We promised more about our game from the Truth, Lies & Democracy - Fake News Game Jam #ECoD And here it is! President of the Universe - Clicker Game Play it here >>https://buff.ly/Klwhnpl Thanks again @causacreations.bsky.social for the collab. #clickergame #fakenews

Happy birthday to Prez. Use code "BirthdayPrez" for 20% off today only. % to a charity drive. 👇🔗 darths-eu-webshop-shop.fourthwall.com/promo/BIRTHD...

Thrilled to share that I’ve received an ESPRIT grant from the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) for a 3-year project on free will, modality, and hyperintensionality, which I’ll lead as Principal Investigator. Feeling very lucky and grateful!

Congrats to our team, Causa Critica! Can you believe they created a video game from scratch in 48 hours?! We'll share more on their game, President of the Universe, soon. For now, a huge thank you to our friends at @causacreations.bsky.social & to @capitalofdemocracy.eu for the great organization!

Postdocs Camilo Martinez ( @weareceu.bsky.social) & @flampert.bsky.social ( @univie.ac.at) join @causacreations.bsky.social to create an interactive video game aimed at raising awareness about disinformation! Watch the opening of this year's @capitalofdemocracy.eu TLD game jam (3pm):

I wrote something else than the usual metaphysics (discussion appreciated):

We’re excited to share that @flampert.bsky.social is giving an invited lecture today at the 2025 Summer School “Climate Change? Let’s Be The Change!”, organized by the Student Network on Climate Action. For more about the program: buff.ly/4ckQiVS

Catch the recording of our recent discussion on how propaganda fuels Russia’s war against Ukraine—shaping narratives, justifying aggression, and undermining democracy. Featuring @teresafm.bsky.social @jcaf.bsky.social and Volodymyr Yermolenko, moderated by @flampert.bsky.social

Propaganda has long been a powerful tool for shaping public opinion. In Russia’s war against Ukraine, propaganda has been a central instrument for creating narratives that legitimize aggression and undermine democracy. 🎧 ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/... Support us: www.patreon.com/c/ukraineworld.

Christopher Clark, on The End of Modernity foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/30/m...

The debate "Propaganda: Shaping narratives in times of war" that was organized by the @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social project in Vienna is now available as an episode of the podcast Ukraine World. I was honoured to participate. @biap.bsky.social @logos-group.bsky.social @filosofiaub.bsky.social

The Knowledge in Crisis (@knowledgecrisis.bsky.social) discussion panel ‘Propaganda: Shaping narratives in times of war’ is now available as an episode of the podcast Ukraine World: ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/...

🚨 Now out in Nature Human Behaviour 🚨 We show that following the news on WhatsApp or Instagram (N = 3,395 🇫🇷🇩🇪) increases current affairs knowledge, participants’ ability to discern true from false news stories, awareness of true news stories, as well as trust in the news. doi.org/10.1038/s415...

The debate on propaganda in times of war, organized by @flampert.bsky.social with the @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social project at CEU in Vienna

A 'Knowledge in Crisis' (@knowledgecrisis.bsky.social) public philosophy event at CEU in Vienna: Propaganda: Shaping Narratives in Times of War, with philosophers @teresafm.bsky.social, Volodymyr Yermolenko & historian @jcaf.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkzH...

When my country makes the news… www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/w...

Today, The New York Times once again published an article promoting the narrative that *NATO expansion* caused (or was one of the causes of) the war between Russia and Ukraine:

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A conference on Misinformation and Disinformation on 19–20 May at CEU! We’ll be joined by excellent speakers: @sachaltay.bsky.social Quassim Cassam, Justin McBrayer, Anne Meylan, Jessica Pepp, Verena Wagner, @danwphilosophy.bsky.social and @kraymondh.bsky.social More details here: buff.ly/0CB8IdH

⚡ A discussion on dictatorship, fear, and hope featuring Marci Shore, Krzysztof Czyżewski, Iva Pezuashvili, and Volodymyr Yermolenko. ▪️ Do dictators rule by death and nihilism? ▪️ Do they want to make us powerless - and do they succeed? ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/...

Tomorrow in Vienna talking about current and past wars: events.ceu.edu/2025-05-05/p...

And our next @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social public event is on Propaganda: shaping narratives in time of war www.eventbrite.at/e/propaganda...

Looking forward to this fascinating discussion on Propaganda with @teresafm.bsky.social, Volodymyr Yermolenko (@ukraineworld.bsky.social) & @jcaf.bsky.social. Join us in Vienna if you can!

We’ve got the list of CDU/CSU ministers for the next government! Some of these I am quite happy with. www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...

Larry David, “My dinner with Adolf”, in the Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...

Open workshop on Misinformation and Disinformation at CEU 19 and 20 May: no conference fee, registration essential! Great line up of speakers! philevents.org/event/show/1...

Our postdoc @flampert.bsky.social & colleagues at the University of São Paulo and Kyiv-Mohyla Academy were recently awarded a Lysiak-Rudnytsky Ukrainian Studies grant! Congratulations! More details here (check 'winners of the 1st call 2025-2026'):

Looking forward to this fascinating discussion on Propaganda with @teresafm.bsky.social, Volodymyr Yermolenko (@ukraineworld.bsky.social) & @jcaf.bsky.social. Join us in Vienna if you can!

Deepen your understanding of the challenges posed by propaganda in contemporary conflicts, and critically engage with competing narratives in times of war. w/ @teresafm.bsky.social, Volodymyr Yermolenko (@ukraineworld.bsky.social) & @jcaf.bsky.social Tix here: buff.ly/ViHRdTi @weareceu.bsky.social

Great @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social talk the other day by Greg Restall, defending 'contingentism' (some things exist contingently) using his (roughly speaking) 'pragmatic' logic. Beautiful talk. The material can be found on his website consequently.org

Great work by @oonuch.bsky.social and Gwendolyn Sasse on Zelensky’s popularity and elections in Ukraine. www.zois-berlin.de/en/publicati...

Reminder: come work with our project in a fantastic community of philosophers!

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Paulina Sliwa and Helena de Bres discussing the philosophical questions about being twins, as part of @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social @pasliwa.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaBj...

#opinião 📝Eunice Ostrensky, Vicente Ferraro e Fabio Lampert | Jornalismo na frente russa ↪️Os ucranianos, especialmente os milhões vivendo sob ocupação, precisam de voz

I don’t know who needs a reminder but Tymoshenko has max 4-5% of the vote Go to link for report ibifukraine.com/2025/02/19/i... Only a sample of 60+ Qs we regularly ask…

Last year, @flampert.bsky.social published 'What Is This Thing Called Peace,' scrutinizing discourse surrounding the Russia-Ukraine war in Western nations. A very relevant read for today, as well: ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/sp... #PhilSky

Excelente texto de Vicente Ferraro sobre a guerra russo-ucraniana: www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrissima...

I'm speaking at the Austrian Philosophy Society this week in Graz. The conference theme is 'Thinking the Future'. My talk is called 'Philosophical Futurology'. @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social

My paper ‘Freedom, omniscience and the contingent a priori’ was published open access in the latest issue of Mind: academic.oup.com/mind/article...

New publication by @flampert.bsky.social about David Chalmers's argument concerning actuality and knowability More here: https://buff.ly/3EDdui1

Vienna, today.

In case you missed it: we are appointing another postdoc at CEU, in the Knowledge in Crisis project @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social philjobs.org/job/show/28054