Holger Kiik
@holgerkiik.bsky.social
Epistemology of Democracy; Challenges & Innovations of Democracy; Critical thinking; Philosophy https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Meos-Kiik
Half-baked thoughts. Occasional pics of cats, nature or stuff that surprises me.
🇪🇪 stands with Ukraine 🇺🇦
Half-baked thoughts. Occasional pics of cats, nature or stuff that surprises me.
🇪🇪 stands with Ukraine 🇺🇦
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Holger Kiik
@holgerkiik.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Epistocracy and populism: second-order ideologies challenging democracy
Epistocracy and populism are usually seen as opposites. The first finds error in democracy’s reliance on the sub-optimal decisions by the supposedly incompetent masses, and argues that political de...
www.tandfonline.com
What is common in epistocratic elitism and populism as critiques of representative democracy? They might seem polar opposites, but share assumptions of the nature of politics, political truths and basis for legitimacy.
My Open Access article:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
My Open Access article:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Take a look at this compact page to browse and contemplate AI & ethics concerning accuracy, education, human connection and perception of friendship, data leakage, privacy, labor, energy and environment etc. (Markkula Center for Applied Ethics)
Take a look!
#philosophy #AI #appliedethics #ethics
Take a look!
#philosophy #AI #appliedethics #ethics
ICYMI: "A Guide to #AI #Ethics Literacy" (to which we keep adding new pieces): www.scu.edu/ethics/focus... #education #highered #tech
A Guide to AI Ethics Literacy
A growing list of AI ethics issues and links to relevant materials from the Ethics Center.
www.scu.edu
November 11, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Take a look at this compact page to browse and contemplate AI & ethics concerning accuracy, education, human connection and perception of friendship, data leakage, privacy, labor, energy and environment etc. (Markkula Center for Applied Ethics)
Take a look!
#philosophy #AI #appliedethics #ethics
Take a look!
#philosophy #AI #appliedethics #ethics
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LMU Munich is advertising a new W2 Professorship in Philosophy Education. Deadline: 15 Nov 2025. For more information, and to apply, follow this link: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/b... #philosophy #education #professorship #academicjob #lmumunich
Professorship (W2) of Philosophy Education
job-portal.lmu.de
November 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
LMU Munich is advertising a new W2 Professorship in Philosophy Education. Deadline: 15 Nov 2025. For more information, and to apply, follow this link: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/b... #philosophy #education #professorship #academicjob #lmumunich
Oh wow! "This is the way: Chinese philosophy podcast" by Justin Tiwald and Richard Kim.
Webpage with materials.
Most recent episode: Tallinn University prof. Lisa Indraccolo on "The White Horse Dialogue—Language, Logic, and Categories in Early China"
#china #chinesephilosophy #philosophy #podcast
Webpage with materials.
Most recent episode: Tallinn University prof. Lisa Indraccolo on "The White Horse Dialogue—Language, Logic, and Categories in Early China"
#china #chinesephilosophy #philosophy #podcast
This is The Way: Chinese Philosophy Podcast
This Is The Way is a podcast on Chinese philosophy, exploring philosophical themes by reflecting on significant Chinese texts and through interviews with schola
warpweftandway.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Oh wow! "This is the way: Chinese philosophy podcast" by Justin Tiwald and Richard Kim.
Webpage with materials.
Most recent episode: Tallinn University prof. Lisa Indraccolo on "The White Horse Dialogue—Language, Logic, and Categories in Early China"
#china #chinesephilosophy #philosophy #podcast
Webpage with materials.
Most recent episode: Tallinn University prof. Lisa Indraccolo on "The White Horse Dialogue—Language, Logic, and Categories in Early China"
#china #chinesephilosophy #philosophy #podcast
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The Indispensability of Intuitions by @gnosishead.bsky.social . New in the Elements in Epistemology series. Free download till 5 November. www.cambridge.org/core/element...
The Indispensability of Intuitions
Cambridge Core - Epistemology and Metaphysics - The Indispensability of Intuitions
www.cambridge.org
October 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The Indispensability of Intuitions by @gnosishead.bsky.social . New in the Elements in Epistemology series. Free download till 5 November. www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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Finally put some new drafts on PhilPapers:
Consent & the formation of preferences
philpapers.org/rec/PETEOA-7
What is purely epistemic normativity, and why? A study in Wolfian epistemology
philpapers.org/rec/PETWIP
Knowledge is not always more valuable than true belief
philpapers.org/rec/PETKIN-2
Consent & the formation of preferences
philpapers.org/rec/PETEOA-7
What is purely epistemic normativity, and why? A study in Wolfian epistemology
philpapers.org/rec/PETWIP
Knowledge is not always more valuable than true belief
philpapers.org/rec/PETKIN-2
October 29, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Finally put some new drafts on PhilPapers:
Consent & the formation of preferences
philpapers.org/rec/PETEOA-7
What is purely epistemic normativity, and why? A study in Wolfian epistemology
philpapers.org/rec/PETWIP
Knowledge is not always more valuable than true belief
philpapers.org/rec/PETKIN-2
Consent & the formation of preferences
philpapers.org/rec/PETEOA-7
What is purely epistemic normativity, and why? A study in Wolfian epistemology
philpapers.org/rec/PETWIP
Knowledge is not always more valuable than true belief
philpapers.org/rec/PETKIN-2
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Democrats 66 (Dutch: Democraten 66; D66) is a social liberal and progressive political party in the Netherlands, which is positioned on the centre to centre-left of the political spectrum. PVV is the far-right party of Geert Wilders which is set to lose 11 seats since the previous election.
D66 and PVV are now neck and neck with most votes counted www.dutchnews.nl?p=259316
D66 and PVV are now neck and neck with most votes counted
www.dutchnews.nl
October 30, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Democrats 66 (Dutch: Democraten 66; D66) is a social liberal and progressive political party in the Netherlands, which is positioned on the centre to centre-left of the political spectrum. PVV is the far-right party of Geert Wilders which is set to lose 11 seats since the previous election.
TL;DR: Epistemic reputation is second-order evidence and plays a crucial role in epistemic communities. Although imperfect and subject to misuse, these problems are conceivable only due to general reliability and trust.
Dominik Jarczewski @episteme
#epistemology #experts #trust #epistemicinjustice
Dominik Jarczewski @episteme
#epistemology #experts #trust #epistemicinjustice
Wiser Together: Toward a Theory of Epistemic Reputation | Episteme | Cambridge Core
Wiser Together: Toward a Theory of Epistemic Reputation
doi.org
October 30, 2025 at 7:40 AM
TL;DR: Epistemic reputation is second-order evidence and plays a crucial role in epistemic communities. Although imperfect and subject to misuse, these problems are conceivable only due to general reliability and trust.
Dominik Jarczewski @episteme
#epistemology #experts #trust #epistemicinjustice
Dominik Jarczewski @episteme
#epistemology #experts #trust #epistemicinjustice
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While Presidents Trump& Xi Jinping discussed bringing peace to Ukraine,the Russian army was launching a massive missile& drone strike on Ukraine,attacking our energy infrastructure&civilian objects.There are still Russian drones in Ukrainian airspace
◾️Zaporizhzhia was attacked by 8 missile strikes⤵️
◾️Zaporizhzhia was attacked by 8 missile strikes⤵️
October 30, 2025 at 5:40 AM
While Presidents Trump& Xi Jinping discussed bringing peace to Ukraine,the Russian army was launching a massive missile& drone strike on Ukraine,attacking our energy infrastructure&civilian objects.There are still Russian drones in Ukrainian airspace
◾️Zaporizhzhia was attacked by 8 missile strikes⤵️
◾️Zaporizhzhia was attacked by 8 missile strikes⤵️
A criticism of "expertocracy" as a thin-centred ideology, related to the essence of "the political", trying to resolve the conflict of value pluralism by an appeal to rational, neutral experts or "the science".
+ an illustration.
By Veith Selk at @prxjournal.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/2474...
+ an illustration.
By Veith Selk at @prxjournal.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/2474...
Expertocracy as thin-centered ideology: theoretical concepts and empirical illustrations
The Covid-19 pandemic and looming prospect of climate change have brought a debate on the role of expertise and scientific knowledge in policymaking to the fore. This debate informs the work of man...
doi.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:17 AM
A criticism of "expertocracy" as a thin-centred ideology, related to the essence of "the political", trying to resolve the conflict of value pluralism by an appeal to rational, neutral experts or "the science".
+ an illustration.
By Veith Selk at @prxjournal.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/2474...
+ an illustration.
By Veith Selk at @prxjournal.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/2474...
The first two sentences hit hard like "Hello 911, I would like to report a burn victim."
In other words: cognitive and situated diversity is an epistemic tool for both democracy and political&moral theory.
Gerald Gaus in "The Open Society and Its Complexities" (2021)
#polphil #polsci #
In other words: cognitive and situated diversity is an epistemic tool for both democracy and political&moral theory.
Gerald Gaus in "The Open Society and Its Complexities" (2021)
#polphil #polsci #
October 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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AI in Politics: Repairing Democratic Connections? New chapter from @tamaraehs.bsky.social, @ortiztudela.bsky.social and I. We explore what the democratic challenges would be if we all had our own AI political adviser. The whole book is available open access: www.steiner-verlag.de/en/Connectiv...
Connectivity. Networks. Flows. | 400013950
In an age of specialisation, no single researcher can navigate the vast scope of knowledge required to tackle today’s challenges. Modern research recognises the interconnectivity between the natural s...
www.steiner-verlag.de
October 20, 2025 at 10:56 AM
AI in Politics: Repairing Democratic Connections? New chapter from @tamaraehs.bsky.social, @ortiztudela.bsky.social and I. We explore what the democratic challenges would be if we all had our own AI political adviser. The whole book is available open access: www.steiner-verlag.de/en/Connectiv...
Maya Tudor: "If policymakers follow the principle of avoiding harm, then they should play the odds. And when it comes to delivering longer-living, more educated, less violence-prone, and more prosperous societies, playing the odds means betting on democracy."
@jodemocracy.bsky.social
#polsci #polsky
@jodemocracy.bsky.social
#polsci #polsky
Project MUSE - What Democracy Does … And Does Not Do
muse.jhu.edu
October 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Maya Tudor: "If policymakers follow the principle of avoiding harm, then they should play the odds. And when it comes to delivering longer-living, more educated, less violence-prone, and more prosperous societies, playing the odds means betting on democracy."
@jodemocracy.bsky.social
#polsci #polsky
@jodemocracy.bsky.social
#polsci #polsky
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“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”
Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money
Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.
www.liberalcurrents.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:05 AM
“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”
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Next Wednesday, October 15 (11 AM CET), we're kicking off the fall semester Jour Fixe lecture series!
The first speaker will be Christian Greiffenhagen, with the talk "Judging importance before checking correctness: quick opinions in mathematical peer review.”
Join us in Berlin or on Zoom!
The first speaker will be Christian Greiffenhagen, with the talk "Judging importance before checking correctness: quick opinions in mathematical peer review.”
Join us in Berlin or on Zoom!
October 10, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Next Wednesday, October 15 (11 AM CET), we're kicking off the fall semester Jour Fixe lecture series!
The first speaker will be Christian Greiffenhagen, with the talk "Judging importance before checking correctness: quick opinions in mathematical peer review.”
Join us in Berlin or on Zoom!
The first speaker will be Christian Greiffenhagen, with the talk "Judging importance before checking correctness: quick opinions in mathematical peer review.”
Join us in Berlin or on Zoom!
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🍊 Fresh out!
Petr Kokaisl examines how the presence of a functioning nation-state shapes national #identity in diaspora.
👇
buff.ly/Bqfnm8m
Petr Kokaisl examines how the presence of a functioning nation-state shapes national #identity in diaspora.
👇
buff.ly/Bqfnm8m
October 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
🍊 Fresh out!
Petr Kokaisl examines how the presence of a functioning nation-state shapes national #identity in diaspora.
👇
buff.ly/Bqfnm8m
Petr Kokaisl examines how the presence of a functioning nation-state shapes national #identity in diaspora.
👇
buff.ly/Bqfnm8m
New interview with a previous #German chancellor just dropped:
www.youtube.com/shorts/U48Kq...
#Ukraine #Merkel #Schröder
www.youtube.com/shorts/U48Kq...
#Ukraine #Merkel #Schröder
POV: you are 🇺🇦 living in Germany
YouTube video by Dima Watermelon
www.youtube.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
New interview with a previous #German chancellor just dropped:
www.youtube.com/shorts/U48Kq...
#Ukraine #Merkel #Schröder
www.youtube.com/shorts/U48Kq...
#Ukraine #Merkel #Schröder
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Really excited that after several years of working on it, revising, and getting lots of rejections, our paper (w/ Rune Stubager & Mads Thau) on citizens’ responses to group appeals is *finally* out @ejprjournal.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
A 🧵 on our findings...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
A 🧵 on our findings...
How group appeals shape candidate support: The role of group membership, identity strength, and deservingness perceptions | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
How group appeals shape candidate support: The role of group membership, identity strength, and deservingness perceptions
www.cambridge.org
October 6, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Really excited that after several years of working on it, revising, and getting lots of rejections, our paper (w/ Rune Stubager & Mads Thau) on citizens’ responses to group appeals is *finally* out @ejprjournal.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
A 🧵 on our findings...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
A 🧵 on our findings...
"The Office" ft. #Germany.
Unglaublich, dass 3,5/ 11 Jahren später täuscht mann sich noch & hält Vorträge über Putinverstehen, wie jede USA Präsident mit der "Reset-Taste".
"KoronaVirus... Wir könnten einander nicht treffen...Auge in Auge die Meinungsunterschiede...".
Thankfully #Merz is not fooled
Unglaublich, dass 3,5/ 11 Jahren später täuscht mann sich noch & hält Vorträge über Putinverstehen, wie jede USA Präsident mit der "Reset-Taste".
"KoronaVirus... Wir könnten einander nicht treffen...Auge in Auge die Meinungsunterschiede...".
Thankfully #Merz is not fooled
Angela Merkel: a magyar nép feladata eldönteni, újraválasztja-e Orbán Viktort
YouTube video by Partizán
youtu.be
October 6, 2025 at 8:32 AM
October 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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#PublicationAlert 🥰. This one has been long in the making: It started with a @sfiscience.bsky.social workshop in 2023, lead to a working group at the SFI in 2024, multiple online-meetings (one from Costa Rica, Munich, Denmark, Mumbai, and the US), thought-provoking and truly interdisciplinary work.
October 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
#PublicationAlert 🥰. This one has been long in the making: It started with a @sfiscience.bsky.social workshop in 2023, lead to a working group at the SFI in 2024, multiple online-meetings (one from Costa Rica, Munich, Denmark, Mumbai, and the US), thought-provoking and truly interdisciplinary work.
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They say: once there’s a paper 📝, it’s real…
🎉 #MEDem in #EPS @ecpr.bsky.social
The paper outlines how MEDem will strengthen #OpenScience by making data #FAIR in #DemocracyResearch – and how scholars across Europe are joining forces to build a truly open #ResearchInfrastructure ⚙️
🎉 #MEDem in #EPS @ecpr.bsky.social
The paper outlines how MEDem will strengthen #OpenScience by making data #FAIR in #DemocracyResearch – and how scholars across Europe are joining forces to build a truly open #ResearchInfrastructure ⚙️
September 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
They say: once there’s a paper 📝, it’s real…
🎉 #MEDem in #EPS @ecpr.bsky.social
The paper outlines how MEDem will strengthen #OpenScience by making data #FAIR in #DemocracyResearch – and how scholars across Europe are joining forces to build a truly open #ResearchInfrastructure ⚙️
🎉 #MEDem in #EPS @ecpr.bsky.social
The paper outlines how MEDem will strengthen #OpenScience by making data #FAIR in #DemocracyResearch – and how scholars across Europe are joining forces to build a truly open #ResearchInfrastructure ⚙️
Athens Democracy Forum fascinating discussions being livestreamed:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U18E...
Program: www.athensdemocracyforum.com/program/2025...
A relevant Bluesky account: @demcultfoundation.bsky.social
#Democracy #Polisky #Polsci #athensdemocracyforum #Polphil
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U18E...
Program: www.athensdemocracyforum.com/program/2025...
A relevant Bluesky account: @demcultfoundation.bsky.social
#Democracy #Polisky #Polsci #athensdemocracyforum #Polphil
Athens Democracy Forum 2025 - Day 1
YouTube video by Athens Democracy Forum
www.youtube.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Athens Democracy Forum fascinating discussions being livestreamed:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U18E...
Program: www.athensdemocracyforum.com/program/2025...
A relevant Bluesky account: @demcultfoundation.bsky.social
#Democracy #Polisky #Polsci #athensdemocracyforum #Polphil
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U18E...
Program: www.athensdemocracyforum.com/program/2025...
A relevant Bluesky account: @demcultfoundation.bsky.social
#Democracy #Polisky #Polsci #athensdemocracyforum #Polphil
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Philosophers of mind! The University of Vienna is offering a professorship and has extended the deadline to 19 October. philjobs.org/job/show/29293
Full Professor of Philosophy of Mind, University of Vienna
- PhilJobs:JFP
Full Professor of Philosophy of Mind, University of Vienna
An international database of jobs for philosophers
philjobs.org
September 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Philosophers of mind! The University of Vienna is offering a professorship and has extended the deadline to 19 October. philjobs.org/job/show/29293
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Coming out soon!
I've written a chapter for this book, where I compare compromise between persons to compromise within a person.
Looking forward to reading the other chapters!!
Many thanks to the editors for putting this together 🙏
@karstenmause.bsky.social
#academicsky
I've written a chapter for this book, where I compare compromise between persons to compromise within a person.
Looking forward to reading the other chapters!!
Many thanks to the editors for putting this together 🙏
@karstenmause.bsky.social
#academicsky
September 23, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Coming out soon!
I've written a chapter for this book, where I compare compromise between persons to compromise within a person.
Looking forward to reading the other chapters!!
Many thanks to the editors for putting this together 🙏
@karstenmause.bsky.social
#academicsky
I've written a chapter for this book, where I compare compromise between persons to compromise within a person.
Looking forward to reading the other chapters!!
Many thanks to the editors for putting this together 🙏
@karstenmause.bsky.social
#academicsky