conceptlab

The conversational context and conceptual engineering
Conceptual engineering concerns what it is for a concept to be defective and therefor ameliorated or abolished. The goal of this project, however, is to shift the focus to the role of the context, which might help us understand conflicts about the meaning of our words.
Emmanuel Anati: The Origins of Religion. A Study in Conceptual Anthropology
in: Human Ecology 48. Book review of Emmanuel Anati: The Origins of Religion. A Study in Conceptual Anthropology Read more
Climate anxiety: Conceptual considerations, and connections with climate hope and action
Global Environmental Change, vol. 76, 2022. Abstract Climate anxiety is a phenomenon which raises growing attention. Based on a national survey of climate-related feelings and behaviors (N= 2070) in Fin
The Problems of Philosophy in Virtual Reality
Venue:The Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, Stockholm, and online This event is open to the public.Conference poster. This conference will depart from and engage with the recent and critby Professor David Chalmers.
Significant but inconclusive evidence
Where:Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm Speakers: Richard Dawid (Stockholm), Ulrike Hahn (Birkbeck), Wendy Parker (Virginia Tech), Joe Roussos (IFFS), Karim Thebault (Bristol) and William Wolf II (Oxford). P before October 7.
Why Inflicting Disability is Wrong: The Mere Difference View and The Causation Based Objection
I The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Disability, Adam Cureton and David Wasserman (eds). Oxford: Oxford University Press (2020) Abstract This Handbook introduces philosophers, as well as other scholars
Beyond the Concept of Anonymity: What is Really at Stake?
in: Big Data and Democracy. Ed: Macnish, K. & J. Galliott (2020) AbstractThe aim of this paper is to discuss anonymity and the threats against it—in the form of deanonymization technologies. The qu

Sebastian Krakowski
I obtained my Ph.D. at the University in Geneva in February 2020 with my dissertation entitled Artificial intelligence in organizations: Strategy and decision making in the digital age. My research pri
Age Discrimination: Is It Special? Is it Wrong?
In Bognar, G & A. Gosseries (red.) Ageing without Ageism? Conceptual Puzzles and Policy Proposals. Oxford Academic. Abstract This chapter examines the moral status of age discrimination by bringing t

Olle Risberg
I am a researcher at the Department of Philosophy at Uppsala University, Sweden, and at the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm. I am also a member of the Young Academy of Sweden. My research fo