Invited speakers:
\nTraditionally\, analyses of privacy start from hard cases of breach\, such as reading other people&rsquo\;s diaries and letters without permission\, wiring houses and passing on medical records\, and these are well covered\, for instance\, by the so-called control account of the right to privacy (Marmor 2015\, Menges 2024). Yet there are many actions and attitudes which are\, as it were\, on the margins of privacy\, and which either are sketchy or uncouth but not obviously wrong\, or are clearly wrong but not obviously a breach of privacy: passing on intimate information but in an anonymised way\, novelists using others&rsquo\; intimate information in writing\, gossip\, stalking\, off- or online\, gathering too much public information about a public person\, deep-fakes\, asking someone questions about their personal life\, and the list can go on. Some of these have been recently discussed by philosophers\, within or without the context of privacy. The conference thus aims to bring people together in order to discuss these in-between cases\, and many other similar ones\, and to think:
\nCALL FOR ABSTRACTS: INAUGURAL EUROPEAN CONGRESS FOR METAPHYSICS
\nSubmission Deadline: 1 March 2026
\nWe invite extended abstracts of up to 1000 words for presentation at the first meeting of the European Congress for Metaphysics to be held 9-11 July 2026 in Munich\, Germany. Abstracts are welcome \;in \;any area of metaphysics\, where this should be construed widely so as to include topics in metaphysics of science\, social metaphysics\, history of metaphysics\, metametaphysics\, metaphysics of mind\, metaphysics of value\, and formal metaphysics. Abstracts may be submitted using the following instructions.
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PhD students and scholars within 10 years of their PhD are additionally welcome to submit a 4000-5000 word paper on any topic in metaphysics for consideration for the \;European Congress for Metaphysics Essay Prize. Submissions for the Essay Prize should also include the extended abstract of 1000 words. In addition to the Essay Prize\, all paper submissions from students and scholars within 10 years of their PhD will be considered for travel grants of 800 Euro each\, to defray travel costs. 10 such grants will be awarded.
Abstracts and papers are particularly welcome from women\, members of other groups historically underrepresented in metaphysics\, and early career scholars\, including PhD students.
This conference will include \;keynote presentations \;from \;Esa Dí\;az-Leó\;n\, \;Jonathan Schaffer\, and Barbara Vetter\, as well as the recipient of the European Congress for Metaphysics Essay Prize. \; \; The program committee comprises Giacomo Andreoletti\, Boris Demarest\, Fabrice Correia\, Esa Dí\;az-Leó\;n\, Jani Hakkarainen\, Mario Hubert\, Max Kistler\, Ø\;ystein Linnebo\, Anna-Sofia Maurin\, Alyssa Ney\, Asya Passinsky\, and David Yates.
Instructions:
To be considered for inclusion on the conference program\, abstracts (and papers) must meet the following conditions:
\; \;To be considered\, the body of the email should include the following information:
\nThe sponsors for the 2026 European Congress for Metaphysics are the Center for Advanced Study and the Lehrstuhl fü\;r Metaphysik (Chair of Metaphysics) at Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260525T024733Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260720T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260724T170000 SUMMARY:MCMP Summer School for Widening Participation in Mathematical Philosophy 2026 UID:20260614T201250Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Ludwigstr. 31\, Munich\, Germany\, 80539 DESCRIPTION:The Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP) is organizing the third edition of the \;Summer School for Widening Participation in Mathematical Philosophy\, \;which will take place from the \;20th to 24th July 2026 \;in Munich\, Germany.
\nThe summer school continues a successful tradition\, which began in 2014 with eight editions of the summer school on mathematical philosophy for female students and was expanded in 2024 to underrepresented groups.
\nThe 2026 &ldquo\;Summer School for Widening Participation in Mathematical Philosophy&rdquo\; is open to women and members of other groups that are under-represented in mathematical philosophy. These groups include under-represented gender identities\, races and ethnicities\, people with disabilities\, people from low income and non-academic family backgrounds. The target level is master students and last year-bachelor students.
\nThe school's aim is to encourage students to engage with mathematical and scientific approaches to philosophical problems\, and thereby help to redress the under-representation of women and other marginalized groups in mathematical philosophy. It offers the opportunity for study in an informal and interdisciplinary setting\, for lively debate\, and for the development of a network of students and professors interested in the application of formal methods to philosophy.
\nThe 2026 edition of the summer school will feature:
\nQuestions can be directed to \;mathsummer@lrz.uni-muenchen.de \;
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