Data-Driven Methods for Philosophy

Max Noichl & Gregor Bös

2025-09-17

Follow along at: https://mnoichl.github.io/OZSW2025-data-driven-philosophy/

Second meeting

Meeting on October 1, 13:00: Getting more concrete!

Plan for today

  1. Plan for the hackathon
  2. ⁠Assign presentations
  3. Developing project ideas

Hackathon: Thursday, October, 16th

Janskerkhof 13 (Room 0.06) in the morning, Kromme Nieuwegracht 80 (Room 1.06) in the afternoon.

  • 10:00 – 10:30: Registration, coffee.
  • 10:30 – 11:00: Welcome & Introductions in Person
  • 11:00 – 12:30: Keynote, Gregor Betz
  • 12:30 – 14:00: Lunch break and move to Kromme Nieuwegracht 80 – 1.06
  • 14:00 – 16:30: Notebook or project work.
  • 16:30– 17:00: Coffee/snacks
  • 17:00 – 18:00: 3 short paper presentations

Hackathon: Friday, October, 17th

Janskerkhof 13 (Room 0.06).

  • 10:00 – 11:30: Free project work.
  • 11:30 – 13:00: Keynote Charles Pence
  • 13:00 – 14:30: Lunch break
  • 14:00 – 16:30: Project work.
  • 16:30 – 17:00: Coffee/snacks
  • 17:00 – 18:00: 3 short paper presentations
  • Evening Program?

Hackathon: Saturday, October, 18th

Drift 27 (E0.32, Digital Humanities Workspace)

  • 10:00 – 12:30: Project Work (open doors: 9:00)
  • 12:30 – 14:00: Lunch break
  • 14:00 – 15:00: Project Work
  • 15:00 – 16:00: 4 project presentations
  • 16:00 – 16:30: Coffee/snacks
  • 16:30 – 18:00: 6 project presentations (continuing from 15:30).
  • 18:00 - 18:30: Outro & Farewell

Coordinating presentations.

Project Development

Let’s go over project ideas,

see where we stand and what

needs to happen until October 16.

First meeting

Meeting on September 17, 11:00: Introductions, etc.!

Plan for today

  1. ⁠Welcome and Introduction.
  2. ⁠Participant Introductions (current roles, past experiences)
  3. ⁠Participant interests and, where applicable, project ideas

General Introductions

Please introduce yourself, including your background and general interests.

Project Ideas

Please share project ideas. Vague ideas welcome!

What happens next?

  • Until the weekend: Based on your interests, we compile a list of relevant readings. If you haven’t done so, fill out the nuudel for the timing of the next session.
  • Until the next session: You mark on a spreadsheet which readings you are interested in.
  • During the next session (1. Oktober): We coordinate groups to present the readings and to talk through more concrete project-ideas.
  • During the hackathon: Keynotes by Gregor Betz and Charles Pence, short reading presentations (10 min presentation + 10 min discussion each), interactive introductions to text-analysis and network-models, and most of all work, work, work!