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East European Network for Philosophy of Science |
Regional network for philosophers of science
The East European Network for Philosophy of Science (EENPS) is a network of philosophers of science and researchers from related disciplines educated, affiliated, or working at the academic institutions in the broadly understood region of the Eastern Europe. We define 'Eastern Europe' flexibly and the network is open to all, regardless of their current country of residence or country of origin.
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Goals and activities
The aim of the East European Network for Philosophy of Science is to provide a forum for collaboration among philosophers of science through regular meetings, invitation and exchange of visitors, and funding for participation at various international events.
Bridging science and philosophy
Equally important is the effort to engage and promote stronger connections between departments of sciences and philosophy departments within the Network.
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Regional collaboration
Activities in the Network serve to promote new and lasting research collaboration among philosophers of science in the region and with international partners, to promote participation of philosophers of science from this region in important international conferences, and support research processes that can lead to high quality, ambitious and socially relevant scholarly outcomes.
Educating
One of Network’s aims is promoting the philosophy of science among students, particularly of non-philosophical departments, via educational activities. The Network encourages students to take part in the seminars and it will organize lectures and other educational activities, like summer schools, within the scope of philosophy of science and related areas.
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New members can join the network by filling out the application form or by sending an email to the address [email protected] with the following information: Name, title, institutional affiliation, and e-mail address.
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Steering committee (since 2024)
Anna Alexandrova
Anna Alexandrova is a Professor in Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of King’s College Cambridge. She researches ways in which scientists deploy formal tools such as models and indicators to navigate complex epistemic problems tinged with ethical and political dimensions. Her book A Philosophy for the Science of Wellbeing came out with Oxford University Press in 2017 and is the winner of the 2021 Joseph B. Gittler Award from the American Philosophical Association. She previously taught at the University of Missouri St Louis and completed her PhD at the University of California San Diego.
- Coordinator (to be revisited in May 2025)
- Member of the Steering Committee (since 2022)
- Secretary of the EENPS (2022-2024)
Anna Alexandrova is a Professor in Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of King’s College Cambridge. She researches ways in which scientists deploy formal tools such as models and indicators to navigate complex epistemic problems tinged with ethical and political dimensions. Her book A Philosophy for the Science of Wellbeing came out with Oxford University Press in 2017 and is the winner of the 2021 Joseph B. Gittler Award from the American Philosophical Association. She previously taught at the University of Missouri St Louis and completed her PhD at the University of California San Diego.
Gabriel Tarziu
Gabriel Târziu is a postdoctoral fellow at the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (LMU Munich). His research focuses on understanding in climate science, particularly on climate model hierarchies. Prior to joining LMU in November 2022, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Romanian Academy (Iasi branch) and held research fellow positions in Munich, Brussels, Essen, and Ghent. Gabriel earned his MA and PhD in theoretical philosophy from the University of Bucharest. His publications include articles in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Acta Analytica, and Journal for General Philosophy of Science. He has also authored two books in Romanian: ‘Înțelegerea lumii cu ajutorul matematicii’ (Understanding the World with the Help of Mathematics, 2022) and ‘Aplicabilitatea matematicii ca problemă filosofică’ (The Applicability of Mathematics as a Philosophical Problem, 2013). His research interests are broad and encompass a variety of topics. Besides climate science, he is interested in scientific understanding and explanation, the applicability of mathematics to the physical world, and the ontological debate in the philosophy of mathematics.
- Deputy Coordinator of the EENPS (since 2024)
- Member of the Steering Committee (since 2024)
Gabriel Târziu is a postdoctoral fellow at the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (LMU Munich). His research focuses on understanding in climate science, particularly on climate model hierarchies. Prior to joining LMU in November 2022, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Romanian Academy (Iasi branch) and held research fellow positions in Munich, Brussels, Essen, and Ghent. Gabriel earned his MA and PhD in theoretical philosophy from the University of Bucharest. His publications include articles in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Acta Analytica, and Journal for General Philosophy of Science. He has also authored two books in Romanian: ‘Înțelegerea lumii cu ajutorul matematicii’ (Understanding the World with the Help of Mathematics, 2022) and ‘Aplicabilitatea matematicii ca problemă filosofică’ (The Applicability of Mathematics as a Philosophical Problem, 2013). His research interests are broad and encompass a variety of topics. Besides climate science, he is interested in scientific understanding and explanation, the applicability of mathematics to the physical world, and the ontological debate in the philosophy of mathematics.
Bianca Savu
- Secretary of the EENPS (since 2024)
- Member of the Steering Committee (since 2024)
Zdenka Brzović
- Member of the Steering Committee (since 2024)
Michal Hladky
Michal Hladky is a PhD student at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Geneva, under the supervision of Professor Marcel Weber, with research focus on the ontology and the epistemology of scientific models and simulations. Through reconstruction of in silico experiments used in neurosciences and by applying the notions and results of Model theory, he aims to clarify the notions of simulations and experiments and to compare their epistemic powers.
His research at the University of Geneva was funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) with a subsequent SNSF Doc.Mobility grant allowing him to visit the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP), with Professor Stephan Hartmann and the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science at the London School of Economics, with Professor Roman Frigg.
For the EENPS, he co-organised the ic.SoAP/EENPS student satellite event of the biannual conference in Belgrade (2021) and he coordinates the EENPS-Ukraine working group.
- Member of the Steering Committee (since 2022)
- Coordinator of the EENPS-Ukraine working group (since 2022)
- Deputy Coordinator of the EENPS (2022-2024)
Michal Hladky is a PhD student at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Geneva, under the supervision of Professor Marcel Weber, with research focus on the ontology and the epistemology of scientific models and simulations. Through reconstruction of in silico experiments used in neurosciences and by applying the notions and results of Model theory, he aims to clarify the notions of simulations and experiments and to compare their epistemic powers.
His research at the University of Geneva was funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) with a subsequent SNSF Doc.Mobility grant allowing him to visit the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP), with Professor Stephan Hartmann and the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science at the London School of Economics, with Professor Roman Frigg.
For the EENPS, he co-organised the ic.SoAP/EENPS student satellite event of the biannual conference in Belgrade (2021) and he coordinates the EENPS-Ukraine working group.
Joanna Karolina Malinowska
I have a PhD in Philosophy awarded in 2017 by Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland, where I currently work as assistant professor. The subject of my research is a broadly understood philosophy of science, with particular emphasis on philosophy of medicine, philosophy of neurosciences and philosophy of psychology. I explore connections between these areas and questions in bioethics, epistemology, ontology, and methodology. My current focus is on the conceptualisation and use of ethnoracial categories in medicine.
- Member of the Steering Committee (since 2022)
I have a PhD in Philosophy awarded in 2017 by Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland, where I currently work as assistant professor. The subject of my research is a broadly understood philosophy of science, with particular emphasis on philosophy of medicine, philosophy of neurosciences and philosophy of psychology. I explore connections between these areas and questions in bioethics, epistemology, ontology, and methodology. My current focus is on the conceptualisation and use of ethnoracial categories in medicine.
Anna Martin (Michalska)
- Member of the Steering Committee (since 2024)
Tomáš Marvan
Head of the Department of Analytic Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
I am a philosopher of mind working at the intersection of philosophy, neuroscience and psychology. I work on the nature and material realization of qualitative mental states, and the differences between conscious and unconscious perceptual processing. I have also published on conceptual relativism, ontological realism, and free will. I wrote three books and numerous papers. The papers appeared in journals such as Consciousness and Cognition, Neuroscience of Consciousness or Frontiers in Psychology. I have (co-)organized a number of workshops and conferences of various sizes; the biggest was the 16th International Congress for Logic, Methodology, Philosophy of Science and Technology which took place in Prague in the summer of 2019. I coordinate the Czech node of the European Philosophy of Language and Mind Network (PLM) and serve on various national and international committees. I am a deputy editor of the journal Organon F. I collaborate with various Czech universities, mainly on doctoral-level training and supervision.
- Member of the Steering Committee (since 2022)
Head of the Department of Analytic Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
I am a philosopher of mind working at the intersection of philosophy, neuroscience and psychology. I work on the nature and material realization of qualitative mental states, and the differences between conscious and unconscious perceptual processing. I have also published on conceptual relativism, ontological realism, and free will. I wrote three books and numerous papers. The papers appeared in journals such as Consciousness and Cognition, Neuroscience of Consciousness or Frontiers in Psychology. I have (co-)organized a number of workshops and conferences of various sizes; the biggest was the 16th International Congress for Logic, Methodology, Philosophy of Science and Technology which took place in Prague in the summer of 2019. I coordinate the Czech node of the European Philosophy of Language and Mind Network (PLM) and serve on various national and international committees. I am a deputy editor of the journal Organon F. I collaborate with various Czech universities, mainly on doctoral-level training and supervision.
Elena Popa
Elena Popa is forthcoming postdoctoral fellow at Jagiellonian University, Krakow, working on the project ‘Values, Trust, and Decision Making in Public Health’, under a Marie Skłodowska-Curie COFUND grant by the European Commission and the Polish National Science Center. She has previously taught philosophy at several universities in Asia. She holds a PhD from Central European University, and had visiting fellowships at University College London and Tilburg University. Her areas of specialization are general philosophy of science, philosophy of psychology, and philosophy of medicine. Her research focuses on interventionist theories of causation and causal inference, values in science, with special emphasis on cultural and social issues in medicine, and the philosophy of AI. Her work has been published in journals such as Synthese, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science: Part C, and Philosophy & Technology.
- Member of the Steering Committee (since 2022)
Elena Popa is forthcoming postdoctoral fellow at Jagiellonian University, Krakow, working on the project ‘Values, Trust, and Decision Making in Public Health’, under a Marie Skłodowska-Curie COFUND grant by the European Commission and the Polish National Science Center. She has previously taught philosophy at several universities in Asia. She holds a PhD from Central European University, and had visiting fellowships at University College London and Tilburg University. Her areas of specialization are general philosophy of science, philosophy of psychology, and philosophy of medicine. Her research focuses on interventionist theories of causation and causal inference, values in science, with special emphasis on cultural and social issues in medicine, and the philosophy of AI. Her work has been published in journals such as Synthese, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science: Part C, and Philosophy & Technology.
Aviezer Tucker
Aviezer Tucker is the Director of the Centre for the Philosophy of Historiography at the University of Ostrava in the Czech Republic. He has written extensively on the philosophy of the historical sciences, epistemology, and political philosophy. Previously, Tucker conducted research and taught at the Central European University (in Prague), Palacky University in Olomouc, New York University, Trinity College, Long Island University, the Australian National University, Queens University, the University of Texas in Austin, the University of Cologne, and Harvard University. He studied at Tel Aviv University, the University of Maryland College Park, and Columbia University. When he does not read and write philosophy, he enjoys walking in big cities, biking in the countryside, classical music and prog rock.
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- Member of the Steering Committee (since 2024)
Aviezer Tucker is the Director of the Centre for the Philosophy of Historiography at the University of Ostrava in the Czech Republic. He has written extensively on the philosophy of the historical sciences, epistemology, and political philosophy. Previously, Tucker conducted research and taught at the Central European University (in Prague), Palacky University in Olomouc, New York University, Trinity College, Long Island University, the Australian National University, Queens University, the University of Texas in Austin, the University of Cologne, and Harvard University. He studied at Tel Aviv University, the University of Maryland College Park, and Columbia University. When he does not read and write philosophy, he enjoys walking in big cities, biking in the countryside, classical music and prog rock.
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