Newly published: "Interview with Christian List", in Catherine Herfeld (@cherfeld.bsky.social), Conversations on Rational Choice, @universitypress.cambridge.org, 2025, philpapers.org/archive/LISI...

What action-guiding judgments should we rely on in cases of moral uncertainty? We show that the problem of moral uncertainty resolution can be modelled as a belief-binarization problem: how to arrive at all-out (“accept/reject”) judgments on some propositions based on our credences in them.

What action-guiding judgments should we rely on in cases of moral uncertainty? We show that the problem of moral uncertainty resolution can be modelled as a belief-binarization problem: how to arrive at all-out (“accept/reject”) judgments on some propositions based on our credences in them.

We present a seven-pronged no-go result for quantum mechanics (QM). Seven initially plausible theses about physical reality are jointly inconsistent with QM, while any six are consistent. Different interpretations of QM can then be taxonomized in terms of which theses they retain and which not.

We present a seven-pronged no-go result for quantum mechanics (QM). Seven initially plausible theses about physical reality are jointly inconsistent with QM, while any six are consistent. Different interpretations of QM can then be taxonomized in terms of which theses they retain and which not.

The 2026 application round for the MA in Logic and Philosophy of Science at @lmumuenchen.bsky.social is now open. Please help us spread the word. www.philosophie.lmu.de/en/study/deg...

The criteria for free will in AI systems are similar to those for free will in corporate agents. The key question is whether the kinds of non-biological entities that increasingly play decision-making roles in society (whether corporate or AI) should be viewed as intentional agents with free will.

Can AI systems have free will? - das fragt unser Mitglied @clist.bsky.social im folgenden #OpenAccess - Artikel: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #KI #AI #KuenstlicheIntelligenz #ArtificialIntelligence #FreierWille #FreeWill #Philosophy #Philosophie

Here is a broader discussion of the parallels between corporate agency and AI. Both involve non-human goal-directed agents that affect the social world, often in high-stakes settings, and so they raise similar moral and regulatory challenges, which we must address for the sake of protecting humans.

Thrilled 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

To determine whether an AI system has free will, we shouldn't look for any mysterious property, ask if the system is unpredictable, or expect its algorithms to be indeterministic. We should ask: are there explanatory reasons to view the system as a choice-making agent with alternative possibilities?

To determine whether an AI system has free will, we shouldn't look for any mysterious property, ask if the system is unpredictable, or expect its algorithms to be indeterministic. We should ask: are there explanatory reasons to view the system as a choice-making agent with alternative possibilities?

Another summer read from the MCMP.

Now forthcoming in Synthese: "Can AI systems have free will?", preprint available at: philsci-archive.pitt.edu/26166/3/Free...

From why-why-why to global justice: LMU philosopher Laura Valentini asks fundamental questions about human coexistence. www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...

Feeling what others feel: In a world battered by crises, what does empathy really mean? An interview with philosopher Monika Betzler on empathy and morality. www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...

LMU philosophers Prof. Monika Betzler and Prof. Laura Valentini have each been awarded a Princess Therese of Bavaria Prize 2025. www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...

At this year's MCMP Summer School, we had wonderful lectures by Professors Francesca Boccuni (San Raffaele), Hilary Greaves (Oxford), and Alyssa Ney (LMU). Many thanks to our speakers and especially to the fabulous participants from all over the world! www.mathsummer.philosophie.uni-muenchen.de

Recently published: "A quadrilemma for theories of consciousness", by Christian List, Philosophical Quarterly, 2025, academic.oup.com/pq/article/7...

Just accepted: ‘The Impossibility of Non-manipulable Probability Aggregation’ – Franz Dietrich & Christian List Abstract in alt text or read the full paper here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsci #philsky

This is a significant development.

In episode 419, I talk with Dr. Christian List about his book, Why Free Will Is Real. #Philosophy youtu.be/XHmdhDjLGwA

Recently published: "Do group agents have free will?", by Christian List, Inquiry, 2025 (open access) doi.org/10.1080/0020...

The University of Vienna is hiring a full Professor in Philosophy of Mind! Spread the word! philjobs.org/job/show/29293

Ocean health is moving into a danger zone, with rampant human-caused carbon dioxide emissions having already pushed ocean acidification levels beyond safe limits in large swaths of the marine environment. 🌊 news.mongabay.com/2025/06/as-o...

On the 9th anniversary of the 2016 Brexit referendum, it's worth reposting a 2019 blog post with some social-choice-theoretically inspired comments on the referendum. blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2019/...

I'm sympathetic to first-personal facts so I was interested to read this paper by Christian List about them academic.oup.com/pq/article/7...; at first I was leaning towards rejecting "one world", as does he, but now I've realized that gets you things interacting with their non-worldmates so idk

On the 9th anniversary of the 2016 Brexit referendum, it's worth reposting a 2019 blog post with some social-choice-theoretically inspired comments on the referendum. blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2019/...

Congratulations to my brilliant colleague Alyssa Ney (now here on Bluesky @alyssaney.bsky.social) for winning the Patrick Suppes Prize in Philosophy of Science! www.amphilsoc.org/news/aps-awa...

Newly published: "Do our observations make reality happen?", by Alyssa Ney, Nature, 2025, www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Christian List explains it nicely. There is no contradiction between the idea of free will and the fact that our choices are part of the causal chains of natural laws. What we call conscious choice is indeed our choice, but it doesn't mean it's detached from the microphysical processes of our brain.

Gibt es einen freien Willen? Dieser Frage widmet sich BAdW-Mitglied @clist.bsky.social in seiner Forschung - und auch hier im TED talk! Damit ein wunderschönes langes Wochenende allen! Mit vielen freien Willensentscheidungen! ☕️🍰🛌🚴‍♀️🕺🎳🆓

Geschafft! Herzlichen Dank an alle, die uns folgen!! Wir stellen hier die vielseitige Forschung der BAdW und ihrer Mitglieder vor und wollen natürlich zeigen, warum Wissenschaft insgesamt großartig ist und man die #Wissenschaftsfreiheit unbedingt schützen muss! #WissenschaftfürEuch

***Coming up next week (June 3-5): the 2025 Munich Lectures in Ethics: Professor David Enoch (Oxford/Hebrew University of Jerusalem) on "Autonomy, Consent, Liberalism". With commentators Prof. Dorothea Gädeke, Prof. Rae Langton & Prof. Robert Simpson. More info here: eveeno.com/MLE25 #philosophy ***

My TEDx talk on free will is now online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I71H...

The Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update published today by Met Office and the WMO shows that global average temperature exceeded 1.5°C above the 1850-1900 average last year for the first time bit.ly/43CHLGJ

Just released by the Institute of Art and Ideas (@iai.tv): Stephan Hartmann (of @lmumuenchen.bsky.social) on why "A theory of everything will never work at all scales" "Reality is fundamentally different at different sizes."

Just released by the Institute of Art and Ideas (@iai.tv): Christian List (of @lmumuenchen.bsky.social) on why "Science as we know it won’t explain consciousness" "None of the physical and behavioural markers of consciousness that scientists study get to the heart of what consciousness is."

🎶Ein besonderer Flügel an der LMU: Gebaut von Beethovens Freundin Nanette Streicher, klingt er wie ein ganzes Orchester. Musikwiss. Hartmut Schick spricht mit @lmumuenchen.bsky.social über seine Bedeutung. Prof. Schick leitet das BAdW-Projekt "Richard-Strauss-Gesamtausgabe" tinyurl.com/5n8hptx6

If Earth stays at its current levels of warming — below policymakers’ goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius — polar ice sheets may melt, causing seas to rise and displacing millions in coastal communities, a new study finds.

Scientists show that +1.5 °C is far too warm for Earth's ice sheets and will result in several metres of sea-level rise over the coming centuries, extensive loss and damage to coastal populations and will challenge the implementation of adaptation measures www.nature.com/articles/s43...

⚠️New study shows that even warming of 1.5°C is too high to prevent long term global damage from the melt of Earth's polar ice sheets 🌊❄️ @geogdurham.bsky.social @iccinet.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Preprint now online: "The Impossibility of Non-manipulable Probability Aggregation", with Franz Dietrich (@pse.bsky.social), to appear in the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (@thebjps.bsky.social), doi.org/10.1086/736599

Upcoming tomorrow at @lmumuenchen.bsky.social (Friday 16 May): Workshop on Reduction and Emergence at @caslmu.bsky.social. For more information, see: www.cas.lmu.de/en/events/ev...

The summer semester is an excellent time to visit LMU Munich. Follow us at @lmu-mcmp.bsky.social and @caslmu.bsky.social for more information about upcoming events and activities in and around philosophy.

Coming up at @lmuphilosophy.bsky.social: the 2025 Munich Lectures in Ethics with Prof. David Enoch (of @ox.ac.uk, @oxfordlawfac.bsky.social & @hebrewuniversity.bsky.social), on “Autonomy, Consent, Liberalism”, with comments by Profs Dorothea Gädeke, Rae Langton and Robert Simpson. Spread the word!

LMU's CAS hosted an interesting panel discussion on "The Fine Tuned Universe" today with @philipgoff.bsky.social (@durhamuniversity.bsky.social), Helen Meskhidze (@bhi-harvard.bsky.social) & @sgaeb.bsky.social (LMU). Help us spread the word about future events at the philosophy/physics interface.

Is free will real or an illusion? See the TEDx talk of Professor Christian List of @lmumuenchen.bsky.social on why free will exists. www.youtube.com/watch?v=I71H...

My TEDx talk on free will is now online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I71H...

What does it mean to be an agent endowed with free will in an indeterministic world? Is there empirical evidence for free will? Join us for the interdisciplinary conference "Free Will: New Perspectives from Philosophy, Biology and Neuroscience", 11-12 June 2025, Vienna, Austria @oeaw.bsky.social