Slurring Terms Across Languages (STAL) is an international and interdisciplinary network whose primary aim is to promote work on slurs\, pejoratives\, expressives and evaluative terms in general\, from languages that have been seldom discussed in the recent philosophical and semantic literature\, and in particular\, from sign languages and non-Indo-European languages. Its main aim is to bring to light new empirical data and uncover novel interesting phenomena that may have the potential to challenge current theories. Empirical studies of the expressions mentioned from such languages\, comparisons with English slurs\, as well as wider cross-linguistic approaches and developments of extant theories in application to the new data or previously neglected phenomena are encouraged too.
\nThe network's coordinators are \;Isidora Stojanovic \;(Pompeu Fabra University/CNRS-Institut Jean Nicod) &\; \;Dan Zeman \;(University of Porto). More information about the network and its activities can be found at \;https://sites.google.com/view/stalnetwork. To contact the network coordinators\, please write to stalnetwork@gmail.com.
\nThe STAL Seminar features monthly\, online talks by researchers tackling issues \;related to the study of slurs\, pejoratives\, expressives and evaluative terms in general\, from less studied languages. The meetings in the 2025-2026 academic year take place on MONDAYS\, 14:30-16:00 Central European Time (CET). The list of speakers is the following (exact dates to be provided soon):
\n- OCTOBER 2025: Luvell Anderson (University of Illinois\, Urbana-Champaign)
\n- NOVEMBER 2025: Claire Horisk (University of Missouri)
\n- DECEMBER 2025: Xavier Villalba (Autonomous University of Barcelona)
\n- JANUARY 2026: Daisy Dixon (Cardiff University)
\n- FEBRUARY 2026: Elisabeth Camp (Rutgers University)
\n- MARCH 2026: Leopold Hess (Jagiellonian University)
\n- APRIL 2026: Robin Jeshion (University of Southern California)
\n- MAY 2026: Yim Binh Felix Sze (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
\n- JUNE 2026: Mingya Liu (Humboldt University of Berlin)
ORGANIZER;CN=Isidora Stojanovic;CN=Dan Zeman: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20251001T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260630T170000 SUMMARY:Polysemy in the Evaluative Sphere UID:20260321T185131Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:Europe/Lisbon LOCATION:Faculty of Letters\, University of Porto\, Via Panorâmica s/n\, Porto\, Portugal DESCRIPTION:POLYSEMY IN THE EVALUATIVE SPHERE
\nIn-person: Faculty of Letters\, University of Porto\, Via Panorâ\;mica s/n
\nOnline: Zoom
\nThis is a biweekly seminar pertaining to the project Slurs and the Lexicon: A Rich-Lexicon Approach to Slurs and Other Evaluative Expressions - LEXISLUR (2023.05952.CEECIND\; PI: Dan Zeman). The main aim of the project is to offer a polysemy account fit for evaluative expressions and to assess to what extent a unified approach to the entire evaluative sphere is feasible. Much work on polysemy can be found in lexical semantics - the branch of semantics that studies the meaning of words\, their internal structure and interrelations\, etc. However\, while the debate about polysemy of various expressions has produced an impressive amount of work\, not much material on the polysemy of evaluative expressions exists in that area. The purpose of this seminar is twofold: first\, to get acquainted with the essential literature on polysemy (via in-person sessions dedicated to reading and discussing the relevant papers)\; second\, to feature current work on polysemy as applied to evaluative expressions (via online talks by invited speakers). In this way\, participants will both acquire knowledge about polysemy in general and see how the discussions in lexical semantics can be applied to the evaluative sphere.
\nIn-person meetings
\nNext meeting: NOVEMBER 5\, 15:00-16:30 WET: \;Marina Ortega André\;s &\; Agustin Vicente\, "Polysemy and co-predication"\, \;Glossa \;4(1)\, 2019.
\nPast meetings: \;OCTOBER 15\, 16.30-18.00 WET: \;Michelle Liu\, "Polysemy and Philosophy"\, \;Philosophy Compass \;20: e70040\, 2025.
\nFuture readings:
\nNicholas Asher\, Lexical Meaning in Context: A Web of Words\, Cambridge University Press\, 2011 (excerpts).
\nRobyn Carston\, "Polysemy: pragmatics and sense conventions"\, Mind &\; Language 36(1): 108-133\, 2021.
\nJohn Collins\, "Copredication as illusion"\, Journal of Semantics 40(2-3): 359-389\, 2023.
\nSteven Frisson\, "Semantic underspecification in language processing"\, Language and Linguistics Compass 3(1): 111-127\, 2009.
\nLotte Hogeweg &\; Agustin Vicente\, "On the nature of the lexicon"\, Journal of Linguistics 56(4): 865-891\, 2020.
\nRay Jackendoff\, Semantic Structures\, MIT Press\, 1990 (excerpts).
\nIngrid Lossius Falkum &\; Agustin Vicente\, "Polysemy"\, Oxford Bibliographies Online\, 2020.
\nJames Pustejovsky\, The Generative Lexicon\, MIT Press\, 1995 (excerpts).
\nPetra Schumacher\, "When combinatorial processing results in reconceptualization: Towards a new approach of compositionality"\, Frontiers of Psychology 4: 677\, 2013.
\nAgustin Vicente\, "Polysemy and word meaning"\, Philosophical Studies\, 175(4): 947-968\, 2018.
\nAgustin Vicente\, "Approaches to co-predication"\, Journal of Pragmatics 182: 348-357\, 2021.
\nOnline talks
\nNext talk: NOVEMBER 21\, 11:00-12.30 WET: Marina Ortega-André\;s (University of the Basque Country)\, "When this chef says pot: The importance of the speaker's identity in understanding ambiguous words"
\nPast talks: \;OCTOBER 31\, 11:00-12:30 WET: \;Michelle Liu (Monash University)\, "Ad Hoc Concepts\, Polysemy\, and Verbal Disputes"
\nFuture talks (schedule and titles TBA): \;John Collins &\; Agustin Vicente\, Tamara Dobler\, Jessica Keiser\, Michelle Liu\, Ingrid Lossius Falkum\, Emanuel Viebahn
ORGANIZER;CN=Dan Zeman;CN=Alba Moreno Zurita: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20251028T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20260930T170000 SUMMARY:DFT-CELFIS research seminar\, University of Bucharest UID:20260321T185132Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:Europe/Bucharest LOCATION:Splaiul Independenţei nr. 204\, Bucharest\, Romania\, 060024 DESCRIPTION:We're delighted to invite you to the research seminar of the Department of Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Bucharest. These are organized in partnership with CELFIS\, the Center for Logic\, Philosophy and History of Science at UB. Here are talks scheduled so far:
\nFall 2025:
\nOctober 28\, 5pm: Alexandru Dragomir &\; Andrei Mărăşoiu (University of Bucharest\, \;f2f)\, "The Inconstant Moral Expert: the case of LLMs"
\nNovember 25\, 4pm: Nicholas Rimell (Chinese University of Hong Kong\, hybrid via Zoom)\, "A Metaphysics of Despair"
\nNovember 28\, 2pm: Micah Thomas Pimaro\, Jr. (University of Calabar\, \;f2f)\, "Placide Tempels&rsquo\;s Metaphysics: A challenge or a trap for African philosophy?"
\nDecember 2\, 3pm: Nora Grigore (Romanian Academy\, Institute of Philosophy and Psychology\, f2f)\, "Worthiness and Expediency: a Distinction without a Difference?"
\nDecember 19\, 2pm: Alin Olteanu (Shanghai International Studies University\, ICUB\, \;f2f)\, "Iconic Imagination in Modeling: A Semiotic Approach to Scientific Inquiry"
\nJanuary 16\, 2pm: Marco Facchin (University of Antwerp\, hybrid via Zoom)\, \;"Is mental content an illusion?" \;
\nJanuary 22\, 12pm: Sandra Brâ\;nzaru (University of Bucharest\, CELFIS\, FPSE\, \;f2f)\, "Conceptualising Empathy"
\nFebruary 10\, 4pm: Marian Călborean (OPTI Software &\; University of Bucharest\, f2f)\, "The minimal ontology of time" \;
\nSpring 2026:
\nMarch: Constantin Stoenescu (University of Bucharest\, CELFIS\, \;f2f)\, "Revisiting 'The Normative Structure of Science' "
\nMarch 27\, 2pm: Erik Myin (University of Antwerp\, \;hybrid \;via Zoom)
\nMarch 30: \;Mariona Eiren Miyata-Sturm (University of Oxford\, f2f)
\nApril 3: \;René\; \;van Woudenberg (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam\, \;hybrid \;via Zoom)\, 'Are LLMs Authors?'
\nApril: Alexandru Nicolae (University of Bucharest\, Faculty of Letters\; Romanian Academy\, Institute of Linguistics\, \;f2f)
\nApril: Cătălin Teoharie (University of Bucharest\, CELFIS\, \;f2f)
\nApril: Paula Tomi (National University of Science and Technology 'Politehnica' Bucharest\, \;f2f)
\nApril: Daian Bica (Heinrich Heine University\, \;hybrid)
\nMay: Andrei Moldovan (University of Salamanca)
\nMay: Ioan Muntean (UT Rio Grande Valley\, UI Urbana\, \;f2f)
\nJuly: Mihai Rusu (Babeş Bolyai University\, ICUB\, hybrid)
\nSeptember: Oana Şerban (University of Bucharest\, CCIIF\, \;f2f)
\nPrevious events \;in the series are available at: \;
\n2021-22: \;https://philevents.org/event/show/93365 \;
\n2022-23: \;https://philevents.org/event/show/105249 \;
\nhttps://filosofie.unibuc.ro/category/seminar-cercetare-dft/ \;
\nhttps://icub.unibuc.ro/2022/06/14/workshop-semantic-cognition-and-truth/ \;
\nFor those of you who would like to join some of the meetings but have overlapping commitments\, we will do our best to record the meetings whenever everyone in attendance consents to it\, and to then upload the recordings on the Department's YouTube channel. Previous talks are available here:
\nhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOgUq3dN8CXI4L6DhZT1f_Q
ORGANIZER;CN="Andrei Mărăşoiu": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260314T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260325T170000 SUMMARY:Modern Language Association Convention UID:20260321T185133Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:Los Angeles\, United States ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260317T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260317T103000 SUMMARY:On Collecting: Transforming Nature into Evidence UID:20260321T185134Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Heinrich-von-Kleist-Straße 22-28\, Bonn\, Germany\, 53113 DESCRIPTION:Finding constitutes a fundamental epistemic act within processes of scientific discovery. The objects of finding can vary considerably. In many\, if not most\, instances of scientific discovery\, finding is preceded by &ndash\; or embedded within &ndash\; a necessary phase of collecting. In the natural sciences\, this may involve not only material objects but also observations\, measurements\, data points\, and individual cases. Both material entities and immaterial data or observations must be transformed in ways that render them scientifically operable. More generally\, collected items can be understood as epistemically functionalized units.
The transition from individual objects and cases to scientific evidence occurs through processes of serialization and repetition. Systematically organized scientific collecting is the technique that generates such seriality and repetition. Only within a series do statistical analysis\, type formation\, the recognition of regularities\, and the identification of deviations become possible. This\, in turn\, enables inductive reasoning and establishes the conditions for reevaluation and institutionalized openness. Collecting can therefore be described as an epistemological infrastructure of scientific discovery.
The relationship between structured collecting and finding as a component of scientific discovery\, however\, still requires closer and more detailed examination.
Epistemologists have devised various tools for modelling epistemically assessable conditions of various sorts. \;In this talk\, I argue that the phenomenon of discovery cannot be modeled using any of these tools. \;If we want to understand what it is to discover something\, we will need to expand our toolkit.
ORGANIZER;CN=Jan G. Michel: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260317T133000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260317T143000 SUMMARY:Finding: The Key to Discovery UID:20260321T185136Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Heinrich-von-Kleist-Straße 22-28\, Bonn\, Germany\, 53113 DESCRIPTION:The aim of my talk is to provide an outlook to a theory of scientific discovery with finding as the key notion. I take finding to entail more than encountering\, but less than discovering. I thereby propose a &bdquo\;thick&ldquo\; notion of finding possessing epistemic weight on its own\, and try to figure out what would constitute this epistemic weight. It turns out that imagination\, anticipation and what I call &bdquo\;instructive ignorance&ldquo\; are main constituents of finding. The analysis of finding will pave the way\, or so I hope\, to a theory of scientific discovery that &ndash\; contrary to some existing approaches to scientific discovery &ndash\; would be\, on the one hand\, comprehensive enough to explain the various phenomena that accompany scientific discoveries in a variety of cases\, and\, on the other hand\, also specific enough in order to account for the substantial difference between discovery and invention. Finally\, I illustrate my analysis of finding by the example of Einstein&rsquo\;s early finding of the Equivalence Principle.
ORGANIZER;CN=Jan G. Michel: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260317T144500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260317T154500 SUMMARY:Finding as Tracing: A Perspective from Particle Physics UID:20260321T185137Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Heinrich-von-Kleist-Straße 22-28\, Bonn\, Germany\, 53113 DESCRIPTION:Science often speaks of &ldquo\;finding&rdquo\; entities and phenomena as if it marked the successful end of a search\, &ldquo\;Higgs boson found&rdquo\;\, sometimes using the term interchangeably with &ldquo\;discovering.&rdquo\; Yet this usage reduces finding to the achievement of a desired result\, thereby neglecting the epistemic work involved in the collection\, combination\, and stabilisation of evidence. This evidential labour exceeds the framework of a mere search and does not always culminate in a significant or canonised discovery. This talk offers a case-based perspective from experimental particle physics and proposes to understand scientific finding as a form of tracing.
\nIn experiments such as ATLAS at the Large Hadron Collider\, most particles and processes are not directly observed. Instead\, physicists identify characteristic patterns in complex data sets generated by different detector components across multiple runs and in different experiments. These patterns can be understood as signatures: structured configurations in the data that function as epistemic objects in their own right\, while simultaneously serving as traces of underlying physical processes (Roy 2014\; Mä\;ttig &\; Stö\;ltzner 2020\; Boddenberg 2023). Scientific finding consists in stabilising such signatures across background noise\, modelling assumptions\, and varying experimental conditions --what I call multiple access robustness &ndash\; and in integrating overlapping signatures into a coherent evidential network.
\nFinding\, understood as tracing\, does not canonise a single interpretation. Rather\, it establishes a stabilised evidential structure that acquires epistemic weight by gradually gaining support over competing networks of patterns. The 750 GeV diphoton excess illustrates how such a tracing process can begin and generate provisional evidential coherence without ever consolidating into a discovery.
ORGANIZER;CN=Jan G. Michel: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260317T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260317T133000 SUMMARY:Ákos Szegofi - The misinformation-problem UID:20260321T185138Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION: University of Pittsburgh\, 4200 Fifth Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, United States\, 15260 DESCRIPTION:The Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh invites you to join us for our Lunch Time Talk. \;Attend in person at 1117 Cathedral of Learning or visit our live stream on YouTube at \;https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg.
\n\nLunch Time Talk: \; \; \;Á\;kos Szegofi
\nTuesday\, March 17th @ 12:00 pm \;- \;1:30 pm \;EST
\n\nTitle: \; \;The misinformation-problem
\nAbstract:
\nHow dangerous is misinformation? What effects does it have on beliefs and behavior\, and how can we &ndash\; should we? &ndash\; defend against it? In recent years\, two schools of thought have emerged to address these questions\, that I will call &ldquo\;naivists&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;vigilantists.&rdquo\; The naivist school views misinformation as extremely dangerous\, arguing that humans are overly gullible and/or lazy when evaluating communicated information\, which makes them vulnerable to deception. The solution is to enhance people&rsquo\;s cognitive abilities and motivation. The vigilantist school holds that humans are epistemically vigilant\, misinformation is not a new problem\, and the solutions proposed by the naivist school have unintended consequences\, such as decreasing trust in democratic processes and triggering widespread technology panic.
\nMy research seeks to bridge these two schools by demonstrating that misinformation can be dangerous even if listeners are epistemically vigilant and update their beliefs rationally. I empirically test two\, historically documented disinformation methods\, then explore how modern communication environments enabled their widespread usage. I conclude by proposing structural solutions that focus on reshaping these environments\, allowing listeners to trust more\, instead of becoming cynical.
\n\nThis talk will be available online:
\nZoom: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/94008195871
\n
YouTube: \;https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg
We are pleased to invite you to the 2025 Berggruen Prize Essay Competition Award Ceremony.
\nMarch 17\, 2026 during SXSW \;
The LINE Hotel Austin
6:00 PM Cocktail Reception
6:30 PM Award Ceremony
The ceremony will honor the 2025 winners and celebrate their \;winning essays. The English-language winner\, Anil Seth\, challenges prevailing assumptions about machine consciousness in his essay &ldquo\;The Mythology of Conscious AI.&rdquo\; The Chinese-language winners\, Xin Huang and Xiaoben Liu\, offer forward-looking philosophical frameworks on language\, computation\, and the future of consciousness.
\nWe would be honored to have you join us for this special occasion. The first 50 guests to arrive at the ceremony will receive a complimentary copy of the 2025 Berggruen Prize Essay book\, featuring all three winning essays in both English and Chinese. Consciousness\, the theme of the 2025 essay prize competition\, has become a more urgent field of inquiry in the age of artificial intelligence. \;
\nTo RSVP\, please follow this link: \;https://events.berggruen.org/_mzdzx
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260318T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260318T103000 SUMMARY:Uptake and Endorsement in Scientific Discovery: A Speech Act-Theoretic Perspective UID:20260321T185140Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Heinrich-von-Kleist-Straße 22-28\, Bonn\, Germany\, 53113 DESCRIPTION:According to Jan G. Michel (2022)\, scientific discoveries are processes that characteristically exhibit three structural features: Finding\, Acceptance\, and Knowledge. In a nutshell\, an individual researcher&rsquo\;s finding cannot be counted as scientific unless it is reported in a way &mdash\; for example\, in a conference presentation or a research paper &mdash\; that meets certain accepted standards\; in turn\, it cannot be counted as scientific knowledge unless the content of the reported finding is accepted or recognized as a reliable hypothesis.
My focus in this contribution is on the discursive dimension of the processes of scientific discovery. Specifically\, I use the framework of an Austin-inspired theory of speech acts (Witek 2015\, 2022) to examine the role of assertoric utterances of the form &lsquo\;That a is an F&rsquo\; &mdash\; e.g.\, &lsquo\;That insect is a beetle&rsquo\; &mdash\; in reporting scientific findings. Following John L. Austin (1950/1979\; cf. Fiengo 2017\, Fiengo 2020\; Fiengo and McClure 2002\; and Sbisà\; 2024)\, I assume that\, depending on the context in which it is produced\, the utterance &lsquo\;That a is an F&rsquo\; constitutes the performance of one of four types of situated assertions: Calling\, Describing\, Exemplifying\, or Classing. \;
In their recent unpublished paper &ldquo\;Reporting Scientific Findings: An Austinian Approach&rdquo\;\, Jan G. Michel and Maciej Witek argue that Describings and Classings typically serve reporting theory-guided findings\, whereas Callings and Exemplifyings can serve reporting theory-changing findings. My aim in this paper is to go further and use the Austin-inspired model of finding reports to cast light on the discursive dimension of the dynamics of scientific discovery\, that is\, to consider not only Finding\, but also Acceptance and Knowledge. Specifically\, I distinguish between uptake (Austin 1975)\, construed as the addressee&rsquo\;s recognition of the force of the speaker&rsquo\;s finding report\, and endorsement\, understood as the addressee&rsquo\;s acceptance of the content of the report. My proposal is that the uptake/endorsement contrast corresponds to the difference between what Jan G. Michel labels &lsquo\;Acceptance&rsquo\; and &lsquo\;Knowledge&rsquo\;: Acceptance corresponds to uptake of a finding report\, whereas Knowledge requires endorsement of its content.
Austin\, J. L. (1953/1979). How to Talk &ndash\; Some Simple Ways. Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society\, 53\, 227&ndash\;246\; reprinted in J. L. Austin\, J. O. Urmson (Ed.)\, &\; G. J. Warnock (Ed.)\, Philosophical Papers (3rd ed.\, pp. 134&ndash\;153). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/aristotelian/53.1.227 and https://doi.org/10.1093/019283021X.003.0006
Austin\, J. L. (1975). How to Do Things with Words. 2nd edition\, M. Sbisà\;\, &\; J. O. Urmson (Eds.). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198245537.001.0001
Fiengo\, R. (2017). Austin&rsquo\;s Cube: The Speech Act of Asserting. In F. Moltmann\, and M. Textor (Eds.)\, Act-Based Conceptions of Propositional Content: Contemporary and Historical Perspective (pp. 209-234). Oxford University Press. \;
Fiengo\, R. (2020). Austin on Asserting and Knowing. In S. C. Goldberg (Ed.)\, The Oxford Handbook of Assertion (pp. 643&ndash\;660). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190675233.013.10 \;
Fiengo\, R.\, &\; McClure\, W. (2002). On How To Use -Wa. Journal of East Asian Linguistics\, 11\, 5&ndash\;41. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013772830271
Michel\, Jan G. (2022). Toward a Philosophy of Scientific Discovery. In J. G. Michel (Ed.)\, Making Scientific Discoveries: Interdisciplinary Reflections (pp. 9-53). Brill. https://doi.org/10.30965/9783957437044_003 \;
Sbisà\;\, M. (2024). Austinian Themes: Illocution\, Action\, Knowledge\, Truth\, and Philosophy. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/9780191927096.001.0001 \;
Witek\, M. (2015). Mechanisms of illocutionary games. Language &\; Communicationi\, 42\, 11-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langcom.2015.01.007
Witek\, M.\, An Austinian alternative to the Gricean perspective on meaning and communication. Journal of Pragmaticsi\, 201\, 60-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2022.09.010
Musicians often use the language of finding and discovery. In 1921\, and referring to his new twelve-tone method\, Arnold Schoenberg told his pupil: &ldquo\;Today I have discovered something which will assure the supremacy of German music for the next 100 years&rdquo\;. And Paul McCartney once described waking up with the melody to &ldquo\;Yesterday&rdquo\; fully formed in his head: &ldquo\;I went to the piano and found the chords to it\, made sure I remembered it and then hawked it round to all my friends\, asking what it was... I couldn't have written it because I dreamt it.&rdquo\;
\nYet the idea of finding a musical method\, setting or solution doesn't sit well with the natural thought that\, like works of art in general\, music is created: brought into existence by the musician\, not lying out there to be found or discovered. (Indeed\, this tension animates an old debate in musical ontology between Platonists\, who think musical works are discovered abstract structures\, and anti-Platonists\, who insist works are created entities.) Here I'll explore in greater detail the ways musicians talk and think about musical finding in the hopes of finding a good way to resolve\, or perhaps productively live with\, this tension.
ORGANIZER;CN=Jan G. Michel: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260318T133000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260318T143000 SUMMARY:Finding Neptune UID:20260321T185142Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Heinrich-von-Kleist-Straße 22-28\, Bonn\, Germany\, 53113 DESCRIPTION:Galileo Galilei observed what we now call the planet Neptune in 1612&ndash\;13\, recorded its position\, and took it to be a fixed star. Nearly two centuries later\, William Herschel observed what we now call the planet Uranus and took it to be a comet. Yet Herschel is credited with discovering a new planet\, whereas Galileo is not. Why? Both astronomers saw the relevant object. Both misclassified it. Both documented their observations. What\, then\, makes the difference? We argue that this puzzle reveals a missing conceptual distinction between encounter\, finding\, and discovery. An encounter provides perceptual access to an object. A finding occurs when an encountered element is made a subject of further determination within an ongoing inquiry\, rather than simply being absorbed into an existing classificatory framework. Discovery\, by contrast\, is the public stabilization of such a finding. On this account\, discovery presupposes finding but is not identical with it. By analyzing the Herschel/Galileo contrast and situating it alongside the later theoretical and observational work that led to the recognized discovery of Neptune\, we show how locating finding between perception and discovery clarifies the structure of scientific inquiry and reframes debates in the philosophy of scientific discovery.
ORGANIZER;CN=Jan G. Michel: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260319T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260320T170000 SUMMARY:Global Philosophy of Education Field Launching Conference UID:20260321T185143Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:Europe/Amsterdam LOCATION:Amsterdam\, Netherlands DESCRIPTION:Background
\nThis conference aims to establish the field of Global Philosophy of Education\, understood as a research space and practice where central issues in philosophy of education are defined\, discussed and researched jointly by philosophers working from different cultural and philosophical traditions and perspectives. This entails not the establishment of a global philosophy in the sense of a universal or hegemonic philosophical theory\, but the development of a global practice of philosophy of education. The purpose of doing so (viewed from the perspective of anglophone philosophy of education) is\, firstly\, to diminish anglocentrism\, eurocentrism\, or any form of parochialism in the discipline\, and\, secondly\, to make progress on substantial issues (prevented by such parochialism). What we are proposing is the development of a genuine global practice of philosophy of education aiming at an actual collaborative engagement between the substantive positions developed in different traditions focusing on concrete philosophical problems. Instead of just comparing different traditions\, we need to actually use their theoretical resources in the social practice of doing global philosophy. The conference is part of the project &lsquo\;Expanding Consciousness in Education &ndash\; East\, West\, North and South. Towards a Global Philosophy of Education&rsquo\; (GlobalPhilEd) funded by the Volkswagen Foundation.
\nInvited speakers
\nSubmissions
\nWe invite submissions of abstracts (400-600 words\, plus a short bio) for individual paper presentations on themes related to Global Philosophy of Education. Each presenter will have 45 minutes in total for the presentation\, including the discussion. The presentation should be between 15-25 minutes long in order to leave enough room for the discussion. Papers presented must not have been published prior to the conference. All papers are considered for publication within the first volume of the Yearbook of Global Philosophy of Education\, which will be launched in 2026 and published open access on our project website
\n\nRegistration
\nThe deadline for submissions is the 8th of December 2025. Notifications of acceptance will be sent out by the 15th of December. Please send your submission to: a.zuurmond@vu.nl
\nThe conference is free\, but spaces are limited and registration is required. To register for the conference please contact: eylerd.killmann@tu-dortmund.de
ORGANIZER;CN=Anouk Zuurmond;CN=Anders Schinkel;CN=Johannes Drerup: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260319T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260320T170000 SUMMARY:Idiosyncracy of Thinking: On Alphonso Lingis’s Philosophical Opera UID:20260321T185144Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:Europe/Prague LOCATION: AKC – Academic Conference Centre\, Prague\, Husova 4a\, Praha\, Czech Republic DESCRIPTION:Idiosyncracy of Thinking: On Alphonso Lingis&rsquo\;s Philosophical Opera Host: Institute of Philosophy\, Czech Academy of Sciences\, Prague Organizers: Joff P. N. Bradley (Tokyo)\, Martin Nitsche (Prague) Venue: AKC &ndash\; Academic Conference Centre\, Prague\, Husova 4a Dates: March 19-20\, 2026 We shall address Alphonso Lingis&rsquo\;s philosophical opera and approach it in terms of its uniqueness\, peculiarity\, and irreducible singularity. Lingis&rsquo\;s phenomenological work is genuinely fascinating because\, following Deleuze\, he urges his readers to discover how to speak in their own distinctive manner\, to find a singular and unmistakable voice. What\, then\, does it mean to speak in one&rsquo\;s own name\, and how do we accomplish that\, and how do we find the courage for it? How do we cultivate such a voice? The task of finding one&rsquo\;s voice should\, we believe\, befit a conference devoted to the unique phenomenological philosophy of Alphonso Lingis. We therefore propose a gathering on idiosyncrasy\, the idiosyncrasy of thought\, as we want to compare this to the demoralizing and even disastrous emergence of idiomsynchrony\, which we take to signify a kind of linguistic entropy or exhaustion of idiomatic expression\, brought about by our growing dependence on\, and uncritical enthusiasm for\, artificial intelligence. We are thus interested in critiquing idiomsynchrony\, which we understand as a threat to stylistic and expressive particularity\, largely produced by the linguistic entropy generated by large language models (LLMs). There is\, we believe\, a devastating levelling of expression that we are now witnessing\, and philosophy is uniquely positioned to offer a countervailing way of speaking and doing\, an uncanny and provocative mode of comprehension that resists the idiomatic homogenization produced through the synchronization of styles and utterances of AI calculation. We therefore propose that we treat philosophy itself as an idiom\, a peculiar and inventive mode of expression\, and that we each return to Lingis&rsquo\;s work to consider the unique ways of speaking and writing that we find there. We should each seek out a different temperament\, a different krasis - composition of forces\, affects\, and dispositions - from that idiocrāia we encounter in Ancient Greece thought. Our intention is that we examine Alphonso Lingis&rsquo\;s oeuvre as a pre-individual singularity\, and idiosyncratic practice of philosophy\, a thisness of thought. We should explore the opera of his work\, celebrate its eccentricity and particularity\, and reflect on our own modes of articulation\, to meditate on our own idiosyncrasy\, and to propose new modalities of thought that move against the prevailing tide of linguistic repetition without difference. We welcome your participation and look forward to your contributions. Presentations should not exceed 30 minutes\, Additional Q &\; A are 15 minutes. To submit a presentation proposal send an abstract of 200-300 words by January 15\, 2026 to both emails: nitsche@flu.cas.cz and joff@main.teikyo-u.ac.jp (notification of acceptance will be sent by January 31\, 2026). There is no conference fee. Alas\, organizers cannot assist with accommodations and travel.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260319T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260320T170000 SUMMARY:Idiosyncracy of Thinking: On Alphonso Lingis’s Philosophical Opera UID:20260321T185145Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:Europe/Prague LOCATION: AKC – Academic Conference Centre\, Prague\, Husova 4a\, Praha\, Czech Republic DESCRIPTION:Idiosyncracy of Thinking: On Alphonso Lingis&rsquo\;s Philosophical Opera Host: Institute of Philosophy\, Czech Academy of Sciences\, Prague Organizers: Joff P. N. Bradley (Tokyo)\, Martin Nitsche (Prague) Venue: AKC &ndash\; Academic Conference Centre\, Prague\, Husova 4a Dates: March 19-20\, 2026 We shall address Alphonso Lingis&rsquo\;s philosophical opera and approach it in terms of its uniqueness\, peculiarity\, and irreducible singularity. Lingis&rsquo\;s phenomenological work is genuinely fascinating because\, following Deleuze\, he urges his readers to discover how to speak in their own distinctive manner\, to find a singular and unmistakable voice. What\, then\, does it mean to speak in one&rsquo\;s own name\, and how do we accomplish that\, and how do we find the courage for it? How do we cultivate such a voice? The task of finding one&rsquo\;s voice should\, we believe\, befit a conference devoted to the unique phenomenological philosophy of Alphonso Lingis. We therefore propose a gathering on idiosyncrasy\, the idiosyncrasy of thought\, as we want to compare this to the demoralizing and even disastrous emergence of idiomsynchrony\, which we take to signify a kind of linguistic entropy or exhaustion of idiomatic expression\, brought about by our growing dependence on\, and uncritical enthusiasm for\, artificial intelligence. We are thus interested in critiquing idiomsynchrony\, which we understand as a threat to stylistic and expressive particularity\, largely produced by the linguistic entropy generated by large language models (LLMs). There is\, we believe\, a devastating levelling of expression that we are now witnessing\, and philosophy is uniquely positioned to offer a countervailing way of speaking and doing\, an uncanny and provocative mode of comprehension that resists the idiomatic homogenization produced through the synchronization of styles and utterances of AI calculation. We therefore propose that we treat philosophy itself as an idiom\, a peculiar and inventive mode of expression\, and that we each return to Lingis&rsquo\;s work to consider the unique ways of speaking and writing that we find there. We should each seek out a different temperament\, a different krasis - composition of forces\, affects\, and dispositions - from that idiocrāia we encounter in Ancient Greece thought. Our intention is that we examine Alphonso Lingis&rsquo\;s oeuvre as a pre-individual singularity\, and idiosyncratic practice of philosophy\, a thisness of thought. We should explore the opera of his work\, celebrate its eccentricity and particularity\, and reflect on our own modes of articulation\, to meditate on our own idiosyncrasy\, and to propose new modalities of thought that move against the prevailing tide of linguistic repetition without difference. We welcome your participation and look forward to your contributions. Presentations should not exceed 30 minutes\, Additional Q &\; A are 15 minutes. To submit a presentation proposal send an abstract of 200-300 words by January 15\, 2026 to both emails: nitsche@flu.cas.cz and joff@main.teikyo-u.ac.jp (notification of acceptance will be sent by January 31\, 2026). There is no conference fee. Alas\, organizers cannot assist with accommodations and travel.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260319T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260320T170000 SUMMARY:Idiosyncracy of Thinking: On Alphonso Lingis’s Philosophical Opera UID:20260321T185146Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:Europe/Prague LOCATION: AKC – Academic Conference Centre\, Prague\, Husova 4a\, Praha\, Czech Republic DESCRIPTION:Idiosyncracy of Thinking: On Alphonso Lingis&rsquo\;s Philosophical Opera Host: Institute of Philosophy\, Czech Academy of Sciences\, Prague Organizers: Joff P. N. Bradley (Tokyo)\, Martin Nitsche (Prague) Venue: AKC &ndash\; Academic Conference Centre\, Prague\, Husova 4a Dates: March 19-20\, 2026 We shall address Alphonso Lingis&rsquo\;s philosophical opera and approach it in terms of its uniqueness\, peculiarity\, and irreducible singularity. Lingis&rsquo\;s phenomenological work is genuinely fascinating because\, following Deleuze\, he urges his readers to discover how to speak in their own distinctive manner\, to find a singular and unmistakable voice. What\, then\, does it mean to speak in one&rsquo\;s own name\, and how do we accomplish that\, and how do we find the courage for it? How do we cultivate such a voice? The task of finding one&rsquo\;s voice should\, we believe\, befit a conference devoted to the unique phenomenological philosophy of Alphonso Lingis. We therefore propose a gathering on idiosyncrasy\, the idiosyncrasy of thought\, as we want to compare this to the demoralizing and even disastrous emergence of idiomsynchrony\, which we take to signify a kind of linguistic entropy or exhaustion of idiomatic expression\, brought about by our growing dependence on\, and uncritical enthusiasm for\, artificial intelligence. We are thus interested in critiquing idiomsynchrony\, which we understand as a threat to stylistic and expressive particularity\, largely produced by the linguistic entropy generated by large language models (LLMs). There is\, we believe\, a devastating levelling of expression that we are now witnessing\, and philosophy is uniquely positioned to offer a countervailing way of speaking and doing\, an uncanny and provocative mode of comprehension that resists the idiomatic homogenization produced through the synchronization of styles and utterances of AI calculation. We therefore propose that we treat philosophy itself as an idiom\, a peculiar and inventive mode of expression\, and that we each return to Lingis&rsquo\;s work to consider the unique ways of speaking and writing that we find there. We should each seek out a different temperament\, a different krasis - composition of forces\, affects\, and dispositions - from that idiocrāia we encounter in Ancient Greece thought. Our intention is that we examine Alphonso Lingis&rsquo\;s oeuvre as a pre-individual singularity\, and idiosyncratic practice of philosophy\, a thisness of thought. We should explore the opera of his work\, celebrate its eccentricity and particularity\, and reflect on our own modes of articulation\, to meditate on our own idiosyncrasy\, and to propose new modalities of thought that move against the prevailing tide of linguistic repetition without difference. We welcome your participation and look forward to your contributions. Presentations should not exceed 30 minutes\, Additional Q &\; A are 15 minutes. To submit a presentation proposal send an abstract of 200-300 words by January 15\, 2026 to both emails: nitsche@flu.cas.cz and joff@main.teikyo-u.ac.jp (notification of acceptance will be sent by January 31\, 2026). There is no conference fee. Alas\, organizers cannot assist with accommodations and travel.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260319T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260319T130000 SUMMARY:Arno Simons on Large Language Models for the History\, Philosophy\, and Sociology of Science UID:20260321T185147Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:We argue that HPSS is uniquely positioned not only to benefit from LLMs&rsquo\; capabilities but also to interrogate their epistemic assumptions and infrastructural implications. To this end\, we first offer a concise primer on LLM architectures and training paradigms tailored to non-technical readers. We frame LLMs not as neutral tools but as epistemic infrastructures that encode assumptions about meaning\, context\, and similarity\, conditioned by their training data\, architecture\, and patterns of use. We then examine how computational techniques enhanced by LLMs\, such as structuring data\, detecting patterns\, and modeling dynamic processes\, can be applied to support interpretive research in HPSS.
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Please note that this is an online event. It is open to all interested public. If you wish to participate\, please drop us a line with your name\, affiliation\, and nature of the interest in the talk\, with the subject line "Participation in Seminar Cultural Analytics and Digital Approaches in Philosophy" to Hugo.Viciana[at]gmail.com or Hviciana[at]us.es.
Public philosophy &\; philosophy outreach are experiencing a surge in popularity. However\, many philosophers have little to no formal training in how to do effective publicly engaged philosophy. In this workshop\, I provide a guide for philosophers interested in pursuing publicly engaged philosophy. We will first review a basic theoretical framework for pursuing publicly engaged philosophy\, which draws significantly on learner-centered education. Next\, participants will be guided through the framework&rsquo\;s application to public philosophy\, discussing with others questions aimed toward facilitating the development of the participants&rsquo\; own public philosophy project. Participants will walk away from this workshop with actionable steps to begin their first public engagement endeavor\, expand an existing project\, or integrate into undergraduate courses as assessments.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260319T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260319T200000 SUMMARY:On Pacifism UID:20260321T185149Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Bush House \, London\, United Kingdom\, WC2B 4BG DESCRIPTION:Abstract: In this paper I show that familiar forms of pacifism &ndash\; those that depend on the general immorality of violence\, either on a fundamentally moral basis or an empirical basis\, are false. However\, I also argue that people are sometimes justified in becoming pacifists because of the good effects of becoming a pacifist. That is so even though their pacifist commitments will dispose them to wrongdoing. I then show that pacifists are sometimes excused for their wrongdoing\, but that there are quite stringent conditions for such excuses. Finally\, I argue that pacifists can be admirable for the good deeds that result from their pacifism even though they are disposed to wrongdoing.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260319T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260321T170000 SUMMARY:Machine Logos: Persons\, Language\, and AI UID:20260321T185150Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Chestnut Hill\, United States DESCRIPTION:Humans possess a capacity for what the ancient Greeks called logos &mdash\; speech\, language\, rationality. In the words of the philosopher Charles Taylor\, we are &ldquo\;the language animal.&rdquo\; Recent advances in AI invite us to consider anew the nature and significance of our human form of logos\, and to ask whether and how such a capacity might be instantiated in a machine. Contemporary large language models (LLMs) are amazingly adept with language. How should we think about what these systems are doing with words? Do they possess genuine understanding of themselves or the world? What do they reveal to us about our own abilities for speech and thought? What do they suggest about the connections between life\, agency\, embodiment\, and language? Can we envision machines with their own form of logos? What would those machines be like in their constitution and mode of functioning?
ORGANIZER;CN=Micah Lott: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260320T093000 SUMMARY:Epistemic Trust and Prejudicial Acceptance in Uncooperative Information Environments UID:20260321T185151Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Overview
One lesson of Wittgenstein&rsquo\;s On Certainty is that responsible inquiry requires that we take certain things on trust rather than seeking evidence in their favour\, and yet\, accepting things without evidence can be a manifestation of prejudice. How can we distinguish cases in which accepting something without evidence is demanded of us as responsible epistemic agents from those in which it must be avoided? What steps might we take as an epistemic community to promote responsible inquiry\, given the risks of falling into prejudicial thinking?
These questions have particular urgency in the present social context\, in which real social harm is caused both by unjustified doubts&mdash\;such as climate change denial\, distrust of experts etc. &mdash\;and unjustified acceptances&mdash\;as seen in the phenomenon of online echo chambers\, the proliferation of conspiracy theories etc. \; This project will clarify what it takes to be a responsible inquirer in a world that is so uncooperative\, and where the consequences of lapsing into prejudicial thinking are so harmful.
Some issues to be explored draw on and evaluate hints and insights from On Certainty and views advanced in the extensive literature of what has come to be known as hinge epistemology. What should be included in the range of presuppositions that inquiring rational agents cannot but &lsquo\;take for granted&rsquo\; as background to the responsible formation of belief&mdash\;for example\, propositions about the effectiveness of their own cognitive capacities and the suitability of the circumstances in which they are deployed for the effective function of those capacities. Some of these propositions will admit of independent investigation\, but that of course will rest upon a further set of propositions.
More specific questions to be addressed at the workshop include:
\; * \; \;What are the nature and limits of rationally unavoidable epistemic trust?
\; * \; \;What is the nature of epistemic responsibility?
\; * \; \;What are the conditions for the effective transmission of reliable information?
\; * \; \;What is the significance of &lsquo\;inherited&rsquo\; backgrounds and echo chambers.
\; * \; \;Why are people susceptible to disinformation?
When: 20 March\, 2026. 9am AEDT \;
\nWhere: Zoom (link provided upon signup) \;
\nThe Musicological Society of Australia&rsquo\;s Philosophy of Sound and Music Study \;
\nGroup will hold a special reading group session on Zoom in which Professor Dylan \;
\nRobinson and Professor Fred Moten are in dialogue with each other. Participants \;
\nwill beforehand read texts from both these scholars. Then\, on 20 March\, we will \;
\nmeet to engage in discussion on these texts with both Professor Robinson and \;
\nProfessor Moten in attendance. We are very excited to be able to speak to both \;
\nscholars about their works! \;
\nIf you are interested in joining this session please contact \;
\nvictor_arul@fas.harvard.edu to get access to the Zoom link as well as the reading \;
\nlist. \;
\nThis event is organized by Victor Arul and generously supported by the \;
\nMusicological Society of Australia. \;
\nThanks to Professor Dylan Robinson and Professor Fred Moten for their \;
\nscholarship\, and their time and commitment to this event.
\nMany thanks also to Dr. Maurice Windleburn and Dr. Alistair Macaulay for their \;
\nassistance in organization.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260320T170000 SUMMARY:Formal Metaphysics Workshop 2026 UID:20260321T185153Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:University of London \, London\, United Kingdom\, WC1E 7HU DESCRIPTION:This is the second in a projected series of workshops on formal methods in metaphysics\, and other related fields. The goal is to provide a forum where the community working in this area can exchange ideas and get to know one another.
ORGANIZER;CN=Myrto Chomatianou: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260320T103000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260320T170000 SUMMARY:Formal Metaphysics Workshop 2026 UID:20260321T185154Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Senate House\, Malet Street\, London\, United Kingdom\, WC1E 7HU DESCRIPTION:This is the second in a projected series of workshops on formal methods in metaphysics\, and other related fields. The goal is to provide a forum where the community working in this area can exchange ideas and get to know one another.
\n1100-1105: Introductory remarks/welcome
\n1105-1220: Mark Jago: Metaphysical Structure and Bilattices
\n1220-1330: lunch (provided)
\n1330-1445: Jessica Leech: \;Generality and existential import in all its subtlety
\n1445-1510: break
\n1510-1625: Christopher Masterman: \;Composition\, Relations\, and Classical Mereology
\n1625-1645: break
\n1645-1800: Ofra Magidor: \;How to be (or not to be) a B-theorist
\nUpdates to the schedule will be posted here as they become available.
\nRegistration is required. If you would like participate\, please register here: \;https://philosophy.sas.ac.uk/news-events/events/formal-metaphysics-workshop-2026
\nIf you would like to come for dinner (at your own expense) after the workshop\, please email Peter Fritz (p.fritz@ucl.ac.uk).
\nThe workshop is organised by Andreas Ditter\, \;Peter \;Fritz\, and Nicholas K Jones.
\nLocation: \;the Woburn Suite G22/26 on the ground floor of Senate House\, \;University of London.
\nInformation about the first workshop in this series can be found here: \;https://philevents.org/event/show/131258
ORGANIZER;CN=Nicholas K. Jones;CN=Peter Fritz;CN=Andreas Ditter: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T170000 SUMMARY:19th Annual Graduate Student Philosophy Conference UID:20260321T185155Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:America/Detroit LOCATION:Kalamazoo\, United States DESCRIPTION:On March 20-21\, 2026\, the Western Michigan University Graduate Student Association of Philosophers (GSAP) will host its 19th Annual Graduate Student Philosophy Conference. The conference will be fully in-person\, and will have a (very) broad theme on the philosophy of science\, which will include (but not be limited to) the following areas: history and philosophy of science\, philosophy of physics and cosmology\, cognitive science\, philosophy of medicine/bioethics\, scientific metaphysics\, epistemology of science\, and decision theory. In general\, we will not be picky with topics insofar as they are somewhere close to the broad theme. \;
\nWe are excited to be joined by Robert DiSalle of the University of Western Ontario and Robyn Bluhm of Michigan State University as our two keynote speakers. We are also happy to be joined by our WMU alumnus speaker\, Jared Hanson-Park of Texas A&\;M University\, who graduated from our program in 2017 and subsequently received their PhD in philosophy from the University of Miami in 2022. \;
\nBreakfast\, lunch\, and dinner will be provided during the conference. \;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260320T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260320T150000 SUMMARY:Online Bayle Seminar 2026: Education and Pedagogy in the philosopher of Rotterdam UID:20260321T185156Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The \;Online Bayle Seminar \;is a study and research group devoted to the figure of Pierre Bayle. In the very spirit of the &ldquo\;Republic of Letters&rdquo\; so dear to Bayle\, it seeks to be both international and interdisciplinary\, and aims&mdash\;thanks to the possibilities offered by online communication&mdash\;to overcome the divisions between schools and approaches that have sometimes characterized Bayle scholarship. Founded in 2025\, the seminar hosted in its first year a series of talks on various themes in Bayle\, such as atheism\, tolerance\, and the \;Dictionary. It thus provided an opportunity to discover the most recent research on Bayle carried out in Europe as well as in the Americas and Asia.
\nFor this second year\, we have chosen to develop the seminar&rsquo\;s format around a concrete theme through which Bayle&rsquo\;s work and thought&mdash\;and the context in which he evolved&mdash\;will be analyzed. The objective of this new format is to examine the production of the philosopher of Rotterdam in a more systematic way. Sessions will alternate between reading workshops devoted to the study of selected passages circulated beforehand\, and talks on specific topics. The theme for this second year is \;&ldquo\;Education and Pedagogy in Bayle.&rdquo\; \;The seminar will begin in 2026.
\nWhether from a biographical or a philosophical perspective\, the question touches closely upon Bayle&rsquo\;s life and writings. As a child\, Bayle himself suffered from an irregular schooling\, which he recalls in his correspondence and from which he draws lessons in the advice he gives to his brother Joseph. Later\, Bayle served as a teacher for almost his entire adult life. As is well known\, he first worked as a tutor\, in Coppet and Rouen\, and then as a professor at Sedan and Rotterdam. His philosophy courses\, included among the \;Miscellaneous Works\, are well known. His work as a writer and philosopher is marked by questions of education. The prefaces and forewords of his works not only provide information on the author&rsquo\;s status and his relationship to an ideal reader\; they also contain pedagogical reflections that fit more broadly within the theme of education. Likewise\, the project of a \;Journal of the Republic of Letters\, based on reviewing recent publications\, not only demonstrates an interest in erudition but also affirms the possibility of a learned public and the importance of its education. One should not forget the Reformed context in which Bayle pursued his schooling and his teaching: can one detect confessional markers in his reflections on education?
\nOn a political and theological level\, royal legislation concerning the children of the Huguenots raised the issue of the right to educate one&rsquo\;s children according to one&rsquo\;s own religious convictions. Religious controversy during the revocation of the Edict of Nantes also raises the question of the purpose and means of education: should one not &ldquo\;instruct&rdquo\; erring consciences rather than persecute them? At what point can one judge that the other has been sufficiently taught and that his error stems from culpable obstinacy? Can religious truth be taught in the same way to all minds? This question of &ldquo\;pedagogical differentiation&rdquo\; must be correlated in Bayle with his moral anthropology&mdash\;namely\, attention to the place and role of temperament and passions in the psychic and intellectual life of the individual. And this is directly linked to the &ldquo\;prejudices of childhood and education\,&rdquo\; where Bayle explicitly equates childhood and education with those factors that hinder the formation and exercise of a critical mind. Although the secondary literature has at times examined these issues in Bayle\, the question of education as such has been little studied in his work.
\nProgramme:
\nFriday 20 February\, 2:00 pm: Andy Serin (EPHE-PSL and Paris 1 University): \;&ldquo\;Text analysis: education and tolerance in the Supplement to the Philosophical Commentary&rdquo\;
\nFriday 20 March\, 2:00 pm: Isabelle Moreau (ENS de Lyon): \;&ldquo\;Bayle: education and religious identity&rdquo\;
\nFriday 24 April\, 2:00 pm: Ana Carmona (University of Geneva): \;&ldquo\;Text analysis: the power of prejudices&rdquo\;
\nFriday 22 May\, 2:00 pm: Chiara Musolino (Paris 1 University): \;&ldquo\;How to read philosophy? The pedagogy of doubt at work in Pierre Bayle&rdquo\;
\nPractical information:
\nThe sessions will take place online on Fridays at 2:00 pm (French time). The language used is French\, but it is possible to participate in English. The videoconference link and the texts can be obtained by sending an email to bayle.seminar@hotmail.com.
ORGANIZER;CN=Andy Serin;CN=Ana Alicia Carmona Aliaga: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260320T150000 SUMMARY:Relationships and Mental Health\, PHaR/BNPMH 2026 conference UID:20260321T185157Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:The Exchange\, Birmingham\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:We are excited to announce a collaborative\, one-day conference event\, in Birmingham UK\, co-hosted by the Phenomenology of Health and Relationships (PHaR) group at Aston University and the Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health group at University of Birmingham.
\nRelationships and Mental Health
The Exchange\, Birmingham
Tuesday 12th May\, 2026 \;
Submissions
\nWe would like to invite proposals at this time and welcome proposals for papers\, symposia\, discussions\, workshops or other academic activities which draw upon phenomenological concepts or experiential methods\, and which engage with mental health and relationships\, or the process of understanding their experience and meaning.
\nAs always\, we are interested to hear about works-in-progress and to host discussions about methodological and conceptual innovations\, dilemmas and challenges. Contributions can include conceptual\, methodological or applied work. We look forward to hosting speakers from a variety of backgrounds including philosophy\, psychology\, social science\, lived experience\, and healthcare. Submissions from early career researchers are welcome.
\nProposals should be submitted by email to \;phar-aston@outlook.com \;by Friday 20th March 2026. Decisions will be announced by the end of March.
\nWe do not propose to have a poster session. We are keen to support creative approaches to presentation\, engagement and discussion. If you have an idea for a format which is unusual\, or which may require a specific configuration of space\, please contact us to discuss it\, on the email address above. If you&rsquo\;re searching for inspiration\, the Liberating Structures website (click on the boxes at \;www.liberatingstructures.com/ls/ \;to explore) has lots of interesting ideas.
\nFormat for individual submissions
\nPlease write &lsquo\;2026 Submission&rsquo\; in the subject header of your email.
\nPlease attach a Word document containing an abstract and title for your proposed contribution\, and your preferred format.
\nPlease email it to \;phar-aston@outlook.com \;by Friday 20th March 2026.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260320T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260320T170000 SUMMARY:What (Feminist) Philosophy offers Public Engagement (with Science) UID:20260321T185158Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:America/Toronto LOCATION:1151 Richmond Street\, London\, Canada DESCRIPTION:Engaging with the public about science is a complex matter. The &lsquo\;deficit model&rsquo\; for public scientific communication has lost favor\; scientists and educators cannot simply communicate more scientific facts in order to improve public understanding of scientific issues. Instead of one-directional dissemination\, new models that focus on intentional\, bidirectional engagement are needed. In this talk\, I propose to address the need for new models of public engagement with science through the lens of philosophy of science\, and consider the question\, &ldquo\;What (if anything) might philosophy offer such public engagement efforts?". Drawing on Jacquart &\; Dunlap (2025)\, I first distinguish three ways in which the relationship between philosophy and public engagement could be understood: subject of study\, informed by\, and doing. I will then argue that the discipline of philosophy can contribute to new models of public engagement with science through (a) our content (such as insights relevant to scientific methodology\, the roles of values in science\, and objectivity) and (b) our specific skills (such as &ldquo\;Diagnosis and Prescription&rdquo\;\, as well as skills related to dialogue &\; discourse). By the end of this talk\, I hope to have shown how a more fruitful public engagement with science model has deep roots in what has been advocated for by feminist philosophy of science. Though this talk will focus discussion and examples on public engagement with science\, much of what is said during this talk can apply to public engagement by philosophers more broadly. \;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260320T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260320T173000 SUMMARY:Grünbaum Memorial Lecture - Wayne C. Myrvold - “No only to anti-realism”: Some skeptical thoughts on scientific realism UID:20260321T185159Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION: University of Pittsburgh\, 4200 Fifth Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, United States\, 15260 DESCRIPTION:The Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh invites you to join us for our 66th Annual Lecture Series Talk. \;Attend in person in room 1008 in the Cathedral of Learning (10th Floor) \; or visit our live stream on YouTube at \;https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg.
\nThe Annual Lecture Series\, the Center&rsquo\;s oldest program\, was established in 1960\, the year when Adolf Grü\;nbaum founded the Center. Each year the series consists of six to eight lectures\, about three quarters of which are given by philosophers\, historians\, and scientists from other universities.
\n\nALS &ndash\; \;Wayne C. Myrvold (The University of Western Ontario)
\n\nFriday\, March 20th @ 3:30 pm \;- \;5:30pm \;EDT
\n1008 Cathedral of Learning \;
\n\nTitle: \; &ldquo\;No only to anti-realism&rdquo\;: Some skeptical thoughts on scientific realism
\n\nAbstract: \;
\nDebates about scientific realism and anti-realism have been a prominent part of the landscape of philosophy of science for the past few decades\, which have seen a proliferation scientific realisms and anti-realisms. Nearly 40 years ago Howard Stein\, from whom I borrow my title\, added a skeptical voice to these discussions\, arguing that the issue between scientific realists and its opponents had not been clearly drawn. This talk takes up that skeptical thread. I will argue\, first\, for the modest conclusion that we should believe whatever we have sufficiently good evidence for. As this includes the existence of some things (including atoms) that are not directly observable\, this modest conclusion involves rejection of any form of anti-realism that involves a prohibition against accepting the existence of unobservable entities. A mere absence of a prohibition\, however\, hardly deserves to be elevated into a philosophical position\, hence I don&rsquo\;t consider my view to be adding to the menagerie of versions of &ldquo\;scientific realism.&rdquo\; I doubt that there is any defensible position worthy of that name.
\nCan&rsquo\;t make it in-person? This talk will available online through the following:
\n\;Zoom: \; https://pitt.zoom.us/j/96512686758 \; \;and \;
\nYouTube at \;https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg.
\n\nAdolf Grü\;nbaum Memorial Lecture
\nAdolf Grü\;nbaum was the first Andrew Mellon Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh from 1960\, when he was hired away from Lehigh\, until his death in November 2018. He was the world preeminent philosopher of physics of his generation\, and he was instrumental in building philosophy and philosophy of science at Pitt. Among other things\, Adolf founded the Center for Philosophy of Science in 1960\, and remained its director until 1978. Adolf also inaugurated the Annual Lecture Series in 1961\, and so this is the 66th occurrence of this lecture series.
\nHis works include very important books such as Philosophical Problems of Space and Time (1963) and The Foundations of Psychoanalysis (1984). In honor and memory of his legacy of prolific and profound contributions to the field of philosophy\, the Center has established an annual Adolf Grü\;nbaum Memorial Lecture thanks to a gift from his daughter Barbara Grü\;nbaum and her family. We are extremely grateful for this gift. We are delighted that this year the Adolf Grü\;nbaum memorial lecture will be given by Professor Wayne Myrvold. To learn more about past speakers\, use the link here: \;https://www.centerphilsci.pitt.edu/events-and-more/annual-lecture-series/grunbaum-memorial-lecture/
\n\nA reception with light refreshments will follow in The Center on the 11th floor from 5-6pm.
ORGANIZER;CN=Edouard Machery: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260320T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260321T170000 SUMMARY:Gordon H Clark Symposium at Covenant College UID:20260321T185200Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:14049 Scenic Hwy\, Lookout Mountain\, United States\, 30750 DESCRIPTION:This event welcomes both graduate and undergraduate submissions. Cash prizes will be awarded to the strongest undergraduate essay\, the strongest graduate essay\, and the best essay overall. A portion of the spots on the program may be filled by presentations made remotely. Any topic of interest to Christian philosophers will be considered for inclusion on the program. Presenters are not required to have Christian convictions or commitments.
ORGANIZER;CN=William Davis: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260320T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260320T234500 SUMMARY:Climate Change and Animal Ethics UID:20260321T185201Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:Europe/Zurich LOCATION:Chemin de Musée 4\, Fribourg\, Switzerland\, 1700 DESCRIPTION:We invite junior and senior researchers working on topics related to \;Climate Change and Animal Ethics \;to submit an abstract for presentation at the workshop.
\n\nSubmission Guidelines
\nPlease submit your abstract by completing the online form available on the following website: \;https://www.unifr.ch/env/de/info/workshop-climate-change-and-animal-ethics.html
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260320T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260320T234500 SUMMARY:The Self in the Social World UID:20260321T185202Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Heidelberg\, Germany DESCRIPTION:Confirmed speakers: \; \;
\nThis conference explores how the self is shaped\, experienced\, and transformed within the social worlds we inhabit. Human selfhood does not arise in isolation\; it unfolds within networks of interpersonal relations\, cultural and institutional settings\, technological infrastructures\, and shifting ecological and political conditions. As these worlds evolve\, so too do the experiential dynamics through which individuals make sense of themselves\, others\, and their place in a shared reality. \;
\nA more specific yet central form of social sense-making consists in individuals&rsquo\; striving to find a place in the social world that bestows a sense of belonging\, meaning\, and fulfilment. However\, finding such a place is not something we can simply take for granted. Social environments must have certain features for individuals to be able to make them their home\, just as bodily\, affective\, and cognitive aspects of individuals precondition \;whether they may benefit from the interactions within the communities they navigate. The fit between various features of environments and individuals is notoriously precarious. \;
\nA central aim of the conference is to investigate the lived experience of the self in its dynamic embeddedness in the social world. We invite contributions that examine how subjectivity is informed through concrete interactions\, practices\, and environments\, as well as how changing societal and technological developments influence affective\, cognitive\, embodied\, and existential dimensions of experience. A particular focus lies on how the study of psychopathology can help elucidate the central importance of interpersonal encounters and structural determinants of the lifeworld for the self. \;
\nWe welcome submissions from various disciplines and theoretical angles: \;
\n\;e.g.\, phenomenology\, psychiatry\, philosophy of mind\, social philosophy\, philosophy of psychiatry\, cognitive sciences\, 4E cognition\, clinical and social psychology\, social sciences\,
\n\;and which employ different methodological approaches:
\n\;e.g.\, conceptual analysis\, phenomenological analysis\, qualitative and experiential research\, clinical observation\, interdisciplinary case studies.
\nWe encourage contributions addressing questions such as: \; \;
\nPlease send anonymized abstracts of no more than 300 words and suitable for a 30 minutes presentation slot (20 minutes for the talk\, 10 minutes for the Q&\;A) to abstract.for.socialself2026@gmail.com \;by 20 March 2026 (extended submission deadline). We will announce the selected presentations by 30 April 2026. \;
\nFor further information\, please see: \;Conference homepage
ORGANIZER;CN=Thomas Fuchs;CN=Hannes Gustav Melichar;CN="Niklas Noe-Steinmüller";CN=Philipp Schmidt-Boddy;CN=Daniel Vespermann: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20260321T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20260322T170000 SUMMARY:4E Cognition and Marketing UID:20260321T185203Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:Europe/Bucharest LOCATION:Splaiul Independentei nr. 204\, Bucharest\, Romania DESCRIPTION:The "4E Cognition and Marketing" \;conference is organised by the Doctoral School of Philosophy\, Faculty of Philosophy\, University of Bucharest and CELFIS\, with the help of students from the Cognitive Science BA Programme\,Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences\, \;University of Bucharest. It \;aims to bring together students and researchers in philosophy of mind\, cognitive science\, marketing and advertising in order to explore the way in which advances in 4E cognition (embodied\, embedded\, enacted\, and extended) bear on marketing/advertising practices and how cognitive scientists can gain insight from marketer&rsquo\;s data about user experiences (about attention\, perception\, decision making\, cognitive biases\, cognitive load).
\nThe conference will take place \;20-22 March 2026\, between 10 AM- 6 PM\, local time for Bucharest\, Romania. Regular presentations will be 20 minutes long\, followed by 10 minutes long Q&\;A.
\nIt will have a \;mixed format\, in that speakers may choose whether they present online only or face to face at the event's location (if so\, their session will enjoy a live audience\, but it will also be streamed to remote participants).
\nTopic areas:
\nThe William &\; Mary Philosophy Club announces its \;16th annual Undergraduate Philosophy Conference\, to be held in Williamsburg\, Virginia \;on the William &\; Mary campus on Saturday March 21\, 2026.
\nJoining us as keynote speaker is \;Professor Wesley Buckwalter \;of George Mason University\, author of \;many influential papers in experimental philosophy\, epistemology\, cognitive science and moral psychology.
\nSubmitted papers of 2000-3000 words are due by January 1\, 2026. More submission details are available on the Call for Papers page.
\nThe conference is organized by the William &\; Mary Philosophy Club\, advised by William D'Alessandro.
ORGANIZER;CN=William D'Alessandro: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260322T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260322T160000 SUMMARY:AAPT One-Day Workshop on Teaching and Learning in Philosophy UID:20260321T185205Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:Irvine\, United States DESCRIPTION:AAPT One-Day Workshop on Teaching and Learning in Philosophy
\nLocation: \;University of California\, Irvine
\nDate: \;April 18\, 2026
\nSeminar Facilitators: \; \; \; \; \; \; \;
\nDescription
\nParticipants will read some of the best literature regarding how learning happens\, how to design maximally effective courses\, and how to improve classroom practice with a special emphasis on inclusive pedagogy. The goal is not primarily to provide tips\, although we will provide some. Rather\, the workshop is designed to enhance participants&rsquo\; ability to make highly effective pedagogical choices that enable all students to flourish. The interactive sessions provide opportunities for participants to reflect with colleagues on how to individualize evidence-based best teaching practices to their own idiosyncratic teaching contexts and their own understanding about what matters most for inclusive pedagogy. Participants will learn how to identify and select challenging\, transformative\, and inclusive learning objectives and how to design and assess sequences of learning activities to make the achievement of those goals highly likely. The friendships and collegial relationships begun here can last a lifetime.
\nComments from Past Participants
\n&ldquo\;It is a game changer&rdquo\;
\n&ldquo\;The seminar shifted and honed the way I think about and practice teaching in substantial ways&rdquo\;
\n&ldquo\;Inspiring\, fascinating\, and incredibly helpful&rdquo\; \; \; \; \;
\n&ldquo\;There wasn't a minute wasted in the workshop&rdquo\;
\n&ldquo\;A must for anyone who cares about students&rdquo\; \; \; \; \; \; \;
\n&ldquo\;An intensive boot-camp for learner-centered education&rdquo\;
\n&ldquo\;Not at all like the typical (mostly useless) &lsquo\;teaching orientation&rsquo\; that most graduate students get&rdquo\;
\nEligibility &\; Fees
\nThere is no charge for members of the American Association of Philosophy Teachers. Only members may attend. Student membership is $25 and regular membership is $25-$90\, and also applies to our bi-annual conference in July 2026. To join the AAPT at the same time you apply to participate in this workshop\, go to: \;http://www.pdcnet.org/aapt/American-Association-of-Philosophy-Teachers-(AAPT)
\nApplication Information
\nTo apply\, please email the following two items to lead facilitator Carissa Phillips-Garrett at \;Carissa.Phillips-Garrett@lmu.edu \;with the Subject "AAPT 2026 Workshop Application":
\nContact Information
\nhttps://philosophyteachers.org/teaching-learning-seminars-workshops/
ORGANIZER;CN=Carissa Phillips-Garrett: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260322T230000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260322T230000 SUMMARY:Modern Language Association Convention UID:20260321T185206Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:Los Angeles\, United States DESCRIPTION:Disability in Academia Across the Career Trajectory\n\n \;\nRoundtable reflecting on impacts of disabilities on work life in graduate school\, pre-tenure\, post-tenure\, among contingent faculty\, and in leadership positions. Please send CV and 300-word abstract for 8- to 10-minute contributions to: Cassandra.falke@uit.no\nDeadline for submissions: \;Sunday\, March 22\, 2026
\nCassandra Falke\, \;UiT Norges arktiske universitet \;(cassandra.falke@uit.no \;)\n ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260323T163000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260323T183000 SUMMARY:Democratic Futures and Artificial Intelligence UID:20260321T185207Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Senate House\, London\, United Kingdom\, WC1E 7HU DESCRIPTION:Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming how citizens access information\, how institutions make decisions\, and how democratic societies govern themselves. These technologies could open new avenues for participation\, deliberation\, and public reasoning\, while also amplifying risks such as misinformation\, manipulation\, and the erosion of human agency. These developments raise pressing questions. Can AI enhance democratic agency rather than undermine it? What safeguards are needed to preserve trust\, accountability\, and transparency? And how should democratic societies shape the development and use of these systems rather than simply react to them? Bringing together four speakers\, this event explores both the opportunities and dangers AI presents for democratic life\, from tools that support informed civic engagement to systems that may reshape authority\, decision-making\, and the relationship between citizens and the state.
ORGANIZER;CN=Myrto Chomatianou;CN=Elise Woodard;CN=Michael Hannon: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260324T123000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260324T143000 SUMMARY:Moving Beyond Stigma and Blame: A Phenomenology of Desire and Choice in Suicidal Ideation in Depressed Patients UID:20260321T185208Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:Australia/Melbourne LOCATION:221 Burwood Highway\, Melbourne\, Australia\, 3125 DESCRIPTION:Deakin Philosophy Seminar Series\n \;\nDr Danica Janse van Vuuren (Deakin)\, "Moving Beyond Stigma and Blame: A Phenomenology of Desire and Choice in Suicidal Ideation in Depressed Patients"\n \;\nWhen patients with major depressive disorder \; \;(MDD) convey feeling suicidal\, many are met with stigma and blame from their treating physician. It is asserted by some treating physicians that (1) such patients have a selfish desire to die\, such as to end their own pain at the devastating expense of those their suicide would impact\; and (2) that such patients are ultimately in control of whether they choose to act on their suicidal ideation (SI). Through an evaluation of disruptions in temporality\, agency\, and conative drive via what Thomas Fuchs (2012) terms existential feelings of illbeing\, I show phenomenologically that such patients often inhabit a very different state of being compared to that of their treating physician and those who are otherwise not suicidally depressed. I maintain that such patients do not usually want to die\, but instead\, feel that they &lsquo\;have&rsquo\; to die and feel incapable of choosing not to end their life. I \; \;finally provide the start of a phenomenological account on how to more coherently\, effectively\, and thus justly address such patients.\n \;\nBIO: \;Danica Janse van Vuuren holds a PhD from Deakin University. Her publications include work in the overlap between existential phenomenology and psychiatry on feelings of worthlessness in suicidal depression and addressing the problem of suicide in depression and incoherent forms of stigma towards such patients. Her further areas of focus include bioethics and subjectivity.\n \;\nWhen: Tuesday 24th \;March 12:30pm-2pm (AEDST)\nIn-person: C2.05 Burwood Campus\, 221 Burwood Highway\, Burwood VIC 3125
\nOnline: \;https://deakin.zoom.us/j/86789488516?pwd=hiwAsIxc2gZbZrPOYYQSnejInPGx26.1&\;from=addon
ORGANIZER;CN=Patrick Stokes: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260324T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260325T170000 SUMMARY: Interrogating Climate Apartheid: Law\, Economy and Culture UID:20260321T185209Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Durham\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:This two-day conference provides an interdisciplinary platform for academic and non-academicstakeholders to interrogate the concept of climate apartheid. It will be focused on\, but not limited to\, putting the realms of law\, economy\, and culture into dialogue around a set of questions that pertain to the term or concept: \; \;
\n\n\n\n\n\nThis conference welcomes contributions from academics from all disciplines with an interest in addressing these and other questions relating to climate apartheid. Whilebbroadly organized around theconceptual pillars of law\, economy and culture\,the conference is open to all disciplinary\, methodological and theoretical orientations.
\n\n ORGANIZER;CN=Simona Capisani: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260324T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260324T130000 SUMMARY: Laurenz Casser - Hot to the Touch and Chilled to the Bone UID:20260321T185210Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION: University of Pittsburgh\, 4200 Fifth Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, United States\, 15260 DESCRIPTION:The Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh invites you to join us for our Lunch Time Talk. \;Attend in person at 1117 Cathedral of Learning or visit our live stream on YouTube at \;https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg.
\nLunch Time Talk: \; \;Laurenz Casser
\nTuesday\, March 24th @ 12:00 pm \;- \;1:30 pm \;EST
\nTitle: \; \;Hot to the Touch and Chilled to the Bone
\nAbstract:
\nIn 1896\, the Swedish physiologist Torsten Thunberg reported a curious discovery: when he touched a grid of alternating warm and cold brass pipes\, the sensations of warmth and cold on his hand somehow &lsquo\;fused together&rsquo\; into a &lsquo\;special sensation of heat&rsquo\; &mdash\; a sensation that many experimental subjects since then have described as painful. Since the 1990s\, this so-called &lsquo\;thermal grill illusion&rsquo\; (TGI) has become the conventional method of investigating &lsquo\;illusory pain&rsquo\;\, and is said to hold important insights for our understanding of the bodily senses and clinical pain pathologies. However\, what exactly these insights are meant to be remains largely unclear: indeed\, after more than a century of scientific interest in Thunberg&rsquo\;s discovery\, the sensory fusion he described is about as puzzling as ever. In this talk\, I aim to articulate why the thermal grill illusion is a puzzle worth caring about\, why it has been so difficult to solve\, and what\, if anything\, we can learn from putting our hand on a grill.
\nThis talk will be available online:
\nZoom: \;https://pitt.zoom.us/j/99040150880
\n
YouTube: \;https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg
We are excited to share this upcoming interdisciplinary workshop on AI\, social platforms and democracy \;that we are organizing in Prague at the Center for Environmental and Technology Ethics (CETE-P). \;
\nThe problem of social media platforms and AI for democracy is rather well-known today\, with various books dedicated to this topic specifically (e.g. Coeckelbergh\, 2024\; Di Nucci\, 2021\; Smuha\, 2024\; Zuboff\, 2019). Among the greatest challenges are the erosion of trusted information environments\, as more and more people rely on social media platforms to receive news. Many scholars speak of an 'information disorder' online\, characterised by different forms of false or misleading information\, which can be clustered into misinformation and disinformation. Polarisation online is widespread and influences political discourse and societies at large. Further\, various actors aim to influence user behaviour on- and offline through targeted content recommendation\, using different techniques to exert influence. The Cambridge Analytica scandal of 2016 has been eye-opening for the public on the challenge that social media platforms pose for democracy. \;
\nThere has also been a policy response to this by the European Union\, including\, for example\, the General Data Protection Regulation (2016)\, the Digital Services Act (2022) and the AI Act (2024). At the same time\, academic research is often siloed\, fragmented and limited in its capacity to inform ethical policy development. Therefore\, presenters will have had a policy brief training with Daniel Cassidy of the Centre for European Policy Studies the previous day to acquire the necessary skills for effective policy communication. \;
\nThis academic workshop\, co-organized by Paula Gü\;rtler\, John Dorsch\, and Tuğba Yoldaş from the Centre for Environmental and Technology Ethics-Prague\, brings together a community of researchers from different disciplinary backgrounds to investigate the impact of social media platforms and AI on democracy and develop concrete policy recommendations to counteract the negative impact. We aim to identify additional pathways for action and instruments to address the issues. \;
\nThe questions that motivate this workshop are: \;
\nEach talk lasts 30 minutes and is followed by a 15 minutes discussion of the policy proposal put forth by the presenter. The workshop program is as follows:
\n9.30-10.00 Arrival
\n10.00-10.45 "AI and Online Manipulation: Preserving Epistemic Agency" - John Dorsch &\; Tuğba Yoldaş\, Postdoctoral Researchers at CETE-P
\n10.45-11.30 "AI &\; Democracy: Elements\, Risks and EU Digital Laws" - Matú\;&scaron\; Mesarčí\;k\, Ethics and Law Specialist at KInIT
\n11.30-11.45 Coffee break \;
\n11.45-12.30 "AI social integration and informational harms" - Andrew McIntyre\, Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Amsterdam
\n12.30-13.45 Lunch \;
\n13.45-14.30 "Leveraging Algorithmic Auditing of Social Media Recommenders" - Jakub &Scaron\;imko\, Lead and Researcher at KInIT
\n14.30-15.15 "Title tbd" Jacqueline Bellon\, Doctoral Researcher at University of Tü\;bingen
\n15.15-15.30 Coffee break \;
\n15.30-16.15 tbd \;
\n16.15-17.15 Joint Discussion: Toward Policy Options \;
\n17.15-17.30 Closing
\nThe goal of the workshop is to develop an actionable proposal on how to strengthen democracy vis-à\;-vis new technologies. This requires interdisciplinary exchange between philosophy\, political and social sciences\, media studies\, computer science\, and legal studies. This workshop offers opportunities for the public to participate. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=John Dorsch;CN="Tuğba Yoldaş": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20260326T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20260326T100000 SUMMARY:Empiricism and Associationism UID:20260321T185212Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:America/Indiana/Indianapolis LOCATION:100 N University St\, West Lafayette\, United States\, 47907 DESCRIPTION:The \;Association \;Association \;is a group of philosophers working on the history and current applications of \;associationist ideas about the nature of the mind\, including the range of conceptual abilities\, the structure of inference\, and appropriate standards of rationality. The third meeting of the \;Association \;Association \;will be held at Purdue University on March 26th and 27th 2026. Cameron Buckner (University of Florida)\, Tamas Demeter (Corvinus University of Budapest)\, Talia Morag (Australian Catholic University)\, Mike Dacey (Bates College)\, Michael Jacovides (Purdue University)\, Trip Glazer (University of Dayton)\, and Tyler Delmore (York University) are expected to give research presentations.
\nWe welcome submissions from faculty and graduate students\, on thematically-relevant historical figures or current topics in psychology and artificial intelligence (1000 word abstracts or 3000 word \;papers\, with a slight preference \;for \;papers). Please submit your paper via email to the organizers jglavin@purdue.edu and jacovides@purdue.edu with the subject line "Association Association Submission" \;by December 15th. Accommodations will be provided for speakers and some support for travel may be available. Please indicate in your submission whether you would like to be considered \;for \;a travel bursary.
ORGANIZER;CN=Javier Gomez-Lavin;CN=Michael Jacovides: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260326T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260327T170000 SUMMARY:Virtue & Vice UID:20260321T185213Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:America/Detroit LOCATION:101 S Debardeleben St\, Auburn\, United States\, 36830 ORGANIZER;CN=Kelly Jolley: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20260326T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20260326T110000 SUMMARY:Empiricism in the History of the Psychology of Emotion UID:20260321T185214Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:America/Indiana/Indianapolis LOCATION:100 N University St\, West Lafayette\, United States\, 47907 DESCRIPTION:The \;Association \;Association \;is a group of philosophers working on the history and current applications of \;associationist ideas about the nature of the mind\, including the range of conceptual abilities\, the structure of inference\, and appropriate standards of rationality. The third meeting of the \;Association \;Association \;will be held at Purdue University on March 26th and 27th 2026. Cameron Buckner (University of Florida)\, Tamas Demeter (Corvinus University of Budapest)\, Talia Morag (Australian Catholic University)\, Mike Dacey (Bates College)\, Michael Jacovides (Purdue University)\, Trip Glazer (University of Dayton)\, and Tyler Delmore (York University) are expected to give research presentations.
\nWe welcome submissions from faculty and graduate students\, on thematically-relevant historical figures or current topics in psychology and artificial intelligence (1000 word abstracts or 3000 word \;papers\, with a slight preference \;for \;papers). Please submit your paper via email to the organizers jglavin@purdue.edu and jacovides@purdue.edu with the subject line "Association Association Submission" \;by December 15th. Accommodations will be provided for speakers and some support for travel may be available. Please indicate in your submission whether you would like to be considered \;for \;a travel bursary.
ORGANIZER;CN=Javier Gomez-Lavin;CN=Michael Jacovides: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20260326T114500 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20260326T121500 SUMMARY:Vacuum and Illusion in Hume UID:20260321T185215Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:America/Indiana/Indianapolis LOCATION:100 N University St\, West Lafayette\, United States\, 47907 DESCRIPTION:The \;Association \;Association \;is a group of philosophers working on the history and current applications of \;associationist ideas about the nature of the mind\, including the range of conceptual abilities\, the structure of inference\, and appropriate standards of rationality. The third meeting of the \;Association \;Association \;will be held at Purdue University on March 26th and 27th 2026. Cameron Buckner (University of Florida)\, Tamas Demeter (Corvinus University of Budapest)\, Talia Morag (Australian Catholic University)\, Mike Dacey (Bates College)\, Michael Jacovides (Purdue University)\, Trip Glazer (University of Dayton)\, and Tyler Delmore (York University) are expected to give research presentations.
\nWe welcome submissions from faculty and graduate students\, on thematically-relevant historical figures or current topics in psychology and artificial intelligence (1000 word abstracts or 3000 word \;papers\, with a slight preference \;for \;papers). Please submit your paper via email to the organizers jglavin@purdue.edu and jacovides@purdue.edu with the subject line "Association Association Submission" \;by December 15th. Accommodations will be provided for speakers and some support for travel may be available. Please indicate in your submission whether you would like to be considered \;for \;a travel bursary.
ORGANIZER;CN=Javier Gomez-Lavin;CN=Michael Jacovides: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20260326T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20260326T143000 SUMMARY:Multidimensional Morgan's Canon UID:20260321T185216Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:America/Indiana/Indianapolis LOCATION:100 N University St\, West Lafayette\, United States\, 47907 DESCRIPTION:The \;Association \;Association \;is a group of philosophers working on the history and current applications of \;associationist ideas about the nature of the mind\, including the range of conceptual abilities\, the structure of inference\, and appropriate standards of rationality. The third meeting of the \;Association \;Association \;will be held at Purdue University on March 26th and 27th 2026. Cameron Buckner (University of Florida)\, Tamas Demeter (Corvinus University of Budapest)\, Talia Morag (Australian Catholic University)\, Mike Dacey (Bates College)\, Michael Jacovides (Purdue University)\, Trip Glazer (University of Dayton)\, and Tyler Delmore (York University) are expected to give research presentations.
\nWe welcome submissions from faculty and graduate students\, on thematically-relevant historical figures or current topics in psychology and artificial intelligence (1000 word abstracts or 3000 word \;papers\, with a slight preference \;for \;papers). Please submit your paper via email to the organizers jglavin@purdue.edu and jacovides@purdue.edu with the subject line "Association Association Submission" \;by December 15th. Accommodations will be provided for speakers and some support for travel may be available. Please indicate in your submission whether you would like to be considered \;for \;a travel bursary.
ORGANIZER;CN=Javier Gomez-Lavin;CN=Michael Jacovides: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20260326T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20260326T153000 SUMMARY:Does Locke Have Any Good Ideas? UID:20260321T185217Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:America/Indiana/Indianapolis LOCATION:100 N University St\, West Lafayette\, United States\, 47907 DESCRIPTION:The \;Association \;Association \;is a group of philosophers working on the history and current applications of \;associationist ideas about the nature of the mind\, including the range of conceptual abilities\, the structure of inference\, and appropriate standards of rationality. The third meeting of the \;Association \;Association \;will be held at Purdue University on March 26th and 27th 2026. Cameron Buckner (University of Florida)\, Tamas Demeter (Corvinus University of Budapest)\, Talia Morag (Australian Catholic University)\, Mike Dacey (Bates College)\, Michael Jacovides (Purdue University)\, Trip Glazer (University of Dayton)\, and Tyler Delmore (York University) are expected to give research presentations.
\nWe welcome submissions from faculty and graduate students\, on thematically-relevant historical figures or current topics in psychology and artificial intelligence (1000 word abstracts or 3000 word \;papers\, with a slight preference \;for \;papers). Please submit your paper via email to the organizers jglavin@purdue.edu and jacovides@purdue.edu with the subject line "Association Association Submission" \;by December 15th. Accommodations will be provided for speakers and some support for travel may be available. Please indicate in your submission whether you would like to be considered \;for \;a travel bursary.
ORGANIZER;CN=Javier Gomez-Lavin;CN=Michael Jacovides: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20260326T161500 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20260326T164500 SUMMARY:Context in the Associations of Memory UID:20260321T185218Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:America/Indiana/Indianapolis LOCATION:100 N University St\, West Lafayette\, United States\, 47907 DESCRIPTION:The \;Association \;Association \;is a group of philosophers working on the history and current applications of \;associationist ideas about the nature of the mind\, including the range of conceptual abilities\, the structure of inference\, and appropriate standards of rationality. The third meeting of the \;Association \;Association \;will be held at Purdue University on March 26th and 27th 2026. Cameron Buckner (University of Florida)\, Tamas Demeter (Corvinus University of Budapest)\, Talia Morag (Australian Catholic University)\, Mike Dacey (Bates College)\, Michael Jacovides (Purdue University)\, Trip Glazer (University of Dayton)\, and Tyler Delmore (York University) are expected to give research presentations.
\nWe welcome submissions from faculty and graduate students\, on thematically-relevant historical figures or current topics in psychology and artificial intelligence (1000 word abstracts or 3000 word \;papers\, with a slight preference \;for \;papers). Please submit your paper via email to the organizers jglavin@purdue.edu and jacovides@purdue.edu with the subject line "Association Association Submission" \;by December 15th. Accommodations will be provided for speakers and some support for travel may be available. Please indicate in your submission whether you would like to be considered \;for \;a travel bursary.
ORGANIZER;CN=Javier Gomez-Lavin;CN=Michael Jacovides: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T023413Z DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260327T140000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260327T153000 SUMMARY:The Problem of Uptake in Conversational Self-Narration: An Attentional Phenomenon UID:20260321T185219Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:8c16:90ff:fea7:70aa%3 TZID:Australia/Melbourne LOCATION:Monash Clayton Campus\, Melbourne\, Australia DESCRIPTION:Self-narration is an important practice for knowledge- and meaning-making. Most people frequently engage in self-narration in their everyday conversations. In recent years\, empirically informed philosophical research on situated cognition and affectivity has made substantial contributions to our understanding of the possibilities and limitations of socio-culturally shaped conversational self-narration. Yet\, this research has left an important question unanswered: how can we understand cases in which self-narrators do not receive appropriate uptake for their self-narrative contributions to conversational exchanges? The aim of this talk is to start answering this question. To this end\, I will propose that the problem of uptake is\, at least to a substantial degree\, an attentional phenomenon. Bringing together research on situated self-narration\, attention\, and epistemic injustice\, I will argue that the problem of uptake can be primarily understood as the manifestation of epistemically unjust attention deficits that can perpetuate various forms of structural oppression. I will end this talk with a brief discussion of the implications of this attentional account of the problem of uptake for theoretical and empirical research on conversational self-narration.
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ORGANIZER;CN=Sandra Leonie Field: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR