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New paper with @stephanhartmann.bsky.social forthcoming in Philosophical Studies: "Coherence-Based Measures of Explanatory Power." Recent work questions probabilistic measures of explanatory power. We propose a coherence-based alternative that avoids the worries. philsci-archive.pitt.edu/28483/

This paper (with @martinjustin.bsky.social) grew out of the Miščević memorial conferences in Rijeka and Maribor and connects Nenad's idea of reflective luck to our coherence modeling work. It was recently published in Analiza. Link here if of interest: journals.um.si/index.php/an...

Why Coherence Matters (with @stephanhartmann.bsky.social) is now online first in The Journal of Philosophy. We argue that coherence matters because, when more direct evidence is unavailable, the way information hangs together can be a good guide to truth. doi.org/10.5840/jphi...

We conceived this series to put into words the experience of #philsci researchers from Eastern n Central Europe. There are 2 entries from @boruttrpin.bsky.social and @danielkostic.bsky.social Thanks to both! These are stories of success and resilience, but read about the darker sides too and learn.

Submissions open for PSA Biennial Meeting Contributed Papers, deadline March 15, & Posters, due by June 1, 2026. PSA 2026 is in San Diego November 19 - 22, 2026 #HPS psa26.oa-event.com www.philsci.org/psa_2026.php

Explicating the concept of coherence and establishing a measure for assessing the coherence of an information set are two of the most important tasks of coherentist epistemology. To this end, several principles have been proposed to guide the specification of a measure of coherence. We depart from this prevailing path by challenging two well-established and prima facie plausible principles: Agreement and Dependence. Instead, we propose a new probabilistic measure of coherence that combines basic intuitions of both principles, but without strictly satisfying either of them. It is then shown that the new measure outperforms alternative measures in terms of its truth-tracking properties. We consider this feature to be central and argue that coherence matters because it is likely to be our best available guide to truth, at least when more direct evidence is unavailable.

How do paradigms structure inquiry today? Our symposium Paradigms, Progress, and Conceptual Change (Maribor, 3–4 Dec 2026) revisits Kuhn in light of current work across epistemology, philosophy of science, AI, and beyond. Abstracts due 20 September. philevents.org/event/show/1...

I recently added an entry on the @eenphilsci.bsky.social blog: a bit of my story from early international experiences to my current work on coherence and reasoning, and what it’s like building philosophy of science here in Central & Eastern Europe. eenps.weebly.com/blog/borut-t... #philsci

New paper in Philosophical Studies (with @stephanhartmann.bsky.social): We answer recent critiques of probabilistic measures with a coherence-based approach: explanatory power = how well the explanatory package coheres with the explanandum vs its negation. doi.org/10.1007/s110...

Big thanks to @annaalexandrova.bsky.social, @gabrieltarziu.bsky.social and Michal Hladky for the invitation and organisation! See also @danielkostic.bsky.social‘s entry: eenps.weebly.com/blog/daniel-...

The Department of Philosophy at the University of Maribor is pleased to announce an international symposium reflecting on the enduring legacy of Thomas Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolut...

What is your current role and how did you get here? I am currently an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Ljubljana, with affiliation also at the University of Maribor. My path...

Philosophical Studies - Recent critiques have cast doubt on the viability of probabilistic measures of explanatory power. We respond by developing a coherence-based family of measures that...

What is your current role and how did you get here? I am currently an Associate Professor at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences (IFIS PAN). This is a purely...

In the new @eenphilsci.bsky.social blog I tell my origin story, my current projects, and some of my struggles. eenps.weebly.com/blog/daniel-... Thank you @annaalexandrova.bsky.social and @gabrieltarziu.bsky.social for inviting me to share it. #philsci

What is your current role and how did you get here? I am currently an Associate Professor at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences (IFIS PAN). This is a purely...