Referentin: Dr. Pia Lilienstein
Vertiefungsnachmittag (der erste Vortrag wird online ü\;bertragen)
Mit unserem verä\;nderten Medienverhalten verliert das Schreiben von Briefen seine Bedeutung. Zu Edith Steins Lebzeiten war es noch eine selbstverstä\;ndliche und nicht aus dem Alltag wegzudenkende Mö\;glichkeit\, ü\;ber Entfernungen hinweg miteinander im Gesprä\;ch zu bleiben. Wenn man die Briefe von Edith Stein liest\, darf man an ihrer Hä\;lfte eines Dialoges teilhaben\, an ihrer inneren Zugewandtheit zu Freunden sowie an ihrer inneren Auseinandersetzung mit vielfä\;ltigsten Themen ihres Lebens. Diese Selbstmitteilungen von Edith Stein berü\;hren durch ihre Authentizitä\;t und lassen Einblicke in ihr damaliges Erleben und in ihre im allgemeinen eher verschlossene Persö\;nlichkeit zu. Kardinal Newman meinte einmal\, dass &bdquo\;das wahre Leben eines Menschen in seinen Briefen steckt&ldquo\;. Edith Stein hat seine Briefe wiederum ins Deutsche ü\;bertragen und selbst regelmä\;ß\;ig Briefe geschrieben\, um ihre Freundschaften und Familienbeziehungen zu pflegen. Der Vortrag mö\;chte dazu anregen\, ü\;ber das Briefeschreiben im Allgemeinen und den innerlichen Bewusstseinszustand beim Schreiben von Briefen im Besonderen nachzudenken sowie ü\;ber Edith Stein als Briefeschreiberin.
\n\nZeit\n14:30 Uhr bis 17:30 Uhr\nVeranstalter\nEdith Stein Gesellschaft Ö\;sterreich\; Karmeliten in Wien\nOrt\nKarmelZentrumThe philosophy graduate students of The University of Massachusetts Amherst are accepting submissions for The University of Massachusetts Amherst Philosophy Graduate Conference in Fall 2026. The conference is general topic and open to all current philosophy graduate students\, as well as those who are currently applying or have been recently accepted to PhD programs in philosophy. Limited\, need-based funding may be available upon request.
\nThe conference will take place\, in person\, at The University of Massachusetts Amherst from Friday\, November 13th to Saturday\, November 14th. There will be a dinner on the day of the keynote presentation (keynote speaker TBD)\, and a reception on the closing evening of the conference. All conference spaces are accessible via stairs\, ramps\, or elevators.
\nThose interested in submitting papers should do so via the form at https://forms.gle/13v25D7Wb8ahk9Ra9. If you&rsquo\;re having trouble with the form\, you may email your submission to \;bmatteoli@umass.edu. Please submit all materials in pdf format. The requirements for submitted papers are as follows:
\n&bull\; No more than 3\,000 words\, excluding footnotes and bibliography.
\n&bull\; Include an abstract of no more than 200 words.
\n&bull\; Appropriate for a 20-minute presentation.
\n&bull\; Fully anonymized.
\nSubmissions should also include a cover page\, as a separate file\, which should consist of:
\n&bull\; The title of your paper.
\n&bull\; The sub-discipline of your paper (e.g. metaphysics)\, or relevant keywords.
\n&bull\; Your name\, contact information\, and institutional affiliation (if applicable).
\nPresentations should expect to follow the following approximate format:
\n&bull\; 20 minutes for the presentation of your paper.
\n&bull\; 10 minutes for your commentator.
\n&bull\; 5 minutes for your response.
\n&bull\; 15 minutes for audience Q&\;A.
\nThe deadline for submissions is 11:59pm EST on Friday\, August 21st. Decisions will be sent by September 30th. Please email any questions to \;umassphilgradcon@gmail.com.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261113T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261114T170000 SUMMARY:The University of Massachusetts Amherst Philosophy Graduate Conference UID:20260603T233752Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Amherst\, United States DESCRIPTION:The philosophy graduate students of The University of Massachusetts Amherst are accepting submissions for The University of Massachusetts Amherst Philosophy Graduate Conference in Fall 2026. The conference is general topic and open to all current philosophy graduate students\, as well as those who are currently applying or have been recently accepted to PhD programs in philosophy. Limited\, need-based funding may be available upon request.
\nThe conference will take place\, in person\, at The University of Massachusetts Amherst from Friday\, November 13th to Saturday\, November 14th. There will be a dinner on the day of the keynote presentation (keynote speaker TBD)\, and a reception on the closing evening of the conference. All conference spaces are accessible via stairs\, ramps\, or elevators.
\nThose interested in submitting papers should do so via the form at https://forms.gle/13v25D7Wb8ahk9Ra9. If you&rsquo\;re having trouble with the form\, you may email your submission to bmatteoli@umass.edu. Please submit all materials in pdf format. The requirements for submitted papers are as follows:
\n&bull\; No more than 3\,000 words\, excluding footnotes and bibliography.
\n&bull\; Include an abstract of no more than 200 words.
\n&bull\; Appropriate for a 20-minute presentation.
\n&bull\; Fully anonymized.
\nSubmissions should also include a cover page\, as a separate file\, which should consist of:
\n&bull\; The title of your paper.
\n&bull\; The sub-discipline of your paper (e.g. metaphysics)\, or relevant keywords.
\n&bull\; Your name\, contact information\, and institutional affiliation (if applicable).
\nPresentations should expect to follow the following approximate format:
\n&bull\; 20 minutes for the presentation of your paper.
\n&bull\; 10 minutes for your commentator.
\n&bull\; 5 minutes for your response.
\n&bull\; 15 minutes for audience Q&\;A.
\nThe deadline for submissions is 11:59pm EST on Friday\, August 21st. Decisions will be sent by September 30th. Please email any questions to umassphilgradcon@gmail.com.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261023T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261023T090000 SUMMARY:North American Sartre Society 31st Annual Conference UID:20260603T233753Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:North American Sartre Society
31st \;Annual Meeting
\nCall for Abstracts
\n\;
\n23-24 October 2026
\nVirtual Zoom Conference \;
\nSubmission Deadline: June 15\, 2026
\n\;
\nTheme
\nA.I.\, Virtual Worlds\, and Digital Existentialism
\nThe North American Sartre Society invites proposals for our 31st \;meeting. \; \;Our conference theme is A.I.\, Virtual Worlds\, and Digital Existentialism. We encourage papers that explore existentialism as it relates to A.I.\, social media\, data centers\, and virtual worlds. We encourage papers on topics and questions such as: \;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;How does artificial intelligence reshape our understanding of selfhood\, agency\, and responsibility?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Can virtual worlds provide authentic forms of meaning\, identity\, and community\, or are they structurally alienating?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;What does &ldquo\;existence&rdquo\; mean when one&rsquo\;s social\, emotional\, and creative life is increasingly mediated by A.I. systems and platforms?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Do A.I.-generated personas and avatars challenge distinctions between authenticity and bad faith?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;How should we understand freedom and choice when algorithmic systems increasingly guide behaviors\, desires\, and commitments?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;What ethical obligations do creators of A.I. and virtual worlds have toward users&rsquo\; existential well-being and sense of meaning?
\nWe invite proposals from any area of Sartre studies and from any disciplinary background. In the spirit of Sartre&rsquo\;s eclectic thinking\, we encourage proposals that address philosophy\, literature\, theater\, aesthetics\, psychology\, politics\, intellectual history\, art\, music\, and other disciplines. Aiming to foster diverse and pluralistic approaches\, we understand Sartre Studies broadly to indicate work in the existentialist tradition\, including work emerging from thinkers like Simone de Beauvoir\, Maurice Merleau-Ponty\, Frantz Fanon\, Richard Wright\, Angela Davis\, Albert Camus\, Anna Julia Cooper\, Harriet Ann Jacobs\, Lewis R. Gordon\, Frederick Douglass\, Kathryn Sophia Belle\, Steve Biko\, Naomi Zack\, Chabani Manganyi\, Emilio Uranga\, Jorge Portilla\, W.E.B. Du Bois\, Aimé\; Cé\;saire\, Keiji Nishitani\, Azzedine Haddour\, Martin Buber\, Hannah Arendt\, Martin Heidegger\, Gabriel Marcel\, Emmanuel Levinas\, Sara Ahmed\, danielle davis\, bell hooks\, Kamau Brathwaite\, Nathalie Etoke\, Achille Mbembe\, Suzanne Cé\;saire\, James Baldwin and others. \;
\n\;
\n\;
\n\;
\nKeynote Speaker: Stefano Gualeni
\n\;
\nTitle: Existential Immersion and Care in Virtual Worlds
\nStefano Gualeni is a Full Professor at the Institute of Digital Games\, University of Malta. His academic books include \;Virtual Worlds as Philosophical Tools \;(Palgrave\, 2015)\, \;Virtual Existentialism \;(Palgrave Pivot\, 2020\, with Daniel Vella)\, and \;Fictional Games: A Philosophy of Worldbuilding and Imaginary Play \;(Bloomsbury\, 2023\, with Riccardo Fassone). Stefano&rsquo\;s games\, essays and philosophical fictions can be found on his webpage at \;dsawyer@laverne.edu
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;Graduate students are encouraged to submit.
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;All proposals will be forwarded to the program committee for review.
\nContacts:
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;Dane Sawyer\, NASS President: dsawyer@laverne.edu
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;Paul Gyllenhammer\, NASS Co-President: \;gyllenhp@stjohns.edu
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;Kiki Berk\, NASS Past-President k.berk@snhu.edu
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;Kimberly Engels\, NASS Treasurer: kengels@molloy.edu \;
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;Damon Boria\, NASS Member-at-Large: damon.boria@gmail.com \;
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;T Storm Heter\, NASS Member at Large: sheter@esu.edu \;
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;James Sares\, NASS Member-at-large: james.sares@uky.edu
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;Tom Meagher: NASS Member-at-large: tjm101@shsu.edu
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;Thomas Payre\, NASS Member-at-large: thp42@aber.ac.uk
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;Varun Chandrasekhar\, NASS Member-at-Large: c.varun@wustl.edu
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;NASS Webpage: \;https://www.northamericansartresociety.org
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;NASS Knowledge Commons Page: \;https://hcommons.org/groups/north-american-sartre-studies-society/
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;NASS Facebook: \; \;https://www.facebook.com/SartreSociety/
\n● \; \; \; \; \; \;Sartre Studies International \;https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/sartre-studies/sartre-studies-overview.xml
ORGANIZER;CN=Dane Sawyer: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260602T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260602T170000 SUMMARY:Author Meets Critics: Hannah Arendt's Unwritten Chapter on Judging UID:20260603T233754Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Dublin LOCATION:Trinity College Dublin\, Dublin\, Ireland\, D02 PN40 DESCRIPTION:What does it mean to judge - politically\, morally\, in public life? Hannah Arendt left that question unfinished. This symposium examines Samantha Fazekas' new work\, Hannah Arendt's Unwritten Chapter on Judging \;(De Gruyter\, 2025)\, which reconstructs Arendt's unwritten theory of judgment through a close reading of Kant's aesthetic judgment\, and asks what it means for how we think about politics today.
\nWith responses from scholars at Trinity College Dublin\, Paderborn University\, the University of Freiburg\, Bard College\, and the University of Toronto.
\nAdmission is free. Please RSVP via the link below.
\n2 June
\nVenue: TRiSS Seminar Room (6th floor Arts Building)
\nProgram:
\n9.00-9.30 Coffee &\; Welcome
\n9.30-10.00 Dr. Samantha Fazekas (Trinity College Dublin)
\n10.00-11.00 Prof. Lilian Alweiss (Trinity College Dublin)
\n11.00-11.15 Coffee break
\n11.15-12.15 Dr. Maria Robazkiewicz (Paderborn University)
\n12.15-13.45 Lunch
\n13.45-14.45 Prof. Ronald Beiner (University of Toronto)
\n14.45-15.45 \;Prof. Roger Berkowitz (Bard College) [online]
\n15.45-16.00 Coffee break
\n16.00-17.00 \;Dr. Astrid Hä\;hnlein \;(University of Freiburg)
ORGANIZER;CN=Samantha Fazekas;CN=Lilian Alweiss: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260715T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260715T234500 SUMMARY:Anti-Democratic Communication UID:20260603T233755Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/Toronto LOCATION:Waterloo\, Canada DESCRIPTION:Manipulative language has played a vital role in the rise of authoritarian regimes and the undermining of democracy worldwide. This topic will be the focus of a two-day networking workshop to be held at the University of Waterloo (November 28-29\, 2026)\, on Anti-Democratic Communication. \; \;Confirmed speakers include Esa Diaz Leon\, Jonathan Ichikawa\, Tim Kenyon\, Anna Klieber\, Neri Marsili\, Mari Mikkola\, and Jason Stanley. \; \;The workshop is intended to be the founding event of an international network in social and political philosophy of language. \; \;It will be followed by a special journal issue including papers from the workshop. \; \;Six travel bursaries of up to $1000 CAD are available for presenters of accepted papers. (The event is sponsored by SSHRC\, the University of Waterloo\, Brock University\, and the University of Toronto.)
\n\nAbstracts of 500-750 words are invited on any topic in social and political philosophy of language. \; \;We are especially interested in papers addressing issues related to threats to democracy\, and to papers addressing topics related to Canadian politics. Please send your abstract\, prepared for anonymous review\, to Eric Devall at edevall@uwaterloo.ca. \; \;
\n\nDEADLINE: July 15\, 2026. \; \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Jennifer Saul: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261128T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261129T170000 SUMMARY:Anti-Democratic Communication UID:20260603T233756Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/Toronto LOCATION:Waterloo\, Canada DESCRIPTION:Manipulative language has played a vital role in the rise of authoritarian regimes and the undermining of democracy worldwide. This topic will be the focus of a two-day networking workshop to be held at the University of Waterloo (November 28-29\, 2026)\, on Anti-Democratic Communication. \;The workshop is intended to be the founding event of an international network in social and political philosophy of language. \;In addition to keynotes\, there will also be 6 papers chosen from submissions to a CFA. \;Six travel bursaries of up to $1000 CAD are available for presenters of accepted papers. \;It will be followed by a special journal issue including papers from the workshop. \;
\nThe event is sponsored by SSHRC\, the University of Waterloo\, Brock University\, and the University of Toronto.
ORGANIZER;CN=Jennifer Saul: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260527T123000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260527T140000 SUMMARY: Algorithmic Recommendation and Changes in Musical Taste UID:20260603T233757Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Australia/Melbourne LOCATION:La Trobe University\, Bundoora\, Melbourne\, Australia\, 3086 DESCRIPTION:Online attendance: \;if you want to join the talk online please email Yuri Cath at y.cath@latrobe.edu.au to ask for the zoom link.
Abstract:
Suppose a listener---let&rsquo\;s call him Jack---is an avid music fan\, and regularly seeks out recommendations as to new music to listen to. On the basis of a recommendation of some kind\, Jack encounters a piece of music\, M. M is deemed highly valuable by fans of the genre to which it belongs. But M is outside Jack&rsquo\;s comfort zone: it doesn&rsquo\;t immediately appeal to him. What are the chances that Jack's encounter with M will lead to a change in his musical taste? \; In this talk\, I argue that the answer to this question depends in part on the mode of recommendation by means of which Jack has encountered M.Specifically\, I will consider the following two modes of recommendation:
I will argue that the chances are higher in Case 1 (compared to Case 2) that Jack's encounter with M will lead to a change in his musical taste. This is because Jack has a greater chance of eventually having an aesthetic experience of M in Case 1 than he is in Case 2. The different likelihoods here\, I will claim\, owe in large part to the intersubjective features that Case 1 has\, but Case 2 lacks. \; Now\, people today tend to rely far more on Spotify's recommender system to seek out musical recommendations than they do on radio DJs. It is therefore plausible that the average music listener has fewer real chances of having her musical tastes changed today than she used to (or would have done) in the heyday of specialist radio shows. In the final part of the talk\, I will explore whether this is in fact a bad thing\, and if so\, why. \; \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Yuri Cath: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260715T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260715T234500 SUMMARY:Zicklin Center Workshop in Normative Business Ethics UID:20260603T233758Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:3730 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, United States\, 19104 DESCRIPTION:Call for Abstracts for The Zicklin Center Normative Business Ethics Workshop Series
\nOver the 2026-2027 academic year\, the Zicklin Center for Governance and Business Ethics at the Wharton School\, University of Pennsylvania\, will convene a regular works-in-progress series for scholars working in normative business ethics (NBE). In particular\, the Series will workshop papers pursuing business ethics issues from a normative perspective\, or papers in moral or political philosophy with implications for the market\, distributive justice\, labor relations\, the role of business in society\, etc.
\nWorkshop Objectives
\nThe Series is part of an effort to foster normative business ethics in the academy and the public sphere. This particular initiative has two key objectives: First\, it endeavors to provide a regular forum for scholars working on business ethics from a normative perspective. The community of such scholars is relatively small\, and dispersed across numerous institutions\, and there are few opportunities for these individuals to convene and share work. This Series is an effort to connect these scholars and to enrich their shared intellectual life. Second\, the Series aims to be especially valuable to junior faculty and advanced graduate students\, by providing them with feedback from\, and opportunities to interact with\, more established members of the normative business ethics community. To that end\, we hope to have (at least) one junior author and one senior author at each session.
\nWorkshop Format
\nThe workshop will meet six times over the academic year. Any academic or practitioner with an interest in normative business ethics is invited to attend the sessions. Attendees are expected to read the papers in advance\, and to come with feedback for the paper authors. To maximize the opportunity for paper improvement\, authors will not present their papers\; we will instead spend our time together on questions and comments for the author.
\nSessions will be held on Fridays\, beginning at 1:00 pm unless otherwise indicated. We will discuss two to three papers at each session. Attendees are expected to read the papers in advance\, and to come prepared to offer feedback.
\nWe plan to hold all sessions in-person\, on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania\, in Philadelphia.
\nSession Dates:
\nSeptember 25th\, 2026
\nOctober 30th\, 2026
\nJanuary 29th\, 2027
\nFebruary 26th\, 2027
\nMarch 19th\, 2027
\nApril 16th\, 2027
\nCall for Abstracts
\nWe invite abstract submissions from \;faculty and post-docs\, and from graduate students who have advanced to the ABD stage. \;Preferential treatment will be given to those who have not presented work at the Series before\, and we especially welcome submissions from women and under-represented minorities.
\nThe abstract should propose a paper in normative business ethics\, as described above. We ask that submissions offer a fairly detailed sense of the paper without exceeding 500 words.
\nWe ask that applicants identify three of the above dates\, in order of preference\, at which they would like to present their work. Please send your abstract to Brian Berkey &ndash\; bberkey@wharton.upenn.edu -- by July 15th\, 2026. Individuals will be notified about whether their paper has been selected for presentation by August 3rd\, 2026.
\nInformation for Selected Authors
\nThe Zicklin Center will cover reasonable travel and accommodation expenses for paper authors for the session at which their paper will be discussed.
\nReimbursement for travel expenses is subject to two conditions. By accepting the offer to workshop a paper\, the paper author pledges that:
\n1. \; \; \; \; The paper they will share is at a stage of development where the author can incorporate feedback gained at the workshop (e.g.\, the paper is not yet in page proofs or in print)\; and
\n2. \; \; \; \; The paper author will send their draft paper to the organizers no fewer than 14 days before their presentation date.
\nFor co-authored papers\, we can ordinarily only provide travel funding for one of the authors\, though other co-authors are welcome to attend.
\nPlease address any questions about the CFA or the workshop to one of the organizers: Brian Berkey (bberkey@wharton.upenn.edu)\, Amy Sepinwall (sepin@wharton.upenn.edu)\, Julian Jonker (jonker@wharton.upenn.edu)\, or Paul Forrester (pforr@wharton.upenn.edu).
ORGANIZER;CN=Brian Berkey;CN=Amy J. Sepinwall;CN=Julian Jonker;CN=Paul Forrester: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260925T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270416T170000 SUMMARY:Zicklin Center Workshop in Normative Business Ethics UID:20260603T233759Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:3730 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, United States\, 19104 DESCRIPTION:Call for Abstracts for The Zicklin Center Normative Business Ethics Workshop Series
\nOver the 2026-2027 academic year\, the Zicklin Center for Governance and Business Ethics at the Wharton School\, University of Pennsylvania\, will convene a regular works-in-progress series for scholars working in normative business ethics (NBE). In particular\, the Series will workshop papers pursuing business ethics issues from a normative perspective\, or papers in moral or political philosophy with implications for the market\, distributive justice\, labor relations\, the role of business in society\, etc.
\nWorkshop Objectives
\nThe Series is part of an effort to foster normative business ethics in the academy and the public sphere. This particular initiative has two key objectives: First\, it endeavors to provide a regular forum for scholars working on business ethics from a normative perspective. The community of such scholars is relatively small\, and dispersed across numerous institutions\, and there are few opportunities for these individuals to convene and share work. This Series is an effort to connect these scholars and to enrich their shared intellectual life. Second\, the Series aims to be especially valuable to junior faculty and advanced graduate students\, by providing them with feedback from\, and opportunities to interact with\, more established members of the normative business ethics community. To that end\, we hope to have (at least) one junior author and one senior author at each session.
\nWorkshop Format
\nThe workshop will meet six times over the academic year. Any academic or practitioner with an interest in normative business ethics is invited to attend the sessions. Attendees are expected to read the papers in advance\, and to come with feedback for the paper authors. To maximize the opportunity for paper improvement\, authors will not present their papers\; we will instead spend our time together on questions and comments for the author.
\nSessions will be held on Fridays\, beginning at 1:00 pm unless otherwise indicated. We will discuss two to three papers at each session. Attendees are expected to read the papers in advance\, and to come prepared to offer feedback.
\nWe plan to hold all sessions in-person\, on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania\, in Philadelphia.
\nSession Dates:
\nSeptember 25th\, 2026
\nOctober 30th\, 2026
\nJanuary 29th\, 2027
\nFebruary 26th\, 2027
\nMarch 19th\, 2027
\nApril 16th\, 2027
\nCall for Abstracts
\nWe invite abstract submissions from \;faculty and post-docs\, and from graduate students who have advanced to the ABD stage. \;Preferential treatment will be given to those who have not presented work at the Series before\, and we especially welcome submissions from women and under-represented minorities.
\nThe abstract should propose a paper in normative business ethics\, as described above. We ask that submissions offer a fairly detailed sense of the paper without exceeding 500 words.
\nWe ask that applicants identify three of the above dates\, in order of preference\, at which they would like to present their work. Please send your abstract to Brian Berkey &ndash\; bberkey@wharton.upenn.edu -- by July 15th\, 2026. Individuals will be notified about whether their paper has been selected for presentation by August 3rd\, 2026.
\nInformation for Selected Authors
\nThe Zicklin Center will cover reasonable travel and accommodation expenses for paper authors for the session at which their paper will be discussed.
\nReimbursement for travel expenses is subject to two conditions. By accepting the offer to workshop a paper\, the paper author pledges that:
\n1. \; \; \; \; The paper they will share is at a stage of development where the author can incorporate feedback gained at the workshop (e.g.\, the paper is not yet in page proofs or in print)\; and
\n2. \; \; \; \; The paper author will send their draft paper to the organizers no fewer than 14 days before their presentation date.
\nFor co-authored papers\, we can ordinarily only provide travel funding for one of the authors\, though other co-authors are welcome to attend.
\nPlease address any questions about the CFA or the workshop to one of the organizers: Brian Berkey (bberkey@wharton.upenn.edu)\, Amy Sepinwall (sepin@wharton.upenn.edu)\, Julian Jonker (jonker@wharton.upenn.edu)\, or Paul Forrester (pforr@wharton.upenn.edu).
ORGANIZER;CN=Brian Berkey;CN=Amy J. Sepinwall;CN=Julian Jonker;CN=Paul Forrester: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20260708T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20260710T170000 SUMMARY:Twenty-Third Annual Atlantic Canada Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy\, 2026 UID:20260603T233800Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/Halifax LOCATION:6135 University Avenue\, Halifax\, Canada\, B3H 4R2 DESCRIPTION:Twenty-Third Annual Atlantic Canada Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy\,
\nJuly 08 &ndash\; 10\, 2026.
\nHeld in Room 1130\, Marian McCain Arts and Social Sciences Building\, Dalhousie University\, 6135 University Ave.\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia.
\n\nWednesday\, July 08.
\n9:00 am\, ADT (Atlantic Daylight Time)
\nJoseph Adler\, University of Tennessee
\n"Spinoza and Christian Thought: The Case of Christophorous Sandius"
\n10:30 am Erica Ferg and Bryan\, Hall \;Regis University
\n"Spinoza and the Limits of Toleration"
\n12:00\, \;LUNCH\, \;Room 1142\, Dept. Lounge
\n1:00 pm
\nKay Bischof\, University of Jerusalem\,
\n"The Specter of Spinozism in Descartes&rsquo\; Meditations"
\n2:30 pm
\nAntonio Borge\, University of Nottingham
\n"Towards an Objectivist Reading of Spinoza&rsquo\;s Panpsychism"
\n4:00 pm
\nThomas Vinci\, Dalhousie University
\n"Anne Conway&rsquo\;s Theory of Vision: A Modern\, Quantum Theoretical Interpretation"
\n\nThursday\, July 09
\n9:00 am
\nJeff Edwards\, \;SUNY\, Stoneybrook
\n"Kant on Imperfect Duties"
\n10:30 am
\nNicholas Dunn\, University of Lethbridge
\n"Judgment\, Latitude and Kant&rsquo\;s Distinction between Perfect and Imperfect Duties"
\n12:00\, LUNCH\, \;Room 1142\, \;Dept. Lounge
\n1:00 pm
\nRaimundo Cox\, \;University of Pittsburgh
\n"Kant&rsquo\;s Theory of Moral Intelligibility"
\n2:30
\nAman Sakhardande\, \;University of Toronto
\n"Is Time an A Priori Representation: Locke Contra Kant"
\n4:00 pm
\nLiam Dempsey\, \;Kwantlen Polytechnical University
\n"Newton on God\, Space and Matter: Four Spectres of Irreligion"
\n\nFriday\, July 10
\n9:00 am
\nCarl Abrahamsen\, \;New York University
\n"Adam Smith on the Love of Praiseworthiness and the Internalized Other"
\n10:30 am
\nMatthew Leisinger\, \;York University
\n"Cudworth on Indifference"
\n12:00\, \;LUNCH\, \;Room 1142\, \;Dept. Lounge
\n1:00 pm
\nRegina Hurley\, \;SUNY\, \; Buffalo
\n"The Impassioned Intellect: the Practical Aim of Descartes&rsquo\;s Meditations."
\n3:00 pm
\n(Joint with the Philosophy Department&rsquo\;s Friday Seminar)
\nKevin Busch\, \;Claremont McKenna College
\n"A Problem for Humean Modality"
\n\n7:00 pm
\nConference Banquet
\nLocation: TBA
\n\nThe website of the conference is linked to the homepage of the Department of Philosophy\, Dalhousie University. Its&rsquo\; URL is: https://www.dal.ca/sites/acsemp.html .
\nMailing Address:
\nProfessor Tom Vinci (Ret&rsquo\;d)
\nDepartment of Philosophy
\nDalhousie University
\n6135 University Ave\, Rm. 1142
\nHalifax\, NS\, B3H 4R2\, Canada.
\nDept phone: 902 494 3510
\nFax: 902 494-3518
\nCell: \; 902 880 8919
\nEmail address: vinci@dal.ca
\nZoom Link: Contact Professor Vinci
ORGANIZER;CN=Tom Vinci: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T090000 SUMMARY:Writing Across Differences UID:20260603T233801Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:"Open Cultural Studies" (https://www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/culture/html) invites submissions for a special issue entitled &ldquo\;Writing Across Differences\,&rdquo\; edited by Gero Bauer\, Ingrid Hotz-Davies\, and Marion Mü\;ller (all University of Tü\;bingen\, Germany).
\nDESCRIPTION
\nFor some years now\, we have been witnessing heated debates about who may\, can\, or should write what about whom in a certain way. These debates are primarily fuelled by the question of how the (ascribed) identity of an author or speaker relates to what is being said. Cultural distinctions between people and corresponding group identities (such as race\, class\, gender\, or sexual orientation) have become more and more significant over the course of the past fifty years. Often\, the transgression of boundaries of identity &ndash\; e.g. in the creation of fictional characters and worlds or in the production of knowledge &ndash\; is framed as problematic. At the same time\, the idealisation of discourses designed to establish a marked writing within boundaries carries its own implications and problems.
\nIn all cases\, &lsquo\;writing across&rsquo\; &ndash\; across boundaries but also possibly in the failure of crossings deemed necessary &ndash\; in public discourse\, in the creation of fiction\, or in the production of knowledge has a high potential for scandalisation as the debates about speaking and writing across differences appear to be struggles over cultural hegemony and the distribution of power and resources which are fought out in academia\, in the cultural and literary sector\, in education\, and in the media.
\nWe assume that in late modernity\, the (presumed or displayed) identity of authors and the associated positionality and (relative) power of definition in public perception have gained unprecedented political relevance and that expectations of their texts in terms of authenticity\, experiential knowledge\, and truthfulness are derived from this. These expectations\, as well as the reaction to their disappointment or any scepticism about them\, fuel new rhetorics\, aesthetics\, and text forms which urgently require an interdisciplinary debate\, also in the sense of a self-reflexive analysis of academic writing in the humanities and social sciences.
\nWe invite contributions that take an interdisciplinary look at the dynamics surrounding the crossing of cultural boundaries in literary\, academic\, and journalistic writing as well as their effects and consequences. Contributions should focus on analysing cases of writing across socially and culturally determined identity boundaries and their public negotiation.
\nWe welcome contributions from different perspectives in the humanities and social sciences\, such as literary and cultural studies\, sociology\, anthropology\, media studies\, educational science\, and ethics\, but also from interdisciplinary fields of study that engage with the historically contingent relevance of the question of who speaks in a text\, in which contexts and with what authorisation\, and who produces knowledge about whom.
\nContributions may address\, but are in no way limited to\, the following questions:
\nHOW TO SUBMIT
\nSubmissions \; will be collected by June 30\, 2026 via the online submission system at https://www.editorialmanager.com/culture/
\nChoose &ldquo\;special issue: Writing Across Differences&rdquo\;
\nBeforesubmission\, authors \;should \;carefully read \;the \;Instructions for \;Authors\, \;available \;at https://www.degruyterbrill.com/publication/journal_key/CULTURE/downloadAsset/CULTURE_Instruction%20for%20Authors.pdf
\nAll contributions will undergo critical peer review before being accepted for publication.
\nAs a general rule\, publication costs should be covered by Article Publishing Charges (APC)\; that is\, be defrayed by the authors\, their affiliated institutions\, funders or sponsors. Authors without access to publishing funds are encouraged to discuss potential discounts or fee-waivers with OA Portfolio Manager Magdalena Skoneczna (magdalena.skoneczna@degruyterbrill.com)\, before submitting their manuscript.
\nFurther questions about this thematic issue can be sent to Gero Bauer (gero.bauer@uni-tuebingen.de). In case of technical problems with submission\, please write to Assistant.Managing.Editor@degruyterbrill.com.
\n\;Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OpenCulturalStudies/
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260618T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260619T170000 SUMMARY:The Physical World and Its Perception: Phenomenology and Analytic Philosophy UID:20260603T233802Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Berlin\, Germany DESCRIPTION:&ndash\;&ndash\;&ndash\;&ndash\;&ndash\;
\nClosing Conference of the DFG Emmy-Noether Project &ldquo\;A Sensible World&rdquo\;
\nThe Physical World and Its Perception:
Phenomenology and Analytic Philosophy
Humboldt-Universitä\;t zu Berlin\, 18-19 June 2026
\nThe aim of this conference is to explore the nature of physical reality\, the way the various macro- and microscopic layers of physical reality are constituted and structured\, and to what extent perception provides faithful access to the physical world. Topics to be addressed include metaphysical issues about the mind-(in)dependent existence of sensory qualities\, the distinction between primary and secondary qualities (and possible differences in their perception)\, the relations of foundation between sensory qualities and subperceptual aspects of physical reality\, the reliability of sensory contents for our cognition of the physical world\, and\, more generally\, naive realism and competing metaphysical accounts of physical reality. The guiding idea is that a dialogue between phenomenology and analytic philosophy on these questions will be fruitful and mutually enriching\, as there are important points of contact between these two traditions\, in particular regarding the description and vindication of our ordinary experience of the physical world.
\n
Programme
Thursday\, 18 June
\n09:15-09:30 Welcome and Opening Remarks
09:30-10:45 Michelle Montague (UT Austin)
Presentational Phenomenology and Descriptive Metaphysics
11:00-12:15 Walter Hopp (Boston University)
Phenomenological Exceptionalism
13:45-15:00 Christian Beyer (Gö\;ttingen)
Husserl&rsquo\;s View of Perceptual Content and Justification
15:15-16:30 James Jardine (HU Berlin)
Revisiting Husserl&rsquo\;s Account of Colour Constancy
16:45-18:00 Galen Strawson (UT Austin)
Real Direct Realism: Charles Augustus Strong
Friday\, 19 June
\n09:30-10:45 Bill Brewer (KCL)
What are the Primary Qualities?
11:00-12:15 Thomas Crowther (Warwick)
Events and the Primary-Secondary Quality Distinction
13:45-15:00 Hamid Taieb (FU/HU Berlin)
Colours: Phenomenology and Analytic Philosophy
15:15-16:30 Louise Richardson (University of York)
Structural Features and Naï\;ve Realism
16:45-18:00 Mark Eli Kalderon (UCL)
Perceptual Pragmatism and Objectivity
Venue: Room 2249a\, Humboldt-Universitä\;t zu Berlin\, Unter den Linden 6\, 10117 Berlin
Attendance: Registration mandatory\, please write to maria.staecker.1@hu-berlin.de \; \;
Organiser: Hamid Taieb (hamid.taieb@hu-berlin.de)
For more information: www.a-sensible-world.net
&ndash\;&ndash\;&ndash\;&ndash\;&ndash\;
ORGANIZER;CN=Hamid Taieb: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260603T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260603T170000 SUMMARY:Aesthetics of the Virtual UID:20260603T233803Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Brussels LOCATION:Lange Winkelstraat 9\, Antwerpen\, Belgium\, 2000 DESCRIPTION:Arthur Cools (Antwerp) &\; Federico Fantelli (Cologne/Antwerp)
\nIntroduction \; \;
\nFabrizia Bandi (Milan) \;
\nAesthetics of Virtual Space. Immersive Environments and Digital Twins \;
\nMarco Cavallaro (Cologne) \;
\nEgo-Splitting and the Phenomenology of Virtual Reality \;
\nLaura Katherin Jimenez Cuadros (Antwerp) \;
\nSeeing and Being Seen: A First-Person Experience of Image-Based Sexual Abuse \;
\nAlessandro De Cesaris (Fribourg) \;
\nSpatial Monism\, Modal Pluralism. Outlines of a Theory of Virtual Experience \; \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Arthur Cools;CN=Federico Fantelli: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260915T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260915T000000 SUMMARY:Call for Papers: Journal of Law\, Society\, and Authority - Special Issue (December 2026) UID:20260603T233804Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers &ndash\; Special Issue (December 2026)
\nThe Journal of Law\, Society\, and Authority (JLSA)\, a peer-reviewed open-access journal indexed in DOAJ and assigning CrossRef DOIs\, invites submissions for a special issue entitled:
\n&ldquo\;International Order and the Question of the Use of Force Involving Iran: Geopolitical and Legal Dimensions&rdquo\;
\nThe special issue welcomes original and interdisciplinary contributions in international law\, international relations\, political science\, and security studies. Topics may include the regulation of the use of force under international law\, regional security dynamics involving Iran and the Middle East\, collective security mechanisms\, sanctions and geoeconomic transformations\, emerging multipolarity\, maritime security\, asymmetric conflicts\, and strategic communication.
\nGuest Editors:
Prof. Nacim Belhoul (University of Blida 2\, Algeria)
Dr. Wang Guangda (China-Arab Research Center on Reform and Development\, China)
Prof. Hassan Abdullah Al-Da'jah (Al-Hussein Bin Talal University\, Jordan)
Submission deadline: 15 September 2026
Language: English only
Article Type and Length:
Original research articles and theoretical contributions (15&ndash\;25 pages\, including references and appendices).
Submission Email:
nassaiki@yahoo.fr
Author Guidelines:
https://revue.univ-oran2.dz/Revue/DSP/index.php/DSP/Author-guidelines
Schedule Corporate Responsibility Revisited
\n\;University of Vienna\, Room 3A at the NIG\, Universitatsstrasse 7\, 1010 Wien. (In person).
\nMonday 15 June 2026:
\n09.00-10.30: \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Jessica Brown &ndash\; University of St. Andrews
\n10.45-12.15: \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Lilian O&rsquo\;Brien &ndash\; University of Helsinki
\n12.15-14.00: \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Lunch
\n14.00-15.30: \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Lars Moen &ndash\; University of Vienna
\n15.45-17.15: \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Niels de Haan &ndash\; University of Vienna
\n18.00 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Dinner
\nTuesday 16 June 2026:
\n09.00-10.30: \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Amy Sepinwall &ndash\; University of Pennsylvania
\n10.45-12.15: \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Felix Lambrecht &ndash\; Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
\nEnd
ORGANIZER;CN=Niels de Haan;CN=Lars Moen: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260930T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260930T234500 SUMMARY:Boundaries of Artificial Intelligence: From Computational Models to Mind Emulation and Superintelligent Systems UID:20260603T233806Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:Podchorążych 2\, Kraków\, Poland DESCRIPTION:The rapid development of artificial intelligence is reshaping our understanding of cognition\, consciousness\, and the nature of the mind. Advances in computational modeling\, neuroscience\, and neurotechnology raise fundamental questions about the possibility of Whole Brain Emulation (WBE)\, understood as the reconstruction and simulation of the human brain in silico.
\n\;At the same time\, progress in artificial intelligence brings increasing attention to the potential emergence of advanced and possibly superintelligent systems. These developments raise critical questions concerning controllability\, safety\, and the long-term trajectory of human civilization. In this context\, issues of AI alignment\, strategic timing of technological development\, and global coordination become central.
\nThis conference aims to provide an interdisciplinary platform for researchers working at the intersection of artificial intelligence\, neuroscience\, computer science\, philosophy\, and the social sciences. We welcome contributions addressing theoretical foundations\, technical feasibility\, as well as philosophical\, ethical\, and strategic implications of the transition from computational models to artificial and emulated minds.
ORGANIZER;CN=Andrzej Dabrowski;CN=Magdalena Reuter;CN="Stanisław Ruczaj";CN=Marcin Urbaniak;CN=Anna Sarosiek;CN=Olga Poller: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20261120T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20261120T170000 SUMMARY:Boundaries of Artificial Intelligence: From Computational Models to Mind Emulation and Superintelligent Systems UID:20260603T233807Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:Podchorążych 2\, Kraków\, Poland DESCRIPTION:The rapid development of artificial intelligence is reshaping our understanding of cognition\, consciousness\, and the nature of the mind. Advances in computational modeling\, neuroscience\, and neurotechnology raise fundamental questions about the possibility of Whole Brain Emulation (WBE)\, understood as the reconstruction and simulation of the human brain in silico.
\n\;At the same time\, progress in artificial intelligence brings increasing attention to the potential emergence of advanced and possibly superintelligent systems. These developments raise critical questions concerning controllability\, safety\, and the long-term trajectory of human civilization. In this context\, issues of AI alignment\, strategic timing of technological development\, and global coordination become central.
\nThis conference aims to provide an interdisciplinary platform for researchers working at the intersection of artificial intelligence\, neuroscience\, computer science\, philosophy\, and the social sciences. We welcome contributions addressing theoretical foundations\, technical feasibility\, as well as philosophical\, ethical\, and strategic implications of the transition from computational models to artificial and emulated minds.
ORGANIZER;CN=Andrzej Dabrowski;CN=Magdalena Reuter;CN="Stanisław Ruczaj";CN=Olga Poller;CN=Marcin Urbaniak;CN=Anna Sarosiek: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260529T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260529T160000 SUMMARY:Table ronde | Habiter la ruine\, subir la chair : Expériences limites du pouvoir et inventions de la résistance UID:20260603T233808Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Paris LOCATION:57 bis\, rue Pierre Tattinger\, Reims\, France DESCRIPTION:Cette table ronde explore\, à\; partir d&rsquo\;une perspective phé\;nomé\;nologique\, l&rsquo\;expé\;rience limite de la ré\;duction à\; l&rsquo\;é\;tat de corps dans la torture (Amé\;ry) et la possibilité\; paradoxale de la ré\;sistance par le travail esthé\;tique sur les dé\;bris de la guerre (Swedaan sur un texte de Nibras Chehayed). En questionnant ce que «\; faire monde »\; signifie lorsque les repè\;res s&rsquo\;effondrent et que le corps devient le dernier territoire assié\;gé\;\, nous interrogerons la dialectique entre destruction et cré\;ation. Comment\, au c&oelig\;ur mê\;me de la violence\, des gestes de mé\;moire et d&rsquo\;invention peuvent-ils encore surgir pour affirmer la persistance de l&rsquo\;humain ? Les textes seront bien entendu envoyé\;s en avance.
\nPour participer à\; la table ronde du vendredi : https://univ-reims-fr.zoom.us/j/94116562342.
\nL&rsquo\;argumentaire complet du colloque est disponible sur notre site à\; https://grtc.univ-reims.fr/.
ORGANIZER;CN=Paul Dablemont;CN=Raffaele Carbone: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260528T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260528T123000 SUMMARY:Les frontières de la critique. Une proposition de recherche sur Adorno et la colonialité UID:20260603T233809Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Paris LOCATION:57 bis\, rue Pierre Tattinger\, Reims\, France DESCRIPTION:À\; partir de la fin du siè\;cle dernier\, sur fond d&rsquo\;un triple é\;chec &mdash\; celui du socialisme ré\;el\, de la dé\;colonisation et des promesses de la mondialisation né\;olibé\;rale &mdash\;\, la thé\;orie et la pratique de la «\; dé\;colonialité\; »\; &mdash\; une troisiè\;me vague de la critique du colonialisme\, aprè\;s les moments anticolonial et postcolonial &mdash\; ont mis en é\;vidence\, d&rsquo\;une part\, le fait que la conquê\;te\, le racisme et le gé\;nocide constituent des é\;lé\;ments structurellement et gé\;né\;alogiquement constitutifs de la modernité\; depuis le XVIe siè\;cle\, et\, d&rsquo\;autre part\, l&rsquo\;actualité\; persistante de la colonialité\;.
\nÀ\; la lumiè\;re de ces dé\;veloppements\, il convient d&rsquo\;interroger les frontiè\;res gé\;ophilosophiques &mdash\; «\; europé\;ennes »\; et «\; occidentales »\; &mdash\; de la thé\;orie critique de Francfort\, d&rsquo\;autant plus dans le contexte actuel de crise\, d&rsquo\;extermination et de guerre.
\nVous pourrez visionner le colloque sur Zoom à\; l&rsquo\;adresse suivante : https://univ-reims-fr.zoom.us/j/93764537753 et pour participer à\; la table ronde du vendredi https://univ-reims-fr.zoom.us/j/94116562342.
\nL&rsquo\;argumentaire complet du colloque est disponible surnotre site à\; https://grtc.univ-reims.fr/.
ORGANIZER;CN=Paul Dablemont;CN=Raffaele Carbone: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260529T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260529T100000 SUMMARY:Le phronesis en résistance : pour une praxis infirmière contre l’anti-intellectualisme institutionnel UID:20260603T233810Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Paris LOCATION:57 bis\, rue Pierre Tattinger\, Reims\, France DESCRIPTION:Cette communication propose une analyse critique de l&rsquo\;anti-intellectualisme dans le champ infirmier\, envisagé\; comme une structure de pouvoir au service d&rsquo\;une hé\;gé\;monie gestionnaire et né\;olibé\;rale. Mobilisant des travaux en philosophie des sciences infirmiè\;res\, elle expose comment l&rsquo\;institution impose une pensé\;e binaire à\; travers des oppositions factices qui ré\;duisent la complexité\; du soin à\; une somme de tâ\;ches mesurables et dé\;personnalisé\;es.
\nFace à\; cet agencement qui valorise l&rsquo\;obé\;issance au dé\;triment de la ré\;flexion\, nous dé\;fendons la phronesis\, sagesse pratique aristoté\;licienne\, comme concept opé\;rateur de ré\;sistance. Elle dé\;signe une dé\;libé\;ration é\;thique en situation\, mobilisant expé\;rience\, raison et é\;motion pour dé\;passer le cadre analytique et protocolaire rigide. L&rsquo\;enjeu est d&rsquo\;appeler à\; une praxis infirmiè\;re qui maintient en tension constante pensé\;e et action\, afin de dé\;velopper une conscience critique capable de contester les dogmes institutionnels pour une profession ré\;flexive\, critique et politiquement engagé\;e.
\nVous pourrez visionner le colloque sur Zoom à\; l&rsquo\;adresse suivante : https://univ-reims-fr.zoom.us/j/93764537753et pour participer à\; la table ronde du vendredi https://univ-reims-fr.zoom.us/j/94116562342.
\nL&rsquo\;argumentaire complet du colloque est disponible surnotre site à\; https://grtc.univ-reims.fr/.
ORGANIZER;CN=Paul Dablemont;CN=Raffaele Carbone: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260528T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260528T190000 SUMMARY:L’expérience du beau naturel chez Adorno : symptôme de la domination de la nature\, ou espérance de réconciliation ? UID:20260603T233811Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Paris LOCATION:57 bis\, rue Pierre Tattinger\, Reims\, France DESCRIPTION:Dans ses cours d&rsquo\;esthé\;tique et dans sa Thé\;orie esthé\;tique\, Adorno revalorise l&rsquo\;expé\;rience du beau naturel. Contre la critique de Kant par Hegel\, qui ré\;introduit le Beau dans les seules oeuvres d&rsquo\;art\, Adorno prend de nouveau au sé\;rieux le fait d&rsquo\;é\;prouver le sentiment du «\; beau »\; face à\; la nature. Cette expé\;rience est profondé\;ment ambivalente. D&rsquo\;une part\, cette expé\;rience n&rsquo\;a rien d&rsquo\;une expé\;rience universelle mais té\;moigne de la domination de la nature : c&rsquo\;est seulement dans une socié\;té\; où\; la nature est systé\;matiquement exploité\;e et dé\;truite que l&rsquo\;on peut ressentir\, en dehors des espaces urbanisé\;s et des zones dé\;vasté\;s par la civilisation industrielle\, la beauté\; de la nature (et cela dans des formes qui sont encore contaminé\;e par la marchandisation\, comme c&rsquo\;est le cas du tourisme). Mais\, d&rsquo\;autre part\, l&rsquo\;expé\;rience du beau naturel fait malgré\; tout signe vers un horizon utopique de ré\;conciliation avec la nature\, elle ré\;vè\;le notre aspiration à\; une transformation radicale de notre rapport aux milieux de vie et aux non-humains. Notre intervention cherchera à\; dé\;mê\;ler les fils de cette ambivalence et à\; en tirer toutes les consé\;quences pour la ré\;flexion é\;cologique contemporaine.
\nVous pourrez visionner le colloque sur Zoom à\; l&rsquo\;adresse suivante : https://univ-reims-fr.zoom.us/j/93764537753et pour participer à\; la table ronde du vendredi https://univ-reims-fr.zoom.us/j/94116562342.
\nL&rsquo\;argumentaire complet du colloque est disponible surnotre site à\; https://grtc.univ-reims.fr/.
ORGANIZER;CN=Paul Dablemont;CN=Raffaele Carbone: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260528T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260528T180000 SUMMARY:Crise et besoins précatégoriaux chez Paci\, Heller\, et Adorno UID:20260603T233812Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Paris LOCATION:57 bis\, rue Pierre Tattinger\, Reims\, France DESCRIPTION:Dans l&rsquo\;&oelig\;uvre de Enzo Paci\, phé\;nomé\;nologue et marxiste italien des anné\;es soixante et soixante-dix\, les mé\;thodes de Edmund Husserl et Karl Marx sont lié\;es par une correspondance structurelle\, qui concerne la fonction du «\; pré\;caté\;gorial »\;. Si leur travaux critiques sont pareillement ancré\; dans une pensé\;e de la crise &ndash\; qui est aussi bien philosophique que scientifique\, sociale\, et humaine\, et qui ré\;sulte de l&rsquo\;ampleur prise de l&rsquo\;abstraction dans la socié\;té\; moderne &ndash\; les maniè\;res dont ils abordent cette crise consistent pour tous les deux à\; un recours au concret\, soit par le concept du «\; Lebenswelt »\;\, soit par le concept de «\; force de travail »\;. En mê\;me temps\, le risque d&rsquo\;une ontologisation de cette concré\;tude de l&rsquo\;expé\;rience vé\;cue est pré\;sent dans chacune de ces thé\;ories. Comment penser les besoins humains sans les transformer en quelques choses d&rsquo\;abstrait ? Dans cette pré\;sentation\, je propose d&rsquo\;examiner ce problè\;me avec Enzo Paci\, Agnè\;s Heller\, et Theodor W. Adorno.
\nVous pourrez visionner le colloque sur Zoom à\; l&rsquo\;adresse suivante : https://univ-reims-fr.zoom.us/j/93764537753 et pour participer à\; la table ronde du vendredi https://univ-reims-fr.zoom.us/j/94116562342.
\nL&rsquo\;argumentaire complet du colloque est disponible surnotre site à\; https://grtc.univ-reims.fr/.
ORGANIZER;CN=Paul Dablemont;CN=Raffaele Carbone: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260528T153000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260528T163000 SUMMARY:Révolution et crise écologique UID:20260603T233813Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Paris LOCATION:57 bis\, rue Pierre Tattinger\, Reims\, France DESCRIPTION:Cette intervention partira d&rsquo\;un paradoxe. D&rsquo\;un cô\;té\;\, la crise é\;cologique semble faire ressurgir un affect ré\;volutionnaire : partout\, on dé\;clare que la crise est si profonde qu&rsquo\;il est urgent de transformer en profondeur nos maniè\;res de vivre\, de travailler et d&rsquo\;habiter la terre. Mais\, de l&rsquo\;autre cô\;té\;\, force est de reconnaî\;tre que le concept de ré\;volution ne fait plus vraiment partie du vocabulaire de la philosophie sociale et politique\, qui mobilise plus volontiers les concepts de «\; ré\;sistance »\; ou «\; d&rsquo\;é\;mancipation »\;. Il y a donc un é\;cart entre la maniè\;re dont nous é\;prouvons notre situation historique\, et celle dont nous pensons l&rsquo\;action politique. L&rsquo\;objectif de cette intervention sera d&rsquo\;essayer de combler cet é\;cart. Il s&rsquo\;agira tout d&rsquo\;abord de justifier la thè\;se selon laquelle la catastrophe en cours exige des ré\;ponses qu&rsquo\;on peut qualifier de «\; ré\;volutionnaires »\;. Il s&rsquo\;agira ensuite de lever les obstacles intellectuels qui s&rsquo\;opposent au ré\;investissement du concept de ré\;volution. Et il s&rsquo\;agira enfin d&rsquo\;esquisser une nouvelle image de la ré\;volution\, conç\;ue comme l&rsquo\;action né\;cessaire à\; la pré\;servation du monde\, plutô\;t qu&rsquo\;à\; son abolition.
\nVous pourrez visionner le colloque sur Zoom à\; l&rsquo\;adresse suivante : https://univ-reims-fr.zoom.us/j/93764537753et pour participer à\; la table ronde du vendredi https://univ-reims-fr.zoom.us/j/94116562342.
\nL&rsquo\;argumentaire complet du colloque est disponible surnotre site à\; https://grtc.univ-reims.fr/.
ORGANIZER;CN=Paul Dablemont;CN=Raffaele Carbone: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260528T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260528T150000 SUMMARY:Quelques éléments sur la dimension affective de la fascisation en cours UID:20260603T233814Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Paris LOCATION:57 bis\, rue Pierre Tattinger\, Reims\, France DESCRIPTION:Le programme couvre une grande diversité\; de sujets. On peut citer la ré\;flexion de Fré\;dé\;ric Monferrand sur l&rsquo\;é\;cart entre le sentiment ré\;volutionnaire face à\; la crise climatique et l&rsquo\;abandon du concept mê\;me de ré\;volution. Jean-Baptiste Vuillerod interrogera l&rsquo\;ambivalence de l&rsquo\;expé\;rience du «\; beau naturel »\; chez Adorno\, à\; la fois symptô\;me de notre domination sur la nature et espoir de ré\;conciliation. À\; l&rsquo\;opposé\; des grandes thé\;ories\, Julien Richard proposera une analyse trè\;s concrè\;te des structures de pouvoir dans le secteur des soins infirmiers\, en dé\;fendant la «\; phroné\;sis »\; (sagesse pratique) comme outil de ré\;sistance face au managé\;rialisme.
\nD&rsquo\;autres interventions exploreront les limites de la pensé\;e critique elle-mê\;me. Giorgi Kobakhidze questionnera la pertinence de l&rsquo\;approche post-critique (notamment via Latour)\, qui remet en cause l&rsquo\;hermé\;neutique du soupç\;on traditionnelle. Enfin\, une table ronde conclusive examinera les expé\;riences limites\, comme la torture\, pour voir comment l&rsquo\;humanité\; persiste et se ré\;invente au c&oelig\;ur de la violence.
\nVous pourrez visionner le colloque sur Zoom à\; l&rsquo\;adresse suivante : https://univ-reims-fr.zoom.us/j/93764537753et pour participer à\; la table ronde du vendredi https://univ-reims-fr.zoom.us/j/94116562342.
\nL&rsquo\;argumentaire complet du colloque est disponible sur notre site à\; https://grtc.univ-reims.fr/.
ORGANIZER;CN=Paul Dablemont;CN=Raffaele Carbone: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260529T113000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260529T123000 SUMMARY:Que reste-t-il de la critique ? Le post-critique comme symptôme UID:20260603T233815Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Paris LOCATION:57 bis\, rue Pierre Tattinger\, Reims\, France DESCRIPTION:La critique occupe depuis longtemps une place centrale dans les sciences humaines et sociales\, constituant un outil privilé\;gié\; pour analyser les rapports de pouvoir\, dé\;voiler les idé\;ologies et remettre en question les normes é\;tablies. Cependant\, des interventions thé\;oriques ré\;centes\, notamment les travaux de Bruno Latour et les perspectives diverses regroupé\;es sous l&rsquo\;é\;tiquette de la postcritique\, ont mis en doute l&rsquo\;efficacité\; et les limites des approches critiques traditionnelles. Le tournant postcritique soutient qu&rsquo\;un accent mis sur la dé\;mystification\, souvent caracté\;risé\; par une «\; hermé\;neutique du soupç\;on »\;\, peut conduire à\; projeter une forme de naï\;veté\; sur autrui et à\; né\;gliger les enchevê\;trements complexes qui constituent le ré\;el. En appelant à\; «\; prendre au sé\;rieux ce que les gens racontent »\;\, plutô\;t que de nier ces ré\;cits pour atteindre une couche caché\;e du «\; ré\;el »\;\, une telle approche empirique semble plus proche de l&rsquo\;expé\;rience vé\;cue. Mais cette conception de la critique rend-elle compte du projet originel porté\; par ce terme ? Autrement dit\, la critique est-elle ré\;ellement «\; à\; court de carburant ? »\; (Latour).
\nVous pourrez visionner le colloque sur Zoom à\; l&rsquo\;adresse suivante : https://univ-reims-fr.zoom.us/j/93764537753et pour participer à\; la table ronde du vendredi https://univ-reims-fr.zoom.us/j/94116562342.
\nL&rsquo\;argumentaire complet du colloque est disponible surnotre siteà\; \;et plus d&rsquo\;informations à\; https://grtc.univ-reims.fr/.
ORGANIZER;CN=Paul Dablemont;CN=Raffaele Carbone: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260528T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260529T170000 SUMMARY:Phénoménologies des crises : Structures de pouvoir et appareils de résistance UID:20260603T233816Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Paris LOCATION:57 bis\, rue Pierre Tattinger\, Reims\, France DESCRIPTION:Le programme couvre une grande diversité\; de sujets. On peut citer la ré\;flexion de Fré\;dé\;ric Monferrand sur l&rsquo\;é\;cart entre le sentiment ré\;volutionnaire face à\; la crise climatique et l&rsquo\;abandon du concept mê\;me de ré\;volution. Jean-Baptiste Vuillerod interrogera l&rsquo\;ambivalence de l&rsquo\;expé\;rience du «\; beau naturel »\; chez Adorno\, à\; la fois symptô\;me de notre domination sur la nature et espoir de ré\;conciliation. À\; l&rsquo\;opposé\; des grandes thé\;ories\, Julien Richard proposera une analyse trè\;s concrè\;te des structures de pouvoir dans le secteur des soins infirmiers\, en dé\;fendant la «\; phroné\;sis »\; (sagesse pratique) comme outil de ré\;sistance face au managé\;rialisme.
\nD&rsquo\;autres interventions exploreront les limites de la pensé\;e critique elle-mê\;me. Giorgi Kobakhidze questionnera la pertinence de l&rsquo\;approche post-critique (notamment via Latour)\, qui remet en cause l&rsquo\;hermé\;neutique du soupç\;on traditionnelle. Enfin\, une table ronde conclusive examinera les expé\;riences limites\, comme la torture\, pour voir comment l&rsquo\;humanité\; persiste et se ré\;invente au c&oelig\;ur de la violence.
\nVous pourrez visionner le colloque sur Zoom à\; l&rsquo\;adresse suivante :https://univ-reims-fr.zoom.us/j/93764537753et pour participer à\; la table ronde du vendredihttps://univ-reims-fr.zoom.us/j/94116562342.
\nL&rsquo\;argumentaire complet du colloque est disponible surnotre siteà\; \;et plus d&rsquo\;informations à\;https://grtc.univ-reims.fr/.
ORGANIZER;CN=Paul Dablemont;CN=Raffaele Carbone: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260820T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260821T170000 SUMMARY:Agential Capacities in Context UID:20260603T233817Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Helsinki LOCATION:Turku\, Finland DESCRIPTION:The cognitive sciences have made significant progress in our understanding of core cognitive capacities like motivation\, self-regulation\, and working memory. Many questions remain at the interface of these capacities: How are they related? Can one of them explain others? What is their relationship to human agency? And how is their operation altered by the agent&rsquo\;s practical context\, such as structural conditions and social background? The two-day Agential Capacities Workshop will examine these questions. \;
\nAll speakers attend the event in-person\, but it will be possible to follow the talks online.
\nThere will be a pre-workshop\, "Mind in the Age of AI"\, on the 19th. The pre-workshop is in-person only.
\n
Full speaker line-up:
Denise de Ridder (Utrecht University)
\nMarina Milyavskaya (Carleton University)
\nSantiago Amaya (Rice University)
\nVeronika Job (University of Vienna)
\nDavid Barack (Carnegie Mellon University &\; University of Pittsburgh)
\nAngelica Kaufmann (University of Milan)
\nAnssi Bwalya (University of Turku)
\nFrederik Junker (University of Copenhagen)
\nJ-P Bermú\;dez (University of Southampton)
\nMarina Trakas (Universidade de Lisboa)
\nAndrea Hiott (University of Heidelberg)
\nMohsen Forghani (University of Warsaw)
\nSamuel Delorme (UC San Diego)
\nPhilipp Thamer (King's College London)
\n
For more information\, please see the event website: \;https://sites.utu.fi/agencyproject/2026-agential-capacities-in-context-workshop/
The term &ldquo\;randomness&rdquo\; often appears in the context of Quantum Mechanics. The behaviour of quantum systems is said to be random\, the outcomes of quantum mechanical experiments are said to be random\, certain devices based on quantum processes are said to operate in a random way&hellip\; However\, the concept of randomness is rarely made precise in these contexts. Meanwhile\, in another branch of science &ndash\; computability theory\, also called recursion theory &ndash\; a fully precise concept of randomness has been developed\, termed &ldquo\;algorithmic randomness&rdquo\;. How are these two uses of the term &ldquo\;randomness&rdquo\; related? Is the concept of algorithmic randomness relevant to Quantum Mechanics? The aim of this workshop is to address various facets of this question in an interdisciplinary gathering. The event will take place at the Jagiellonian University in Krakó\;w on August 31st and September 1st\, 2026. The format of the workshop will be hybrid: it is possible to participate either in person or online (but the organizers strongly encourage in-person participation).
\nOur keynote speakers are:
\nIn addition to talks by our invited speakers\, we plan a few contributed talks. We invite submissions concerning any aspect of the relationship between algorithmic randomness and Quantum Mechanics\, including (but not limited to) the following questions and topics:
\nAbstracts of about 500 words should be sent to joanna.luc@uj.edu.pl by 28.06.2026.
\nTo participate without giving a talk (either in person or online)\, please register by sending an e-mail to joanna.luc@uj.edu.pl.
ORGANIZER;CN=Joanna Luc;CN=Tomasz Placek: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260528T161500 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260528T181500 SUMMARY:Interdependent Responsibility for Systemic Injustice UID:20260603T233819Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Australia/Melbourne LOCATION:Arts West\, Melbourne\, Australia DESCRIPTION:A systemic injustice occurs when political\, legal\, or economic processes produce unjust outcomes\, which cannot be reduced to identifiable wrongs perpetrated by agents (whether individual or collective). This paper offers a new answer to the question: who bears forward-looking responsibility for alleviating systemic injustice\, and why? The paper argues that &lsquo\;relations of interdependence&rsquo\; are the source (i.e.\, normative grounds or justification) of forward-looking responsibility. These relations combine to determine the extent (level of cost required) for each responsibility-bearing agent\, allowing us to differentiate between the responsibilities of powerful collective agents versus ordinary individuals. Finally\, these interdependence relations also inform the content of forward-looking responsibility (that is\, the actions or practices required): our respective forward-looking responsibilities call on each agent to perform &lsquo\;contextual care&rsquo\;: the meeting needs of in the local context\, in a way that promotes the meeting of needs in the larger contexts in which our local contexts are embedded.
ORGANIZER;CN=Jenny Judge: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260623T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260623T170000 SUMMARY:Naturalism in the Philosophy of Historiography UID:20260603T233820Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Prague LOCATION:tř. Čs. legií 150/9\, Ostrava\, Czech Republic DESCRIPTION:Workshop Naturalism in the Philosophy of Historiography
\n23.06.2026\, 9.00-14.30
\nE-207 (E-Building)
\nUniversity of Ostrava
\ntř. Čs. legií\; 150/9
\nNaturalism has become an increasingly popular position in the philosophy of history over the past decade\, mainly through the works of Paul Roth\, Jouni-Matti Kuukkanen\, and most recently also Michal Hubá\;lek. As such\, it raises important questions about the object\, methods\, and aims of the philosophy of historiography\, as well as the field&rsquo\;s relationship to historiography. In this workshop\, we will discuss these and related questions on the occasion of the recent publication of Michal Hubá\;lek&rsquo\;s book \;Dissolving Naturalism and Historicism Into Each Other.
\nThe workshop is open to everybody. If you would like to join in person or via Zoom\, please register with \;georg.gangl@osu.cz \;by June 15. The registration is required solely for catering purposes and for the distribution of the workshop readings.
\nTimetable
\n9.00-9.30: In Defense of Naturalism Without Adjectives (Michal Hubá\;lek\, University of Hradec Krá\;lové\;\, Czechia)
\n9.30-10.00: Naturalism and the Fate of the Historical Narrative (Jack Morgan Jones\, University of Manchester\, UK)
\n10.00-10.30: Coffee Break
\n10.30-11.00: Naturalism and Evidentialism: (Meta-)Philosophical Research Programmes for the Philosophy of Historiography (Georg Gangl\, University of Ostrava\, Czechia)
\n11.00-11.30: "All Natural Lemon and Lime Flavours": Thoughts on the 'Naturalist' turn in Historical Theory (Adam Timmins\, University of Ostrava\, Czechia) (online)
\n11.30-12.00: \;What\, If Anything\, Makes History a Distinctive Discipline? (Eugen Zeleňá\;k\, University of Ružomberok\, Slovakia)
\n12.00-13.00: Lunch break
\n13.00-13.30: Session V (Piotr Kowaleswski\, University of Silesia in Katowice\, Poland)
\n13.30-14.00: Naturalism and Historical Inquiry: How Broad Is the Scope? (David Černí\;n\, University of Ostrava\, Czechia)
\n14.00-14.30: Closing discussion
ORGANIZER;CN=Georg Gangl;CN="David Černín": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Santiago:20260528T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Santiago:20260528T170000 SUMMARY:¿El Proyecto Ilustrado en Jaque? Un diálogo en homenaje al legado de Alasdair MacIntyre y Jürgen Habermas UID:20260603T233821Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/Santiago LOCATION:Lota 2465\, Santiago\, Chile DESCRIPTION:Conversatorio sobre la realidad factual del Proyecto Ilustrado en el á\;mbito moral y polí\;tico de nuestra é\;poca. ¿\;Ha fracasado realmente este proyecto? ¿\;se trata de una tarea inacabada? ¿\;terminará\; siendo inacabada o la realidad actual necesita de esa cosntrucció\;n inacabada para existir? MacIntyre y Habermas han ofrecido respuestas a estas cuestiones que discutiremos este dí\;a. Todos invitados.
\nIndicaciones:
\n- Jueves 28 de mayo\, 15:00h
\n- Universidad San Sebastiá\;n\, Campus Los Leones\, Santiago\, Lota 2465.
\n- Sala B207
\nExpositores:
\n- Eduardo Saffirio Suá\;rez (SIGNOS\, Universidad de Los Andes\, Chile)
\n- Eduardo Fuentes Caro (Director del Instituto de Filosofí\;a\, Universidad San Sebastiá\;n\, Chile)
\n- Alberto Dí\;az Rivero (Docente regular DFI\, Universidad San Sebastiá\;n\, Chile)
\nOrganizan: \;
\n- Departamento de Formació\;n Integral\, Facultad de Psicologí\;a y Humanidades\, Universidad San Sebastiá\;n\, Santiago de Chile.
\n- Instituto de Filosofí\;a\, Universidad San Sebastiá\;n\, Santiago de Chile.
ORGANIZER;CN="Alberto Díaz Rivero": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260530T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260530T090000 SUMMARY:2027 AAPT-APA Teaching Hubs UID:20260603T233822Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The 2027 AAPT-APA Teaching Hub Committee is looking for volunteer assistance with the 2027 AAPT-APA Teaching Hubs at all divisional meetings: Eastern (Boston\, MA\, January 13-17\, 2027)\, Central (Denver\, CO\, February 24-27\, 2027)\, and Pacific (Portland\, OR March 24-27).
\nIf you are interested in helping with the AAPT-APA Teaching Hubs this year\, please use this form to volunteer to serve as a proposal reviewer\, session organizer\, or future Teaching Hub Divisional Co-Chair. \;
\nhttps://forms.gle/qTSZjvZfMthaUCrk7 \;
\nThe Teaching Hub is a series of interactive workshops and open conversations designed specifically for philosophers and created to celebrate teaching within the context of the APA divisional meetings. Jointly organized by the APA Committee on the Teaching of Philosophy (CTP) and the American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT)\, the Teaching Hub aims to offer a range of high-quality and inclusive development opportunities that address the teaching of philosophy at all levels\, pre-college through graduate school. These events\, which are free to all meeting registrants\, aim to bring the collegial and supportive culture of the AAPT to the APA\; to stretch beyond the traditional APA format with sessions that model active learning\; and to attract a broader range of philosophers to the APA divisional meetings. There is something for every philosopher at the Teaching Hub. \; \; Call for Submissions to the 2027 AAPT-APA Teaching Hubs will occur later this summer\; keep your eye out for those calls to submit your pedagogical strategies and work! Thank you in advance for your willingness to help! \;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260930T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260930T090000 SUMMARY:Undergraduate Peirce Essay Contest UID:20260603T233823Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The Charles S. Peirce Society is delighted to announce a new essay contest for current undergraduate students or recent undergraduate students who have not yet begun graduate studies. This contest is distinct from the long-running Peirce Essay Prize (only open to graduate students and early career scholars) and is meant to encourage work on Peirce&rsquo\;s philosophy at the undergraduate level. See below the call for submissions.
Prize: \;$300\; recognition by the Peirce Society at its annual meeting\, in its newsletter\, and on its website.
Open to: \;Any current undergraduate student and anyone who was an undergraduate student \;within the past ten years and who is not a current or former graduate student.
Topic: Any topic relating to the work of Charles S. Peirce. \;
Length: 3\,000 to 5\,000 words is ideal\; longer papers should be justified by the author. \;
Language: \;English is preferred\, although papers in other languages \;will be considered. \;
Advice: \;While the essay need not focus entirely on Peirce&rsquo\;s work\, it should relate to it substantially and explicitly\, and it should be original. Although undergraduates are not expected to have full command of Peirce&rsquo\;s work or the literature on it\, papers that demonstrate substantial familiarity with both are preferred.
AI Statement: \;While we do not totally prohibit the use of AI tools\, submissions must be the author&rsquo\;s own work. In the submission email\, authors must disclose any use of AI tools\, specifying whether\, how\, and why AI was used. \;
Deadline: \;September 30th\, 2026\; the winner to be announced by January 2027.
Submission Instructions: \;Prepare the essay for anonymous evaluation and submit it as an attachment to \;peircesociety@gmail.com \;with the subject heading &ldquo\;undergraduate Peirce essay contest&rdquo\;. Although undergraduate transcripts are unnecessary\, entrants should specify their undergraduate careers and provide at least one academic reference (e.g.\, a former professor).
For the 30th \;year in a row\, the Charles S. Peirce Society is accepting submissions for an essay prize meant to promote the work of a junior scholar. The 2026-2027 Peirce Essay Prize offers a $1\,000 cash prize plus up to $1\,000 for travel to the Society&rsquo\;s annual meeting to present the winning essay\, as well as its publication (subject to editorial revisions) in the \;Transactions of the Charles S. \;Peirce \;Society. \;
\nDeadline: \;September 30\, 2026
\nLength: \;Because the winning essay may be published in the \;Transactions\, the length of the submitted essay should be about the length of an average journal article. The maximum length is 10\,000 words\, including notes. The presentation of the winning essay at the annual meeting cannot exceed 30 minutes reading time.
\nOpen to: \;Graduate students and those who are no more than seven years out from the year they earned their last graduate degree\, or ten years for those who had extenuating circumstances (e.g. childbirth)\; please note the extenuating circumstance in the email submission. Past winners of the prize are ineligible. Joint submissions are allowed provided that all authors satisfy the eligibility requirements. The essay may be in any language\, provided a 1\,000-word summary of it&rsquo\;s argument\, written in English\, is supplied. The presentation of the paper must be in English and the paper must be translated it into English for publication in the \;Transactions. Submitted essays must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere.
\nAdvice to Entrants: \;The winning essay will make a genuine contribution to our understanding of Peirce&rsquo\;s work or its relevance. Therefore\, entrants should become familiar with relevant work on or related to Peirce to date and take care to locate their views in relation to that work. Also\, scholarly work on Peirce frequently benefits from explicit consideration of the chronological development of his views. \;
\nA.I. Statement: Since the aim is to publish the winning essay in the \;Transactions\, submissions should follow the AI policy of the journal\, which includes that \;all use of AI and related machine-learning technologies must be disclosed at the time of submission. \;We ask entrants to do the same in the submission of their essay to the Peirce Society for consideration for the essay prize.
\nSubmission Instructions: Submitted essays should be prepared for anonymous evaluation. Authors should be sure to remove any identifying information from their document properties. Submissions should be emailed to \;peircesociety@gmail.com \;and should include (a) complete contact information\, including mailing address and phone numbers\, either in the body of the email or in a cover letter\, (b) the submitted essay\, (c) a CV or statement showing that the entrant meets the eligibility requirements\, and (d) Disclosure of any AI use (see above). Any documents should be submitted as email attachments (MS Word or PDF files only). Please include &ldquo\;Peirce Essay Prize Submission&rdquo\; in the subject line of your email.
\n ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Taipei:20260706T000000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Taipei:20260706T000000 SUMMARY:LMPST Taiwan 2026 Annual Meeting UID:20260603T233825Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Asia/Taipei LOCATION:Humanities Building\, National Taiwan University\, Taipei\, Taiwan DESCRIPTION:Call for Abstracts: \;LMPST Taiwan 2026 Annual Meeting
\n\;
\nI. Overview
\nLMPST Taiwan is the primary academic association in Taiwan devoted to analytic philosophy. In recent years\, we have organized and hosted a number of international events\, including the Taiwan Philosophical Logic Colloquium series (https://sites.google.com/view/tplc-2025/home)\, the Taiwan Metaphysics Colloquium series (https://philevents.org/event/show/145134)\, and a joint annual conferencewith Asia-Pacific Philosophy of Science Association (https://appsa2025taiwan.mystrikingly.com/) last year. We are pleased to announce that our annual meeting this year will be held on September 19&ndash\;20. We cordially invite submissions in all areas of analytic philosophy and science\, technology\, and society (STS) studies. In addition to Featured Talks and Contributed Talks\, our annual meeting this year will include a Panel Discussion on artificial intelligence and mental content\, as well as the General Members' Meeting. To encourage international engagement\, all sessions will be conducted entirely in English.
\nII. Date and Venue
\nVenue: Humanities Building\, National Taiwan University\, Taiwan
\nConference Dates: September 19&ndash\;20\, 2026 (Sat&ndash\;Sun)
\nSubmission Deadline: July 6\, 2026 (Mon)
\n\;
\nIII. Featured Speakers
\nJames Fanciullo (Lingnan University\, Hong Kong)
\nChristopher McCarroll (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University\, Taiwan) &ndash\; 2026 Tony Cheng Lecturer
\nIsaac Wilhelm (National University of Singapore\, Singapore)
\nIV. Panel Discussants
\nAdam Bradley (Lingnan University\, Hong Kong)
\nI-Sen Chen (Soochow University\, Taiwan) \;
\nSimon Goldstein (The University of Hong Kong\, Hong Kong)
\nChristian Helmut Wenzel (National Taiwan University\, Taiwan) \;
\n\; \; \; \;(Additional invited panelists will be announced in due course)
\nV. Submission Guidelines and Eligibility
\nVI. Organizing Institutions
\nHost: Taiwan Association for Logic\, Methodology\, and Philosophy of Science and Technology (LMPST Taiwan)
\nCo-hosts:
\nCenter for Traditional and Scientific Metaphysics (TSM)\, Department of Philosophy\, National Taiwan University
\nCenter for Asian Philosophy and Analytic Philosophy\, Department of Philosophy\, National Taiwan University
\nVII. Sponsoring Organization
\nThe Frontward Foundation
\nContact:
\nLMPST Taiwan: \;talmpst@gmail.com
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Taipei:20260919T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Taipei:20260920T170000 SUMMARY:LMPST Taiwan 2026 Annual Meeting UID:20260603T233826Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Asia/Taipei LOCATION:Humanities Building\, National Taiwan University\, Taipei\, Taiwan DESCRIPTION:LMPST Taiwan 2026 Annual Meeting
\n\;
\nI. Overview
\nLMPST Taiwan is the primary academic association in Taiwan devoted to analytic philosophy. In recent years\, we have organized and hosted a number of international events\, including the Taiwan Philosophical Logic Colloquium series \;(https://sites.google.com/view/tplc-2025/home)\, the Taiwan Metaphysics Colloquium series (https://philevents.org/event/show/145134)\, and a joint annual conferencewith Asia-Pacific Philosophy of Science Association (https://appsa2025taiwan.mystrikingly.com/) last year. We are pleased to announce that our annual meeting this year will be held on September 19&ndash\;20. We cordially invite submissions in all areas of analytic philosophy and science\, technology\, and society (STS) studies. In addition to Featured Talks and Contributed Talks\, our annual meeting this year will include a Panel Discussion on artificial intelligence and mental content\, as well as the General Members' Meeting. To encourage international engagement\, all sessions will be conducted entirely in English.
\nII. Date and Venue
\nVenue: Humanities Building\, National Taiwan University\, Taiwan
\nConference Dates: September 19&ndash\;20\, 2026 (Sat&ndash\;Sun)
\nSubmission Deadline: July 6\, 2026 (Mon)
\n\;
\nIII. Featured Speakers
\nJames Fanciullo (Lingnan University\, Hong Kong)
\nChristopher McCarroll (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University\, Taiwan) &ndash\; 2026 Tony Cheng Lecturer
\nIsaac Wilhelm (National University of Singapore\, Singapore)
\nIV. Panel Discussants
\nAdam Bradley (Lingnan University\, Hong Kong)
\nI-Sen Chen (Soochow University\, Taiwan) \;
\nSimon Goldstein (The University of Hong Kong\, Hong Kong)
\nChristian Helmut Wenzel (National Taiwan University\, Taiwan) \;
\n\; \; \; \;(Additional invited panelists will be announced in due course)
\nV. Submission Guidelines and Eligibility
\nVI. Organizing Institutions
\nHost: Taiwan Association for Logic\, Methodology\, and Philosophy of Science and Technology (LMPST Taiwan)
\nCo-hosts:
\nCenter for Traditional and Scientific Metaphysics (TSM)\, Department of Philosophy\, National Taiwan University
\nCenter for Asian Philosophy and Analytic Philosophy\, Department of Philosophy\, National Taiwan University
\nVII. Sponsoring Organization
\nThe Frontward Foundation
\nContact:
\nLMPST Taiwan: \;talmpst@gmail.com
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260614T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260614T234500 SUMMARY:Workshop “What is Good Reasoning?” UID:20260603T233827Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Zurich LOCATION:Bern\, Switzerland DESCRIPTION:CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
\nWorkshop &ldquo\;What is Good Reasoning?&rdquo\;
\nUniversity of Bern\, Switzerland
\n10&ndash\;11 September 2026
\nThe aim of the workshop is to investigate the nature of good reasoning and its place within the normative domain. We will explore how good reasoning should be understood and how it relates to other central normative notions\, such as reasons\, ought\, value\, and fittingness. The workshop seeks to foster discussion of questions including: What are the norms and aims of reasoning? Can we explain what it means to reason well in terms of other normative or non-normative notions? And what roles do normative reasons play in good reasoning?
\nConfirmed speakers:
\n- Frank Hofmann \;
\n- Benjamin Kiesewetter \;
\n- David Lussi \;
\n- Alessandra Marra \;
\n- Connor McHugh \;
\nWe invite submissions for additional talks. If you are interested\, please send an abstract of 600&ndash\;800 words (suitable for a talk of 40 minutes) as a PDF attachment to ethicsbern@gmail.com by 14 June 2026. We will notify you about the decision by the end of June.
\nThe abstract must be suitable for blind review and not contain any information that may identify you as the author. However\, please make sure that the e-mail to which the abstract is attached contains your name and institutional affiliation (if applicable).
\nResearchers from underrepresented groups in academic philosophy are especially encouraged to submit. We will provide hotel accommodation for all accepted speakers. In addition\, there is a limited budget for covering (some of) the travelling expenses of those who do not have access to financial support from their home institution.
\nOrganizers: David Lussi\, Andreas Mü\;ller (University of Bern)
\nIf you have any questions\, please contact us at \;ethicsbern@gmail.com. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=David Lussi;CN="Andreas Müller": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260910T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260911T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop “What is Good Reasoning?” UID:20260603T233828Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Zurich LOCATION:Bern\, Switzerland DESCRIPTION:The aim of the workshop is to investigate the nature of good reasoning and its place within the normative domain. We will explore how good reasoning should be understood and how it relates to other central normative notions\, such as reasons\, ought\, value\, and fittingness. The workshop seeks to foster discussion of questions including: What are the norms and aims of reasoning? Can we explain what it means to reason well in terms of other normative or non-normative notions? And what roles do normative reasons play in good reasoning?
ORGANIZER;CN=David Lussi;CN="Andreas Müller": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260601T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260601T230000 SUMMARY:The Ethics of Empty Beliefs: Conversations with Buddhist Philosophy UID:20260603T233829Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Dominikanerbastei 16\, Vienna\, Austria\, 1010 DESCRIPTION:As part of a Starting Grant funded by the European Research Council\, I am pleased to invite proposals for participation in a conference on &lsquo\;The Ethics of Empty Beliefs: Conversations with Buddhist Philosophy&rsquo\; scheduled to be held at the Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia (IKGA)\, part of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OEAW)\, in Vienna on 28-30 June 2027. \;
\nPaper proposals are invited from philosophers working with Western and/or Buddhist sources on any topic concerned with the ethics of belief\, broadly understood. Thus\, for example\, papers may be proposed regarding topics such as (but not limited to) the nature of belief\, the norms of belief and \;normativity in relation to belief\, \;evidence and evidentialism\, and the epistemic basing relation. \;Discussions concerning the relationship of belief (including in terms of its \;formation\, maintenance\, and/or relinquishment) \;to notions such as \;credence\, view\, judgment\, assent\, conviction\, faith\, trust\, hope\, and knowledge (or their analogues in Buddhist sources) \;are welcome\, as are those concerning \;the relationship of \;belief (and its ethics) to faculties such as consciousness\, cognition\, discernment\, conceptualization\, view-holding\, volition\, sensation\, and emotion (or their analogues in Buddhist sources).
\nThe research project of which this conference forms part is titled \;The Ethics of Empty Beliefs: Chinese Buddhist Philosophy in the &lsquo\;Period of Disunity&rsquo\; \;(ChinBuddhPhil)\; for more information\, see \;https://www.oeaw.ac.at/projects/chinbuddhphil. The project aims to bring Buddhist philosophical sources into conversation with Western ones\, on the understanding that Buddhist philosophers merit consideration not only as historical artifacts but as genuinely interesting and insightful contributors to live philosophical problems. As such\, the conference is intended to be dialogical\, with specialists of relevant Western and Buddhist philosophical materials engaging in debate regarding overlapping topics\, positions\, and arguments.
\nPhilosophers specializing in Western sources from any of the ancient\, medieval\, modern\, or contemporary philosophical canons are welcome to apply\; they need possess no prior knowledge of relevant Buddhist materials or debates.
\nAs for philosophers specializing in Buddhist sources\, in line with the overall focus of the ChinBuddhPhil project on the Sanlun \;三論 \;school of Chinese Buddhist philosophy\, those proposing papers on Sanlun are especially welcome to apply. More broadly\, however\, the call is open to philosophers specializing in Chinese Buddhist sources beyond Sanlun\, and more broadly still to those specializing in sources from any other among the Buddhist traditions spanning diverse geographical regions and temporal periods. Philosophers specializing in Buddhist sources need possess no prior knowledge of relevant Western materials or debates.
\nEdited volumes based on two prior project conferences have already been submitted to Oxford University Press. An edited book comprised of chapters based on the papers presented at this conference is also planned\, and potential speakers should keep in mind that they will be invited to submit a written chapter (6\,000-9\,000 words) based on their oral presentation. Each participant will also be invited to prepare a short response to another paper (1\,000-2\,000 words)\, thereby allowing philosophers working with Western sources to engage\, from within their own sphere of expertise\, with Buddhist materials\, and vice-versa. Draft papers will thus be pre-circulated to respondents.
\nTimeline:
\n·\; \; \;1 June 2026: Deadline for submission of paper proposals.
\n·\; \; \;1 July 2026: Announcement of accepted papers.
\n·\; \; \;1 April 2027: Deadline for submission of draft papers.
\n·\; \; \;28-30 June 2027: In-person conference in Vienna.
\n·\; \; \;1 September 2027: Deadline for submission of final papers.
\nThose interested in taking part are welcome to send 1) a paper abstract of circa 500 words\, and 2) a CV or link to a professional profile\, to \;rafal.stepien@oeaw.ac.at \;by the \;1st \;of June 2026. Requests for further information are also welcome. In a dedicated effort to counteract long-standing discrimination\, women and members of other identity-groups still under-represented in academe are especially encouraged to apply. This is an in-person conference\; accommodation in Vienna for participants will be funded by the organizers\, and funds are also foreseen to be available to offset travel costs to and from Vienna for those participants with no alternative sources of funding.
\nRafal K. Stepien
\nPrincipal Researcher\, Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia\, Austrian Academy of Sciences.
\nPrincipal Investigator\, &lsquo\;The Ethics of Empty Beliefs: Chinese Buddhist Philosophy in the &ldquo\;Period of Disunity&rdquo\;&rsquo\;\, European Research Council.
\nhttps://www.oeaw.ac.at/projects/chinbuddhphil/conferences \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Rafal Stepien: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20270628T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20270630T170000 SUMMARY:The Ethics of Empty Beliefs: Conversations with Buddhist Philosophy UID:20260603T233830Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Dominikanerbastei 16\, Vienna\, Austria\, 1010 DESCRIPTION:As part of a Starting Grant funded by the European Research Council\, I am pleased to invite proposals for participation in a conference on &lsquo\;The Ethics of Empty Beliefs: Conversations with Buddhist Philosophy&rsquo\; scheduled to be held at the Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia (IKGA)\, part of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OEAW)\, in Vienna on 28-30 June 2027. \;
\nPaper proposals are invited from philosophers working with Western and/or Buddhist sources on any topic concerned with the ethics of belief\, broadly understood. Thus\, for example\, papers may be proposed regarding topics such as (but not limited to) the nature of belief\, the norms of belief and \;normativity in relation to belief\, \;evidence and evidentialism\, and the epistemic basing relation. \;Discussions concerning the relationship of belief (including in terms of its \;formation\, maintenance\, and/or relinquishment) \;to notions such as \;credence\, view\, judgment\, assent\, conviction\, faith\, trust\, hope\, and knowledge (or their analogues in Buddhist sources) \;are welcome\, as are those concerning \;the relationship of \;belief (and its ethics) to faculties such as consciousness\, cognition\, discernment\, conceptualization\, view-holding\, volition\, sensation\, and emotion (or their analogues in Buddhist sources).
\nThe research project of which this conference forms part is titled \;The Ethics of Empty Beliefs: Chinese Buddhist Philosophy in the &lsquo\;Period of Disunity&rsquo\; \;(ChinBuddhPhil)\; for more information\, see \;https://www.oeaw.ac.at/projects/chinbuddhphil. The project aims to bring Buddhist philosophical sources into conversation with Western ones\, on the understanding that Buddhist philosophers merit consideration not only as historical artifacts but as genuinely interesting and insightful contributors to live philosophical problems. As such\, the conference is intended to be dialogical\, with specialists of relevant Western and Buddhist philosophical materials engaging in debate regarding overlapping topics\, positions\, and arguments.
\nPhilosophers specializing in Western sources from any of the ancient\, medieval\, modern\, or contemporary philosophical canons are welcome to apply\; they need possess no prior knowledge of relevant Buddhist materials or debates.
\nAs for philosophers specializing in Buddhist sources\, in line with the overall focus of the ChinBuddhPhil project on the Sanlun \;三論 \;school of Chinese Buddhist philosophy\, those proposing papers on Sanlun are especially welcome to apply. More broadly\, however\, the call is open to philosophers specializing in Chinese Buddhist sources beyond Sanlun\, and more broadly still to those specializing in sources from any other among the Buddhist traditions spanning diverse geographical regions and temporal periods. Philosophers specializing in Buddhist sources need possess no prior knowledge of relevant Western materials or debates.
\nEdited volumes based on two prior project conferences have already been submitted to Oxford University Press. An edited book comprised of chapters based on the papers presented at this conference is also planned\, and potential speakers should keep in mind that they will be invited to submit a written chapter (6\,000-9\,000 words) based on their oral presentation. Each participant will also be invited to prepare a short response to another paper (1\,000-2\,000 words)\, thereby allowing philosophers working with Western sources to engage\, from within their own sphere of expertise\, with Buddhist materials\, and vice-versa. Draft papers will thus be pre-circulated to respondents.
\nTimeline:
\n·\; \; \;1 June 2026: Deadline for submission of paper proposals.
\n·\; \; \;1 July 2026: Announcement of accepted papers.
\n·\; \; \;1 April 2027: Deadline for submission of draft papers.
\n·\; \; \;28-30 June 2027: In-person conference in Vienna.
\n·\; \; \;1 September 2027: Deadline for submission of final papers.
\nThose interested in taking part are welcome to send 1) a paper abstract of circa 500 words\, and 2) a CV or link to a professional profile\, to \;rafal.stepien@oeaw.ac.at \;by the \;1st \;of June 2026. Requests for further information are also welcome. In a dedicated effort to counteract long-standing discrimination\, women and members of other identity-groups still under-represented in academe are especially encouraged to apply. This is an in-person conference\; accommodation in Vienna for participants will be funded by the organizers\, and funds are also foreseen to be available to offset travel costs to and from Vienna for those participants with no alternative sources of funding.
\nRafal K. Stepien
\nPrincipal Researcher\, Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia\, Austrian Academy of Sciences.
\nPrincipal Investigator\, &lsquo\;The Ethics of Empty Beliefs: Chinese Buddhist Philosophy in the &ldquo\;Period of Disunity&rdquo\;&rsquo\;\, European Research Council.
\nhttps://www.oeaw.ac.at/projects/chinbuddhphil/conferences \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Rafal Stepien: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260708T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260709T170000 SUMMARY:Sex UID:20260603T233831Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:London\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:The Spontaneity of Freedom (SPONT)\, a European Research Council-funded project based at University College London\, explores forms of human agency and freedom that aren't easily captured by models of rational planning or control. SPONT hosts an annual workshop: this year\, the theme of the workshop will be &ldquo\;sex\,&rdquo\; The first in a planned three-year conference series exploring \;&ldquo\;sex\, drugs\, and rock-and-roll.&rdquo\;
\nTentative Schedule \;
\n8 July
\n9.00 Breakfast
\n9.30 Andreja Novakovic
\n11.15 Nick Clanchy
\n13.00 Lunch
\n14.30 Ry Smith
\n16.15 Tim Dean \;
\n19.00 Dinner
\n9 July
\n9.00 Breakfast
\n9.30 Francey Russell
\n11:15 Elena Comay del Junco
\n13.00 Lunch
\n14.30 Elizabeth Holt
\n16.15 Avgi Saketopoulou
\n19.00 Dinner
\nCommentators
\nEllie Anderson
\nAyesha Chakravarti \;
\nAlexandra Cole
\nJeremey Fix
\nKirstine La Cour
\nAnn Pellegrini
\nDue to space and budgetary constraints\, attendance at this workshop is by invitation. If you would like to attend\, please write to philosophy.spont@ucl.ac.uk and we will accomodate you if possible.
ORGANIZER;CN=Jonathan Gingerich;CN=Francey Russell;CN=Daniela Dover: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20261026T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20261027T170000 SUMMARY:Innovation and tradition: intersections\, interactions and disputes in culture UID:20260603T233832Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/Mexico_City LOCATION:Cuernavaca\, Mexico DESCRIPTION:This colloquium emerges from the need to think and propose new epistemological positions to the cultural frame. From an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary perspective\, our aim is to bring together researchers from fields like sociology\, communication science\, Cultural Studies\, anthropology\, history\, computational sciences\, political science\, and others\, to explore critical \;reflections on cultural tradition and cultural innovation. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Omar Cerrillo: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260525T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260527T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop en problemas filosóficos en inteligencia artificial UID:20260603T233833Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:El Grupo de Estudios &ldquo\;É\;tica\, Inteligencia Artificial y Desafí\;os Actuales&rdquo\;\, fundado en 2024 e integrado por acadé\;micas y acadé\;micos de distintas universidades\, invita a investigadoras/es\, docentes\, estudiantes de pregrado y postgrado\, así\; como a otros profesionales interesados\, a participar como asistentes en el Workshop Interuniversitario: Problemas Filosó\;ficos en Inteligencia Artificial\, en su primera versió\;n.
\nEste encuentro tiene como propó\;sito generar un espacio de reflexió\;n acadé\;mica interdisciplinaria orientado al aná\;lisis crí\;tico de los fundamentos epistemoló\;gicos\, é\;ticos y ontoló\;gicos de la inteligencia artificial\, promoviendo el diá\;logo entre la filosofí\;a\, las ciencias sociales y las ciencias computacionales en torno a los desafí\;os contemporá\;neos asociados al desarrollo y uso de estas tecnologí\;as.
\nLa presente encuesta tiene como finalidad conocer si usted desea recibir el enlace de participació\;n al workshop. Todas las charlas está\;n programadas en hora local de Santiago de Chile
\nFecha: 25\, 26 y 27 de mayo de 2026
Modalidad: Actividad online ví\;a Microsoft Teams
A partir de las 16:00 hrs
Consultas a Heber.leal@uss.cl
The term &ldquo\;randomness&rdquo\; often appears in the context of Quantum Mechanics. The behaviour of quantum systems is said to be random\, the outcomes of quantum mechanical experiments are said to be random\, certain devices based on quantum processes are said to operate in a random way&hellip\; However\, the concept of randomness is rarely made precise in these contexts. Meanwhile\, in another branch of science &ndash\; computability theory\, also called recursion theory &ndash\; a fully precise concept of randomness has been developed\, termed &ldquo\;algorithmic randomness&rdquo\;. How are these two uses of the term &ldquo\;randomness&rdquo\; related? Is the concept of algorithmic randomness relevant to Quantum Mechanics? The aim of this workshop is to address various facets of this question in an interdisciplinary gathering. The event will take place at the Jagiellonian University in Krakó\;w on August 31st and September 1st\, 2026. The format of the workshop will be hybrid: it is possible to participate either in person or online (but the organizers strongly encourage in-person participation).
\nOur keynote speakers are:
\nIn addition to talks by our invited speakers\, we plan a few contributed talks. We invite submissions concerning any aspect of the relationship between algorithmic randomness and Quantum Mechanics\, including (but not limited to) the following questions and topics:
\nAbstracts of about 500 words should be sent to joanna.luc@uj.edu.pl by 28.06.2026.
\nTo participate without giving a talk (either in person or online)\, please register by sending an e-mail to joanna.luc@uj.edu.pl.
ORGANIZER;CN=Joanna Luc;CN=Tomasz Placek: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260702T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260703T170000 SUMMARY:Randomization in Science\, Society and Nature UID:20260603T233835Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Bristol\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:Randomization\, characterized abstractly\, involves an agent deliberately &ldquo\;flipping a coin&rdquo\;\, or using a randomizing device\, in order to choose between alternatives. The agent could be a person\, a non-human organism\, or &ldquo\;nature&rdquo\; (i.e. evolution). A simple Bayesian argument suggests that randomizing\, rather than choosing a certain alternative\, can never be strictly advantageous\, and is only permissible when the options are of equal value. Yet randomization is widely used in a range of contexts\, for various purposes. The aim of this workshop is to reflect on the use of randomization in five such contexts:
\n1. decision and game theory (why do agents sometimes prefer to randomize?)
\n2. clinical trials / experiments (is randomization necessary for causal inference? what is its justification?)
\n3. politics and society (when is allocation by lottery/sortition a good idea and why?)
\n4. evolutionary biology (when are bet-hedging strategies advantageous?)
\n5. genetics (why did sex and recombination\, i.e. random shuffling of genes\, evolve? why did meiosis evolve to be fair?) \;
\nThe unifying thread is the question of when randomization (by agents or by nature) is "valuable"\, where this can mean rational\, scientifically useful\, socially useful\, fair\, or evolutionarily advantageous\, depending on the context.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270113T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270113T000000 SUMMARY:Digital determinants and ethical AI in global health UID:20260603T233836Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:BMC Medical Ethics invites submissions to our new Collection\, Digital determinants and ethical AI in global health. The integration of digital technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) into healthcare has transformed the landscape of global health\, introducing new opportunities and challenges. As these technologies become more embedded in clinical practice and public health strategies\, emphasizing the ethical implications surrounding their use is crucial.
\nRecent advancements have highlighted the necessity for algorithmic transparency and accountability\, as well as the need for inclusive approaches to AI that prioritize health equity. With this\, researchers are encouraged to contribute to a more equitable healthcare system that respects patient rights and fosters trust in digital health solutions. Embedding ethical considerations at the forefront of digital innovation\, rather than treating them as secondary concerns\, is critical to ensuring that emerging technologies do not reinforce existing health inequities.
\nThis Collection examines the intersection of digital determinants and ethical AI\, with particular attention to informed consent\, algorithmic transparency\, and the implications of emerging technologies for patient autonomy and healthcare equity. To ensure a genuinely interdisciplinary dialogue\, we invite submissions from physicians\, legal scholars\, philosophers\, engineers\, computer scientists\, data scientists\, and other digital‑technology professionals. Key areas of interest include\, but are not limited to:
\nThis Collection supports and amplifies research related toSDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being.
\nAll manuscripts submitted to this journal\, including those submitted to collections and special issues\, are assessed in line with oureditorial policiesand the journal&rsquo\;speer-review process. Reviewers and editors are required to declare competing interests and can be excluded from the peer review process if a competing interest exists.
\nFor more info\, contact to Jon Rueda\, Spanish National Research Council (jon.rueda@csic.es)
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270531T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270531T230000 SUMMARY:Philosophical Counselor: One Hundred Years of Being and Time (1927–2027): Heidegger's Ontology and Its Contemporary Resonances UID:20260603T233837Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:PHILOSOPHICAL COUNSELOR
\nCall for Paper
\nSpecial Thematic Issue
\nOne Hundred Years of Being and Time (1927&ndash\;2027): Heidegger's Ontology and Its
\nContemporary Resonances
\nThe year 2027 marks the centenary of the first publication of Martin Heidegger's Being and Time\, one of the most consequential philosophical works of the twentieth century. This jubilee offers a singular occasion for sustained reappraisal of Heidegger's thinking and its enduring effects across philosophy\, the humanities\, and interdisciplinary practice. The multilingual Croatian Philosophical Journal Philosophical Counselor (Filozofski savjetnik) invites submissions for a special thematic issue dedicated to this anniversary.
\nThe issue welcomes contributions that engage in any substantive way with the legacy of Being and Time across the full range of its philosophical reach\, from the original existential analytic to its ramifications in contemporary thought. The editorial board particularly encourages work addressing the practical application of Heidegger's philosophy\, including its implications for philosophical counseling and philosophical practice\, existential psychotherapy\, clinical phenomenology\, and the ethics of care. Heidegger's fundamental ontology\, and his analyses of Dasein\, temporality\, care\, mood\, anxiety\, conscience\, and authenticity\, remains an inexhaustible source for both theoretical and applied philosophy. Contributions are also invited on the ontological and existential structures of being-in-the-world in relation to clinical and therapeutic practice\, on phenomenological approaches to illness and mortality\, and on the significance of Heidegger's later thinking on technology\, dwelling\, and the question of being for contemporary philosophical and biomedical inquiry.
\nThe issue equally invites work that traces the continuation and transformation of Heidegger's project in the thought of the philosophers who followed or extended him. Hans-Georg Gadamer developed from Heidegger's hermeneutic phenomenology a comprehensive philosophical hermeneutics whose reach across the interpretation of texts\, traditions\, and cultural dialogue remains indisputable. Jacques Derrida subjected Being and Time to deconstructive reading\, thereby opening a new problematic of diffé\;rance\, the trace\, and presence that has profoundly marked continental philosophy and literary theory alike. Hannah Arendt\, as Heidegger's student\, radically transformed the analytic of Dasein in the direction of political philosophy\, grounding the concepts of action\, natality\, and the public realm in a sustained confrontation with her teacher's ontology. Paul Ricoeur constructed a hermeneutic phenomenology of narrative identity\, memory\, and time that stands in productive and tense dialogue with Heidegger's account of temporality. Emmanuel Levinas\, departing from Heidegger's ontology precisely in order to overcome it\, established an ethics of responsibility and alterity as first philosophy\, a move whose implications for medical ethics and the philosophy of care are still being worked through. Jean-Luc Marion developed a phenomenology of givenness that displaces Heidegger's problematics of being and presence into the horizon of theological and philosophical reflection on the phenomenon and revelation. Francisco Varela\, Evan Thompson\, and Humberto Maturana founded the enactivist approach to cognition and life\, drawing indispensably on Heidegger's analysis of embodied being-in-the-world as a philosophical foundation for the life sciences. The contemporary currents of 4E cognition\, enactivism\, ecological psychology\, and the phenomenology of mind continue to operate with the conceptual apparatus that Being and Time introduced into philosophical circulation\, and their relation to that inheritance merits systematic examination.
\nThe submission deadline is 31 May 2027. Submissions are accepted in English\, German\, and Croatian. Manuscripts should be sent to filozofskisavjetnik@proton.me with the subject line "Special Issue: Heidegger 1927&ndash\;2027." All submissions undergo the standard double-blind peer review process. The journal charges no fees at any stage. Authors retain copyright under the Creative Commons 4.0 International Licence. All technical requirements are available on the journal's website:
\nsavjetnik.hufp.hr
\nFilozofski savjetnik / Philosophical Counselor is published by the Croatian Association for Philosophical Practice (HUFP)\, Zagreb.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260728T100000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260728T170000 SUMMARY:The Political Thought of John Locke: New Perspectives UID:20260603T233838Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Australia/Sydney LOCATION:Level 11\, 33 Berry Street\, Sydney\, Australia\, 2060 DESCRIPTION:This conference is run in conjunction with the Japanese Society for British Philosophy Conference\, 31 July to 1 August 2026 to be held at Australian Catholic University\, North Sydney campus.
\nSubmission period for paper titles &\; abstracts is 1 September 2025 to 30 June 2026
\nConfirmation of papers accepted for the conferences is normally within three weeks of submission of title and abstract
\nPaper title and abstract submission instructions:
\nPlease provide:
Paper Title: \;
Abstract (200&ndash\;400 words):
Name: \;
Affiliation:
Send submissions to:
\nProfessor Peter Anstey peter.anstey@acu.edu.au
\nor
\nProfessor Shigeyuki Aoki s-aoki@tamacc.chuo-u.ac.jp
ORGANIZER;CN=Peter Anstey: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T121030Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260526T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260526T234500 SUMMARY:Objectivity and Subjectivity in Medicine UID:20260603T233839Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities\, Oxford\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:Abstracts of up to 300 words should be submitted to medhum@torch.ac.uk by Sunday 17th May 2026. Please include a short (2-3 line) bio in your submission. \;
\nThis interdisciplinary workshop invites DPhils and ECRs within the medical humanities to share their ongoing research in a supportive environment. Those who work on topics concerning health\, medicine\, and disease from humanities perspectives are invited to submit abstracts. Discussion will focus on the problems of objectivity and subjectivity in medical research and practice: is there such a thing as an &ldquo\;objective&rdquo\; approach to medicine\, and if not\, should there be? \;
\nMedical knowledge is always situated and inevitably shaped by forms of uncertainty. We invite contributions that explore the ways in which clinical and scientific practices may reproduce structural biases\, as well as how they engage with key aspects of human experience that resist quantification &ndash\; such as pain\, fatigue\, or emotional distress. In this context\, the increasing use of artificial intelligence raises further questions: does it enhance objectivity\, or simply reinforce pre-existing biases?
\nThe subjectivity of patients also generates important tensions: lived experiences do not always align with standardized scientific frameworks. We welcome contributions that examine\, for instance\, how such experiences may be oversimplified when translated into medical categories and terminology\, or marginalized when they fail to fit pre-existing classificatory systems. We are also interested in initiatives that seek to incorporate patients&rsquo\; experiences and emotions into medical practice.
\nIn a context of increasing scepticism toward institutional medical discourse and a turn toward alternative medical practices\, it is worth asking how the ideal of objectivity can be reconciled with the acknowledgment of subjective experience. \;
\nWe welcome submissions from across the humanities\, as well as from other disciplines\, that engage with the following topics: \;
\n\n- Philosophical and ethical dimensions of objectivity and subjectivity \;
\n- The historical construction of &ldquo\;objectivity&rdquo\; in medicine \;
\n- Tensions between scientific norms and lived experiences \;
\n- Gender\, race\, and class biases in medical practice and research \;
\n- Questions of authority\, uncertainty\, and trust in medicine \;
\n- Artificial intelligence and medical knowledge/practice \;
\n ORGANIZER;CN=Charlotte Dewarumez: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR