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...
Great Research Day of my Faculty at the Siemens Stiftung on Friday: excellent talks by Hannes Leitgeb, Andrew Stephenson, Christof Rapp, Ignacio Ojea Quintana, and Thomas Oehl, plus a PhD poster session and a discussion on AI in philosophy led by Sven Nyholm. Thanks to all who contributed.
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...
Eddy Keming Chen 's recent talk (“AI Meets Philosophy of Science”) in LMU's Philosophy and Physics Colloquium is now online. Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMyk...
Borut Trpin
Stephan Hartmann
Congratulations to my MCMP colleague Tom Sterkenburg, recipient of the 2026 Herbert A. Simon Award. The award honors outstanding early-career researchers at the intersection of computing and philosophy. www.iacap.org/2026/06/06/2...
YouTube video by Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy
Lev Vaidman (Tel Aviv University) has been awarded a Humboldt Research Award by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
A leading figure in quantum foundations, he will spend extended periods at LMU Munich, collaborating across physics and philosophy.
Nominated jointly with Harald Weinfurter.
And thanks to David Colaco for taking the picture.
Stephan Hartmann
Based on work from the International Association for Computing and Philosophy’s (IACAP) Awards Committee, the executive board of IACAP has selected Tom F. S ...
