In Conversation: Exploring the Philosophy of Money and Finance &ndash\; Series III
\nA series of interviews with contributors to The Philosophy of Money and Finance (Hardcover\, OUP 2024\; Paperback\, fall 2025)
\nSchedule
\n"Bitcoins Left and Right: A Normative Assessment of a Digital Currency"
Authors: Lars Lindblom and Joakim Sandberg
Interviewer: Violet Victoria
Date and Time: October 6\, 2026\, 12 pm EST (18:00 CET)
[Thi is the final interview in the series. Recordings of prior interviews can be found on Phinance.]
ORGANIZER;CN=Lisa Warenski;CN=Emiliano Ippoliti: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261022T150339Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260218T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261209T170000 SUMMARY:Reconstructing Carnap Webinar Series 2026 UID:20261024T110111Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-8d97778f4-9dgdr TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:I am excited to share that the \;Reconstructing Carnap Webinar Series \;will resume in \;February 2026! Please find the official flyer attached. All talks will take place from \;4:30 PM to 6:30 PM CET \;(10:30 AM&ndash\;12:30 PM EST).
The webinar can be accessed via the following link: https://meet.google.com/uaq-jqpf-mwr
Schedule of speakers:
The series is organized in collaboration with \;Carnap in Context IV \;(Ö\;AW\, FWF Grant PAT7905424) and \;Rudolf Carnap Digital \;(MCMP\, LMU Munich). \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Caterina Del Sordo;CN=Luca Oliva;CN=Silvano Zipoli Caiani: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261022T150339Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260317T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261117T170000 SUMMARY:Wittgenstein's Lecture on Ethics: Online Lecture Series UID:20261024T110112Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-8d97778f4-9dgdr TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:&Eta\; &mu\;&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;-&phi\;&iota\;&lambda\;&omicron\;&sigma\;&omicron\;&phi\;&iota\;&kappa\;ή &sigma\;&kappa\;έ&psi\;&eta\;\, ό&pi\;&omega\;&sigmaf\; &alpha\;&nu\;&alpha\;&delta\;ύ&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;&iota\; &sigma\;&tau\;&omicron\; &sigma\;&tau\;&omicron\;&chi\;&alpha\;&sigma\;&mu\;ό &tau\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &Alpha\;&lambda\;έ&xi\;&eta\; &Kappa\;&alpha\;&rho\;&pi\;&omicron\;ύ&zeta\;&omicron\;&upsilon\;\, &delta\;&epsilon\;&nu\; &alpha\;&pi\;&omicron\;&tau\;&epsilon\;&lambda\;&epsilon\;ί &alpha\;&pi\;&lambda\;ώ&sigmaf\; &mu\;&iota\;&alpha\; &nu\;έ&alpha\; &theta\;&epsilon\;&omega\;&rho\;&eta\;&tau\;&iota\;&kappa\;ή &pi\;&rho\;ό&tau\;&alpha\;&sigma\;&eta\; &alpha\;&lambda\;&lambda\;ά &mu\;&iota\;&alpha\; &rho\;&iota\;&zeta\;&iota\;&kappa\;ή &mu\;&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;&tau\;ό&pi\;&iota\;&sigma\;&eta\; &tau\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; ί&delta\;&iota\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &tau\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &nu\;&omicron\;ή&mu\;&alpha\;&tau\;&omicron\;&sigmaf\; &tau\;&eta\;&sigmaf\; &phi\;&iota\;&lambda\;&omicron\;&sigma\;&omicron\;&phi\;ί&alpha\;&sigmaf\;\, &mu\;&iota\;&alpha\; &kappa\;ί&nu\;&eta\;&sigma\;&eta\; &alpha\;&pi\;ό &tau\;&eta\; &phi\;&iota\;&lambda\;&omicron\;&sigma\;&omicron\;&phi\;ί&alpha\; &omega\;&sigmaf\; &sigma\;ύ&sigma\;&tau\;&eta\;&mu\;&alpha\; &pi\;&rho\;&omicron\;&sigmaf\; &tau\;&eta\; &phi\;&iota\;&lambda\;&omicron\;&sigma\;&omicron\;&phi\;ί&alpha\; &omega\;&sigmaf\; &alpha\;&nu\;&omicron\;&iota\;&chi\;&tau\;ή &epsilon\;&mu\;&pi\;&epsilon\;&iota\;&rho\;ί&alpha\; &tau\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &Epsilon\;ί&nu\;&alpha\;&iota\;\, ό&pi\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &eta\; &sigma\;&kappa\;έ&psi\;&eta\; &delta\;&epsilon\;&nu\; &pi\;&epsilon\;&rho\;&iota\;&omicron\;&rho\;ί&zeta\;&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;&iota\; &sigma\;&tau\;&eta\; &lambda\;&omicron\;&gamma\;&iota\;&kappa\;ή &alpha\;&nu\;&alpha\;&pi\;&alpha\;&rho\;ά&sigma\;&tau\;&alpha\;&sigma\;&eta\; &alpha\;&lambda\;&lambda\;ά &mu\;&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;&mu\;&omicron\;&rho\;&phi\;ώ&nu\;&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;&iota\; &sigma\;&epsilon\; &tau\;&rho\;ό&pi\;&omicron\; ύ&pi\;&alpha\;&rho\;&xi\;&eta\;&sigmaf\; &kappa\;&alpha\;&iota\; &sigma\;&upsilon\;&mu\;&mu\;&epsilon\;&tau\;&omicron\;&chi\;ή&sigmaf\; &sigma\;&tau\;&eta\;&nu\; &pi\;&rho\;&alpha\;&gamma\;&mu\;&alpha\;&tau\;&iota\;&kappa\;ό&tau\;&eta\;&tau\;&alpha\;. &Sigma\;&tau\;&omicron\;&nu\; &pi\;&upsilon\;&rho\;ή&nu\;&alpha\; &alpha\;&upsilon\;&tau\;ή&sigmaf\; &tau\;&eta\;&sigmaf\; &pi\;&rho\;&omicron\;&omicron\;&pi\;&tau\;&iota\;&kappa\;ή&sigmaf\; &beta\;&rho\;ί&sigma\;&kappa\;&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;&iota\; &eta\; έ&nu\;&nu\;&omicron\;&iota\;&alpha\; &tau\;&eta\;&sigmaf\; &Alpha\;&nu\;&omicron\;&iota\;&chi\;&tau\;ή&sigmaf\; &Omicron\;&lambda\;ό&tau\;&eta\;&tau\;&alpha\;&sigmaf\;\, &mu\;&iota\;&alpha\;&sigmaf\; &delta\;&upsilon\;&nu\;&alpha\;&mu\;&iota\;&kappa\;ή&sigmaf\; &kappa\;&alpha\;&iota\; &mu\;&eta\;-&kappa\;&lambda\;&epsilon\;&iota\;&sigma\;&tau\;ή&sigmaf\; &epsilon\;&nu\;ό&tau\;&eta\;&tau\;&alpha\;&sigmaf\; &mu\;έ&sigma\;&alpha\; &sigma\;&tau\;&eta\;&nu\; &omicron\;&pi\;&omicron\;ί&alpha\; &omicron\; ά&nu\;&theta\;&rho\;&omega\;&pi\;&omicron\;&sigmaf\; &kappa\;&alpha\;&iota\; &omicron\; &kappa\;ό&sigma\;&mu\;&omicron\;&sigmaf\; &sigma\;&upsilon\;&nu\;-&sigma\;&upsilon\;&gamma\;&kappa\;&rho\;&omicron\;&tau\;&omicron\;ύ&nu\;&tau\;&alpha\;&iota\; &chi\;&omega\;&rho\;ί&sigmaf\; &nu\;&alpha\; &tau\;&alpha\;&upsilon\;&tau\;ί&zeta\;&omicron\;&nu\;&tau\;&alpha\;&iota\;\, &sigma\;&upsilon\;&gamma\;&kappa\;&rho\;&omicron\;&tau\;ώ&nu\;&tau\;&alpha\;&sigmaf\; &alpha\;&upsilon\;&tau\;ό &pi\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &omicron\; &Kappa\;&alpha\;&rho\;&pi\;&omicron\;ύ&zeta\;&omicron\;&sigmaf\; &omicron\;&nu\;&omicron\;&mu\;ά&zeta\;&epsilon\;&iota\; &Mu\;&eta\;-&Tau\;&alpha\;&upsilon\;&tau\;&omicron\;&lambda\;&omicron\;&gamma\;&iota\;&kappa\;ή &Tau\;&alpha\;&upsilon\;&tau\;ό&tau\;&eta\;&tau\;&alpha\;\, &delta\;&eta\;&lambda\;&alpha\;&delta\;ή &mu\;&iota\;&alpha\; &sigma\;&chi\;έ&sigma\;&eta\; ό&pi\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &tau\;&omicron\; έ&nu\;&alpha\; &delta\;&epsilon\;&nu\; &alpha\;&pi\;&omicron\;&rho\;&rho\;&omicron\;&phi\;ά &tau\;&omicron\; ά&lambda\;&lambda\;&omicron\; &alpha\;&lambda\;&lambda\;ά &omicron\;ύ&tau\;&epsilon\; &kappa\;&alpha\;&iota\; &pi\;&alpha\;&rho\;&alpha\;&mu\;έ&nu\;&epsilon\;&iota\; &alpha\;&pi\;&omicron\;&lambda\;ύ&tau\;&omega\;&sigmaf\; &delta\;&iota\;&alpha\;&chi\;&omega\;&rho\;&iota\;&sigma\;&mu\;έ&nu\;&omicron\;\, &mu\;&iota\;&alpha\; &epsilon\;&nu\;ό&tau\;&eta\;&tau\;&alpha\; &sigma\;&epsilon\; &delta\;&iota\;&alpha\;&rho\;&kappa\;ή &mu\;&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;&mu\;ό&rho\;&phi\;&omega\;&sigma\;&eta\; &mu\;έ&sigma\;&alpha\; &sigma\;&tau\;&omicron\;&nu\; &chi\;&rho\;ό&nu\;&omicron\;. &Eta\; &pi\;&rho\;&alpha\;&gamma\;&mu\;&alpha\;&tau\;&iota\;&kappa\;ό&tau\;&eta\;&tau\;&alpha\;\, &sigma\;&epsilon\; &alpha\;&upsilon\;&tau\;ή &tau\;&eta\; &mu\;&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;-&phi\;&iota\;&lambda\;&omicron\;&sigma\;&omicron\;&phi\;&iota\;&kappa\;ή &sigma\;ύ&lambda\;&lambda\;&eta\;&psi\;&eta\;\, &delta\;&epsilon\;&nu\; &epsilon\;ί&nu\;&alpha\;&iota\; &sigma\;&tau\;&alpha\;&tau\;&iota\;&kappa\;ή &omicron\;&upsilon\;&sigma\;ί&alpha\; &alpha\;&lambda\;&lambda\;ά &delta\;&iota\;&alpha\;&delta\;&iota\;&kappa\;&alpha\;&sigma\;ί&alpha\; &Sigma\;&chi\;&epsilon\;&sigma\;&iota\;&alpha\;&kappa\;ή&sigmaf\; &Sigma\;&upsilon\;&nu\;-&Gamma\;έ&nu\;&epsilon\;&sigma\;&eta\;&sigmaf\;\, έ&nu\;&alpha\; &pi\;&lambda\;έ&gamma\;&mu\;&alpha\; &zeta\;&omega\;&nu\;&tau\;&alpha\;&nu\;ώ&nu\; &sigma\;&chi\;έ&sigma\;&epsilon\;&omega\;&nu\; ό&pi\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &kappa\;ά&theta\;&epsilon\; &mu\;&omicron\;&rho\;&phi\;ή ύ&pi\;&alpha\;&rho\;&xi\;&eta\;&sigmaf\; &alpha\;&nu\;&alpha\;&delta\;ύ&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;&iota\; &mu\;έ&sigma\;&alpha\; &alpha\;&pi\;ό &tau\;&eta\;&nu\; &alpha\;&lambda\;&lambda\;&eta\;&lambda\;&epsilon\;&pi\;ί&delta\;&rho\;&alpha\;&sigma\;&eta\; &kappa\;&alpha\;&iota\; &tau\;&eta\;&nu\; &alpha\;&mu\;&omicron\;&iota\;&beta\;&alpha\;ί&alpha\; &sigma\;&upsilon\;&gamma\;&kappa\;&rho\;ό&tau\;&eta\;&sigma\;&eta\;\, &gamma\;&epsilon\;&gamma\;&omicron\;&nu\;ό&sigmaf\; &pi\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &sigma\;&upsilon\;&nu\;&tau\;&omicron\;&nu\;ί&zeta\;&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;&iota\; &mu\;&epsilon\; &tau\;&eta\;&nu\; &eta\;&rho\;&alpha\;&kappa\;&lambda\;&epsilon\;ί&tau\;&epsilon\;&iota\;&alpha\; &epsilon\;&nu\;ό&tau\;&eta\;&tau\;&alpha\; &tau\;&omega\;&nu\; &alpha\;&nu\;&tau\;&iota\;&theta\;έ&tau\;&omega\;&nu\;\, &tau\;&eta\;&nu\; &epsilon\;&kappa\;&pi\;ό&rho\;&epsilon\;&upsilon\;&sigma\;&eta\; &tau\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &Epsilon\;&nu\;ό&sigmaf\; &sigma\;&tau\;&omicron\;&nu\; &Pi\;&lambda\;&omega\;&tau\;ί&nu\;&omicron\;\, &tau\;&eta\; &mu\;&omicron\;&nu\;&iota\;&sigma\;&tau\;&iota\;&kappa\;ή &omicron\;&nu\;&tau\;&omicron\;&lambda\;&omicron\;&gamma\;ί&alpha\; &tau\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &Sigma\;&pi\;&iota\;&nu\;ό&zeta\;&alpha\;\, &tau\;&eta\; &delta\;&iota\;&alpha\;&lambda\;&epsilon\;&kappa\;&tau\;&iota\;&kappa\;ή &kappa\;ί&nu\;&eta\;&sigma\;&eta\; &tau\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &Chi\;έ&gamma\;&kappa\;&epsilon\;&lambda\;\, &tau\;&eta\; &sigma\;&upsilon\;&nu\;-&alpha\;&nu\;ή&kappa\;&epsilon\;&iota\;&nu\; &alpha\;&nu\;&theta\;&rho\;ώ&pi\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &kappa\;&alpha\;&iota\; &Epsilon\;ί&nu\;&alpha\;&iota\; &sigma\;&tau\;&omicron\;&nu\; &Chi\;ά&iota\;&nu\;&tau\;&epsilon\;&gamma\;&kappa\;&epsilon\;&rho\;\, &tau\;&eta\; «\;&sigma\;ά&rho\;&kappa\;&alpha\; &tau\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &kappa\;ό&sigma\;&mu\;&omicron\;&upsilon\;»\; &sigma\;&tau\;&omicron\;&nu\; Merleau-Ponty &kappa\;&alpha\;&iota\; &tau\;&eta\; &delta\;&iota\;&alpha\;&delta\;&iota\;&kappa\;&alpha\;&sigma\;&iota\;&alpha\;&kappa\;ή &omicron\;&nu\;&tau\;&omicron\;&lambda\;&omicron\;&gamma\;ί&alpha\; &tau\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; Whitehead.
\n&Sigma\;&tau\;&omicron\; &kappa\;έ&nu\;&tau\;&rho\;&omicron\; &alpha\;&upsilon\;&tau\;ή&sigmaf\; &tau\;&eta\;&sigmaf\; &sigma\;&kappa\;έ&psi\;&eta\;&sigmaf\; &alpha\;&nu\;&alpha\;&pi\;&tau\;ύ&sigma\;&sigma\;&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;&iota\; &eta\; &Omicron\;&nu\;&tau\;&omicron\;&lambda\;&omicron\;&gamma\;ί&alpha\; &Mu\;&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;&mu\;ό&rho\;&phi\;&omega\;&sigma\;&eta\;&sigmaf\;\, &sigma\;ύ&mu\;&phi\;&omega\;&nu\;&alpha\; &mu\;&epsilon\; &tau\;&eta\;&nu\; &omicron\;&pi\;&omicron\;ί&alpha\; &tau\;&omicron\; &Epsilon\;ί&nu\;&alpha\;&iota\; &delta\;&epsilon\;&nu\; &epsilon\;ί&nu\;&alpha\;&iota\; &delta\;&epsilon\;&delta\;&omicron\;&mu\;έ&nu\;&omicron\; &alpha\;&lambda\;&lambda\;ά &gamma\;&epsilon\;&nu\;&nu\;ά&tau\;&alpha\;&iota\; &kappa\;&alpha\;&iota\; &mu\;&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;&sigma\;&chi\;&eta\;&mu\;&alpha\;&tau\;ί&zeta\;&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;&iota\; &delta\;&iota\;&alpha\;&rho\;&kappa\;ώ&sigmaf\;\, &kappa\;&alpha\;&iota\; &epsilon\;&delta\;ώ &alpha\;&nu\;&alpha\;&delta\;ύ&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;&iota\; &eta\; &Pi\;&omicron\;&iota\;&eta\;&tau\;&iota\;&kappa\;ό&tau\;&eta\;&tau\;&alpha\; &tau\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &Kappa\;ό&sigma\;&mu\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &omega\;&sigmaf\; &Kappa\;&omicron\;&sigma\;&mu\;&iota\;&kappa\;ή &Pi\;&omicron\;ί&eta\;&sigma\;&eta\;\, &delta\;&eta\;&lambda\;&alpha\;&delta\;ή &omega\;&sigmaf\; &eta\; ί&delta\;&iota\;&alpha\; &eta\; &delta\;&eta\;&mu\;&iota\;&omicron\;&upsilon\;&rho\;&gamma\;&iota\;&kappa\;ή &pi\;&rho\;ά&xi\;&eta\; &mu\;&epsilon\; &tau\;&eta\;&nu\; &omicron\;&pi\;&omicron\;ί&alpha\; &eta\; &pi\;&rho\;&alpha\;&gamma\;&mu\;&alpha\;&tau\;&iota\;&kappa\;ό&tau\;&eta\;&tau\;&alpha\; &mu\;&omicron\;&rho\;&phi\;&omicron\;&pi\;&omicron\;&iota\;&epsilon\;ί&tau\;&alpha\;&iota\; &kappa\;&alpha\;&iota\; &alpha\;&upsilon\;&tau\;&omicron\;-&epsilon\;&kappa\;&delta\;&eta\;&lambda\;ώ&nu\;&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;&iota\;. &Eta\; &pi\;&omicron\;&iota\;&eta\;&tau\;&iota\;&kappa\;ό&tau\;&eta\;&tau\;&alpha\; &alpha\;&upsilon\;&tau\;ή &pi\;&eta\;&gamma\;ά&zeta\;&epsilon\;&iota\; &alpha\;&pi\;ό &tau\;&eta\; &delta\;&upsilon\;&nu\;&alpha\;&mu\;&iota\;&kappa\;ή &sigma\;&chi\;έ&sigma\;&eta\; &tau\;&eta\;&sigmaf\; &Alpha\;&beta\;ύ&sigma\;&sigma\;&omicron\;&upsilon\;\, &tau\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &Mu\;&eta\;&delta\;&epsilon\;&nu\;ό&sigmaf\; &kappa\;&alpha\;&iota\; &tau\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &Pi\;&alpha\;&nu\;&tau\;ό&sigmaf\;\, &kappa\;&alpha\;&theta\;ώ&sigmaf\; &kappa\;&alpha\;&iota\; &tau\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &Chi\;ά&omicron\;&upsilon\;&sigmaf\; &kappa\;&alpha\;&iota\; &tau\;&eta\;&sigmaf\; &Tau\;ά&xi\;&eta\;&sigmaf\;\, ό&pi\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &tau\;&omicron\; &Mu\;&eta\;&delta\;έ&nu\; &delta\;&epsilon\;&nu\; &sigma\;&eta\;&mu\;&alpha\;ί&nu\;&epsilon\;&iota\; &alpha\;&nu\;&upsilon\;&pi\;&alpha\;&rho\;&xi\;ί&alpha\; &alpha\;&lambda\;&lambda\;ά &delta\;&eta\;&mu\;&iota\;&omicron\;&upsilon\;&rho\;&gamma\;&iota\;&kappa\;ή &delta\;&upsilon\;&nu\;&alpha\;&tau\;ό&tau\;&eta\;&tau\;&alpha\;\, έ&nu\;&alpha\; &pi\;&rho\;&omicron\;-&omicron\;&nu\;&tau\;&omicron\;&lambda\;&omicron\;&gamma\;&iota\;&kappa\;ό &beta\;ά&theta\;&omicron\;&sigmaf\; &alpha\;&pi\;ό &tau\;&omicron\; &omicron\;&pi\;&omicron\;ί&omicron\; &alpha\;&nu\;&alpha\;&delta\;ύ&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;&iota\; &tau\;&omicron\; &Pi\;ά&nu\; &omega\;&sigmaf\; &sigma\;&upsilon\;&nu\;&epsilon\;&chi\;ή&sigmaf\; &phi\;&alpha\;&nu\;έ&rho\;&omega\;&sigma\;&eta\; &tau\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &Epsilon\;ί&nu\;&alpha\;&iota\;\, &epsilon\;&nu\;ώ &tau\;&omicron\; &Chi\;ά&omicron\;&sigmaf\; &delta\;&epsilon\;&nu\; &epsilon\;ί&nu\;&alpha\;&iota\; &alpha\;&pi\;&lambda\;ή &alpha\;&tau\;&alpha\;&xi\;ί&alpha\; &alpha\;&lambda\;&lambda\;ά &pi\;&epsilon\;&delta\;ί&omicron\; &Delta\;&eta\;&mu\;&iota\;&omicron\;&upsilon\;&rho\;&gamma\;&iota\;&kappa\;ή&sigmaf\; &Alpha\;&beta\;&epsilon\;&beta\;&alpha\;&iota\;ό&tau\;&eta\;&tau\;&alpha\;&sigmaf\;\, &eta\; &alpha\;&nu\;&omicron\;&iota\;&chi\;&tau\;ή &mu\;ή&tau\;&rho\;&alpha\; &tau\;&omega\;&nu\; &mu\;&omicron\;&rho\;&phi\;ώ&nu\;\, &alpha\;&pi\;ό &tau\;&eta\;&nu\; &omicron\;&pi\;&omicron\;ί&alpha\; &alpha\;&nu\;&alpha\;&delta\;ύ&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;&iota\; &eta\; &Tau\;ά&xi\;&eta\; &omega\;&sigmaf\; &pi\;&rho\;&omicron\;&sigma\;&omega\;&rho\;&iota\;&nu\;ή &mu\;&omicron\;&rho\;&phi\;&omicron\;&pi\;&omicron\;ί&eta\;&sigma\;&eta\;\, &gamma\;&iota\;&alpha\; &nu\;&alpha\; &epsilon\;&pi\;&iota\;&sigma\;&tau\;&rho\;έ&psi\;&epsilon\;&iota\; &kappa\;&alpha\;&iota\; &pi\;ά&lambda\;&iota\; &sigma\;&tau\;&omicron\; &Chi\;ά&omicron\;&sigmaf\; &mu\;έ&sigma\;&alpha\; &sigma\;&epsilon\; έ&nu\;&alpha\;&nu\; &rho\;&upsilon\;&theta\;&mu\;&iota\;&kappa\;ό &kappa\;&alpha\;&iota\; &alpha\;&upsilon\;&tau\;&omicron\;-&upsilon\;&pi\;&epsilon\;&rho\;&beta\;&alpha\;&tau\;&iota\;&kappa\;ό &kappa\;ύ&kappa\;&lambda\;&omicron\; &mu\;&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;&mu\;ό&rho\;&phi\;&omega\;&sigma\;&eta\;&sigmaf\;\, &gamma\;&epsilon\;&gamma\;&omicron\;&nu\;ό&sigmaf\; &pi\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &sigma\;&upsilon\;&nu\;&alpha\;&nu\;&tau\;ά &tau\;&eta\;&nu\; &eta\;&rho\;&alpha\;&kappa\;&lambda\;&epsilon\;ί&tau\;&epsilon\;&iota\;&alpha\; &alpha\;&rho\;&mu\;&omicron\;&nu\;ί&alpha\; &tau\;&omega\;&nu\; &alpha\;&nu\;&tau\;&iota\;&theta\;έ&tau\;&omega\;&nu\;\, &tau\;&omicron\; &delta\;&eta\;&mu\;&iota\;&omicron\;&upsilon\;&rho\;&gamma\;&iota\;&kappa\;ό &chi\;ά&omicron\;&sigmaf\; &tau\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &Nu\;ί&tau\;&sigma\;&epsilon\;\, &tau\;&eta\; &zeta\;&omega\;&tau\;&iota\;&kappa\;ή &omicron\;&rho\;&mu\;ή &tau\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &Mu\;&pi\;&epsilon\;&rho\;&gamma\;&kappa\;&sigma\;ό&nu\;\, &tau\;&eta\;&nu\; &pi\;&omicron\;&lambda\;&lambda\;&alpha\;&pi\;&lambda\;ό&tau\;&eta\;&tau\;&alpha\; &tau\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &Nu\;&tau\;&epsilon\;&lambda\;έ&zeta\; &kappa\;&alpha\;&iota\; &tau\;&eta\; &sigma\;ύ&gamma\;&chi\;&rho\;&omicron\;&nu\;&eta\; &epsilon\;&pi\;&iota\;&sigma\;&tau\;&eta\;&mu\;&omicron\;&nu\;&iota\;&kappa\;ή &kappa\;&alpha\;&tau\;&alpha\;&nu\;ό&eta\;&sigma\;&eta\; &tau\;&eta\;&sigmaf\; &alpha\;&upsilon\;&tau\;&omicron\;-&omicron\;&rho\;&gamma\;ά&nu\;&omega\;&sigma\;&eta\;&sigmaf\; &sigma\;&tau\;&omicron\;&nu\; &Pi\;&rho\;ί&gamma\;&kappa\;&omicron\;&zeta\;&iota\;&nu\;.
\n&Mu\;έ&sigma\;&alpha\; &sigma\;&epsilon\; &alpha\;&upsilon\;&tau\;ή &tau\;&eta\; &delta\;&iota\;&alpha\;&delta\;&iota\;&kappa\;&alpha\;&sigma\;ί&alpha\;\, &omicron\; &Kappa\;ό&sigma\;&mu\;&omicron\;&sigmaf\; &delta\;&epsilon\;&nu\; &epsilon\;ί&nu\;&alpha\;&iota\; &mu\;&eta\;&chi\;&alpha\;&nu\;&iota\;&sigma\;&tau\;&iota\;&kappa\;ό &sigma\;ύ&sigma\;&tau\;&eta\;&mu\;&alpha\; &alpha\;&lambda\;&lambda\;ά &alpha\;&upsilon\;&tau\;&omicron\;-&pi\;&omicron\;&iota\;&eta\;&tau\;&iota\;&kappa\;ή &delta\;&eta\;&mu\;&iota\;&omicron\;&upsilon\;&rho\;&gamma\;ί&alpha\;\, &mu\;&iota\;&alpha\; &zeta\;&omega\;&nu\;&tau\;&alpha\;&nu\;ή &rho\;&omicron\;ή ό&pi\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &tau\;&omicron\; ά&mu\;&omicron\;&rho\;&phi\;&omicron\; &gamma\;ί&nu\;&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;&iota\; &mu\;&omicron\;&rho\;&phi\;ή &kappa\;&alpha\;&iota\; &eta\; &mu\;&omicron\;&rho\;&phi\;ή &epsilon\;&pi\;&iota\;&sigma\;&tau\;&rho\;έ&phi\;&epsilon\;&iota\; &sigma\;&tau\;&omicron\; ά&mu\;&omicron\;&rho\;&phi\;&omicron\;\, &kappa\;&alpha\;&iota\; έ&tau\;&sigma\;&iota\; &eta\; ύ&pi\;&alpha\;&rho\;&xi\;&eta\; &epsilon\;&mu\;&phi\;&alpha\;&nu\;ί&zeta\;&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;&iota\; &omega\;&sigmaf\; &gamma\;&epsilon\;&nu\;&epsilon\;&tau\;&iota\;&kappa\;ή\, &sigma\;&chi\;&epsilon\;&sigma\;&iota\;&alpha\;&kappa\;ή &kappa\;&alpha\;&iota\; &pi\;&omicron\;&iota\;&eta\;&tau\;&iota\;&kappa\;ή. &Eta\; &mu\;&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;-&phi\;&iota\;&lambda\;&omicron\;&sigma\;&omicron\;&phi\;&iota\;&kappa\;ή &sigma\;&tau\;ά&sigma\;&eta\; &mu\;&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;&tau\;&omicron\;&pi\;ί&zeta\;&epsilon\;&iota\; &tau\;&omicron\; &kappa\;έ&nu\;&tau\;&rho\;&omicron\; &alpha\;&pi\;ό &tau\;&eta\; &gamma\;&nu\;ώ&sigma\;&eta\; &pi\;&rho\;&omicron\;&sigmaf\; &tau\;&eta\; &Beta\;&iota\;&omega\;&mu\;&alpha\;&tau\;&iota\;&kappa\;ή &Sigma\;&omicron\;&phi\;ί&alpha\;\, ό&pi\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &eta\; &alpha\;&lambda\;ή&theta\;&epsilon\;&iota\;&alpha\; &delta\;&epsilon\;&nu\; &epsilon\;ί&nu\;&alpha\;&iota\; &alpha\;&pi\;&lambda\;ώ&sigmaf\; &epsilon\;&nu\;&nu\;&omicron\;&iota\;&omicron\;&lambda\;&omicron\;&gamma\;&iota\;&kappa\;ή &alpha\;&lambda\;&lambda\;ά &epsilon\;&mu\;&pi\;&epsilon\;&iota\;&rho\;&iota\;&kappa\;ή &kappa\;&alpha\;&iota\; &sigma\;&upsilon\;&mu\;&mu\;&epsilon\;&tau\;&omicron\;&chi\;&iota\;&kappa\;ή\, &mu\;&iota\;&alpha\; &kappa\;&alpha\;&tau\;ά&sigma\;&tau\;&alpha\;&sigma\;&eta\; &sigma\;&upsilon\;&nu\;&tau\;&omicron\;&nu\;&iota\;&sigma\;&mu\;&omicron\;ύ &mu\;&epsilon\; &tau\;&omicron\;&nu\; &rho\;&upsilon\;&theta\;&mu\;ό &tau\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &kappa\;ό&sigma\;&mu\;&omicron\;&upsilon\;\, &kappa\;&alpha\;&iota\; &epsilon\;&delta\;ώ &epsilon\;&mu\;&phi\;&alpha\;&nu\;ί&zeta\;&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;&iota\; &eta\; &Upsilon\;&pi\;έ&rho\;&beta\;&alpha\;&sigma\;&eta\; &tau\;&eta\;&sigmaf\; &Gamma\;&lambda\;ώ&sigma\;&sigma\;&alpha\;&sigmaf\;\, &kappa\;&alpha\;&theta\;ώ&sigmaf\; &eta\; &alpha\;&lambda\;ή&theta\;&epsilon\;&iota\;&alpha\; &delta\;&epsilon\;&nu\; &mu\;&pi\;&omicron\;&rho\;&epsilon\;ί &nu\;&alpha\; &pi\;&epsilon\;&rho\;&iota\;&omicron\;&rho\;&iota\;&sigma\;&tau\;&epsilon\;ί &sigma\;&epsilon\; &omicron\;&rho\;&iota\;&sigma\;&mu\;&omicron\;ύ&sigmaf\; &kappa\;&alpha\;&iota\; &delta\;ό&gamma\;&mu\;&alpha\;&tau\;&alpha\; &alpha\;&lambda\;&lambda\;ά &beta\;&iota\;ώ&nu\;&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;&iota\; &omega\;&sigmaf\; ά&mu\;&epsilon\;&sigma\;&eta\; &pi\;&alpha\;&rho\;&omicron\;&upsilon\;&sigma\;ί&alpha\;\, ό&pi\;&omega\;&sigmaf\; &delta\;&iota\;&alpha\;&phi\;&alpha\;ί&nu\;&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;&iota\; &sigma\;&tau\;&omicron\;&nu\; &Sigma\;&omega\;&kappa\;&rho\;ά&tau\;&eta\; &kappa\;&alpha\;&iota\; &tau\;&eta\; &phi\;&iota\;&lambda\;&omicron\;&sigma\;&omicron\;&phi\;ί&alpha\; &omega\;&sigmaf\; &tau\;&rho\;ό&pi\;&omicron\; &zeta\;&omega\;ή&sigmaf\;\, &sigma\;&tau\;&omicron\;&upsilon\;&sigmaf\; &Sigma\;&tau\;&omega\;&iota\;&kappa\;&omicron\;ύ&sigmaf\; &kappa\;&alpha\;&iota\; &tau\;&eta\;&nu\; &tau\;έ&chi\;&nu\;&eta\; &tau\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &beta\;ί&omicron\;&upsilon\;\, &sigma\;&tau\;&omicron\;&nu\; &Zeta\;&epsilon\;&nu\; &kappa\;&alpha\;&iota\; &tau\;&eta\; &mu\;&eta\;-&epsilon\;&nu\;&nu\;&omicron\;&iota\;&omicron\;&lambda\;&omicron\;&gamma\;&iota\;&kappa\;ή &epsilon\;&pi\;ί&gamma\;&nu\;&omega\;&sigma\;&eta\;\, &sigma\;&tau\;&omicron\;&nu\; Wittgenstein &kappa\;&alpha\;&iota\; &tau\;&alpha\; ό&rho\;&iota\;&alpha\; &tau\;&eta\;&sigmaf\; &gamma\;&lambda\;ώ&sigma\;&sigma\;&alpha\;&sigmaf\;\, &kappa\;&alpha\;&iota\; &sigma\;&tau\;&omicron\;&nu\; Heidegger ό&pi\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &eta\; &sigma\;&kappa\;έ&psi\;&eta\; &pi\;&lambda\;&eta\;&sigma\;&iota\;ά&zeta\;&epsilon\;&iota\; &tau\;&eta\; &sigma\;&iota\;&omega\;&pi\;ή &tau\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &Epsilon\;ί&nu\;&alpha\;&iota\;. &Eta\; &mu\;&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;-&phi\;&iota\;&lambda\;&omicron\;&sigma\;&omicron\;&phi\;ί&alpha\;\, &epsilon\;&pi\;&omicron\;&mu\;έ&nu\;&omega\;&sigmaf\;\, &delta\;&epsilon\;&nu\; &sigma\;&upsilon\;&gamma\;&kappa\;&rho\;&omicron\;&tau\;&epsilon\;ί &kappa\;&lambda\;&epsilon\;&iota\;&sigma\;&tau\;ό &sigma\;ύ&sigma\;&tau\;&eta\;&mu\;&alpha\; &alpha\;&lambda\;&lambda\;ά έ&nu\;&alpha\;&nu\; &Alpha\;&nu\;&omicron\;&iota\;&chi\;&tau\;ό &Omicron\;&rho\;ί&zeta\;&omicron\;&nu\;&tau\;&alpha\;\, &mu\;&iota\;&alpha\; &delta\;&iota\;&alpha\;&rho\;&kappa\;ή &kappa\;ί&nu\;&eta\;&sigma\;&eta\; &pi\;&rho\;&omicron\;&sigmaf\; &tau\;&omicron\; Ά&pi\;&epsilon\;&iota\;&rho\;&omicron\; ό&pi\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &eta\; &epsilon\;&nu\;ό&tau\;&eta\;&tau\;&alpha\; &delta\;&epsilon\;&nu\; &epsilon\;ί&nu\;&alpha\;&iota\; &omicron\;&mu\;&omicron\;&iota\;&omicron\;&mu\;&omicron\;&rho\;&phi\;ί&alpha\; &alpha\;&lambda\;&lambda\;ά &Kappa\;&alpha\;&theta\;&omicron\;&lambda\;&iota\;&kappa\;ή &Epsilon\;&nu\;ό&tau\;&eta\;&tau\;&alpha\;/&Pi\;&omicron\;&lambda\;&lambda\;&alpha\;&pi\;&lambda\;ό&tau\;&eta\;&tau\;&alpha\;\, &delta\;&eta\;&lambda\;&alpha\;&delta\;ή &mu\;&iota\;&alpha\; &epsilon\;&nu\;ό&tau\;&eta\;&tau\;&alpha\; &pi\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &epsilon\;&kappa\;&delta\;&eta\;&lambda\;ώ&nu\;&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;&iota\; &mu\;έ&sigma\;&alpha\; &alpha\;&pi\;ό &tau\;&eta\; &delta\;&iota\;&alpha\;&phi\;&omicron\;&rho\;&omicron\;&pi\;&omicron\;ί&eta\;&sigma\;&eta\; &kappa\;&alpha\;&iota\; &tau\;&eta\;&nu\; &pi\;&omicron\;&lambda\;&lambda\;&alpha\;&pi\;&lambda\;ό&tau\;&eta\;&tau\;&alpha\;\, &gamma\;&epsilon\;&gamma\;&omicron\;&nu\;ό&sigmaf\; &pi\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &sigma\;&upsilon\;&nu\;&delta\;έ&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;&iota\; &mu\;&epsilon\; &tau\;&eta\; &sigma\;ύ&mu\;&pi\;&tau\;&omega\;&sigma\;&eta\; &tau\;&omega\;&nu\; &alpha\;&nu\;&tau\;&iota\;&theta\;έ&tau\;&omega\;&nu\; &sigma\;&tau\;&omicron\;&nu\; &Nu\;&iota\;&kappa\;ό&lambda\;&alpha\;&omicron\; &Kappa\;&omicron\;&upsilon\;&zeta\;&alpha\;&nu\;ό\, &tau\;&eta\;&nu\; &epsilon\;&xi\;&epsilon\;&lambda\;&iota\;&kappa\;&tau\;&iota\;&kappa\;ή &epsilon\;&nu\;ό&tau\;&eta\;&tau\;&alpha\; &tau\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; Teilhard de \;Chardin\, &tau\;&eta\;&nu\; &pi\;&omicron\;&lambda\;ύ&pi\;&lambda\;&omicron\;&kappa\;&eta\; &sigma\;&kappa\;έ&psi\;&eta\; &tau\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; Morin\, &tau\;&eta\; &delta\;&eta\;&mu\;&iota\;&omicron\;&upsilon\;&rho\;&gamma\;&iota\;&kappa\;ή &phi\;&alpha\;&nu\;&tau\;&alpha\;&sigma\;&iota\;&alpha\;&kappa\;ή &theta\;έ&sigma\;&mu\;&iota\;&sigma\;&eta\; &tau\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; Castoriadis &kappa\;&alpha\;&iota\; &tau\;&eta\; &phi\;&iota\;&lambda\;&omicron\;&sigma\;&omicron\;&phi\;ί&alpha\; &tau\;&eta\;&sigmaf\; &pi\;&omicron\;&lambda\;&lambda\;&alpha\;&pi\;&lambda\;ό&tau\;&eta\;&tau\;&alpha\;&sigmaf\; &sigma\;&tau\;&omicron\;&nu\; Deleuze.
\n&Sigma\;&tau\;&omicron\; &beta\;&alpha\;&theta\;ύ&tau\;&epsilon\;&rho\;&omicron\; &epsilon\;&pi\;ί&pi\;&epsilon\;&delta\;&omicron\;\, &eta\; &mu\;&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;-&phi\;&iota\;&lambda\;&omicron\;&sigma\;&omicron\;&phi\;ί&alpha\; &omicron\;&delta\;&eta\;&gamma\;&epsilon\;ί &sigma\;&tau\;&eta\; &Sigma\;&iota\;&omega\;&pi\;&eta\;&lambda\;ή &Epsilon\;&pi\;ί&gamma\;&nu\;&omega\;&sigma\;&eta\;\, ό&pi\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &eta\; &gamma\;&nu\;ώ&sigma\;&eta\; &delta\;&epsilon\;&nu\; &epsilon\;ί&nu\;&alpha\;&iota\; &pi\;&lambda\;έ&omicron\;&nu\; &alpha\;&nu\;&alpha\;&lambda\;&upsilon\;&tau\;&iota\;&kappa\;ή &alpha\;&lambda\;&lambda\;ά &sigma\;&tau\;&omicron\;&chi\;&alpha\;&sigma\;&tau\;&iota\;&kappa\;ή &pi\;&alpha\;&rho\;&omicron\;&upsilon\;&sigma\;ί&alpha\; &mu\;έ&sigma\;&alpha\; &sigma\;&tau\;&omicron\; &Mu\;&upsilon\;&sigma\;&tau\;ή&rho\;&iota\;&omicron\; &tau\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &Epsilon\;ί&nu\;&alpha\;&iota\;\, &kappa\;&alpha\;&iota\; &epsilon\;&delta\;ώ &eta\; &phi\;&iota\;&lambda\;&omicron\;&sigma\;&omicron\;&phi\;ί&alpha\; &mu\;&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;&tau\;&rho\;έ&pi\;&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;&iota\; &sigma\;&epsilon\; &sigma\;&tau\;ά&sigma\;&eta\; &delta\;έ&omicron\;&upsilon\;&sigmaf\; &alpha\;&pi\;έ&nu\;&alpha\;&nu\;&tau\;&iota\; &sigma\;&tau\;&omicron\; ά&rho\;&rho\;&eta\;&tau\;&omicron\;\, ό&pi\;&omega\;&sigmaf\; &sigma\;&tau\;&omicron\;&nu\; Pascal &kappa\;&alpha\;&iota\; &tau\;&omicron\;&upsilon\;&sigmaf\; &lambda\;ό&gamma\;&omicron\;&upsilon\;&sigmaf\; &tau\;&eta\;&sigmaf\; &kappa\;&alpha\;&rho\;&delta\;&iota\;ά&sigmaf\;\, &sigma\;&tau\;&omicron\;&nu\; Meister Eckhart &kappa\;&alpha\;&iota\; &tau\;&eta\;&nu\; &epsilon\;&sigma\;&omega\;&tau\;&epsilon\;&rho\;&iota\;&kappa\;ή &sigma\;&iota\;&omega\;&pi\;ή\, &sigma\;&tau\;&omicron\;&nu\; Levinas &kappa\;&alpha\;&iota\; &tau\;&omicron\; ά&pi\;&epsilon\;&iota\;&rho\;&omicron\; &tau\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; Ά&lambda\;&lambda\;&omicron\;&upsilon\;\, &kappa\;&alpha\;&iota\; &sigma\;&tau\;&omicron\;&nu\; Blanchot &kappa\;&alpha\;&iota\; &tau\;&omicron\; ό&rho\;&iota\;&omicron\; &tau\;&eta\;&sigmaf\; &gamma\;&lambda\;ώ&sigma\;&sigma\;&alpha\;&sigmaf\;. Έ&tau\;&sigma\;&iota\;\, &eta\; &mu\;&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;-&phi\;&iota\;&lambda\;&omicron\;&sigma\;&omicron\;&phi\;&iota\;&kappa\;ή &sigma\;&kappa\;έ&psi\;&eta\; &tau\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &Kappa\;&alpha\;&rho\;&pi\;&omicron\;ύ&zeta\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &alpha\;&nu\;&alpha\;&delta\;ύ&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;&iota\; &omega\;&sigmaf\; &omicron\;&nu\;&tau\;&omicron\;&lambda\;&omicron\;&gamma\;ί&alpha\; &delta\;&eta\;&mu\;&iota\;&omicron\;&upsilon\;&rho\;&gamma\;&iota\;&kappa\;ή&sigmaf\; &mu\;&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;&mu\;ό&rho\;&phi\;&omega\;&sigma\;&eta\;&sigmaf\; &kappa\;&alpha\;&iota\; &tau\;&alpha\;&upsilon\;&tau\;ό&chi\;&rho\;&omicron\;&nu\;&alpha\; &omega\;&sigmaf\; &upsilon\;&pi\;&alpha\;&rho\;&xi\;&iota\;&alpha\;&kappa\;ό&sigmaf\; &tau\;&rho\;ό&pi\;&omicron\;&sigmaf\; &zeta\;&omega\;ή&sigmaf\;\, ό&pi\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &eta\; &pi\;&rho\;&alpha\;&gamma\;&mu\;&alpha\;&tau\;&iota\;&kappa\;ό&tau\;&eta\;&tau\;&alpha\; &epsilon\;ί&nu\;&alpha\;&iota\; &alpha\;&nu\;&omicron\;&iota\;&chi\;&tau\;ή\, &sigma\;&chi\;&epsilon\;&sigma\;&iota\;&alpha\;&kappa\;ή &kappa\;&alpha\;&iota\; &pi\;&omicron\;&iota\;&eta\;&tau\;&iota\;&kappa\;ή\, &eta\; &gamma\;&nu\;ώ&sigma\;&eta\; &mu\;&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;&mu\;&omicron\;&rho\;&phi\;ώ&nu\;&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;&iota\; &sigma\;&epsilon\; &sigma\;&omicron\;&phi\;ί&alpha\;\, &eta\; &epsilon\;&nu\;ό&tau\;&eta\;&tau\;&alpha\; &phi\;&alpha\;&nu\;&epsilon\;&rho\;ώ&nu\;&epsilon\;&tau\;&alpha\;&iota\; &omega\;&sigmaf\; &pi\;&omicron\;&lambda\;&lambda\;&alpha\;&pi\;&lambda\;ό&tau\;&eta\;&tau\;&alpha\;\, &kappa\;&alpha\;&iota\; &omicron\; ά&nu\;&theta\;&rho\;&omega\;&pi\;&omicron\;&sigmaf\; &kappa\;&alpha\;&lambda\;&epsilon\;ί&tau\;&alpha\;&iota\; &nu\;&alpha\; &mu\;&epsilon\;&tau\;έ&chi\;&epsilon\;&iota\; &sigma\;&upsilon\;&nu\;&epsilon\;&iota\;&delta\;&eta\;&tau\;ά &sigma\;&tau\;&eta\;&nu\; &kappa\;&omicron\;&sigma\;&mu\;&iota\;&kappa\;ή &delta\;&iota\;&alpha\;&delta\;&iota\;&kappa\;&alpha\;&sigma\;ί&alpha\; &tau\;&eta\;&sigmaf\; &delta\;&eta\;&mu\;&iota\;&omicron\;&upsilon\;&rho\;&gamma\;ί&alpha\;&sigmaf\;\, &beta\;&iota\;ώ&nu\;&omicron\;&nu\;&tau\;&alpha\;&sigmaf\; &tau\;&eta\;&nu\; &Alpha\;&nu\;&omicron\;&iota\;&chi\;&tau\;ή &Omicron\;&lambda\;ό&tau\;&eta\;&tau\;&alpha\; &omega\;&sigmaf\; &alpha\;&delta\;&iota\;ά&kappa\;&omicron\;&pi\;&eta\; &kappa\;ί&nu\;&eta\;&sigma\;&eta\; &tau\;&omicron\;&upsilon\; &Epsilon\;ί&nu\;&alpha\;&iota\; &mu\;έ&sigma\;&alpha\; &sigma\;&tau\;&omicron\; ά&pi\;&epsilon\;&iota\;&rho\;&omicron\; &mu\;&upsilon\;&sigma\;&tau\;ή&rho\;&iota\;&omicron\; &tau\;&eta\;&sigmaf\; ύ&pi\;&alpha\;&rho\;&xi\;&eta\;&sigmaf\;.
ORGANIZER;CN=Abhijith Jose: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261022T150339Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260429T210000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261126T170000 SUMMARY:Séminaire Arendt 2026 UID:20261024T110114Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-8d97778f4-9dgdr TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Le Ré\;seau Arendtien Francophone\, cré\;é\; en 2024\, vise à\; favoriser une synergie entre celles et ceux qui\, des amateurs aux chercheuses\, fré\;quentent la pensé\;e de Hannah Arendt. Dans cette optique\, nous cherchons à\; mettre en place un rendez-vous ré\;gulier pour en discuter les diffé\;rents interpré\;tations et aspects.
\nDu fait de l&rsquo\;é\;tendue de la francophonie\, ces sé\;minaires auront lieu en ligne. Leur principe sera le suivant : les participant-e-s auront tous et toutes pré\;alablement lu un article ou un chapitre ré\;cent\, lequel sera pré\;senté\; trè\;s rapidement par souci de prioriser les é\;changes (10 minutes) par son autrice ou auteur. À\; partir de celui-ci\, un-e membre du ré\;seau ouvrira (5 min) à\; un dé\;bat plus large afin de discuter\, outre l&rsquo\;article\, les diffé\;rents interpré\;tations et aspects de l&rsquo\;&oelig\;uvre d&rsquo\;Arendt (1h30).
\nProgramme 2026\nEn 2026\, nous proposons quatre sé\;ances ordinaires du sé\;minaire et une sé\;ance spé\;ciale : «\; Arendt et la science é\;conomique »\;\, «\; Arendt et le travail »\;\, «\; Liberté\;\, volonté\;\, politique »\;\, «\; Arendt et la violence »\;\, «\; Philosophie\, é\;ducation et politique »\;.
\nLe sé\;minaire est ouvert à\; toutes et tous sans inscription pré\;alable \; n&rsquo\;hé\;sitez pas à\; venir y assister et y participer. Les articles et textes discuté\;s sont disponibles sur le site du RAF. N&rsquo\;hé\;sitez pas non plus à\; nous contacter pour toute demande d&rsquo\;information complé\;mentaire.
\nLe RAF ?\nLe Ré\;seau Arendtien Francophone (RAF) se veut un espace divers et pluriel\, rassemblant une communauté\; de doctorant-e-s\, enseignant-e-s\, chercheurs/ses\, intellectuel-le-s et toute personne inté\;ressé\;e ou engagé\;e dans l'é\;tude et la diffusion de la pensé\;e d'Hannah Arendt en France et le monde francophone. À\; travers cette plateforme\, nous souhaitons favoriser les é\;changes intellectuels\, offrir une visibilité\; accrue aux travaux de recherche et cré\;er des liens solides entre francophones s'inté\;ressant à\; et puisant dans l'&oelig\;uvre de cette autrice majeure du XXe siè\;cle.
\nOutre l&rsquo\;organisation de ce sé\;minaire et d'é\;vè\;nements acadé\;miques lié\;s à\; la pensé\;e d'Arendt\, le ré\;seau actualise continuellement un site web qui met à\; disposition : une bibliographie des textes de langue franç\;aise consacré\;s à\; Arendt ou la mobilisant\, un annuaire des membres du ré\;seau\, un agenda des activité\;s francophones qui lui sont dé\;dié\;es et une lettre d'information mensuelle.
\nN'hé\;sitez pas à\; rejoindre le ré\;seau ou à\; nous contacter pour rejoindre l&rsquo\;é\;quipe d&rsquo\;animation !
\n ORGANIZER;CN="Rémi Zanni": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261022T150339Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260901T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261215T170000 SUMMARY:Inquiry Network WIP Talks UID:20261024T110115Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-8d97778f4-9dgdr TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The Inquiry Network WIP Talks feature presentations of work in progress related to inquiry\, broadly understood. For example\, presentations might discuss (but are not limited to): the epistemology of inquiry\, the metaphysics of inquiry\, ethical norms of inquiry\, historical perspectives on inquiry\, or the structure of scientific inquiry.
We aim to foster the sharing of ideas in an inclusive\, welcoming and low-pressure environment. Papers that are already accepted for publication will not be accepted. We aim to be sensitive to the needs of early-career scholars.
The group meets biweekly on Zoom during each of the Fall and Spring semesters. Meeting times are determined shortly before the beginning of each semester with the goal of finding a time that works for as many members as possible. Special consideration is given to finding a meeting time that works for presenters of accepted papers.
Applications are open for Foundations and Frontiers of Analytical Sociology\, a doctoral-level course hosted by Institute for Analytical Sociology\, Linkö\;ping University. The course is organized around an international lecture series featuring many of the scholars who have shaped analytical sociology and continue to define its contemporary development.
\nConfirmed speakers include:
\nPeter Bearman\, Delia Baldassarri\, Elizabeth Bruch\, Damon Centola\, Diego Gambetta\, Peter Hedströ\;m\, Gianluca Manzo\, Michael Macy\, Arnout van de Rijt\, Duncan Watts\, and Petri Ylikoski.
\nThe course explores central questions concerning social mechanisms\, explanation\, social interaction\, networks\, diffusion\, collective action\, computational social science\, and the relationship between theory and empirical research. Particular attention is devoted to the role of mechanism-based explanations in the social sciences and to philosophical questions concerning explanation\, causation\, and social scientific inquiry.
\nThe lecture series is accompanied by readings and highly participatory seminars in which participants critically discuss the lectures\, the assigned literature\, and connections to their own research. The course culminates in an individual paper in which participants develop an independent analysis of a research question using the theories\, concepts\, and explanatory models discussed throughout the course. Participants are encouraged to connect this assignment directly to their doctoral projects.
\nThe course is open to doctoral students and researchers from sociology\, philosophy\, political science\, economics\, computational social science\, and related disciplines.
\nFor more information\, contact the course organizer and seminar leader \;Josef Ginnerskov at josef.ginnerskov(at)liu.se
\nSyllabus:
https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/7FIEI26/2026V/1624499#syllabus
Registration:
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Join us for a weekly close reading of Gramsci&rsquo\;s Prison Notebooks! The group has a twofold goal: first\, to analyze contemporary political events through the categories formulated in the text\; and second\, to critically examine potential blind spots in Gramsci&rsquo\;s work regarding race\, gender\, and empire\, while keeping in mind the historical context in which he wrote.
TIME
THURSDAYS: weekly\, beginning September 24\, 2026.
5-6 PM Eastern US Time.
FACILITATOR
Giusi \;Russo is an associate professor of History at Montgomery County Community College in the greater Philadelphia area. Her research focuses on the relationship between the Italian left and internal colonialism\, as well as the entanglements between bodies and European empires. She is the author of \;Women\, Empires\, and Body Politics at the United Nations\, 1946&ndash\;1975 \;(University of Nebraska Press\, 2023) and has published extensively on the colonial history of the United Nations and on the construction of colonial and post-colonial narratives. She is currently working on a book project under contract with Routledge\, titled\, \;The Aesthetics of Third-Worldism in Italy: Bodies\, Spaces\, and Oppression.
ABOUT INCITE SEMINARS
We are a mix of rogue scholars\, disgruntled academics\, disenchanted buddhists\, enchantment-hungry anarchists\, radical therapists\, and general weirdos looking to create autonomous and accessible forms of &ldquo\;higher education.&rdquo\;
We offer online seminars and reading groups to incite personal exploration and inspire community action. Incite Seminars offers an educational experience. We do so by gathering an engaged group of participants for a dynamic exchange of ideas\, led by skilled facilitators. All of our facilitators have a deep relationship to a subject or topic through intensive study or practice.
Incite Seminars is a 100% member-supported learning community. We depend on member contributions to continue holding space for radical study and practice groups\, putting on rigorous seminars and courses\, and providing our facilitators and organizers with fair compensation. If you are unable to pay the full amount for a session or membership at this time\, we invite you to join us at reduced or no cost with our Solidarity option.
Slurring Terms Across Languages (STAL) is an international and interdisciplinary network whose primary aim is to promote work on slurs\, pejoratives\, expressives and evaluative terms in general\, from languages that have been seldom discussed in the recent philosophical and semantic literature\, and in particular\, from sign languages and non-Indo-European languages. Its main aim is to bring to light new empirical data and uncover novel interesting phenomena that may have the potential to challenge current theories. Empirical studies of the expressions mentioned from such languages\, comparisons with English slurs\, as well as wider cross-linguistic approaches and developments of extant theories in application to the new data or previously neglected phenomena are encouraged too.
\nThe network's coordinators are Isidora Stojanovic (Pompeu Fabra University/CNRS-Institut Jean Nicod) &\; Dan Zeman (University of Porto). More information about the network and its activities can be found at https://sites.google.com/view/stalnetwork. To contact the network coordinators\, please write to stalnetwork@gmail.com.
\nThe STAL Seminar features monthly\, online talks by researchers tackling issues related to the study of slurs\, pejoratives\, expressives and evaluative terms in general\, from less studied languages. The meetings in the 2026-2027 academic year take place on MONDAYS\, 14:30-16:00 Central European Time (CET). The list of speakers is the following (exact dates and titles to be provided soon):
\n- OCTOBER 12\, 2026: Martina Wiltschko (ICREA/Pompeu Fabra University)
\n- NOVEMBER 30\, 2026: Daniel James (Technical University Berlin)
\n- DECEMBER 14\, 2026: Jennifer Saul (University of Waterloo)
\n- JANUARY 2027: Muhammad Owais Raza (Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University) \;
\n- FEBRUARY 2027: Chris Cousens (University of Glasgow)
\n- MARCH 2027: Jessica Keiser (University of North Carolina)
\n- APRIL 19\, 2027: Cornelia Loos (University of Cologne)
\n- MAY 2027: Marcin Lewiński (NOVA University of Lisbon)
\n- JUNE 2027: TBA.
ORGANIZER;CN=Isidora Stojanovic;CN=Dan Zeman: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261022T150339Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20261001T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20270731T170000 SUMMARY:DFT-CELFIS research seminar\, University of Bucharest UID:20261024T110119Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-8d97778f4-9dgdr TZID:Europe/Bucharest LOCATION:Splaiul Independenței 204\, Bucharest\, Romania DESCRIPTION:We're delighted to invite you to the research seminar of the Department of Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Bucharest. These are organized in partnership with CELFIS\, the Center for Logic\, Philosophy and History of Science at UB. For details\, don't hesitate to reach out at andrei.marasoiu@filosofie.unibuc.ro.
\nFall 2026
\nOctober 27\, 5pm: Bradley Armour-Garb (State University of New York at Albany\, f2f)\, \;"A Pretense Account of Property-Talk for Property Deflationists"
\nNovember 24\, 5pm: Matt Duncan (Rhode Island College\, hybrid)\, \;"Experiencing Ourselves in the World"
\nDecember 8\, 4pm: Andreea Eșanu (New Europe College\, f2f)\, "A defeasible and relational account of epistemic trust? &ndash\; Some reflections on the epistemology of deep-learning AI"
\nDecember 14\, 9am: Michael Kirchhoff (University of Wollongong\, hybrid)\, "Idealization\, Computation and Cognition"
\nSpring 2027
\nPii Telakivi (University of Helsinki)
\nMiklos Redei (London School of Economics)
\nPrevious events in the series are available at: \;
\n2021-22: https://philevents.org/event/show/93365 \;
\n2022-23: https://philevents.org/event/show/105249 \;
\n2023-24: \;https://philevents.org/event/show/115878
\n2024-25: \;https://philevents.org/event/show/127766
\n2025-26: https://philevents.org/event/show/141649
\nhttps://filosofie.unibuc.ro/category/seminar-cercetare-dft/ \;
\nhttps://icub.unibuc.ro/2022/06/14/workshop-semantic-cognition-and-truth/ \;
\nFor those of you who would like to join some of the meetings but have overlapping commitments\, we will do our best to record the meetings whenever everyone in attendance consents to it\, and to then upload the recordings on the Department's YouTube channel. Previous talks are available here:
\nhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOgUq3dN8CXI4L6DhZT1f_Q
\nStay tuned\, as there will be weekly announcements concerning the titles and abstracts of upcoming talks on the Facebook page titled "Seminarul Departamentului de Filosofie Teoretica UniBuc". \;
\nhttps://www.facebook.com/p/Seminarul-Departamentului-de-Filosofie-Teoretica-UniBuc-100063082908977/
ORGANIZER;CN="Andrei Mărăşoiu": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261022T150339Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20261001T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20270430T170000 SUMMARY:Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence: Foundations\, Challenges and Applications UID:20261024T110120Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-8d97778f4-9dgdr TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:Krakow\, Poland DESCRIPTION:We are living in a breakthrough period of human history. The dynamic development of artificial intelligence\, its application to successive areas of our lives: science\, industry\, education\, culture\, and everyday life\, makes us face a range of practical challenges as well as questions about this phenomenon that we do not understand. Questions concerning intelligence\, cognition\, agency\, responsibility\, truth\, ethics\, and the future of humanity have become central to understanding the role of AI in contemporary society. We recommend participation in our Program: \;Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence: Foundations\, Challenges and Applications to all those who want to understand and become familiar with this new form of intelligence and reflect on how our lives may change with its emergence.
ORGANIZER;CN=Roman Krzanowski: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261022T150339Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261001T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270531T170000 SUMMARY:UK XPHI Online: 2026 Series UID:20261024T110121Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-8d97778f4-9dgdr TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to announce the next series of UK XPHI Online. This is a monthly online workshop devoted to discussion of work in progress in experimental philosophy (broadly construed). We feature work from all areas of experimental philosophy\, by researchers at all career stages\, from the UK and all over the world. The workshop meets once a month on Teams\, typically the second Wednesday of each month (16:00-18:00 UK time)\, for a two-hour session that typically features two talks (each 40 minutes plus 15 minutes Q&\;A). \;
\nOct 14\, 16-18 UK
\nRedesigning Ethical Thought Experiments: Reassessing the Experimental Challenge to Moral Intuition\, Pietro Tunesi (Trinity College Dublin)
\nWhat people (don't) want to know in the moral domain\, Jordan Wylie (Cornell University)\, Nathan Liang (Cornell University)\, and Charlotte Austin (Cornell University)
\nNov 11\, 16-18 UK
\nMoral Encroachment and Doxastic Wronging: An Experimental Investigation\, Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen (Aarhus University)\, Kevin Reuter (University of Gothenburg)\, Somogy Varga (Aarhus University)\,
\n(CANCELLED) The Side-Effect Effect and &ldquo\;Intentionally&rdquo\;\, Lilian O&rsquo\;Brien (Tampere University\, University of Helsinki)\, Svetlana Vetchinnikova (University of Helsinki).
\nDec 9\, 16-18 UK
\nMischaracterization Objection 2.0\, David Bordonaba-Plou (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)\, Krzysztof Sękowski (University of Warsaw)
\nFrom Thought Experiments to Experimental Evidence: Transparency and Quality of Reporting in Experimental Philosophy: Bartosz Maćkiewicz (University of Warsaw)\, Katarzyna Kuś (University of Warsaw)\, Joanna Gęgotek (University of Warsaw)\, Monika Gurak (University of Warsaw)\, and Franciszek Kittel (University of Warsaw).
\nJan 13\, 16-18 UK
\nNARRABODY: Narrative and Body in Post-Stroke Selfhood. A Longitudinal Qualitative Study\, Camille Lé\;pingle (ENS de Lyon)
\nA cross-cultural\, qualitative study on HPV vaccination intention\, Konrad Henne (University of Heidelberg)\, Alejandra Petino Zappala (Ruhr University Bochum)\, Nora Heinzelmann (University of Heidelberg)
\nFeb 10\, 16-18 UK
\nDo subjects have revelation intuitions?\, Marcus Ashby (King&rsquo\;s College London)
\nCorrect\, incorrect\, or neither? Demonstrating and explaining variation in folk normative objectivism\, Mikló\;s Kü\;rthy (University of Graz)\, Geoffrey Goodwin (University of Pennsylvania)\, Paulo Sousa (Queen's University Belfast).
\nTo submit for future series\, please email the organizers an abstract of up to 500 words by Dec 15\, 2026 to james.andow@manchester.ac.uk.
\nThis series is organised by:
\nEugen Fischer (UEA)
\nJoanna Demaree-Cotton (Oxford)
\nJames Andow (Manchester)
ORGANIZER;CN=James Andow;CN=Joanna Demaree-Cotton;CN=Eugen Fischer: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261022T150339Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261004T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261025T170000 SUMMARY:(Un)Timely Blanchot UID:20261024T110122Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-8d97778f4-9dgdr TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:a 4-session seminar with Philippe Lynes\, Alex Obrigewitsch\, Kim Schoof &\; Carlos A. Segovia
SEMINAR DESCRIPTION
Blanchot&rsquo\;s work delves into how thinking and writing both reflect and un-reflect our relation to life and death\, challenging conventional notions of presence and temporality. By tracing his influence on Derrida and Nancy\, and exploring the simultaneous timeliness and untimeliness of his thought\, we can ask how reading Blanchot today continues to transform our understanding of language\, life\, and being.
Session I (&ldquo\;Blanchot Today?\,&rdquo\; with Alex Obrigewitsch) will explore Blanchot&rsquo\;s considerations of writing and literature in their exposure of alterity\, disturbance of temporality\, and their inscription of the anonymous and impersonal&mdash\;for it is the ineluctable binding of writing and mortality which Blanchot has exposed to us\, suspending &ldquo\;today&rdquo\; in the double exposure of a coming future which intersects with a &ldquo\;terrifyingly ancient&rdquo\; past. The title of this opening session\, expresses the double question of the (un)timeliness of Blanchot&rsquo\;s work. If we agree with Jacques Derrida&rsquo\;s claim that &ldquo\;never as much as today have I imagined him so far ahead of us as today. Awaiting us\, still to come\, to be read\, to be reread by those very same ones that do it ever since they knew how to read and thanks to him\,&rdquo\; then it is from Blanchot &ldquo\;himself&rdquo\; that we might learn the double sense of our titular question. What can Blanchot teach us that bears the mark of today? Blanchot has never been more timely to read and think with than today\, insofar as &ldquo\;today&rdquo\; is only ever the mobile limit inscribed between a future to come and a past never present. There is no &ldquo\;today\,&rdquo\; no &ldquo\;contemporaneity&rdquo\; for literature\, and its very writing alters our relation to life\, suspending it in a void from whence all emerges and in which all must efface itself.
Session II (&ldquo\;Blanchot &\; Derrida\,&rdquo\; with Philippe Lynes) will\, for its part\, trace the history of Blanchot&rsquo\;s influence on Derrida\, as well as instances of a reciprocal influence in Blanchot&rsquo\;s own work. When discussing the &lsquo\;violent&rsquo\; relationship of deconstruction to its three biggest influences&mdash\;Martin Heidegger\, Emmanuel Levinas and Maurice Blanchot&mdash\;Jacques Derrida explains that Blanchot resists this violence best. In the final interview before his death\, Derrida insisted that a notion of &lsquo\;survivance&rsquo\; or &lsquo\;living-on&rsquo\; lay at the heart of his entire philosophical trajectory\, evoking Blanchot&rsquo\;s notion of &ldquo\;a survival which is not one\, a death which does not put an end to anything.&rdquo\; Derrida&rsquo\;s most sustained engagement with Blanchot takes place in the mid 1970s with the publication of &ldquo\;Pas\,&rdquo\; as well as the second year of his just-published La Chose seminar (1975-1977). Blanchot&rsquo\;s thought also features importantly in &ldquo\;Discourses of the End&rdquo\;&mdash\;Derrida&rsquo\;s 1983 conversations on the apocalypse and the disaster with Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe and Jean-Luc Nancy\, as well as his final seminar\, The Beast and the Sovereign (2002-2003).
In turn\, Session III (&ldquo\;Blanchot &\; Nancy\,&rdquo\; with Kim Schoof) will explore how it is possible that such contrasting perspectives on literature and the experience it offers us of being&rsquo\;s origin emanate from one another. It will do so exploring how Blanchot and Nancy write (occasionally in direct response to one another) about literature\, community\, ontology and &ldquo\;the neuter.&rdquo\; For Blanchot\, literature opens us onto the &ldquo\;Outside&rdquo\; where being originates\, where &ldquo\;I am not [&hellip\;]\; no one is there\, but the impersonal is: the outside\, as that which prevents\, precedes\, and dissolves the possibility of any personal relation.&rdquo\; Yet\, it is Blanchot&rsquo\;s perspective on literature that has inspired Jean-Luc Nancy to view literature as an exemplary way of being in the world. In Nancy&rsquo\;s perspective\, literature is the &ldquo\;coming of the world&rdquo\; or\, in the words of Aukje van Rooden\, &ldquo\;the point at which connections are made\, in which (the world) is created as being\, time and again\, a set of relations in which and by which we live.&rdquo\;
Lastly\, Session IV (&ldquo\;Blanchot Unreceived\,&rdquo\; with Carlos A. Segovia) will focus on how Blanchot seems to approach the question of the relation between language and reality à\; rebours of much contemporary thought\, which\, in repudiating their once-assumed transparency\, tends instead to affirm their reciprocal opacity. For Blanchot\, however\, language is neither the thing named nor its mere absence\, but the tentative recovery of its presence through its very loss\; just as in Mallarmé\;&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;Sonnet in -yx\,&rdquo\; for instance\, anguish is neither the one felt in the chest by the poet&mdash\;which lacks a voice and hence proves at once present to him as something real but absent due to its silence&mdash\;nor the one named through the universal notion that would conventionally be assigned to it&mdash\;before whose trivial presence the anguish thus felt would recede into absence: it is rather that thing of hard (whether white or black) &ldquo\;nails&rdquo\; like &ldquo\;onyx&rdquo\; by virtue of which word and world become mutually supplementary and translucent to one another. This will be examined both at the crossroads of today&rsquo\;s thought\, thinkable\, and unthought and along with Blanchot&rsquo\;s re-inscription of being as otherness.
TIME
5 SUNDAYS\, weekly\, beginning October 4\, 2026.
10:00-12:00 Eastern US Time.
SESSIONS
1) Blanchot Today?
The Interminable Default\, Between a Coming Future and a &ldquo\;Terrifyingly Ancient&rdquo\; Past with Alex Obrigewitsch
2) Blanchot &\; Derrida
La Mort La Chose
with Philippe Lynes
3) Blanchot &\; Nancy
Literature: Being (In and) Outside (of the World)
with Kim Schoof
4) Blanchot Unreceived
Transparency\, Opaqueness\, Translucence
with Carlos A. Segovia
ABOUT INCITE SEMINARS
We are a mix of rogue scholars\, disgruntled academics\, disenchanted buddhists\, enchantment-hungry anarchists\, radical therapists\, and general weirdos looking to create autonomous and accessible forms of &ldquo\;higher education.&rdquo\;
We offer online seminars and reading groups to incite personal exploration and inspire community action. Incite Seminars offers an educational experience. We do so by gathering an engaged group of participants for a dynamic exchange of ideas\, led by skilled facilitators. All of our facilitators have a deep relationship to a subject or topic through intensive study or practice.
Incite Seminars is a 100% member-supported learning community. We depend on member contributions to continue holding space for radical study and practice groups\, putting on rigorous seminars and courses\, and providing our facilitators and organizers with fair compensation. If you are unable to pay the full amount for a session or membership at this time\, we invite you to join us at reduced or no cost with our Solidarity option.
Computational methods and simulations have become a fruitful methodology for philosophers\, particularly for understanding how social relations\, norms\, and communicative structures could and should shape inquiry. Work in computational social philosophy has illuminated phenomena ranging from the epistemic value of diversity and the dynamics of epistemic belonging to the emergence and erosion of norms and processes of polarization.
\nGenerative and agentic AI tools stand to profoundly reshape computational social philosophy in at least two ways:
\nAs objects of study for computational social philosophy. Generative and agentic AI are increasingly embedded in epistemic life: as sources of information\, interlocutors\, surrogates for social participants\, gatekeepers within epistemic communities\, and even partially autonomous epistemic actors. This should motivate a broadening of purview in social epistemology\, which has tended to focus primarily on personal\, interpersonal\, and institutional factors that impact inquiry\, but comparatively less on technological factors. \;
\nAs tools of study for computational social philosophy. These systems can lower the technical barriers to computational work. More interestingly\, they may expand the range of social phenomena philosophers can model\, including richer representations of agents&rsquo\; beliefs and behavior\, more complex interactions and environments\, and even digital-twin-style models of particular communities or institutions.
\nThis cluster brings together philosophers working in\, or seriously engaging with\, computational social philosophy. We are eager to gather a cohort who can bring rigor\, clarity\, and intellectual generosity to advancing understanding in relation to the above themes.
\nWe&rsquo\;re particularly interested in philosophical contributions that engage one or more of the following cross-cutting threads:
\nModeling of AI systems as socio-epistemic phenomena: How might explicitly modeling the effects of AI systems within social epistemic processes challenge\, deepen\, or expand existing understanding in social epistemology and philosophy of science?
\nModeling of socio-epistemic phenomena with AI-based tools: What new forms of social epistemological phenomena can AI-based tools help us represent and investigate beyond traditional methods\, such as typical agent-based models?
\nUnderstanding aims and tradeoffs: How should we think about the tradeoffs between promises of AI-based tools (e.g.\, flexibility\, expressive power\, scale) and other desiderata (e.g.\, robustness\, justification\, tractability\, understanding) that have long been central to computational social philosophy? What can we learn about these issues from the use of AI-based tools in other disciplines such as computational social science?
\nMethodological standards: What standards should guide reliable\, reproducible\, and more generally epistemically and ethically responsible philosophical inquiry using AI-based methods in computational social philosophy?
\nPlease note that\, while we welcome expressions of interest from all disciplines\, this is not a general workshop about AI or AI-based simulations. It is a workshop about how deeper engagement with AI systems as objects of modeling studies and as a modeling tool can ultimately enrich and expand philosophical inquiry.
\nTalks
\nDate: September 21\, 2026 \;
\nDate: October 5\, 2026
\nDate: October 19\, 2026
\nDate: November 2\, 2026
\nFormat
\nThe series will consist of bi-weekly virtual meetings\, in the style of CSPS\, starting in October 2026.The meetings are on Mondays at 11:30am ET.
\nApplications
\nYou can submit your application to join the seminars by using this application form: https://forms.gle/SC2iqbZUBU6iB52v6 \;
\nThe application form includes:
\nBasic details: Your name\, email address\, affiliation\, career stage
\nExtended abstracts of up to 750 words and prepared for anonymous review (no identifying information in the abstract itself).
\nThe submission deadline for applications is July 27th\, 2026 [CLOSED].
\nOrganizers
\nSina Fazelpour (Northeastern)
\nLuca Garzino Demo (UPenn) \;
\nPlease direct inquiries to lgarzino@sas.upenn.edu
ORGANIZER;CN=Sina Fazelpour;CN=Luca Garzino Demo: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261022T150339Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261006T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270706T170000 SUMMARY:Emotion and Society Lab's Works-In-Progress Series (2026-27) UID:20261024T110124Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-8d97778f4-9dgdr TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Philosophers working on emotions want to produce good work. But good work is never done alone. The WIP Series is an opportunity to learn what emotion scholars are working on as well as present works in progress and receive valuable feedback to improve them &mdash\; all in a casual\, friendly environment.
\nThe WIP series is virtual and takes place the first Tuesday of the month from October-July (with no meetings January) from 11:00-12pm Pacific/ 2-3pm Eastern.
At this time\, sessions are for faculty\, graduate students\, &\; independent scholars only.
Register for the zoom link below.
ORGANIZER;CN=Myisha Cherry;CN=Rachel Fredericks: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261022T150339Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20261021T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20261023T170000 SUMMARY:4th International Conference on Ancient Philosophy & Other UID:20261024T110125Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-8d97778f4-9dgdr TZID:Europe/Belgrade LOCATION:Poljicka cesta 35\, Split\, Croatia DESCRIPTION:About the Conference
\nThe Department of Philosophy and the Research Centre "Berislav Žarnić" at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences\, University of Split\, are pleased to invite scholars and researchers to submit abstracts for the upcoming 4th International Conference on Ancient Philosophy and Other.
\nThis hybrid event will take place on October 22-23\, 2026\, with a pre-conference seminar for students and participants on October 21\, 2026.
\nWhile the primary focus is on ancient philosophy\, we warmly welcome submissions on contemporary philosophy as well. PhD students are also encouraged to participate.
\nThe conference will provide an opportunity to explore various philosophical disciplines\, such as logic\, metaphysics\, ethics\, and epistemology\, and to discuss their relevance within both ancient traditions and contemporary philosophical discussions.
\nWe invite everyone with an interest in ancient and contemporary philosophy to join us for this event. Please note that there is a limited number of online spots available\, with a higher participation fee for virtual attendees.
\nSubmission Guidelines:
\nWe welcome contributions on various aspects of ancient and contemporary philosophy. Speakers will be notified of the acceptance of their abstracts by August 15\, 2026. Please adhere to the following guidelines:
\nAbstract Length: 300-500 words
\nAbstract Submission Deadline: July 15\, 2026*
\n*Authors will be notified of the decision within two weeks after the submission deadline. Authors who require an earlier decision for university or institutional purposes may contact us. Early submitted abstracts will be reviewed in advance upon request.
\nHow to Submit: Visit our registration site [https://sites.google.com/view/icapo/registration] to submit your abstract and complete the registration process.
\nRegistration Fee:
\nIn-person participation: 125 Euros (The registration fee covers coffee breaks and lunch for both conference days. During the coffee breaks\, snacks\, water\, and juice will be served)
\nOnline participation: 187\,5 Euros (to account for additional time and organisational work involved in online participation)
\nPlease note that there are only four (4) online participant spots available.
\nFor inquiries\, please contact us at icapo.ffst@gmail.com.
\nWe look forward to your valuable contributions!
\nConference Website
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261022T150339Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261022T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261023T170000 SUMMARY:Human Rights\, Violence and Dictatorship - 9th International Interdisciplinary Conference UID:20261024T110126Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-8d97778f4-9dgdr TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Conference online (via Zoom)
\nCFP:
\nIn the time when human rights are violated on a regular basis\, violence triumphs\, and feeble democracies ever more often back down before authoritarian rule\, there obviously arises the need to reflect on the possible ways of counteracting such phenomena. Our interdisciplinary conference is intended as a fitting opportunity for this reflection. We would like to look at various manifestations of dictatorship\, violence and human rights violation\, whether historical or current. We will describe them in political\, social\, psychological\, cultural and many other terms. We also want to devote considerable attention to how the situation of human rights and dictatorship is represented in artistic practices: in literature\, film\, theatre or visual arts.
\nDuring our previous conferences on human rights\, violence and dictatorship \;we hosted over 300 scholars representing universities and research institutions from all over the world.
\nWe invite researchers representing various academic disciplines: history\, politics\, psychology\, sociology\, anthropology\, philosophy\, literary studies\, theatre studies\, film studies\, fine arts\, design\, memory studies\, migration studies\, consciousness studies\, dream studies\, gender studies\, postcolonial studies\, medical sciences\, psychiatry\, psychoanalysis\, cognitive sciences\, economics\, law and other.
\nDifferent forms of presentations are encouraged\, including case studies\, theoretical investigations\, problem-oriented arguments\, and comparative analyses.
\nWe will be happy to hear from both experienced scholars and young academics at the start of their careers: doctoral students. We also invite all persons interested in participating in the conference as listeners\, without giving a presentation.
We hope that due to its interdisciplinary nature\, the conference will bring many interesting observations on and discussions about the role of human rights and dictatorship in the past and in the present-day world.
Our repertoire of suggested topics includes but is not restricted to:
I. Societies
Genocides and ethnic cleansing
\nSlavery and forced labor
\nNationalism\, chauvinism\, and xenophobia
\nReligious dictatorships
\nThe Holocaust and totalitarian regimes
\nApartheid and systemic segregation
\n(Neo)Nazism and political extremism
\nDigital surveillance states and techno-authoritarianism
\nEcocide and climate injustice as human rights violations
\n
II. Individuals
Domestic and gender-based violence
\nMobbing and workplace harassment
\nBullying in schools and the military
\nSexual abuse and exploitation
\nSadomasochism and power dynamics
\nSymbolic violence and social exclusion
\nEconomic discrimination and ageism
\nCyberbullying\, doxxing\, and online hate speech
\nAlgorithmic bias and discrimination in AI systems
\n
III. Defense of Human Rights
Human rights organizations and humanitarian missions
\nResistance movements and civil disobedience
\nThe ethos of the freedom fighter
\nConspiracies\, protests\, and revolts
\nRacial equality and the performativity of race
\nWomen's\, LGBTQ+\, and disability rights
\nIntersections of human rights and animal rights
\nDigital activism\, hashtags\, and cyber-resistance
\nThe role of whistleblowers in exposing state violence
\nIV. Fallen Dictatorships
\nDemocracies in transition and post-communist states
\nAmnesties\, pardons\, and transitional justice
\nThe revenge of the oppressed versus legal accountability
\nCriminal courts and international tribunals
\nThe "escape from freedom" and regime nostalgia
\nPsychological portraits of dictators
\nThe weaponization of nostalgia in populist politics
\nDe-radicalization programs and reintegration of former oppressors
\nV. Violence and Subjectivity
\nThe politics of trauma and collective healing
\nFear\, despair\, and utopian visions
\nViolence\, discourse\, and language
\nDictatorship as a social symptom
\nDictatorship\, memory\, and forgetting
\nIntergenerational trauma and epigenetic memory of violence
\nGaslighting and psychological manipulation in totalitarian systems
\nVI. Violence in the (Post)Modern World
\nCultural conditioning of violence
\nGenerational dynamics: "dictatorship" of the young or old
\nConformism and compliance under pressure
\nThe regime of political correctness and censorship
\nDemocracy and the tyranny of the majority
\nTensions between democracy\, liberalism\, and the free market
\nViolence and propaganda in digital and mass media
\nDeepfakes\, disinformation\, and the death of truth in the digital age
\nHybrid warfare\, proxy conflicts\, and invisible violence
\nVII. Literature and the Arts
\nArt and literature documenting human rights violations
\nAesthetics and narratives of violence
\nArtistic practices engaged in the defense of human rights
\nArt and literature as tools of censorship or rights violations
\nAI-generated art: authorship\, censorship\, and ethical boundaries
\nCancel culture vs. freedom of artistic expression
\nThe architecture of oppression: monuments\, ruins\, and political space
\nPlease submit abstracts (no longer than 300 words) of your proposed 20-minute presentation\, together with a short biographical note\, by 30 September 2026
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261022T150339Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261022T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261023T170000 SUMMARY:Human Rights\, Violence and Dictatorship - 9th International Interdisciplinary Conference UID:20261024T110127Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-8d97778f4-9dgdr TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:CFP:
\nIn the time when human rights are violated on a regular basis\, violence triumphs\, and feeble democracies ever more often back down before authoritarian rule\, there obviously arises the need to reflect on the possible ways of counteracting such phenomena. Our interdisciplinary conference is intended as a fitting opportunity for this reflection. We would like to look at various manifestations of dictatorship\, violence and human rights violation\, whether historical or current. We will describe them in political\, social\, psychological\, cultural and many other terms. We also want to devote considerable attention to how the situation of human rights and dictatorship is represented in artistic practices: in literature\, film\, theatre or visual arts.
\nDuring our previous conferences on human rights\, violence and dictatorship \;we hosted over 300 scholars representing universities and research institutions from all over the world.
\nWe invite researchers representing various academic disciplines: history\, politics\, psychology\, sociology\, anthropology\, philosophy\, literary studies\, theatre studies\, film studies\, fine arts\, design\, memory studies\, migration studies\, consciousness studies\, dream studies\, gender studies\, postcolonial studies\, medical sciences\, psychiatry\, psychoanalysis\, cognitive sciences\, economics\, law and other.
\n\nDifferent forms of presentations are encouraged\, including case studies\, theoretical investigations\, problem-oriented arguments\, and comparative analyses.
\n\nWe will be happy to hear from both experienced scholars and young academics at the start of their careers: doctoral students. We also invite all persons interested in participating in the conference as listeners\, without giving a presentation.
We hope that due to its interdisciplinary nature\, the conference will bring many interesting observations on and discussions about the role of human rights and dictatorship in the past and in the present-day world.
Our repertoire of suggested topics includes but is not restricted to:
I. Societies
Genocides and ethnic cleansing
\nSlavery and forced labor
\nNationalism\, chauvinism\, and xenophobia
\nReligious dictatorships
\nThe Holocaust and totalitarian regimes
\nApartheid and systemic segregation
\n(Neo)Nazism and political extremism
\nDigital surveillance states and techno-authoritarianism
\nEcocide and climate injustice as human rights violations
\n
II. Individuals
Domestic and gender-based violence
\nMobbing and workplace harassment
\nBullying in schools and the military
\nSexual abuse and exploitation
\nSadomasochism and power dynamics
\nSymbolic violence and social exclusion
\nEconomic discrimination and ageism
\nCyberbullying\, doxxing\, and online hate speech
\nAlgorithmic bias and discrimination in AI systems
\n
III. Defense of Human Rights
Human rights organizations and humanitarian missions
\nResistance movements and civil disobedience
\nThe ethos of the freedom fighter
\nConspiracies\, protests\, and revolts
\nRacial equality and the performativity of race
\nWomen's\, LGBTQ+\, and disability rights
\nIntersections of human rights and animal rights
\nDigital activism\, hashtags\, and cyber-resistance
\nThe role of whistleblowers in exposing state violence
\nIV. Fallen Dictatorships
\nDemocracies in transition and post-communist states
\nAmnesties\, pardons\, and transitional justice
\nThe revenge of the oppressed versus legal accountability
\nCriminal courts and international tribunals
\nThe "escape from freedom" and regime nostalgia
\nPsychological portraits of dictators
\nThe weaponization of nostalgia in populist politics
\nDe-radicalization programs and reintegration of former oppressors
\nV. Violence and Subjectivity
\nThe politics of trauma and collective healing
\nFear\, despair\, and utopian visions
\nViolence\, discourse\, and language
\nDictatorship as a social symptom
\nDictatorship\, memory\, and forgetting
\nIntergenerational trauma and epigenetic memory of violence
\nGaslighting and psychological manipulation in totalitarian systems
\nVI. Violence in the (Post)Modern World
\nCultural conditioning of violence
\nGenerational dynamics: "dictatorship" of the young or old
\nConformism and compliance under pressure
\nThe regime of political correctness and censorship
\nDemocracy and the tyranny of the majority
\nTensions between democracy\, liberalism\, and the free market
\nViolence and propaganda in digital and mass media
\nDeepfakes\, disinformation\, and the death of truth in the digital age
\nHybrid warfare\, proxy conflicts\, and invisible violence
\nVII. Literature and the Arts
\nArt and literature documenting human rights violations
\nAesthetics and narratives of violence
\nArtistic practices engaged in the defense of human rights
\nArt and literature as tools of censorship or rights violations
\nAI-generated art: authorship\, censorship\, and ethical boundaries
\nCancel culture vs. freedom of artistic expression
\nThe architecture of oppression: monuments\, ruins\, and political space
\nPlease submit abstracts (no longer than 300 words) of your proposed 20-minute presentation\, together with a short biographical note\, by 30 September 2026
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261022T150339Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261022T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261022T190000 SUMMARY:Riccardo CHIARADONNA (Roma Tre) - 'Che cosa è un individuo? Le Categorie di Aristotele e le interpretazioni antiche' UID:20261024T110128Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-8d97778f4-9dgdr TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:via Ostiense 236\, Roma\, Italy\, 00146 DESCRIPTION:Link Microsoft Teams: \;https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/389635739950519?p=tyadmTaKyWXG2dRa4X \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Roberto Granieri;CN=Riccardo Chiaradonna: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261022T150339Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261022T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261022T200000 SUMMARY:The Ethics of Using Deceased Donors' Tissue in Cosmetic Procedures UID:20261024T110129Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-8d97778f4-9dgdr TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Cosmetic injectables are evolving... with help from deceased donors. What are your thoughts?
\n\n\n\n\nIn this discussion\, Dr. Becki Nash will be sharing her research into public and professional attitudes around cosmetic injectables made from human adipose tissue\, sourced from deceased donors.
\nWhat do you think of the idea of being injected with a dead person's tissue? Would you do it? Is it an acceptable\, ethical practice? What concerns would you have\, and why?
\nCome and join the Death Cluster as we talk about this complex evolving trend. Everyone welcome\, no knowledge of cosmetic procedures required. \;
\n\n---
\nAbout Dr. Becki Nash
\nBecki researches cosmetic medical procedures. She is broadly interested in how cosmetic procedures are normalised and routinised in 'everyday' (gendered) beauty practices. Her recent research has focused on how aesthetic practitioners navigate cosmetic entrepreneurship in an increasingly saturated market and how they experience their role as 'gatekeepers' of beauty. She is currently exploring perceptions towards the use of human tissue in cosmetic injectables. Lastly\, Becki has a forthcoming autoethnographic article (The Sociological Review\, in press) that explores the blurring of boundaries between researcher-bodies and/as researched-bodies when conducting aesthetic fieldwork.
\n\n ORGANIZER;CN=Chindilani Filifilidh Andekalithan: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261022T150339Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261022T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261023T170000 SUMMARY:What does economic language make with and in societies? UID:20261024T110130Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-8d97778f4-9dgdr TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Zoom Meeting ID: 870 6915 2067
\nPasscode: 927440
ORGANIZER;CN=Florencia Castro Possi;CN=Eduardo Fuentes;CN="Sven Günther": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261022T150339Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261023T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261024T170000 SUMMARY:North American Sartre Society 31st Annual Conference UID:20261024T110131Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-8d97778f4-9dgdr TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:North American Sartre Society
31st \;Annual Meeting
\nCall for Abstracts
\n\;
\n23-24 October 2026
\nVirtual Zoom Conference \;
\nSubmission Deadline: June 15\, 2026
\n\;
\nTheme
\nA.I.\, Virtual Worlds\, and Digital Existentialism
\nThe North American Sartre Society invites proposals for our 31st \;meeting. \; \;Our conference theme is A.I.\, Virtual Worlds\, and Digital Existentialism. We encourage papers that explore existentialism as it relates to A.I.\, social media\, data centers\, and virtual worlds. We encourage papers on topics and questions such as: \;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;How does artificial intelligence reshape our understanding of selfhood\, agency\, and responsibility?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Can virtual worlds provide authentic forms of meaning\, identity\, and community\, or are they structurally alienating?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;What does &ldquo\;existence&rdquo\; mean when one&rsquo\;s social\, emotional\, and creative life is increasingly mediated by A.I. systems and platforms?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Do A.I.-generated personas and avatars challenge distinctions between authenticity and bad faith?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;How should we understand freedom and choice when algorithmic systems increasingly guide behaviors\, desires\, and commitments?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;What ethical obligations do creators of A.I. and virtual worlds have toward users&rsquo\; existential well-being and sense of meaning?
\nWe invite proposals from any area of Sartre studies and from any disciplinary background. In the spirit of Sartre&rsquo\;s eclectic thinking\, we encourage proposals that address philosophy\, literature\, theater\, aesthetics\, psychology\, politics\, intellectual history\, art\, music\, and other disciplines. Aiming to foster diverse and pluralistic approaches\, we understand Sartre Studies broadly to indicate work in the existentialist tradition\, including work emerging from thinkers like Simone de Beauvoir\, Maurice Merleau-Ponty\, Frantz Fanon\, Richard Wright\, Angela Davis\, Albert Camus\, Anna Julia Cooper\, Harriet Ann Jacobs\, Lewis R. Gordon\, Frederick Douglass\, Kathryn Sophia Belle\, Steve Biko\, Naomi Zack\, Chabani Manganyi\, Emilio Uranga\, Jorge Portilla\, W.E.B. Du Bois\, Aimé\; Cé\;saire\, Keiji Nishitani\, Azzedine Haddour\, Martin Buber\, Hannah Arendt\, Martin Heidegger\, Gabriel Marcel\, Emmanuel Levinas\, Sara Ahmed\, danielle davis\, bell hooks\, Kamau Brathwaite\, Nathalie Etoke\, Achille Mbembe\, Suzanne Cé\;saire\, James Baldwin and others. \;
\n\;
\n\;
\n\;
\nKeynote Speaker: Stefano Gualeni
\n\;
\nTitle: Existential Immersion and Care in Virtual Worlds
\nStefano Gualeni is a Full Professor at the Institute of Digital Games\, University of Malta. His academic books include \;Virtual Worlds as Philosophical Tools \;(Palgrave\, 2015)\, \;Virtual Existentialism \;(Palgrave Pivot\, 2020\, with Daniel Vella)\, and \;Fictional Games: A Philosophy of Worldbuilding and Imaginary Play \;(Bloomsbury\, 2023\, with Riccardo Fassone). Stefano&rsquo\;s games\, essays and philosophical fictions can be found on his webpage at \;www.gua-le-ni.com
\nStefano&rsquo\;s philosophical fictions include \;The Clouds: An Experiment in Theory-Fiction \;(Routledge\, 2024)\, \;What We Owe the Dead \;(Set Margins'\, 2025)\, \;Scholar's Codex \;(Tune and Fairweather\, 2026)\, and \;Errata Corpora \;(Set Margins'\, forthcoming in 2027)
\nThe submission process:
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;The submission deadline is May 15. \;
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;We are accepting abstracts of 300-500 words. Reading time for papers is 20-25 minutes. \;
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;We will accept proposals for both individual papers and panel proposals. Please indicate if you are interested in the teaching existentialism session. \;
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;English or French is acceptable.
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;Please submit your abstract (or any questions) by email to NASS President\, Dane Sawyer\, \;dsawyer@laverne.edu
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;Graduate students are encouraged to submit.
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;All proposals will be forwarded to the program committee for review.
\nContacts:
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;Dane Sawyer\, NASS President: dsawyer@laverne.edu
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;Paul Gyllenhammer\, NASS Co-President: \;gyllenhp@stjohns.edu
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;Kiki Berk\, NASS Past-President k.berk@snhu.edu
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;Kimberly Engels\, NASS Treasurer: kengels@molloy.edu \;
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;Damon Boria\, NASS Member-at-Large: damon.boria@gmail.com \;
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;T Storm Heter\, NASS Member at Large: sheter@esu.edu \;
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;James Sares\, NASS Member-at-large: james.sares@uky.edu
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;Tom Meagher: NASS Member-at-large: tjm101@shsu.edu
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;Thomas Payre\, NASS Member-at-large: thp42@aber.ac.uk
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;Varun Chandrasekhar\, NASS Member-at-Large: c.varun@wustl.edu
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;NASS Webpage: \;https://www.northamericansartresociety.org
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;NASS Knowledge Commons Page: \;https://hcommons.org/groups/north-american-sartre-studies-society/
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;NASS Facebook: \; \;https://www.facebook.com/SartreSociety/
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;Sartre Studies International \;https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/sartre-studies/sartre-studies-overview.xml
ORGANIZER;CN=Dane Sawyer: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261022T150339Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261023T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261023T090000 SUMMARY:North American Sartre Society 31st Annual Conference UID:20261024T110132Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-8d97778f4-9dgdr TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:North American Sartre Society
31st \;Annual Meeting
\nCall for Abstracts
\n\;
\n23-24 October 2026
\nVirtual Zoom Conference \;
\nSubmission Deadline: June 15\, 2026
\n\;
\nTheme
\nA.I.\, Virtual Worlds\, and Digital Existentialism
\nThe North American Sartre Society invites proposals for our 31st \;meeting. \; \;Our conference theme is A.I.\, Virtual Worlds\, and Digital Existentialism. We encourage papers that explore existentialism as it relates to A.I.\, social media\, data centers\, and virtual worlds. We encourage papers on topics and questions such as: \;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;How does artificial intelligence reshape our understanding of selfhood\, agency\, and responsibility?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Can virtual worlds provide authentic forms of meaning\, identity\, and community\, or are they structurally alienating?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;What does &ldquo\;existence&rdquo\; mean when one&rsquo\;s social\, emotional\, and creative life is increasingly mediated by A.I. systems and platforms?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Do A.I.-generated personas and avatars challenge distinctions between authenticity and bad faith?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;How should we understand freedom and choice when algorithmic systems increasingly guide behaviors\, desires\, and commitments?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;What ethical obligations do creators of A.I. and virtual worlds have toward users&rsquo\; existential well-being and sense of meaning?
\nWe invite proposals from any area of Sartre studies and from any disciplinary background. In the spirit of Sartre&rsquo\;s eclectic thinking\, we encourage proposals that address philosophy\, literature\, theater\, aesthetics\, psychology\, politics\, intellectual history\, art\, music\, and other disciplines. Aiming to foster diverse and pluralistic approaches\, we understand Sartre Studies broadly to indicate work in the existentialist tradition\, including work emerging from thinkers like Simone de Beauvoir\, Maurice Merleau-Ponty\, Frantz Fanon\, Richard Wright\, Angela Davis\, Albert Camus\, Anna Julia Cooper\, Harriet Ann Jacobs\, Lewis R. Gordon\, Frederick Douglass\, Kathryn Sophia Belle\, Steve Biko\, Naomi Zack\, Chabani Manganyi\, Emilio Uranga\, Jorge Portilla\, W.E.B. Du Bois\, Aimé\; Cé\;saire\, Keiji Nishitani\, Azzedine Haddour\, Martin Buber\, Hannah Arendt\, Martin Heidegger\, Gabriel Marcel\, Emmanuel Levinas\, Sara Ahmed\, danielle davis\, bell hooks\, Kamau Brathwaite\, Nathalie Etoke\, Achille Mbembe\, Suzanne Cé\;saire\, James Baldwin and others. \;
\n\;
\n\;
\n\;
\nKeynote Speaker: Stefano Gualeni
\n\;
\nTitle: Existential Immersion and Care in Virtual Worlds
\nStefano Gualeni is a Full Professor at the Institute of Digital Games\, University of Malta. His academic books include \;Virtual Worlds as Philosophical Tools \;(Palgrave\, 2015)\, \;Virtual Existentialism \;(Palgrave Pivot\, 2020\, with Daniel Vella)\, and \;Fictional Games: A Philosophy of Worldbuilding and Imaginary Play \;(Bloomsbury\, 2023\, with Riccardo Fassone). Stefano&rsquo\;s games\, essays and philosophical fictions can be found on his webpage at \;dsawyer@laverne.edu
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;Graduate students are encouraged to submit.
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;All proposals will be forwarded to the program committee for review.
\nContacts:
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;Dane Sawyer\, NASS President: dsawyer@laverne.edu
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;Paul Gyllenhammer\, NASS Co-President: \;gyllenhp@stjohns.edu
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;Kiki Berk\, NASS Past-President k.berk@snhu.edu
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;Kimberly Engels\, NASS Treasurer: kengels@molloy.edu \;
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;Damon Boria\, NASS Member-at-Large: damon.boria@gmail.com \;
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;T Storm Heter\, NASS Member at Large: sheter@esu.edu \;
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;James Sares\, NASS Member-at-large: james.sares@uky.edu
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;Tom Meagher: NASS Member-at-large: tjm101@shsu.edu
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;Thomas Payre\, NASS Member-at-large: thp42@aber.ac.uk
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;Varun Chandrasekhar\, NASS Member-at-Large: c.varun@wustl.edu
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;NASS Webpage: \;https://www.northamericansartresociety.org
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;NASS Knowledge Commons Page: \;https://hcommons.org/groups/north-american-sartre-studies-society/
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;NASS Facebook: \; \;https://www.facebook.com/SartreSociety/
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;Sartre Studies International \;https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/sartre-studies/sartre-studies-overview.xml
ORGANIZER;CN=Dane Sawyer: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261022T150339Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261023T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261023T170000 SUMMARY:How Philosophers Can Better Engage the Public UID:20261024T110133Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-8d97778f4-9dgdr TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Broader Impacts Webinar (10/23): How Philosophers Can Better Engage the Public\nWhat are ways in which philosophers can effectively engage public stakeholders?UPCOMING SEMINAR | rTAIM SEMINAR SERIES #31
\nWhy We Need Epistemically\, Not Morally\, Trustworthy AI: Decision Support and the Need for Collective Accountability
\nSpeaker: John Dorsch (Center for Environmental and Technology Ethics &mdash\; Prague)
\nDate: 23 October 2026 (Friday) Time: 3:00&ndash\;4:30 PM (Lisbon Time) Format: Online | Microsoft Teams Free and Open to Everyone!
\nCan artificial intelligence really be trustworthy? And who should be held accountable when AI influences human decisions? The discussion will explore crucial questions concerning AI-assisted decision-making\, epistemic trust\, institutional accountability\, and the implications of the EU AI Act.
\nJoin us for the 31st seminar of the Rebuilding Trust in AI Medicine (rTAIM) series\, featuring John Dorsch\, a researcher specialising in AI Ethics and Philosophy of Cognitive Science. Short bio: John Dorsch is a postdoctoral researcher in AI Ethics and Philosophy of Cognitive Science. Previously\, he worked at Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) Munich in the interdisciplinary institute Munich Interactive Intelligence Initiative (MI3)\, member of the lab Cognition\, Values\, and Behavior (CVBE). His research focuses on philosophical and scientific problems surrounding metacognition\, as well as AI technology exerting an influence on metacognitive capacities\, whether by enhancing or hijacking them.
\nSeminar details and access:
\nID: 348 952 916 094 000
\nPassword: tp9aU3Ut
\nEveryone interested in the philosophy and ethics of AI\, epistemology\, technology\, and healthcare is warmly invited to attend! Feel free to share this event with colleagues\, students\, and researchers.
\nInfo: https://trustaimedicine.weebly.com/rtaim-seminars.html
ORGANIZER;CN=Steven Gouveia: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261022T150339Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261023T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261023T183000 SUMMARY:Legal Philosophy Trident Seminar: Manish Oza (Western) UID:20261024T110135Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-8d97778f4-9dgdr TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:This event is part of \;the 2026-27 Legal Philosophy Trident Seminar Series. All seminars will take place online (via Zoom) and are open to all. \;As in previous years\, a paper for each seminar will be circulated approximately five days before the seminar. This year\, all seminars will take place online (via Zoom) on Fridays\, 5pm UK time. \;
\nRegistration links for all seminars are now available on our website \;(here). \;Our line-up for 2026-27 is as follows: \;
\nTrident Seminar Series 2026/27 \;
\n\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Manish Oza (Western) &ndash\; 23/10/26 (5pm\, UK)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Diego Papayannis (Girona) &ndash\; 27/11/26 (5pm UK)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Crescente Molina (Rutgers) - 11/12/26 (5pm UK)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Paulina Sliwa (Vienna) - 22/01/27 (5pm UK)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Alexandra Hearne (UCL) \;- \;26/02/27 (5pm UK)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Emad Atiq (Cornell) - 12/03/27 (5pm UK)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Elinor Mason (UCSB) 09/04/27 (5pm UK)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Luí\;s Duarte d&rsquo\;Almeida (Nova Lisboa) - 21/5/27 (5pm UK)
\n\n\nTo join our mailing list\, vist our google groups page on: \; \;https://groups.google.com/g/legal-philosophy-trident-seminars
\n\nWe look forward to seeing you at our seminars! \;
\n\nAll the best\, \;
\nLPT
\n\n\n\n\n\n ORGANIZER;CN=Lucas Miotto;CN=Ezequiel H. Monti;CN=Nina Varsava: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261022T150339Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20261023T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20261024T170000 SUMMARY:Postfaktisch? Über die Zukunft der Wahrheit: Edith Stein Tagung 2026 UID:20261024T110136Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-8d97778f4-9dgdr TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Wollzeile 2\, Vienna\, Austria\, 1010 DESCRIPTION:Programme Friday
\n19:30 &mdash\; Sarah Spiekermann-Hoff
10 Regeln fü\;r die Digitale Welt auf der Basis der 10 Gebote
In diesem Vortrag werden die von der
Saturday
\n09:30 &mdash\; Dr. Monika Adamczyk-Enriquez
Zur Beziehung von Werterkenntnis und personaler Verwirklichung bei Scheler und Stein
Edith Stein Archiv Kö\;ln
Max Scheler gehö\;rt zu den bedeutendsten Vertretern der phä\;nomenologischen Wertethik. Edith Stein greift seine Ü\;berlegungen auf\, entwickelt sie jedoch in entscheidenden Punkten weiter. Der Vortrag geht der Frage nach\, worin dieser eigenstä\;ndige Beitrag Edith Steins besteht. Im Mittelpunkt stehen das Verhä\;ltnis von Person und Wert\, die Bedeutung des Wertempfangs und der Wertverwirklichung sowie die Frage\, wie Werte das personale Leben prä\;gen. Dabei wird deutlich\, dass Edith Stein die Wertphilosophie Schelers nicht nur ü\;bernimmt\, sondern sie im Horizont ihrer eigenen Anthropologie und ihres Personverstä\;ndnisses weiterfü\;hrt.
\n11:00 &mdash\; HS-Prof. Dr. Małgorzata Bogaczyk-Vormayr
Ethos &ndash\; Eidos &ndash\; Imagination: Wahrheit als Wiedererinnerung
Universitä\;t Posen
Mein Vortrag bietet einen Beitrag aus der Wissenschaftstheorie und Bildungsphilosophie an. Ich werde mich auf die antike (Platon\, Aristoteles) und mittelalterliche (Roger Bacon) Lehre von Erkenntnis und Wissen beziehen sowie auf ihre Rezeption in den Naturwissenschaften im 20. und 21. Jahrhundert hinweisen\, um schließ\;lich diese Stellungnahmen mit dem Bildungskonzept von Edith Stein zu konfrontieren (ESGA B. 13 u. 16). Der Ausgangspunkt meines Vortrags ist eine wissenschaftliche\, entmythologisierte Darlegung der Anamnese-Lehre\, die ein frü\;hes Konzept der Kognitionsforschung darstellt. Aus dieser leite ich die wesentliche Unterscheidung von &bdquo\;Erfinden&ldquo\; und &bdquo\;Entdecken&ldquo\; ab. Ich will aufzeigen\, dass es sich beim Wissensfortschritt\, bei jeder Innovation und Transformation darum handelt\, eine menschliche Grunddisposition zu entfalten: die Imagination. Dabei werden jedoch Fragen nach den Grenzen des innovativen Handelns gestellt\, nach der Verwirklichung des inneren Sinns des Wissens: der Wahrheit.
\n14:30 &mdash\; Prim. Dr. David Oberreiter\, MBA
Soziale Medien in einer postfaktischen Welt &ndash\; Fluch oder Segen?
Kepler Universitä\;tsklinikum Linz
16:00 &mdash\; Dr. Pia Lilienstein
Schö\;nheit und Wahrheit &ndash\; umstrittene Werte in Philosophie und Kunst
Universitä\;t Nü\;rnberg-Erlangen
Als Zeitgenossin von Roman Ingarden und der kunsthistorischen Epoche der Modernen Kunst hielt Edith Stein an der klassischen Auffassung von Kunst fest\, die dem Wahren\, Schö\;nen und Guten verpflichtet ist. In der Kunst setzte sich jedoch die Auffassung durch\, dass die wahrheitsgetreue Abbildung und optische Ü\;bereinstimmung mit der Wirklichkeit nicht die einzigen Mittel sein sollten\, um etwas Wahres auszudrü\;cken. Die Frage nach der Wahrheit von Bildern berü\;hrt unmittelbar die Frage nach deren Wirkung auf unser Bewusstsein. Der moderne Zweifel am Wert der Schö\;nheit und an der Wahrheit von Bildern wird durch digitale Sehgewohnheiten und KI-generierte Bilderwelten zur Selbstverstä\;ndlichkeit. Gleichzeitig schä\;rft sich in der Kunst das Bewusstsein fü\;r den Wert leiblicher Wahrnehmungen und ä\;sthetischer Erfahrungen als Erkenntniszugä\;nge.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261022T150339Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261023T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261025T170000 SUMMARY:The Twentieth Annual Conference of the Leibniz Society of North America UID:20261024T110137Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-8d97778f4-9dgdr TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:900 University Ave\, Riverside\, United States\, 92523 DESCRIPTION:Leibniz Society Website: \;https://leibnizsociety.org/conferences/
\nOnline Program: https://bit.ly/LeibnizProgram
\nUCR Calendar (including Zoom access information): https://bit.ly/LeibnizConf
ORGANIZER;CN=Adam Harmer: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261022T150339Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261024T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261024T173000 SUMMARY:Atomism in Du Châtelet\, Wolff\, and Leibniz UID:20261024T110138Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-8d97778f4-9dgdr TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:900 University Ave\, Riverside\, United States\, 92523 ORGANIZER;CN=Adam Harmer: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261022T150339Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20261026T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20261027T170000 SUMMARY:Innovation and tradition: intersections\, interactions and disputes in culture UID:20261024T110139Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-8d97778f4-9dgdr TZID:America/Mexico_City LOCATION:Cuernavaca\, Mexico DESCRIPTION:This colloquium emerges from the need to think and propose new epistemological positions to the cultural frame. From an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary perspective\, our aim is to bring together researchers from fields like sociology\, communication science\, Cultural Studies\, anthropology\, history\, computational sciences\, political science\, and others\, to explore critical \;reflections on cultural tradition and cultural innovation. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Omar Cerrillo: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261022T150339Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Moscow:20261027T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Moscow:20261030T170000 SUMMARY:Formal Philosophy 2026 UID:20261024T110140Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-8d97778f4-9dgdr TZID:Europe/Moscow LOCATION:105066\, Moscow\, Staraya Basmannaya\, 21/4\,\, Moscow\, Russia ORGANIZER;CN=Vitaliy Dolgorukov: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261022T150339Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261027T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261029T170000 SUMMARY:Understanding Current Approaches to the Theory and Philosophy of History UID:20261024T110141Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-8d97778f4-9dgdr TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:&ldquo\;Theory and philosophy of history&rdquo\; is a contested label for a loosely connected set of research agendas about history (in the sense of our more or less systematic ways of studying the human past). It has been said that theorists tend to focus on history as a cultural product &ndash\; one among many other ways in which people in the present relate to the past\, both theirs and of others &ndash\;\, while philosophers tend to focus on the epistemology of what historians (actually or should) do\; or that theorists tend to be closer to &ldquo\;continental&rdquo\; philosophy\, social theory\, and literary theory\, while philosophers tend to be closer mainstream &ldquo\;analytic&rdquo\; philosophy. However\, these distinctions themselves are also quite contested. In fact\, there is little agreement on what &ldquo\;theory of history&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;philosophy of history&rdquo\; individually are\, how they differ\, and how they relate to one another.
\nDespite these problems with definitions\, researchers who share an interest in the theoretical problems that our relations to the human past entail have managed to gather around certain journals\, conferences\, and networks\, suggesting that some sort of connection may be found. Thus\, the argument appeared that &ldquo\;theory and philosophy of history&rdquo\; is more like an interdisciplinary space where scholars from different fields can discuss a common set of objects from their respective perspectives. However\, the details of what perspectives are those and what methodological or conceptual commitments they carry remain unknown. It is also not entirely clear what exactly the connecting thread is that makes such interdisciplinary dialogue possible.
\nThis virtual workshop aims to discuss the methodological challenges and metaphilosophical commitments of different approaches to the theory and philosophy of history as currently (and broadly) envisioned. As such\, we invite proposals for papers that clarify what these approaches consider to be the field&rsquo\;s proper objects\, aims\, and methods\, as well as the basic presuppositions that make such considerations possible. Accordingly\, proposals may deal with questions that include\, among others\, the following:
\nInvited speakers: Herman Paul (Leiden University)\; Marí\;a Iné\;s La Greca (National University of Tres de Febrero/CONICET)\; Jouni-Matti Kuukkanen (University of Oulu).
\nSubmission guidelines: Please submit an abstract (maximum 500 words) and a short biographical note by 11 September 2026. Acceptance letters will be sent by 25 September 2026.
\nSubmissions and inquiries should be sent to Joã\;o Ohara\, ohara@usp.br.
\nWorkshop format: 3 days (27-29 October 2026)\, with 2 sessions each (keynotes in the morning\, papers in the afternoon\, in Brasí\;lia Time\, UTC&minus\;03:00)
\nPresentations will be 15 minutes long\, followed by more time for discussion/Q&\;A.
\nThis workshop is supported by a grant from the Sã\;o Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) &ndash\; process 25/09351-8.
ORGANIZER;CN="João Ohara": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261022T150339Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261027T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261027T130000 SUMMARY:Nick Huggett - The Highs and Lows of Particle Physics (work with Mike Schneider) UID:20261024T110142Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-8d97778f4-9dgdr TZID:America/New_York LOCATION: University of Pittsburgh\, 4200 Fifth Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, United States\, 15260 DESCRIPTION:The Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh invites you to join us for our Lunch Time Talk. Attend in person at 1117 Cathedral of Learning or visit our live stream on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg.
\n\nLTT: \; \;Nick Huggett
\n\nTuesday\, October 27th @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST
\n\nTitle: \; \;The Highs and Lows of Particle Physics (work with Mike Schneider)
\n\nAbstract:
\nRecent work on the philosophy of high-energy physics experiments has considerably advanced our understanding of their epistemology\, for instance\, concerning measurements by the ATLAS collaboration at the large hadron collider (Beauchemin 2017). In this talk I aim to highlight and analyze complementary low energy &lsquo\;tabletop&rsquo\; experiments in particle (and other kinds of fundamental) physics. In particular\, I contrast ATLAS measurements with high precision measurements of the electron magnetic moment. We find\, for instance\, that the simplicity of the latter experiment allows for uncertainties to be minimized materially\, in the very construction of the apparatus\; it promises to probe new &lsquo\;regimes&rsquo\; of physics found in &lsquo\;increased significant figures&rsquo\; rather than higher energies. We finally suggest that a better appreciation of the capacities of such comparatively &lsquo\;frugal&rsquo\; experiments broadens our conception of &lsquo\;cutting edge&rsquo\; physics\, and ultimately helps to inform value judgments about possible research programs in the field.
\nThis talk will also be available live streamed on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg.
ORGANIZER;CN=Edouard Machery: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261022T150339Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261027T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20270427T170000 SUMMARY:"Ricœur\, Dead or Alive?" Fonds Ricœur Monthly Seminar (ENS\, Paris) UID:20261024T110143Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-8d97778f4-9dgdr TZID:Europe/Paris LOCATION:École Normale Supérieure\, 45 rue d'Ulm\, Paris\, France\, 75005 DESCRIPTION:Presentation of the Seminar
\nThe seminar "Actualité\;s de Ric&oelig\;ur" ("Ric&oelig\;ur Studies Today") aims to offer a space for discussion and development for early-career research on Ric&oelig\;ur. Hosted at the É\;cole Normale Supé\;rieure for the 2026&ndash\;2027 academic year\, it welcomes proposals from doctoral students\, postdoctoral researchers\, and early-career scholars who wish to explore\, extend\, or put to the test the resources of Paul Ric&oelig\;ur's philosophy.
\nThe first edition of this seminar is entitled "Ric&oelig\;ur\, Dead or Alive?" &mdash\; a deliberately ambiguous formulation\, one that invites us to question both the internal vitality of his &oelig\;uvre and its capacity to nourish the philosophical\, ethical\, and political debates of today.
\nIs Ric&oelig\;ur's hermeneutic phenomenology not defined\, in essence\, by its defense of &mdash\; and\, as it were\, its "vow" (v&oelig\;u) in favor of &mdash\; life\, the living\, and the lively? But is he still a living interlocutor\, or has his thought sedimented into heritage?
\nThe seminar will follow this format: two speakers per two-hour session\, with 30 minutes of presentation and 30 minutes of discussion for each speaker.
\nFor paper proposals\, we welcome submissions engaging with three thematic axes.
\nAxis I. Life as Resistance &ndash\; Language\, Time\, and Action
\nHow does life affirm\, narrate\, and configure itself in the face of what negates it? Ric&oelig\;ur's hermeneutic phenomenology is traversed by a fundamental tension between the power to act and the multiple forms of its hindrance. Confronted with evil\, forgetting\, or indeed death\, Ric&oelig\;ur explores the diverse forms of resistance at work within life &mdash\; metaphors\, narratives\, memories\, history. These resistances\, as actions\, possess an intrinsic logic and continue to create the meaning of life.
\nSuggested Lines of Approach
\n1. Language as resistance: How does the "living metaphor" (The Rule of Metaphor\, 1975) constitute a form of resistance to the "entropy of language\," which freezes meaning? In what sense is semantic innovation a vital act\, a "revival"?
\n2. Narrative as resistance: In Time and Narrative (1983&ndash\;1985)\, emplotment is presented as a provisional victory over temporal discordance. How are we to think this victory in the face of the radicality of Heideggerian "being-towards-death"?
\n3. Memory as resistance: Memory\, History\, Forgetting (2000) distinguishes between forgetting kept in reserve and forgetting through effacement. In what way does this distinction commit us to an ethics of memory as a form of fidelity to life?
\nAxis II. A Life of One's Own &ndash\; Selfhood\, Vulnerability\, Ethicity
\nHow might vulnerability\, far from being a limit of subjectivity\, be its very condition of ethical possibility? Ric&oelig\;ur's hermeneutics of the self is built upon the recognition of a constitutive fragility: narrative identity is always exposed to rupture\, to suffering\, to undergoing the action of the other &mdash\; the other inscribing at the very heart of the self. This axis proposes to deepen reflection on the relation between the self and the other\, and to explore the modes by which a "good life" may be accomplished\, starting from the concrete ordeals of vulnerability: trauma\, the quest for mutual recognition\, and the precariousness of existence.
\nSuggested Lines of Approach
\n4. The ordeal of narrative identity: Oneself as Another (1990) articulates idem-identity and ipse-identity around the self-constancy under trial. What becomes of this articulation when the trial is that of identity's collapse &mdash\; serious illness\, exile\, trauma? Ric&oelig\;ur's hermeneutics of narrative identity also resonates with debates on the performativity of identity and with gender studies (Butler).
\n5. The reciprocity of recognition: In The Course of Recognition (2004)\, Ric&oelig\;ur moves from self-recognition to mutual recognition. How might this course enter into dialogue with contemporary theories of vulnerability (Weil\, Levinas) or of care?
\n6. The ethical life: The "ethical aim" defined in the "ethical studies" (Oneself as Another\, Studies 5-7) seeks to realize a "good life." Does this notion remain operative in the face of situations of thwarted life\, precarity\, or desubjectivation?
\nAxis III. Ric&oelig\;ur&rsquo\;s Survival &ndash\; Present Legacies
\nRic&oelig\;ur maintained a singular relationship with his own era\, marked as much by fruitful resonances as by sharp conflicts. This axis seeks to interrogate the philosophical actuality of these past debates: what extensions\, what corrections\, and what ruptures does Ric&oelig\;urian thought call for today? Proposals will place Ric&oelig\;ur's texts in critical dialogue with contemporary problematics\, without confining themselves to historical reconstruction.
\nSuggested Lines of Approach
\n7. Radical alterity in phenomenology: Ric&oelig\;ur engaged in a twofold critical dialogue with Derridean deconstruction and Levinasian ethics &mdash\; two distinct contestations of the autonomy of the self\, the one through the play of language\, the other through the ethical injunction of the face. How do these confrontations\, taken together\, illuminate the limits and the resources of the hermeneutics of the self in the face of the contemporary challenges of hospitality\, communication\, and responsibility?
\n8. Philosophical anthropology: Is the human being\, understood as the "capable human being" (From Text to Action\, 1986)\, in a position to accommodate new forms of agency &mdash\; collective\, distributed\, digital &mdash\; or do its anthropological presuppositions constrain it? In this regard\, Ric&oelig\;urian philosophy could enter into fruitful dialogue with the theories of Stiegler (tertiary retention) and Arendt (collective action).
\n9. Justice today: How might Ric&oelig\;ur's reflections on justice\, collective memory\, and forgiveness (Memory\, History\, Forgetting\, Epilogue) be articulated with the contemporary stakes of memory conflicts\, politics of reconciliation\, or postcolonial reparations? Ric&oelig\;ur's philosophy is bound up with figures such as Halbwachs\, Derrida\, and Honneth. His reflection on memory and forgiveness continues to shed lasting light on the practices of transitional justice.
\nSubmission Guidelines
\nTo submit a proposal or for any inquiries\, please write to us at the following address: seminaire.actualites.ricoeur@gmail.com. Proposals are welcome from doctoral students\, postdoctoral researchers\, and early-career scholars of any discipline (philosophy\, literary studies\, theology\, social sciences\, law)\, provided that they are grounded in Ric&oelig\;ur's texts and in contemporary debates for which Ric&oelig\;urian theory could be fruitfully mobilized. Comparative and transdisciplinary proposals are welcome. We will accept proposals in French and in English.
\nPractical Information
\nSubmissions: seminaire.actualites.ricoeur@gmail.com
\nSubmission deadline: 20 September 2026
\nVenue: É\;cole Normale Supé\;rieure\, 45 rue d'Ulm\, Paris (75005)
\nFrequency: monthly (2026&ndash\;2027 academic year)\, normally on the last Tuesday of each month\, beginning on Tuesday 27 October.
\nSchedule: 27 October\; 24 November\; 15 December (due to the holiday break)\; 26 January\; 23 February\; 16 March\; 30 March\; 27 April.
\nPaper proposals must follow these guidelines:
\nAn anonymized abstract of 400 to 600 words in Word format\, specifying the title of the paper\, the chosen axis\, and the thesis defended\, accompanied by an indicative bibliography.
\nA brief bio-bibliographical note (name\, affiliation\, current position\, thesis supervisor where applicable) should be included in the body of the email. To facilitate the archiving and processing of your submission\, we kindly ask you to format the subject line of your email as follows: [Seminar Application] Surname &ndash\; Title of the Paper. Formatting guidelines for the (anonymous) abstract: Times New Roman or Arial\, 12-point font\, 1.5 line spacing.
\nWe wish for the papers to be delivered in person\, in order to facilitate the discussions that lie at the heart of the seminar spirit of this initiative. A link will nevertheless be available for those who wish to follow the event remotely\, where applicable.
\nThe seminar has no dedicated budget for the reimbursement of travel and accommodation expenses\, and in-person participation is at the speakers' own expense. We therefore encourage them to explore\, as a first step\, the funding available from their research unit\, doctoral school\, or home institution.
\nSelected speakers will be invited to submit a preparatory text (25\,000 characters maximum)\, to be circulated to participants one week before the session\, and sent to the contact address (seminaire.actualites.ricoeur@gmail.com).
ORGANIZER;CN=Barberousse Tristan;CN=Hu Kexin;CN=Lodi Martina;CN=Chen Qiyu: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261022T150339Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261027T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261027T200000 SUMMARY:The Black Womb\, Ontological Absence\, and Social Death: A Fireside Chat with Patrice D. Douglass UID:20261024T110144Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-8d97778f4-9dgdr TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:Santa Clara\, United States DESCRIPTION:Join us for a public dialogue with Prof. Patrice D. Douglass (UC Berkeley) on Black sexuality\, gender\, respectability politics\, and the social ontology of Blackness. This generative dialogue will feature insights from Douglass' field shifting book \;Engendering Blackness: Slavery and the Ontology of Sexual Violence.
\nThe dialogue will be held in-person at Santa Clara University on October 27th\, 2026 but will also be available via live stream for those wishing to attend virtually.
\nPlease RSVP at the link and direct any questions you may have to: Justin Clardy (Jclardy@scu.edu)
ORGANIZER;CN=Justin L. Clardy: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261022T150339Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261028T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261028T170000 SUMMARY:The Film-Phil Lisbon Seminars: Maria Serafini UID:20261024T110145Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-8d97778f4-9dgdr TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The Film-Phil Lisbon Seminars: Maria Serafini (University of Milan)
\nOctober's Film-Phil Lisbon Seminar will be led by Maria Serafini (University of Milan) who will talk about "At the Limits of Mediation: Eulogy\, Digital Afterlife and the Media of Finitude". This will be an online session and will be held on October 28\, 2026\, at 15:00 WET on Microsoft Teams.
ABSTRACT What happens when an image no longer marks the distance between the living and the dead\, but promises to overcome it? Taking the Black Mirror episode &ldquo\;Eulogy&rdquo\; (2025) as its starting point\, this seminar reflects on the image as a limit between presence and absence\, memory and simulation. If Roland Barthes read the photograph as the trace of an irretrievable that-has-been\, &ldquo\;Eulogy&rdquo\; imagines its transformation into an immersive\, inhabitable environment &ndash\; a technology that allows the mourner to enter the photograph and move through memory itself. The episode is approached from two intersecting perspectives. First\, in relation to contemporary digital mourning: what happens to the eulogy when the work of remembrance is mediated through AI\, immersive archives and posthumous data? Second\, as a philosophical reflection on the limits of mediation: the technology promises co-presence\, yet gaps\, omissions and inaccessible memories continually re-emerge within the reconstructed image. Finitude therefore manifests itself on two levels: in human existence\, shaped by mortality\, loss and forgetting\, and in media themselves\, which glitch\, degrade and become obsolete. To enter the image\, in the end\, is not to overcome death\, but to confront the persistence of finitude within mediation itself.
\nBIO Maria Serafini\, PhD\, is a researcher in aesthetics and visual culture who collaborates with the Coordinated Research Centre on Extended Reality (CRC EXT) at the University of Milan. Her work lies at the intersection of aesthetics\, media studies and anthropology\, with a focus on mourning\, images and digital afterlife. She was a doctoral researcher within the ERC Advanced Grant project AN-ICON (2022&ndash\;2025) and a Visiting Doctoral Researcher at the Warburg Institute\, London (2024\, 2025). She completed her PhD in Philosophy and Human Sciences in 2026 with a dissertation on lamentation from ritual to the digital\, in dialogue with Ernesto de Martino and Aby Warburg. Her current research focuses on generative AI and technologies of remembrance\, exploring both the digital survival of mourning gestures and the production of posthumous presence.
\n
Funded by the European Union (ERC\, FILM AND DEATH\, 101088956). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. \;
Digital computation is now so dominant that many forget the tradition of analog computing\, which in the 1930s and 1940s was the preferred computing method for those who needed fast real-time results. This is especially unfortunate because the entire biosphere operates primarily on analog computation. The scientific discipline that explores the analog computational processes in living organisms is natural computing (sometimes also understood as including bio-inspired computing). This rapidly emerging field has an impressive array of research results that show the myriad subtle\, complex\, and multi-layered analog computational processes that organisms to cognize\, communicate\, anticipate and learn&mdash\;in short\, to survive and flourish.
\nBecause the area of the humanities interested in computation is called &ldquo\;Digital Humanities\,&rdquo\; a sister branch called &ldquo\;Analog Humanities&rdquo\; should be launched. It can explore the important connections between biological and technological computing\, as well as connect with the research results of natural computing to understand its implications for humanistic inquiry. This talk will offer a definition of computing\, explain how analog computing differs from digital computing\, assess its distinctive benefits and limitations\, and discuss hybrid digital/analog technologies\, such as Large Language Models (LLMs).
\nN. Katherine Hayles is the Distinguished Research Professor at the University of California\, Los Angeles\, and the James B. Duke Professor Emerita from Duke University. \; Her twelve print books include Postprint: Books and Becoming Computational (2021)\, Unthought: The Power of the Cognitive Nonconscious (2017)\, How We Think: Digital Media and Contemporary Technogenesis (2015)\, How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Literature\, Cybernetics and Informatics (1999). Her latest 2025 book is Bacteria to AI: Human Futures with our Nonhuman Symbionts.
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Zoom-Link: https://univienna.zoom.us/j/62003446384?pwd=JVXK84VKSmpijMFWPF4kHCUEgSXPvu.1 \;
Or register with: ralf.gisinger@univie.ac.at \;and eva-maria.aigner@univie.ac.at
\nTHINKING NATURE
\nLecture and Workshop Series\, University of Vienna 2025&ndash\;2026
\nOrganised by Eva-Maria \;Aigner \;and Ralf Gisinger
\nResearch Group &ldquo\;Poststructuralism\, Gender Theory\, Psychoanalysis&rdquo\;
\nMore information: poststrukturalismus.univie.ac.at
ORGANIZER;CN=Ralf Gisinger: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261022T150339Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261028T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261028T200000 SUMMARY:On the Philosophical Incoherence of a Duty to Promote the Highest Good UID:20261024T110147Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-8d97778f4-9dgdr TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Abstract:
\nAccording to Kantian moral religion\, because there is a duty to promote the highest good\, we are warranted in believing in God and immortality. However\, I aim to show that the duty to promote the highest good is philosophically incoherent\, and that popular conceptualizations of the highest good cannot avoid this incoherence. After arguing\, additionally\, against attempts to ground Kantian moral religion on the highest good in some role other than the object of duty\, I argue that Kant might have been aware of the original problem\, suggesting an explanation for why he abandoned the highest good around 1800.
ORGANIZER;CN=Elke Elisabeth Schmidt: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261022T150339Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261030T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270507T170000 SUMMARY:Monthly Phenomenology UID:20261024T110148Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-8d97778f4-9dgdr TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:&ndash\;&ndash\;&ndash\;&ndash\;&ndash\;&ndash\;
We are very pleased to announce the 7th season (2026&ndash\;2027) of:
MONTHLY PHENOMENOLOGY
An online forum of discussion on recent work in phenomenology
Description: This series of talks gathers together scholars interested in phenomenology and its relation to contemporary issues in philosophy\, especially in the philosophy of mind. It establishes a forum of discussion where people can meet on a regular basis and present their work-in-progress or recent publications. The topics addressed will stretch from the history of early phenomenology to the systematic application of phenomenological insights in recent debates in analytic philosophy.
Schedule: The talks will take place once a month on a Friday from October to May. Time: \;4:15pm CET\, 3:15pm GMT/GMT+1\, 10:15am ET. Talks last 90 minutes\, including a 45 minutes Q&\;A.
Participation: Talks are held on \;zoom. To participate\, please send an email to \;hamid.taieb@hu-berlin.de \;with the heading "Registration Monthly Phenomenology". A zoom link will be sent to you the day preceding each talk. \; \;
Programme:
Thomas Szanto (Europa-Universitä\;t Flensburg)
The Phenomenology and Affective Politics of Feelings of Belonging
30 October 2026 \;
Andrew Butler (Boston University) \;
Husserl&rsquo\;s Metaphysical Realism: Essence\, Sense\, Experience \;
13 November 2026 \;
Esther Neuhann (Goethe-Universitä\;t Frankfurt/Freie Universitä\;t Berlin)
Embodied Integrity \;
11 December \;2026
Nicolai K. Knudsen (Aarhus University) \;
Shall We? Invitations\, Equality\, and the Routes to Joint Action \;
29 January 2027
Laura Gow (University of Liverpool) \;
Cognitive Phenomenology and Belief-discordant Behaviour \;
12 \;February 2027
Alfredo Tomasetta (IUSS Pavia) \;
Is Intentionality Phenomenal? A Debate in Classical Indian Philosophy
5 \;March 2027
Ali Kerem Eroglu (University of Liè\;ge) \;
Intentionalism without Retention: Brentano on Temporal Experience \;
9 April 2027
Minna-Kerttu Kekki (University of Helsinki) \;
Phenomenology of the State: From Edith Stein to the Present \;
7 May 2027
Convenors: \;
Guillaume Fré\;chette (University of Geneva) \;
Marta Jorba (Pompeu Fabra \;University) \;
Alessandro Salice (University College Cork) \;
Hamid Taieb (Humboldt University Berlin) \;
Í\;ngrid Vendrell-Ferran (Philipps University Marburg)
Organized on behalf of the \;Network for Phenomenological Research \; \;
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&lsquo\;The Collective Discussions&rsquo\; is an online workshop created by The Collective: Women in Legal Philosophy. It meets several times a year. The aim is to discuss pre-read papers that overlap key themes in legal\, moral and political philosophy. Attendance at the 90-minute sessions is free and open to all.
\nThe theme of the Spring 2027 Discussions series is normativity\, practical reasoning and law. \; The series will explore ways in which the concepts of normativity and/or practical reason bear on and illuminate vexing fundamental questions in legal philosophy.
\nWomen are cordially invited to submit an anonymized 1\,000 word abstract by emailing Barbara Levenbook (bbl@ncsu.edu) with "Collective Discussions Spring 2027" in the subject line of the email. Include your name\, affiliation and position in the body of the email.
\nFor inquiries\, contact Barbara Levenbook (bbl@ncsu.edu) or Veronica Rodriguez-Blanco (v.rodriguez-blanco@surrey.ac.uk).
\nAdditional information can be found at: \; \;
ORGANIZER;CN=V. Rodriguez Blanco;CN=Barbara Levenbook: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261022T150339Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20261030T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20261031T170000 SUMMARY:MAiD at Ten: Lessons from Canada’s First Decade UID:20261024T110150Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-8d97778f4-9dgdr TZID:America/Edmonton LOCATION:Lethbridge\, Canada DESCRIPTION:Ten years after the Supreme Court of Canada&rsquo\;s Carter decision\, Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) has become an established part of Canadian healthcare\, law\, and public life. Yet despite broad public support\, it remains one of the most controversial and poorly understood issues in the country.
\nThe first decade of MAiD in Canada was largely defined by its legalization and subsequent expansion. Today\, Canada appears to be entering a period of reassessment. Continued delays surrounding the implementation of MAiD for mental illness\, Alberta&rsquo\;s recent MAiD restrictions\, growing critiques from the disability community\, increasing concerns about structural vulnerabilities and social suffering\, debates over conscientious refusal and institutional participation\, and broader questions concerning safeguards\, oversight\, and public trust have prompted renewed reflection on the future of assisted dying in Canada.
\nThis conference seeks to take stock of Canada&rsquo\;s first decade of MAiD.
\nTen years in\, the central question is no longer simply whether MAiD should be legal. Rather\, the debate increasingly concerns where the boundaries should be drawn\, how these boundaries are justified\, and what values should guide future MAiD policy.
\nDisagreements about MAiD are often presented as conflicts between supporters and opponents. Yet many of the most difficult questions arise among people who share similar values but disagree about how these values should be interpreted and balanced\, especially in hard cases. Concepts of autonomy\, compassion\, dignity\, equality\, protection\, and care continue to animate the debate\, yet these are not fixed rules that can be applied mechanically. Rather\, they require judgment under conditions of uncertainty. Consequently\, reasonable disagreement can persist even among those who share many of the same moral commitments.
\nThe conference does not aim to advance a particular position on assisted dying. Rather\, it seeks to promote a deeper understanding of the legal\, ethical\, clinical\, and social questions that continue to shape Canada&rsquo\;s MAiD system. By bringing together scholars\, clinicians\, policymakers\, legal experts\, students\, and members of the public\, the conference seeks to foster thoughtful discussion on what Canada has learned from its first decade of MAiD\, what questions remain unresolved\, and how the next decade should be approached.
ORGANIZER;CN=Nicholas Dunn: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261022T150339Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261030T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261030T130000 SUMMARY:Alfredo Vernazzani - Perceptual Discrimination and Necessary Laws of Appearance UID:20261024T110151Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-8d97778f4-9dgdr TZID:America/New_York LOCATION: University of Pittsburgh\, 4200 Fifth Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, United States\, 15260 DESCRIPTION:The Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh invites you to join us for our Lunch Time Talk. Attend in person at 1117 Cathedral of Learning or visit our live stream on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg.
\n\nLTT: \; \;Alfredo Vernazzani
\n\nFriday\, October 30th @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST
\n\nTitle: \; \;Perceptual Discrimination and Necessary Laws of Appearance
\n\nAbstract:
\nPerceptual experience varies dramatically across sensory modalities and species. Humans\, sharks\, butterflies\, and countless other animals inhabit perceptual worlds structured by radically different sensory capacities. Does this diversity imply that the ways things appear are governed entirely by contingent laws? I argue that it does not. Beneath the contingent diversity of perceptual modalities lie metaphysically necessary laws governing appearance itself. I ground this claim in the operations of perceptual discrimination. First\, I argue that the exercise of perceptual discrimination capacities is necessary for things to appear. I then advance three necessary laws of appearance grounded in those operations. These laws identify aspects of appearance that remain invariant across differences in sensory modality and species\, distinguishing necessary constraints from the contingent forms appearance takes in particular perceptual systems. I illustrate this proposal by turning to non-human perception\, focusing on sharks&rsquo\; and rays&rsquo\; electroception. This case shows how the proposed laws can apply to sensory modalities radically alien to human experience while not depending on any particular sensory mechanism. I conclude by situating this account within the recent debate over whether all laws of appearance are contingent.
\nThis talk will also be available live streamed on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg.
ORGANIZER;CN=Edouard Machery: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261022T150339Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261030T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261030T180000 SUMMARY:An Acquaintance-Based Solution to Smith's Epistemological Challenge? UID:20261024T110152Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-8d97778f4-9dgdr TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:ACQUAINTANCE NETWORK ONLINE SEMINAR
\n"An Acquaintance-Based Solution to Smith&rsquo\;s Epistemological Challenge?" Sarah McGrath (Princeton)
Friday\, October 30 11:00 am - 1:00 pm (Princeton) / 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm (Brussels)
The Acquaintance Network is an international philosophy research group devoted to the study of acquaintance: the relation of conscious awareness that we bear to the things we experience most directly. The network brings together researchers working on the metaphysics\, epistemology\, value\, and history of acquaintance\, with the aim of supporting current research and promoting future work on the topic. \;
\nAbstract
\nOne version of J.L. Mackie&rsquo\;s argument from queerness concerns the queer &ldquo\;because.&rdquo\; We take ourselves to know claims of the form: this act &ldquo\;is wrong because it is a piece of deliberate cruelty.&rdquo\; Mackie asked: &ldquo\;just what in the world is signified by this &lsquo\;because&rsquo\;? And how do we know the relation that it signifies?&rdquo\; Michael Smith sharpened the second question into a dilemma for the non-naturalist: such knowledge is either a posteriori or a priori. The former option is obviously wrong\, and the latter is unavailable to the non-naturalist. But Smith&rsquo\;s dilemma presupposes that\, if non-naturalism is true\, our knowledge of the queer &ldquo\;because&rdquo\; must be inferential. I argue that there are non-inferential routes available to the non-naturalist.
\nRegistration
To receive the Zoom link\, please email: jacopopallagrosi@gmail.com
*Note that this event is taking place simultaneously in New Haven\, Toronto\, New York City\, and on Zoom.
\nThe Yale-Toronto-Columbia Private Law Theory Discussion Group invites submissions for its seventh annual workshop\, which will be held on Thursday\, March 25\, 2027\, from 12:00 pm to 3:30 pm ET in a hybrid format.
\nAbout the Discussion Group
\nThe Yale-Toronto-Columbia Private Law Theory Discussion Group is a student-led and faculty-supported collaboration between the Yale Law School\, the University of Toronto&rsquo\;s Henry N.R. Jackman Faculty of Law\, and Columbia Law School. The Workshop provides a forum to discuss in-progress research in private law theory authored by the next generation of private law scholars. We adopt a broad conception of private law&mdash\;including torts\, contracts\, property\, restitution/unjust enrichment\, equity\, remedies\, corporations\, family law\, employment law\, and more&mdash\;and of private law theory. The Discussion Group embraces scholarship focusing on doctrinal issues with a theoretical overlay\, as well as more abstract\, foundational questions concerning private law. We also welcome research that examines the intersection of private law with broader themes\, such as justice\, the environment\, and technology. The Discussion Group further invites submissions that draw on insights from philosophy\, economics\, history\, sociology\, anthropology\, critical studies\, and other methodologies.
\nMore information about the Discussion Group is available on our website at this link: https://www.privatelawtheory.com/about.
\nAnnual Junior Scholars Workshop
\nThis year&rsquo\;s workshop will continue the Discussion Group&rsquo\;s recent emphasis on the work of junior scholars working in private law theory\, with an eye to providing them a platform and an opportunity to receive feedback from experts in the field. Authors will receive commentary from a pair of private law scholars and benefit from the opportunity to engage with an international audience via Q&\;A.
\nThe 2027 workshop will also feature a keynote. The keynote speaker will be announced in the new year.
\nYou can see information about our past workshops at this link: \;https://www.privatelawtheory.com/workshops-and-call-for-papers.
\nEligibility
\nWe welcome submissions of unpublished papers or works in progress. In keeping with the Discussion Group&rsquo\;s aim of providing valuable feedback to authors\, a strong preference will be given to drafts that are works in progress\, rather than accepted pieces undergoing late-stage edits. Submissions should be suitable for pre-circulation and discussion among scholars and students with interests in private law and legal theory.
\nThe Discussion Group showcases the best work by the next generation of private law scholars. We invite submissions from junior scholars (defined to include pre-tenure faculty\, postdoctoral and other fellows\, graduate students\, and J.D./LL.B. students). Submissions from J.D./LL.B. students\, fellows\, and graduate students in law\, philosophy\, economics\, history\, political science\, and other cognate disciplines are particularly welcome (e.g.\, candidates for B.C.L.\, M.Jur.\, M.Phil.\, M.S.L.\, LL.M.\, S.J.D./J.S.D.\, Ph.D.\, and DPhil degrees). This includes recent graduates of these programs who may currently be in private practice\, public service\, or completing judicial clerkships.
\nIf you have another position or status that you believe qualifies you as a junior scholar\, please write to privatelawtheory@yale.edu to confirm your eligibility before submitting.
\nSubmission Guidelines
\nPlease use the submission form at the following link to upload your paper and provide other relevant details: \;https://forms.gle/74od9Xh3ZbMHDLc56. Submissions must be made by Friday\, October 30\, 2026\, at 11:59 pm ET. Draft papers should be between 8\,000 and 20\,000 words\, including footnotes\, and should contain an Abstract.
\nThe Discussion Group reviews submissions blind. Accordingly\, please ensure your manuscript itself contains no identifying information\, including in the document&rsquo\;s metadata. Draft papers will be reviewed by the Discussion Group&rsquo\;s team of faculty advisors and co-convenors. Authors can expect to receive decisions on their submissions by mid to late December 2026.
\nIn-Person and Zoom Options for Presentations
\nThis year&rsquo\;s event will once again be held in a hybrid format\, with Zoom and in-person options for both attendees and presenters. Attendees and presenters in New Haven\, Toronto\, and New York City are welcome to join us in the designated rooms at Yale Law School\, the University of Toronto Faculty of Law\, or Columbia Law School\, respectively. Lunch will be served\, and coffee and snacks will be available during short breaks throughout the event. We welcome those unable to join us in person to join us via Zoom. More information on room locations and Zoom details will be forthcoming.
\nContact and Mailing List
\nFor further information\, please contact the co-convenors at privatelawtheory@yale.edu. If you wish to be added to the Discussion Group&rsquo\;s mailing list (where we distribute periodic updates)\, you may do so using this form: \;https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdRk5IeE0Vy8iauBIZxFfUcdM4qi29apBnvbUKIgmhikC8Cgw/viewform.
ORGANIZER;CN=Faisal Khalil Bhabha;CN=Amitpal Singh: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261022T150339Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261030T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261030T234500 SUMMARY:Machine Ethics and Reasoning in AI (MERe AI) Workshop UID:20261024T110154Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-8d97778f4-9dgdr TZID:America/Toronto LOCATION:Toronto\, Canada DESCRIPTION:We welcome contributions on machine ethics and moral reasoning in AI\, spanning philosophical\, theoretical\, and empirical work. Papers on work in progress are welcome\, as are submissions of authors' recently published work on topics highly relevant to the workshop. The workshop is non-archival.
\nWe accept submissions in three length categories: up to 2 pages\, up to 4 pages\, or up to 8 pages. Bibliographies do not count toward these page limits. Submissions must be anonymized for review.
\nFor more information on the workshop and topics of interest\, please visit our website: https://mere-ai-workshop.com/
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261022T150339Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261102T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261102T000000 SUMMARY:The Significance of Suffering in Theory and Practice UID:20261024T110155Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-8d97778f4-9dgdr TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Universitätsstraße 25\, Bielefeld\, Germany DESCRIPTION:The Significance of Suffering in Theory and Practice
Call for Abstracts/Papers and Registration
This year's annual conference of the German Society for Utilitarian Studies (Gesellschaft fü\;r Utilitarismusstudien) will focus on the significance of suffering in theory and practice. What is suffering\, and which entities can suffer? What is severe or unbearable suffering\, in particular\, and should it take priority over happiness and other prudential\, moral\, or political values or reasons? If so\, what kind of priority and why?
Our speakers include Roger Crisp (Oxford)\, David Enoch (Oxford)\, Felicia Knaul (UCLA)\, Jennifer Corns (Glasgow)\, Michael Brady (Glasgow)\, Jonas H. Aaron (Zurich)\, Leonard Dung (Bochum)\, Bjø\;rn Morten Hofmann (NTNU)\, Claudia Bozzaro (Mü\;nster)\, and Dieter Birnbacher (Dü\;sseldorf).
To participate in person or online\, please email adriano.mannino@hm.edu. Participation is free. The conference will start Thursday afternoon\, November 19\, and end Saturday afternoon\, November 21\, 2026 (schedule TBA). You are welcome to attend only part of the conference.
Our schedule has room for additional speakers. Please attach your abstract or paper if you would like to give a talk\; we will notify you within a few days of submission. We can fully cover travel costs within Europe\, and at least partly from elsewhere.
Suitable topic areas include but are not limited to: the concepts and mental phenomena of pain\, suffering\, aversion\, etc.\, and the concepts of severity and unbearability\; pain and suffering as they relate to the theory of illbeing and wellbeing\, value and disvalue\; to intra- and interpersonal (non)aggregation\, nonidentity\, and population-level choices\; to Kantian dignity\, contractualism\, virtue ethics\, and other nonconsequentialist perspectives\; to the concept of illhealth and issues in biomedical ethics or normative health economics more broadly (e.g.\, unbearability and end-of-life care\, the measurement of suffering and the QALY/DALY/WELLBY metrics\, patient prioritization and triage)\; to other areas of applied ethics (e.g.\, research ethics\, animal ethics\, AI ethics\, applied population ethics/future ethics)\; to issues in political philosophy/theory and practice\; and to the history of utilitarian thought and rivaling traditions.
The German Society for Utilitarian Studies (Gesellschaft fü\;r Utilitarismusstudien) is an association of scholars interested in utilitarian thought. Its aim is to foster engagement with the utilitarian tradition in philosophy and adjacent disciplines. Needless to say\, the association welcomes utilitarians and non-utilitarians alike.
We are grateful to the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft for supporting our 2026 annual conference.
Eminent Scholar Lecture: Laughter in the Dark: \;The Consolation of Comedy Featuring Kieran Setiya\, Peter de Florez Professor of Philosophy at MIT
\nIn person and live streamed on UMBCtube
\nAbstract: \;Can humour help us cope with hardship without distancing or denial? Does laughter at misfortune manifest what Bergson called &ldquo\;a momentary anesthesia of the heart&rdquo\;&mdash\;or worse? This talk takes up a puzzle about confessional comedy: why isn&rsquo\;t it vicious to draw pleasure from another&rsquo\;s suffering\, as we do when comics joke about trauma? The answer turns on the fine structure of empathy\; and the upshot is a theory of confessional stand-up as bespoke theodicy: a temporary\, interpersonal solution to the emotional problem of evil. This solution is one we can administer to ourselves\, using humour to confront adversity. Content note: violence and sexual assault.
ORGANIZER;CN=Jessica Pfeifer: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261022T150339Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20261103T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20261107T170000 SUMMARY:The Art of doing Tribal Philosophy UID:20261024T110158Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-8d97778f4-9dgdr TZID:Asia/Kolkata LOCATION:North Eastern Hill University\, Shillong\, India\, 793022 DESCRIPTION:Objective of the Workshop:
The workshop seeks to de-stigmatize Tribal and Indigenous Philosophy by challenging the tendency to view tribal thought as primitive\, pre-logical\, or merely cultural rather than philosophical. It recognizes Tribal and Indigenous communities as knowledge producers and philosophical thinkers\, with rich traditions of reflection on reality\, personhood\, ethics\, community\, nature\, and the good life.
With a special focus on Northeast India\, the workshop will explore diverse tribal philosophies through their languages\, oral traditions\, cultural practices\, memories\, relationships with land and ancestors\, and more-than-human worlds. It will also examine questions of identity\, ecology\, healing\, knowledge\, colonial legacies\, and cultural self-determination.
\nThe workshop aims to create a space where Tribal Philosophy is understood not simply as an object of academic study\, but as a living intellectual tradition that contributes to contemporary philosophical thought.
Contact for more Information : \;
Prof. Prasenjit Biswas\, Head\, Dept. of Philosophy\, North-Eastern Hill University\,
\nShillong-793022\, Meghalaya\, India. Email: hrpbiswas82@gmail.com\;
\nPh. No. 9875368100
ORGANIZER;CN=Ka Lyngwiar Pyrkhat and Ki Umpohliew Ka Mynnor in academic Collaboration with the Department of Philosophy NEHU Shillong Duia Trailblazers: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261022T150339Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20261103T153000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20261103T163000 SUMMARY:Thinking Relationally Across the Fragile Sciences UID:20261024T110159Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-8d97778f4-9dgdr TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Quellenstrasse 51\, Vienna\, Austria\, 1100 DESCRIPTION:In chh.3-4 of Kin Matters (Oxford University Press\, 2026)\, I use the discussions of John Locke&rsquo\;s views of relations by the cultural anthropologists Marilyn Strathern and Marshall Sahlins to structure a broader account of relations\, defending what I call Dependentism as a general view of relations. In this talk\, I discuss what we might hope for from such a general view with sensitivity to the differences and gaps between the philosophical and anthropological literatures\, particularly those that involve the cognitive\, biological\, and social sciences. \;
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