The workshop is co-sponsored by Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne (HIPHIMO and IHPST) and Université Bordeaux Montaigne (SPH). The organizers are Max Kistler (HIPHIMO, Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne) and Thomas Blanchard (SPH, Université Bordeaux Montaigne).
The workshop aims to address the status of non-causal dependence relationships within interventionism, as well as related open questions and issues concerning interventionism that are currently the focus of intense debate. Key questions include whether and how to extend interventionism to account for metaphysical dependence, whether interventionism can adequately distinguish between causal and non-causal association laws, and how to conceptualize interventions in contexts involving metaphysically and conceptually related variables.

Confirmed speakers at the workshop are:

Kenneth Aizawa (Rutgers University, Newark),

Michael Baumgartner (University of Bergen),

Thomas Blanchard (Université Bordeaux Montaigne),

Lorenzo Casini (University of Bologna),

Toby Friend (SUNY Buffalo),

Alexander Gebharter (Marche Polytechnic University),

Vera Hoffmann-Kolss (University of Bern),

Max Kistler (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne),

Thomas Krödel (University of Hamburg),

Samuel Lee (University of Hamburg),

Stephan Leuenberger (University of Glasgow),

Jennifer McDonald (Columbia University),

Brian Ortmann (University of Hamburg),

Bram Vaassen (Umeå University),

James Woodward (University of Pittsburgh),

Zhitao Zhang (Marche Polytechnic University).

Abstracts should be up to 1500 words, suitable for a 45-minute talk followed by 30 minutes of Q&A.

The deadline for submissions is January 10, 2026. Submissions should be sent to [email protected] with “Submission” in the subject line and a pdf file with the abstract as attachment.

If you have any questions please feel free to get in touch with Max
Kistler ([email protected]) or Thomas Blanchard
([email protected]).

www.thomasblanchard.net
https://philpeople.org/profiles/thomas-blanchard

https://maxkistler.org/

https://philpeople.org/profiles/max-kistler