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"Truth in Financial Accounting"
Author: Christopher J. Cowton (Emeritus\, University of Huddersfield)
Interviewer: Lisa Warenski (CUNY Graduate Center)
Date and Time: 15 January 2026\, 18:00 CET
"Green Central Banking" \;
Authors: Peter Dietsch (University of Victoria)\; Clé\;ment Fontan (University of Louvain)
Interviewer: Jens van't Klooster
Date and Time: 25 March 2026\, 18:00 CET
"On the Wrongfulness of Bank Contributions to Financial Crises"
Author: \;Richard Endö\;rfer (University of Gothenburg)
Interviewer: Kobi Finestone (Univeresity of San Diego)
Date and Time: 01 June 2026\, 18:00 CET
"Bitcoins Left and Right: A Normative Assessment of a Digital Currency"
Authors: Lars Lindblom and Joakim Sandberg
Interviewer: Violet Victoria
Date and Time: October (TBA) 2026\, 18:00 CET
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 2025-2026 academic year take place on MONDAYS\, 14:30-16:00 Central European Time (CET). The list of speakers is the following (exact dates to be provided soon):
\n- OCTOBER 2025: Luvell Anderson (University of Illinois\, Urbana-Champaign)
\n- NOVEMBER 2025: Claire Horisk (University of Missouri)
\n- DECEMBER 2025: Xavier Villalba (Autonomous University of Barcelona)
\n- JANUARY 2026: Daisy Dixon (Cardiff University)
\n- FEBRUARY 2026: Elisabeth Camp (Rutgers University)
\n- MARCH 2026: Leopold Hess (Jagiellonian University)
\n- APRIL 2026: Robin Jeshion (University of Southern California)
\n- MAY 2026: Yim Binh Felix Sze (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
\n- JUNE 2026: Mingya Liu (Humboldt University of Berlin)
ORGANIZER;CN=Isidora Stojanovic;CN=Dan Zeman: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T154143Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20251001T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260630T170000 SUMMARY:Polysemy in the Evaluative Sphere UID:20260516T023903Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Lisbon LOCATION:Faculty of Letters\, University of Porto\, Via Panorâmica s/n\, Porto\, Portugal DESCRIPTION:POLYSEMY IN THE EVALUATIVE SPHERE
\nIn-person: Faculty of Letters\, University of Porto\, Via Panorâ\;mica s/n
\nOnline: Zoom
\nThis is a biweekly seminar pertaining to the project Slurs and the Lexicon: A Rich-Lexicon Approach to Slurs and Other Evaluative Expressions - LEXISLUR (2023.05952.CEECIND\; PI: Dan Zeman). The main aim of the project is to offer a polysemy account fit for evaluative expressions and to assess to what extent a unified approach to the entire evaluative sphere is feasible. Much work on polysemy can be found in lexical semantics - the branch of semantics that studies the meaning of words\, their internal structure and interrelations\, etc. However\, while the debate about polysemy of various expressions has produced an impressive amount of work\, not much material on the polysemy of evaluative expressions exists in that area. The purpose of this seminar is twofold: first\, to get acquainted with the essential literature on polysemy (via in-person sessions dedicated to reading and discussing the relevant papers)\; second\, to feature current work on polysemy as applied to evaluative expressions (via online talks by invited speakers). In this way\, participants will both acquire knowledge about polysemy in general and see how the discussions in lexical semantics can be applied to the evaluative sphere.
\nIn-person meetings
\nNext meeting: NOVEMBER 5\, 15:00-16:30 WET: \;Marina Ortega André\;s &\; Agustin Vicente\, "Polysemy and co-predication"\, \;Glossa \;4(1)\, 2019.
\nPast meetings: \;OCTOBER 15\, 16.30-18.00 WET: \;Michelle Liu\, "Polysemy and Philosophy"\, \;Philosophy Compass \;20: e70040\, 2025.
\nFuture readings:
\nNicholas Asher\, Lexical Meaning in Context: A Web of Words\, Cambridge University Press\, 2011 (excerpts).
\nRobyn Carston\, "Polysemy: pragmatics and sense conventions"\, Mind &\; Language 36(1): 108-133\, 2021.
\nJohn Collins\, "Copredication as illusion"\, Journal of Semantics 40(2-3): 359-389\, 2023.
\nSteven Frisson\, "Semantic underspecification in language processing"\, Language and Linguistics Compass 3(1): 111-127\, 2009.
\nLotte Hogeweg &\; Agustin Vicente\, "On the nature of the lexicon"\, Journal of Linguistics 56(4): 865-891\, 2020.
\nRay Jackendoff\, Semantic Structures\, MIT Press\, 1990 (excerpts).
\nIngrid Lossius Falkum &\; Agustin Vicente\, "Polysemy"\, Oxford Bibliographies Online\, 2020.
\nJames Pustejovsky\, The Generative Lexicon\, MIT Press\, 1995 (excerpts).
\nPetra Schumacher\, "When combinatorial processing results in reconceptualization: Towards a new approach of compositionality"\, Frontiers of Psychology 4: 677\, 2013.
\nAgustin Vicente\, "Polysemy and word meaning"\, Philosophical Studies\, 175(4): 947-968\, 2018.
\nAgustin Vicente\, "Approaches to co-predication"\, Journal of Pragmatics 182: 348-357\, 2021.
\nOnline talks
\nNext talk: NOVEMBER 21\, 11:00-12.30 WET: Marina Ortega-André\;s (University of the Basque Country)\, "When this chef says pot: The importance of the speaker's identity in understanding ambiguous words"
\nPast talks: \;OCTOBER 31\, 11:00-12:30 WET: \;Michelle Liu (Monash University)\, "Ad Hoc Concepts\, Polysemy\, and Verbal Disputes"
\nFuture talks (schedule and titles TBA): \;John Collins &\; Agustin Vicente\, Tamara Dobler\, Jessica Keiser\, Michelle Liu\, Ingrid Lossius Falkum\, Emanuel Viebahn
ORGANIZER;CN=Dan Zeman;CN=Alba Moreno Zurita: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T154143Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251001T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T170000 SUMMARY:UK XPHI Online UID:20260516T023904Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to announce the next series of our monthly online workshop devoted to discussion of work in progress in experimental philosophy. The workshop is usually held via Teams\, the second Wednesday of each month\, 16:00-18:00 UK time. \; Details of 2025/26 season TBC
\n \; ORGANIZER;CN=James Andow;CN=Eugen Fischer: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T154143Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251009T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260604T170000 SUMMARY:Sign\, Language\, Reality Seminar 2025/26 UID:20260516T023905Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Sign. Language\, Reality (SLR) Seminar Series 2025/26
\nWe are pleased to announce the program for the upcoming academic year of the Sign. Language\, Reality (SLR) Seminar\, hosted by the Faculty of Philosophy\, University of Warsaw and the Polish Semiotic Society. The series brings together scholars working on philosophy of language\, logic\, philosophy of linguistics\, theoretical semiotics\, and related areas.
\nProgram 2025/26:
\n9 October 2025 &mdash\; Franç\;ois Recanati (Collè\;ge de France)
Mental files\, concepts\, and modes of presentation
23 October 2025 &mdash\; Antonina Jamrozik (University of Warsaw)
Why do we need the notion of a lie? Considerations from the case of presuppositional lies
6 November 2025 &mdash\; Edward Zalta (Stanford University)
How to Ground Semantics in Higher-Order Metaphysics
4 December 2025 &mdash\; Thomas Hodgson (University of Gdansk / Shanxi University)
The act-type theory of propositions as a theory of empty names
22 January 2026 &mdash\; Hannes Leitgeb (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
The Additive Logic of Epistemic Reasons. An Axiomatic Account
19 February 2026 &mdash\; Piotr Stalmaszczyk (University of Lodz)
Conceptual Engineering\, Semiotics and Metalinguistics
19 March 2026 &mdash\; Merel Semeijn (University of Groningen)
Common ground in non-face-to-face settings
16 April 2026 &mdash\; Louis Rouillé\; (University of Liè\;ge)
The dynamics of fictional names: an antirealist perspective
21 May 2026 &mdash\; Diego Feinmann (IPI PAN)
\n\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Reassessing the Link between Relevance and Informativeness
\n\; \; \; \; \; \; \; The contradiction puzzle for logicality
\nParticipation is free and open to all scholars.
\nZoom information:
The seminar will be held online. To join the meeting\, please use the Zoom information below:
https://uw-edu-pl.zoom.us/j/92716044372?pwd=0l7PETAOwqQDBKTMCnheYQN7ag7zx1.1
ID: 927 1604 4372
Code: 697648
New Generation Research Exchange
\n\;Call for Applications \;
\nSummary \;
\nThe Humane Philosophy Society\, in collaboration the Faculty of Philosophy\, University of Warsaw\, Blackfriars Hall\, University of Oxford\, and Faculty of Philosophy\, Zagreb University invite applications for the New Generation Research Exchange programme. The Exchange programme will give young scholars in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) working on Big Questions of fundamental human importance the opportunity to participate in three fully funded workshops taking place at the Universities of Warsaw\, Zagreb and Oxford. Participants will have the further opportunity to apply to continue the research during a term of funded supervised research at the University of Oxford on the Marek Matraszek Fellowship. Participants&rsquo\; research projects will be assessed by an external committee after the final workshop takes place to determine possible supervisors for research visits to Oxford. The Fellowship will conclude with an alumni workshop in the summer of 2026 to take place in Trogir\, Croatia. \;
\nAn introductory video can be viewed here: \;
\nhttps://youtu.be/vfaPrP2W2Hs
\nEligibility
\nApplicants will normally be MA or early PhD students at Central and Eastern European research institutions\, including universities\, research academies and seminaries\, or young scholars from CEE on equivalent degree programmes outside the region. The programme is intended to support research projects of successful candidates during the final year of their MA course\, or developing their MA research topics for publication\, or with a PhD application in mind\, as well as those beginning to work on a PhD. Proposed projects should broadly fall under the project themes\, which are outlined below. \; It is expected that most applications will be submitted by natural scientists\, theologians and philosophers\, but there are no disciplinary restrictions and applicants with academic backgrounds in other areas are also welcome. Applications are welcome from researchers working in any religious tradition\, and from researchers working in no religious tradition.
\nFor the purposes of the project\, Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is defined as: Albania\, Armenia\, Azerbaijan\, Belarus\, Bosnia and Herzegovina\, Bulgaria\, Croatia\, Czechia\, Estonia\, Georgia\, Hungary\, Kosovo\, Latvia\, Lithuania\, Moldova\, Montenegro\, North Macedonia\, Poland\, Romania\, Serbia\, Slovakia\, Slovenia and Ukraine.
\nActivities
\nSuccessful candidates will participate in a series of three masterclasses during the course of the programme. The meetings will take place over three days each at the Universities of Zagreb\, Warsaw\, and Oxford. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss their work as a group and with invited mentors\, as well as participate in seminars led by prominent visiting speakers. The Fellowship will cover all the costs of participating in each masterclass including travel and accommodation. The fellowship will conclude with an alumni workshop in the summer of 2026 which will cover all participant costs except travel. The total value of the Fellowship is 4000 USD. \;
\nSelected participants will have a further opportunity to receive the Marek Matraszek Oxford Fellowship to complete their work during a term at Oxford University\, where they will be able to work closely with a secondary supervisor to advance their research. The funding for research visits at Oxford University will cover accommodation\, living costs\, college fees\, and supervision and have a total value of 3000 USD. \;
\nSupported Research Themes
\nThe programme will support research which engages with Big Questions of universal human importance. We are especially interested in research into fundamental issues which straddle boundaries between disciplines including philosophy\, psychology\, physical sciences\, social sciences\, theology\, literature and cultural studies. Applicants will be expected to engage with recent developments in their disciplines\, and demonstrate a high standard of academic rigor. Suitable topics include\, but are not limited to:
\n▪ The significance of theological traditions for scientific practice today\;
\n▪ The relations of brains\, minds and human persons\;
\n▪ Whether physical cosmology can explain the origin of the cosmos\;
\n▪ The role of religion in the historical development of science\;
\n▪ The place of values in the natural world\;
\n▪ The relevance of literary works and traditions for understanding and interpreting Big Questions\;
\n▪ Phenomenology of human life and interpersonal relations\;
\n▪ Intellectual traditions in CEE and their import for Big Questions\;
\n▪ Free will and scientific determinism and/or divine foreknowledge\;
\n▪ Empirical psychology and the second person perspective\;
\n▪ Phenomenological approaches to religion\;
\n▪ Understanding notions of God\, good and evil in a scientific age.
\nFor further example areas that explore Big Questions applicants are strongly encouraged to visit the Humane Philosophy Society&rsquo\;s website where example areas of interest are listed.
\nFor more information on the NGRE fellowship programme as well as on NGRE alumni visit: \;https://www.humanephilosophy.com/ngre
\nApplication process
\nApplications for Exchange Fellowships must be submitted no later than 1 August 2025 for the cycle of the programme starting October 2025. Applications must include the following documents. \; \;
\n▪A proposal describing the research the candidate is carrying out\, how far the research is advanced\, and an outline of the work the candidate expects to complete during the course of their final year. \;
\n▪A full curriculum vitae\, and a statement saying how the candidate expects to benefit from participating in the programme
\n▪Two academic references including a reference from the candidate&rsquo\;s supervisor if the research project is part of an MA degree. \;
\n▪A confirmation from the candidate&rsquo\;s institution stating that they are allowed to participate in the programme during the academic year 2025&ndash\;6. \;
\nAll application materials should be submitted via email to info@humanephilosophy.com stating in the subject line: &ldquo\;NGRE application&rdquo\;. The results of the competition will be announced in September 2025.
\nBy submitting an application for the New Generation Research Exchange candidates accept and acknowledge the terms of processing their personal data for the purpose of the application process. For further information concerning the processing of personal data by the University of Warsaw see the personal data information sheet. If you have any questions please contact Dr Mikołaj Sławkowski-Rode: m.slawkowski-rode@uw.edu.pl \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Mikolaj Slawkowski-Rode;CN=Marija Selak;CN=Ralph Stefan Weir: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T154143Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20251028T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20260930T170000 SUMMARY:DFT-CELFIS research seminar\, University of Bucharest UID:20260516T023907Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Bucharest LOCATION:Splaiul Independenţei nr. 204\, Bucharest\, Romania\, 060024 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. Here are talks scheduled so far:
\nFall 2025:
\nOctober 28\, 5pm: Alexandru Dragomir &\; Andrei Mărăşoiu (University of Bucharest\, \;f2f)\, "The Inconstant Moral Expert: the case of LLMs"
\nNovember 25\, 4pm: Nicholas Rimell (Chinese University of Hong Kong\, hybrid via Zoom)\, "A Metaphysics of Despair"
\nNovember 28\, 2pm: Micah Thomas Pimaro\, Jr. (University of Calabar\, \;f2f)\, "Placide Tempels&rsquo\;s Metaphysics: A challenge or a trap for African philosophy?"
\nDecember 2\, 3pm: Nora Grigore (Romanian Academy\, Institute of Philosophy and Psychology\, f2f)\, "Worthiness and Expediency: a Distinction without a Difference?"
\nDecember 19\, 2pm: Alin Olteanu (Shanghai International Studies University\, ICUB\, \;f2f)\, "Iconic Imagination in Modeling: A Semiotic Approach to Scientific Inquiry"
\nJanuary 16\, 2pm: Marco Facchin (University of Antwerp\, hybrid via Zoom)\, \;"Is mental content an illusion?" \;
\nJanuary 22\, 12pm: Sandra Brâ\;nzaru (University of Bucharest\, CELFIS\, FPSE\, \;f2f)\, "Conceptualising Empathy"
\nFebruary 10\, 4pm: Marian Călborean (OPTI Software &\; University of Bucharest\, f2f)\, "The minimal ontology of time" \;
\nSpring 2026:
\nMarch 27\, 2pm: Erik Myin (University of Antwerp\, \;hybrid \;via Zoom)\, &ldquo\;Of a Different Mind&rdquo\;
\nMarch 30: \;Mariona Eiren Miyata-Sturm (University of Oxford\, f2f)\, &ldquo\;The metacognitive account of aesthetics in science&rdquo\;
\nApril 3: \;René\; \;van Woudenberg (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam\, \;hybrid \;via Zoom)\, 'Are LLMs Authors?'
\nMay 11\, 12pm: Gheorge Ştefanov (U. Bucharest\, f2f)\; TBD
\nMay 13\, 4pm: Andrei Moldovan (U. Salamanca\, f2f)\, \;&ldquo\;Between Independence and Guidance: A Dilemma for Intellectual Autonomy&rdquo\;
\nMay 19\, 10am: Daian Bica (Heinrich Heine University\, \;hybrid \;via Zoom)\, \;''How to Tame &lsquo\;Abundance&rsquo\;? Roman Frigg&rsquo\;s User Manual''
\nJune 5\, 2pm: Paula Tomi (National University of Science and Technology 'Politehnica' Bucharest\, \;f2f)\, &ldquo\;LLMs and truth pluralism&rdquo\;
\nJune: Alexandru Nicolae (University of Bucharest\, Faculty of Letters\; Romanian Academy\, Institute of Linguistics\, \;f2f)
\nJune: Cătălin Teoharie (University of Bucharest\, CELFIS\, \;f2f)
\nJune: Ioan Muntean (UT Rio Grande Valley\, UI Urbana\, \;f2f)
\nJuly: Mihai Rusu (Babeş Bolyai University\, ICUB\, hybrid)
\nJuly: Constantin Stoenescu (University of Bucharest\, CELFIS\, \;f2f)\, "Revisiting 'The Normative Structure of Science' \;
\nSeptember: Oana Şerban (University of Bucharest\, CCIIF\, \;f2f)
\nPrevious events \;in the series are available at: \;
\n2021-22: \;https://philevents.org/event/show/93365 \;
\n2022-23: \;https://philevents.org/event/show/105249 \;
\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
ORGANIZER;CN="Andrei Mărăşoiu": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T154143Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260201T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T170000 SUMMARY:Inquiry Network WIP Talks (Spring 2026) UID:20260516T023908Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq 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.
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:20260509T154143Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260220T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260522T170000 SUMMARY:Online Bayle Seminar 2026 : Education and Pedagogy in the Philosopher of Rotterdam UID:20260516T023910Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The \;Online Bayle Seminar \;is a study and research group devoted to the figure of Pierre Bayle. In the very spirit of the &ldquo\;Republic of Letters&rdquo\; so dear to Bayle\, it seeks to be both international and interdisciplinary\, and aims&mdash\;thanks to the possibilities offered by online communication&mdash\;to overcome the divisions between schools and approaches that have sometimes characterized Bayle scholarship. Founded in 2025\, the seminar hosted in its first year a series of talks on various themes in Bayle\, such as atheism\, tolerance\, and the \;Dictionary. It thus provided an opportunity to discover the most recent research on Bayle carried out in Europe as well as in the Americas and Asia.
\nFor this second year\, we have chosen to develop the seminar&rsquo\;s format around a concrete theme through which Bayle&rsquo\;s work and thought&mdash\;and the context in which he evolved&mdash\;will be analyzed. The objective of this new format is to examine the production of the philosopher of Rotterdam in a more systematic way. Sessions will alternate between reading workshops devoted to the study of selected passages circulated beforehand\, and talks on specific topics. The theme for this second year is \;&ldquo\;Education and Pedagogy in Bayle.&rdquo\; \;The seminar will begin in 2026.
\nWhether from a biographical or a philosophical perspective\, the question touches closely upon Bayle&rsquo\;s life and writings. As a child\, Bayle himself suffered from an irregular schooling\, which he recalls in his correspondence and from which he draws lessons in the advice he gives to his brother Joseph. Later\, Bayle served as a teacher for almost his entire adult life. As is well known\, he first worked as a tutor\, in Coppet and Rouen\, and then as a professor at Sedan and Rotterdam. His philosophy courses\, included among the \;Miscellaneous Works\, are well known. His work as a writer and philosopher is marked by questions of education. The prefaces and forewords of his works not only provide information on the author&rsquo\;s status and his relationship to an ideal reader\; they also contain pedagogical reflections that fit more broadly within the theme of education. Likewise\, the project of a \;Journal of the Republic of Letters\, based on reviewing recent publications\, not only demonstrates an interest in erudition but also affirms the possibility of a learned public and the importance of its education. One should not forget the Reformed context in which Bayle pursued his schooling and his teaching: can one detect confessional markers in his reflections on education?
\nOn a political and theological level\, royal legislation concerning the children of the Huguenots raised the issue of the right to educate one&rsquo\;s children according to one&rsquo\;s own religious convictions. Religious controversy during the revocation of the Edict of Nantes also raises the question of the purpose and means of education: should one not &ldquo\;instruct&rdquo\; erring consciences rather than persecute them? At what point can one judge that the other has been sufficiently taught and that his error stems from culpable obstinacy? Can religious truth be taught in the same way to all minds? This question of &ldquo\;pedagogical differentiation&rdquo\; must be correlated in Bayle with his moral anthropology&mdash\;namely\, attention to the place and role of temperament and passions in the psychic and intellectual life of the individual. And this is directly linked to the &ldquo\;prejudices of childhood and education\,&rdquo\; where Bayle explicitly equates childhood and education with those factors that hinder the formation and exercise of a critical mind. Although the secondary literature has at times examined these issues in Bayle\, the question of education as such has been little studied in his work.
\nProgramme:
\nFriday 20 February\, 2:00 pm: Andy Serin (EPHE-PSL and Paris 1 University): \;&ldquo\;Text analysis: education and tolerance in the Supplement to the Philosophical Commentary&rdquo\;
\nFriday 20 March\, 2:00 pm: Isabelle Moreau (ENS de Lyon): \;&ldquo\;Bayle: education and religious identity&rdquo\;
\nFriday 24 April\, 2:00 pm: Ana Carmona (University of Geneva): \;&ldquo\;Text analysis: the power of prejudices&rdquo\;
\nFriday 22 May\, 2:00 pm: Chiara Musolino (Paris 1 University): \;&ldquo\;How to read philosophy? The pedagogy of doubt at work in Pierre Bayle&rdquo\;
\nPractical information:
\nThe sessions will take place online on Fridays at 2:00 pm (French time). The language used is French\, but it is possible to participate in English. The videoconference link and the texts can be obtained by sending an email to bayle.seminar@hotmail.com.
ORGANIZER;CN=Andy Serin;CN=Ana Alicia Carmona Aliaga: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T154143Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260317T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261117T170000 SUMMARY:Wittgenstein's Lecture on Ethics: Online Lecture Series UID:20260516T023911Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq 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:20260509T154143Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260422T181500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260715T170000 SUMMARY:InterChair Kolloquium UID:20260516T023913Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Poppelsdorfer Allee 28\, Bonn\, Germany\, 53115 DESCRIPTION:Das InterChair Kolloquium ist ein offenes Forum fü\;r Philosophie\, das die Grenzen von Lehrstü\;hlen und Seminarrä\;umen ü\;berschreitet und jede:n dazu einlä\;dt\, ein selbstgewä\;hltes Thema vorzustellen und gemeinsam zu diskutieren &ndash\; egal ob eigene Forschungsarbeit\, Seminararbeit oder persö\;nliches philosophisches Interesse. \; \;
Prä\;sentiert wird in einem Rahmen\, der den Austausch zwischen Studierenden\, Promovierenden und dem weiteren philosophisch Interessierten fö\;rdert. \; \;
Immer mittwochs\, 18 Uhr\, IZPH Bonn.
Zuhö\;rer sind immer herzlichst eingeladen! Dafü\;r muss man sich nicht anmelden! \;
\n ORGANIZER;CN=Dalon Axhimusa: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T154143Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260422T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260715T170000 SUMMARY:Representations in Minds\, Brains\, and AI UID:20260516T023914Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:This series was prompted by a recent wave of fascinating new work on the topic of representations. We are honored and happy that so many authors agreed to participate and we hope to provide a platform for further interdisciplinary discussion. Most papers are already available and you can find links here: \;https://www.pe.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/philosophie/ii/bewusstsein/lehre.html.en \;
Schedule
22 April\, \;Rosa Cao \;(Stanford): The Scientist in the Machine \;(paper forthcoming)
29 April\, \;Ken Aizawa \;(Rutgers): \;The Evidence for Representation \;
06 May\, \;Corey Maley \;(Purdue): \;Structural Representation is Analog Representation
13 May\, \;Kevin J. Mitchell \;(Dublin): \;The Origins of Meaning: From Pragmatic Control Signals to Semantic Representation
20 May\, \;Eric Hochstein \;(Victoria\, Canada)): \;Neural Representations as Scientific Posits and Metaphysical Entities
10 June\, \;Manolo Martí\;nez \;(Barcelona): \;The Information-Processing Perspective on Representation
17 June\, \;John Krakauer \;(Johns Hopkins/Champalimaud Foundation) &\; \;Bill Ramsey \;(Nevada\, Las Vegas): \;Mental Representation without Neural Representation
24 June\, \;Nina Poth \;(Radboud\, Nijmegen) &\; \;Annika Schuster \;(Dortmund): \;Mental\, Scientific\, and Artificial Representations
01 July\, \;Lotem Elber-Dorozko \;(Jerusalem) &\; \;Devin Gouvê\;a \;(Holy Cross): \;"Neural Representation" is not a Defective Concept
08 July\, \;Zina B. Ward \;(Florida State): \;Directive Representation and the Job Description Challenge
15 July\, \;Krzysztof Dolega \;(Ruhr-University Bochum): The Gloss on the Machine: Egan's Representations in Mechanistic Explanation \;(paper forthcoming)
All sessions will be on Zoom:
https://ruhr-uni-bochum.zoom-x.de/j/64692924755?pwd=803uh1OEPBkBrEONeL87zJFudGjlw7.1 \; \;
Meeting-ID: 646 9292 4755 | Passwort: 531564
Everybody interested is welcome!
Women have long contributed to the development of theology and philosophy\, yet their voices have often been marginalized\, mediated through restrictive frameworks\, or silenced altogether. At the same time\, women have consistently found innovative means of expression &mdash\; from letters\, diaries\, and poetry to public lectures\, activism\, and today&rsquo\;s digital platforms &mdash\; to engage in theological and philosophical discourse.
This seminar approaches communication not only as a neutral means of expression\, but also as a form of power: the choice of medium\, style\, and platform can grant authority\, negotiate legitimacy\, or challenge dominant structures. From early modern women writing in private correspondence to contemporary digital influencers shaping theological debates\, the act of communication becomes a way to establish intellectual presence\, resist exclusion\, rethink society\, or reshape normative traditions.
The rise of digital culture has introduced new dynamics. Social media\, for example\, can amplify women&rsquo\;s perspectives and create alternative networks of recognition\, while also enabling ideologically charged phenomena &mdash\; such as the &ldquo\;tradwife&rdquo\; movement &mdash\; that recast debates about gender\, religion\, and philosophy. Situating such case studies within longer histories of women&rsquo\;s communicative practices allows us to explore continuities\, ruptures\, and tensions between tradition\, innovation\, and the struggle for authority.
The seminar thus invites critical reflections on the interplay of gender\, communication\, and power\, considering both historical trajectories and contemporary challenges. Contributions may address individual thinkers\, broader cultural movements\, or theoretical frameworks that illuminate how female voices have engaged with and transformed theological and philosophical discourse.
28.04.2026\, 4.30-6pm (Paris time): 2 lectures
\nFloris Verhaart &ndash\; Johanna Dorothea Lindenaer: Memoirist\, Translator\, and Religious Polemicist
\nMargaret Matthews &ndash\; Rhetoric\, Method\, and Genre in Gabrielle Suchon&rsquo\;s Treatise on Ethics and Politics
\n\n05.05.2026\, 4.30-6pm (Paris time): 2 lectures
\nElodie Pinel &ndash\; Vernacular Theology and Authority: Marguerite Porete\, Mechthild of Magdeburg\, Hadewijch of Antwerp
\nLila Braunschweig &ndash\; A Voice of One&rsquo\;s Own: Philosophizing as Feminized Subjects (Impostor Syndrome &\; Authority)
\n\n12.05.2026\, 4.30-6pm (Paris time): 2 lectures
\nElżbieta Filipow &ndash\; Women&rsquo\;s Writing of Harriet Taylor Mill and its Various Modes of Self-expression
\nShamoni Sarkar &ndash\; Karoline von Gü\;nderrode: Fragmentation\, Philosophy\, and Early German Romanticism
\n\n19.05.2026\, 4.30-6pm (Paris time): 2 lectures
\nMaxim Demin &ndash\; Philosophy\, God-Seeking\, and Developmental Psychology: Stolitsa and Volkovich in Late Imperial Russia
\nPatricia Guevara Wozniak &ndash\; The Metaphysical Tenacity of Barbara Skarga &ndash\; Metaphysics in Totalitarianism
\n\n02.06.2026\, 4.30-6pm (Paris time): 2 lectures
\nJake Nicholas Brooks &ndash\; Autonomy Beyond Kant: Butler\, Tronto\, and Interdependence
\nKaimé\; Guerrero Valencia &ndash\; Intervening Assemblages of Trans-formation/Action: Beatriz Nascimento (1942-1995)
\n\n09.06.2026\, 4.30-6pm (Paris time): 2 lectures
\nMarianne Najm Abou-Jaoude &ndash\; Beneficent Communication as Power
\nRoula Azar Douglas &ndash\; Women&rsquo\;s Digital Voices and the Reconfiguration of Public Debate
\n\nFor further information about the talks and the speakers\, please visit the webpage: \;
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:20260509T154143Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20260508T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20260510T170000 SUMMARY:Treasuring Old and New in Social Theology: from Rerum novarum to the Present Pontificate UID:20260516T023917Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Bucharest LOCATION:Strada General Berthelot 19\, Bucharest\, Romania\, 010164 DESCRIPTION:The Symposium of our Faculty (8&ndash\;10 May 2026) proposes an interdisciplinary reflection on social theology understood as a space of creative continuity between tradition and renewal. The notion of &ldquo\;old and new things&rdquo\; (cf. Matthew 13:52) expresses the fruitful tension between the Church&rsquo\;s doctrinal heritage and its capacity to interpret and orient the social realities of each historical period.
\nThe symposium aims to explore the theological\, biblical\, philosophical\, and cultural foundations of Christian social engagement\, as well as its concrete forms of expression within the life of the Church and in the public sphere. \;Rerum novarum \;is taken both as a point of departure and as a paradigmatic moment in the dialogue between theology\, society\, and public responsibility.
\nContributions are welcome from systematic and moral theology\, biblical exegesis\, patristics\, canon law\, social sciences\, and philosophy\, as well as from approaches that explore the spiritual\, symbolic\, and cultural dimensions of social theology. The symposium seeks to provide a space of encounter between different disciplines and methods\, united by a shared concern for human dignity\, the common good\, and the social vocation of Christian faith.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T154143Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260508T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T170000 SUMMARY:The Faculty of All Faculties: Re-Imagining Moral Imagination UID:20260516T023918Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Sarasota\, United States DESCRIPTION:This groundbreaking event is designed to develop novel approaches to the human capacity for moral imagination. Drawing on Sø\;ren Kierkegaard&rsquo\;s claim that moral imagination is not just a human faculty but rather \;the \;faculty encompassing all others\, we intend to show how moral imagination decisively shapes knowing\, feeling\, and willing. The development of the moral imagination\, which allows us to know the experience of others\, feel what matters to others\, and choose possibilities that arise from outside our own horizons\, is essential to healing divisions within our body politic and forming individuals of character. What are the moral issues that arise from the exercise of imagination? What virtues are required to pursue the imaginative life? How does imagination enter into education and formation? What are the connections between ethics and aesthetics? \;
\nSchedule of Events:
\nFriday May 8&mdash\;5:30 pm
\nAmy Kind\, Claremont McKenna College \;
\n&ldquo\;Imagination\, Fantasy\, and Desire&rdquo\;
\nFriday May 8&mdash\;6:30 pm-7:30 pm Reception
\n
Saturday May 9&mdash\;10:00 am-11:00 am
Genia Schö\;nbaumsfeld\, University of Southampton
\n(presenting online)
\n&ldquo\;Dialectical Intrepidity&rdquo\;
\n\nSaturday May 9&mdash\;11:00 am-12:00 pm
\nWojciech Kaftanski\, Jagiellonian University \;
\n&ldquo\;Moral Imagination for Moral Education&rdquo\; \;
\n\nSaturday May 9&mdash\;12:00 pm-1:00 pm
\nEleanor Helms\, California Polytechnic State University \;
\n&ldquo\;Fictions and Categories&rdquo\;
ORGANIZER;CN=Jeffrey Allan Hanson: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T154143Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260508T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T170000 SUMMARY:6th Annual NYU Philosophical Bioethics Workshop UID:20260516T023919Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:42 Washington Mews\, New York\, United States\, 10003 DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 8
\n12:30-1:00pm Coffee (provided)
\n12:50pm Welcome &mdash\; S. Matthew Liao (NYU)
\n1:00-2:15pm \;Ian Dunkle (UT Chattanooga)\, &lsquo\;Pregnancy\, Agency\, and Health&rsquo\;
\nChair: Isabel Herburger (Rutgers)
\n2:30-3:45pm \;Bob Fischer (Texas State)\, &lsquo\;Asymmetries in Animal Welfare: Explaining Higher Standards in the Laboratory&rsquo\;
\nChair: Jasmine Gunkel (Western)
\n4:00-5:15pm \;Sean Aas (Georgetown) and Dana Howard (Ohio State)\, &lsquo\;Defining Disability and the Social Process of Disablement&rsquo\;
\nChair: Malte Hendrickx (Michigan)
\n5:30-7:00pm Workshop reception (everyone invited)
\nSaturday\, May 9
\n8:45-9:15am Coffee\, light breakfast (provided)
\n9:15-10:30am \;Asher Shang (Pittsburgh)\, &lsquo\;Asymmetries in Nonarchimedean Population Axiologies&rsquo\;
\nChair: Jessica Fischer (KCL)
\n10:45-12:00pm \;Lukas Joosten (Oxford)\, &lsquo\;Networks Effects as Coercive: A Responsibility-Based Account of Digital Consent&rsquo\; (Graduate Student Prize Winner)
\nChair: Gary Ostertag (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/CUNY GC)
\n12:00-1:30pm Lunch (on your own)
\n1:30-2:45pm \;Nir Eyal (Rutgers)\, &lsquo\;Disclaiming Research Ethics&rsquo\;
\nChair: Marcos Picchio (Oakland)
\n3:00-4:15pm \;Josey Aron (Alabama)\, &lsquo\;A Punishment of Recollection: War Crimes and Memory Modulation&rsquo\;
\nChair: Sam Segal (Chicago)
\n4:30-5:45pm \;L.A. Paul (Yale)\, &lsquo\;The Paradox of Transformation&rsquo\;
\nChair: S. Matthew Liao (NYU)
ORGANIZER;CN=Daniel Fogal;CN=S. Matthew Liao;CN=Claudia Passos-Ferreira;CN=Z Quanbeck: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T154143Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20260509T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20260510T170000 SUMMARY:Beyond the Imitation Game UID:20260516T023920Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Bucharest LOCATION:Splaiul Independentei nr. 204\, Bucharest\, Romania DESCRIPTION:Since its release for public use\, AI has been introduced in a significant number of industries\, and many aspects of our day-to-day lives. Therefore\, \;Beyond the Imitation Game \;student conference aims to bring together students and researchers in fields such as philosophy of cognitive science\, psychotherapy\, law\, policy making\, social and political philosophy\; in order to further our understanding regarding the effects that mainstream integration of AI has had on the practice of psychotherapy\, work-life\, authorship (e.g. art and research).
\nThe conference will have three different panels:
\n- Human and AI interaction: issues in cognitive science\, psychology and philosophy of mind
\nThis panel is dedicated to interdisciplinary approaches to the mind and potential impacts from AI use and Human-LLMs interaction: cognitive offloading\, general and social skill erosion\, anthropomorphism\, human-AI social bonding (how it impacts theory of mind in humans\, why humans assume - if they assume- AI minds). We also accept submissions that explore benchmarking understanding (both scientific and social)\, consciousness and cognitive mechanisms in humans and AI.
\n- Therapy bots and healthcare
\nSeveral debates have emerged with regards to the social skills LLMs may or may not have developed\, such as empathy\, theory of mind\, compassion\, sympathy\, broadly understanding others\, their goals\, intentions\, hopes and desires. Either lack of embodiment\, opaque reasoning or the uncertainty with regards to LLMs mechanisms at play\, may lead to misaligned\, superficial therapeutic values\, ethical and dangerous outcomes in the case of therapy bots. This panel explores how therapy bots may impact the users\, but also psychotherapy in general.
\n-AI use on law and policy making\, social and political philosophy
\nThis panel explores the impact of AI on law and policy making (autonomous agents performing different tasks\, authorship\, academic risks resulting from AI use)\, but also how concepts such as agency\, democracy\, privacy and autonomy are affected by AI tools.
\nAside from the aforementioned subjects\, other topics of interest are: the interaction between humans and LLMs broadly construed\, AI driven misinformation\, AI and the educational sector\, AI and inequality\, and other connected issues.
\nThe conference will take place on the 9th and 10th of May in Bucharest\, Romania and online. Regular presentations will be 20 minutes long\, followed by 10 minutes long Q&\;A.
\nIt will have a mixed format\, in that speakers may choose whether they present online only or face to face at the event's location (if so\, their session will enjoy a live audience\, but it will also be streamed to remote participants).
\nConference Schedule
\nSaturday\, 9th of May\, 2026
\n09:45 Opening - Andrei Măşoiu (University of Bucharest\, vice-chair -Faculty of Philosphy) and the organizers
\n10:00 - 10:30 Nida Gul Niazi (independent researcher\, alumna of Lady Shri Ram College\, Delhi University) The AI Prophet: Determining the Boundaries of Human Future
\n10:30 - 11:00 Monosree Chakraborty (independent researcher\, alumna Jadavpur University\, Department of Philosophy) Sovereignty at the Threshold of Speech: Large Language Models\, the Foucauldian Confessional\, and the Political Economy of Intimate Disclosure
\n11:00 - 11:30 Gabriele Giacomini (Università\; degli Studi di Udine) Against the Control of Minds: Why a New &ldquo\;Habeas Mentem&rdquo\; Is Needed
\n11:30 - 12:00 Matias Moisio (University of Helsinki) A Counterfactual and Causal Reasoning in LLMs: a Logit Lens Approach
\n\n12:00 - 14:30 Lunch Break
\n\n14:30 - 15:00 Johan Largo (University of Luxembourg) Towards a deflationary and operational view of intelligence
\n15:00-15:30 Laura Piccione (Università\; di Torino) Performativity\, impatience and the death of hobbies: why there&rsquo\;s no such thing as AI art.
\n15:30 - 16:00 Bahareh Izadi (Concordia University\, Montreal\, CA) The Failure of LLMs to Participate in the Social Practice of Giving and Asking for Reasons
\n\n16:00 - 16:30 Break
\n\n16:30 - 17:00 Daniel Bjorklund (Western University Canada) [On the Intentionality of Artificial Minds: Two-Tiered Theories and the Human-AI Distinction] (tentative title)
\n17:00 - 17:30 Joseph Aron (University of Alabama) AI and the Intentional Strategy: Ethical Implications for Epistemic Practice
\n\nSunday\,10th of May\, 2026
\n\n10:30-11:00 Florinica-Carmen Cioranu (Doctoral School of Philosophy\, Faculty of Philosophy\,University of Bucharest) Beyond the Imitation Game: Intermodal Ambiguity and the Unity of Sense in Perceptual Experience
\n11:00-11:30 Florin Cojocariu (University of Bucharest\, Faculty of Philosophy) Language Models as Rendering Engines of a Textual World
\n11:30-12:00 Tymoshenko Volodymyr (University of Bucharest\, Faculty of Philosophy). Large Language Models and the Crisis of Learning
\n12:00 -12:30 Cristiny Sasu (University of Bucharest\, Faculty of Philosophy) Minds as Fictional Characters
\n\n12:30 - 14:30 Lunch Break
\n\n14:30-15:00 Maria Tudoroiu (University of Bucharest\, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences) The relationship between humans and LLMs in the creative act
\n15:00-15:30 Victor Ionuţ Rusu (University of Bucharest\, Faculty of Psychology and Educational
\nSciences) Is phenomenal consciousness necessary for mindreading?
\n15:30-16:00 Gina Paraschiv (University of Bucharest\, Faculty of Psychology and Educational
\nSciences) Free your brain: Large Language Models and enactive psychiatry
\n16\;00 - 16:30 Dragoş Manoilă (University of Bucharest\, Faculty of Philosophy)ToM without ToM &mdash\; Iconicity in Languaging with and by cats
\n\nBreak
\n\n17:00 -18:00 Keynote Ines Hipolito (Macquarie University) \;TBA
\n18:00-19:00 Keynote Ioan Muntean (University of Texas\, Rio Grande Valley) "Moral cognition\, learning and imitation game in therapy bots"
ORGANIZER;CN=Sandra-Catalina Branzaru;CN="Catalina Frâncu";CN=Daniel Cristian Stancu;CN=E.G. Rosu;CN=David Buciuman;CN=Petru A. Costeschi;CN=Alexia Lungianu;CN=Andreea-Isabela Gavrila;CN=Carol Eugen Costin: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T154143Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260509T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260509T170000 SUMMARY:UCL Workshop in Semantics & Philosophy of Language UID:20260516T023921Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:IOE (20 Bedford Way) - Room C3.11\, London\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:Speakers
\nDaniel Lassiter (Edinburgh) "Domain Restriction\, Presupposition\, and Trivalent Conditionals"
\nNina Haslinger (ZAS) - "Quantifier meanings and restrictor shapes"
\nGiorgio Sbardolini (ILLC) - "Harmony and Negative Polarity"
\nGabe Dupre (UC-Davis) - "Unconventional Language"
\nKajsa \;Djä\;rv (Edinburgh) - "A Compositional Analysis of Rising Declaratives"
Please register at the link below:
11:00 &ndash\; 12:15
\nShterna Friedman (Harvard)
\nKant on How Philosophy Begins
\n12:15 &ndash\; 13:15
\nLunch Break
\n\;
\n13:15 &ndash\; 14:30
\nAndrew Chignell (Princeton)
\nKant and the Primacy of the Practical
\n14:45 &ndash\; 16:00
\nKate Moran (Brandeis)
\nKant\, Maria von Herbert\, and Meaning in Life
\n\;
\n16:00 &ndash\; 16:30
\nCoffee Break
\n16:30 &ndash\; 17:45
\nDaniel Smyth (Wesleyan)
\nWhat Has &lsquo\;Discursive&rsquo\; Meant and What Did It Mean for Kant?
\n\;
ORGANIZER;CN=Kuizhi Lewis Wang;CN=Jens Timmermann;CN=Giovanni Basile: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T154143Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T120000 SUMMARY:“Moral Imagination for Moral Education” UID:20260516T023923Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Sarasota\, United States DESCRIPTION:This groundbreaking event is designed to develop novel approaches to the human capacity for moral imagination. Drawing on Sø\;ren Kierkegaard&rsquo\;s claim that moral imagination is not just a human faculty but rather \;the \;faculty encompassing all others\, we intend to show how moral imagination decisively shapes knowing\, feeling\, and willing. The development of the moral imagination\, which allows us to know the experience of others\, feel what matters to others\, and choose possibilities that arise from outside our own horizons\, is essential to healing divisions within our body politic and forming individuals of character. What are the moral issues that arise from the exercise of imagination? What virtues are required to pursue the imaginative life? How does imagination enter into education and formation? What are the connections between ethics and aesthetics? \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Jeffrey Allan Hanson: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T154143Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260509T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260509T170000 SUMMARY:1st Annual University of Chicago Graduate Student Conference UID:20260516T023924Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:Chicago\, United States ORGANIZER;CN=Samuel J. Wheeler;CN=Gray Reichl: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T154143Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T130000 SUMMARY:"Fictions and Categories" UID:20260516T023925Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Sarasota\, United States DESCRIPTION:This groundbreaking event is designed to develop novel approaches to the human capacity for moral imagination. Drawing on Sø\;ren Kierkegaard&rsquo\;s claim that moral imagination is not just a human faculty but rather \;the \;faculty encompassing all others\, we intend to show how moral imagination decisively shapes knowing\, feeling\, and willing. The development of the moral imagination\, which allows us to know the experience of others\, feel what matters to others\, and choose possibilities that arise from outside our own horizons\, is essential to healing divisions within our body politic and forming individuals of character. What are the moral issues that arise from the exercise of imagination? What virtues are required to pursue the imaginative life? How does imagination enter into education and formation? What are the connections between ethics and aesthetics? \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Jeffrey Allan Hanson: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T154143Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260509T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260509T170000 SUMMARY:Berkeley-Stanford-Davis (BSD) Conference 2026 UID:20260516T023926Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:450 Jane Stanford Way \, Stanford\, United States\, 94305 ORGANIZER;CN=Samantha Augusta Bennett;CN=Reid Kurashige;CN=Hayden Macklin: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T154143Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260509T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260509T170000 SUMMARY:Berkeley-Stanford-Davis Graduate Conference in Philosophy\, 2026 UID:20260516T023927Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:450 Jane Stanford Way \, Stanford\, United States\, 94305 DESCRIPTION:We are excited to invite you to attend this year&rsquo\;s \;Berkeley&ndash\;Stanford&ndash\;Davis (BSD) Graduate Conference in Philosophy\, which will take place \;at Stanford on \;Saturday\, May 9\, 2026 \;from 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM.
\nThe conference will feature presentations from graduate students across working in a wide range of areas in philosophy. We are also delighted to have \;Dr. Andrew Lichter \;delivering this year&rsquo\;s \;keynote!
\nThe BSD Conference is a great opportunity to connect with graduate students from other universities and \;we would love for you to join us for part or all of the day!
\nIf you would like to attend\, \;please register \;here on PhilEvents or at this link: \;https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdWeKRUrl0gAZGTtOc8kG-8iNKTX_g7TJkTcASbKt2_xdlZJw/viewform
\nWalk-ins are also welcome!
\nIf you have any questions\, feel free to reach out to us at bsdconference2026@gmail.com.
\nWe hope to see you there!
\nAll the best\,
The BSD Conference Organizing Committee
We still have a few open spots and have EXTENDED the deadline to May 10.
Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions. \;
Convenors: Torsten Menge\, Tereza Hendl
\nAs Israel continues its genocide in Gaza and genocidal violence continues to be waged against the Rohingya in Myanmar\, Uyghurs in China\, the people of Sudan\, Ukraine\, Yemen and other places\, this calls for the re-examination of the basic contours of democratic theory. What are the implications for our thinking about democracy and democratic ideals when a genocide is perpetrated\, in the case of Israel\, by a regime that understands itself and is understood by many to be a democracy? What does it mean when genocidal violence is supported and facilitated in one way or another by democracies? When some genocides are sidelined\, minimized\, or denied by democratic publics or even by left movements that appeal to democratic ideals? How should this affect our analyses of democracy\, of its central commitments and tensions\, its values and authority\, its current crises and its futures? The goal of the workshop is to bring political philosophy and democratic theory into conversation with insights from genocide studies and other relevant fields.
\nGenocide has received relatively little attention from contemporary political philosophers (notable exceptions include contributions from Anne O&rsquo\;Byrne\, Mathias Thaler\, Larry May\, Claudia Card). Few contributions consider it from the perspective of democratic theory. The logic and practice of genocide is usually seen to be the antithesis of a presumed universalistic and egalitarian ethos of liberal democracy. Helpful starting points for addressing this theoretical disconnect include Mahmood Mamdani&rsquo\;s (2020) genealogy of political modernity. The political anthropologist argues that nation-states (first as settler democracies) are created from an ethnonationalist logic for which ethnic cleansing and genocide are\, if not inevitable\, always an option. This logic has led to ongoing cycles of political violence as nation-building necessarily creates permanent minorities. Genocide scholar Dirk Moses (2021) has argued that a liberal notion of permanent security\, which envisions the world to be secured from &ldquo\;enemies of humanity&rdquo\; in the name peace and self-determination\, has been used to justify civilian destruction and mass displacements. Malcom Bull (2006) has polemically argued that liberal just war theory&rsquo\;s consideration of &ldquo\;supreme emergencies&rdquo\; and humanitarian interventions in &ldquo\;outlaw states&rdquo\; have allowed for the liberal justification of mass violence against civilian populations. Sociologist Michael Mann (2004) has suggested that murderous ethnic cleanings are the &ldquo\;dark side of democracy\,&rdquo\; where the democratic ideal of rule by the people entwines the demos with the dominant ethnos. Philosopher Anne O&rsquo\;Byrne (2023) has emphasized the intricate tension between demos and genos\, the &ldquo\;empty form of democratic citizenship&rdquo\; and the need for a people&rsquo\;s reproduction over time and the creation of boundaries of belonging (which are attacked by genocidal violence). \;
\nFellow philosopher Melanie Altanian (2024) has observed that long-term genocide denialism serves to &ldquo\;consolidate relations of domination through epistemic means&rdquo\;\, with serious implications for the presumably egalitarian ethos of democracies. Indeed\, theorist of psychoanalysis Sarah El Bulbeisi (2026) argues that the suppression of the Palestinian experience of violence serves a social function\, especially in post-Holocaust Germany\, where it enables the construction of &ldquo\;a national narrative of atonement and moral righteousness&rdquo\; despite the country&rsquo\;s historical and continuous entanglements in racializing and colonial violence. Meanwhile\, these and other legacies of erasure and genocide denial have also significantly shaped scholarly debates. In response\, environmental humanities scholar and theorist of ecocide Darya Tsymbalyuk (2022) has highlighted that academia ought to re-center embodied and uncomfortable knowledges\, as its ongoing normalized detachment from the &ldquo\;wreck of reality&rdquo\; and lived experience reinforces hierarchies of knowledge&mdash\;and thereby arguably undermines the egalitarian character of democratic deliberation. Concerningly\, decolonial scholar Madina Tlostanova (2025) has observed that too often\, these hierarchies of knowledge reinforce the hierarchies of suffering\, fueling a binary either-or logic dividing the world into us and them\, which effectively enables various forms of exceptionalism that fuel genocides\, and in turn\, fail to uphold humanity and protection of life for all. \;
\nAgainst the backdrop of these persistent issues\, workshop contributions will confront genocidal aspects and tendencies of (or at least seeds in) central concepts of democratic theory and political philosophy\, such as peoplehood\, popular sovereignty\, majority rule\, national self-determination\, citizenship\, security\, and self-defense. How do seemingly emancipatory democratic ideals and rhetorics become intertwined with the large‑scale destruction of civilian life and social worlds? What does it mean when democratic publics authorize\, support\, tolerate\, or deny such genocidal violence? What are blind spots of global left\, decolonial and anticapitalist movements in recognizing and supporting victims of genocidal violence? How do colonial and imperial legacies shape who is removable\, killable\, and grievable? How does the so-called boundary problem of democratic theory relate to genocidal forms of boundary-drawing? How do anti-imperialist national movements avoid the pitfalls of postcolonial nationalism\, and simultaneously\, how can we better distinguish between the forms of ethnonationalism that drive genocides and the political forms of nationalism that resist the genocidal erasure and annihilation of a people? How do we imagine genuinely non-genocidal forms of political life (building on\, for example\, Wendy Brown&rsquo\;s notion of &ldquo\;reparative democracy&rdquo\; or Mamdani&rsquo\;s project of &ldquo\;decolonizing political community&rdquo\;)? And which approaches to knowledge making and political deliberation can best nurture such communities and support livable and equitable conditions across the world?
\nThe discussions in the workshop are meant to be exploratory and generative. The workshop is open to contributions from various disciplines and philosophical traditions\, and welcomes systematic and historical contributions and discussions of particular case studies\, specific theoretical approaches\, or individual thinkers. \;
\nPlease send abstracts of 300-500 words to \;gdt.mancept2026@protonmail.com. The deadline is May 10 (extended)\, 2026. We will encourage participants to share a draft of their thoughts in some form (short paper\, handout\, etc.) by Aug. 1\, if feasible. \;
\nThe workshop will be held in person on Sept. 2-4\, 2026 as part of the annual MANCEPT Workshops. Please visit the \;conference website \;for information about costs and registration. \;MANCEPT provides a limited number of bursaries to participants on the basis of need. \;
\nIf you have any questions\, please feel free to contact us directly (torsten.menge@northwestern.edu).
ORGANIZER;CN=Torsten Menge;CN=Tereza Hendl: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T154143Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260510T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260510T090000 SUMMARY:"AI Agents: Choice\, Autonomy\, and the Concept of the Agency" (Special Issue\, Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy) UID:20260516T023929Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers \;&ndash\; Special Issue of:
\nInquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy
\nAI Agents: Choice\, Autonomy\, and the Concept of the Agency
\n
Submission deadline: May 10 2026 \;
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\nInquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy \;invites submissions for a Special Issue on the metaphysics and individuation of artificial systems\, edited by \;Herman Cappelen \;and \;John Hawthorne.
\nOverview
\nAre contemporary AI systems&mdash\;especially large language models&mdash\;agents? Can they make choices\, form intentions\, act for reasons\, or exercise something like autonomy? If the answer is yes (even in a deflated or partial sense)\, what does that reveal about the nature of agency\, freedom\, and responsibility? If the answer is no\, what explains the powerful pull of agentive description in practice&mdash\;and what conceptual or political work is it doing?
\nThis special issue invites papers that treat &ldquo\;AI agency&rdquo\; not only as a metaphysical or empirical question\, but also as a methodological and conceptual-engineering problem: when we apply &ldquo\;agency&rdquo\; to novel systems\, are we tracking a mind-independent fact\, negotiating a useful terminology\, or creating a legal/social fiction with downstream consequences? In many domains&mdash\;ethics\, governance\, product design\, and law&mdash\;we are not merely discovering the answer\; we are actively settling it.
\nGuiding questions
\nWhat is an agent? Necessary/sufficient conditions\; minimal vs robust agency\; action vs behavior\; reasons-responsiveness.
\nCan LLMs (or agentic AI systems) make choices? What would count as choosing\, intending\, planning\, or acting&mdash\;and what would rule it out?
\nAutonomy and free will: Are these coherent in artificial systems? Is &ldquo\;freedom&rdquo\; the wrong frame\, or a helpful one?
\nComparative models: Is AI agency more like corporate agency\, group agency\, tool use\, delegation\, or a legal fiction?
\nMethodology and concept application: Is there a truth of the matter about AI agency\, or are we deciding how to extend &ldquo\;agency&rdquo\; to new cases? What criteria should guide that decision (explanatory power\, predictive control\, moral risk\, legal administrability\, political legitimacy)?
\nSuggested topics (illustrative)
\nAccounts of agency (causal\, functionalist\, representational\, constitutive\, normative) and their implications for AI
\nChoice\, control\, and reasons: decision theory\, planning\, self-models\, &ldquo\;intention-like&rdquo\; states\, counterfactual robustness
\nAgency without consciousness? Agency without experience? (and vice versa)
\nTool vs agent framings in AI practice\; &ldquo\;agentic workflows&rdquo\;\; delegation and responsibility gaps
\nCorporate and collective agency as analogies (and disanalogies) for AI systems
\nLegal personhood\, liability\, and fiction: when is &ldquo\;the AI did it&rdquo\; a useful attribution vs a category mistake?
\nEvaluative and political dimensions: who benefits from agent-ascriptions (or denials)? how do attributions distribute blame\, credit\, and control?
\nOperationalization: tests\, benchmarks\, interpretability\, and auditing approaches that purport to measure agency-relevant capacities
\nCross-cultural perspectives on action\, autonomy\, and personhood (and how they reshape the agency debate)
\nSubmission details
\nQueries
For questions regarding the Special Issue\, please contact: \;inquiryeditorial@gmail.com
Feminism gives us a vision\, a framework\, and tools to upend systems. One of those systems is how we think of language and the self. Is it possible to say what is true\, when stories are always already framed by the world in which they take place? What role does autofiction play in our own lives\, in the process of resistance\, in the call for that which remains invisible? The poetic attention inherent in autofiction\, in escrevivê\;ncia\, that is inherent in the work\, is created for and by and to address the necessity of the impossible. Autofiction as an act of God\, of the transcendent that manifests itself in the real\, in lived experience\, and as such is aimed at resisting the patriarchy.
\nIn this symposium we aim to bring together people with whom this theme resonates\, and we ask people to share from their own life\, practise\, profession\, in order to create an ongoing conversation as a way to build resilience. We explicitly invite people to embrace the difference they bring in to contribute towards this shared endeavour. \;
\nAutofiction as Resistance as a method
\nDuring this week we aim to work together on exploring the themes that are central to this circle also in the way we participate. We explicitly invite people to share their insights\, artistic practises and theoretic understanding in a way that invites collaborative thinking. For this reason academic presentations are not accepted\, although a presentation can be a part of a larger workshop. Please indicate in your application how much time you would need for your intervention\, and a brief description on how you aim to use the time allotted to your session. First-time experiments are as welcome as tested concepts. \;
\nParticipants without workshops/sharing of their own personal project/ideas are also most welcome to collaborate during the week in the interactive program. \;
\nAbout Nordic Summer University (NSU):
\nNSU is a space for collaboration between disciplines/peoples/ideas. During the Summer Session several study circles\, each hosting their own program\, will come together &ndash\; participants are welcome to join different circles/programmes during the week. NSU is a horizontal organisation\, being present means you are a member and part of the organisation.
\nCosts
\nNSU offers a limited amount of grants and scholarships. If you are interested in receiving one (which means a reduced participation fee of 100 euro for the whole week)\, please let us know while applying. \;
\n100 euros Scholarship (in shared 4-bed rooms with shared bathroom)
\n1250 euros Institutional price/any room type
\n900 euros Institutional price PhD/any room type
\n950 euros Single room
\n700 euros Bed in double room
\n1000 euros Double room 1 adult 1 child
\n1200 euros Family room 1 adult 2 children
\n1800 euros Family room 2 adults 2 children
\n1500 euros Family room 2 adults 1 child
\n500 euros Camping \;
\nThis includes accommodation and all meals for the full week. The price also includes NSU membership\, so it is not necessary to purchase it separately. Those who have already attended a winter symposium and paid the membership will receive a discount code to deduct the membership fee. No refunds will be given if participants pay membership twice by mistake\, so please mention in your application that you already attended an NSU event this year\, to receive a discount code.
\nDeadlines
\nPlease send us a short text explaining your aim / topic / idea\, how much time you would need to host the experience\, and what materials you would require (paper/paint/bicycles)\, which we will try to accommodate. \;
\nPlease send us your application by April 5th. Especially if you would like to be considered to receive a grant/scholarship\, as decisions on grants/scholarships will be made at the end of April. Deadline to confirm and pay your spot as a grant/scholarship receiver is May 1st. \;
\nOther applicants are accepted on a rolling basis. Final deadline to apply: May 10th. By May 15th you will need to register and pay for the accommodation.
\nApplications and queries can be send to: nicole.nobyeni@nsuweb.org
\nPlease be aware that everyone involved at Nordic Summer University is collaborating on a voluntary basis.
\nAbout the Circle:
\nHow to think/write/be/inter-act without being limited by an already outlined goal/outcome/impact? How to explore what is messy/confused/embodied while accepting that exploration is always also taking place within philosophy/genre/language/life &ndash\; within what is. That is\, our attempt to explore\, to transcend our sites of speech happens in this world and is framed by the situatedness of our lives. Could it be otherwise? This study circle aims to take advantage of the network\, space and openness provided by the Nordic Summer University to raise questions that cannot be answered/grounded/voiced\, for philosophers/writers/feminists and/or/as-well-as those who are other(s/ed/ing). \;
\nThis study circle will explore the liminality of not belonging in a discipline/space/frame/ category/nation. Accepting language as the limit/tool/curse and an unavoidable starting point\, building upon the work of Irigaray/Arendt/Ettinger\, this state of exception of being-with/in/of language is not simple put aside\, but accepted as a reality which is &ldquo\;disturbing\, overwhelming\, and sometimes too close for comfort&rdquo\;. \;
\nThese tensions open up a liminal space &ndash\; how to think/write/be/inter-act within such a space\, while being an/Other\\not-I/(m)\\Other within feminist philosophy? How to write/create/live as a being that is more than the categories available to mark/describe/situate them? How to explore power as a temporary space\, a moment\, political and liminal? How to read and ground ourselves in feminist philosophy while also living/m-othering/PhD-ing? How to even ask/write/question these questions\, without falling prey to the linearity inherent in what/who/why it means to question? \;
\nMore information: https://www.nsuweb.org/study-circles/circle-4-an-other-not-i-m-other-in-feminist-philosophy/ \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Nicole Des Bouvrie: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T154143Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Riga:20260510T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Riga:20260510T140000 SUMMARY:The F-word – Autofiction as Resistance to Patriarchy UID:20260516T023931Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Riga LOCATION:Saulkrasti\, Latvia DESCRIPTION:Feminism gives us a vision\, a framework\, and tools to upend systems. One of those systems is how we think of language and the self. Is it possible to say what is true\, when stories are always already framed by the world in which they take place? What role does autofiction play in our own lives\, in the process of resistance\, in the call for that which remains invisible? The poetic attention inherent in autofiction\, in escrevivê\;ncia\, that is inherent in the work\, is created for and by and to address the necessity of the impossible. Autofiction as an act of God\, of the transcendent that manifests itself in the real\, in lived experience\, and as such is aimed at resisting the patriarchy.
\nIn this symposium we aim to bring together people with whom this theme resonates\, and we ask people to share from their own life\, practise\, profession\, in order to create an ongoing conversation as a way to build resilience. We explicitly invite people to embrace the difference they bring in to contribute towards this shared endeavour. \;
\nAutofiction as Resistance as a method
\nDuring this week we aim to work together on exploring the themes that are central to this circle also in the way we participate. We explicitly invite people to share their insights\, artistic practises and theoretic understanding in a way that invites collaborative thinking. For this reason academic presentations are not accepted\, although a presentation can be a part of a larger workshop. Please indicate in your application how much time you would need for your intervention\, and a brief description on how you aim to use the time allotted to your session. First-time experiments are as welcome as tested concepts. \;
\nParticipants without workshops/sharing of their own personal project/ideas are also most welcome to collaborate during the week in the interactive program. \;
\nAbout Nordic Summer University (NSU):
\nNSU is a space for collaboration between disciplines/peoples/ideas. During the Summer Session several study circles\, each hosting their own program\, will come together &ndash\; participants are welcome to join different circles/programmes during the week. NSU is a horizontal organisation\, being present means you are a member and part of the organisation.
\nCosts
\nNSU offers a limited amount of grants and scholarships. If you are interested in receiving one (which means a reduced participation fee of only 100 euro for the whole week)\, please let us know while applying. \;
\nThis includes \;accommodation and all meals for the full week. The price also includes NSU membership\, so it is not necessary to purchase it separately. Those who have already attended a winter symposium and paid the membership will receive a discount code to deduct the membership fee &ndash\; please contact us before you register to receive the discount code. No refunds will be given if participants pay membership twice by mistake\, so please mention in your application that you already attended an NSU event this year\, to receive a discount code.
\nDeadlines
\nPlease send us a short text explaining your aim / topic / idea\, how much time you would need to host the experience\, and what materials you would require (paper/paint/bicycles)\, which we will try to accommodate. \;
\nPlease send us your application by April 5th. \;Especially if you would like to be considered to receive a grant/scholarship\, as decisions on grants/scholarships will be made at the end of April. Deadline to confirm and pay your spot as a grant/scholarship receiver is May 1st. \;
\nOther applicants are accepted on a rolling basis. Final deadline to apply: May 10th. By May 15th you will need to register and pay for the accommodation.
\nApplications and queries can be send to: nicole.nobyeni@nsuweb.org
\nPlease be aware that everyone involved at Nordic Summer University is collaborating on a voluntary basis.
\nAbout the Circle:
\nHow to think/write/be/inter-act without being limited by an already outlined goal/outcome/impact? How to explore what is messy/confused/embodied while accepting that exploration is always also taking place within philosophy/genre/language/life &ndash\; within what is. That is\, our attempt to explore\, to transcend our sites of speech happens in this world and is framed by the situatedness of our lives. Could it be otherwise? This study circle aims to take advantage of the network\, space and openness provided by the Nordic Summer University to raise questions that cannot be answered/grounded/voiced\, for philosophers/writers/feminists and/or/as-well-as those who are other(s/ed/ing). \;
\nThis study circle will explore the liminality of not belonging in a discipline/space/frame/ category/nation. Accepting language as the limit/tool/curse and an unavoidable starting point\, building upon the work of Irigaray/Arendt/Ettinger\, this state of exception of being-with/in/of language is not simple put aside\, but accepted as a reality which is &ldquo\;disturbing\, overwhelming\, and sometimes too close for comfort&rdquo\;. \;
\nThese tensions open up a liminal space &ndash\; how to think/write/be/inter-act within such a space\, while being an/Other\\not-I/(m)\\Other within feminist philosophy? How to write/create/live as a being that is more than the categories available to mark/describe/situate them? How to explore power as a temporary space\, a moment\, political and liminal? How to read and ground ourselves in feminist philosophy while also living/m-othering/PhD-ing? How to even ask/write/question these questions\, without falling prey to the linearity inherent in what/who/why it means to question? \;
\nMore information: \;https://www.nsuweb.org/study-circles/circle-4-an-other-not-i-m-other-in-feminist-philosophy/ \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Nicole Des Bouvrie: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T154143Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260510T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260510T203000 SUMMARY:Eruptions: a lecture-performance by Giovanbattista Tusa UID:20260516T023932Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Fondaco Marcello\, Venice\, Italy DESCRIPTION:Philosopher Giovanbattista Tusa's "Eruptions: a reading-performance" engages in an interrupted dialogue with Alexandre Estrela&rsquo\;s "RedSkyFalls". May 10\, 2026 at the Opening of the Public Programme Portuguese Pavilion\, 61st International Art Exhibition &mdash\; La Biennale di Venezia.
\n\n"Now it is as if an earthly upheaval is linked to the turbulence of time\, which is changing. It is as if immemorial depths are rising up to us again\, making our time uncertain and perturbed. These upheavals make it impossible today to separate the technical from the cosmic\, the terrestrial from the celestial. It is also becoming impossible at this time to distinguish the personal from the common\, our time from that of others." From: Giovanbattista Tusa\, Terra Cosmica: Traces of Georealism (Tenement Press\, Bristol and London 2024)
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T154143Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260510T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260510T203000 SUMMARY:Eruptions: a lecture-performance by Giovanbattista Tusa UID:20260516T023933Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Fondaco Marcello\, Venice\, Italy DESCRIPTION:Philosopher Giovanbattista Tusa's "Eruptions: a reading-performance" engages in an interrupted dialogue with Alexandre Estrela&rsquo\;s "RedSkyFalls". May 10\, 2026 at the Opening of the Public Programme Portuguese Pavilion\, 61st International Art Exhibition &mdash\; La Biennale di Venezia.
\n\n"Now it is as if an earthly upheaval is linked to the turbulence of time\, which is changing. It is as if immemorial depths are rising up to us again\, making our time uncertain and perturbed. These upheavals make it impossible today to separate the technical from the cosmic\, the terrestrial from the celestial. It is also becoming impossible at this time to distinguish the personal from the common\, our time from that of others." From: Giovanbattista Tusa\, Terra Cosmica: Traces of Georealism (Tenement Press\, Bristol and London 2024)
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T154143Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20260510T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20260510T234500 SUMMARY:What counts as scientific understanding in cognitive science? UID:20260516T023934Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Bucharest LOCATION:Splaiul Independentei nr. 204\, Bucharest\, Romania\, 060024 DESCRIPTION:The conference will take place on the 22nd \;and 24th of May\, 2026 at the University of Bucharest\, Faculty of Philosophy. Regular presentations will be 30 minutes long\, followed by 20 minutes Q&\;A
\nIt will have a mixed format\; speakers may choose whether they present online or face to face (although face to face presentations are preferred).
\nThe deadline has been extended until \; \;May 10th \;2026 \;(23:59) at the following email address \;ubphilosophymasters@gmail.com\, word or pdf\, with the message titled &ldquo\;Abstract Submission&rdquo\;. The abstracts should be written in English\, should have 300-500 words (references not included)\, a title and 5 keywords.
\nPlease write your identifying details in the body of the email\, and leave the attached abstract anonymised. We intend notifications of acceptance to be sent out on or before May 10th \;2026. The conference programme will be announced as soon as the review is completed. \;
\nConference panels
\nScientific understanding in cognitive science
\n&bull\;Can cognitive science produce a scientific explanation of understanding? Do we expect a mechanistic one\, a computational (representational) one\, one based on dynamic systems\, or should one better aim for a Bayesian approach?
\n&bull\;Do we need a unifying theory about the mind in cognitive science\, or should we settle for pluralism (at the level of explanations\, models and scientific practices)?
\n&bull\;What does a grand unified theory in cognitive science afford that pluralism does not
\n&bull\;Should we strive for a unified explanation (one that should account for cognitive\, neural\, phenomenological and behavioral aspects alike)?
\n&bull\;Do we want integration at the level of explanations? Should we also integrate at the level of models (is that even possible)? Do we need explanations or models to account for phenomenal aspects of understanding? If so\, what does explanatory pluralism imply for the phenomenology of understanding? What use for a unifying theory when finer-grained\, multilevel\, partial analyses might be more explanatory? \;
\n&bull\;What epistemic desiderata do cognitive-scientific models meet - approximate truth\, explanatory or predictive power\, simplicity\, empirical adequancy\, others? Which such desiderata matter more in which cognitive-scientific contexts?
\n&bull\;If different ensuing models impact different branches of cognitive science differently\, how does this bear on the field's interdisciplinary unity?
\nScientific understanding and interdisciplinarity
\n&bull\;Does integrating multiple levels of analysis require new forms of explanation and\, if so\, which? What are the limits of integration? Is integration desirable whenever achievable?
\n&bull\;What roles do models play in interdisciplinary understanding? How do these models function when integrating assumptions from multiple domains (with different ontologies)?
\n&bull\;How can experts communicate their understanding to an audience of non-experts? Does &ldquo\;translation&rdquo\; between multiple disciplines affect understanding? Are there aspects or nuances/features that get lost or transformed when concepts &ldquo\;migrate&rdquo\; between fields?
\n&bull\;If interactional expertise is required for interdisciplinary approaches\, does it grant contributory abilities? Is it sufficient for researchers in an interdisciplinary community of experts to be spectatorial cognizers? Is scientific understanding something individuals possess when part of an interdisciplinary effort\, or is understanding distributed across research teams\, maybe even split between specific research fields?
\n&bull\;Are epistemic standards transferable between fields in interdisciplinary studies\, or are they \; bound to specific fields?
\n&bull\;Does interdisciplinary research require new epistemic virtues (tolerance for ambiguity\, transferable and translatable knowledge) or norms?
\n&bull\;Can understanding at one level of analysis substitute for another level of analysis? If so\, in what circumstances?
\n&bull\;What is the epistemic value of interdisciplinarity? Does combining models from multiple fields increase scientific understanding\, or does it sometimes obscure it?
\nBenchmarking scientific understanding
\n&bull\; How can scientific understanding be operationalized?
\n&bull\; Is (scientific) understanding (just) a peak performance? Can we benchmark (scientific) understanding and if so\, should we include AI systems? If AI systems understand\, does AI understanding bear on how we conceive of human understanding?
\n&bull\; What distinguishes understanding from mere predictive success?
\n&bull\; What role does explainability play in benchmarking?
\n&bull\; Can human and AI understanding be compared? If any\, which shared metrics would apply across biological and artificial entities?
\n&bull\; Can interdisciplinary scientific understanding be benchmarked? How could it be evaluated?
\n&bull\; Do different models strike different trade-offs? If so\, how does it impact benchmarking model-based understanding? \;
\nPlease register before May 10th \;2026 \;at the email addresses below:
\nsandra-catalina.branzaru@fpse.unibuc.ro and andrei.marasoiu@filosofie.unibuc.ro
ORGANIZER;CN=Sandra-Catalina Branzaru;CN="Andrei Mărăşoiu": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T154143Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260510T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260510T234500 SUMMARY:Migration\, Adaptation and Memory - 9th International Interdisciplinary Conference UID:20260516T023935Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:Gdańsk\, Poland DESCRIPTION:Conference online
\nCFP:
How do we remember and represent our migration experiences? Who is involved in these processes? How does history remember these events? What helps migrants and societies to adapt? The significance of these and related questions have made their way into our daily lives\, from the refugee crisis to policy decisions\, individual psychotherapy to (re)building identities\, communities\, and memories.
During the conference\, we are going to turn our attention to processes that are integral to human experience: migration\, adaptation\, and memory. We are interested in all aspects of migration and adaptation\, in their individual and collective dimensions\, in the past and in the present-day world. We would like to examine the role of memory\, the processes of migrating and adapting to various dynamic life circumstances\, across time\, space\, culture\, language\, and discipline.
Therefore\, we strive to represent and discuss the crossroads of migration\, adaptation\, and memory in their multiple representations: psychological\, social\, historical\, cultural\, philosophical\, religious\, neurological\, organizational\, methodological\, economic\, political\, and many others. We will also devote considerable attention to how these phenomena appear and transform in artistic practices: literature\, film\, theatre\, and visual arts. This is why we invite researchers representing various academic disciplines: anthropology\, history\, psychiatry\, psychology\, psychoanalysis\, sociology\, politics\, philosophy\, economics\, law\, literary studies\, theatre studies\, film studies\, design\, project management\, memory studies\, migration studies\, consciousness studies\, dream studies\, gender studies\, postcolonial studies\, medical sciences\, cognitive sciences\, and urban studies\, to name a few.
Different forms of presentations are encouraged\, including case studies\, theoretical inquiries\, personal reflections\, problem-oriented arguments\, comparative analyses\, and creative expressions.
We will be happy to hear from experienced scholars and young academics\, doctoral and graduate students\, as well as professionals from various disciplines. We also invite all persons interested in participating in the conference as listeners\, without giving a presentation.
Our repertoire of suggested topics includes but is not limited to:
I. Arts
-Literature\, poetry\, film\, theatre\, etc. as adaptive mediums
-Adaptation through artistic creation and destruction
-Artistic imagination and adaptation
-Migration as represented in arts
-Art created during migration
-Creative expression through memories
II. History
-Adaptation across history
-Memory processes in writing history
-Documenting history and memories in migration
III. Political Sciences and Law
-Policies related to migration and adaptation
-Human rights and migration
-Bureaucracy in relation to migration policies
-Judiciary systems
-Political agendas\, memory and migration
-Objective vs. subjective memory in politics
-International politics and adaptation
IV. Psychology and Psychiatry
-Mental health and adaptation
-Abnormal behaviors and adaptation
-(Mal)adaptive memory processes
-Social and transcultural psychiatry
-Perception/cognition/attention
-Personality
-Psychoanalysis
V. Medical sciences
-Genetics/epigenetics in adaptation processes
-Neurobiology and biochemistry of adaptation and memory
-Evolutionary approaches to memory\, adaptation and migration
-Chronic diseases\, memory\, and adaptation
VI. Humanitarian work\, Governments and NGOs
-Roles and responsibilities
-Management of temporary and transitory spaces
-Project management and evaluation
-Best practices
-Welcome contexts
VII. Philosophy and Worldviews (Eastern\, Western\, Indigenous...)
-Epistemology and metaphysics
-Existential and postmodern adaptation
-Ethics in migratory context
-Philosophy of memory
VIII. Sociology and Anthropology
-Cultural determinants and adaptation
-Race/ethnic identity and adaptation
-Religion\, adaptation and migratory experiences
-Gender\, adaptation and migratory experiences
-Social networks and adaptation
-Language of adaptation\, memory and migration
-Family relations and adaptation
-Urban planning and adaptation
-Diaspora and community development
IX. Economics
-Adaptation and job security
-Private sponsorship and adaptation
Please submit abstracts (no longer than 300 words) of your proposed 20-minute presentations\, together with a short biographical note to: \;migrationconferenceoffice@gmail.com \;or
online presenters - by 10 May 2026
The conference language is English.
Our conference email: \;migrationconferenceoffice@gmail.com
For all details please visit our website.
https://www.inmindsupport.com/migration-adaptation-and-memory
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T154143Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260510T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260512T170000 SUMMARY:21st Annual Bentley Business Ethics Teaching Workshop UID:20260516T023936Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:175 Forest St.\, Waltham\, United States DESCRIPTION:I \;write to solicit applications for the 21st AnnualGlobal Business Ethics Teaching Workshop\, hosted by theHoffman Center for Business Ethicsat Bentley University.
\nThis two-day Workshop is designed to provide instructors of business ethics (and related courses such as CSR\, sustainability\, and corporate citizenship\, or courses with a robust ethics component) the knowledge and tools that they need to be more effective in the classroom. The Workshop is open to first-time instructors as well as to those with more experience looking for ways to improve.
\nThe Workshop will begin with a dinner on Sunday\, May 10th\, and then take place over the following two days\, May 11th and May 12th\, on the campus of Bentley University. Participants will receive reimbursement for their reasonable travel expenses up to $1000.
\nJeff Moriarty and Jill Brown\, both of Bentley University\, co-host and teach in the Workshop. It will also feature several guest lectures. Our 2026 agenda is not yet set\, but to see past agendas\, visit the Workshop website.
\nTo apply for the Workshop\, please fill out the application form (available at the website below)\, and email it\, along with your CV\, to Gail Sands (gsands@bentley.edu).
\nApplications are due January 23rd\, 2026. We regret that we typically have more applications than we have available spaces. We aim to make decisions by the beginning of February. If you have any questions\, please get in touch with Jeff Moriarty (jmoriarty@bentley.edu).
ORGANIZER;CN=Jeffrey Moriarty: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T154143Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260510T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260510T234500 SUMMARY:MANCEPT Workshop on Republican Political Economy UID:20260516T023937Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Manchester\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:Since the publication of Quentin Skinner (1997) and Philip Pettit&rsquo\;s (1999) groundbreaking analyses of the republican tradition and the notion of freedom as non-domination associated with it\, political theorists and philosophers have applied the &ldquo\;neo-republican&rdquo\; lens to a wide variety of political issues. One domain where the implications of neo-republicanism are particularly contested is political economy. While some neo-republicans posit that republicans should simply want a familiar type of competitive market economy supplemented by a universal basic income (Pettit 2006\, Lovett 2009)\, many others have argued that the implications of republican values may well be more radical. To truly realize freedom as non-domination\, they have argued\, we may need a property-owning democracy (Thomas 2017)\, an economy of worker cooperatives (Gourevitch 2014)\, or even some form of socialism (O&rsquo\;Shea 2020\, Muldoon 2022). In addition to these big-picture questions about economic systems\, however\, neo-republican theory has much to offer for the normative analysis of more particular economic phenomena\, such as work\, debt\, housing\, financialization\, trade\, and many others.
This panel will serve as a venue for theorists to further interrogate the implications of republican values for normative political economy. We invite proposals that address\, but are not limited to\, the following questions:
If you are interested in participating\, please send a 500-word abstract to mjaarte@stanford.edu by May 10th. \;
\n
The MANCEPT Workshops is an annual conference in political theory\, organised under the auspices of the Manchester Centre for Political Theory. The conference offers academics an opportunity to come together in a series of workshops to develop specialised work and engage in lively philosophical discussion. Attracting scholars throughout the world\, the conference is now established as a leading international forum dedicated to the development of research in all subfields of political theory. You can find more information here: \;https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/activities/mancept-workshops-2026/
Abstract submission deadline: 10th May 2026
\n\nExpressing the political anxieties of our moment\, the term 'technocracy' has become increasingly popular in political discourse. Largely orthogonal to the debate on technocracy\, the connate term 'epistocracy' (i.e.\, rule of the knowers) has made its fortune in normative democratic theory due to the rise in popularity of epistemic theories of democracy (Gauss 1996\; Anderson 2007\; Estlund 2008\; Landemore 2013\; Peter 2023). These theories have developed increasingly sophisticated normative political epistemologies\, arguing that ""epistemic success"" (i.e. the extent to which political decisions\, procedures\, or institutions realize\, or are reliably oriented towards the achievement of some epistemic good that is relevant to political decision-making) is either a necessary or even a sufficient condition to ground political legitimacy and/or authority. Epistemic democrats thus go against the grain of traditional approaches which ground political legitimacy solely upon fairness\, equality\, or self-authorship.
Epistemic theories suffer from unresolved questions. First\, except for Jason Brennan (2016)\, the literature lacks a systematic conceptualization of epistocracy. While epistocracy is frequently invoked by epistemic democrats as a negative contrast\, it often functions implicitly rather than as a fully theorized position (Estlund 2008\; Landemore\, 2022). Epistocracy plays a crucial boundary-setting role: it marks the point at which epistemic considerations are taken to unduly override equality or fairness\, thereby rendering a theory of legitimacy incompatible with democratic norms. Second\, the metaethical dimension of epistemic democratic theories remains underdeveloped. What constitutes epistemic success is often underspecified\, even though it does significant work. Epistemic democrats frequently argue that one cannot have an &ldquo\;epistemically abstinent&rdquo\; normative theory since non-epistemic values such as fairness or equality presuppose epistemic claims (Talisse 2009). However\, the precise sense in which non-epistemic considerations have an epistemic character\, and how this affects their normative significance\, is rarely made explicit. Thirdly\, clarifying these metaethical commitments is crucial because they determine the boundary between epistemic democracy and epistocracy. How demanding one&rsquo\;s notion of truth or epistemic success is\, and how it relates to other democratic values\, will shape how epistemic considerations ground legitimacy.
In this workshop\, we seek to delve deeper into the meta-normative commitments of epistemic democracy and explore the relation between knowledge and political normativity. This should provide a venue for epistemic democrats to clarify these commitments and an opportunity for its critics to sharpen their criticism. This workshop will tackle the following questions:
1. Can knowledge ground political legitimacy? Should it?
2. What is the relation between epistemic considerations and non-epistemic democratic considerations at the level of normative justification? Can there be a strict demarcation between epistemic and non-epistemic considerations? Are democratic values simply a species of epistemic value or distinct from the latter? If so\, when do epistemic and democratic values diverge or conflict and what should we do when they conflict?
3. What counts as \;"epistemic success" and how demanding should it be? What are the different ways in which truth enters political justification? Are there more benign and less benign ways from a democratic standpoint?
4. What is epistocracy and why might it \;be dangerous? What core normative and metaethical commitments constitute an epistocratic theory?
If you are interested\, please send a 500-word abstract to Roger Ventura Cossin (roger.venturacossin@kuleuven.be) by end of day on the 10th of May\, 2026. Selected speakers will be notified by the 18th of May\, in time for eligible participants to apply for a bursary that covers the workshop fees.
\nThe MANCEPT Workshops is an annual conference in political theory\, organised under the auspices of the Manchester Centre for Political Theory. The conference offers academics an opportunity to come together in a series of workshops to develop specialised work and engage in lively philosophical discussion. Attracting scholars throughout the world\, the conference is now established as a leading international forum dedicated to the development of research in all subfields of political theory. You can find more information here: \;https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/activities/mancept-workshops-2026/
ORGANIZER;CN=Roger Ventura Cossin: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T154143Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260511T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260511T000000 SUMMARY:MANCEPT Workshop on Justice in Climate Litigation UID:20260516T023939Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Manchester\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:This workshop will focus on questions of justice raised by efforts to litigate the climate crisis. \;
\nAs climate change progresses\, individuals and groups are increasingly turning to the courts in pursuit of climate justice. As of March 31\, 2026\, the Climate Litigation Database maintained by the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law lists over 4800 climate court cases\, nearly 70% of which were filed in the USA. Climate lawsuits have been used to pursue a variety of goals\, including injunctions on fossil fuel extraction\, stronger regulation of greenhouse gas emissions\, the implementation or funding of adaptation measures\, compensation for climate loss and damage\, and even punishment of those who contribute to severe climate-related harm. Climate litigation may also be undertaken for strategic reasons\, in an effort to promote awareness of the climate crisis\, undermine the social license of those contributing to it\, and spur more systemic change.
\nThough climate litigation is often used in an attempt to pursue goals of climate justice\, its use for this purpose raises various normative questions. These include questions about the legitimate role of the courts in climate governance\, and the potential for litigation to reproduce patterns of disadvantage due to the unequal accessibility of legal remedies. Some have also raised concerns that climate litigation could prove strategically counterproductive\, for example by spurring political backlash. \;
\nThis workshop will examine how litigation might be used as a tool in the pursuit of climate justice\, new concerns of justice that are raised by such efforts\, and how such concerns might be addressed.
\nQuestions that papers may examine include:
\nHow might litigation serve to promote or undermine climate justice?
\nWhat role should courts play in climate governance?
\nWhen should judicial interventions into climate policy be viewed as legitimate or illegitimate?
\nHow might climate litigation provide access to justice without reproducing existing inequalities?
\nWhat kinds of legal innovation or evolution might be required for the law to adequately respond to the challenge of climate change?
\nWhat are the ethical responsibilities of legal practitioners regarding climate litigation?
\nWhat is the proper role of scientists\, and scientific research\, in supporting climate litigation?
\nWhat role might philosophers and political theorists play in supporting climate litigation?
\nConfirmed speakers: Megan Blomfield\, Laura \;Garcí\;a‐Portela\, Santiago Truccone\, and Paula Nieto \;Herná\;ndez
\nCFA
\nIf you would like to present a paper at this workshop\, please send an abstract of 300-500 words to m.blomfield@sheffield.ac.uk\, by midnight UK time on Monday the 11th of May. Please include your name and any affiliation. We will endeavour to inform you whether your paper has been accepted by May 22nd.
\nPapers will be pre-circulated and everyone attending the workshop will be asked to read the whole set of papers in advance (anticipated to be approx. 6-10 papers). The deadline to submit full versions of the conference papers (maximum 8000 words) will be confirmed after acceptance\, but is likely to be around August 20th.
\nPractical information
\nPlease note that this workshop will take place on Thursday the 3rd and Friday the 4th of September. This year&rsquo\;s MANCEPT workshops are expected to take place in-person only. If this will be a barrier to your participation\, please make note of this in your submission.
\nParticipants will be required to register in full for the MANCEPT workshops (September 2nd to 4th) and will be free to attend other panels when ours is not running. This year's registration fees are £\;325 for academics (including postdocs) and £\;175 for those up to graduate level (including PhD candidates). More information about registration and how to apply for a bursary is available at:https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/activities/mancept-workshops-2026/
\nIf you have any questions\, please don&rsquo\;t hesitate to contact us at: m.blomfield@sheffield.ac.uk
ORGANIZER;CN=Megan Blomfield;CN="Laura García-Portela";CN=Santiago Truccone: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T154143Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260510T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260510T234500 SUMMARY:Racism\, Nationalism and Xenophobia - 9th International Interdisciplinary Conference UID:20260516T023940Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Conference online (via Zoom)
\nCALL FOR PAPERS:
\n \;\n\; \; \; \; \; It is widely known that ideologies of racism\, nationalism\, and xenophobia are dangerous and spread all over the world. We want to examine these terms as much as possible\, from many perspectives and variable aspects: in politics\, society\, psychology\, culture\, and many more. We also want to devote considerable attention to how the phenomena of racism\, nationalism and xenophobia are represented in artistic practices: in literature\, film\, theatre or visual arts.
\n\nOur first conference on racism\, nationalism and xenophobia took place in Warsaw in March 2016. The second edition was held in June 2018\, followed by subsequent editions in 2020\, 2021\, 2022\, 2023\, 2024\, and 2025. We have hosted over 250 scholars representing universities and research institutions from all over the world. \;
\n\nWe invite researchers representing various academic disciplines: history\, politics\, psychology\, sociology\, anthropology\, philosophy\, economics\, law\, 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 among others.
\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\, as well as doctoral students. We also invite all individuals who wish to attend the conference as listeners\, without giving a presentation.
\n\nWe hope that due to its interdisciplinary nature\, the conference will bring many interesting observations on and discussions about the role of racism\, nationalism and xenophobia in the past and in the present-day world. \;
\n\n\; \; \; \; \;Our repertoire of suggested topics includes but is \;not restricted \;to:
\n\nI. Politics and History
\nColonialism / postcolonialism
\nAntisemitism: past and present
\nIslamophobia and terrorism
\nOrientalism
\nImperialism
\nCrimes against humanity
\nHuman rights violations
\nRacism\, nationalism and political correctness
\nNationalism and patriotism
\nXenophobia and cosmopolitism
\nRacism\, nationalism and religion
\nII. Anthropology and Philosophy \;
\nIdeologies of racism
\nNationalism and the &ldquo\;will of power&rdquo\;
\ncultural determinants of racism\, nationalism\, and xenophobia
\nNationalist states
\nXenophobic societies
\nRacist generations
\nIII. Psychology
\nStereotypes and prejudices
\nRacist myths and phantasms
\nRacism and scapegoat mechanism \;
\nXenophobia and sense of guilt
\nNationalism and narcissism
\nProjection and repression
\nIndividual and social susceptibility to hate ideologies
\nTherapy for victims of discrimination
\nIV. Memory and the Protection of Human Rights
\nOrganization for the protection of human rights \;
\nEducation against racism\, nationalism and xenophobia
\nMemory in the service of education
\nMemorial places
\nSolidarity with victims of violence
\nEmpathy toward the Other
\nV. Literature and the Arts
\nRacism\, nationalism and xenophobia in literature
\nRacism\, nationalism and xenophobia in film
\nRacism\, nationalism and xenophobia in theatre
\nLiterature and the arts against hate ideology
\nRacist artists
\nPlease submit abstracts (no longer than 300 words) of your proposed 20-minute presentations\, together with a short biographical note\, by \;10 May \;2026 \;to: \;inconferenceoffice@gmail.com \;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T154143Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260511T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260513T170000 SUMMARY:THE CRITICISM CULTURE AND MORALITY OF TOLERANCE IN ISLAMIC THOUGHT -5 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM UID:20260516T023941Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Istanbul LOCATION:Muş\, Turkey DESCRIPTION:Human beings are weak on their own and must live together to withstand the challenges of life. This natural necessity constitutes the foundation of culture\, which arises from collective human existence. One of the essential conditions of communal life is language. It enables communication among individuals\, serves as a cornerstone of social cohesion\, and functions as the primary vehicle for transmitting knowledge and experience across generations.
\nThe advancement of knowledge in any society depends on the depth and integrity of exchange among those who produce\, preserve\, and transmit it. When communication is grounded in cooperation\, constructive criticism\, and openness to new ideas\, intellectual and cultural development flourishes. Conversely\, when intolerance dominates social relations\, the rhythm of progress slows. In this regard\, Islamic civilization offers a rich legacy of examples illustrating how the ethos of criticism and tolerance can coexist and sustain intellectual vitality across diverse contexts.
\nToday\, Muslim societies differ significantly from their predecessors in how they engage with criticism and tolerance. Shaped by a range of internal and external forces\, they have gradually drifted from their own intellectual heritage\, making it increasingly difficult to respond effectively to the challenges of modern life. In response to these difficulties\, Muş Alparslan University launched a symposium series centred on &ldquo\;Criticism and Tolerance&rdquo\; to draw attention to the underlying issues behind these crises. The first symposium\, titled &ldquo\;The Criticism Culture and Morality of Tolerance in Islamic Thought\,&rdquo\; was held on April 26&ndash\;28\, 2019\, and attracted considerable interest. Encouraged by its success\, a second symposium was organized on December 7&ndash\;8\, 2020\, focusing on the first five centuries of Islamic civilization (7th-11th centuries). Participants in the second symposium concurred that the theme warranted further exploration. As a result\, two additional symposia were organized: one focusing on the 12th to 19th centuries\, held on May 28&ndash\;29\, 2021\, and another addressing the modern period\, held on October 7&ndash\;8\, 2022. The series was originally planned to conclude with the fourth meeting\, which examined the modern era. However\, because the topic is both profound and far-reaching\, the series is now being extended \;with a new and complementary symposium.
\nSince 2019\, the symposium series\, when viewed as a whole\, tended to place greater emphasis on the past. \;This has reinforced the conviction that giving the next symposium a future-oriented theme would be both balancing and complementary. To use a classical distinction in Arabic rhetoric (balāgha)\, the first four symposia may be described as \;ikhbārī \;in character -concerned with what has already taken place-. In contrast\, the fifth has been conceived as \;inshāʾī\, oriented toward what is yet to come. Accordingly\, the fifth symposium will be held under the subtitle &ldquo\;Religion\, Method\, Future.&rdquo\;
\nThe outcomes of the first four symposia converge on a shared conclusion: the intellectual heritage of Islamic civilization offers valuable guidance -both in content and in method- for addressing the contemporary challenges faced by the Muslim world. This recognition undergirds the theme of the fifth symposium\, which is designed as a platform for scholars who\, mindful of the demands of the present\, seek to draw on this heritage in envisioning the future.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T154143Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260511T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260514T170000 SUMMARY:Pragmasophia 5 UID:20260516T023942Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:via Concezione 6\, Messina\, Italy\, 98122 DESCRIPTION:Organized by\nAlessandro Capone (University of Messina)\, Igor Douven (Sorbonne University)\, Mitchell Green (University of Connecticut)\, Pietro Perconti (University of Messina)
Roberto Graci (University of Messina)\, Daniele Panizza (University of Messina)
Manuel Garcí\;a-Carpintero \;&ndash\; \;University of Barcelona
Wayne Davis &ndash\; Georgetown University
Gennario Chierchia \;&ndash\; \;Harvard University
Gabriella Airenti &ndash\; University of Turin
Valentina Cardella &ndash\; University of Messina
Louise Cummings &ndash\; The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Denis Delfitto \;&ndash\; \;University of Verona
Igor Douven \;&ndash\; \;Sorbonne University
Gaetano Fiorin \;&ndash\; \;University of Trieste
Alessandra Giorgi &ndash\; Ca&rsquo\; Foscari University of Venice
Roberto Graci \;&ndash\; \;University of Messina
Alison Hall &ndash\; De Montfort University
Mitchell Green &ndash\; University of Connecticut
Chusni Hadiati &ndash\; Jenderal Soedirman University
Michael Haugh \;&ndash\; \;University of Queensland
Enrico Higginbotham &ndash\; University of Arizona
Kasia Jaszczolt &ndash\; University of Cambridge
Robin Jeshion &ndash\; University of Southern California
Paolo Labinaz &ndash\; University of Trieste
Fabrizio Macagno &ndash\; Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Michael Nelson &ndash\; University of California
Nathan Salmon &ndash\; University of California
Daniele Panizza \;&ndash\; \;University of Messina
Anna Pompei \;&ndash\; \;RomaTre University
Paul Saka &ndash\; Texas Rio Grande Valley University
Marina Sbisà\; &ndash\; University of Trieste
Yael Sharvit &ndash\; University of California
Francesca Santulli &ndash\; Ca&rsquo\; Foscari University of Venice
Jack Wilson &ndash\; University of Salford
Jock Wong &ndash\; National University of Singapore
Alessandro Capone \;&ndash\; \;University of Messina
This conference explores the connection between theoretical aspects of pragmatics and philosophy. We still believe that intentions play a fundamental role in communication and that the hearer&rsquo\;s task is mainly to reconstruct those intentions on the basis of what is explicitly said (the semantics of a linguistic expression) and of contextual clues and cues (Dascal 2003). Sometimes\, as Mey argues (Mey 2001)\, a priori knowledge of a frame and a script will determine interpretation even if one partially says what one wants to say. Both bottom-up and top-down inferential processes are involved (see Jasczolt&rsquo\;s notion of merger representations). Pragmatics can be put to use in understanding of philosophical puzzles (see Igor Douven The pragmatics of belief or Capone (2016) on simple sentences and substitution). Implicit indirect reports can\, in some cases\, be taken to resolve issues.
We welcome contributions in theoretical pragmatics\, philosophical pragmatics\, societal pragmatics\, intercultural pragmatics\, clinical pragmatics\, pragmatics and cognition\, contributions that relate to conversational presuppositions\, if-clauses\, the pragmatics of &lsquo\;de se&rsquo\; attitudes\, proper names\, quasi-proper names\, proper names as speech acts\, pragmemes and speech acts in the cultural context\, evolutionary pragmatics\, pragmatics and culture\, rhetoric and argumentation\, pragmatics and the world languages (e.g. Japanese\, Persian\, Tok Pisin\, Papua New Guinea languages\, in general\, African languages\, Asian languages\, South American languages\, etc.)\, the pragmatics of funerary rites\, natural language semantics\, the semantics/pragmatics debate. The organizers will consult with K. Jaszczolt\, Mitchell Green\, Igor Douven\, Yael Sharvit\, Louise Cummings\, Fabrizio Macagno\, Alison Hall\, Daniele Panizza\, Roberto Graci\, Yoko Mizuta\, Chusni Hadiati\, Alessandra Giorgi for the acceptance of the abstracts and then the selected papers to appear in the book(s). The books are likely to be published in Capone&rsquo\;s series for Springer. \;https://link.springer.com/series/11797.
Workshop on Evolutionary Pragmatics\, \;organized by Mitchell Green
email: \;mitchell.green@uconn.edu
Scholars in recent years have been paying greater attention to diachronic aspects of language use\, and much of this work may be bundled under the term evolutionary pragmatics. Questions falling under this rubric include the cultural evolution of phenomena such as conversational turn-taking and of the norms governing speech acts\, proto-language as it may have occurred in extinct hominid species or extant non-human animals\, the co-evolution of pragmatics and grammar\, and the evolution of presupposition accommodation and common ground\; the rubric also includes study of how new technologies and political formations affect pragmatic norms. Among texts that are helping to shape the burgeoning field are Geurts and Moore (eds.) \;Evolutionary Pragmatics: Communicative Interaction and the Origins of Language \;(Oxford\, 2025)\, Acerbi\, \;Cultural Evolution in the Digital Age \;(Oxford\, 2020)\, and Adornetti and Ferretti\, \;Evolutionary Pragmatics: How Language Emerges from Use \;(Routledge\, 2024).
The conference committee includes Antonio Barcellona\, Anna Cardinaletti\, Alessandro Capone\, Wayne Davis\, Denis Delfitto\, \;Michael Devitt\, Igor Douven\, Gaetano Fiorin\, Giovanni Gobber\, Roberto Graci\, Enrico Higginbotham\, Kasia Jaszczolt\, \;Robin Jeshion\, Andreas H. Jucker\, Paolo Labinaz\, Michael Nelson\, Daniele Panizza\, Claudio Paolucci\, Luigi Pavone\, John Perry\, \;Nathan Salmon\, Jack Wilson.
We invite submissions on the conference topics. Abstracts must be sent to acapone@unime.it by March 31\, 2026. Submissions should be no more than two pages (a maximum of 1\,000 words) and include the author&rsquo\;s name and title. The editor will anonymize all abstracts to ensure a blind review process. Notification of acceptance will be sent by April 10\, 2026.
The conference fee is \;90 euros.
The conference papers will be published in two or three volumes of the Springer series &ldquo\;Perspectives in Pragmatics\, Philosophy\, and Psychology&rdquo\;\, edited by Alessandro Capone.
We welcome contributions from all areas of the world focusing on world languages and cultures.
If you have any additional questions or specific requests\, please contact: \;acapone@unime.it.
We also invite you to explore the website: \;https://alessandro-capone-pragmatics.webnode.it/.
The apocalypse has been examined across disciplines including religious studies\, political science\, philosophy\, physics\, and neuroscience. From its Greek origin\, &ldquo\;lifting of the veil\,&rdquo\; to its sociological framing as the absence of institutions\, its Hollywood representation in films like \;Mad Max \;or \;The Walking Dead\, and its eschatological understanding as &ldquo\;the end of the world\,&rdquo\; apocalyptic imaginaries have become central to how contemporary societies interpret ecological\, technological\, and geopolitical crises. These imaginaries shape perceptions of fear\, collapse\, and inevitability\, influencing both thought and action\, as well as the effectiveness of certain political and demographic discourses that\, rather than describing the present\, construct fear-laden\, anxiety-ridden\, and fatalistic future scenarios.
\nYet\, the apocalypse is not a predetermined fate but a social construction of collective fears\, mediated by cultural\, political\, and technological dispositifs. It operates as both a self-fulfilling prophecy and a foundational myth\, interpreted metaphorically by some and literally by others. Importantly\, apocalyptic imaginaries have tangible and material effects\, as they often normalize social hierarchies and draw boundaries over who is left behind and who is deemed worthy of protection in the end-to-come.
\nThis conference\, think-TANC\, positions itself as a space for critical analysis and collective exploration. Over four days of panels\, workshops\, artistic interventions\, and collaborative debate\, it will bring together researchers\, activists\, educators\, and spiritual practitioners to explore four core strategies: \;decentering for regeneration\, cultivating ontological awareness\, reclaiming planetary purpose\, and engaging in regenerative action.
\nThrough dialogue across disciplines &ndash\; from ecofeminist and antiracist movements to participatory AI\, from artistic practices to collective healing approaches &ndash\; the event seeks to challenge end-of-times ideologies and open pathways toward regenerative futures grounded in research\, critical engagement\, and shared action.
ORGANIZER;CN="Ana Fernández-Aballí Altamirano": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T154143Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260511T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260512T170000 SUMMARY:Utopianism and Early Modern Scientific Collaboration UID:20260516T023944Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:2-10 Norham Rd\, Oxford OX2 6SE\, Oxford\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:NOTCOM is pleased to announce &ldquo\;Utopianism and Early Modern Scientific Collaboration&rdquo\;\, a conference taking place on 11 &\; 12 May 2026. It will be held on both days at the Maison Franç\;aise d&rsquo\;Oxford.
\nThe conference will discuss various utopian aspects of early modern natural knowledge production\, with particular interest in the collaborative institutions dedicated to its advancement. \;Papers will include discussions of the relationship between early modern missionary writing and utopian fiction\; investigations into the link between seventeenth-century arguments for research specialisation and ideal learned societies\; and inquiries into ideas of household economy and common goods in early modern utopianism.
ORGANIZER;CN=Niall Dilucia: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T154143Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260511T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260514T170000 SUMMARY:1st UFFS International Congress on Neurophilosophy: Neurophilosophy\, after 40 years UID:20260516T023945Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The Group of Studies in Neurophilosophy (GENF)\, affiliated with the Federal University of Fronteira Sul (UFFS)\, has the honor of inviting researchers\, faculty\, and undergraduate and graduate students to its 1st UFFS International Congress on Neurophilosophy: Neurophilosophy\, after 40 years\, to be held in a hybrid format on May 11\, 12\, 13\, and 14\, 2026. This year\, we celebrate four decades since the 1986 publication of Patricia Churchland's book Neurophilosophy: Toward a Unified Science of the Mind-Brain\, widely recognized as the foundational point of Neurophilosophy. Since then\, Neurophilosophy has established itself as a field of study that seeks a unified science of the mind-brain\, involving disciplines such as neuroscience\, philosophy\, computing\, psychology\, and psychiatry. Thus\, the 1st UFFS International Congress on Neurophilosophy: Neurophilosophy\, after 40 years\, aims to reflect on the advances\, challenges\, and future of trans- and interdisciplinarity in the study of the mind-brain over these 40 years\, with special focus on Neurophilosophy in Brazil.
\nKEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
\nCesar Schirmer dos Santos (UFSM)
\nFederico Burdman (UAH)
\nJonas Gonç\;alves Coelho (UNESP)
\nOsvaldo Pessoa Jr. (USP)
\nPatrí\;cia Fanaya (UNB)
\nPreston Stovall (UHK)
\nSerdal Tü\;mkaya (IHU)
\nSergio Barberis (UBA)
\nSofia Inê\;s Stein (USP)
\nSteven Gouveia (UPORTO)
\nZuleide Igná\;cio (UFFS)
\n\n\nCALL FOR ABSTRACTS: \;
\n&bull\; Submission Period: January 23 to February 28\, 2026.
\n&bull\; Notification Acceptance: By March 30.
\n&bull\; Event Dates: May 11-14.
\n&bull\; Access: Online\, via Google Meet. Links will be provided by email.
\nThematic Axes:
\nFoundations of Neurophilosophy: Discussions on the legacy of Patricia Churchland and Paul Churchland and of Eliminative Materialism\; History of the emergence of Neurophilosophy\; Co-Evolution\; New developments in the Churchlands' Neurophilosophy\; New neurophilosophical interpretations of Neural Networks.
\nNeurophilosophy in Brazil: Political and theoretical reflections on how Neurophilosophy can be practiced authentically and freely in Brazil\; Brazilian reception of the Churchlands' Neurophilosophy\; Neurophilosophical trends in Brazil.
\nNeurophilosophy of Psychiatry: New explanatory models for brain-mind disorders (Schizophrenia\, Mood Disorders\, Personality Disorders\, Sleep Disorders\, Chronic Pain\, Dementias\, Aphasias\, ASD\, ADHD\, Addictions\, etc.)\; Elucidations on the co-evolutionary influence between Psychiatry and Neurophilosophy\; Etiology and Pathogenesis in Psychiatry\; Diagnostic challenges.
\nConsciousness\, Cognition\, and Evolution: New approaches concerning the explanatory gap\; Evolutionary arguments related to Neurophilosophy\; Evolutionary plausibility and Neurophilosophy.
\nFree Will and Neurosciences: New explanatory models of free will\; Denial of free will\; (In)Compatibilism\; (In)Determinism\; Agency.
\nNeuroethics and Neural Law: Moral challenges posed by new neurotechnologies and brain interventions\; Co-evolution between Neurophilosophy and Law\; Neuronal anti-racism\; Neuronal injustice\; Neurophilosophical discussions on gender.
\nReductionist and Non-Reductionist Neurophilosophy: Discussions on the limits of intertheoretic reduction\; Interpretative failures of non-reductionism\; Defense of the Churchlands' Eliminative Materialism.
\n\; Instructions for Abstract Submission [Oral Presentations]: \; Abstracts must be submitted in PDF format to the email alisson.b.moreira.nacional@gmail.com\, with the Subject line: Congress / Abstract Submission\, accompanied by a separate identification file\, following the guidelines below: \;
\n\; Note: By submitting an abstract\, the author grants permission for its subsequent publication in the event's official Book of Abstracts. \;
\n\n\nCoordination:
\nAlisson Brandemarte Moreira (UFFS\, GENF)
\nJoã\;o Pedro Á\;vila Teixeira (UFMG\, GENF)
\nOrganization &\; Scientific Committee:
\nEdiovani Antô\;nio Gaboardi (UFFS\, GENF)
\nFlá\;vio Miguel Zimmermann (UFFS\, GENF)
\nJoã\;o Carlos Lopes do Prado (UFFS\, GENF)
\nNewton Soares Santarossa (UFSC\, GENF)
\nMaria Luiza Iennaco (USP\, GENF)
\nMarcio Martins (UFMT\, GENF)
\nYasmin Maeda de Souza (PUC/RS\, GENF)
\nMore information:
ORGANIZER;CN=Maria Luiza Iennaco;CN=Alisson Brandemarte Moreira: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T154143Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260511T103000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260512T170000 SUMMARY:UK Northern Metaphysics Network UID:20260516T023946Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:11-14 Blenheim Terrace.\, Leeds\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:The second meeting of the UK Northern Metaphysics Network will take place at the University of Leeds on the 11th and 12th of May 2026. The network aims to bring together researchers working in metaphysics across the Universities of Leeds\, Sheffield\, York\, and Durham. This two-day event will feature presentations from ten graduate speakers\, alongside two keynote lectures delivered by faculty members from our member institutions.
\nThis year's keynote speakers are Professor Heather Logue (Leeds) and Professor Matthew Tugby (Durham).
\nThere is no registration fee. To help us to accommodate numbers\, we kindly ask that you register through this form by the 5th of May 2026. To avoid waste\, please contact us if you register and later realise that you are unable to attend.
\nWhile all are welcome to attend\, we especially welcome those who are currently members of one of our member institutions. \;
\nLocation: 11-14 Blenheim Terrace.
\nTimes: 11th May: 10.30 am - 5pm
\n12th May: 10am - 4pm
\nThis event is made possible through the generous financial support of the Arts and Humanities Research Council\, the White Rose College of the Arts and Humanities\, and the Centre for Theoretical Philosophy.
\nContact: Jonathon Hawkins (j.hawkins.pgr@leeds.ac.uk) \;
\nRegister using the link below.
ORGANIZER;CN=Jonathon Hawkins: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T154143Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260511T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260513T170000 SUMMARY:Process Philosophy in Under-explored traditions in philosophical history UID:20260516T023947Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:There are two dominant streams for talking about reality in the history of metaphysical thought - \; substance and process. These two streams are noticeable in virtually all traditions but the former seems to have gained more attention at the expense of the latter which offers a more robust and insightful framework for codifying reality. The metaphysical framework of substance has been elevated as absolute and universal in humanity&rsquo\;s comprehension of the self and the world. That metaphysical framework fails in providing a springboard on topics such as value and conscious nature of all ontological entities. As a result\, topics such as the cellular basis of consciousness or biopsychism in plant neurobiology\, panpsychism and its impact over the inter-relationship among all entities for environmental stability have not received penetrating and convincing analysis from the substance-based perspective. This is why an alternative framework in process metaphysics as broadly construed in all religious and philosophic traditions &ndash\; African\, Oriental\, Anglo-American\, and Continental become pertinent.
\nIn its most commonly shared formulation\, process philosophy\, regardless of tradition\, lays emphasis on vital force\, flux\, biopsychism\, dynamism\, relationality and interconnection among entities such that nothing stands in isolation (see Mesle 2008\; Ivakhkiv 2018). Among process philosophers\, there is a shared acknowledgement that reality is &lsquo\;becoming&rsquo\; and an interconnected web such that no event stands in isolation. Process philosophers eschew the mainstream and dominant outlook in traditional metaphysics that changelessness implies perfection (see Rescher 1996\; Mesle 2008). Extant scholarship offers a more robust explanation for topics like ecology (Ivakhiv 2018\; Maffie 2015\; McLeod 2023)\, consciousness (Griffin 2007\; Raud 2021\; Zu 2025)\, agency (Valmisa 2025)\, relationality (Chimakonam &\; Ogbonnaya 2021\; Maffie 2015\; McLeod 2023)\, mystical experiences (Dambrowski 2023)\, and Being (Ofuasia 2024). These are hot topics that signal the importance of such metaphysics for contemporary scholarship. In spite of this common ground\, process scholars in the afore-mentioned philosophical traditions have never engaged one another critically.
\nThis conference will therefore be the first to birth this long overdue intellectual exchange as it offers an improved metaphysical framework for value and consciousness in all ontological entities to address various concerns that are facing humanity: economy\, political\, and environmental. Although there are hesitant answers to some of these global challenges facing humanity\, the influence of substance-based analysis has yet to offer penetrative answers\, in addition to the almost lack of interaction among scholars of process to explore their common ground for a common voice in the way that substance thought has done over the centuries.Based on the foregoing established gap\, anonymized abstracts\, not more than 250 words are invited from scholars of all traditions who specialise in process philosophy over topics that are not limited to the following thematic coverage of the Conference:
\nBeing discourses in two traditions &ndash\; Substance and Process\;
\nBecoming\, relationality\, and vital force in substance and process philosophies\;
\nConsciousness and process philosophy\;
\nProcess-relational philosophy and Ethnophilosophy\;
\nProcess philosophy in conversation: African\, Chinese\, and Indian\;
\nProcess implications for environmental philosophy\;
\nAlternative logics and eventism\;
\nTime and processism in Africa and beyond\;
\nRelational field metaphysics\;
\nRelationality and a process alternative framework in African environmental philosophy\;
\nBecoming and relationality in Aztec thought system\;
\nVitalism\, biopsychism\, panpsychism\, and panexperientialism in processism\;
\nPhilosophic sagacity and processism in African\, Indian\, Chinese\, &\; Anglo-American traditions\;
\nProcess philosophy\, sentience and plant neurobiology\;
\nEzumezu logic and classical logic\;
\nDoctrines of Being in process thought: African and Eastern\;
\nAfrican traditional religions and process theology\;
\nThe subjectivist principle and the reformed subjectivist principle\;
\nPessimism\, meaningfulness\, and becoming\;
\nProcessism in Medieval Islamic theology\;
\nAfro-Brazilian religions and process philosophy\;
\nSelfhood and process philosophy\;
\nRelationality and change in ancient and contemporary philosophical systems\;
\nProcessism in Medieval Christian theology\;
\nProcess theology and Indian religious systems and practices\;
\nChinese philosophy and process thought\;
\nIdentity\, (trans)gender and feminism in relational and vitalist contexts\;
\nBuddhist and Hindu processisms\;
\nProcess philosophy and the question of alternative systems of logic\;
\nAfricana philosophy and processism\;
\nDeath and immortality in Afro-Indo process thoughts\; and
\nProcess theology and the nature of God in classical theology.
\nInstructions &\; Important Timelines
\nOpen Call for Abstracts: \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; September 30\, 2025.
\nAbstract Submissions Deadline: \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;January 16\, 2026.
\nAbstract Acceptance/Notification to Participants: \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; February 13\, 2025.
\nSubmissions of Article Drafts (to be shared with respondents) ends: \; \;April 15\, 2026.
\nOnline Conference Proper: \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;May 19-21\, 2026. \; \;
\nDeadline for submission of Final papers for consideration in publication: \; \; July 31\, 2026.
\nTalks are ongoing with a renowned and reputable Journal for a Special Issue edition as post-conference publication.
\nAll abstracts for the online conference MUST be submitted via this link: https://forms.gle/ppjSjRMGDP8CpRNn7
\nNo registration fees but all participants and observers must register before they can get the links to the talks/panels. This will be communicated in due course. For further information\, please relate with Dr. Chukwueloka Uduagwu via email: \; cuduagwu@noun.edu.ng More information will be made available to participants.
\nReferences
\nChimakonam\, J. O. &\; Ogbonnaya\, L.U. (2021). African metaphysics\, epistemology and a new logic: A Decolonial approach to philosophy. Palgrave.
\nDombrowski\, D. (2023). Process Mysticism. SUNY Press.
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ORGANIZER;CN=Emmanuel Ofuasia;CN=Chukwueloka S. Uduagwu;CN=Abhishek Tripathi: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T154143Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260511T141500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260511T154500 SUMMARY:“Equality and the Right to Abortion” UID:20260516T023948Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce a series of three online seminars\, each dedicated to the discussion with the author(s) of a draft paper circulated among participants in advance.
\nEach paper and seminar engages\, in a different way\, with the moral limits of shaping others. The first seminar will focus on a paper by Areti Theofilopoulou (Warwick) that examines the distinction between coercive control and boundary-setting in romantic relationships. The second will discuss a paper by Christie Harley (Georgia State) and Ashley Lindsley-Kim (British Columbia)\, arguing for abortion rights on the grounds that state-enforced pregnancy and childbirth are incompatible with the status of equal citizenship. The third and final seminar will consider a paper by Nanette Ryan (Singapore) and Joshua Lucza (Singapore) which argues that\, in response to the climate crisis\, children&rsquo\;s capacities for responsible\, reflective\, and ethically engaged citizenship should be prioritized over cultivating frugal preferences in children.
\nMonday\, May 4\, 2026: Areti Theofilopoulou (Warwick)\, &ldquo\;Is It Control or Boundary-Setting?&rdquo\;
\nMonday\, May 11\, 2026: Christie Hartley (Georgia State) and Ashley Lindsley-Kim (British Columbia)\, &ldquo\;Equality and the Right to Abortion&rdquo\;
\nMonday\, May 18\, 2026: Nanette Ryan (Singapore)\, &ldquo\;Cultivating Frugal Preferences in Children: A Response to the Climate Crisis&rdquo\; (co-authored with Joshua Lucza)
\nThe seminars will be held online on Mondays at 2.15-3.45 p.m. CET. \;
\nWe welcome participants at any or all of the seminars! Please email justparenthood.project@gmail.com to receive the draft papers and the online meeting link.
\nThe seminars are organized by Francesca Miccoli (Basel)\, Tom Bailey (John Cabot)\, and Johanna Rensing (Basel).
ORGANIZER;CN=Tom Bailey: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T154143Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260511T173000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260511T190000 SUMMARY:The Emergence of Interiority\, Biomolecular Condensates and the Metaphysics of Nature UID:20260516T023949Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Istanbul LOCATION:Culture and Convention Center Salon A\, Ankara\, Turkey ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T154143Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260511T151500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260511T164500 SUMMARY:The Responsibility of Individuals UID:20260516T023950Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The Collective Ethics Seminar: Online Presentation &ndash\; 11 May 2026 &ndash\; 15.15 &ndash\; 16.45 CEST / 09.15 &ndash\; 10.45 EST
Teresa Marques - The Responsibility of Individuals
On Monday 11 May 2026\, Teresa Marques (University of Barcelona) will give a presentation in the Collective Ethics Seminar entitled &lsquo\;The Responsibility of Individuals&rsquo\;.
Abstract: \;Should we displace the moral responsibility from the individual to the social in accounts of oppression\, discrimination\, and injustice? Here\, I consider anti-individualist challenges to the explanation of social phenomena and of social injustice. First\, I argue that those challenges are consistent with social phenomena that are constituted \;by people&rsquo\;s attitudes and actions\, and I provide evidence from research in the social sciences to this effect. Second\, I argue that putative paradigm cases of structural injustice are cases where individuals\, or collectives of individuals\, have moral responsibility\, or are cases with no individual or collective culprits\, and where it is questionable that they are unjust.
The online seminar is open for all to attend. The session starts at 15.15 CEST / 09.15 EST. You can join the session via the following link: https://univienna.zoom.us/j/62736288881?pwd=SndEdTNoNlZtSzJqcmpabm5NaWIyUT09
For more information about the seminar\, please see https://social.univie.ac.at/events/collective-ethics-seminar/. \;We hope to see you at the seminar!
Kind regards\,
Gunnar Bjö\;rnsson (Stockholm University)\, Kenneth Silver (Trinity College Dublin)\, and Niels de Haan (University of Vienna)