Philosopher of science and Co-Director of the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy at LMU Munich. Interested in formal epistemology, social epistemology, philosophy of physics and cognitive science. Website: http://stephanhartmann.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanhartmann.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanhartmann.bsky.social/post/3mluygsi36c22Next week, Eddy Chen (UCSD) will give a talk in the interdisciplinary Philosophy & Physics Colloquium at LMU Munich: AI Meets Philosophy of Science Thu, 21 May 2026, 6pm (s.t.) Room F107, LMU Main Building All welcome! Reception afterwards. https://www.philosophie.lmu.de/de/aktuelles/veranstaltungsuebersicht/veranstaltung/prof-eddy-chen-ai-meets-philosophy-of-science-fa000b80.html15 May 2026 09:11 +0000at://did:plc:vinlin2ev747av4sxbouvffy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mluygsi36c22https://bsky.app/profile/stephanhartmann.bsky.social/post/3mhxxo7e2l22fLev 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.26 Mar 2026 15:55 +0000at://did:plc:vinlin2ev747av4sxbouvffy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxxo7e2l22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanhartmann.bsky.social/post/3mcp3gxkj5c2yGreat 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.18 Jan 2026 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:vinlin2ev747av4sxbouvffy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcp3gxkj5c2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanhartmann.bsky.social/post/3m7ijfagtys2fGreat news from the MCMP: Tom Sterkenburg has received the Karl-Heinz Hoffmann Award from the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. A terrific and well-deserved recognition of his work on induction, statistics, and machine learning! https://badw.de/en/die-akademie/presse/pressemitteilungen/pm-einzelartikel/detail/generationenuebergreifende-spitzenforschung-wissenschaftspreise-der-badw-wuerdigen-herausragende-leistungen.html08 Dec 2025 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:vinlin2ev747av4sxbouvffy/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7ijfagtys2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanhartmann.bsky.social/post/3m7ijcmcet22fExcited to share that our edited volume "Open Systems: Physics, Metaphysics, and Methodology" (with Michael Cuffaro) is coming out soon with OUP. Details here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/open-systems-physics-metaphysics-and-methodology-9780198929246?cc=no&lang=en&08 Dec 2025 17:06 +0000at://did:plc:vinlin2ev747av4sxbouvffy/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7ijcmcet22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanhartmann.bsky.social/post/3m2uapgixic2vI’m joining the 2nd Symposium on Physics and Metabolism in Brain Functions at the Paris Brain Institute on Nov 7 — looking forward to discussing how physics can illuminate brain metabolism and consciousness. 🔗 https://www.eventbrite.fr/e/2nd-symposium-connection-between-physics-and-metabolism-in-brain-functions-tickets-1289862887619 #PhilosophyOfScience #Physics #Neuroscience10 Oct 2025 17:58 +0000at://did:plc:vinlin2ev747av4sxbouvffy/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2uapgixic2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanhartmann.bsky.social/post/3m24x4laqyk2mLMU Munich is looking to fill a W2 Professorship in Philosophy Education. The role involves research, teaching, and the design of a new study program in philosophy/ethics. Deadline: 15 Nov 2025. Apply here: https://job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/bb40776f43ef3f2f41c54ce5b1b22fcb9a6ac702001 Oct 2025 11:35 +0000at://did:plc:vinlin2ev747av4sxbouvffy/app.bsky.feed.post/3m24x4laqyk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanhartmann.bsky.social/post/3lysxeiac3c2hLMU’s Alyssa Ney joins Roger Penrose & Jacob Barandes to debate one of the biggest mysteries in quantum theory: the collapse of the wave function. 🔗 https://iai.tv/video/the-collapse-of-the-wave-function?_auid=202014 Sep 2025 18:48 +0000at://did:plc:vinlin2ev747av4sxbouvffy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lysxeiac3c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanhartmann.bsky.social/post/3lucy32mew225Excited to share that the volume Lakatos @ 100 has just been published (open access)! It’s a great collection on Lakatos’s legacy. 📘 Book link: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-88213-5 Grateful to the editors for including me! #Lakatos #PhilosophyOfScience #Bayes #OpenAccess19 Jul 2025 12:37 +0000at://did:plc:vinlin2ev747av4sxbouvffy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lucy32mew225https://bsky.app/profile/stephanhartmann.bsky.social/post/3lthmvzpo4s2nThrilled to announce that Sebastian Bender is joining LMU Munich as Professor of Early Modern Philosophy. His expertise in 17th-18th c. metaphysics & epistemology (Leibniz, Spinoza, Kant) will boost our History of Philosophy section. Welcome, Sebastian! sebastianbender.net https://sebastianbender.net08 Jul 2025 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:vinlin2ev747av4sxbouvffy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lthmvzpo4s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanhartmann.bsky.social/post/3lrhylxk4jk24Big congratulations to Alyssa Ney for winning the 2025 Patrick Suppes Prize in Philosophy of Science! 🎉 Her book The World in the Wave Function: A Metaphysics for Quantum Physics just earned the APA’s top award. #PhilosophyOfScience #QuantumPhysics #CongratsAlyssa https://www.amphilsoc.org/news/aps-awards-2025-patrick-suppes-prize-philosophy-science-largest-book-prize-philosophy-dr13 Jun 2025 08:14 +0000at://did:plc:vinlin2ev747av4sxbouvffy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrhylxk4jk24https://bsky.app/profile/stephanhartmann.bsky.social/post/3lpqzi4w4l227Is a final theory of everything still the goal—or has science moved on? In this piece for IAI, I reflect on what effective field theories teach us about explanation, emergence, and realism. 🔗 https://iai.tv/articles/a-theory-of-everything-will-never-work-at-all-scales-auid-3175?_auid=2020 #PhilosophyOfScience #EFTs #Reductionism #Emergence #Realism #ScienceThreads22 May 2025 11:34 +0000at://did:plc:vinlin2ev747av4sxbouvffy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpqzi4w4l227https://bsky.app/profile/stephanhartmann.bsky.social/post/3lolrkhykpc2rExcited to announce our upcoming workshop: Reduction and Emergence in Physics and Cosmology at LMU Munich on May 16, 2025. We’ll explore how modern physics challenges traditional reductionist views, with insights from George Ellis and LMU scholars. Details here: https://www.cas.lmu.de/de/veranstaltungen/veranstaltung/reduction-and-emergence-in-physics-and-cosmology.html07 May 2025 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:vinlin2ev747av4sxbouvffy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lolrkhykpc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanhartmann.bsky.social/post/3llva35mtm222Roman Frigg and I have revised our entry on Models in Science for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. It is now online. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/models-science/03 Apr 2025 06:02 +0000at://did:plc:vinlin2ev747av4sxbouvffy/app.bsky.feed.post/3llva35mtm222https://bsky.app/profile/stephanhartmann.bsky.social/post/3lkbawvgh5s2sGreat news from the QS World University Ranking. Just like last year LMU Munich is ranked 6th worldwide in philosophy. https://www.topuniversities.com/university-subject-rankings/philosophy13 Mar 2025 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:vinlin2ev747av4sxbouvffy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkbawvgh5s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanhartmann.bsky.social/post/3ljpfju4dmk2zThe concepts of computation and information are becoming increasingly important. A special issue of Entropy entitled “Information-Theoretic Concepts in Physics”, which I co-edited with Michael Cuffaro, provides an overview and might be of interest to some of you. https://www.mdpi.com/journal/entropy/special_issues/LQOEYB74HF06 Mar 2025 11:33 +0000at://did:plc:vinlin2ev747av4sxbouvffy/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljpfju4dmk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanhartmann.bsky.social/post/3lj36mw5w3k2cGreat news from my faculty: Andrew Stephenson has accepted the offer of a professorship in the history of 19th and 20th century philosophy at LMU Munich. This will consolidate our research strength in the philosophy of Kant (and related topics). www.acstephenson.com http://www.acstephenson.com26 Feb 2025 10:36 +0000at://did:plc:vinlin2ev747av4sxbouvffy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj36mw5w3k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanhartmann.bsky.social/post/3ld27xcp2v223I am delighted to share the news that Hannes Leitgeb has been awarded the Leibniz Prize by the German Research Foundation. This is the most important and prestigious research prize in Germany and Hannes has more than earned it. https://www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/news-overview/news/big-success-for-lmu-at-leibniz-awards.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawHGo2lleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHThcdQBp30F_2UK9waGX5kwxKjYMyeHKMB_efZepzam7HaYLwEjoq2c-JQ_aem_D1e_eC7lKI8byloldVWA2g11 Dec 2024 16:56 +0000at://did:plc:vinlin2ev747av4sxbouvffy/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld27xcp2v223https://bsky.app/profile/stephanhartmann.bsky.social/post/3l75xwrmrfk2aAre you interested in formal epistemology, social epistemology and agent-based modeling and would you like to join the MCMP? Then this DFG-funded three-year postdoc position within our project ‘Argumentation in a Social Context’ might be of interest to you. https://job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/097521a1e79fb7dbc4ca5b7269c37b5e0ee7b8490?fbclid=IwY2xjawGFfg1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHYnBm4Ral1I-W-_9tq-viDK2CT6tlXfvVUpDEBrZWWaNiXVcBswH3GS2HQ_aem_CUtGNvhVtQ3KJOvDyEXuWQ23 Oct 2024 07:02 +0000at://did:plc:vinlin2ev747av4sxbouvffy/app.bsky.feed.post/3l75xwrmrfk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanhartmann.bsky.social/post/3l6ufk7ptwv2oThanks to Alan Love and Sander Verhaegh for organizing a wonderful conference on the past, present and future of philosophy of science at the University of Minnesota. Today we talk about the future... https://cla.umn.edu/mcps/research-programs/conferences-and-workshops19 Oct 2024 11:39 +0000at://did:plc:vinlin2ev747av4sxbouvffy/app.bsky.feed.post/3l6ufk7ptwv2o