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The CNA method applied in patient safety (09.08.2020)
The CNA method was applied in a study about the patient safety culture in medical homes.
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CNA method applied in gerontology (24.05.2020)
Susan Hickman et al. (2020) published an article entitled "Identifying the Implementation Conditions Associated With Positive Outcomes in a Successful Nursing Facility Demonstration Project" in the Gerontologist. They analyze their data using Coincidence Analysis.
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Article on Causation in the SAGE Handbook of Political Science (14.04.2020)
Michael Baumgartner published an article introducing the main theories of causation to political scientists in the SAGE Handbook of Political Science.
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Major public health application of the CNA method (11.04.2020)
The official journal of the medical care section of the American Public Health Association just published an application of the CNA method, among other configurational comparative methods, to the effectiveness of the implementation of hepatitis C treatments.
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Philosophy as Drama - Plato's Thinking through Dialogue (09.03.2020)
The authors of" Philosophy as Drama" show that any interpretation of these works must include the literary and narrative dimensions of each text, as much as serious the attention given to the progression of the argument in each piece.
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Article on Causation in the SAGE Handbook of Political Science (25.02.2020)
Michael Baumgartner published an article introducing the main theories of causation to political scientists in the SAGE Handbook of Political Science.
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How Artifacts Acquire Agency: Towards a Philosophy of Automation (10.02.2020)
Mark Young, who defended his PhD thesis in the department recently, has been awarded the prestigious Marie Curie Postdoctoral EU Fellowship. The primary objective of his project is: to develop a new philosophical approach to the study of automation that recognizes the essential role played by human operators.
Regenstrief Institute
CNA Training (22.01.2020)
From September 21 to 25, 2020, Michael Baumgartner and Alrik Thiem (University of Lucerne) will hold a training seminar on configurational causal modeling with a heavy focus on CNA at the Regenstrief Institute for public health in Indianapolis.
Martyna Swiatczak
Martyna Swiatczak has joined the CNA project (22.01.2020)
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New Software from the "Coincidence Analysis" group (22.10.2019)
New CNA software published on the The Comprehensive R Archive Network.
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New publication of the Toppforskproject "Coincidence Analysis" (22.10.2019)
Michael Baumgartner and Christoph Falk, Boolean Difference-Making: A Modern Regularity Theory of Causation, The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
Cover of the journal "Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie", and picture of Kristian Larsen and Franz Knappik and titles of their poublications in the journal
High level publications from Bergen philosophers (29.05.2019)
In this year's first edition of the journal "Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie" one of the highly regarded journals in the history of philosophy both Franz Knappik and Kristian Larsen are contributors.
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Conference: The Normativity of Logic (16.04.2019)
The Bergen Logic Group and the NFR-funded project `Anti-Exceptionalism About Logic' organized the conference The Normativity of Logic, June 14-16 2017 (University of Bergen).
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Pavia workshop (16.04.2019)
The Bergen Logic Group visited Pavia and the centre UISS. Together with UISS and the University of Bologna we organized a workshop in the philosophy of logic, especially logical pluralism and anti-exceptionalism.
Bilde av Finnur Dellsén
Nils Klim Prize to philosopher (14.03.2019)
This year's Nils Klim Prize is awarded to philosopher of science Finnur Dellsén (University of Iceland). 
Bilde av humnioraskilt
Funds available for humanities researchers (23.02.2019)
UiB is planning to establish an interdisciplinary center for humanistic research. Within this framework, funds are available for two basic research projects with a deadline of 15 March.
Bokomslaget + bilder av redaktørene Espen Gamlund og Carl Tollef Solberg og av Jeff McMahan som har skrevet forordet. I tillegg står det også "new from oxford medicine"
Saving People from the Harm of Death (01.02.2019)
In this volume, leading philosophers, medical doctors, and economists discuss different views on how to evaluate death and its relevance for health policy.
Antikk kileformet tavle med assyriske tegn mot svart bakgrunn
FRIPRO funding to Sorin Bangu and Kevin Cahill (14.12.2018)
The four-year project 'Mathematics with a Human Face: Set Theory within a Naturalized Wittgensteinean Framework' has received a grant from the Norwegian Research Council.

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