The EU’s Fifth Freedom goal: The “Freedom of Knowledge”

10 Dec 25 @ 15:00 – 17:00 – Abstract: In this talk, I explain the EU’s science policy agenda related to the idea of a so-called “Fifth EU Freedom” – also called the “freedom of knowledge”, and I show how scientists can become engaged with shaping that freedom important for their research. The Fifth Freedom idea is located at the intersection of two […]

Final Workshop, Reassessing Scientific Objectivity

9 Dec 25 – 10 Dec 25 @ 00:00 – 9 December 09:50  Welcome 10:00  Carl Hoefer (ICREA & UB): Natural kinds, laws, and necessities: Lessons from post-Twin-Earth science and philosophy 11:15  Coffee break 11:45  Orly Shenker (U. Athens): Subjectivity as the objective basis for Flat Physicalism 13:00  Lunch 15:00  Adán Sus (U. de Valladolid): Spacetime and dynamics. Towards a transcendental perspective 16:15  Coffee break 16:45  Alfonso García (UB): Truthlikeness […]