In Conversation: Exploring the Philosophy of Money and Finance &ndash\; Series III
\nA series of interviews with contributors to The Philosophy of Money and Finance (Hardcover\, OUP 2024\; Paperback\, fall 2025)
\nSchedule
\n"Truth in Financial Accounting"
Author: Christopher J. Cowton (Emeritus\, University of Huddersfield)
Interviewer: Lisa Warenski (CUNY Graduate Center)
Date and Time: 15 January 2026\, 18:00 CET
"Green Central Banking" \;
Authors: Peter Dietsch (University of Victoria)\; Clé\;ment Fontan (University of Louvain)
Interviewer: Jens van't Klooster
Date and Time: 25 March 2026\, 18:00 CET
"On the Wrongfulness of Bank Contributions to Financial Crises"
Author: \;Richard Endö\;rfer (University of Gothenburg)
Interviewer: Kobi Finestone (Univeresity of San Diego)
Date and Time: 01 June 2026\, 18:00 CET
"Bitcoins Left and Right: A Normative Assessment of a Digital Currency"
Authors: Lars Lindblom and Joakim Sandberg
Interviewer: Violet Victoria
Date and Time: October (TBA) 2026\, 18:00 CET
The Inquiry Network WIP Talks feature presentations of work in progress related to inquiry\, broadly understood. For example\, presentations might discuss (but are not limited to): the epistemology of inquiry\, the metaphysics of inquiry\, ethical norms of inquiry\, historical perspectives on inquiry\, or the structure of scientific inquiry.
We aim to foster the sharing of ideas in an inclusive\, welcoming and low-pressure environment. Papers that are already accepted for publication will not be accepted. We aim to be sensitive to the needs of early-career scholars.
The group meets biweekly on Zoom during each of the Fall and Spring semesters. Meeting times are determined shortly before the beginning of each semester with the goal of finding a time that works for as many members as possible. Special consideration is given to finding a meeting time that works for presenters of accepted papers.
This series was prompted by a recent wave of fascinating new work on the topic of representations. We are honored and happy that so many authors agreed to participate and we hope to provide a platform for further interdisciplinary discussion. Most papers are already available and you can find links here: \;https://www.pe.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/philosophie/ii/bewusstsein/lehre.html.en \;
Schedule
22 April\, \;Rosa Cao \;(Stanford): The Scientist in the Machine \;(paper forthcoming)
29 April\, \;Ken Aizawa \;(Rutgers): \;The Evidence for Representation \;
06 May\, \;Corey Maley \;(Purdue): \;Structural Representation is Analog Representation
13 May\, \;Kevin J. Mitchell \;(Dublin): \;The Origins of Meaning: From Pragmatic Control Signals to Semantic Representation
20 May\, \;Eric Hochstein \;(Victoria\, Canada)): \;Neural Representations as Scientific Posits and Metaphysical Entities
10 June\, \;Manolo Martí\;nez \;(Barcelona): \;The Information-Processing Perspective on Representation
17 June\, \;John Krakauer \;(Johns Hopkins/Champalimaud Foundation) &\; \;Bill Ramsey \;(Nevada\, Las Vegas): \;Mental Representation without Neural Representation
24 June\, \;Nina Poth \;(Radboud\, Nijmegen) &\; \;Annika Schuster \;(Dortmund): \;Mental\, Scientific\, and Artificial Representations
01 July\, \;Lotem Elber-Dorozko \;(Jerusalem) &\; \;Devin Gouvê\;a \;(Holy Cross): \;"Neural Representation" is not a Defective Concept
08 July\, \;Zina B. Ward \;(Florida State): \;Directive Representation and the Job Description Challenge
15 July\, \;Krzysztof Dolega \;(Ruhr-University Bochum): The Gloss on the Machine: Egan's Representations in Mechanistic Explanation \;(paper forthcoming)
All sessions will be on Zoom:
https://ruhr-uni-bochum.zoom-x.de/j/64692924755?pwd=803uh1OEPBkBrEONeL87zJFudGjlw7.1 \; \;
Meeting-ID: 646 9292 4755 | Passwort: 531564
Everybody interested is welcome!
Le Ré\;seau Arendtien Francophone\, cré\;é\; en 2024\, vise à\; favoriser une synergie entre celles et ceux qui\, des amateurs aux chercheuses\, fré\;quentent la pensé\;e de Hannah Arendt. Dans cette optique\, nous cherchons à\; mettre en place un rendez-vous ré\;gulier pour en discuter les diffé\;rents interpré\;tations et aspects.
\nDu fait de l&rsquo\;é\;tendue de la francophonie\, ces sé\;minaires auront lieu en ligne. Leur principe sera le suivant : les participant-e-s auront tous et toutes pré\;alablement lu un article ou un chapitre ré\;cent\, lequel sera pré\;senté\; trè\;s rapidement par souci de prioriser les é\;changes (10 minutes) par son autrice ou auteur. À\; partir de celui-ci\, un-e membre du ré\;seau ouvrira (5 min) à\; un dé\;bat plus large afin de discuter\, outre l&rsquo\;article\, les diffé\;rents interpré\;tations et aspects de l&rsquo\;&oelig\;uvre d&rsquo\;Arendt (1h30).
\nProgramme 2026\nEn 2026\, nous proposons quatre sé\;ances ordinaires du sé\;minaire et une sé\;ance spé\;ciale : «\; Arendt et la science é\;conomique »\;\, «\; Arendt et le travail »\;\, «\; Liberté\;\, volonté\;\, politique »\;\, «\; Arendt et la violence »\;\, «\; Philosophie\, é\;ducation et politique »\;.
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\nLe RAF ?\nLe Ré\;seau Arendtien Francophone (RAF) se veut un espace divers et pluriel\, rassemblant une communauté\; de doctorant-e-s\, enseignant-e-s\, chercheurs/ses\, intellectuel-le-s et toute personne inté\;ressé\;e ou engagé\;e dans l'é\;tude et la diffusion de la pensé\;e d'Hannah Arendt en France et le monde francophone. À\; travers cette plateforme\, nous souhaitons favoriser les é\;changes intellectuels\, offrir une visibilité\; accrue aux travaux de recherche et cré\;er des liens solides entre francophones s'inté\;ressant à\; et puisant dans l'&oelig\;uvre de cette autrice majeure du XXe siè\;cle.
\nOutre l&rsquo\;organisation de ce sé\;minaire et d'é\;vè\;nements acadé\;miques lié\;s à\; la pensé\;e d'Arendt\, le ré\;seau actualise continuellement un site web qui met à\; disposition : une bibliographie des textes de langue franç\;aise consacré\;s à\; Arendt ou la mobilisant\, un annuaire des membres du ré\;seau\, un agenda des activité\;s francophones qui lui sont dé\;dié\;es et une lettre d'information mensuelle.
\nN'hé\;sitez pas à\; rejoindre le ré\;seau ou à\; nous contacter pour rejoindre l&rsquo\;é\;quipe d&rsquo\;animation !
\n ORGANIZER;CN="Rémi Zanni": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260523T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260620T170000 SUMMARY:Introduction to Chaos Theory UID:20260614T043354Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:COURSE DESCRIPTION
\nSlowly crystallizing throughout the 20th century and popularized in the 1980s\, chaos theory is a loosely defined set of transdisciplinary scientific research that cuts through virtually every branch of disciplinary sciences\, and even the humanities: for the butterfly effect applies not only to tornadoes but also to the stock exchange\, and self-organization is not limited to ants and termite architecture (termite mounds!)\, but is a crucial element in revolutionary movements\; bifurcation does occur in trees\, but also in decisions humans take\, and vast complexity takes shape in migrating populations\, but no less in the human brain. In short\, chaos theory turns out to be so universal that we might be in the making of an entirely &ldquo\;new science\,&rdquo\; as some authors claim\, or at least of a new paradigm beyond reductionism\, calling for a new metaphysics.
\nBut in talking this way\, are we not confusing chaos theory with cybernetics\, yet another field of transdisciplinary research that originated in the 1940s and as well functions with feedback loops? &hellip\; A total system of control that Heidegger had warned against?
\nWe can never know for sure. In this seminar\, we will treat chaos theory as the flipside of cybernetics\, arguing for unpredictability against control\, for freedom against determinism. For no matter how &ldquo\;adaptive&rdquo\; cybernetic systems may appear to capture each and every step we take\, chaos is essentially ungraspable and always one step further than the system.
\nCOURSE MATERIALS
\nSince the material on chaos theory is vast and at times not easy to digest\, we will focus on some key texts that initially gave shape to the wicked world of chaos theory. While chaos theory is a holistic set of co-dependent concepts which cannot be analyzed in isolation\, each session will zoom in on one of these concepts while maintaining its relations to the whole.
\nPDFs of all the readings will be provided upon registration. No prior knowledge is required.
\nTIME
\n5 SATURDAYS\, weekly\, beginning May 23\, 2026.
1-3 PM \;Eastern US Time.
SESSIONS
\nFACILITATOR
\nHaving lived and studied all around the world\, Hannes Schumacher works at the threshold between philosophy and art. He has carried out intensive research on Hegel and Deleuze\, and he has also published widely on Nishida\, Nāgārjuna\, chaos theory\, global mysticism\, and contemporary art. Hannes is the founder of the Berlin-based publisher Freigeist Verlag and co-founder of the grassroots art space Chaosmos &infin\; in Athens\, Greece. He has facilitated the following courses and groups at Incite Seminars: &ldquo\;Nishida Kitarō: The Logic of Place and the Religious Worldview&rdquo\;\; &ldquo\;Who&rsquo\;s Afraid of Hegel: Introduction to G. W. F. Hegel&rsquo\;s Science of Logic&rdquo\;\; &ldquo\;Chaos Research Group&rdquo\;\; &ldquo\;Reading After Finitude by Quentin Meillassoux&rdquo\;\; &ldquo\;Deleuze &\; Guattari: What is Philosophy?&rdquo\;\; &ldquo\;Plato&rsquo\;s chô\;ra through the lens of Derrida&rdquo\;\; &ldquo\;Anarchia and Archai: Reimagining the Pre-Socratics&rdquo\; (with Carlos A. Segovia)\; &ldquo\;Reading Nietzsche&rsquo\;s Zarathustra&rdquo\; (current)\; &ldquo\;Liana of the Resurrected&rdquo\;\; and &ldquo\;The Body without Organs.&rdquo\;
\nINCITE SEMINARS
\nWe are a mix \;of rogue scholars\, disgruntled academics\, disenchanted buddhists\, enchantment-hungry anarchists\, radical therapists\, and general weirdos looking to create autonomous and accessible forms of &ldquo\;higher education.&rdquo\;
\nWe offer \;online seminars and reading groups to incite personal exploration and inspire community action. Incite Seminars offers \;an educational \;experience. We do so by gathering an engaged group of participants for a dynamic exchange of ideas\, led by skilled facilitators. All of our facilitators have a deep relationship to a subject or topic through intensive study or practice.
\nIncite Seminars is a 100% member-supported learning community. \;We depend on member contributions to continue holding space for radical study and practice groups\, putting on rigorous seminars and courses\, and providing our facilitators and organizers with fair compensation. \;If you are unable to pay the full amount for a session or membership at this time\, we invite you to join us at \;reduced or no cost with our Solidarity option.
ORGANIZER;CN=Glenn Wallis: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260528T163000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260924T170000 SUMMARY:Inner Speech Colloquium UID:20260614T043355Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:We are happy to announce another season of the online Inner Speech colloquium starting next month\, with a new list of speakers: \;
\n- May 28th - Gary Lupyan (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
\n- June 25th - \;Kasia Jaszczolt (University of Cambridge)
\n- July 16th - \;Romain Bourdoncle (Collè\;ge de France) &\; Axel Baptista (Institut Jean Nicod)
\n- August 20th - Aleksandr Fadeev (University of Leuven)
\n- September 24th - Keith Frankish (University of Sheffield) \;
\nTimes are all 16:30 CEST
\nMore info about the first talk coming soon. We hope to see many of you there next month! For more information or to subscribe to the mailing list\, contact: jonida.kodra@uni-osnabrueck.de
\nBest regards\,
\nJonida Kodra\, Daniel Mü\;ller and Mathijs Geurts (University of Osnabrü\;ck and \;University of Salzburg)
ORGANIZER;CN=Jonida Kodra;CN=Mathijs Geurts;CN="Daniel Lennart Müller": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260608T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260619T170000 SUMMARY:University of Missouri 2026 Virtual Summer School on the Foundations of the Mind Sciences UID:20260614T043356Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:University of Missouri 2026 Virtual Summer School on the Foundations of the Mind Sciences
\nWe are pleased to announce the University of Missouri 2026 Virtual Summer School on the Foundations of the Mind Sciences\, sponsored by the Florence G. Kline Chair in Philosophy and directed by Gualtiero Piccinini. This program brings together leading researchers to provide advanced training on the state of the art.
\nAccepted participants will attend for free via Zoom.
\nParticipants will pursue their own research project and do some readings before each session. They will engage directly with the speakers and each other through lectures and discussions. Applicants with particularly strong research proposals may be selected to receive feedback on their projects from faculty.
\nWe welcome applications from advanced graduate students\, postdoctoral researchers\, and early-career scholars working on foundational topics in the mind sciences (such as linguistics\, neuroscience\, and psychology). Philosophers are especially welcome to apply\; applicants from other disciplines may be accepted in exceptional cases.
\nDaily Schedule: Sessions will be held during 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT (UTC-5)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; 9-9:30 Welcome and Introduction
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; 9:30-10:15 Guest Presentation (except for PGS who will join around 9)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; 10:15-11:30 Discussion/Q&\;A with the Guest Presenter
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; 11:30-12:00 Closing Remarks
\nSpeaker Schedule: (with guest presenters joining the session 9:30-11:30 am CDT (UTC-5)\, except for PGS who will join the session around 9 am):
\nApplication Requirements:
Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae\, a summary of their research project (max 750 words)\, and a statement of how the summer school will benefit them (max one paragraph). Priority will be given to research proposals on topics in the foundations of the mind sciences.
Application Deadline: January 15th\, 2026
Submission Email: lngmnp@missouri.edu
We look forward to your applications!
\nThank you\,
Lauren Graf
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Missouri-Columbia
Lngmnp@missouri.edu
The Friday evening keynote speaker will be John F. Haught\, Distinguished Research Professor at Georgetown University\, giving a talk on "Einstein and Teilhard." \; The Saturday morning keynote speaker will be Dr. Donald Viney\, Professor at Pittsburgh State University\, on "Teilhard's Creative Transformation: From Science to Physics." \; The post-luncheon speaker will be Dr. Thomas Sheehan\, giving a lecture on "Everywhen: \; God\, Symmetry\, and Time."
ORGANIZER;CN=David Gordon: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260613T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260613T170000 SUMMARY:4th Annual Conference of The Collective: Women in Legal Philosophy UID:20260614T043358Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Worcester College\, Oxford\, United Kingdom\, OX1 2HB DESCRIPTION:The purpose of this annual conference is to provide an interactive forum for new work by women in legal theory and philosophy of law whose methodology is analytic. \; The conference draws primarily from women in North America\, Europe and the United Kingdom. \; Participants include both students and professionals. \; The event is hybrid and pre-read. \; In-person attendance is by invitation only\, but all are welcome to register to attend virtually using this link:
\n\;https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/019cbaa8ad1a7a3492d4403f512ab706
\nPapers will be available online two weeks in advance. Links to join will be sent out one week in advance.
ORGANIZER;CN=Michelle Dempsey;CN=Kara Woodbury-Smith: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260614T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260614T230000 SUMMARY:International Conference on Christian Phenomena UID:20260614T043359Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Dublin LOCATION:Dromoland\, Newmarket on Fergus\, Ireland DESCRIPTION:This conference brings together scholars\, scientists\, missionaries\, and pilgrims to examine contemporary Christian phenomena from multiple disciplinary perspectives. By integrating academic research with documented personal experience\, our event aims to advance the study of Christian artifacts\, texts\, mystics\, and alleged visionaries.
\nThrough the exchange of academic research and lived testimony\, the conference seeks to foster a rigorous and balanced understanding of extraordinary religious experiences in the modern Christian world.
\nThis conference is intended for Individuals wishing to share personal testimony or accounts of extraordinary Christian experience and Academic researchers seeking to present and disseminate their scholarly work on Christian phenomena.
\nThe conference will take place in picturesque Dromoland\, County Clare\, along Ireland&rsquo\;s iconic Wild Atlantic Way. Hybrid presentations are also welcomed. \;
\nConference Themes
\nSubmissions are invited on topics including\, but not limited to:
\n&bull\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Scientific and historical studies of Christian relics
\n&bull\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Research on the Medjugorje apparitions
\n&bull\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Psychological and interdisciplinary studies of visionaries
\n&bull\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Studies related to The Poem of the Man-God and similar texts
\n&bull\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; The life and work of modern saints (1900&ndash\;present)
\n&bull\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Mystical Phenomena in Pilgrimage and Missionary Work
ORGANIZER;CN=Damien Mac Namara: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260615T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260615T000000 SUMMARY:Second Annual UNM Asian Philosophy Graduate Conference UID:20260614T043400Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Denver LOCATION:1 University of New Mexico \, Albuquerque\, United States DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce the second annual UNM Asian Philosophy Graduate Conference\, hosted by the University of New Mexico Department of Philosophy. We invite master&rsquo\;s and Ph.D. students in Philosophy\, Religious Studies\, Asian Studies\, and related disciplines to submit papers for presentation. The conference aims to provide a platform for emerging scholars to engage in meaningful dialogue on ancient and modern Asian philosophical traditions\, which include (but are not necessarily limited to) those from South Asia\, East Asia\, Southeast Asia\, West Asia\, Tibet\, Central Asia\, and Islamic traditions.
\n\nWe accept papers on any topic or issue as long as there is substantial engagement with Asian philosophy. Papers that are comparative in nature are welcome\, although the primary focus should be on some aspect of Asian philosophy (e.g.\, we are unlikely to accept a paper that mostly focuses on Wittgenstein but only briefly discusses Kong Zi). Papers concerning diversifying philosophy curricula and canon are also welcomed.
\nPlease visit the link below for the official CFP and submission link.
\nhttps://linktr.ee/apgc.unm
ORGANIZER;CN=Rui Teng Phoebe Mak;CN=Jack Swick;CN=Sanghyeon Kim;CN=Addison Hinton;CN=Utkarsh Chawla;CN=Kedar Patwary: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20260615T130000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20260615T170000 SUMMARY:International workshop: Political Philosophy of Technologies UID:20260614T043401Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Africa/Johannesburg LOCATION:11th Floor\, UJ on Empire\, Johannesburg\, South Africa DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a workshop on political philosophy of technology on June 15\, 12:00 CET. \;
\nThe centrepiece of the workshop is a keynote address by Professor Mathias Risse\, whose book Political Theory of the Digital Age: Where Artificial Intelligence Might Take Us offers one of the most foundational contributions to this conversation. Risse&rsquo\;s work provides rich frameworks for understanding how emerging technologies may reshape political structures\, rights\, and governance\, and his keynote will open the day of scholarly discussion. Participants will have the opportunity to interrogate and expand on his arguments\, bringing together scholars with a shared interest in the political and ethical dimensions of technology.
\nKeynote title: Political Theory of the Digital Age: Where Artificial Intelligence Might Take US \;
\nProf. Mathias Risse
\nAbstract: This talk will offer reflections on what kind of questions come up for political theory in the digital age &ndash\; new questions or perhaps old questions in new forms. Thereby the talk is simultaneously also a reflection on my 2023 book that was actually called &ldquo\;Political Theory of the Digital Age: Where Artificial Intelligence Might Take Us\,&rdquo\; and explores how well that book has aged in this period given the breathtaking pace of change in this field. \;
\nThe workshop is designed to be fully hybrid\, allowing in-person and online participation. \;
\nto join online\, please register here: \;
https://zoom.us/j/99823499564
please direct any questions to: \;SPTPPETSIG@gmail.com
ORGANIZER;CN=Paige Benton;CN=Michael W. Schmidt;CN=Veli Mitova;CN=Avigail Ferdman: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260616T113000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260617T170000 SUMMARY:Entity Realism Beyond Manipulation UID:20260614T043402Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Zurich LOCATION:Hochschulstrasse 4\, Bern\, Switzerland\, 3012 DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to share the program and registration details for the workshop Entity Realism Beyond Manipulation. Participation (including lunch and refreshments) is free of charge\, but we ask you to register \;by 7 June 2026 \;by sending your name and affiliation to \;mahdi.khalili@unibe.ch. The program is as follows:
\nTuesday\, June 16
11.30 &ndash\; 11.45 \;Welcome Address
11.45 &ndash\; 12.30 \;Katherine Morrow\, University of Oslo \;&mdash\; \;Against Selective Antirealism About Ecological Entities
\n12.30 &ndash\; 14.00 \; Lunch Break
\n14.00 &ndash\; 14.45 \;Kenneth Aizawa\, Rutgers University Newark \;&mdash\; \;Compositional Abduction and Entity Realism
\n14.45 &ndash\; 15.30 \;Mahdi Khalili\, University of Bern \;&mdash\; \;Entity Realism about Black Holes
\n15.30 &ndash\; 16.00 \; \; \; Coffee Break
\n16.00 &ndash\; 16.45 \;Gauvain Leconte-Chevillard\, University of Namur \;&mdash\; \;No Manipulation\, No Entities? The Ontological Commitment of Natural \;Experiments in Astrophysics and Cosmology
\n16.45 &ndash\; 18.00 \;Mauricio Suá\;rez\, Complutense University of Madrid \;&mdash\; \;Deflating Experimental Realism in Astrophysics
\n19.00 &ndash\; 22.00 \; Workshop Dinner \;
\nWednesday\, June 17
\n11.00 &ndash\; 11.45 \; \;Thijs Latten\, Delft University of Technology \;&mdash\; \;An Engineering Perspective on Quantum State Realism: A Case Study in \;Expanding Causal Realism
\n11.45 &ndash\; 12.30 \;Ruey-Lin Chen\, National Chung Cheng University &\; \;Jonathan Hricko\, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University \;&mdash\; \;Real Entities and Real Causal Relationships: The Cases of the Transgenic and \;Gene Knockout/Knock-In Methods
\n12.30 &ndash\; 14.00 \; \; \; Lunch Break
\n14.00 &ndash\; 14.45 \;Matthias Egg\, University of Bern \;&mdash\; \;Effective Entity Realism
\n14.45 &ndash\; 16.00 \;Nora Boyd \;(online)\, Siena University \;&mdash\; \;How to Get in Touch With Distant Reality: The Causal Production of Empirical Data
\n16.00 &ndash\; 16.30 \; \; Coffee Break
\n16.30 &ndash\; 17.15 Panel Discussion
\n17.15 &ndash\; 17.30 \; \; \; Closing Remarks
\n\nThis conference is part of the project Extending the Scope of Causal Realism\, supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Mahdi Khalili;CN=Matthias Egg;CN=Frederick Britt: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260617T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260617T170000 SUMMARY:Climate Emotions and Environmental Activism UID:20260614T043403Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Dublin LOCATION:Newman Building\, UCD Campus\, Dublin\, Ireland DESCRIPTION:Workshop Climate Emotions and Environmental Activism
\n17 June 2026\, University College Dublin
\nD520\, UCD Newman Building\, Department of Philosophy
\nThe climate crisis is worsening before our eyes. After another year of record heat\, climate scientist recently warned that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) faces much more significant risk of collapse than previously thought due to global warming. One of the major global tipping points\, the collapse of the stream not only risks turning the Atlantic from a carbon sink into a source of further carbon emissions\, but also likely means civilisational devastation for most of Europe and North Africa. \;
\nAt the same time\, the climate and environmental crisis has moved to the background of global attention\, and the global climate movement has not managed to maintain or restore the global attention needed to pressure governments and corporation for change. Many within the climate movement feel overwhelmed with emotional exhaustion and tactical disorientation\, and the need to figure out what is to be done next.
\nIn this moment\, philosophy can play a critical role in examining the emotional life of activists within the struggle against climate and environmental breakdown\, what role emotions play within a global social movement\, and how emotions inform\, shape and motivate the activism pushing for change. This workshop examines climate emotions specifically in their role for climate and environmental action\, and invites everyone interested in the philosophy of the climate crisis to attend.
\n\nSchedule (Irish Times): \;
10:00-11:00 Wendy Xin (Sydney): Awe and Environmental Activism beyond Elitism
11:00-12:00 Rachel Cripps (Toronto): Fear Appeals\, Vulnerability\, and the Psychological Burden of Climate Change
12:00-13:00 Molly Dea-Stephenson (McGill): Ecotage and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: On Defensive Justification of Putatively Hopeless Climate Activism
14:30-15:30 Mary E. Witlacil (South Dakota School of Mines and Technology): Burning Out on Hope: Climate Activism in a World on Fire
15:30-16:30 Frida Ekelund (Independent) &\; Olivia Nielsen (Bremen): &lsquo\;Climate Fools&rsquo\; and &lsquo\;Eco-terrorists&rsquo\; - On Danish Media&rsquo\;s Silencing of Environmental Activists
17:00-18:00 Finlay Malcolm (Manchester): On Acting from Environmental Loss: Ecological Grief and Environmental Action
18:00-19:00 Jakob Huber (FU Berlin): Democracy and the Crisis of Hope
What is missing in the histories of German Jewish thought and of Critical Theory is a sustained account of their relations to European imperialism and colonialism. This workshop asks how apparently non-systematic references irritate established meanings\, allowing the Global South to penetrate into European philosophical modernity.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260618T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260618T170000 SUMMARY:Digital Fiduciaries: Ethics for Algorithmic Contractors UID:20260614T043405Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:We invite you to join the \;Rutgers Institute of Ethical Leadership \;for its \;2026 Virtual Summit: \;"Digital Fiduciaries: Ethics for Algorithmic Contractors" \;on \;Thursday\, June 18\, 2026\, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT \;via Zoom. This timely two-hour conversation brings together leading voices from academia and industry to examine the accountability gap that emerges when governments delegate core public functions to proprietary algorithms. Our distinguished panelists &mdash\; \;Derek Leben \;(Carnegie Mellon University)\, \;Tobey Scharding \;(Rutgers Business School)\, and \;Noga Rosenthal \;(General Counsel &\; Chief Privacy Officer\, Ampersand) &mdash\; will offer both scholarly and practitioner perspectives on the evolving landscape of AI governance and ethics. \;
\nWhether you are a researcher\, educator\, graduate student\, or industry professional navigating the intersection of technology\, law\, and ethics\, this summit offers valuable insights into one of the most pressing governance challenges of our time. \;Register today!
\nEvent Registration: \;https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdNxB0ira_HGBnuMfkna-ClDwoJxTRAnbAY2lQwMZx4mqykDg/viewform?usp=header
\nZoom Registration: \;https://rutgers.zoom.us/meeting/register/I8Bpin1oRquhDIrSdsYFgQ
\n(NOTE: You must complete BOTH registrations to attend.)
\n\;
\nWe look forward to having you join our insightful conversation!
\nBest\,
\nJoanne Ciulla (Director) and Danny Underwood (Assistant Director)
ORGANIZER;CN=Danny Underwood II;CN=Joanne B Ciulla: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260619T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260620T170000 SUMMARY:Who gave you permission? Norms\, Agency and Other Awkward Questions UID:20260614T043406Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Universitätsstraße 7\, Vienna\, Austria\, 1010 DESCRIPTION:The conference examines the power structures embedded in gendered\, romantic\, and sexual relations. Bringing together perspectives form ethics\, social philosophy\, political philosophy\, feminist \;and gender theory - the conference investigates questions surrounding \;consent\, agency\, objectification\, and interpersonal recognition. Particular attention is given to how social norms shape desire\, autonomy\, vulnerability\, and the negotiation of boundaries. By confronting the "awkward questions" surrounding power\, sexuality\, and social expectation\, the conference seeks to open critical discussion on the conditions\, under which relationships become respectful\, exploitative\, liberating\, or harmful. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Kristina Bogdan;CN=Mirela Koleva: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260619T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260621T170000 SUMMARY:Formal Epistemology Workshop 2026 UID:20260614T043407Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Denver LOCATION:Boulder\, United States DESCRIPTION:Details and CFP to follow
ORGANIZER;CN=Julia Staffel;CN=Kenny Easwaran;CN=Michael Titelbaum;CN=Ted Shear: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260619T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260621T170000 SUMMARY:Formal Epistemology Workshop UID:20260614T043408Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Denver LOCATION:Boulder\, United States ORGANIZER;CN=Julia Staffel;CN=Ted Shear;CN=Kevin Dorst;CN=Richard Pettigrew: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20260619T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20260619T234500 SUMMARY:17th Latin American Workshop on New Methods of Reasoning LANMR 2026 UID:20260614T043409Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Mexico_City LOCATION:Ciudad Universitaria\, Coyoacán\, Mexico City\, Mexico DESCRIPTION:CALL FOR PAPERS\, EXTENDED DEADLINE 19th June 2026.
\n17th Latin American Workshop on Logic and New Methods of Reasoning LANMR 2026
\nOctober 6th\, 7th &\; 8th\, 2026.
\nCiudad Universitaria UNAM\, CDMX\, Mé\;xico and Online
\nhttps://www.lanmr.unam.mx/
\nLANMR 2026 is the seventeenth edition of the Latin American Workshop series on Logic/Languages\, Algorithms and New Methods of Reasoning\, organized by Universidad Nacional Autó\;noma de Mé\;xico through Facultad de Ciencias (DGAPA-PAPIIT IN111126) and Facultad de Ingenierí\;a (DGAPA-PAPIIT IN116726 and DGAPA-PAPIIT IA103026).
\nSCOPE
\nLogic is a robust discipline that nowadays influences several fields going from the study of philosophical problems to the development of algorithms and systems for Artificial Intelligence and formal verification. The LANMR workshop series aims to stimulate and promote international research and collaboration on logic and its applications from philosophy to computer science. Our goal is to bring together people from different fields related to logic\, such as proof theory\, philosophy of logic\, model theory and semantics\, computability theory\, programming language foundations\, formal verification\, or artificial intelligence\, around methods of reasoning and applications involving logic.
\nTOPICS OF INTEREST
\nLANMR 2026 solicits original research articles\, not published elsewhere. Topics of interest encompass all areas of logic and its applications broadly understood\, including\, but not limited to\, the following:
\nLogics (classical and non-classical): constructive\, modal\, epistemic\, temporal\, paraconsistent\, description\, substructural\, connexive\, quantum\, algebraic\, multi-valued\, higher-order\, lambda calculi and type theory\, etc.
\nMethods: natural deduction and sequent calculi\, tableaux\, answer set programming\, model checking\, term rewriting and equational reasoning\, automated and interactive theorem proving\, SAT and SMT solving\, etc.
\nApplications: mechanized proofs\, formalized mathematics\, declarative and dependent-type programming\, program synthesis and analysis\, formal methods\, type systems\, formal semantics of languages and systems\, process calculi\, proof-theoretic semantics\, philosophical logic\, philosophy of computing\, AI-related applications\, etc.
\nImportant Dates
\nPaper submission: EXTENDED DEADLINE June 19th\, 2026
\nNotification of acceptance: August 5th\, 2026
\nWorkshop (Hybrid): October 6th\, 7th &\; 8th\, 2026
\nSubmission Guidelines: papers written in English\, limited to 12 pages excluding footnotes\, appendices\, and references. Contributions are to be prepared for anonymous review\; that is\, authors' names and institutions must be omitted\, and references to authors' own related work should be in the third person. Papers must use the Easychair Latex Class and be submitted via EasyChair at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lanmr2026
\nThe language of the workshop is English\; at least one of the authors of accepted papers is expected to attend the workshop in order to present their contribution in a 25-minute presentation.
\nPublication
\nA book of abstracts will be distributed previous to the meeting. A post-proceedings volume with full accepted papers will be organized for publication in a new series by College Publications (https://www.collegepublications.co.uk/LLA/)
\nVenue
\nLANMR 2026 will be held as a hybrid workshop. The physical component will take place in Ciudad Universitaria (CU)\, which houses the Central Campus listed as a World Heritage UNESCO site in 2007.
\nProgram Committee
\nPaoli Baldi\, University of Salento\, Italy.
\nVeró\;nica Borja Mací\;as\, Universidad Tecnoló\;gica de la Mixteca\, Mé\;xico.
\nRaú\;l Fervari\, Universidad de Có\;rdoba\, Argentina.
\nDavid Fuenmayor\, University of Bamberg\, Germany.
\nAna Claudia Golzio\, Universidade Estadual de Campinas\, Brasil.
\nAlejandro Herná\;ndez Tello\, Universidad Tecnoló\;gica de la Mixteca\, Mé\;xico.
\nMalena Ivnisky\, Universidad de Buenos Aires y CONICET\, Argentina.
\nJosé\; de Jesú\;s Lavalle\, Benemé\;rita Universidad Autó\;noma de Puebla\, Mé\;xico.
\nSelene Linares Aré\;valo\, University of Melbourne\, Australia.
\nNancy Abigail Nú\;ñ\;ez Herná\;ndez\, FES Acatlá\;n UNAM\, Mé\;xico.
\nCarlos Olarte\, LIPN Université\; Sorbonne Paris Nord\, France.
\nUmberto Rivieccio\, UNED Madrid\, Spain.
\nJuan Slagter\, Universidad Nacional del Sur\, Argentina.
\nAlejandro Solares-Rojas\, Universidad de Buenos Aires\, Argentina.
\nFernando Velá\;zquez Quesada\, Universitetet i Bergen\, Norway.
\nOrganizing Committee
\nEverardo Bá\;rcenas\, Facultad de Ingenierí\;a\, UNAM\, Mé\;xico
\nLourdes Gonzá\;lez Huesca\, Facultad de Ciencias\, UNAM\, Mé\;xico
\nFavio E. Miranda Perea\, Facultad de Ciencias\, UNAM\, Mé\;xico
\nMiguel Pé\;rez Gaspar\, Facultad de Ingenierí\;a\, UNAM\, Mé\;xico
ORGANIZER;CN=Favio E. Miranda-Perea: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260621T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260627T170000 SUMMARY:Numerical Computations: Theory and Algorithms The 5th International Conference and Summer School UID:20260614T043410Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Curinga\, Italy DESCRIPTION:The goal of the NUMTA Conference is to create a multidisciplinary round table for an open discussion on numerical modeling nature by using traditional and emerging computational paradigms. The Conference (including also \;special streams and sessions) discusses all aspects of numerical computations and modeling from foundations and philosophy to advanced numerical techniques. New technological challenges and fundamental ideas from theoretical computer science\, linguistic\, logic\, set theory\, and philosophy meet requirements and new fresh applications from physics\, chemistry\, biology\, and economy.
\nAmong approved special streams:
\n- \;Philosophy of applied mathematics
\n- \;Frontiers in mathematics and STEM education: From formal methods to AI-driven computational tools
\n- \;Natural hazard modelling
\n- \;Theoretical and computational methods for graphs
\n- \;New trends in data approximation and applications
ORGANIZER;CN=Yaroslav Sergeyev: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260622T151500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260622T164500 SUMMARY:Reminders of Inferiority: How Individual Actions Can Wrong Every Member of a Group UID:20260614T043411Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The Collective Ethics Seminar: Online Presentation &ndash\; 22 June 2026 &ndash\; 15.15 &ndash\; 16.45 CEST / 09.15 &ndash\; 10.45 EST
\nFelix Lambrecht - Reminders of Inferiority: How Individual Actions Can Wrong Every Member of a Group
On Monday 22 June 2026\, Felix Lambrecht (LMU Munich) will give a presentation in the Collective Ethics Seminar entitled &lsquo\;Reminders of Inferiority: How Individuals Actions Wrong Every Member of a Group&rsquo\;.
Abstract: \;Actions sometimes wrong individuals qua members of a social group. Consider sexual harassment\, violent hate crimes against members of the queer community\, or racial slurs. Call these \;group wrongs. In this paper I argue for the perhaps radical position that group wrongs \;necessarily \;wrong not only the individual person they are committed against but also every \;member of the social group to which this person belongs. In slogan form the account I develop says this: Group wrongs necessarily wrong every group member by forcing them to navigate the world reminded about their social inferiority. More precisely\, group wrongs necessarily impose a risk of interference onto every group member\, where this imposition consists in a risk of being reminded about\, and therefore forced to deliberate about\, their own social inferiority. I defend this account and demonstrate how it is superior to possible alternatives based on contributions to unjust structures\, attitudes\, illocutionary force\, and expression.
The online seminar is open for all to attend. The session starts at 15.15 CEST / 09.15 EST. You can join the session via the following link: https://univienna.zoom.us/j/62736288881?pwd=SndEdTNoNlZtSzJqcmpabm5NaWIyUT09
\nFor more information about the seminar\, please see https://social.univie.ac.at/events/collective-ethics-seminar/. \;We hope to see you at the seminar!
We are pleased to announce our monthly \;online \;talk series on "Inferences &\; Capacities."
Our next speaker is:
Susanna Schellenberg \;(Rutgers)
"Perspectives\, Schemas\, and Capacities."
June 22: 11am (Buenos Aires)\, 10am (New York)\, 4pm (Berlin).
\n
Abstract: Each of us occupies a perspective on the world through which we interpret and process available information. Despite this\, we can gain knowledge about mind-independent reality. What constitutes an individual perspective? What constraints must any account of perspectives satisfy? This paper develops parameters for an account of perspectives that does justice to their roles in our lives. By defending desiderata for an account of perspectives\, a framework is developed that accommodates the fact that perspectives constitute a limitation on what an individual can access\, are real\, complex\, productive\, assessable\, and can be distorted.
How to participate: \;Please\, send an email to Alfredo Vernazzani at: \;
\nalfredo-vernazzani AT protonmail.com
\n_______
\nThe series brings together work on inferential capacities\, rationality\, normativity\, and cognition &mdash\; across both human and non-human animals &mdash\; with the aim of fostering discussion on the nature and limits of the cognitive sphere. \;
\n2026 line-up: \;
April 27: \;Angelica Kaufmann \;(University of Milan): "Mind Blanking as Mental Imagery." \;
\nMay 18: \;Federico Burdman \;(Universidad Alberto Hurtado) "Constrained choices: addiction\, attention\, and reasons-responsiveness." \;
\nJune 22: \;Susanna Schellenberg \;(Rutgers): TBA \;
\nJuly 20: \;Cameron Buckner \;(University of Florida): "Chains-of-Thought\, Inner Speech\, and Artificial Epistemic Agency."
\nSeptember 7: \;Ulf Hlobil \;(Concordia University): TBA \;
\nOctober 19: \;Eva Schmidt \;(TU Dortmund): TBA \;
\nNovember 16: \;Hans-Johann Glock \;(University of Zü\;rich): "Is Ascribing Inferences to Brains or Non-human Animals a Fallacy?" \;
\nDecember 14: \;Emma Borg \;(SAS\, University of London): "Twitches\, Fidgets\, Habits\, Skills: The Scope of Common-Sense Psychology." \;
Each talk lasts c. 40 minutes followed by 40 minutes open Q&\;A. \;
\nThe series is co-organized by:
\nMariela Aguilera \;(University of Có\;rdoba)
\nMatí\;as Osta-Vé\;lez \;(Universidad de la Repú\;blica)
\nAlfredo Vernazzani \;(TU Dortmund\; Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg).
\nVisit our website: \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Alfredo Vernazzani;CN=Mariela Aguilera;CN="Matías Osta": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260623T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260623T170000 SUMMARY:Naturalism in the Philosophy of Historiography UID:20260614T043413Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Prague LOCATION:tř. Čs. legií 150/9\, Ostrava\, Czech Republic DESCRIPTION:Workshop Naturalism in the Philosophy of Historiography
\n\n23.06.2026\, 9.00-14.30
\nE-207 (E-Building)
\nUniversity of Ostrava
\ntř. Čs. legií\; 150/9
\n\nNaturalism has become an increasingly popular position in the philosophy of history over the past decade\, mainly through the works of Paul Roth\, Jouni-Matti Kuukkanen\, and most recently also Michal Hubá\;lek. As such\, it raises important questions about the object\, methods\, and aims of the philosophy of historiography\, as well as the field&rsquo\;s relationship to historiography. In this workshop\, we will discuss these and related questions on the occasion of the recent publication of Michal Hubá\;lek&rsquo\;s book \;Dissolving Naturalism and Historicism Into Each Other.
\n\nThe workshop is open to everybody. If you would like to join in person or via Zoom\, please register with \;georg.gangl@osu.cz \;by June 15. The registration is required solely for catering purposes and for the distribution of the workshop readings.
\n\nTimetable
\n9.30-10.00: In Defense of Naturalism Without Adjectives (Michal Hubá\;lek\, University of Hradec Krá\;lové\;\, Czechia)
\n\n10.00-10.30: Naturalism and the Fate of the Historical Narrative (Jack Morgan Jones\, University of Manchester\, UK)
\n\n10.30-11.00: Coffee Break
\n\n11.00-11.30: Naturalism and Evidentialism: (Meta-)Philosophical Research Programmes for the Philosophy of Historiography (Georg Gangl\, University of Ostrava\, Czechia)
\n\n11.30-12.00: "All Natural Lemon and Lime Flavours": Thoughts on the 'Naturalist' turn in Historical Theory (Adam Timmins\, University of Ostrava\, Czechia) (online)
\n\n12.00-12.30: \;What\, If Anything\, Makes History a Distinctive Discipline? (Eugen Zeleňá\;k\, University of Ružomberok\, Slovakia)
\n\n12.30-13.30: Lunch break
\n\n13.30-14.00: What Exactly is Naturalism in Historiography and What Is It For? (Piotr Kowalewski Jahromi\, University of Silesia\, Katowice\, Poland)
\n\n14.00-14.30: Naturalism and Historical Inquiry: How Broad Is the Scope? (David Černí\;n\, University of Ostrava\, Czechia)
\n\n14.30-15.00: Indissoluble Historicity? (Luke O'Sullivan\, University of Singapore\, Singapore) (online)
\n\n15.00-15.30: Closing discussion
ORGANIZER;CN=Georg Gangl;CN="David Černín": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260624T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260626T170000 SUMMARY:III International Colloquium on the Metaphysics and Semantics of Fiction UID:20260614T043414Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:III International Colloquium on the Metaphysics and Semantics of Fiction
\nKeynote speakers:
\nAndreas Stokke (Uppsala Universitet)
\nElisa Paganini (Università\; degli Studi di Milano)
\nEdward Zalta (Stanford University)
\nManuel Garcí\;a-Carpintero (Universitat de Barcelona)
\nMerel Semeijn (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen)
\nSara Uckelman (Durham University)
\nThe event is free of charge and will be held \;online on June 24\, 25\, and 26\, 2026. Abstract submissions will be accepted until May 15.
\nFor further information: \;https://metasemafiction.wixsite.com/phil
ORGANIZER;CN=Italo Lins Lemos;CN=Jerzy Brzozowski: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260624T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260624T193000 SUMMARY:Das Problem der Selbstverteidigung und die geometrische Konstruktion von Rechten bei Kant UID:20260614T043415Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The \;Digital Kant-Centre NRW \;is pleased to invite you to a lecture by Tim Henning (Johannes Gutenberg-Universitä\;t \;Mainz) \;with the topic "Das Problem der Selbstverteidigung und die geometrische Konstruktion von Rechten bei Kant".
\nThe lecture will take place online (via Webex) on Wednesday\, 24 June 2026\, from 18:00 &ndash\; 19:30 CET. The lecture will be held in German.
\nPlease see below for the Webex-link and an abstract of the lecture. \;
\nThe talk is part of the lecture series Digital Kant-Lectures\, organized by Digital Kant-Centre NRW\, which takes place on the last Wednesday of each month via Webex. For the program of the series\, please see \;here.
\nTo stay informed about the activities of Digital Kant-Centre\, please subscribe \;here \;to our newsletter.
\n\nWebex-Link: \;
\nhttps://uni-siegen.webex.com/uni-siegen/j.php?MTID=m4dfaf47df92cfc5d35acc9803914a88a
\nAbstract: \;
\nWann ist es moralisch zulä\;ssig\, eine Person zu tö\;ten\, um dadurch das eigene Leben zu retten? Einige Fä\;lle gelten in der Debatte als unkontrovers. Andere fü\;hren zu Debatten zwischen einer extensiveren Auffassung (etwa von Robert Nozick und Judith Thomson) und einer restriktiveren Auffassung (Jeff McMahan\, Michael Otsuka). Kern des Problems ist\, dass mitunter Tatsachen ü\;ber die rä\;umliche Position von Personen einen Unterschied in den jeweiligen Rechten zu begrü\;nden scheint.
\nDer Vortrag bietet eine Interpretation der Theorie Kants an\, genauer: der Theorie der Rechte\, die Kant in seiner Rechtslehre entwickelt. Es wird gezeigt\, dass diese Theorie (der Deutung zufolge) eine eher extensive Auffassung begrü\;nden und insbesondere erklä\;ren kann\, wieso rä\;umliche Unterschiede einen Unterschied in moralischen Rechten ergeben kö\;nnen. Die zentrale Einsicht Kants ist dabei\, dass der Umfang unserer Rechte sich aus einer &bdquo\;anschaulichen Konstruktion&ldquo\; ergibt\, durchaus so wie in der Geometrie.
ORGANIZER;CN=Larissa Berger: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260625T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260625T170000 SUMMARY:Omnipresence - Online Book Symposium UID:20260614T043416Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The online Book Symposium on The Oxford Handbook of Omnipresence (eds. A. Marmodoro\, D. Migliorini\, B. Page\, OUP 2025) will take place on June 25\, 2026 (11am New York\; 5pm Italy\; 4pm UK). \;
\n\nSYMPOSIUM AGENDA:
\n\nIntroduction to the book (A. Marmodoro\, B. Page) (10min)
\n\;
\nPresentation and discussion of some chapters (1h 30min):
\n\;
\nD. Zimmerman (Rutgers University)\, Divine Location and the Inheritance of Spatial Structure
\nDiscussant: J. Gordon (Wheaton College)
\n\nA. Cotnoir (St. Andrews University)\, Omnipresence: Mereology and Simplicity
\nDiscussant: J. Arcadi (Wheaton College)
\n\nJ. Rasmussen (Baylor University)\, The God in All: How Constitution Theology Can Illuminate the Divine Nature
\nDiscussant: A. Buckareff (Marist University)
\n\nGeneral discussion (30 min)
\n\nLink to join: https://slu.zoom.us/j/97531727489?pwd=AAbQfTG20QSizbS4rUh7Os7TKjb0Ng.1#success
\n\nFor more information email: Damiano Migliorini (damigliorini2@gmail.com) or Ben Page or Anna Marmodoro
\n\nBook contents: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-omnipresence-9780198875314?cc=it&\;lang=en&\;
\n\nEveryone welcome!
\nAnna Marmodoro\, Damiano Migliorini\, Ben Page
ORGANIZER;CN=Damiano Migliorini: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260626T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260626T170000 SUMMARY:Bell's Theorem and Beyond UID:20260614T043417Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:LMU Munich\, München\, Germany DESCRIPTION:On \;Friday 26 June\, we will be holding a one-day workshop at the MCMP on &ldquo\;Bell&rsquo\;s Theorem and Beyond&rdquo\; (hybrid). The full programme will be circulated in due course.
\nIf you are interested\, please register via \;office.list@lrz.uni-muenchen.de \;(stating the workshop name in the subject line and indicating your affiliation in the body of the email).
\nCurrently confirmed talks:
\nGuido Bacciagaluppi: &ldquo\;Locality\, retrocausality and signalling&rdquo\;
\nJohn DeBrota &\; Christian List: &ldquo\;A Heptalemma for Quantum Mechanics&rdquo\; \;
\nWayne Myrvold: &ldquo\;A New Argument for Gravitationally Induced Collapse&rdquo\;
\nAlyssa Ney: \;&ldquo\;Branching (Almost) Everywhere and All at Once&rdquo\;
\nDaniele Oriti: &ldquo\;The classical gravitational case for relational realism&rdquo\;
\nHuw Price: &ldquo\;Are Bell Correlations Selection Bias?&rdquo\;
ORGANIZER;CN=Christian List;CN=John B. DeBrota: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260628T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260628T230000 SUMMARY:Algorithmic Randomness and Quantum Mechanics UID:20260614T043418Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:Grodzka 52\, Kraków\, Poland DESCRIPTION:The term &ldquo\;randomness&rdquo\; often appears in the context of Quantum Mechanics. The behaviour of quantum systems is said to be random\, the outcomes of quantum mechanical experiments are said to be random\, certain devices based on quantum processes are said to operate in a random way&hellip\; However\, the concept of randomness is rarely made precise in these contexts. Meanwhile\, in another branch of science &ndash\; computability theory\, also called recursion theory &ndash\; a fully precise concept of randomness has been developed\, termed &ldquo\;algorithmic randomness&rdquo\;. How are these two uses of the term &ldquo\;randomness&rdquo\; related? Is the concept of algorithmic randomness relevant to Quantum Mechanics? The aim of this workshop is to address various facets of this question in an interdisciplinary gathering. The event will take place at the Jagiellonian University in Krakó\;w on August 31st and September 1st\, 2026. The format of the workshop will be hybrid: it is possible to participate either in person or online (but the organizers strongly encourage in-person participation).
\nOur keynote speakers are:
\nIn addition to talks by our invited speakers\, we plan a few contributed talks. We invite submissions concerning any aspect of the relationship between algorithmic randomness and Quantum Mechanics\, including (but not limited to) the following questions and topics:
\nAbstracts of about 500 words should be sent to joanna.luc@uj.edu.pl by 28.06.2026.
\nTo participate without giving a talk (either in person or online)\, please register by sending an e-mail to joanna.luc@uj.edu.pl.
ORGANIZER;CN=Joanna Luc;CN=Tomasz Placek: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260629T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260629T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop on Theoretical Computer Science and Computational Creativity (TCS&CS-ICCC’26) UID:20260614T043419Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Lisbon LOCATION:Coimbra\, Portugal DESCRIPTION:This half-day workshop provides a dedicated space to discuss connections between theoretical computer science and computational creativity\, highlighting how formal methods can deepen our understanding of creativity and help strengthen the role of theory within the ICCC community. The workshop is motivated by longstanding links between computational creativity and fields such as computability theory\, algorithmic information theory\, formal learning theory\, complex networks\, and related theoretical areas.
ORGANIZER;CN="Luís Espírito Santo";CN=Nadia M. Ady;CN=Max Peeperkorn: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260701T170000 SUMMARY:The Meaning of Misogyny UID:20260614T043420Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:The University of Manchester\, Manchester\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:The Meaning of Misogyny Conference \;is taking place from the 30th of June to the 1st of July 2026 at the University of Manchester.
\nThis two-day\, hybrid conference aims to look at the work that specifically focuses on the meaning of misogynistic and/or gendered language. The topics will relate\, but are not limited to\, the following questions:
\nWe are excited to confirm that Professor Robin Jeshion will be our keynote speaker for the event. Her work on slurs\, dehumanisation &\; contempt\, reclamation\, and expressivism has been highly influential in Philosophy of Language\, and we are very much looking forward to having her in Manchester.
\nConfirmed speakers:
\nJustina Ber&scaron\;kytė (University of Manchester): \; Hostile and Benevolent Misogyny: On the Expressive Power of Patriarchal Speech
\nVittoria Campisi (Università\; Vita-Salute San Raffaele) &\; Sergio Guerra (Universidad de Granada): \;Presuppositional Obstacles in Sex Negotiation
\nChris Cousens (University of Manchester): \; Bullshit Slurs\, Gendered Slurs\, and Patriarchy [invited]
\nRobin Jeshion \;(University of Southern California) [keynote]: \; \;The Language of Misogyny: Slurs\, Stereotypes\, and Rape Threats
\nGrace Li (The University of Hong Kong &\; King&rsquo\;s College London): \; Who&rsquo\;s Afraid when Feminists &ldquo\;Box&rdquo\;? --Reclaiming Anti-Feminist Slurs in China
\nFilipa Melo Lopes (University of Edinburgh): \; Misogynistic Dehumanization: Women as Witches [invited]
\nAmanda McMullen (University of Arkansas): \; The Context-Sensitivity of Extreme Manosphere Language
\nMengyuan Qi (University of Pittsburgh): \; Event Labels [online]
\nAyşe Seda Umul (Independent Researcher): \; The Meaning of Misogynist: An Internal Critique of Manne
\nAlba Moreno Zurita (University of Santiago de Compostela) &\; Dan Zeman (University of Porto \;[invited]: Misogyny Beyond Neutral Counterparts: Gendered Slurs as Norm Enforcement
\nRegistration
\nAttendance is free\, but registration is necessary. To register\, follow this link: \;https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=B8tSwU5hu0qBivA1z6kadw1oO2vAu6FBgwNOb0QPdvNUMDQ0UTlIMFkwUFVENUhZMDUySlpMT0xUWC4u \;
\nFunding
\nThis conference is part of Justina's Early Career Fellowship project titled The Language of Misogyny: Meaning\, Function and Possible Interventions\, funded by the Leverhulme Trust and the University of Manchester.
\nOrganising Committee:
\nJustina Ber&scaron\;kytė\, justina.berskyte@manchester.ac.uk
\nAdelina Valoschi\, adelina-dalia.valoschi@manchester.ac.uk \;
ORGANIZER;CN="Justina Berškytė";CN=Adelina Valoschi: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T090000 SUMMARY:1st UFFS International Congress on Neurophilosophy: Neurophilosophy\, after 40 years UID:20260614T043421Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers - Book on Neurophilosophy
\nGENF invites submissions in English\, German\, and Portuguese for composing the official Congress&rsquo\;s book\, which is going to be published by a Brazilian academic press. Evaluation will be conducted by the Scientific Committee using a double-blind review system.
\n\;1. Evaluation Criteria
\nOriginality: Innovative approach to the subject.
\nCo-evolution: Trans- and interdisciplinary integration between neuroscience and philosophy.
\nConceptual Clarity: Technical and terminological precision.
\nLogical Criteria: Coherence and robustness of the argumentation.
\nNote: The use of Generative AI tools (such as ChatGPT\, Gemini\, DeepSeek\, etc.) is expressly prohibited. If usage is detected\, the paper will be automatically rejected.
\n4. Diversity and Inclusion
\nWe encourage the protagonism of neurodiverse\, geographic\, ethnic\, racial\, and gender minorities. The GENF values the plurality of neurophilosophical perspectives.
\n5. Important Dates [Book]
\n&bull\; Submission Period: January 23 to June 30\, 2026.
\n&bull\; Final Results: July 15\, 2026.
\n&bull\; Revision Period for Publication: Until July 31\, 2026.
\n&bull\; Results Announcement: E-Mail
\n6. Instructions for Book Chapter Submission
\nPapers must be submitted in PDF format to the email alisson.b.moreira.nacional@gmail.com with the Subject line: Neurophilosophy - Book Chapter Submission\, together with a separate identification file\, following the guidelines below:
\n&bull\; \; Identification File (Digitally Signed) Must contain:[1] Full name(s)\, highest degree\, institutional affiliation\, and funding agency support listed below the title\; [2] A declaration that the paper is original and has not been published in any other medium\, as well as that no generative AI (ChatGPT\, Gemini\, DeepSeek\, etc.) was used in the writing of the article\; [3] grant of rights for publication in the official Event E-Book. Follow the template available at:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OAcd8E490uhh9T2BHuR9knHfwUhMwN99kkCtxIDroZU/edit?usp=sharing.
\nLanguages: Papers may be submitted in Portuguese\, English\, and German.
\nTitle: Centered and in bold\, font size 16.
\nAbstract: Between 200-300 words. Must clearly contain: objective\, theoretical framework\, and conclusions (or expected results). This must be followed by an Abstract (a translation of the summary and keywords into English). In the case of a paper written in English\, place the abstract first\, followed by the resume in Portuguese or German.
\nKeywords: Three terms\, separated by semicolons (\;)\, ending with a dot (.)
\nPage Limit: 15-20 pages\, excluding the Bibliographic References.
\nFormat: Times New Roman font\, size 12\, 1.5 line spacing. All papers must be prepared for double-blind review. That is\, they must not contain any form of personal identification. Must conform to current APA standards.
\nThe workshop investigates new perspectives on the relations of evolution\, teleology\, and theology. Although the topic is much discussed\, new developments in both biology\, philosophy of biology\, and theology/philosophy of religion impact how the relation of evolution and teleology is seen. \;
\nWe ask: \;What is the relationship between evolutionary theory\, teleology\, and theology? How does evolution\, as a scientific theory\, relate to philosophical views of &ldquo\;unguided&rdquo\; or &ldquo\;guided&rdquo\; evolution?
\nWe invite papers focusing on one of the following four themes in relation to the workshop topic: (1) Varieties of Evolutionary Teleological Views\, (2) Explanatory Power and Methodological Considerations\, (3) The Impact of New Scientific Perspectives\, and (4) Theological Perspectives and Worldviews. Contributions can come from scientists\, philosophers\, theologians\, and historians. Please see further details at the event website and contact the organizers\, E. V. Rope Kojonen (Faculty of Theology\, University of Helsinki) or Zachary Ardern (Wellcome Sanger Institute\, Cambridge) if you have questions.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260701T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260701T160000 SUMMARY:The Philosophy of Spinoza: Politics\, Freedom and Imagination UID:20260614T043423Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The Philosophy of Spinoza: Politics\, Freedom and Imagination \;
\n(1&ndash\;29 July 2026\, 13 classes\, 25 hours)
\nOnline Summer Course / Luí\;s Krus Centre &ndash\; Lifelong Learning\, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences (FCSH)\, NOVA University of Lisbon.
\nDeadline: 15 June 2026
\nObjectives
\nThis course explores the thought of Baruch Spinoza (1632&ndash\;1677)\, analysing his seminal works. Spinoza was born and lived in the Dutch Republic and had Portuguese-Jewish origins. Spinoza made significant contributions to modern biblical criticism\, 17th-century rationalism\, and Dutch intellectual culture\, establishing himself as one of the most important philosophers of the early modern period. His thought combines elements of ancient Stoicism\, medieval Jewish rationalism\, and the thought of philosophers such as Moses Maimonides\, Thomas Hobbes\, and René\; Descartes in a highly original system. \;
\nHe received a traditional Jewish education\, learning Hebrew and studying sacred texts within the Portuguese Jewish community. As a young man\, Spinoza challenged rabbinic authority and questioned Jewish doctrines\, which led to his expulsion from the Jewish community in 1656. Following this expulsion\, he distanced himself from all religious affiliations and devoted himself to philosophical research and lens grinding. Spinoza attracted a circle of devoted followers who gathered to discuss his writings.
\nSpinoza published sparingly during his lifetime to avoid persecution and suppression of his works. In his Tractatus Theologico-Politicus\, Spinoza questioned the divine origin of the Hebrew Bible and the nature of God\, arguing that ecclesiastical authority should have no role in a secular\, democratic state. The Ethics advocates a pantheistic view of God and explores the role of human freedom in a world devoid of theological\, cosmological\, and political anchors. Spinoza&rsquo\;s philosophy spans nearly every area of philosophical discourse\, including metaphysics\, epistemology\, political philosophy\, ethics\, philosophy of mind\, and philosophy of science.
\nWithin this framework\, students will develop appropriate critical and analytical skills through reading and discussing philosophical texts on topics related to freedom\, God\, imagination\, politics\, prophecy\, and theology. Furthermore\, students will learn to navigate philosophical thinking by addressing fundamental questions\, including: What is freedom? What is God? How can we conceive of a political order? What is the role of imagination in religion? This course addresses these and other questions by focusing on the works of one of the foremost philosophers of the early modern period.
\nRead more about the Summer course here: https://www.fcsh.unl.pt/outros-cursos/the-philosophy-of-spinoza-politics-freedom-and-imagination/
\nThe course will be entirely in English and is intended for undergraduate\, postgraduate\, and doctoral students. It is also open to everyone interested in the intellectual biography of Spinoza
\nTeacher: Dr. Fabio Tononi
\nFor further questions\, contact fabiotononi@fcsh.unl.pt
ORGANIZER;CN=Fabio Tononi: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260702T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260703T170000 SUMMARY:LLMs as Mirror\, Colleague\, Rival UID:20260614T043424Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Amsterdam LOCATION:Locomotiefboulevard 101\, Tilburg\, Netherlands\, 5041 SE DESCRIPTION:CFA &ndash\; LLMs as Mirror\, Colleague\, Rival
\n5th TSHD Digital Humanities Symposium Tilburg School of Humanities &\; Digital Sciences\, Tilburg University
\n2 &\; 3 July\, 2026
\nLarge language models (LLMs) have quickly become a prominent feature of contemporary intellectual and cultural life\, raising distinctive questions for scholars across the digital humanities and related disciplines. We are interested in the multi faceted role of LLMs in academic research. LLMs process and generate language in a way that is both familiar and uncanny\, revealing and opaque. They can write\, translate\, argue\, and create\, but also lead us astray. In their complexity\, they hold up a strange mirror to human thought and culture (to borrow Shannon Vallor&rsquo\;s metaphor).
\nThis symposium takes as its organizing metaphor three roles that LLMs play in (digital) humanities research: as mirror\, colleague\, and rival. As a mirror\, LLMs reflect the values and biases encoded in training data drawn from a large corpus of human-generated text. Studying the output of LLMs (and how it falls short) can teach us about ourselves as well as the technology itself. As a colleague\, LLMs can serve as research tools or co-authors\, raising questions about collaboration\, authorship\, research integrity\, and the evolving nature of scholarly work. As a rival\, LLMs can disrupt and confound\, challenging the epistemic foundations of academic research\, by undermining replicability and evaluation\, and flattening the research landscape.
\nThese three roles are not mutually exclusive\, and the tensions between them are precisely what makes LLMs a productive object of study for digital humanists\, philosophers\, communication scholars\, cultural theorists\, cognitive scientists\, and others working adjacent to the digital humanities alike.
\nGuiding Questions
\nThis symposium aims to deepen our understanding of the role of LLMs in (digital) humanities research\, focusing on questions such as:
\n What can LLMs teach us about human language\, cultural heritage\, knowledge\, and creativity?
\n In what ways do LLMs encode or distort cultural values\, biases\, and worldviews? How can our disciplines help us identify and critique these?
\n How can scholars productively collaborate with LLMs as research tools? What methodological and ethical issues does this raise?
\n What does the rise of LLMs mean for domain expertise and the division of cognitive labor in the (digital) humanities?
\n What normative and political questions are raised by the delegation of linguistic and cognitive tasks to LLMs?
\n How do LLMs functoon as rivals or obstacles in (digital) humanites research? In what ways can they undermine traditional research methods and standards?
\n How do the geopolitics of LLM development and deployment affect their use in academic research (e.g.\, in terms of academic freedom\, conflicts of interest)?
\nWe aim to answer these questions from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. We welcome theoretical\, empirical\, and methodological contributions. We invite speakers to present on a broad range of topics including\, but not limited to the cognitive and AI (e.g.\, modelling of individual and collective cognition\, LLMs as human subjects\, the nature of LLMs more broadly construed)\, arts and media (e.g.\, shifting definitions of authorship\; the potential dispossession of artists from creative industries)\, philosophical (e.g.\, LLMs and value-sensitive design\, cognitive deskilling\, chatbot epistemology and ethics)\, linguistic (e.g.\, modeling language acquisition and processing\, corpus annota on and analysis)\, and communication and information studies (e.g.\, the role and risks of chatbots in domains of health\, information\, and well-being\; the contributioon of LLMs to social and digital inequalities\; the integration of LLMs into communication science methodologies). Submitied abstracts ideally (but not necessarily) feature digital humanities methods or reflect on digital media and technologies.
\nThis 2-day\, hybrid symposium - part on-site in Tilburg\, part online - brings together scholars from a range of disciplines (all represented in the Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences) to engage in a cross-disciplinary dialogue on these matters.
\nKeynote speakers to be confirmed.
\nSubmission Guidelines
\nWe invite interested speakers to submit (i) an anonymized abstract of max. 300 words\, and (ii) a cover sheet including your name\, institutional affiliation\, and whether you would prefer to give a talk in person or online to DHsymposium@lburguniversity.edu by May 1st\, 2026. You&rsquo\;ll be no fied on May the 22nd. \; \;
\nOrganisers: Barend de Rooij\, Mirella De Sisto\, Richard Heersmink\, William Marler\, Sean Smith\, Federico Zamberlan
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20260708T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20260710T170000 SUMMARY:Twenty-Third Annual Atlantic Canada Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy\, 2026 UID:20260614T043425Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Halifax LOCATION:6135 University Avenue\, Halifax\, Canada\, B3H 4R2 DESCRIPTION:Twenty-Third Annual Atlantic Canada Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy\,
\nJuly 08 &ndash\; 10\, 2026.
\nHeld in Room 1130\, Marian McCain Arts and Social Sciences Building\, Dalhousie University\, 6135 University Ave.\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia.
\n\nWednesday\, July 08.
\n9:00 am\, ADT (Atlantic Daylight Time)
\nJoseph Adler\, University of Tennessee
\n"Spinoza and Christian Thought: The Case of Christophorous Sandius"
\n10:30 am Erica Ferg and Bryan\, Hall \;Regis University
\n"Spinoza and the Limits of Toleration"
\n12:00\, \;LUNCH\, \;Room 1142\, Dept. Lounge
\n1:00 pm
\nKay Bischof\, University of Jerusalem\,
\n"The Specter of Spinozism in Descartes&rsquo\; Meditations"
\n2:30 pm
\nAntonio Borge\, University of Nottingham
\n"Towards an Objectivist Reading of Spinoza&rsquo\;s Panpsychism"
\n4:00 pm
\nThomas Vinci\, Dalhousie University
\n"Anne Conway&rsquo\;s Theory of Vision: A Modern\, Quantum Theoretical Interpretation"
\n\nThursday\, July 09
\n9:00 am
\nJeff Edwards\, \;SUNY\, Stoneybrook
\n"Kant on Imperfect Duties"
\n10:30 am
\nNicholas Dunn\, University of Lethbridge
\n"Judgment\, Latitude and Kant&rsquo\;s Distinction between Perfect and Imperfect Duties"
\n12:00\, LUNCH\, \;Room 1142\, \;Dept. Lounge
\n1:00 pm
\nRaimundo Cox\, \;University of Pittsburgh
\n"Kant&rsquo\;s Theory of Moral Intelligibility"
\n2:30
\nAman Sakhardande\, \;University of Toronto
\n"Is Time an A Priori Representation: Locke Contra Kant"
\n4:00 pm
\nLiam Dempsey\, \;Kwantlen Polytechnical University
\n"Newton on God\, Space and Matter: Four Spectres of Irreligion"
\n\nFriday\, July 10
\n9:00 am
\nCarl Abrahamsen\, \;New York University
\n"Adam Smith on the Love of Praiseworthiness and the Internalized Other"
\n10:30 am
\nMatthew Leisinger\, \;York University
\n"Cudworth on Indifference"
\n12:00\, \;LUNCH\, \;Room 1142\, \;Dept. Lounge
\n1:00 pm
\nRegina Hurley\, \;SUNY\, \; Buffalo
\n"The Impassioned Intellect: the Practical Aim of Descartes&rsquo\;s Meditations."
\n3:00 pm
\n(Joint with the Philosophy Department&rsquo\;s Friday Seminar)
\nKevin Busch\, \;Claremont McKenna College
\n"A Problem for Humean Modality"
\n\n7:00 pm
\nConference Banquet
\nLocation: TBA
\n\nThe website of the conference is linked to the homepage of the Department of Philosophy\, Dalhousie University. Its&rsquo\; URL is: https://www.dal.ca/sites/acsemp.html .
\nMailing Address:
\nProfessor Tom Vinci (Ret&rsquo\;d)
\nDepartment of Philosophy
\nDalhousie University
\n6135 University Ave\, Rm. 1142
\nHalifax\, NS\, B3H 4R2\, Canada.
\nDept phone: 902 494 3510
\nFax: 902 494-3518
\nCell: \; 902 880 8919
\nEmail address: vinci@dal.ca
\nZoom Link: Contact Professor Vinci
ORGANIZER;CN=Tom Vinci: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260710T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260712T170000 SUMMARY:American Society for Aesthetics Rocky Mountain Division Meeting UID:20260614T043426Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Denver LOCATION:828 Paseo de Peralta\, Santa Fe\, United States\, 87501 DESCRIPTION:The 42nd Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Division of the American Society for Aesthetics will take place at the Drury Plaza Hotel in Santa Fe\, New Mexico\, July 10th&ndash\;12th\, 2026.
Manuel Davenport Keynote Address: \; Cynthia Willett Cynthia Willett is the Samuel Candler Dobb's professor of philosophy at Emory University. Her current book project\, A Musicology of Everyday Life\, is a study of the social dynamic of musical and vibrational atmospheres through New Phenomenology\, Resonance Theory\, and Attunement Theory. This study probes the nuances of tone\, rhythm\, vibration\, timbre for ethical cultures within and across human and non-human social groups. Her ongoing research focuses on three key areas: music/tragedy/blues\; transspecies cosmopolitanism\; and humor/irony. The research is anchored in ancient and contemporary concepts of eros and hubris\; call and response\; affective attunements and dissonances\; symbolic social space and its violations.
Michael Manson Artist Keynote Address: Liz Harris \; Liz Harris is an artist based on the North Oregon coast. She has recorded and performed since 2005 under the names Grouper\, Nivhek\, Raum\, Helen and Mirrorring\; and releases music and art editions on her imprint YELLOWELECTRIC\, as well as kranky records. Harris&rsquo\; project Nivhek has received various commissions and has been presented internationally\, including performances and installations in Bergen\, Murmansk\, Munich\, Krakow and London. Her most recent commission from Portland Institute of Contemporary Art\, ENGINE\, combines field recordings of drag races and train yards with string arrangements. The work began inside a decade-long obsession with engine noise. \;
You can find the Call for Abstracts at \;https://aesthetics-online.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1869644 \;
Referentin: Dr. Pia Lilienstein
Vertiefungsnachmittag (der erste Vortrag wird online ü\;bertragen)
Mit unserem verä\;nderten Medienverhalten verliert das Schreiben von Briefen seine Bedeutung. Zu Edith Steins Lebzeiten war es noch eine selbstverstä\;ndliche und nicht aus dem Alltag wegzudenkende Mö\;glichkeit\, ü\;ber Entfernungen hinweg miteinander im Gesprä\;ch zu bleiben. Wenn man die Briefe von Edith Stein liest\, darf man an ihrer Hä\;lfte eines Dialoges teilhaben\, an ihrer inneren Zugewandtheit zu Freunden sowie an ihrer inneren Auseinandersetzung mit vielfä\;ltigsten Themen ihres Lebens. Diese Selbstmitteilungen von Edith Stein berü\;hren durch ihre Authentizitä\;t und lassen Einblicke in ihr damaliges Erleben und in ihre im allgemeinen eher verschlossene Persö\;nlichkeit zu. Kardinal Newman meinte einmal\, dass &bdquo\;das wahre Leben eines Menschen in seinen Briefen steckt&ldquo\;. Edith Stein hat seine Briefe wiederum ins Deutsche ü\;bertragen und selbst regelmä\;ß\;ig Briefe geschrieben\, um ihre Freundschaften und Familienbeziehungen zu pflegen. Der Vortrag mö\;chte dazu anregen\, ü\;ber das Briefeschreiben im Allgemeinen und den innerlichen Bewusstseinszustand beim Schreiben von Briefen im Besonderen nachzudenken sowie ü\;ber Edith Stein als Briefeschreiberin.
\nZeit 14:30 Uhr bis 17:30 Uhr Veranstalter Edith Stein Gesellschaft Ö\;sterreich\; Karmeliten in Wien Ort KarmelZentrum
1190 Wien\, Silbergasse 35 Preisinformation Nachmittag: 15 &euro\; (ermä\;ß\;igt: 10 &euro\;)
Nur Vortrag: 10 &euro\; (ermä\;ß\;igt: 7 &euro\;)
The Derrida Today Conference will focus on the ongoing value of either Derrida&rsquo\;s work\, or deconstruction\, to the political-ethical\, cultural\, artistic\, public debates and philosophical futures that confront us. The conference is interdisciplinary and invites contributions from a range of academic\, disciplinary and cultural contexts. Papers and panel proposals from academics\, independent scholars\, and graduate students are welcomed. The conference encourages contributions on diverse topics and contemporary issues\, and from any discipline in relation to Derrida&rsquo\;s work and/or deconstruction.
\nInformation about Abstract deadlines\, Registrations\, Speakers\, Keynotes\, etc. can be found on the Derrida Today website at: derridatoday.com
\nAbstract submission closes: 15th Jan 2026
\nAll abstracts and enquiries to: conference@derridatoday.com
\nKeynotes: David Farrell Krell\, Isabelle Alfandary\, Elissa Marder\, Marc Crepon
\nSpecial Speakers and Panels to be announced on website
ORGANIZER;CN=Nicole J. Anderson: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260715T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260715T234500 SUMMARY:Fourth Austrian Summer School in Phenomenology UID:20260614T043429Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The Austrian Society for Phenomenology launches its fouth international summer school. Our objective is to promote the research of young scholars (bachelor\, master\, and doctoral students) that sheds new phenomenological light on current debates in epistemology\, metaethics\, and metaphysics. The descriptive analysis of lived experience\, the eidetic study of the various modes of intentionality\, and the epistemic role and normative dimensions ascribed to experience constitute the cornerstones of phenomenological research. In particular\, Husserl&rsquo\;s conceptions of originary givenness\, evaluative experience\, and eidetic intuition are among the various seminal contributions we find in the phenomenological tradition. Currently\, promising research is done that utilizes such conceptions in order to develop phenomenological perspectives on experiential justification\, the debate between epistemic internalism and externalism\, the theory of value\, (moral) emotions\, moral epistemology\, issues surrounding metaphysical realism and anti-realism\, as well as the epistemology and metaphysics of essence\, modality\, and metaphysical dependence relations. We would like to encourage students to develop phenomenological insights and teachings systematically and in view of contemporary debates in philosophy. Our ambition is to promote such phenomenological research by providing a platform to connect with\, discuss with\, and receive feedback from peers and experts. Each conference day is devoted to one of the subtopics of the event.
\nThe conference will be an \;online event. \;If you wish to participate in the summer school but not to give a talk\, please provide a short statement of motivation (not more than 150 words) and specify your name\, affiliation\, and research interests.
\nCall for Papers
\nIf you wish to participate in the summer school and give a talk\, please apply with an (extended) abstract of the paper you wish to present. Submissions should not exceed 500 words\, must be written in English (conference language)\, and should be prepared for blind review.
\nThe submission deadline is July 15\, 2026.
\nPlease send your applications/submissions and general inquiries to: laurentia[dot]adam[at]uni-graz[dot]at
\nWomen and members of other traditionally underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply.
\nPreliminary schedule
\nSeptember 1
\nPhenomenological Approaches to Metaethics
\nNicolas de Warren (Penn State University): TBA
\n3 student presentations commented on by Sonja Rinofner-Kreidl (University of Graz)
\nSeptember 2
\nPhenomenological Approaches to Epistemology
\nMirja Hartimo (University of Helsinki): TBA
\n3 student presentations commented on by Philipp Berghofer (University of Graz)
\nSeptember 3
\nPhenomenological Approaches to Metaphysics
\nKit Fine (New York University): TBA
\n3 student presentations commented on by Michael Wallner (University of Graz)
ORGANIZER;CN=Philipp Berghofer;CN=Sonja Rinofner-Kreidl;CN=Michael Wallner: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260715T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260715T234500 SUMMARY:Religion\, Politics\, and Cognitive Warfare: Information\, Interpretation\, Conspiracy\, and the Struggle for Reality UID:20260614T043430Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Religion\, Politics\, and Cognitive Warfare: Information\, Interpretation\, Conspiracy\, and the Struggle for Reality\nCall for Papers and Presentations\nDetails\nThe Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory (JCRT) invites proposals for an online conference entitled \;Religion\, Politics\, and Cognitive Warfare: Information\, Interpretation\, Conspiracy\, and the Struggle for Reality. \;The proceedings will be considered for publication in a special issue of the \;JCRT.
\nThis conference investigates how beliefs\, paranoia\, and conspiratorial modes of knowing shape a contemporary cognitive battlespace in which actors struggle to define truth\, authority\, and reality itself. Drawing on Michel Foucault&rsquo\;s \;Lectures on the Will to Know \;and Julia Kristeva&rsquo\;s \;This Incredible Need to Believe \;(2024)\, we focus on practices of selective fact use and &ldquo\;truth-selecting&rdquo\; that construct alternative epistemic orders while claiming privileged access to what is &ldquo\;really&rdquo\; going on.
\nRather than treating conspiracy thinking as merely political or psychological\, the conference foregrounds its religious dimensions: faith in hidden powers\, moral dualism\, apocalyptic expectation\, and hermeneutical struggle over revelatory access to the real. Conspiracy cultures routinely reproduce theological structures of knowing&mdash\;visions of salvation and corruption\, truth and deception\, initiation and blindness. At the same time\, new forms of &ldquo\;cognitive warfare&rdquo\; reframe these religious energies within state and platform attempts to govern perception\, attention\, and trust. Artificial intelligence\, algorithmic media\, and strategic information campaigns do not only deliver messages\; they create digital ecologies in which suspicion becomes faith-like and revelation is continual.
\nThe conference organizers are seeking proposals of high academic quality that take a reflective and analytical approach to both general and specific topics with international appeal or focus. We encourage contributions from scholars of religious studies\, philosophy\, communication\, sociology\, security studies\, psychology\, media\, and related fields. Submissions should engage religion as a dynamic force&mdash\;conceptually\, historically\, or materially&mdash\;within the cognitive battlespaces of our time. We encourage contributions from a spectrum of perspectives\, approaches\, and methodologies.
\nWe are not interested in papers that simply rehearse or promote particular conspiracies\, or that use the conference as a platform for calling out disliked groups. We are not interested in polemics\, jeremiad\, or de facto advocacy pieces. Instead\, we welcome theoretically informed and methodologically rigorous work that takes the religious and epistemic dimensions of cognitive conflict seriously as objects of critical inquiry.
\nTopics and Guiding Questions\nProposals may address\, but are not limited to\, the following subthemes and questions:
\n1. Paranoid Styles and Truth-Selecting\nReligious narratives have always negotiated the boundary between revelation and delusion\, authority and transgression. This subtheme explores how conspiratorial and paranoid styles echo older religious hermeneutics&mdash\;selective citation\, esoteric interpretation\, claims to hidden truth&mdash\;while retooling them in secular or digital forms. How do religious movements or quasi-religious publics narrate their privileged access to hidden realities? What theological and philosophical resources&mdash\;including the Foucauldian genealogy of the &ldquo\;will to truth&rdquo\;&mdash\;sustain these modes of &ldquo\;truth selection&rdquo\; and suspicion?
\n2. Zionism\, Antisemitism\, and Global Conspiracy Imaginaries\nReligious symbols and myths remain central to global conspiracy thinking\, and Judaism occupies a particularly charged position in these narratives. This subtheme invites analyses of antisemitic conspiracies past and present\, from classical &ldquo\;hidden ruler&rdquo\; myths to their algorithmic reprints in digital culture. How do such imaginaries convert theological motifs into political paranoia? What criteria can scholars use to distinguish legitimate critique of religion or state policy from conspiratorial reinscriptions of sacred enmity and eschatological blame?
\n3. AI\, Platforms\, and Paranoid Infrastructures\nTechnological systems now mediate belief and belonging in ways that rival traditional religious institutions. As artificial intelligence curates information and personalizes experience\, it also reconfigures how suspicion\, revelation\, and trust are produced and distributed. This subtheme asks whether algorithmic systems function as &ldquo\;paranoid infrastructures&rdquo\;&mdash\;digital environments that reinforce particular patterns of attention and faith. How do these systems become sites of religious projection\, and how do AI-generated and synthetic media intersect with conspiracy\, extremism\, and religious imaginary?
\n4. Cognitive Warfare and the Expanded Battlespace\nThe concepts of &ldquo\;cognitive warfare&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;cognitive domain operations&rdquo\; increasingly shape strategic and policy discourse\, yet they resonate with deeply theological questions about will\, truth\, and freedom. When states and institutions seek to &ldquo\;weaponize&rdquo\; belief or perception\, they enter into the same struggle for reality long theorized within religious and philosophical traditions. How might religious studies and critical theory help decode the sacred undercurrents of this emerging battlefield&mdash\;its rituals\, its eschatologies\, its doctrines of purified mind and corrupted reason?
\n5. Ethics of Information Control and Scholarly Responsibility\nReligious communities have always wrestled with the ethics of teaching\, interpretation\, and secrecy&mdash\;questions that return urgently in the academy&rsquo\;s role as arbiter of truth amid disinformation. This subtheme invites reflexive discussion of how scholars navigate the line between critique and amplification when studying conspiratorial or extremist movements. What responsibilities accompany the act of curating knowledge&mdash\;or withholding it&mdash\;in an age when information itself is the battlefield?
\n6. Esoteric and Speculative Knowledge\nReligious and occult traditions offer rich precedents for contemporary speculative and conspiratorial epistemologies. Drawing on Michael Barkun and related theorists of stigmatized knowledge\, this subtheme investigates how claims to esoteric or speculative truth function as alternative forms of knowing and meaning-making\, challenging empiricist and positivist paradigms. What ethical and epistemic possibilities emerge when the speculative is taken seriously as an object of inquiry? Where are the boundaries between credible revelation\, creative speculation\, and dangerous delusion\, and how do such claims sustain communities seeking Reality amid uncertainty?
\nSubmission of Proposals\nContributors should send an abstract of 300&ndash\;500 words outlining their proposal and its relevance to the conference theme. All proposals should be submitted as email attachments to the editor at \;editor.jcrt@gmail.com \;with the subject line header: &ldquo\;Religion\, Politics\, and Cognitive Warfare &ndash\; [Paper Title].&rdquo\;
\nAbstracts of papers\, drafts of papers\, or complete papers are welcome\, as well as proposals for oral presentations\, panel discussions\, or short workshops. Accepted presenters will be invited to submit finished articles for peer review and possible inclusion in a special issue of the \;JCRT.
\nPublication\nAs the \;Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory \;works toward a special issue on Religion\, Politics\, and Cognitive Warfare\, our goal is to create an interdisciplinary forum for rigorous examination of these pressing issues. All conference presenters will be invited to submit finished articles for peer review. Selected articles will be published in a forthcoming special issue of the \;JCRT.
\nQueries\nFor questions regarding the conference or submissions\, please contact the JCRT editorial office at \;editor.jcrt@gmail.com.
\nSponsored by the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory (JCRT) in Collaboration with the University of Denver
\njcrt.org/religioustheory \; - \; \;editor.jcrt@gmail.com
ORGANIZER;CN=Adam DJ Brett;CN=Carl Raschke;CN=Kev Grane: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260715T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260715T234500 SUMMARY:Anti-Democratic Communication UID:20260614T043431Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Toronto LOCATION:Waterloo\, Canada DESCRIPTION:Manipulative language has played a vital role in the rise of authoritarian regimes and the undermining of democracy worldwide. This topic will be the focus of a two-day networking workshop to be held at the University of Waterloo (November 28-29\, 2026)\, on Anti-Democratic Communication. \; \;Confirmed speakers include Esa Diaz Leon\, Jonathan Ichikawa\, Tim Kenyon\, Anna Klieber\, Neri Marsili\, Mari Mikkola\, and Jason Stanley. \; \;The workshop is intended to be the founding event of an international network in social and political philosophy of language. \; \;It will be followed by a special journal issue including papers from the workshop. \; \;Six travel bursaries of up to $1000 CAD are available for presenters of accepted papers. (The event is sponsored by SSHRC\, the University of Waterloo\, Brock University\, and the University of Toronto.)
\n\nAbstracts of 500-750 words are invited on any topic in social and political philosophy of language. \; \;We are especially interested in papers addressing issues related to threats to democracy\, and to papers addressing topics related to Canadian politics. Please send your abstract\, prepared for anonymous review\, to Eric Devall at edevall@uwaterloo.ca. \; \;
\n\nDEADLINE: July 15\, 2026. \; \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Jennifer Saul: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260716T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260717T170000 SUMMARY:Ex Nihilo Nihil Fit and the Principle of Sufficient Reason: On the Metaphysics of Ground in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period UID:20260614T043432Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Jungiusstr. 11C\, Hamburg\, Germany DESCRIPTION:In this conference\, we wish to trace the history of two of the most famous principles of metaphysics\, the ex nihilo nihil fit principle (NIF for short) and the principle of sufficient reason (PSR). We will discuss their interrelation\, beginning with medieval metaphysics through to early modern metaphysics\, and approach the theme from historical\, systematic\, analytic\, comparative\, and contextual perspectives. We will ask how representatives of the NIF and the PSR in the Medieval and Early Modern period legitimized\, restricted\, and applied these principles. In this context\, we will examine the concepts of reason\, nothing\, being\, becoming\, and ground. Is there such a thing as nothing\, and what do we mean by &ldquo\;nothing&rdquo\;? Could nothing ever be something? Could we say something comes from nothing? Is all of existence and every being intelligible in terms of a reason or ground\, and if so\, in what sense? When posing these questions\, we will discover that the different conceptions of the NIF and the PSR circle around a determination of what is intelligible and what is not. As a common thread running through the conference\, we will thus ask which accounts of the NIF and the PSR remain philosophically compelling today\, and why?
\nSpeakers: Fatema Amijee ·\; Kü\;bra Bahç\;i ·\; Sebastian Bender ·\; Julia Borcherding ·\; Jon Bornholdt ·\; Clara Carus ·\; Michael Della Rocca ·\; Samuel Levey ·\; Jeffrey McDonough ·\; Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra ·\; Sonja Schierbaum
\nFor the full program and registration (by 14 July 2026\, 23:59 CEST)\, please visit: https://shorturl.at/3o33o
\nThe conference is generously supported by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation.
\nWe warmly invite you to attend in Hamburg in person or virtually.
\nOrganized by Clara Carus (Heidelberg) and Stephan Schmid (Hamburg).
\nAssociated CFP: We're pleased to announce that we will edit a special issue of the journal History of Philosophy and Logical Analysis on the same topic. For further information and to submit a paper\, please visit: https://brill.com/view/journals/hpla/hpla-overview.xml?contents=editorialContent-135986
ORGANIZER;CN=Stephan Schmid;CN=Clara Carus: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260718T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260724T170000 SUMMARY:Society for the Metaphysics of Science Summer School UID:20260614T043433Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The SMS will host a summer school this summer over Zoom. There will be two streams available this year:
\n(A) Michael J. Raven (University of Victoria) and Asya Passinsky (Central European University) will focus on Essentialism in Metaphysics and Social Ontology.
\n&rarr\; Sessions held on Saturday July 18th and Monday July 20th.
\n(B) Heather Demarest (University of Colorado\, Boulder) and Travis McKenna (North Carolina State) will focus on Laws Beyond the Humean/Non-Humean Debate.
\n&rarr\; Sessions held on Thursday July 23rd and Friday July 24th.
\nEach stream will consist of two three-hour workshops\, each designed to introduce participants to the state of play in the given sub-discipline.
\nScholars at any stage of their career are welcome to attend. Level of instruction is at an advanced graduate level.
\nIn order to apply\, submit a C.V. toJenn McDonald (jrc2266@columbia.edu) and include which stream(s) you would like to attend. There is no official deadline for applications\, but attendance is capped at 20 participants.
\nA registration fee of $20 per stream ($35 for both) is required\, which will be used to offset expenses. Accepted applicants will be asked to submit their registration fees via the society's Registration Page.
ORGANIZER;CN=Jennifer McDonald;CN=Ken Aizawa: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Caracas:20260718T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Caracas:20260718T200000 SUMMARY:VII Simposio Internacional Ilusión\, Autoengaño y Verdad UID:20260614T043434Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Caracas LOCATION:Caracas\, Venezuela DESCRIPTION:With the theme "Illusion\, Self-Deception\, and Truth\," the USB-USAL-USACH Philosophical Research Group continues\, at its VII International Symposium\, the lines of inquiry initiated in previous editions. This time\, the symposium will examine\, from various philosophical disciplines\, the impact of the interactions or indeterminacies established between illusion\, self-deception\, and truth in contemporary philosophy and the world.
\nAmong other topics\, the symposium will address illusion and virtuality\, the mechanisms of the perceptual and discursive constitution of our beliefs about the world and subjectivity\, the problem of truth and falsehood\, biased cognition\, and more\, seeking to examine the limits and paradoxes of truth in the face of self-deception and illusion.
\nApproaches and Presentation Blocks:
\n1. Ontological and Phenomenological Conceptions
\n2. Cultural\, Ethical\, and Sociopolitical Conceptions
\n3. Epistemological Conceptions
\n4. Aesthetic\, Artistic\, and Social Conceptions
ORGANIZER;CN=Miguel Cabrera Machado: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260720T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260731T170000 SUMMARY:Critical Theory Workshop's 18th Annual Summer School UID:20260614T043435Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Paris LOCATION:54 Bd Raspail\, Paris\, France\, 75006 DESCRIPTION:The primary objective of the CTW&rsquo\;s Summer School is to provide an international forum for trans-disciplinary and politically relevant research that contributes to a coherent and systematic elucidation of the contemporary world. Participants are exposed to the work of contemporary thinkers and engage with current debates with leading scholars from around the globe. Special attention is paid to traditions of thought that have been sidelined or suppressed in the academy\, including critical theory from the global South\, Marxism\, the black radical tradition\, anticolonial theory\, socialist feminism\, and radical ecological thought. \;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260720T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260720T180000 SUMMARY:Chains-of-Thought\, Inner Speech\, and Artificial Epistemic Agency UID:20260614T043436Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce our monthly \;online \;talk series on "Inferences &\; Capacities."
Our next speaker is:
Cameron Buckner \;(University of Florida)
"Chains-of-Thought\, Inner Speech\, and Artificial Epistemic Agency"
July 20: \;11am (Buenos Aires)\, 10am (New York)\, 4pm (Berlin).
Abstract: \;The frontier of AI is being pushed forward now by &ldquo\;Large Reasoning Models&rdquo\; (LRMs) that self-generate long textual &ldquo\;Chains-of-Thought&rdquo\; (CoTs) before answering user queries. The role of these CoTs in generating final answers was inspired by and generates obvious allusions to the roles played by inner speech in human reasoning and metacognition. In both cases\, we might wonder whether access to causally relevant streams of linguistic representations might reveal the structure of the agent&rsquo\;s rational inferences or the way they construe their evidence as supporting their conclusions. I argue that there is a degree of negative epistemic parity in both cases: inner linguistic representations require interpretation in both cases\, which limits the role such representations might play in rational explanations of inferences or luminous access to inferential grounds. However\, in both cases inner linguistic representations might play a role in more forward-directed metacognitive control&mdash\;though there are still important disanalogies in the epistemic architecture of humans and current artificial agents\, especially involving epistemic feelings and the stable adjustment of inferential policies over time. These disanalogies limit the sense in which even frontier AI models possess the kind of individual perspective on the world through which such notions obtain their distinctive explanatory import\, though this suggests less in-principle limitations than ambitious targets for near-term AI research.
\nHow to participate: \;Please\, send an email to Alfredo Vernazzani at: \;
\nalfredo-vernazzani AT protonmail.com
\n_______
\nThe series brings together work on inferential capacities\, rationality\, normativity\, and cognition &mdash\; across both human and non-human animals &mdash\; with the aim of fostering discussion on the nature and limits of the cognitive sphere. \;
\n2026 line-up: \;
April 27: \;Angelica Kaufmann \;(University of Milan): "Mind Blanking as Mental Imagery." \;
\nMay 18: \;Federico Burdman \;(Universidad Alberto Hurtado) "Constrained choices: addiction\, attention\, and reasons-responsiveness." \;
\nJune 22: \;Susanna Schellenberg \;(Rutgers): TBA \;
\nJuly 20: \;Cameron Buckner \;(University of Florida): "Chains-of-Thought\, Inner Speech\, and Artificial Epistemic Agency."
\nSeptember 7: \;Ulf Hlobil \;(Concordia University): TBA \;
\nOctober 19: \;Eva Schmidt \;(TU Dortmund): TBA \;
\nNovember 16: \;Hans-Johann Glock \;(University of Zü\;rich): "Is Ascribing Inferences to Brains or Non-human Animals a Fallacy?" \;
\nDecember 14: \;Emma Borg \;(SAS\, University of London): "Twitches\, Fidgets\, Habits\, Skills: The Scope of Common-Sense Psychology." \;
Each talk lasts c. 40 minutes followed by 40 minutes open Q&\;A. \;
\nThe series is co-organized by:
\nMariela Aguilera \;(University of Có\;rdoba)
\nMatí\;as Osta-Vé\;lez \;(Universidad de la Repú\;blica)
\nAlfredo Vernazzani \;(TU Dortmund\; Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg).
\nVisit our website: \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Alfredo Vernazzani;CN=Mariela Aguilera;CN="Matías Osta": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20260727T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20260823T170000 SUMMARY:School of Materialist Research Summer Institute 2026 UID:20260614T043437Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Athens LOCATION:Olympiada Halkidiki (near Stavros\, ancient Stagira)\, Thessaloníki\, Greece\, 57014 DESCRIPTION:&ldquo\;Political&rdquo\; in the contemporary sense\, and as bound by its disciplinary definitions in political science and political philosophy\, assigns societal categories\, forms of law and moralities to the edges or beyond the limits of what is political. Yet again\, these excluded categories are both legislated by the Political within its limits of &ldquo\;discursive legibility\,&rdquo\; in Judith Butler&rsquo\;s parlance\, and relegated to the realms of the pre-political (including anti-political\, non-political). The &ldquo\;beyond political&rdquo\; serves to constitute the political as its Other\, to be subjugated or negated by it\, but also to be kept at bay as the source of elemental revolt\, i.e.\, &ldquo\;prepolitical.&rdquo\; (27 July-31 July 2026)
\n"Realism\, Materialism\, Epistemology: What is Living and What is Dead in Contemporary Thought?\," is the title of a summer school\, part of the SMR Summer Institute in Stagira/Olympiada (Greece)\, scheduled for August 17&ndash\;23\, 2026. It will explore the 21st century provocations and challenges to the dominance of the poststructuralist epistem across the humanities\, social sciences\, political philosophy\, and beyond. \;
\nThe School of Materialist Research is pleased to announce the third edition of its Advanced Design Practices Summer Institute\, Living Design: Ontological Design Redux. The program is aimed at graduate students (Master&rsquo\;s and doctoral) and early-career researchers who wish to expand their creative and critical research on questions related to design\, calling for a fundamental rethinking and redoing of design praxis. The school is taught by internationally renowned faculty in design and the arts from Goldsmiths\, University of London (UK)\, Politecnico di Milano (Italy)\, Arizona State University (USA)\, and Sandberg Instituut (Netherlands).
\n ORGANIZER;CN=Katerina Kolozova;CN=Adam Nocek: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260731T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260731T234500 SUMMARY:The 4th annual conference of the The International Society for the Philosophy of the Sciences of the Mind UID:20260614T043438Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Call for Abstracts \;
The International Society for the Philosophy of the Sciences of the Mind (ISPSM) is happy to invite all philosophers working on any science of the mind (broadly construed) to submit an abstract for a paper or a symposium. We particularly encourage submissions from underrepresented groups in the field\, including members of the LGBTQIA+ community and those based in the global south\, as part of our ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion practices in philosophy and beyond. \;
What is the mind\, and how does it work? These questions have led to centuries of philosophical and empirical investigations\, and still lack definitive answers. We thus invite submissions from all disciplines that leverage insights from the use of different techniques\, methodologies\, and research questions to shed light on the nature and functioning of the mind. \;
In this fourth web conference\, we seek again to bring together many of these perspectives to build a common ground\, a comprehensive and multi-scale conceptual landscape of the mind. We accept submissions from a broad range of perspectives\, including - but not limited to - philosophy of psychology\, philosophy of psychiatry\, philosophy of neuroscience\, philosophy of cognitive science\, philosophy of mind\, philosophy of artificial intelligence &\; robotics\, philosophy of linguistics\, philosophy of ethology\, philosophy of (cognitive) anthropology\, philosophy of biology\, philosophy of the social sciences and consciousness studies. \;
We are delighted to already have a number of excellent keynote speakers confirmed for 2026\, including: \;
Devon Bailey University of Johannesburg\, Republic of South Africa \;
Louise Barrett University of Lethbridge\, Canada \;
Ali Boyle LSE\, United Kingdom \;
Melina Gastelum Vargas UNAM\, Mexico \;
Michael Kirchhoff University of Wollongong\, Australia \;
\nYukie Nagai University of Tokyo\, Japan \;
\nPractical Information \;
\nWhen: 4-6 November 2026
\nWhere: Online
\nFees: The conference is fully online\, and no fee is required
\nFurther Inquiries: ispsmofficial@gmail.com \; \; \;
\nInformation for submission \;
\nAbstracts for single papers (about 30 minutes each including Q&\;A) should be anonymized PDFs of maximum 500 words\, and should include references and 3-5 keywords (both excluded from the wordcount). To submit an abstract\, please use the following link: \;
\n\; https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfnep5cuix6t3NbLY6J9fE3Yul-bk5afwzDQ7y-x-EbJ0jAhw/viewform \;
\nProposals for symposia (2 hours including Q&\;A\, maximum 4 papers) should be PDF files between 1500 and 2000 words\, excluding references and 3-5 keywords. Unlike papers\, they should not be anonymized: speakers' affiliations and contacts should be included in the main text. To submit a symposium proposal\, please use the following link:
\n\; https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeC3XMR-0A9Pw0A_Xm1f3ZCoinJ0mUW3cGwvQKdKoA_I014ZQ/viewform \;
\nDeadline for submissions: 31/07/2026 \;
\nBest meme prize \;
\nMany scientific societies have prizes for the best paper. As an online-based society\, we instead launch a contest for the best graphic meme regarding the philosophy of the sciences of the mind. We are interested in memes formed by static images + text and GIFs. \; The contest is open to all those who submit a paper or a symposium at the conference: to participate\, simply add up to a .GIF or .JPEG file entitled "ISPSM2026 Best Meme Contest." Memes should aim to elicit a laugh and then a thought (similarly to the Ig Nobel prize) and should abide by the ISPSM code of conduct (https://www.ispsmind.com/). The winning meme will be selected by the participants through a vote\, and hosted on the society&rsquo\;s homepage and social media. \; \; \; \;
\n\nOrganizing committee \; \;
\nMarco Facchin\, Universiteit Antwerpen
\nValeria Becattini\, IUSS Pavia
\nLiberty Severs\, Ruhr-Univesitä\;t Bochum\, the University of Lisbon and the Konrad Lorentz Institute
\nClavel Vá\;zquez\, Jimena - Tilburg University
\nNegro\, Niccolò\; - School of Psychological Sciences\, Tel Aviv University
\nCarlos Barth - Jesuit Faculty of Philosophy and Theology (FAJE)
\nLaura Oppi - Center for Subjectivity Research\, University of Copenhagen
\nApril Owens - University of Cambridge
ORGANIZER;CN=Marco Facchin;CN=Valeria Becattini;CN=Liberty Severs;CN=Niccolo Negro;CN="María Jimena Clavel Vázquez";CN=Carlos Barth;CN=Laura Oppi;CN=April Owens: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR