The Student Conference Logic and Metaphysics II. Logic of Metaphysics will take place from 25.09.26. to 26.09.26. \; at the University of Potsdam.
\nTopic
\nThe history of analytic philosophy is essentially told as a history of the development and application of logic on the one hand\, and as a continuous discussion of the question of the possibility of metaphysics on the other hand. While logical empiricism believed that metaphysical questions could be exposed as pseudo-problems using the tools of formal logic\, developments in modal logic and model theory were partly responsible for the renaissance of metaphysics that we can still observe today. In short\, since formal logic is an essential tool and distinguishing feature of analytic philosophy\, logic is also crucial in the historical and contemporary discourse on the possibility of metaphysics. In this context\, the question arises as to what functions logic fulfills in metaphysics and what questions it enables or prevents. \;
\nThe aim of the conference is to shed light on the relationship between analytic metaphysics and its logical toolkit and to trace the historical development of analytic philosophy from a fundamentally anti-metaphysical to a philosophical movement\, which is decidedly open towards metaphysics. An examination of the second area of interest is closely linked to the role that logic plays in the dissolution and reformulation of metaphysical problems. This may take the form of systematic contributions to current debates or reviews of historical positions.
\nDetails
\nWe encourage BA\, MA\, and M.Ed. students to submit abstracts on the above topic in English. Submissions should include a brief description of the topic (approximately two to three sentences) and an abstract of no more than 400 words for a blind review. Each presenter will have 45 minutes for their presentation\, 20 minutes for the talk\, and 25 minutes for a Q&\;A. \;
\nThe deadline for submissions is 30.05.26.. Please submit your application as a PDF to logicandmetaphysics@protonmail.com. Documents need to be anonymized for blind review. Please make sure to use &ldquo\;Abstract Logic of Metaphysics Potsdam 2026&rdquo\;as the subject of the Email.
\nWe particularly encourage students from underrepresented and marginalized groups to submit presentations in order to support diversity and equality at universities. \;
\nAll submissions will undergo a blind review. All applicants will be notified by email by 22.06.26. regardless of whether their presentation has been selected. We will contact you for further organizational steps if your presentation is selected.
\nWe are working on financing the conference\, however currently we cannot guarantee a full (or even a partial) reimbursement of travel and accommodation costs. Should you be unable to finance your accommodation\, please indicate this in your email. A limited number of participants can be accommodated by the local student body.
\nIf you have any questions\, please contact the organizers logicandmetaphysics@protonmail.com. We look forward to receiving your abstracts!
ORGANIZER;CN=Madara Vaserberga;CN=Leon Isenmann;CN=Timo Selting: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260630T155823Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260703T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260704T170000 SUMMARY:Knowing One Another: The Sociality of Self-Knowledge UID:20260701T100850Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Literaturforum im Brecht-Haus\, Berlin\, Germany\, 10115 DESCRIPTION:In contemporary discussions of self-knowledge the primary way in which the other enters the scene is this: Our knowledge of the other figures as the contrast case that can help us get at the specificity and peculiarity of self-knowledge. As we are told\, we know ourselves &ndash\; our mental attitudes and states &ndash\; in a way we cannot know someone else. Whereas our knowledge of others requires observation and inference\, we know ourselves immediately and\, thus\, with distinctive authority. Entering the discussion from this side\, self-knowledge and knowledge of others seem fundamentally opposed.
\nThis conference is based on the idea that there is another way in which self-knowledge and knowledge of others are to be related: They are not simply opposed\, but fundamentally intertwined &ndash\; so much so that it is doubtful whether I can actually know myself without knowing others and being known to them. Knowing oneself would thus be internally linked to knowing one another\, an idea highlighted by the ambiguous German term &ldquo\;sich kennen&rdquo\;\, which can be used to refer to my knowing myself as well as our knowing each other. On the most fundamental level\, self-knowledge and knowledge of others would thus not be two contrary types of knowledge. Rather\, they would co-constitute the shared space in which we can at all know ourselves &ndash\; know our own self as well as other selves.
\nOur aim at this conference is to explore the variety of ways in which this internal nexus between self-knowledge and knowledge of others can be brought to the fore and can be conceptualized. This may involve looking at the way in which what in which self-consciousness requires recognition. It can involve developing the way in which what is known in self-knowledge constitutively requires objectivity and communicability. It may include exploring &ldquo\;self-conscious emotions&rdquo\; (as e.g. shame\, embarrassment\, and pride)\, which show how others make us aware of ourselves\, suggesting that our self-knowledge is directly affected by the view of others. And it may finally involve investigating the various social processes and conditions enabling\, shaping and potentially transforming self-knowledge (as e.g. trust\, love\, epistemic justice\, conversation\, formation\, education\, talking cure).
\nIn addition to exploring the various ways in which this connection is revealed\, we shall further pursue what consequences this internal nexus has for our understanding of self-knowledge\, of our knowledge of others and the pathologies of knowing ourselves. Regarding self-knowledge\, the nexus does not only suggest the mere fact that our capacity to know ourselves is somewhat dependent on our ability to relate to others\, to see them and let ourselves be seen by them. It also suggests a modified view of what is known in self-knowledge. Regarding the knowledge of others\, it suggests that our primary knowledge of others is not the kind of third-personal\, observational knowledge that is typically opposed to self-knowledge\, but rather a second-personal kind of knowledge that connects us to others in a different way. Finally\, regarding the failures of self-knowledge\, this internal nexus may suggest that at least some core phenomena &ndash\; like self-reification\, alienation\, self-deception &ndash\; are internally connected to social pathologies. If we fail to properly know ourselves this might be due to the kind of social relations that determine our life. The ancient task to know thyself may thus require that we transform the social relations we stand in.
ORGANIZER;CN=Thomas Khurana: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260630T155823Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260925T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260926T170000 SUMMARY:Logic of Metaphysics UID:20260701T100851Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Am Neuen Palais 10\, Potsdam\, Germany\, 14469 DESCRIPTION:The history of analytic philosophy is essentially told as a history of the development and application of logic on the one hand\, and as a continuous discussion of the question of the possibility of metaphysics on the other hand. While logical empiricism believed that metaphysical questions could be exposed as pseudo-problems using the tools of formal logic\, developments in modal logic and model theory were partly responsible for the renaissance of metaphysics that we can still observe today. In short\, since formal logic is an essential tool and distinguishing feature of analytic philosophy\, logic is also crucial in the historical and contemporary discourse on the possibility of metaphysics. In this context\, the question arises as to what functions logic fulfills in metaphysics and what questions it enables or prevents. \;
\nThe aim of the conference is to shed light on the relationship between analytic metaphysics and its logical toolkit and to trace the historical development of analytic philosophy from a fundamentally anti-metaphysical to a philosophical movement\, which is decidedly open towards metaphysics. An examination of the second area of interest is closely linked to the role that logic plays in the dissolution and reformulation of metaphysical problems. This may take the form of systematic contributions to current debates or reviews of historical positions.
\nCALL FOR ABSTRACTS
\nWe encourage BA\, MA\, and M.Ed. students to submit abstracts on the above topic in English. Submissions should include a brief description of the topic (approximately two to three sentences) and an abstract of no more than 400 words for a blind review. Each presenter will have 45 minutes for their presentation\, 20 minutes for the talk\, and 25 minutes for a Q&\;A. \;
\nThe deadline for submissions is 30.05.26.. Please submit your application as a PDF to logicandmetaphysics@protonmail.com. Documents need to be anonymized for blind review. Please make sure to use &ldquo\;Abstract Logic of Metaphysics Potsdam 2026&rdquo\;as the subject of the Email.
\nWe particularly encourage students from underrepresented and marginalized groups to submit presentations in order to support diversity and equality at universities. \;
\nAll submissions will undergo a blind review. All applicants will be notified by email by 22.06.26.regardless of whether their presentation has been selected. We will contact you for further organizational steps if your presentation is selected.
\nWe are working on financing the conference\, however currently we cannot guarantee a full (or even a partial) reimbursement of travel and accommodation costs. Should you be unable to finance your accommodation\, please indicate this in your email. A limited number of participants can be accommodated by the local student body.
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If you have any questions\, please contact the organizers logicandmetaphysics@protonmail.com. We look forward to receiving your abstracts!