Losner Briones
@losnerbriones.com
He/him. Vegan.
Doctoral researcher in Philosophy of Science at UNED in Madrid.
🔎 Measurement, evidence, and construct validity in the evaluation of cash transfer experiments.
🔎 Causal extrapolation in regulatory pharmacology.
🌐 www.losnerbriones.com
Doctoral researcher in Philosophy of Science at UNED in Madrid.
🔎 Measurement, evidence, and construct validity in the evaluation of cash transfer experiments.
🔎 Causal extrapolation in regulatory pharmacology.
🌐 www.losnerbriones.com
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📣This is today!
Feel free to register to attend the main conference for free on Zoom:
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Feel free to register to attend the main conference for free on Zoom:
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September 16, 2026 at 11:02 AM
📣This is today!
Feel free to register to attend the main conference for free on Zoom:
pitt.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Feel free to register to attend the main conference for free on Zoom:
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"Explaining evidential discordance"
New material by @sobla.bsky.social from @tint-philosophy.bsky.social just dropped! 🔥🔥
doi.org/10.1007/s112...
New material by @sobla.bsky.social from @tint-philosophy.bsky.social just dropped! 🔥🔥
doi.org/10.1007/s112...
Client Challenge
doi.org
September 15, 2026 at 6:01 AM
"Explaining evidential discordance"
New material by @sobla.bsky.social from @tint-philosophy.bsky.social just dropped! 🔥🔥
doi.org/10.1007/s112...
New material by @sobla.bsky.social from @tint-philosophy.bsky.social just dropped! 🔥🔥
doi.org/10.1007/s112...
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My 📗 is #openaccess thanks to the D2O program of @mitpress.bsky.social: direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon... This initiative for equitable access to scholarship has just opened its new funding cycle: mitpress.mit.edu/the-mit-pres... 🙏 help spread the word & if you represent a library, do consider joining!
September 14, 2026 at 2:58 PM
My 📗 is #openaccess thanks to the D2O program of @mitpress.bsky.social: direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon... This initiative for equitable access to scholarship has just opened its new funding cycle: mitpress.mit.edu/the-mit-pres... 🙏 help spread the word & if you represent a library, do consider joining!
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🎉We’re ending the week with some good news! Our METIS member @lauradelgadoverges.bsky.social has just published a new paper in the European Journal of Analytic Philosophy:
“From Conceptual Lacuna to Conceptual Distortion: The Case of Self-Illness Ambiguity”
🔗 hrcak.srce.hr/en/clanak/50...
“From Conceptual Lacuna to Conceptual Distortion: The Case of Self-Illness Ambiguity”
🔗 hrcak.srce.hr/en/clanak/50...
From Conceptual Lacuna to Conceptual Distortion: The Case of Self–Illness Ambiguity
Epistemic injustice has received considerable attention in the philosophy of psychiatry in recent years. While testimonial injustice, and epistemic injustice more generally, have been widely discussed, hermeneutical injustice has received comparative...
hrcak.srce.hr
September 11, 2026 at 3:28 PM
🎉We’re ending the week with some good news! Our METIS member @lauradelgadoverges.bsky.social has just published a new paper in the European Journal of Analytic Philosophy:
“From Conceptual Lacuna to Conceptual Distortion: The Case of Self-Illness Ambiguity”
🔗 hrcak.srce.hr/en/clanak/50...
“From Conceptual Lacuna to Conceptual Distortion: The Case of Self-Illness Ambiguity”
🔗 hrcak.srce.hr/en/clanak/50...
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Excited to see my paper "On our cosmic (in)significance" out now in Ratio ✨ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
On Our Cosmic (In)significance
This article discusses three interpretations of cosmic significance, all of which reveal something important about the notion of significance. Along the way, it proposes a unified view of significanc...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 10, 2026 at 5:33 AM
Excited to see my paper "On our cosmic (in)significance" out now in Ratio ✨ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Interested in doing a PhD in philosophy of animal minds in lovely Murcia?
We have just published a call for expressions of interest to do a PhD as part of our research project on ecological validity in comparative cognitive science.
Please consider applying if this is up your street!
We have just published a call for expressions of interest to do a PhD as part of our research project on ecological validity in comparative cognitive science.
Please consider applying if this is up your street!
Call for expressions of interest: PhD position
The Spanish Ministry for Science and Innovation is about to publish a call for pre-doctoral scholarships (FPI) adhered to scientific projects that have been approved for funding in 2026. We invite …
ecologicalvalidity.wordpress.com
September 7, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Interested in doing a PhD in philosophy of animal minds in lovely Murcia?
We have just published a call for expressions of interest to do a PhD as part of our research project on ecological validity in comparative cognitive science.
Please consider applying if this is up your street!
We have just published a call for expressions of interest to do a PhD as part of our research project on ecological validity in comparative cognitive science.
Please consider applying if this is up your street!
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New 📃🚨! @rosetrappes.bsky.social & I explore how #environment & #niche concepts are understood & mobilized across the life sciences & beyond, highlighting similarities & differences through a rich range of examples!
👇 philsci-archive.pitt.edu/30940/
#HPbio #philsci #philsky #evobio #envhum #HPS
👇 philsci-archive.pitt.edu/30940/
#HPbio #philsci #philsky #evobio #envhum #HPS
September 2, 2026 at 3:54 PM
New 📃🚨! @rosetrappes.bsky.social & I explore how #environment & #niche concepts are understood & mobilized across the life sciences & beyond, highlighting similarities & differences through a rich range of examples!
👇 philsci-archive.pitt.edu/30940/
#HPbio #philsci #philsky #evobio #envhum #HPS
👇 philsci-archive.pitt.edu/30940/
#HPbio #philsci #philsky #evobio #envhum #HPS
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Another postdoc position open at the University of Helsinki. This time in "The Many Faces of Inquiry: Towards a Dynamic and Pluralistic Epistemology" -project: philjobs.org/job/show/31949
AOS: epistemology/ethics
#PhilJobs #philsky #epistemology #ethics #philosophy #postdoc
AOS: epistemology/ethics
#PhilJobs #philsky #epistemology #ethics #philosophy #postdoc
Postdoctoral Researcher/Researcher, University of Helsinki
- PhilJobs:JFP
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September 2, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Another postdoc position open at the University of Helsinki. This time in "The Many Faces of Inquiry: Towards a Dynamic and Pluralistic Epistemology" -project: philjobs.org/job/show/31949
AOS: epistemology/ethics
#PhilJobs #philsky #epistemology #ethics #philosophy #postdoc
AOS: epistemology/ethics
#PhilJobs #philsky #epistemology #ethics #philosophy #postdoc
Guillermo Marín Penella and I will present our work on pluralistic causal extrapolation! Join us to learn about 'mechanistic discarding' and 'target-to-target extrapolation' in EMA and FDA authorisations of Vaxzevria for COVID-19 prevention during pregnancy and Palbociclib for male breast cancer.
Two more weeks until Philosophy of Medicine week! We've got a full agenda of free, virtual philmed events: a workshop on Philosophy of Diagnosis (9/14) and the International Phil Med Roundtable Conference (9/15-9/18), with >40 talks on topics like AI, medical gaslighting, disease concepts & beyond!
September 1, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Guillermo Marín Penella and I will present our work on pluralistic causal extrapolation! Join us to learn about 'mechanistic discarding' and 'target-to-target extrapolation' in EMA and FDA authorisations of Vaxzevria for COVID-19 prevention during pregnancy and Palbociclib for male breast cancer.
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ENPOSS 2026 started today!
Losner Briones @losnerbriones.com presented “Evidence-based policy and the evaluation of redistributive interventions.”
We’re also delighted that María Jiménez-Buedo @mjbuedo.bsky.social is part of the Steering Committee.
🔗https://blogs.helsinki.fi/enposshel/
Losner Briones @losnerbriones.com presented “Evidence-based policy and the evaluation of redistributive interventions.”
We’re also delighted that María Jiménez-Buedo @mjbuedo.bsky.social is part of the Steering Committee.
🔗https://blogs.helsinki.fi/enposshel/
August 26, 2026 at 6:24 PM
ENPOSS 2026 started today!
Losner Briones @losnerbriones.com presented “Evidence-based policy and the evaluation of redistributive interventions.”
We’re also delighted that María Jiménez-Buedo @mjbuedo.bsky.social is part of the Steering Committee.
🔗https://blogs.helsinki.fi/enposshel/
Losner Briones @losnerbriones.com presented “Evidence-based policy and the evaluation of redistributive interventions.”
We’re also delighted that María Jiménez-Buedo @mjbuedo.bsky.social is part of the Steering Committee.
🔗https://blogs.helsinki.fi/enposshel/
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🟢 New publication.
Matheus Valente (@mthsvlnt.bsky.social) (UNED, METIS) has published a new article in Theoria (@theoriajournal.bsky.social).
Asymmetries between ’you’ and ’I’
Read the paper 👇 ojs.ehu.eus/index.php/TH...
Matheus Valente (@mthsvlnt.bsky.social) (UNED, METIS) has published a new article in Theoria (@theoriajournal.bsky.social).
Asymmetries between ’you’ and ’I’
Read the paper 👇 ojs.ehu.eus/index.php/TH...
Asymmetries between 'you' and 'I'
| THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science
ojs.ehu.eus
August 17, 2026 at 7:18 AM
🟢 New publication.
Matheus Valente (@mthsvlnt.bsky.social) (UNED, METIS) has published a new article in Theoria (@theoriajournal.bsky.social).
Asymmetries between ’you’ and ’I’
Read the paper 👇 ojs.ehu.eus/index.php/TH...
Matheus Valente (@mthsvlnt.bsky.social) (UNED, METIS) has published a new article in Theoria (@theoriajournal.bsky.social).
Asymmetries between ’you’ and ’I’
Read the paper 👇 ojs.ehu.eus/index.php/TH...
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My article “What counts as good evidence of mechanisms? The Support-Absence Framework” has just been published (OA) in Synthese.
#philsci
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#philsci
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
What counts as good evidence of mechanisms? The Support-Absence Framework - Synthese
Over the past two decades, evidence of mechanisms has achieved great relevance in methodology and philosophy of science. Several authors have argued that such evidence should play a more central role ...
link.springer.com
August 6, 2026 at 3:59 PM
My article “What counts as good evidence of mechanisms? The Support-Absence Framework” has just been published (OA) in Synthese.
#philsci
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#philsci
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Paper Alert 🚨
Martín-Villuendas, M. (2026). The overlooked role of metascientific principles in cancer research. Synthese, 208(88) doi.org/10.1007/s112...
Martín-Villuendas, M. (2026). The overlooked role of metascientific principles in cancer research. Synthese, 208(88) doi.org/10.1007/s112...
July 30, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Paper Alert 🚨
Martín-Villuendas, M. (2026). The overlooked role of metascientific principles in cancer research. Synthese, 208(88) doi.org/10.1007/s112...
Martín-Villuendas, M. (2026). The overlooked role of metascientific principles in cancer research. Synthese, 208(88) doi.org/10.1007/s112...
El próximo curso seré profe de Filosofía de la Economía en este nuevo grado junto a @lanadanadea.bsky.social y @mjbuedo.bsky.social.
Tb lo seré, como de costumbre, de Filosofía de las Ciencias Sociales en los grados de Filosofía y de Antropología.
¡Y así cerraré mi docencia como predoc en la UNED!
Tb lo seré, como de costumbre, de Filosofía de las Ciencias Sociales en los grados de Filosofía y de Antropología.
¡Y así cerraré mi docencia como predoc en la UNED!
July 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM
El próximo curso seré profe de Filosofía de la Economía en este nuevo grado junto a @lanadanadea.bsky.social y @mjbuedo.bsky.social.
Tb lo seré, como de costumbre, de Filosofía de las Ciencias Sociales en los grados de Filosofía y de Antropología.
¡Y así cerraré mi docencia como predoc en la UNED!
Tb lo seré, como de costumbre, de Filosofía de las Ciencias Sociales en los grados de Filosofía y de Antropología.
¡Y así cerraré mi docencia como predoc en la UNED!
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My book Playing Possum has been nominated for the German Wissensbuch des Jahres (non-fiction book of the year) award! If you think it deserves to win, you can vote for it here under the category Überraschung. Thank you kindly 😇
Wahl zum Wissensbuch des Jahres 2026
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July 17, 2026 at 7:31 AM
My book Playing Possum has been nominated for the German Wissensbuch des Jahres (non-fiction book of the year) award! If you think it deserves to win, you can vote for it here under the category Überraschung. Thank you kindly 😇
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New article from Leah McClimans in the Studies in #HPS on whether patients-reported constructs are measurable. Interesting criticism of myself and Hausman on whether heterogeneity within a construct is an obstacle to measurement. She argues it isn’t. Open to the idea… #philsci
www.sciencedirect.com
July 13, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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📢 Abierta la convocatoria para participar en el Seminario de Doctorandos BioKoinos–METIS 26/27, un espacio para presentar y discutir trabajos en un entorno colaborativo y constructivo.
📅 Fecha límite para enviar propuestas: 13/09/26
Formulario de inscripción:
forms.gle/FsJ9L4ED33EA...
📅 Fecha límite para enviar propuestas: 13/09/26
Formulario de inscripción:
forms.gle/FsJ9L4ED33EA...
PHD Seminar BioKoinos-METIS 2026-2027
Envía aquí tu propuesta para presentar en el Seminario de Doctorandos BioKoinos-METIS 2026-2027.
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July 7, 2026 at 9:03 AM
📢 Abierta la convocatoria para participar en el Seminario de Doctorandos BioKoinos–METIS 26/27, un espacio para presentar y discutir trabajos en un entorno colaborativo y constructivo.
📅 Fecha límite para enviar propuestas: 13/09/26
Formulario de inscripción:
forms.gle/FsJ9L4ED33EA...
📅 Fecha límite para enviar propuestas: 13/09/26
Formulario de inscripción:
forms.gle/FsJ9L4ED33EA...
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New paper out by our former visiting fellow Alberto Monterde Fuertes! It examines the methodological decisions structuring inquiry in engaged philosophy of science. Check it out here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#PhilSci
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#PhilSci
July 2, 2026 at 12:15 PM
New paper out by our former visiting fellow Alberto Monterde Fuertes! It examines the methodological decisions structuring inquiry in engaged philosophy of science. Check it out here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#PhilSci
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#PhilSci
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Our paper “The Catalogue of Mechanisms in Analytical Sociology” (with @mjbuedo.bsky.social) has been published in Philosophy of the Social Sciences. We analyse, operationalise, and assess the project of the catalogue of mechanisms.
#PhilSci
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#PhilSci
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June 25, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Our paper “The Catalogue of Mechanisms in Analytical Sociology” (with @mjbuedo.bsky.social) has been published in Philosophy of the Social Sciences. We analyse, operationalise, and assess the project of the catalogue of mechanisms.
#PhilSci
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#PhilSci
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Last week I was presenting my work at the 4th Lake Como INEM Summer School in Philosophy of Economics!
I enjoyed the breadth of topics covered, the excellent presentations, and, above all, the opportunity to engage with scholars I would rarely meet at the phil of sci conferences I usually attend.
I enjoyed the breadth of topics covered, the excellent presentations, and, above all, the opportunity to engage with scholars I would rarely meet at the phil of sci conferences I usually attend.
June 15, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Last week I was presenting my work at the 4th Lake Como INEM Summer School in Philosophy of Economics!
I enjoyed the breadth of topics covered, the excellent presentations, and, above all, the opportunity to engage with scholars I would rarely meet at the phil of sci conferences I usually attend.
I enjoyed the breadth of topics covered, the excellent presentations, and, above all, the opportunity to engage with scholars I would rarely meet at the phil of sci conferences I usually attend.
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📣 Call for papers & symposia for the 2027 Congress for Logic, Methodology, & Philosophy of Science and Technology (CLMPST) has been released! The meeting will be held in Kobe, Japan, from August 23-28, 2027 🇯🇵
Proposals should be submitted by November 15, 2026
clmpst2027.org
#philsci
Proposals should be submitted by November 15, 2026
clmpst2027.org
#philsci
CLMPST 2027 | 18th International Congress on Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology
Website of the 18th International Congress on Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology.
clmpst2027.org
June 14, 2026 at 10:42 AM
📣 Call for papers & symposia for the 2027 Congress for Logic, Methodology, & Philosophy of Science and Technology (CLMPST) has been released! The meeting will be held in Kobe, Japan, from August 23-28, 2027 🇯🇵
Proposals should be submitted by November 15, 2026
clmpst2027.org
#philsci
Proposals should be submitted by November 15, 2026
clmpst2027.org
#philsci
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We are very excited to share our latest 📄 (@philsci.bsky.social): a revamped version of #nicheconstruction theory that captures the evolutionary consequences of organismic activities beyond changes in selection. We call it the 'Matrix Account' 👇 philsci-archive.pitt.edu/30043/ #evobio #HPS #hpbio
June 11, 2026 at 4:12 PM
We are very excited to share our latest 📄 (@philsci.bsky.social): a revamped version of #nicheconstruction theory that captures the evolutionary consequences of organismic activities beyond changes in selection. We call it the 'Matrix Account' 👇 philsci-archive.pitt.edu/30043/ #evobio #HPS #hpbio
Happy to share that I'm starting a 4-month research stay at @vlc-lab.bsky.social! ✨✨
Under the supervision of @saulpg.bsky.social, I'll be working on how randomised field experiments can measure heterogeneous treatment effects and welfare outcomes, against the backdrop of broader critiques of EBP.
Under the supervision of @saulpg.bsky.social, I'll be working on how randomised field experiments can measure heterogeneous treatment effects and welfare outcomes, against the backdrop of broader critiques of EBP.
June 5, 2026 at 6:07 AM
Happy to share that I'm starting a 4-month research stay at @vlc-lab.bsky.social! ✨✨
Under the supervision of @saulpg.bsky.social, I'll be working on how randomised field experiments can measure heterogeneous treatment effects and welfare outcomes, against the backdrop of broader critiques of EBP.
Under the supervision of @saulpg.bsky.social, I'll be working on how randomised field experiments can measure heterogeneous treatment effects and welfare outcomes, against the backdrop of broader critiques of EBP.
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🟢Today María J. Buedo and Losner Briones @losnerbriones.com talked at the first ModAmbEx Project meeting at the University of Valladolid:
-The Success of Experiment: Some Misconceptions. (María)
-Distributive Variation, Experimental Organisation, and Reconstructing RCT-Based Evaluation. (Losner)
-The Success of Experiment: Some Misconceptions. (María)
-Distributive Variation, Experimental Organisation, and Reconstructing RCT-Based Evaluation. (Losner)
June 2, 2026 at 1:59 PM
🟢Today María J. Buedo and Losner Briones @losnerbriones.com talked at the first ModAmbEx Project meeting at the University of Valladolid:
-The Success of Experiment: Some Misconceptions. (María)
-Distributive Variation, Experimental Organisation, and Reconstructing RCT-Based Evaluation. (Losner)
-The Success of Experiment: Some Misconceptions. (María)
-Distributive Variation, Experimental Organisation, and Reconstructing RCT-Based Evaluation. (Losner)
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🟢 Today our PhD student Losner Briones @losnerbriones.com will give a talk:
“Distributive Measurement and the Critique of Randomised Impact Evaluation”
📍University of Helsinki (Brown Bag Seminar).
“Distributive Measurement and the Critique of Randomised Impact Evaluation”
📍University of Helsinki (Brown Bag Seminar).
May 25, 2026 at 9:20 AM
🟢 Today our PhD student Losner Briones @losnerbriones.com will give a talk:
“Distributive Measurement and the Critique of Randomised Impact Evaluation”
📍University of Helsinki (Brown Bag Seminar).
“Distributive Measurement and the Critique of Randomised Impact Evaluation”
📍University of Helsinki (Brown Bag Seminar).