
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October 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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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...
CPI-25-541
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October 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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👋🎓 PhD defense
BIAP student Markel Kortabarria was awarded his PhD on October 21, 2025. Huge congratulations!

📝 Title of his thesis: “Searching for Structure: An Inquiry into Metaphysical Grounding.”

We’re proud of his hard work, dedication, and valuable contributions to the BIAP community. 👏
October 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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👋 Tomorrow! APhil's Inaugural Lecture and welcome session for the cohort of 2025-26 with Prof. Lisa Herzog!

Professor Herzog will address the question if people have had enough with experts 🎓
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October 20, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Hey that's me!
🎉 Exciting News! 🎓
BIAP student Markel Kortabarria (UB / LOGOS @logos-group.bsky.social ) will defend his PhD on:
“Searching for Structure: An Inquiry Into Metaphysical Grounding”
📅 Date & Time: October 21st, 12:00
📍 Location: University of Barcelona

Wishing him the best of luck on this big day! 💪📚
October 17, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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🎉 Exciting News! 🎓
BIAP student Markel Kortabarria (UB / LOGOS @logos-group.bsky.social ) will defend his PhD on:
“Searching for Structure: An Inquiry Into Metaphysical Grounding”
📅 Date & Time: October 21st, 12:00
📍 Location: University of Barcelona

Wishing him the best of luck on this big day! 💪📚
October 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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October 9, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Still Life (2005)

Developed by Microïds Canada.
October 9, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Today I had the strangest nightmare: I was doing stand-up comedy, but all I could talk about were the content of my articles.
October 9, 2025 at 8:50 AM
On the occasion of my birthday, my good friends have decided to indulge me with my favorite avant-garde black metal album
October 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Reminder that we are seeking submissions to a rad special issue! Send us your coolest papers that apply a feminist lens to the mind and to cognitive science! Deadline is January 15. #philsky hypatiaphilosophy.org/uncategorize...
Call-for-papers: Hypatia Special Issue on Feminist Philosophy of Mind - hypatia
Guest Editors: Gloria Andrada and Carolina Flores This special issue focuses on feminist philosophy of mind and cognitive science. It will offer novel perspectives on long-standing questions such as t...
hypatiaphilosophy.org
September 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Los pisos turísticos ilegales no pueden seguir campando a sus anchas mientras las instituciones se limitan a pedir y rogar a las plataformas.

Hay que prohibirlos por ley. El martes tenemos la oportunidad de empezar a poner fin a este negocio que gentrifica los barrios.

youtu.be/NVyEtw83Xr4
OSKAR MATUTE explica la Ley para prohibir anunciar y contratar alojamientos turísticos ilegales
YouTube video by EH Bildu Congreso - Senado
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October 3, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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For those who might be interested: I have a new paper forthcoming in Erkenntnis. It's about whether linguistic data on hedging support the popular knowledge norm of assertion (spoiler: it's not so clear that they do).

philpapers.org/rec/MOREHA-6
Dario Mortini, Evidentially Hedged Assertions and the Knowledge Norm of Assertion - PhilPapers
Speakers make evidentially hedged assertions when they weaken commitment to what they assert in virtue of disclosing imperfectly reliable sources of evidence in their assertions. A novel and increasin...
philpapers.org
September 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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🎉 NEWS! Our senior member Teresa Marques @teresafm.bsky.social has a new book chapter out!

📖 Chapter: Representing or Shaping Reality? What Class Can Teach About Woman
📚 Book: New Perspectives on Conceptual Engineering – Volume 2
🔗 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Congratulations!
New Perspectives on Conceptual Engineering - Volume 2
This book develops novel connections between conceptual engineering and a variety of fields and methods in analytic philosophy.
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October 6, 2025 at 8:19 AM
We’re already in Seville for the 11th Congress of the Spanish Society for Analytic Philosophy. Find us giving talks or debating arguably interesanting bullshit over coffee! eventos.us.es/124755/detai...
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...
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October 1, 2025 at 8:45 AM