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27 August, 2024

Ghost Platform at September Sessions: Dirty details of the clean startup chime

Place: Institute for Futures Studies, 4th floor, Holländargatan 13, 111 36 Stockholm  Listening Session And Drinks The Institute for Futures Studies hosts the premiere of a new 15-minute sound work. Regist

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09 April, 2019

Discounting for Public Policy: A Survey

Economics and Philosophy 33(3), pp. 391-439. Published online 31 May 2017. doi.org/10.1017/S0266267117000062 Abstract This article surveys the debate over the social discount rate. The focus is on the ec

Type of publication: Journal articles | Greaves, Hilary
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11 September, 2020

Why Wear Blinders? Boonin and the Narrow Approach to the Non-identity Problem

Law, Ethics and Philosophy vol. 7, 102-126 Abstract Boonin endorses reasoning that leads to what he calls the Implausible Conclusion regarding when future-directed choices that at first glance seem to i

Type of publication: Journal articles | Roberts, Melinda A.
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06 March, 2020

Mistake is to Myth What Pretense is to Fiction: A Reply to Goodman.

Philosophia 45(3): 1275–1282. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-017-9812-5. Abstract In this reply I defend Kripke’s creationist thesis for mythical objects (Reference and Existence, 2013) against Jeffrey Go). I argue that Goodman has mistaken the basis for when mythical abstracta are created. Contrary to Goodman I show that, as well as how, Kripke’s theory consistently retains the analogy between creation of mythical objects and creation of fictional objects, while also explaining in what way they differ.

Type of publication: Journal articles | Lundgren, Björn
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30 October, 2013

Cooperation, structure and hierarchy in multiadaptive games

2011. Phys. Rev. E. 84:061148. Abstract Game-theoretical models where the rules of the game and the interaction structure both coevolves with the game dynamics —multiadaptive games—capture very flexible

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05 May, 2023

Climate policy in British Columbia: An unexpected journey

Frontiers in Climate 4 Abstract Since introducing a path-breaking carbon tax in 2008, the western Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) has attracted significant attention from climate policy schola

Type of publication: Journal articles | Fairbrother, Malcolm , & Ekaterina Rhodes
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13 June, 2007

The Relationship Between Demographic Change and Economic Growth in the EU

Vienna Institute of Demography and Institute for Futures Studies, 2007: Research Report No. 32 The future economic growth in the EU will determine the opportunities of implementing age-related expenses

Type of publication: Working papers | Alexia Prskawetz and Thomas Lindh (Eds.)
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20 September, 2021

The EU project Open Days: The AMIF Project "The Subjective Integration 2"

The purpose of this project is to give the  migrants arriving via the organised channels, i.e. quota refugees and family reunion cases information about Sweden before leaving for Sweden. They are inte

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25 November, 2022

A conversation on democracy and freedom with Lea Ypi, author of "Free"

(Lunch sandwich will be served from 12:00, the conversation starts at 12:30).Place: The Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, StockholmRegister here >What is it like growing up in a systWelcome to this conversation between Lea Ypi and Gustaf Arrhenius, Director of the Institute for Futures Studies and professor of Practical Philosopy. has been nominated to several prizes, and named best book of the year by The Sunday Times, Financial Times, TLS, New Statesman and Spectator.

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12 December, 2022
A conversation on democracy and freedom with Lea Ypi, author of "Free"

A conversation on democracy and freedom with Lea Ypi, author of "Free"

What is it like growing up in a system that is breaking down? Lea Ypi, born in Albania in 1979, is professor of political theory at London School of Economics and in 2021 her widely acclaimed memoar F

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