CFP: «Transcendental Turn in Contemporary Philosophy – 11: the "Problem of Method" and the Specificity of the Transcendental Research (Philosophy), Transcendentalism and Epistemology Cognitive Science, Artificial Intelligence»

STATE ACADEMIC UNIVERSITY OF THE HUMANITIES

RUSSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOR THE HUMANITIES

RUDN university

Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Scientific Council on the Methodology of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Foundation for the Humanities

XI INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIС WORKSHOP (conference)

Transcendental Turn in Contemporary Philosophy – 11: the «Problem of the Method» and the Specificity of the Transcendental Research, Transcendentalism and Epistemology Cognitive Science, and Artificial Intelligence

Dear Colleagues,

From April 23 to April 25, 2026, the XI Moscow international conference (workshop) «Transcendental Turn in Contemporary Philosophy – 11: the "Problem of Method" and the Specificity of the Transcendental Research (Philosophy), Transcendentalism and Epistemology Cognitive Science, Artificial Intelligence» will be held.

 Faculty of Philosophy of the SAUH, Faculty of Philosophy of the RSUH, Faculty of philosophy of the RUDN university, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, SCMAI RAS and Foundation for the Humanities invite you to participate in the XI Moscow’s International Transcendental Workshop.

 The workshop–2026 continues the series of thematic workshops “Transcendental Turn in Contemporary Philosophy” which were held in April 2016 (proceedings: https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=29024766), April 2017 (proceedings: https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=30560011), April 2018 (abstracts: https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=35240888), April 2019 (abstracts: https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=39452678, proceedings: https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=41494716), April/October 2020 (abstracts: https://elibrary.ru/item.asp? id=44404439), April 2021 (abstracts: https://www.elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=47196636; proceedings: https://www.elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=48458596); April 2022 (abstracts: https://www.elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=49505613; proceedings: https://www.academia.edu/93905826/); April 2023 (abstracts: https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=65509620; proceedings: https://www.academia.edu/110312071/); April 2024 (proceedings: https://www.academia.edu/117335170/); April 2025 (proceedings: https://www.academia.edu/128980080/)

Problematics / scope of the conference. In his definition of transcendental philosophy Kant postulates a shift (turn) from studying of objects to studying of [aprioristic] mode of cognition [CPR, B25]. On the one hand, such transcendental turn defines “the altered method of our thinking” [CPR, BVXIII] and leads to the “Copernican revolution” in metaphysics; on the other hand, the transcendental shift to studying of “mode of our cognition” predetermines the influence of a transcendentalism on contemporary development of epistemology, cognitive sciences and artificial intelligence.

The goal of the workshops is to discuss the transcendental turn in modern philosophy and its development in three main transcendental traditions: Kantian Transcendentalism, neo-Kantianism, Phenomenology.

Time: April 23 – 25, 2026

Venue: Russian Federation, Moscow: SAUH, RSUH, RUDN, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Format: there will be several thematic sessions in the hybrid format (in-person and online (hybrid)).

Participation forms: Thematic (section) talks (20 – 30 min.).

Deadline of order taking (theses) for participation — April 15, 2026.

To participate in the workshop it is necessary to send the entry (see ann.1 in att.) and abstracts (or theses of report for the Proceedings) (up to 160 / 2000 words; see ann.2/sample in att.) to e-mail [email protected]. Theses must be provided with an abstract (160 words) and background information about the author (full name, degree, place of employment, contacts).

Organizing & Program Committee: Chairman – member of Russian Academy of Sciences V. Lektorsky, co-chairman PhD S. Katrechko, Prof. V. Belov, Dr. A. Alekseev, Dr. M. Zagirnyak, PhD А. Shiyan

Main themes (sessions) of the workshop:

23.04.2026 (SAUH)

Ø  1.1. The “altered method of our thinking” and “Copernican revolution” in Metaphysics;

Ø  1.2. Epistemology, Cognitive Science, and Artificial Intelligence: A Transcendental Approach;

24.04.2026 (RSHU)

Ø  2.1. The Problem of the Phenomenological Method;

Ø  2.2. Roundtable (Discussion): "What is Phenomenology?";

25.04.2025 (RUDN // Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University)

Ø  3.1. The problem of [transcendental] method in the neo-Kantianism – 1;

Ø  3.2. The problem of [transcendental] method in the neo-Kantianism – 2;

Conditions for participants: organizing committee does not cover travelling and living expenses, but willing to give necessary informational support.

Background information: e-mail [email protected]

For additional information contact Katrechko Sergey ([email protected]; +7 (977)3824070) and Shiyan Anna ([email protected]; +7 (916)0511324).

Address of steering committee: room 225, H.26, Maronovsky Lane, Moscow, 119049, Russian Federation; +7 (499) 238-47-04.

The collection of abstracts is planned to be electronic published before the workshop start (Russian Science Citation Index). The Proceedings of the workshop is planned to be published. Chosen papers of the contributors will be published in “Studies in Transcendental Philosophy” (https://transcendental.su/; https://ras.jes.su/transcendental-en).

Yours respectfully, Conference Organizing Committee