BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy
🧠BIAP is a research institute based in Catalonia. No philosophical question is alien to us.
BIAP is a María de Maeztu Unit of Excellence (funded by MICIU/AEI).
🌐 biap.ub.edu
Member of SOMM Alliance 🌐 https://somma.es
- 👋REMINDER: Upcoming BIAP Conference Lies, Fiction, and Manipulation in Propaganda 📅 12–13 February 2026, UPF Join us next week! 🔗 Details here: t.ly/jIutA
- 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
- 👋🎉 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. 📚👏
- 👋 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 ✨
- 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
- 👋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 @filosofiaub.bsky.social
- 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 @logos-group.bsky.social @filosofiaub.bsky.social 👉 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...
- 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. 🖋️📚 craiub.my.canva.site/frege/veus-s...
- 👋 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
- 👋OPEN PHILOSOPHY BLOG 💡 We are pleased to share a new contribution by our senior member Diego M. Papayannis (University of Girona): 📝 “Does Tort Law Really Care About You?” Read the post here 👉 openphilosophy.blog/2025/11/06/d...
- 📢 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
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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! 👏🎓
- 👋🎓 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
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- 👋🎓 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
- 👋REMINDER! Today!!
- 👋Exciting news! Our Director, Genoveva Martí (ICREA/UB @logos-group.bsky.social), has been awarded the ‘Distinción a una trayectoria’ by the Society for Women in (Analytic) Philosophy Spain (SWIP(A)). Huge congratulations on this well-deserved recognition! 👏💫
- The Congreso de Postgrado de la SEFA (27–28 November 2025) is underway! Today, our senior member Manuel García-Carpintero is offering his commentary on Anna Verdet’s work! 👉 Check out the full program: sefaweb.es/programacps/
- 👋Excited to share a new blog post in New Work in Philosophy! 'The Dead Hand of the Past Is Alive and Kicking' Authored by Pablo Magaña (Trinity College Dublin) & our senior member Iñigo González-Ricoy (UB). ➡️ Read it here: tiny.cc/0xmv001
- 👋📅 SAVE THE DATE! Roundtable to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the death of Gottlob Frege With Manuel García-Carpintero (BIAP/UB), Genoveva Martí (BIAP/ICREA/UB), Elia Zardini (UCM). Moderator: Josep Macià (BIAP/UB) 🗣️ Catalan 📍 Seminari de Filosofia, UB 🕓 02 Dec 2025 | 16:00-17:30h
- OUTREACH This Wednesday at 18:00, our member Marta Campdelacreu will speak at the XXIII Seminar of the Secció de Filosofia Analítica: Saber, actuar, ésser. 🧠📽 Talk: “Qui és qui? Identitat personal a Poor Things” 📍 Where: IEC, Carrer del Carme 47, Barcelona 💻 Online info: www.ub.edu/gfa/
- Thanks to everyone who made Barcelona Pensa such a great philosophical experience again this year! 🙏🧠✨
- 🚨 «Workshop on Minimal Cognition». 📅November 26-27, 2025. 🏛️Faculty of Philosophy and Education Sciences (Room F11). 🔗More info at: vlclab.blogs.uv.es/event/worksh...
- 🧠Check this out! By our senior member Jordi Ferrer @jferrerbeltran.bsky.social La primera semana de juicio al fiscal general del Estado y el secreto profesional de los periodistas LINK: agendapublica.es/noticia/2035...
- 👋🎙️ Outreach! Next week, November 27, our senior member Carmen Vázquez @carmenvazquezr.bsky.social will be delivering an online talk: “¿Es experto el perito? Una cuestión básica no siempre formulada” Don’t miss it! 👉 Register now: LINK: www.ddcacademia.com/EvidenceSess...
- 👋🎙️ New podcast episode of 'No Tan Jurídico'! Featuring our senior member Jordi Ferrer @jferrerbeltran.bsky.social Don’t miss it! 🔥 ▶️ YouTube: youtu.be/e6YY1Llyf5g?... 🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2giw... 🍏 Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/co/podcast/n...
- 👋 Call for Abstracts! The Taller d'Investigació en Filosofia will take place in València, 7–8 May 2026. 📢 The call for abstracts is now open! 🗓️ Deadline: December 14th Don’t miss this great opportunity to present your research work! 👇👇
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- 📅OUTREACH! Saber, Actuar, Ésser (2025–2026) Annual Seminar of the Analytic Philosophy Section – Catalan Society of Philosophy Marta Campdelacreu (BIAP/UB) “Qui és qui? Identitat personal a Poor Things” 📆 26 November 📍 IEC, C/Carme 47, BCN & Zoom 🕕 18:00 🎟 Open to all! 🔗 www.ub.edu/gfa/
- STARTING TODAY! Now in its 12th edition, the BCN Pensa festival reaffirms its mission of bringing thinking to the streets and encouraging dialogue between philosophy, science, art, music, and everyday life. Check the activities organised at the Fac. of Philosophy! t.ly/AzN5w
- STARTING TODAY! Now in its 12th edition, the BCN Pensa festival reaffirms its mission of bringing thinking to the streets and encouraging dialogue between philosophy, science, art, music, and everyday life. Check the activities organised at the Fac. of Philosophy! t.ly/AzN5w%F0%9F%...
- STARTING TODAY! Now in its 12th edition, the BCN Pensa festival reaffirms its mission of bringing thinking to the streets and encouraging dialogue between philosophy, science, art, music, and everyday life. Check the activities organised at the Fac. of Philosophy! t.ly/AzN5w%F0%9F%...
- NEXT WEEK! The Barcelona Pensa Festival fills the UB with philosophy, science, and critical thinking! 🧠 web.ub.edu/en/web/actua... 📆 17-21 November Our senior member Sergi Oms @ub.edu is part of the coordination team, together with Antonio Gómez Villar and Carlota Serrahima! 👇👇
- 🌟 100xCiencia.9 has started! “Ciencia para la Sociedad, Tocando conciencias” 📍 CaixaForum València | Nov 13–14 The annual meeting of SOMMa’s Centres & Units of Excellence (Severo Ochoa & María de Maeztu). We didn't miss it! 100xciencia2025.com #100xCiencia9 #SOMMa #ResearchExcellence
- 🧠✨ Check out some photos from the amazing BIAP Conference on the Philosophy of Cognitive Science!
- 🚨 Reminder: Today is the last day to register for our in-person workshop starting next Tuesday. Don’t miss out! 🧠 BIAP Workshop on the Philosophy of Cognitive Science 📍 Fac. of Philosophy, U. of Barcelona 📅 11–12 November 2025 👉 biap.ub.edu/calendar/bia...
- 👋OPEN PHILOSOPHY BLOG 💡 We are pleased to share a new contribution by our senior member Oscar Piedrahita (University of Barcelona): 📝 “Ignorance Isn’t a Failure” Read the post here 👉 openphilosophy.blog/2025/11/12/i...
- 👋🎥 Missed the public lecture with Edouard Machery? No worries — you can now watch the full video online! It was a truly inspiring and thought-provoking session. 👉 Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWXm...
- Yesterday we had an inspiring outreach event at the Ateneu Barcelonès with philosopher of science Edouard Machery (Pittsburgh)! 🎙️'Reasonable Doubts? Should We Really Trust Science?' Huge thanks to everyone who joined and contributed to such a rich discussion! 🙌 🧠 @ateneubcn.cat
- NEXT WEEK! The Barcelona Pensa Festival fills the UB with philosophy, science, and critical thinking! 🧠 web.ub.edu/en/web/actua... 📆 17-21 November Our senior member Sergi Oms @ub.edu is part of the coordination team, together with Antonio Gómez Villar and Carlota Serrahima! 👇👇
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- Yesterday we had an inspiring outreach event at the Ateneu Barcelonès with philosopher of science Edouard Machery (Pittsburgh)! 🎙️'Reasonable Doubts? Should We Really Trust Science?' Huge thanks to everyone who joined and contributed to such a rich discussion! 🙌 🧠 @ateneubcn.cat
- 👋REMINDER! @edouardmachery.bsky.social is a philosopher of science, working primarily on the philosophical issues raised by cognitive science and neuroscience. He is also doing empirical research on moral psychology, semantics, and folk epistemology, often with a cross-cultural focus. 👇👇👇
- 👋Open Philosophy Blog💡 Miss one post and you’ll regret it 😉 Hit the 'subscribe' button now 👇 openphilosophy.blog
- 👋OPEN PHILOSOPHY BLOG 💡 We are pleased to share a new contribution by our senior member Diego M. Papayannis (University of Girona): 📝 “Does Tort Law Really Care About You?” Read the post here 👉 openphilosophy.blog/2025/11/06/d...
- 🚨 Reminder: Today is the last day to register for our in-person workshop starting next Tuesday. Don’t miss out! 🧠 BIAP Workshop on the Philosophy of Cognitive Science 📍 Fac. of Philosophy, U. of Barcelona 📅 11–12 November 2025 👉 biap.ub.edu/calendar/bia...
- 👋🎉 Great news! 🎉 Our Senior member Fernando Broncano-Berrocal has been promoted to Associate Professor (Professor Agregat) at the Department of Philosophy @ub.edu We’re so proud of you, Fernando — huge congratulations on this well-deserved achievement! 👏🎓 Webpage: t.ly/KEefY
- 👋OPEN PHILOSOPHY BLOG 💡 We are pleased to share a new contribution by our senior member Diego M. Papayannis (University of Girona): 📝 “Does Tort Law Really Care About You?” Read the post here 👉 openphilosophy.blog/2025/11/06/d...
- 👋 Next week! The XVIII Nomos Meeting will focus on Katharine Jenkins’ book, Ontology and Oppression: Race, Gender, and Social Reality (OUP, 2023). 📅 13–14 November 2025 📍 Faculty of Philosophy, @ub.edu Organized by Esa Díaz-León (BIAP, UB) & Mari Mikkola (Amsterdam) 👉 More info: t.ly/9ee8C
- Starting tomorrow!!! 👇👇👇
- 🚨 AEI Call Alert! Juan de la Cierva Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 (PhD 2024–2025 | 3-year duration) Our research group in Analytic Philosophy, LOGOS @logos-group.bsky.social welcomes expressions of interest from motivated researchers! ✨ 👉 LOGOS website: www.ub.edu/grc_logos/
- 👋 The Barcelona Pensa Festival is back! 📍 Barcelona | Nov 17–21, 2025 The Fac, of Philosophy @ub.edu, together with the Barcelona City Council, present another edition of this inspiring festival! 🧠 Several BIAP members will be sharing their knowledge! 👉https://www.barcelonapensa.cat/
