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BIOUNCERTAINTY - ERC Starting Grant no. 805498

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The goal of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Ethics (INCET) at the Jagiellonian University is to encourage and support research activities in philosophy and ethics, in particular research on the classic bioethical dilemmas (e.g. reproductive or end-of-life decisions, organ transplantation, clinical decision making) and on topics that emerge from recent technological, social, and scientific developments (e.g. regulating scientific research, genetic engineering, human enhancement, new healthcare and reproductive technologies, evidence based medicine, preventive medicine, big data, artificial intelligence, algorithmic decision-making). See more information about INCET

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25th of May 2023 – Tomasz Żuradzki – Who are the worst off? Prioritarianism and time

We have the pleasure to invite you to another research seminar in the ‘BIOUNCERTAINTY’ research project. This week Tomasz Żuradzki will give a talk: "Who are the worst off? Prioritarianism and time". The seminar will take place on Thursday 25th of May at 5:30 p.m. in the room 25 on Grodzka Street and via MS Teams.

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18th of May 2023 – Chenwei Nie – A new framework for explaining delusions

We have the pleasure to invite you to another research seminar in the ‘BIOUNCERTAINTY’ research project. Next week Chenwei Nie give a talk: "A new framework for explaining delusions”. The seminar will take place on Thursday 108h of May at 5:30 p.m. in the room 25 on Grodzka Street and via MS Teams.

Funding opportunity - MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships offer an opportunity to fund applicants’ own research positions at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Ethics (INCET) - a research centre within the Faculty of Philosophy of Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland. Expressions of interest should be submitted by emailing incet@uj.edu.pl by 1 June 2023, with 1) a CV, and 2) a short research proposal (no more than 2 pages).

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10th of May 2023 – Frank Ursin & Cristian Timmermann – Intraoperative application of mixed and augmented reality for digital surgery: A systematic review of all ethical issues

We have the pleasure to invite you to another research seminar in the ‘BIOUNCERTAINTY’ research project. Next week Frank Ursin and Cristian Timmermannwill give a talk: "Intraoperative application of mixed and augmented reality for digital surgery: A systematic review of all ethical issues”. The seminar will exceptionally take place on Wednesday 10th of May at 5:30 p.m. in the room 25 on Grodzka Street and via MS Teams.

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9th of May 2023 – Shaun Nichols – Not for me: On the external function of guilt

We have the pleasure to invite you to another research seminar in the ‘BIOUNCERTAINTY’ research project. Next week Shaun Nichols will give a talk: "Not for me: On the external function of guilt". The seminar will exceptionally take place on Tuseday 9th of May at 5:30 p.m. in the room 25 on Grodzka Street and via MS Teams.

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27th of April 2023 – Mariangela Zoe Cocchiaro – The Equal Weight View without the Principle of Indifference

We have the pleasure to invite you to another research seminar in the ‘BIOUNCERTAINTY’ research project. This week Mariangela Zoe Cocchiaro will give a talk: "The Equal Weight View without the Principle of Indifference". The seminar will take place on Thursday, 27th of April at 5:30 p.m. in the room 25 on Grodzka Street and via MS Teams.

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13th of April 2023 – Christoph Merdes – Formal Epistemology meets Epistemic Injustice – An Outline

We have the pleasure to invite you to another research seminar in the ‘BIOUNCERTAINTY’ research project. This week a new post-doctoral researcher at INCET Christoph Merdes will give a talk: "Formal Epistemology meets Epistemic Injustice – An Outline"". The seminar will take place on Thursday 13th of April at 5:30 p.m. in the room 25 on Grodzka Street and via MS Teams.

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Recent publications

New paper by Elena Popa

Elena Popa published a new article: "Loneliness as Cause" in Topoi. This paper is a part of Values, Trust, and Decision Making in Public Health project.

New paper by Piotr Grzegorz Nowak

Piotr Grzegorz Nowak published a new article: "Death as the Cessation of an Organism and the Moral Status Alternative" in The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy. This paper is a part of BIOUNCERTAINTY project

New paper co-authored by Davide Serpico

Davide Serpico, former member of the BIOUNCERTAINTY project, and Valentina Petrolini published a new article: "Crossing the Threshold: An Epigenetic Alternative to Dimensional Accounts of Mental Disorders” in The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.