The Institute for Futures Studies is an internationalized business with a large number of foreign researchers who are affected by the travel restrictions currently prevailing as a result of the corona

What do we know today about Corona and the way it spreads? Why do different countries act differently in reaction to the pandemic? Why are large events forbidden while schools are still open? Why are

Economics and Philosophy, 33(1), 2017: 125-138. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266267116000274 Abstract Most people at some point in their lives face transformative decisions that could result in experi

Populism, Epistemic Democracy and the Quality of Government

Research seminar with Bo Rothstein, Professor of Political Science, and affiliated researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies. A special branch of political philosophy deals with the issue of the

What we know about the corona epidemic

What do we know today about Corona and the way it spreads? Why do different countries act differently in reaction to the pandemic? Why are large events forbidden while schools are still open? Why are Welcome to a seminar with Johanna Adami, epidemiologist and president at Sophiahemmet University, in a conversation with our director Gustaf Arrhenius.

What we know about the corona epidemic

What do we know today about Corona and the way it spreads? Why do different countries act differently in reaction to the pandemic? Why are large events forbidden while schools are still open? Why are

Epistemic utility theorists have recently started addressing the question of how to compare epistemic states that differ in the number of propositions they have an opinion on. It has become apparent t

Place: At the Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, Stockholm, or online. REGISTER for on site or online participation Abstract A special branch of political philosophy deals with the issue of

Bayesian and non-Bayesian epistemic attitudes and existential risk

In this talk Olle Häggström will sketch and contrast two different epistemic attitudes that roughly correspond to Bayesianism and Popperian falsificationism. He will argue that they both have virtues

Journal of Applied Philsophy, DOI: 10.1111/japp.12255. Abstract Victims of injustice are prominent protagonists in efforts to resist injustice. I argue that they have a duty to do so. Extant accounts of