🧠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). 🌐 https://biap.ub.edu/ Member of SOMM Alliance 🌐 https://somma.eshttps://bsky.app/profile/biap.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/biap.bsky.social/post/3mldonuppir2cBIAP is growing in new and exciting directions! 🙌 Join us in welcoming three new members this week: Anna Ortín Nadal, David Fernández-Duque, Sergi Morales-Gálvez! 👏08 May 2026 12:01 +0000at://did:plc:uzphoky7ghw6dylimohbltla/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldonuppir2chttps://bsky.app/profile/biap.bsky.social/post/3ml4pxleddl2e🤔 Can the label 'autistic' be “reclaimed” if it was never a slur? How does that work? 💡Marta Jorba, Bianca Cepollaro, and Valentina Petrolini explore this question in the latest entry for our Open Philosophy Blog! 🔗 https://openphilosophy.blog/reclaiming-the-label-autistic/05 May 2026 17:36 +0000at://did:plc:uzphoky7ghw6dylimohbltla/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4pxleddl2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/biap.bsky.social/post/3mkwwjkrsvl2e📢 Summer course: Metafísica Analítica y Realidad ☀️ 📚️ 📅 Apply by May 4, August 10–14, 2026 📍 Santander, UIMP 👩‍🏫Taught by Marcelino Botín, Markel Kortabarria, Marco Portillo ⚠️ Scholarships available! 🧠 ⏳️ 👥 Consciousness, time, social ontology, and more! 🔗 t.ly/chTbE03 May 2026 10:17 +0000at://did:plc:uzphoky7ghw6dylimohbltla/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkwwjkrsvl2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/biap.bsky.social/post/3mkkvgr6e3e2pCheck out this new episode of the Càtedra de Cultura Jurídica podcast! 🎙️✨️ BIAP members Jordi Ferrer and Edgar Aguilera take us on a deep dive into Legal Epistemology ⚖️🔍️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-v4RoYfN1g Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7ynawP2LTRAD3Yxvqv4SwG?si=4BJoCOPHT42RYIGv6rIDRA @ccj-udg.bsky.social28 Apr 2026 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:uzphoky7ghw6dylimohbltla/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkvgr6e3e2phttps://bsky.app/profile/biap.bsky.social/post/3mjpn5tuzzo2fThe use of certain words can be very contentious, but how can perfectly competent speakers disagree about whether the use of a term is derogatory? 🤔 Check out Teresa Marques's new entry on our Open Philosophy blog: "Derogation, Common Ground, and Why We Disagree"! 👉️ t.ly/3o0gh17 Apr 2026 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:uzphoky7ghw6dylimohbltla/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpn5tuzzo2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/biap.bsky.social/post/3mjklfkq7jf22Last week, our BIAP student member Elena Menta took part in the 4th UB Research & Outreach Day, organised by @doctorandsub.bsky.social 📣✨ She presented her research project in under 4 minutes! ⌛⚡ Great work, @elenamenta.bsky.social! 👏15 Apr 2026 19:01 +0000at://did:plc:uzphoky7ghw6dylimohbltla/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjklfkq7jf22https://bsky.app/profile/biap.bsky.social/post/3mj5zvgjmnr2jWhat a week! 🙌 It was such a privilege to host Prof. Ruth Chang for this year’s BIAP Distinguished Lectures. Across three talks, we learned and thought a lot about rationality, value, choice, and much more!💭✨ A huge thank you to Prof. Chang—and to all of you who joined us! 👏10 Apr 2026 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:uzphoky7ghw6dylimohbltla/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5zvgjmnr2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/biap.bsky.social/post/3mimgmxec722hChoosing whether—and whom—to marry is a bit like choosing between a bowl of cereal or a chocolate doughnut for breakfast. How? 💍❓🍩 Join us with Prof. Ruth Chang at the BIAP Distinguished Lectures to explore these questions and more! 🤔💭 ✨ Sneak peek on TED: t.ly/ylR6E 🗓️Schedule and info: t.ly/r8_jI03 Apr 2026 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:uzphoky7ghw6dylimohbltla/app.bsky.feed.post/3mimgmxec722hhttps://bsky.app/profile/biap.bsky.social/post/3miejo2ivhr2gExciting news at BIAP! 🚨 Sven Rosenkranz (ICREA/UB) is officially our new Director! 🎉 We look forward to this new chapter in the life of BIAP 🚀 We are also very thankful to our outgoing director, Genoveva Martí (ICREA/UB), for her work over the past years👏 @ub.edu31 Mar 2026 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:uzphoky7ghw6dylimohbltla/app.bsky.feed.post/3miejo2ivhr2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/biap.bsky.social/post/3mhsie7yw322p📯 BIAP Distinguished Lectures! We're very happy to announce three upcoming events with Prof. Ruth Chang (Oxford) on rationality, values, and the choices that shape our lives 🧩✨ 👇 See below for full details 📅 Open lecture on April 8 with @ateneubcn.cat - don’t miss it!24 Mar 2026 11:37 +0000at://did:plc:uzphoky7ghw6dylimohbltla/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhsie7yw322phttps://bsky.app/profile/biap.bsky.social/post/3mhlkpi7xac2p🙌 Busy days at BIAP! 📖 This last Wednesday, BIAP senior member Esa Díaz León gave a presentation of her Cambridge Elements book The Metaphysics of Gender, together with Pablo Rychter and Claudia Picazzo, organised by SEFA!21 Mar 2026 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:uzphoky7ghw6dylimohbltla/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhlkpi7xac2phttps://bsky.app/profile/biap.bsky.social/post/3mhdewpg6c22gLooking forward to this talk by Teresa Marques at @swipaesp.bsky.social next week! 🗨️ Link for registration and info below👇 [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Mar 2026 11:26 +0000at://did:plc:uzphoky7ghw6dylimohbltla/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhdewpg6c22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/biap.bsky.social/post/3mgnfvfpvc22s📣 Upcoming event! Seminar + Round Table with @ubneuro.bsky.social 🗓️ Thu, March 12 📍 Sala de Graus (Miquel Siguan), Faculty of Psychology, University of Barcelona (Campus Mundet) 👇 More info + streaming link at t.ly/0KolP & t.ly/W28EK09 Mar 2026 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:uzphoky7ghw6dylimohbltla/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgnfvfpvc22shttps://bsky.app/profile/biap.bsky.social/post/3mf23okx7ss2j👋 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. 👇📸 [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Feb 2026 07:56 +0000at://did:plc:uzphoky7ghw6dylimohbltla/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf23okx7ss2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/biap.bsky.social/post/3me42sjj4ec27👋REMINDER: Upcoming BIAP Conference Lies, Fiction, and Manipulation in Propaganda 📅 12–13 February 2026, UPF Join us next week! 🔗 Details here: t.ly/jIutA [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Feb 2026 09:21 +0000at://did:plc:uzphoky7ghw6dylimohbltla/app.bsky.feed.post/3me42sjj4ec27https://bsky.app/profile/biap.bsky.social/post/3mdztr5g6hk27👋🎉 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. #RamonyCajal04 Feb 2026 12:09 +0000at://did:plc:uzphoky7ghw6dylimohbltla/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdztr5g6hk27https://bsky.app/profile/biap.bsky.social/post/3mdzs2lsdss27👋 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. 📚👏04 Feb 2026 11:39 +0000at://did:plc:uzphoky7ghw6dylimohbltla/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdzs2lsdss27https://bsky.app/profile/biap.bsky.social/post/3mdd54xfo6c24👋 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 https://t.ly/2ZGqD26 Jan 2026 11:26 +0000at://did:plc:uzphoky7ghw6dylimohbltla/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdd54xfo6c24https://bsky.app/profile/biap.bsky.social/post/3mczlhfvuik27👋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! https://www.ub.edu/grc_logos/author/paulina-kraft/22 Jan 2026 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:uzphoky7ghw6dylimohbltla/app.bsky.feed.post/3mczlhfvuik27https://bsky.app/profile/biap.bsky.social/post/3mcww7f3o4c27👋🧠Fantastic outreach activity yesterday, made possible through our collaboration with the Ateneu Barcelonès @filoateneubcn ✨ [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Jan 2026 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:uzphoky7ghw6dylimohbltla/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcww7f3o4c27https://bsky.app/profile/biap.bsky.social/post/3mcwurtb4q227 👋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 https://tinyurl.com/2aw3b9t421 Jan 2026 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:uzphoky7ghw6dylimohbltla/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcwurtb4q227https://bsky.app/profile/biap.bsky.social/post/3mcmkaa74i22mOUTREACH! 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.cat17 Jan 2026 11:49 +0000at://did:plc:uzphoky7ghw6dylimohbltla/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcmkaa74i22m