Very interesting talk! I'm all for the idea of philosophical research programmes in the philosophy of history, and in the past I advocated for such a research programme on an evidentialist basis (see: philpapers.org/rec/GANTFO-6).

I am going to reread these two texts, Adorno’s “Spengler after the Demise” and Neurath’s “Anti-Spengler”. When I first read them, 20 years ago, I was much under the sway of Critical Theory and I sided with Adorno against both Neurath and Spengler. Let’s see where I will end up this time around.

The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Philosophy of the Historical Sciences and Big History, edited by our very own Aviezer Tucker and David Černín, has been out for a month now. Here it is in the flesh, next to books of our recent visiting scholar. Get it (for your libraries)! More info: shorturl.at/BjNLi

Very interesting talk and discussion. Recommendation!

A friendly reminder: Tomorrow (30.10, 16h/17h, Central European/Finnish time), @hhenriikka.bsky.social will give the talk "Existential Historicism: The Rise and Fall of a Sense-Making Framework" in our joint research seminar. More info and the Zoom-link: www.oulu.fi/en/events/ex.... All welcome!

A friendly reminder: Tomorrow (28.10, 14h, Finnish time), Robert Piercey will give the hybrid talk "Hermeneutical Philosophy of History: A Program for Research" (Tellus Brisk and Zoom). More info and the Zoom-link: www.oulu.fi/en/events/he.... All welcome!

We indeed had a good time. Very interesting talk and discussions on various topics. Contact us if you'd also like to visit us in Ostrava😀.

Next week Tuesday, we welcome Robert Piercey (University of Regina, Canada) to Oulu! He will give the hybrid talk "Hermeneutical Philosophy of History: A Program for Research" (Tellus Brisk and Zoom, 14h, Finnish time). More info and the Zoom-link: www.oulu.fi/en/events/he.... All welcome!

Sound like a great talk! Very much looking forward to Henriikka speaking in our research seminar next week (online via Zoom). For more info and the Zoom-link, please see here: www.oulu.fi/en/events/ex...

A final, friendly reminder: Tomorrow (23.10, 16/17h, Central-European/Finnish time), @marilynnjohnson.bsky.social will give the talk "Archaeology as Historical Science: Centering the Human in Pre-History". The talk will be hybrid (Ostrava & Zoom). More info & Zoom-link: www.oulu.fi/en/events/ar...

Yes, we'll have one talk this week and one talk next week in our research seminar, on archaeology as a historical science and historicism as a sense-making framework. Come and join us if you can. Two great events ahead!

That's right! Join us today in week (23.10, 16h, Central European time) either in Ostrava or on Zoom for @marilynnjohnson.bsky.social's talk "Archaeology as Historical Science: Centering the Human in Pre-History". More info below!

That's right, we welcome visiting scholars. Contact us, if you're interested in coming to Ostrava!

I'm very much looking forward to this talk. Marilynn Johnson proposes a less philo-of-science-y philosophy of archaeology, which is an interesting proposal. Join us if you can. All welcome!

Agreed, great talk and discussion which make we want to read Weber again.

A friendly reminder: Tomorrow (7.10, 10h), visiting scholar Leonidas Tsilipakos (University of Bristol, UK) will give the talk "Max Weber: philosopher of historiography" with the Centre. More information below. All welcome!

This summer, I travelled to two places that brought the question of the meaning of history to the fore: Oradour-sur-Glane and Guernica. Both towns were the place of war crimes, and at least Guernica is etched into modern consciousness thanks to Picasso’s painting on the topic. In Oradour...(1/12)

Very cool to see this! Aviezer Tucker and I just spoke about Schlick's idea of non-territorial states at a conference. More generally, this political theory is also known as panarchy; see: www.routledge.com/Panarchy-Pol.... And we are working on an English translation of Schlick's text.

Yesterday, we had the book launch event for The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Philosophy of the Historical Sciences and Big History, edited by our very own Aviezer Tucker and @david-cernin.bsky.social. Check the handbook out here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/bloomsbur.... And get it for your libraries!

I'm very much looking forward to Leonidas' visit to Ostrava! Max Weber is usually not discussed in the philosophy of historiography much at all, let alone as a philosopher of historiography.

Today in a week (30.09), there will be the book lauch event for the Bloomsbury Handbook of the Philosophy of the Historical Sciences and Big History, edited by our very own Aviezer Tucker and @david-cernin.bsky.social. The event will be hybrid (in person and on Zoom). All welcome and more info below

That's right this is a little side project of mine that I engage in together with Aviezer Tucker. I'm very much looking forward to speaking for the first time on Schlick's political philosophy and his idea of non-territorial states.

I'm really pleased with our seminar programme this semester. We've got a great lineup topicwise, so there should be something for everyone with an interest in the philosophy of history. Save the dates and join us if you can!

Very happy to have been part of this project. I wrote the entry on Universal History, see: philpapers.org/rec/GANUHS. Come and join us on September 30 to celebrate the publication of The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Philosophy of the Historical Sciences and Big History, either online or in person!

Indeed a great week, and quite a few more events are already in the making for autumn. Stay tuned!

That's right! Next to our panel on the philosophy of the historical sciences, there will also be a lunch on the topic at EPSA25. Come and join us at both events, if you have an interest in the topic!

I am really saddened by the sudden passing of Wulf Kansteiner: www.memorystudiesassociation.org/wulf-kanstei.... Wulf was not only a world-leading memory scholar, he was also one of the foremost postnarrativist philosophers of history, and above all, a really kind and generous person. R.I.P.

That's right! Next week, we'll be having a symposium on "The Philosophy of the Historical Sciences" at EPSA25 in Groningen. Next to us, @adrian-currie.bsky.social will also be part of it. My own contribution will be about hindsight and its epistemic valence. Let's link up if you're also at EPSA25!

The Centre will go on its summer break now! We will be back in August with more info about our autumn seminar. For the summer, we'll leave you with a timely if not quite historical classic, Tears for Fears’ “Everybody Wants to Rule the World" in Classical Latin: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtt7....

Marnie Binder Marnie Binder On a Pragmatist Philosophy of History, Online Seminar, Thursday 26 Jun 17:30-19:00 UK www.history.ac.uk/events/a-pra... #philosophyofhistory #historicaltheory @ggangl.bsky.social @jmkuukkanen.bsky.social @centrephilohistory.bsky.social @ihrphilosophyhist.bsky.social

Really a great event on a fascinating topic. And yes, our seminar will be back in autumn with a slew of events on the philosophy of history. Stay tuned!

I'm very much looking forward to this event tomorrow. Come and join us if you can!

New paper alert! Our very own @david-cernin.bsky.social just published the paper"Hypothesis Testing and Knowledge of the Human Past" in "Organon F. International Journal of Analytical Philosopy", and it's open-access. Get it here: www.organonf.com/journal/orgf....

CFP Journal of the Philosophy of History: Tradition in the Philosophy of History ugent.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?... RT much appreciated

A friendly reminder: Today in a week (17.06), we'll hold the hybrid workshop "Historical Contingency" as last event in our joint spring seminar. More information below, and all welcome!

Very much looking forward to this event, which will also be the conclusion of the spring cycle of our joint research seminar PHO2.Come and join us in person or online, if you can!

In the received view, Anglophone philosophy of history begins with Hempel’s famous paper from 1942. However, already 4 years before that, in 1938, a book came out that had substantial things to say about history and historiography, and that from a non-Hempelian standpoint: John Dewey’s...(1/23)

New video on our Youtube channel! Watch the talk "Koselleck and the Concept of History" that @arthuralfaixassis.bsky.social gave in our research seminar PHO2 here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNPY.... Happy watching!

Very much looking forward for this to come out! I have written the entry on Universal History. For more information, see here: philpapers.org/rec/GANUHS.

A final, friendly reminder: Tomorrow (29.05, 16/17h, Central European/ Finnish time), Arthur Alfaix Assis will give the talk "Koselleck and the Concept of History" in our joint research seminar PHO2. For the abstract and Zoom link, please see here: www.oulu.fi/en/events/ko.... All welcome!

The IHR Philosophy of History seminar now has a Bluesky account. Please follow! ‪@ihrphilosophyhist.bsky.social‬

Check out my new review of Ian Hesketh's A History of Big History: link.springer.com/article/10.1.... In short, I think Hesketh does a good job of discerning a doubtful speculative philosophy of history and science in Big History, but the judgment about it as a research programme is still out.

A friendly reminder: Our joint research seminar continues today in a week (May 29, 16/17h, Central European/Finnish time) with Arthur Alfaix Assis giving the talk "Koselleck and the Concept of History". For the abstract and the Zoom link, please see: www.oulu.fi/en/events/ko.... All welcome!

I am very much looking forward to this event! Come and join us next month--in person or online--to discuss issues of historical contingency.

The work of Leon J. Goldstein is currently not much in vogue in the philosophy of history. While he and his (rather unorthodox) antirealism are sometimes mentioned in the ongoing discussion on realism, his distinct (metaphilosophical) approach to the philosophy of history is hardly discussed. (1/23)

Very much looking forward to this talk, especially as I think that I still don't fully understand what Koselleck was up to. Come and join us if you can!

Today in a week (13.05), I will speak at University of Galway to PhD-students in history and philosophy on "The Essential Tension: Historiography between Past, Present, and Future". I am very much looking forward to this opportunity to share my thoughts. Also, I have never been to Ireland before.

Great talk and discussion, imho. Recommendation!

Very much looking forward to this talk tomorrow. There is not much work done on astronomy and cosmology as historical sciences. All welcome!

It was a great event yesterday, and I am very looking forward to Kuukkanen's talk "Pragmatism today" today. Also, look out for the book itself and our planned publication on it.