BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy

Today! @logos-group.bsky.social @karlbergman.bsky.social @biap.bsky.social @upf.edu

👋 Ongoing this week! PhD seminar with Professor Ernesto Sosa, Rutgers University.
The course is based on a new book that Prod. Sosa is concluding:
Dawning Light Epistemology and Bounded Knowledge
aphil.ub.edu/activity/daw...
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👋 The BIAP workshop “Lies, Fiction, and Manipulation in Propaganda” took place last week!

Thanks to all the participants for their insightful talks, to the organizers for their incredible work behind the scenes, and to everyone who attended and contributed to such engaging discussions.
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Conference poster: Large red circle on a cream background. In the circle is the title of the conference: Lies, Fiction & Manipulation in Propaganda. 12-13th February 2026 Pompeu Fabra University.

Happening today and tomorrow!
Postdocs @kraymondh.bsky.social & @flampert.bsky.social are presenting at the @biap.bsky.social conference in Barcelona. Keith's talk is on propaganda and propagandists. Fabio's is on propaganda and the arts of coordination.

cc @univie.ac.at
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#PhilSky

Also happy to see our former research assistant is giving a talk, Levan Sikharulidze, on trusting (or pretending to trust) authoritarian propaganda! Congrats, Levan!

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🎙️Due to bad weather, today the BIAP Conference will take place online, following government recommendations.

Tomorrow the sessions will be in person, as planned.🙌

👋REMINDER: Upcoming BIAP Conference

Lies, Fiction, and Manipulation in Propaganda

📅 12–13 February 2026, UPF

Join us next week!

🔗 Details here: t.ly/jIutA

👋🎉 On 1st Feb, our postdoc Andrés Soria-Ruiz started his contract as a Ramón y Cajal fellow at the Dep. of Philosophy, U. of Barcelona @ub.edu, joining BIAP as faculty. Huge congratulations, Andrés! 👏

The Ramón y Cajal program is Spain’s most prestigious competitive research grant.

#RamonyCajal

👋 Exciting news! Congratulations to our senior member Teresa Marques @teresafm.bsky.social for contributing three introductory chapters on Philosophy of Language (Part VI) in What is this Thing Called Philosophy (2nd ed.), edited by Duncan Pritchard for Routledge. 📚👏

Assessing the Linguistic Data on Hedged Assertions This is a post by Dario Mortini (University of Barcelona). Simple ‘outright’ assertions serve a wide range of familiar communicative purposes in our daily lives: from giving directions (‘The Sagrad…

👋 New on the Open Philosophy Blog! 💡

We’re thrilled to feature a post by our María de Maeztu Fellow Dario Mortini (UB):

📝 Assessing the Linguistic Data on Hedged Assertions

Read it here: t.ly/2ZGqD

@logos-group.bsky.social @filosofiaub.bsky.social

#OpenPhilosophyBlog

👋Welcome our new student member, Paulina Kraft!

Her wider research interests include the philosophy of time, the epistemology of modality, and the philosophy of action. We’re excited to have her on board and look forward to the insights she’ll bring to our community!

www.ub.edu/grc_logos/au...

👋🧠Fantastic outreach activity yesterday, made possible through our collaboration with the Ateneu Barcelonès @filoateneubcn ✨

Truth and Reference in the Making of Fiction - Truth and Reference in the Making of Fiction Truth and Reference in the Making of Fiction - January 2026

👋NEW PUBLICATION!

Huge congratulations to our senior member Manuel García-Carpintero (UB) on the publication of his new book with Cambridge University Press:

📖Truth and Reference in the Making of Fiction

A fantastic achievement, well done! 👏
tinyurl.com/2aw3b9t4
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OUTREACH! BIAP Open Conversations Series

How the Mind Develops: From Infants to Language Users

📅 Tue 20 Jan | 18:30
📍 Ateneu Barcelonès – Sala Verdaguer

With Luca Bonatti (ICREA-UPF) & Susan Gelman (Michigan)
Moderator: Manuel García-Carpintero (UB)

💬 Open to all! Organized with @ateneubcn.cat

📢 Upcoming! BIAP conference

🧠 Causal Relationships & Generalizations in Human Life and Mind Sciences

📅 21–23 January 2026

📍 Faculty of Philosophy, @ub.edu

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👉 More info: tinyurl.com/32jrt8tx

#BIAPconference

📢 Attention researchers!

The Spanish State Research Agency (AEI) has just released its new 2026 calls calendar for research funding and grants!

🔗 Check the full calendar here: www.aei.gob.es/convocatoria...

📢 Attention researchers!

The Spanish State Research Agency (AEI) has just released its new 2026 calls calendar for research funding and grants!

🔗 Check the full calendar here: www.aei.gob.es/convocatoria...

SAVE THE DATE!

📢 BIAP collaborative research event: 'Lies, Fiction & Manipulation in Propaganda'

🗓 12–13 Feb 2026

📍 UPF, Barcelona

The workshop brings together experts on propaganda, information warfare, and conspiracy theories 🧠

LINK: t.ly/jIutA

#BIAP #Propaganda

SAVE THE DATE!
📢 Call for Papers: PLM8 – Barcelona
🧠 Philosophy of Language & Mind Conference | 17–19 June 2026 @upf.edu
📝 Abstracts due: 1 Feb 2026
🔗 Submit & info: eventum.upf.edu/142984/plm8

#PLM8

📢 FPU 2025 (Formación de Profesorado Universitario)
The application period will open soon. Stay tuned!

LINK: www.ciencia.gob.es/Convocatoria...

📢 Save the date!
European Congress for Metaphysics – Inaugural Conference
🗓️ 9–11 July 2026
📍 Munich
Submission Deadline: 1 March 2026
Our senior member Esa Díaz-León @edileon.bsky.social will deliver a keynote presentation!

🔗 Further info: sites.google.com/view/euro-me...

👋Check this out!

✨ “Veus sobre Frege” – A Tribute to Frege ✨

Celebrating the centenary of Frege’s passing, several BIAP members joined this inspiring initiative, sharing insights and reflections on his philosophy. 🖋️📚

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👋 OPEN PHILOSOPHY BLOG 💡
We’re thrilled to feature a guest post by Prof. Gregory C. Keating (USC Gould School of Law) @uscgould.bsky.social

📝 “Tort and the Demands of Interpersonal Justice: A Reply to Professor Papayannis”
👉 tinyurl.com/349dj3hs

#OpenPhilosophyBlog @diegopapayannis.bsky.social

📢 Call for Submissions!

The Society for Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science in Spain (SLMFCE) invites participation in the 11th edition of the Awards for the Best Master’s Theses (TFM), recognizing the best TFMs defended in the 2024–2025 academic year.

👉 tinyurl.com/mura4xxt

Un tribut a Frege en el centenari de la seva mort. Un autèntic privilegi participar-hi amb filòsofes i filòsofs dels quals he après tant. Felicitats per la iniciativa.

@iec.cat @biap.bsky.social @ub.edu

#VeussobreFrege #VocessobreFrege #VoicesaboutFrege

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👋After the publication of the ruling against the former Attorney General, our member @jferrerbeltran.bsky.social analyzes in detail the reasoning behind the decision 👉'Análisis del razonamiento probatorio de la sentencia condenatoria al fiscal general del Estado'
LINK: tinyurl.com/4ftewwk2

📣 OUTREACH
On November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, our senior member Federico J. Arena presented the seminar “Estereotipos y hechos en el proceso” at the University of Valencia.
tinyurl.com/69y4puyv

NEWS👋🎉 Huge congratulations to our member Marcelino Botín for successfully defending his PhD!
Well done! we’re all incredibly proud of your hard work and dedication! 👏🎓

Workshop: Varieties of Communication and Self-Talk - Communication, Inner Speech, and Mental Health (CIM) - UPF

Tomorrow (4 Dec): Workshop
*Varieties of Communication and Self-Talk*

📅 10:00–18:00
📍 UPF, Barcelona — Roger de Llúria Building, Room 40.248 (hybrid)

👉 www.upf.edu/web/communic...

#Philosophy #Communication #Cognition #UPF
Don't miss it.

👋🎓 TODAY! PhD Dissertation Defense

Our student Marcelino Botín (UB) @logos-group.bsky.social will defend his thesis:
“Consciousness in Its Right Place: The Case for A Posteriori Russellian Physicalism”

Supervisors: BIAP members Esa Díaz León & Genoveva Martí

🕔 17:00 h
📍Seminari de Filosofia UB