3rd Online Conference of the International Society for the Philosophy of the Sciences of the Mind

ISPSM 2025  

3rd Annual Online Conference  

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 third 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 2025, including:  

Sabrina Coninx (VU Amsterdam, Netherlands) 

Zoe Drayson (University of California, Davis, USA)

Ying-Tung Lin (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU), Taiwan)

Michelle Liu (Monash University, Australia)

Fiona Macpherson (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom)

Giovanni Rolla (Federal University of Bahia, Brazil)     

Mpho Tshivhase (University of Pretoria, Republic of South Africa)

Keynote symposium:   TBA  

Practical Information  

When: 24-26 October 2025  

Where: Online, on Cisco Webex - link will be shared with participants shortly before the conference.  

Fees: The conference is fully online, and no fee is required    

Further Inquiries: [email protected]    

Best meme prize  

Many 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   "ISPSM2025 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   hosted on the society’s homepage and social media. The winner will be   selected by the Program and Local organising committees and chairs.      

President: Fabrizio Calzavarini, University of Turin (IT).      

Vice-President: Marco Facchin , Universiteit Antwerpen (BE).      

Programme chairs:  

Valeria Becattini, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany.  

Liberty Severs, Ruhr-Univesität Bochum and the University of Lisbon, Germany and Portugal.    

Local programme chairs:  

Bräuchle, Lara - Ruhr-Univesität Bochum, Germany.  

Clavel Vázquez, Jimena - Tilburg University, the Netherlands  

Rumana, Aliya - Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, USA  

Negro, Niccolò - School of Psychological Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Israel  

Parvizi-Wayne, Darius - Macquarie University, Australia    

Program committee (ISPSM Council members)  

Inês Hipólito (Macquarie University)  

Fabrizio Calzavarini (University of Turin)  

Liza Skidelsky (Universidad de Buenos Aires)  

Don Ross (University College Cork / University of Cape Town)  

Krushil Watene (University of Auckland)  

Katsunori Miyahara (Hokkaido University)    

Founders and Past Presidents   

Gualtiero Piccinini Founder and Past President (2022-23)  

Inês Hipólito Founder and Past President (2023-24)