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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

A Data-Driven Argument in Bioethics: Why Theologically Grounded Concepts May Not Provide the Necessary Intellectual Resources to Discuss Inequality and Injustice in Healthcare Contexts - a new publication by Tomasz Żuradzki and Karolina Wiśniowska

In this paper, we use an innovative, empirical, and–as yet–rarely applied method in bioethics, namely corpus analysis. By demonstrating the ambiguity of the concept of dignity discernible when analyzing its use in normative contexts, our work is a novel contribution to the debates among the historians of ideas about conceptual identity and conceptual drift.

Etyczne aspekty "obrzezania" - a new article by Karolina Wiśniowska

Abstract: Female genital mutilation includes procedures which remove or cause injury to some or all women’s external genital organs. There are a lot of medical risks involved - nevertheless, in some societies it is mainstream practice, carried out mostly on girls younger then fifteen years of age. In this paper, it is considered if it would be acceptable to make compromise in the case of female genital mutilation in the form of so-called Seattle compromise.

Helping when the desire is low: Expectancy as a booster - a new publication of The experimental philosophy lab

One might assume that the desire to help (here described as Want) is the essential driver of helping declarations and/or behaviors. However, even if desire to help (Want) is low, intention to help may still occur if the expectancy regarding the perceived effectiveness of helping is high. We tested these predictions in a set of three experimental studies.

Objective consequentialism and the plurality of chances - a new article by Leszek Wroński

I claim that objective consequentialism (OC) faces a problem stemming from the existence in some situations of a plurality of chances relevant to the outcomes of an agent’s acts. I suggest that this phenomenon bears structural resemblance to the well-known Reference Class problem. I outline a few ways in which one could attempt to deal with the issue, suggesting that it is the higher-level chance that should be employed by OC.

Agent‐based modelling for SARS‐CoV‐2 epidemic prediction and intervention assessment: A methodological appraisal - a new article by Mariusz Maziarz and Martin Zach

Our purpose is to assess epidemiological agent‐based models—or ABMs—of the SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic methodologically. The rapid spread of the outbreak requires fast‐paced decision‐making regarding mitigation measures.

Non-Epistemological Values in Collaborative Research in Neuroscience: The Case of Alleged Differences Between Human Populations - a new peer commentary by Joanna K. Malinowska and Tomasz Żuradzki in AJOB Neuroscience

What constitutes bias?; how biases may be embedded in the selection of research programs?; is it possible to conduct completely unbiased research? Joanna K. Malinowska and Tomasz Żuradzki try to notice possible answers to these questions in their commentary "Non-Epistemological Values in Collaborative Research in Neuroscience: The Case of Alleged Differences Between Human Populations".