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SUMMARY:European Congress for Metaphysics
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DESCRIPTION:<p>CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: INAUGURAL EUROPEAN CONGRESS FOR METAPHYSICS</p>\n<p>Submission Deadline: 1 March 2026</p>\n<p>We invite extended abstracts of up to 1000 words for presentation at the first meeting of the European Congress for Metaphysics to be held 9-11 July 2026 in Munich\, Germany. Abstracts are welcome&nbsp\;<strong>in&nbsp\;any area of metaphysics</strong>\, where this should be construed widely so as to include topics in metaphysics of science\, social metaphysics\, history of metaphysics\, metametaphysics\, metaphysics of mind\, metaphysics of value\, and formal metaphysics. Abstracts may be submitted using the following instructions.</p>\n<p><br>PhD students and scholars within 10 years of their PhD are additionally welcome to submit a 4000-5000 word paper on any topic in metaphysics for consideration for the&nbsp\;<strong>European Congress for Metaphysics Essay Prize</strong>. Submissions for the Essay Prize should also include the extended abstract of 1000 words. In addition to the Essay Prize\, all paper submissions from students and scholars within 10 years of their PhD will be considered for travel grants of 800 Euro each\, to defray travel costs. 10 such grants will be awarded.</p>\n<p><br>Abstracts and papers are particularly welcome from women\, members of other groups historically underrepresented in metaphysics\, and early career scholars\, including PhD students.<br><br> This conference will include&nbsp\;<strong>keynote presentations</strong>&nbsp\;from&nbsp\;Esa D&iacute\;az-Le&oacute\;n\,&nbsp\;Jonathan Schaffer\, and Barbara Vetter\, as well as the recipient of the European Congress for Metaphysics Essay Prize.&nbsp\; &nbsp\; The program committee comprises Giacomo Andreoletti\, Boris Demarest\, Fabrice Correia\, Esa D&iacute\;az-Le&oacute\;n\, Jani Hakkarainen\, Mario Hubert\, Max Kistler\, &Oslash\;ystein Linnebo\, Anna-Sofia Maurin\, Alyssa Ney\, Asya Passinsky\, and David Yates.<br><br> <u>Instructions</u>:<br><br> To be considered for inclusion on the conference program\, abstracts (and papers) must meet the following conditions:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>They should be sent as a PDF attachment.</li>\n<li>They should be fully anonymized\, that is\, they should include no identifying information about the author.</li>\n<li>They should be sent to&nbsp\;<a href="mailto:europeancongressformetaphysics@gmail.com">europeancongressformetaphysics@gmail.com</a>&nbsp\;<strong>on or before 1 March 2026</strong>.</li>\n<li>Abstracts should be no longer than 1000 words.</li>\n<li>Authors within 10 years of their PhD (including PhD students) may additionally submit a paper of 4000-5000 words for consideration in the essay contest. This essay should also be anonymized and sent as a PDF attachment.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>&nbsp\; &nbsp\;To be considered\, the body of the email should include the following information:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Author name</li>\n<li>Affiliation (for example\, their university or research institute)</li>\n<li>Position (for example\, professor\, postdoc\, PhD student)</li>\n<li>Author email address</li>\n<li>For consideration for the essay contest and travel grant\, please additionally note the year of the PhD\, if already awarded.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>The sponsors for the 2026 European Congress for Metaphysics are the Center for Advanced Study and the Lehrstuhl f&uuml\;r Metaphysik (Chair of Metaphysics) at Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich.</p>
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