# Publications: Petr Špecián

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## Book

- Špecián, Petr. 2022. *Behavioral Political Economy and Democratic Theory: Fortifying Democracy for the Digital Age*. Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy. New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003274988 Details: https://petrspecian.com/markdown/publications/book.md

## Journal articles

- Špecián, Petr. 2026. "Machine Advisors: Integrating Large Language Models Into Democratic Assemblies." *Social Epistemology* 40(3): 393–408. Published online 2024. https://doi.org/10.1080/02691728.2024.2379271 Full text: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02691728.2024.2379271 Details: https://petrspecian.com/markdown/publications/machine-advisors.md
- Špecián, Petr, and Jitka Špeciánová. 2025. "Universal Basic AI Access: Countering the Digital Divide." *Acta Informatica Pragensia* 14(2): 272–281. https://doi.org/10.18267/j.aip.270 Full text: https://aip.vse.cz/doi/10.18267/j.aip.270.pdf Details: https://petrspecian.com/markdown/publications/universal-basic-ai-access.md
- Špecián, Petr, and Lucy Císař Brown. 2025. "Give the machine a chance, human experts ain't that great…" *AI & Society* 40(2): 1155–1156. Published online 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-024-01910-6 Full text: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00146-024-01910-6.pdf Details: https://petrspecian.com/markdown/publications/give-the-machine-a-chance.md
- Špecián, Petr. 2022. "The Myth of the Victim Public: Democracy Contra Disinformation." *Filozofia* 77(10): 791–803. https://doi.org/10.31577/filozofia.2022.77.10.4 Full text: https://www.sav.sk/journals/uploads/12202016filozofia.2022.77.10.4.pdf Details: https://petrspecian.com/markdown/publications/myth-of-the-victim-public.md
- Špecián, Petr. 2022. "Shall Justice Prevail? Reforming the Epistemic Basic Structure in a Non-Ideal World." *Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective* 11(8): 75–83. https://wp.me/p1Bfg0-768
- Špecián, Petr. 2022. "Epistemology and the Pandemic: Lessons from an Epistemic Crisis." *Social Epistemology* 36(2): 167–179. https://doi.org/10.1080/02691728.2021.2009931 Details: https://petrspecian.com/markdown/publications/epistemology-and-the-pandemic.md
- Špecián, Petr. 2019. "Phenomenological Perspectives on Economics: Schütz versus Düppe." *Horizon: Studies in Phenomenology* 8(2): 613–631. https://doi.org/10.21638/2226-5260-2019-8-2-613-631 Details: https://petrspecian.com/markdown/publications/phenomenological-perspectives-on-economics.md
- Špecián, Petr. 2019. "The Precarious Case of the True Preferences." *Society* 56(3): 267–272. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-019-00363-8
- Špecián, Petr. 2017. "Ekonomická analýza referenda [An Economic Analysis of a Referendum]." *Politická ekonomie* 65(4): 460–475. https://doi.org/10.18267/j.polek.1155 Full text: https://www.vse.cz/polek/download.php?lang=cs&jnl=polek&pdf=1155.pdf Details: https://petrspecian.com/markdown/publications/economic-analysis-of-a-referendum.md
- Špecián, Petr. 2016. "Konec se blíží? Kritické připomínky k teorii kolapsů [The End Is Near? Critical Remarks on the Theory of Collapse]." *Teorie vědy / Theory of Science* 38(4): 425–448. https://doi.org/10.46938/tv.2016.350 Full text: https://teorievedy.flu.cas.cz/index.php/tv/article/download/350/384 Details: https://petrspecian.com/markdown/publications/theory-of-collapse.md
- Špecián, Petr. 2015. "Potřebuje ekonomie psychologii? [Does Economics Need Psychology?]." *Teorie vědy / Theory of Science* 37(3): 279–301. https://doi.org/10.46938/tv.2015.264 Full text: https://teorievedy.flu.cas.cz/index.php/tv/article/download/264/331
- Melzochová, Jitka, and Petr Špecián. 2015. "An Estimate of the Basic Income Costs: Case of the Czech Republic." *Procedia Economics and Finance* 30: 550–557. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2212-5671(15)01267-8 Details: https://petrspecian.com/markdown/publications/basic-income-costs-czech-republic.md
- Špecián, Petr. 2014. "Phenomenology and Economics." *Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics* 7(1): 161–165. https://doi.org/10.23941/ejpe.v7i1.164 Full text: https://ejpe.org/journal/article/download/164/158
- Špecián, Petr. 2012. "Od Misese k Schutzovi: Otázka apriorismu v ekonomii [From Mises to Schutz: A Question of Apriorism in Economics]." *Politická ekonomie* 60(3): 395–410. https://doi.org/10.18267/j.polek.848
- Špecián, Petr. 2012. "Svět a věda u Ludwiga von Misese [World and Science in Ludwig von Mises]." *Filozofia* 67(4): 335–346. https://philarchive.org/rec/PECSAV

## Chapters

- Špeciánová, Jitka, and Petr Špecián. 2024. "Umělá inteligence na trzích práce [Artificial Intelligence in Labor Markets]." In *Proč se nebát umělé inteligence?*, 229–240. Brno: JOTA.
- Špecián, Petr. 2022. "Democracy and Anthropic Risk." In *Green Marble 2022: Studies on the Anthropocene and Ecocriticism*, 215–226. Institute for Anthropocene Studies. https://doi.org/10.21814/1822.81362
- Špecián, Petr, and Marek Hudík. 2021. "O expertech a lidech: Spasitelské lhaní v časech pandemie [Of Experts and Men: White Lies in the Time of a Pandemic]." In *Dedičstvo koronakrízy: Ako lepšie zvládnuť ďalšiu pandémiu*, 53–74. Bratislava: INESS.

## Preprints and working papers

- Špecián, Petr. 2026. "Built for Humans Only? Why AI Adoption in Higher Education Requires a New Deal." SSRN working paper. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.7258922 Full text: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7258922 Details: https://petrspecian.com/markdown/publications/built-for-humans-only.md
- Špecián, Petr. 2026. "Digital Homunculi and Institutional Design: Breaking Through the Experimentation Bottleneck." arXiv:2409.00826. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2409.00826 Full text: https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.00826 Details: https://petrspecian.com/markdown/publications/digital-homunculi.md

## Public writing

- Špecián, Petr. 2023. "A Case for Democracy's Digital Playground." The Loop, ECPR. https://theloop.ecpr.eu/a-case-for-democracys-digital-playground/
- Špecián, Petr. 2022. "Science of Democracy and the Owl of Minerva." The Loop, ECPR. https://theloop.ecpr.eu/science-of-democracy-and-the-owl-of-minerva/