Reasons and the Structure of Normativity

Speakers:

Maria Alvarez (King’s College London)

Rüdiger Bittner (Bielefeld University)

John Brunero (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)

Jonathan Dancy (University of Texas, Austin)

Ulrike Heuer (University College London)

Antti Kauppinen (University of Helsinki)

Benjamin Kiesewetter (Bielefeld University)

Susanne Mantel (Heidelberg University)

Conor McHugh (University of Southampton)

Shane Ward (Bielefeld University)

Dates and Location:

The conference will be held at Bielefeld University in Bielefeld, Germany, from June 11th to June 13th as an in-person event, with no online participation available. It will begin on the evening of June 11 with a keynote talk by Jonathan Dancy. All other talks will be held on June 12th and 13th.

Summary:

The aim of this conference is to explore the interrelations between different normative properties and different hypotheses about what ultimately unifies them, with a particular focus on whether these properties can be understood in terms of reasons. The talks and discussions will examine the connections between reasons, value, obligation, justification, ought, fittingness, and other key normative notions central to different philosophical subfields, including ethics, epistemology, and the philosophy of emotions. These discussions will have implications for the reasons first program and aspire to improve our understanding of the nature of the normative.

The conference is organized by Benjamin Kiesewetter and Shane Ward (Department of Philosophy, Bielefeld University) as part of the ERC-funded project REASONS F1RST – The Structure of Normativity. For more details on this project, please visit the following link: https://thestructureofnormativity.net/

How to Register:

Registration is now open. To register, please send an email to [email protected]

The deadline to register is 1 June 2025.

Please direct all inquiries to [email protected]