New Generation Research Exchange
\n\;Call for Applications \;
\nSummary \;
\nThe Humane Philosophy Society\, in collaboration the Faculty of Philosophy\, University of Warsaw\, Blackfriars Hall\, University of Oxford\, and Faculty of Philosophy\, Zagreb University invite applications for the New Generation Research Exchange programme. The Exchange programme will give young scholars in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) working on Big Questions of fundamental human importance the opportunity to participate in three fully funded workshops taking place at the Universities of Warsaw\, Zagreb and Oxford. Participants will have the further opportunity to apply to continue the research during a term of funded supervised research at the University of Oxford on the Marek Matraszek Fellowship. Participants&rsquo\; research projects will be assessed by an external committee after the final workshop takes place to determine possible supervisors for research visits to Oxford. The Fellowship will conclude with an alumni workshop in the summer of 2026 to take place in Trogir\, Croatia. \;
\nAn introductory video can be viewed here: \;
\nhttps://youtu.be/vfaPrP2W2Hs
\nEligibility
\nApplicants will normally be MA or early PhD students at Central and Eastern European research institutions\, including universities\, research academies and seminaries\, or young scholars from CEE on equivalent degree programmes outside the region. The programme is intended to support research projects of successful candidates during the final year of their MA course\, or developing their MA research topics for publication\, or with a PhD application in mind\, as well as those beginning to work on a PhD. Proposed projects should broadly fall under the project themes\, which are outlined below. \; It is expected that most applications will be submitted by natural scientists\, theologians and philosophers\, but there are no disciplinary restrictions and applicants with academic backgrounds in other areas are also welcome. Applications are welcome from researchers working in any religious tradition\, and from researchers working in no religious tradition.
\nFor the purposes of the project\, Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is defined as: Albania\, Armenia\, Azerbaijan\, Belarus\, Bosnia and Herzegovina\, Bulgaria\, Croatia\, Czechia\, Estonia\, Georgia\, Hungary\, Kosovo\, Latvia\, Lithuania\, Moldova\, Montenegro\, North Macedonia\, Poland\, Romania\, Serbia\, Slovakia\, Slovenia and Ukraine.
\nActivities
\nSuccessful candidates will participate in a series of three masterclasses during the course of the programme. The meetings will take place over three days each at the Universities of Zagreb\, Warsaw\, and Oxford. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss their work as a group and with invited mentors\, as well as participate in seminars led by prominent visiting speakers. The Fellowship will cover all the costs of participating in each masterclass including travel and accommodation. The fellowship will conclude with an alumni workshop in the summer of 2026 which will cover all participant costs except travel. The total value of the Fellowship is 4000 USD. \;
\nSelected participants will have a further opportunity to receive the Marek Matraszek Oxford Fellowship to complete their work during a term at Oxford University\, where they will be able to work closely with a secondary supervisor to advance their research. The funding for research visits at Oxford University will cover accommodation\, living costs\, college fees\, and supervision and have a total value of 3000 USD. \;
\nSupported Research Themes
\nThe programme will support research which engages with Big Questions of universal human importance. We are especially interested in research into fundamental issues which straddle boundaries between disciplines including philosophy\, psychology\, physical sciences\, social sciences\, theology\, literature and cultural studies. Applicants will be expected to engage with recent developments in their disciplines\, and demonstrate a high standard of academic rigor. Suitable topics include\, but are not limited to:
\n▪ The significance of theological traditions for scientific practice today\;
\n▪ The relations of brains\, minds and human persons\;
\n▪ Whether physical cosmology can explain the origin of the cosmos\;
\n▪ The role of religion in the historical development of science\;
\n▪ The place of values in the natural world\;
\n▪ The relevance of literary works and traditions for understanding and interpreting Big Questions\;
\n▪ Phenomenology of human life and interpersonal relations\;
\n▪ Intellectual traditions in CEE and their import for Big Questions\;
\n▪ Free will and scientific determinism and/or divine foreknowledge\;
\n▪ Empirical psychology and the second person perspective\;
\n▪ Phenomenological approaches to religion\;
\n▪ Understanding notions of God\, good and evil in a scientific age.
\nFor further example areas that explore Big Questions applicants are strongly encouraged to visit the Humane Philosophy Society&rsquo\;s website where example areas of interest are listed.
\nFor more information on the NGRE fellowship programme as well as on NGRE alumni visit: \;https://www.humanephilosophy.com/ngre
\nApplication process
\nApplications for Exchange Fellowships must be submitted no later than 1 August 2025 for the cycle of the programme starting October 2025. Applications must include the following documents. \; \;
\n▪A proposal describing the research the candidate is carrying out\, how far the research is advanced\, and an outline of the work the candidate expects to complete during the course of their final year. \;
\n▪A full curriculum vitae\, and a statement saying how the candidate expects to benefit from participating in the programme
\n▪Two academic references including a reference from the candidate&rsquo\;s supervisor if the research project is part of an MA degree. \;
\n▪A confirmation from the candidate&rsquo\;s institution stating that they are allowed to participate in the programme during the academic year 2025&ndash\;6. \;
\nAll application materials should be submitted via email to info@humanephilosophy.com stating in the subject line: &ldquo\;NGRE application&rdquo\;. The results of the competition will be announced in September 2025.
\nBy submitting an application for the New Generation Research Exchange candidates accept and acknowledge the terms of processing their personal data for the purpose of the application process. For further information concerning the processing of personal data by the University of Warsaw see the personal data information sheet. If you have any questions please contact Dr Mikołaj Sławkowski-Rode: m.slawkowski-rode@uw.edu.pl \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Mikolaj Slawkowski-Rode;CN=Marija Selak;CN=Ralph Stefan Weir: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173912Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260317T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261117T170000 SUMMARY:Wittgenstein's Lecture on Ethics: Online Lecture Series UID:20260723T185943Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:We are happy to announce another season of the online Inner Speech colloquium starting next month\, with a new list of speakers: \;
\n- May 28th - Gary Lupyan (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
\n- June 25th - \;Kasia Jaszczolt (University of Cambridge)
\n- July 16th - \;Romain Bourdoncle (Collè\;ge de France) &\; Axel Baptista (Institut Jean Nicod)
\n- August 20th - Aleksandr Fadeev (University of Leuven)
\n- September 24th - Keith Frankish (University of Sheffield) \;
\nTimes are all 16:30 CEST
\nMore info about the first talk coming soon. We hope to see many of you there next month! For more information or to subscribe to the mailing list\, contact: jonida.kodra@uni-osnabrueck.de
\nBest regards\,
\nJonida Kodra\, Daniel Mü\;ller and Mathijs Geurts (University of Osnabrü\;ck and \;University of Salzburg)
ORGANIZER;CN=Jonida Kodra;CN=Mathijs Geurts;CN="Daniel Lennart Müller": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173912Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260718T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260724T170000 SUMMARY:Society for the Metaphysics of Science Summer School UID:20260723T185945Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The SMS will host a summer school this summer over Zoom. There will be two streams available this year:
\n(A) Michael J. Raven (University of Victoria) and Asya Passinsky (Central European University) will focus on Essentialism in Metaphysics and Social Ontology.
\n&rarr\; Sessions held on Saturday July 18th and Monday July 20th.
\n(B) Heather Demarest (University of Colorado\, Boulder) and Travis McKenna (North Carolina State) will focus on Laws Beyond the Humean/Non-Humean Debate.
\n&rarr\; Sessions held on Thursday July 23rd and Friday July 24th.
\nEach stream will consist of two three-hour workshops\, each designed to introduce participants to the state of play in the given sub-discipline.
\nScholars at any stage of their career are welcome to attend. Level of instruction is at an advanced graduate level.
\nIn order to apply\, submit a C.V. toJenn McDonald (jrc2266@columbia.edu) and include which stream(s) you would like to attend. There is no official deadline for applications\, but attendance is capped at 20 participants.
\nA registration fee of $20 per stream ($35 for both) is required\, which will be used to offset expenses. Accepted applicants will be asked to submit their registration fees via the society's Registration Page.
ORGANIZER;CN=Jennifer McDonald;CN=Ken Aizawa: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173912Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260720T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260724T170000 SUMMARY:Decision Making under Parity UID:20260723T185946Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Vienna\, Austria DESCRIPTION:The phlox research group is delighted to announce that the 2026 Hamburg/Vienna Summer School will be taught by Kit Fine (NYU). This year&rsquo\;s topic will be *Decision Making under Parity*.
\n**Please note that we had to update our email address. Please register again if you have used the old address!**
*Description*
How should we do decision theory without making the assumption that preferences are linearly ordered? We shall first consider two standard approaches to this question\, one in terms of approximate value and the other in terms of a range of precise values. We shall then develop our own approach\, which uses the notion of an approximate difference in value between two items in place of the notion of the approximate value of a single item. The course will cover a range of philosophical and technical issues.
The event will take place from Monday\, July 20th to Friday\, July 24th at the University of Vienna. For more information\, please visit
\; \; \; \; https://hamburgersommerkurs.wordpress.com
*Call for attendance*
We very much welcome external participants to the Summer School\, though only a limited number of spaces are available. If you would like to participate\, please send a registration email\, attaching (i) a brief CV\, and (ii) a short letter indicating how the course would benefit your work\, to
phlox-school (at) gmx (dot) de
\n
Registration is open until April 30th\; we will notify applicants by the 10th of May.
There will be a registration fee of 25&euro\; to cover refreshments and snacks throughout the course. The fee will be payable at the beginning of the event.
The Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP) is organizing the third edition of the \;Summer School for Widening Participation in Mathematical Philosophy\, \;which will take place from the \;20th to 24th July 2026 \;in Munich\, Germany.
\nThe summer school continues a successful tradition\, which began in 2014 with eight editions of the summer school on mathematical philosophy for female students and was expanded in 2024 to underrepresented groups.
\nThe 2026 &ldquo\;Summer School for Widening Participation in Mathematical Philosophy&rdquo\; is open to women and members of other groups that are under-represented in mathematical philosophy. These groups include under-represented gender identities\, races and ethnicities\, people with disabilities\, people from low income and non-academic family backgrounds. The target level is master students and last year-bachelor students.
\nThe school's aim is to encourage students to engage with mathematical and scientific approaches to philosophical problems\, and thereby help to redress the under-representation of women and other marginalized groups in mathematical philosophy. It offers the opportunity for study in an informal and interdisciplinary setting\, for lively debate\, and for the development of a network of students and professors interested in the application of formal methods to philosophy.
\nThe 2026 edition of the summer school will feature:
\nQuestions can be directed to \;mathsummer@lrz.uni-muenchen.de \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Toby Charles Penhallurick Solomon: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173912Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260721T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260724T170000 SUMMARY:ISOS Social Ontology 2026 UID:20260723T185948Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:Krupnicza 33a\, Kraków\, Poland\, 31-123 DESCRIPTION:Conference dates: \;21-24.07 (i.e. we expect people to arrive on Monday 20.07 and leave Krakow on either 25.07 or 26.07)
Venue: \;Jagiellonian University\, Law and Administration Faculty new building\, ul. Krupnicza 33a [https://share.google/Fwsi8k2kndR1F5rxK]
Host: \;Jagiellonian Center for Law\, Language\, Philosophy (https://pjf.uj.edu.pl/) is the host\, in cooperation with Faculty of Law and Administration and Institute of Philosophy
Main organizers: \;Paweł Banaś and Adam Dyrda
Important deadlines:
- call for papers available/abstract submission opens: 5th of November 2025 \;
- deadline for abstract submission: 18th January 2026 [as usual\, 300-500 words]
- notification of acceptance: 15th February 2026
- registration [early]: 15th February - 31st March 2026
- registration [late]: 1st April - 30th June 2026
- the final conference program will be published no later than 7th July 2026.
Confirmed keynote speakers:
Session Logistics
All concurrent sessions are either 1 hour for 2 talks or 1.5 hours for 3 talks. Chairs should begin each session at the scheduled time and aim to have each talk within the session begin when scheduled. To facilitate conference-goer planning\, chairs and speakers are advised to order the talks as on the schedule. \;
For the speakers - You are assigned a 30 minute slot\, and the time is yours to use in whatever way you feel will be most productive for your project. It is recommended (and descriptively expected) that the talk will be around 20 minutes\, leaving 10 minutes for q&\;a. Slides or a handout are of course permitted (and encouraged). Closer to the conference\, it will be communicated how slides will be facilitated\, if you plan to use them. We will not have the facility to print handouts\, but there are print shops around city centre if necessary. (Though\, be advised\, they may be closed on Monday for the bank holiday.)
Call for Abstracts
The call for abstracts is now open for Social Ontology 2026. The conference will be held in-person in Krakow\, Poland.
We invite submissions of abstracts of papers/talks suitable for 20 minute presentations. Abstracts must have 300-500 words and be prepared for anonymous review.
Use this submission link from Microsoft CMT service to submit your abstract:
https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ISOS2026/ \;
The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses\, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.
This edition aims to focus on interdisciplinary research\, including application of ideas from social ontology in solving problems of legal and political philosophy in the following areas:
We invite\, however\, submissions of abstracts covering all topics relevant for contemporary research in social ontology\, including:
Join us for our second Karl Popper discussion meetup!
\nThis is an informal discussion group where we will have a discussion loosely based around a recommended (but not mandatory) reading.
\nThis week's reading: Karl Popper's"What is Dialectic?"
\nVegan mezze spread and pita bread will be provided!
ORGANIZER;CN=Tara Strahl: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173912Z DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260724T100000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260724T170000 SUMMARY:Melbourne Philosophy of Mind Workshop UID:20260723T185950Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:Australia/Melbourne LOCATION:Monash College City Campus\, 750 Collins St\, Melbourne\, Australia DESCRIPTION:Registration is required for catering purposes. Please use this link to register: \;https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfgzpfRO0n8xTNWKirkjd-7sBat04ZjdvPBID4YPIiK5ZnspQ/viewform
\nRegister deadline: 17 July 2026
\nProgramme: \;
\n10-11:20 Margot Strohminger (ACU)\, Imagining What It Is Like
\n11.20-12:40 Yuri Cath (La Trobe)\, Perspectives and Partial "What It Is Like" Knowledge \;
\n12.40-2:00 Lunch Break \; \;
\n2:00-3:20 Michelle Liu (Monash)\, Phenomenology and Two Kinds of Impoverishment
\n3:20-4:40 Tim Bayne (Monash)\, Theories\, Frameworks\, and the Scrutability of Artificial Consciousness
ORGANIZER;CN=Michelle Liu: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173912Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Riga:20260724T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Riga:20260731T170000 SUMMARY:Time Work: Debt\, inheritance\, and intergenerational practice UID:20260723T185951Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:Europe/Riga LOCATION:Minhauzen Unda\, Ainažu iela 74\, Saulkrasti\, Latvia DESCRIPTION:TIME WORK.
Debt\, inheritance\, and intergenerational practice.
Let&rsquo\;s call it &ldquo\;time work&rdquo\;: Those practices that negotiate the relations between the living and the dead. Time work is not merely conducted by archivists and historians\, but by grave diggers and undertakers\, documentary filmmakers and memoirists\, knowledge bearers\, politicians\, war journalists\, practitioners of living traditions\, speakers of dead languages\, as well as by any and all who keep something &ndash\; a story\, a trinket\, an heirloom\, a song &ndash\; holding onto it to remember. Time work is not easily done without feeling\; It is driven by the weight of mattering\, it is attention called by the fact that now &ndash\; this\, &lsquo\;our&rsquo\; now &ndash\; is in-part composed by the shadows of what and who came before. Time work is haunting work\, it whispers of recurrences (&ldquo\;this happened before&rdquo\;)\, and implicitly describes the present as a thing pushed to the surface of existence by the collective force of innumerable spent lives\, over centuries\, over millennia.
\nIn the summer 2026 Studies in Remoteness symposium\, we explore the ways that time work might destabilize the remoteness of history &ndash\; its absence\, distance\, and neglect. How might we describe the work that transforms time into a weighted force that accumulates\, persists\, and can be carried forward\, often across generations? Through what actions is one accountable to the past? What does it mean to hold or carry an inheritance? In what ways are people indebted to those who came before\, and how might the living &ldquo\;pay the debts&rdquo\; that have accumulated over generations? What kinds of temporalities do different approaches to time work produce\, and what social relations are then enabled or foreclosed? Through these questions\, the symposium reflects on the entanglement of debt and history\, exploring debt as an enduring paradigm that variously informs intergenerational relations\, systems of oppression\, and historical justice.
\nWe particularly invite proposals that engage with voices and worldviews often marginalized or erased in dominant knowledge systems.
\nThat place of bad debt\, the invaluable thing
Economy is one of the technologies that captures time. Timework (or Zeitarbeit) is also a term for wage labour. Since the early 20th century\, Taylorism maximized the efficiency of labouring bodies\, in part\, by transforming work into monotonous\, repeatable tasks. In &ldquo\;Time\, Work-Discipline\, and Industrial Capitalism&rdquo\; (1967)\, E.P. Thompson analysed the industrial imposition of precise\, clock-based time measurements on human labour. In models of industrial labour\, debt accrues around &ldquo\;wasted time&rdquo\;.
Within time-as-economy\, time work can also be rendered into the kind of labour that expedites and standardizes\, and thus administrates of the past as the debts and inheritances of the present. But what does it mean to account for history as countable value? In The Undercommons (2013)\, Stefano Harney and Fred Moten provide a model for thinking about remoteness as an anti-efficient site of refuge within the economic capture of time where the &ldquo\;debtor seeks refuge among other debtors\,&rdquo\; engaging in practices that work in time to accumulate indebtedness without resolution. They write that\, &ldquo\;[t]his refuge\, this place of bad debt\, is what we call the fugitive public&rdquo\;. Harney and Moten draw from a history of debt wielded a tool of oppression to argue that refuge from debt informs black study and other practices of fugitive planning that first emerged among self-liberated slaves\, or maroon communities. And yet\,
\n[t]o creditors it is just a place where something is wrong\, though that something wrong &ndash\; the invaluable thing\, the thing that has no value &ndash\; is desired. Creditors seek to demolish that place\, that project\, in order to save the ones who live there from themselves and their lives.
\nExtractive states\, corporations\, and developers claim that communities are indebted to them for progress delivered and infrastructures that too often devalue precisely what is invaluable to those communities. While the economising of the past as debt informs important reparations processes\, heritage work\, and protections\, remoteness can also point us in another direction &ndash\; following in the footsteps of the fugitive. \;
\nHistorical Remoteness: Marooned and unmoored
At the seaside fishing village of Saulkrasti\, Latvia\, the ruins of the 1960s modernist catering establishment Restaurant Vārava stands marooned amidst the trees in a seaside forest. World War II refugees from Pskov and Leningrad\, who settled around Saulkrasti after Germans had driven them out of their homes\, are shown in photographs digging trenches for the Nazis in that same forest in 1944. An EU-funded project on Baltic military heritage has identified a German WWII bunker in a farmer&rsquo\;s field\, built with timber cut by refugee hands. Excavations flooded the bunker with groundwater and were reversed.
Saulkrasti&rsquo\;s ruins are perhaps not so monumental as Latvia&rsquo\;s famous Karosta Northern Forts\, falling into the sea\, but they speak just as eloquently to histories of loss\, survival\, forced migration\, fascism\, war\, and economic struggle within Europe&rsquo\;s Baltic &ldquo\;peripheries&rdquo\;. Like many communities along the North Sea and Baltic Rim\, Saulkrasti has been historically shaped by movements over water and its beach has since time immemorial provided a thoroughfare for fish\, trade\, language\, culture\, violence\, exchange\, and upheaval.
How can our time work engage with Saulkrasti as a place where time work is already going on? Hosted within the Nordic Summer University\, a mobile institution which holds symposia for interdisciplinary research at different sites throughout the Nordic and Baltic regions\, Studies in Remoteness invites proposals from all fields to our summer 2026 symposium\, and explicitly encourages practice-based and community-inclusive research that takes up the challenge of engaging directly with the site and the seaside\, and thus to thoughts that slip into the water with the maroon to contemplate and critique historical narratives of moorage\, abandonment\, and the uncertainty of being unmoored. What poetic and material threads connect Saulkrasti and Latvian histories to wider emotional and material legacies of remoteness as they flow across time and partake in the patterns of dependency\, exploitation\, and exclusion structured by legal and economic systems? We are particularly interested in work that draws the site into relations with the long and layered histories of the Baltic rim through ruptures and disruptions and in pasts that remain present &ndash\; not as something stable or settled &ndash\; but as partial\, affective\, and unresolved.
DETAILED INFORMATION ON SUMMER SESSION PRACTICALITIES
Place: Minhauzen Unda\, Ainažu iela 74\, Saulkrasti\, Latvia
Dates: 24 July &ndash\; 31 July 2026
The 2026 Summer Session gathers all study circles of the Nordic Summer University.
Participants arrive in the afternoon/evening on 24 July.
Summer session prices include housing and food (full room and board) for the week.
Cost for participants without institutional support (full room and board\, July 24-31 2026):
100 &euro\;: \; \; NSU Scholarship price for full room and board for the week in shared 4-bed rooms
700 &euro\;: \; \; Full room and board\, bed in double room (shared with one other participant)
950 &euro\;: \; \; Full room and board\, single room (not shared)
500 &euro\;: \; \; Camping with access to shared bathrooms with showers + breakfast\, lunch\, dinner\, and
\; \; \; \; \; \; snacks for the week.
Studies in Remoteness is working hard to fund the participation of those with financial need. Participants who need funding support should send in their proposal as early as possible and express this in their applications. Nordic Summer University also offers limited scholarships (by application). Additionally\, there are a number of travel/conference grants we can recommend to participants to apply to independently.
Cost for participants with institutional support (full room and board\, July 24-31 2026):
900&euro\;: \; \; Institutional price for PhDs/any room type
1250&euro\;: \; Institutional price for employed scholars/any room type
Participants with families (full room and board\, July 24-31 2026):
1000 &euro\;: \; \;Full room and board in a double room for 1 adult and 1 child
1200 &euro\;: \; \;Full room and board in a family room for 1 adult and 2 children
1500 &euro\;: \; \;Full room and board in a family room for 2 adults and 1 child
1800 &euro\;: \; \; Full room and board in a family room for 2 adults and 2 children
Attending children aged 4+ are welcome to join the Children&rsquo\;s circle\, with two circle coordinators who plan activities for the kids running the course of the week.
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Read more about Study Circle 1:
Studies in Remoteness is coordinated as a study circle within the Nordic Summer University by dance historian Dr. Lindsey Drury and artist Helena Hildur W\, in cooperation with &ndash\; among others &ndash\; team members Theol. Dr. Shiluinla Jamir\, Essi Nuutinen and Tinka Harvard.
Studies in Remoteness does foundational theoretical\, artistic\, and historical work toward initiating a new field of interdisciplinary research in critical remoteness studies. To unpack the geopolitical\, environmental\, and cultural dimensions of &lsquo\;remoteness&rsquo\; &ndash\; particularly\, in the circumpolar North &ndash\; we will center Indigenous scholarship and critiques of extractive colonialism\, as well as artistic and embodied approaches\, in a series of six symposia across the Baltic rim between 2026-2028.
The project turns its attention to the notion of &ldquo\;a place far away&rdquo\;&ndash\; be it the regional peripheries or cartographic borderlands between nation states\; the residential areas of Indigenous/minoritized communities\; historical testimonies and lacunae\; sub-cultural meeting spots or your neighbour&rsquo\;s kitchen. Theorizing modernity by turning to its so-called outskirts\, the project inquires sensoria of absence\, distance\, and neglect that have blossomed along the frontiers of colonial empires and sedimented among the margins of modern infrastructures of &ldquo\;global connectivity&rdquo\;. With lingering attention\, Studies in Remoteness intends to unsettle conditions of obscuring or exoticising &ndash\; resolutely acknowledging histories\, topographies and epistemologies with an eye to how these might come into &ldquo\;intense proximity&rdquo\;\, as coined by Okwui Enwezor. \;
As a three-year collaborative research project\, Studies in Remoteness brings together a network of scholars\, artists\, and activists to engage in community-based research practices. By establishing a co-creative space for community building and artistic practices &ndash\; open for the sharing of facts\, questions\, concerns and practices &ndash\; we believe that our work will prove enduringly relevant.
Studies in Remoteness Userblog at Freie Universitä\;t Berlin:
https://userblogs.fu-berlin.de/remoteness/
We invite submission of abstracts for a workshop on any aspect of philosophy that engages with the Latter-day Saint faith. Each accepted speaker will give a 25 minute presentation\, followed by a 20-25 minute question-and-answer session. The goal of this workshop is to help cultivate ideas in the early-stages of development. We expect that submitted abstracts are for projects in this early stage of development\, and hope the workshop can serve the authors in their aim to bring their ideas to fruition.
\nSubmissions are open to all\, but those by early career researchers and those developing ideas in underexplored areas of Latter-day Saint philosophy are especially welcome. Submissions may be sent to ldsphilosophyproject@gmailcom. They should be no longer than 300 words\, prepared for blind review\, and accompanied by a title page including author information. Abstracts should be submitted by July 25. Accepted speakers will be notified by July 31.
\nThe conference will be held on September 11-12 2026 at Brigham Young University. Those with questions may contact us at ldsphilosophyproject@gmailcom
ORGANIZER;CN=Taylor-Grey Miller;CN=Katharina Paxman: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173912Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20260727T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20260823T170000 SUMMARY:School of Materialist Research Summer Institute 2026 UID:20260723T185953Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:Europe/Athens LOCATION:Olympiada Halkidiki (near Stavros\, ancient Stagira)\, Thessaloníki\, Greece\, 57014 DESCRIPTION:&ldquo\;Political&rdquo\; in the contemporary sense\, and as bound by its disciplinary definitions in political science and political philosophy\, assigns societal categories\, forms of law and moralities to the edges or beyond the limits of what is political. Yet again\, these excluded categories are both legislated by the Political within its limits of &ldquo\;discursive legibility\,&rdquo\; in Judith Butler&rsquo\;s parlance\, and relegated to the realms of the pre-political (including anti-political\, non-political). The &ldquo\;beyond political&rdquo\; serves to constitute the political as its Other\, to be subjugated or negated by it\, but also to be kept at bay as the source of elemental revolt\, i.e.\, &ldquo\;prepolitical.&rdquo\; (27 July-31 July 2026)
\n"Realism\, Materialism\, Epistemology: What is Living and What is Dead in Contemporary Thought?\," is the title of a summer school\, part of the SMR Summer Institute in Stagira/Olympiada (Greece)\, scheduled for August 17&ndash\;23\, 2026. It will explore the 21st century provocations and challenges to the dominance of the poststructuralist epistem across the humanities\, social sciences\, political philosophy\, and beyond. \;
\nThe School of Materialist Research is pleased to announce the third edition of its Advanced Design Practices Summer Institute\, Living Design: Ontological Design Redux. The program is aimed at graduate students (Master&rsquo\;s and doctoral) and early-career researchers who wish to expand their creative and critical research on questions related to design\, calling for a fundamental rethinking and redoing of design praxis. The school is taught by internationally renowned faculty in design and the arts from Goldsmiths\, University of London (UK)\, Politecnico di Milano (Italy)\, Arizona State University (USA)\, and Sandberg Instituut (Netherlands).
\n ORGANIZER;CN=Katerina Kolozova;CN=Adam Nocek: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173912Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260727T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260727T234500 SUMMARY:Computational Social Philosophy of AI Seminars (CSPAIS 2026) UID:20260723T185954Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Computational methods and simulations have become a fruitful methodology for philosophers\, particularly for understanding how social relations\, norms\, and communicative structures could and should shape inquiry. Work in computational social philosophy has illuminated phenomena ranging from the epistemic value of diversity and the dynamics of epistemic belonging to the emergence and erosion of norms and processes of polarization.
\nGenerative and agentic AI tools stand to profoundly reshape computational social philosophy in at least two ways:
\nAs objects of study for computational social philosophy. Generative and agentic AI are increasingly embedded in epistemic life: as sources of information\, interlocutors\, surrogates for social participants\, gatekeepers within epistemic communities\, and even partially autonomous epistemic actors. This should motivate a broadening of purview in social epistemology\, which has tended to focus primarily on personal\, interpersonal\, and institutional factors that impact inquiry\, but comparatively less on technological factors. \;
\nAs tools of study for computational social philosophy. These systems can lower the technical barriers to computational work. More interestingly\, they may expand the range of social phenomena philosophers can model\, including richer representations of agents&rsquo\; beliefs and behavior\, more complex interactions and environments\, and even digital-twin-style models of particular communities or institutions.
\nThis cluster brings together philosophers working in\, or seriously engaging with\, computational social philosophy. We are eager to gather a cohort who can bring rigor\, clarity\, and intellectual generosity to advancing understanding in relation to the above themes.
\nWe&rsquo\;re particularly interested in philosophical contributions that engage one or more of the following cross-cutting threads:
\nModeling of AI systems as socio-epistemic phenomena: How might explicitly modeling the effects of AI systems within social epistemic processes challenge\, deepen\, or expand existing understanding in social epistemology and philosophy of science?
\nModeling of socio-epistemic phenomena with AI-based tools: What new forms of social epistemological phenomena can AI-based tools help us represent and investigate beyond traditional methods\, such as typical agent-based models?
\nUnderstanding aims and tradeoffs: How should we think about the tradeoffs between promises of AI-based tools (e.g.\, flexibility\, expressive power\, scale) and other desiderata (e.g.\, robustness\, justification\, tractability\, understanding) that have long been central to computational social philosophy? What can we learn about these issues from the use of AI-based tools in other disciplines such as computational social science?
\nMethodological standards: What standards should guide reliable\, reproducible\, and more generally epistemically and ethically responsible philosophical inquiry using AI-based methods in computational social philosophy?
\nPlease note that\, while we welcome expressions of interest from all disciplines\, this is not a general workshop about AI or AI-based simulations. It is a workshop about how deeper engagement with AI systems as objects of modeling studies and as a modeling tool can ultimately enrich and expand philosophical inquiry.
\nFormat
\nThe series will consist of bi-weekly virtual meetings\, in the style of CSPS\, starting in October 2026.The meetings are on Mondays at 11:30am ET.
\nApplications
\nYou can submit your application to join the seminars by using this application form: https://forms.gle/SC2iqbZUBU6iB52v6 \;
\nThe application form includes:
\nBasic details: Your name\, email address\, affiliation\, career stage
\nExtended abstracts of up to 750 words and prepared for anonymous review (no identifying information in the abstract itself).
\nThe submission deadline for applications is July 27th\, 2026.
\nOrganizers
\nSina Fazelpour (Northeastern)
\nLuca Garzino Demo (UPenn) \;
\nPlease direct inquiries to lgarzino@sas.upenn.edu
ORGANIZER;CN=Sina Fazelpour;CN=Luca Garzino Demo: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173912Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260728T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260730T170000 SUMMARY:3. Stuttgarter Author-Meets-Critics Workshop: Andrea Kern – Wahrnehmung\, Wittgenstein und Skeptizismus UID:20260723T185955Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Keplerstraße 17\, Stuttgart\, Germany ORGANIZER;CN="Sebastian Bürkle": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173912Z DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260729T183000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260729T200000 SUMMARY:Against Intelligence UID:20260723T185956Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:Australia/Melbourne LOCATION:Arts West Building (Building 148)\, Melbourne\, Australia\, 3010 DESCRIPTION:Alan Turing&rsquo\;s famous 1950 paper\, Computing Machinery and Intelligence\, is one of the foundational texts of the discipline of Artificial Intelligence (AI). But what does Turing actually say about intelligence? The surprising answer is - almost nothing. The word &lsquo\;intelligence&rsquo\; occurs only twice in the paper\, and &lsquo\;intelligent&rsquo\; only once. So what was Turing really talking about\, if not intelligence? And what has this got to do with today&rsquo\;s AI?
\nJoin Professor Tim Crane\, a leading British philosopher\, as he answers these questions by defending the view that\, contrary to what many theorists argue today\, the concept of intelligence does not itself refer to a specific cognitive capacity. Instead\, it mainly serves as a concept to evaluate and describe cognitive capacities. If this is right\, Professor Crane argues the attempt to make progress in AI by replicating human intelligence is misguided\, since in a sense there is no such thing to replicate. The fundamental question for AI is not &lsquo\;when can AI machines achieve human-level intelligence?&rsquo\; but rather\, &lsquo\;what tasks can computers actually perform?&rsquo\;.
\nIn this Barry Taylor and David Lewis Philosophy Lecture\, discover Professor Crane&rsquo\;s insights on how the philosophy of AI can help us tackle the real\, practical problems that today's AI presents.
ORGANIZER;CN=Kyle H. Blumberg: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173912Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260731T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260731T000000 SUMMARY:Tourism\, Religion\, and Politics: The Influence of Political Environments on Religious Tourism UID:20260723T185957Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:CALL FOR PAPERS: TOURISM\, RELIGION\, AND POLITICS &ndash\;
\n&ldquo\;Open Theology&rdquo\; (https://www.degruyterbrill.com/opth) \; invites submissions for the special issue &ldquo\;Tourism\, Religion\, and Politics: The Influence of Political Environments on Religious Tourism\,&rdquo\; edited by Dr. Caglar Ezikoglu.
CFP: https://www.degruyterbrill.com/publication/journal_key/OPTH/downloadAsset/OPTH_CFP_Tourism_Religion_and_Politics.pdf
DESCRIPTION
\nThis topical issue seeks contributions that explore the complex intersection of tourism\, religion\, and politics. We are particularly looking for studies examining how the political environment influences religious tourism. Submissions should aim to integrate theoretical and practical theology with empirically grounded analysis (qualitative\, quantitative\, mixed-method) to examine these dynamics.
\nTo fully explore this intersection\, the issue particularly welcomes studies that analyze the role of state policies\, investigating how government regulations\, diplomacy\, and political stability directly impact religious travel and heritage sites. Furthermore\, contributors are encouraged to examine the concepts of soft power and identity\, specifically how religious tourism is utilized as a strategic tool for national identity building and the projection of political soft power. This issue also emphasizes the importance of social locations and intersectionality\, inviting critical examinations of how class\, race/ethnicity\, indigeneity\, and colonial legacies shape both access to and the lived experiences of religious tourism. Finally\, we welcome case-based evaluations that offer transferable indicators and benchmarks to help understand political mobilization through religious tourism routes.
\nEspecially welcomed are papers presenting:
\nBecause &ldquo\;Open Theology&rdquo\; is published under an open access model\, as a rule\, publication costs should be covered by Article Publishing Charges (APC)\, paid by authors\, their affiliated institutions\, funders or sponsors. Authors without access to publishing funds are encouraged to discuss potential discounts or waivers with OA Portfolio Manager Magdalena Skoneczna (magdalena.skoneczna@degruyterbrill.com) \; before submitting their manuscripts.
\nHOW TO SUBMIT
\nSubmissions will be collected until July 31\, 2026\, via the on-line submission system at http://www.editorialmanager.com/openth/. Please choose section/category: special issue Tourism\, Religion\, and Politics. Before submission\, authors should carefully read the Instruction for Authors\, available at: https://www.degruyter.com/publication/journal_key/OPTH/downloadAsset/OPTH_Instruction%20for%20Authors.pdf
\n\;All contributions will undergo critical peer review before being accepted for publication.
\nFurther questions about content for this thematic issue can be addressed to the editor\, Dr. Caglar Ezikoglu (c.ezikoglu@wlv.ac.uk). Financial questions should be directed to the journal OA Portfolio Manager Magdalena Skoneczna (magdalena.skoneczna@degruyterbrill.com). In case of technical problems with submission please write to Assistant.Managing.Editor@degruyterbrill.com
\nFind us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OpenTheology
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ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173912Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vilnius:20260731T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vilnius:20260731T090000 SUMMARY:Inheriting Ordinary Language Philosophy UID:20260723T185958Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:Europe/Vilnius LOCATION:Universiteto g. 9\, Vilnius\, Lithuania DESCRIPTION:Recent years have witnessed a renewed interest in so-called ordinary language philosophy &ndash\; one of the main traditions in 20th century analytic philosophy. The conference will contribute to this renewed engagement by examining the legacy and contemporary significance of the tradition and its leading representatives. At the same time\, the conference aims at critically examining the idea of an ordinary language philosophy tradition itself. The thinkers typically grouped under this label differ substantially in philosophical outlook and method. Assessing the depth and significance of these differences raises broader questions about how unified the tradition really is. Is the current resurgence best understood as the continuation of a shared philosophical approach\, or does it instead consist of diverse and sometimes competing attempts to draw on different elements of this legacy? By addressing these questions\, the conference will both clarify the historical significance of ordinary language philosophy and assess the prospects for its contemporary revival.
\nKeynote speakers
\nAvner Baz (Tufts University)
\nBenjamin De Mesel (KU Leuven)
\nHans-Johann Glock (University of Zurich)
\nMartin Gustafsson (Å\;bo Akademi University)
\nNicole Rathgeb (University of Bern)
\nImportant dates
\nAbstract submission: July 31\, 2026
\nAuthor notification: August 10\, 2026
\nConference: October 2-3\, 2026
\nRegistration fees
\nStudents 50 &euro\;
\nNon-students 100 &euro\;
\n(Registration fee covers the conference dinner\; waivers might be considered)
\nConference Venue
\nFaculty of Philosophy\, Vilnius University\, Universiteto street 9\, Vilnius\, Lithuania.
\nSubmitting an abstract for a presentation (30 minutes including discussion)
\nAbstracts at a maximum length of 400 words should be submitted as Word or PDF to mindaugas.gilaitis@fsf.vu.lt. Make sure to state your name and affiliation clearly in the abstract. The deadline for submission is \;July 31\, 2026. The date of notification is \;August 10\, 2026.
\nOrganizers
\nMindaugas Gilaitis (Vilnius University)\, Martin Gustafsson (Å\;bo Akademi University)
\nPlease direct all inquiries by email to mindaugas.gilaitis@fsf.vu.lt or martin.gustafsson@abo.fi.
\nThe event is free to attend. If you intend to come to the conference as a non-speaker\, please register by sending an email to mindaugas.gilaitis@fsf.vu.lt. The deadline for registration is \;September 25\, 2026.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173912Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260731T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260731T090000 SUMMARY:"Open Theology" De Gruyter Brill UID:20260723T185959Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:"Open Theology" (https://www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/opth/html) is currently looking for scholars who would like to serve on its Editorial Board.
\nWe are particularly interested in hearing from researchers representing different fields of Theology and Religious Studies who are willing to support the peer-review process and contribute to the academic development of the journal.
\nAt present\, we are especially seeking specialists in:
&bull\; Eastern Religions
&bull\; Japanese Religions
&bull\; Islamic Studies
If you would like to contribute to the work of the journal as an Editor\, please complete the form below:
\nhttps://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/mg9rcFZkeG
\nWe would also appreciate your help in sharing this call within your academic networks.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173912Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260731T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260731T090000 SUMMARY:Call for Commentaries - Target Article: Francesco Berto\, "Impossible Worlds Are Here to Stay" UID:20260723T190000Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Call for Commentaries
\nCrí\;tica. Revista Hispanoamericana de Filosofí\;a
\nTarget Article: \;Francesco Berto\, &ldquo\;Impossible Worlds Are Here to Stay&rdquo\;
\nEditor: Santiago Echeverri
\nWe invite submissions of commentaries for an article symposium on Francesco Berto&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;Impossible Worlds Are Here to Stay&rdquo\;. The symposium will feature invited commentaries \;by Katalin Bimbo (University of Alberta)\, Kit Fine (New York University)\, Koji Tanaka (Australian National University)\, Zeynep Soysal (University of Rochester)\, and Stephen Yablo (MIT).
\nCommentaries should not exceed 2\,000 words\, excluding references\, and must be submitted in PDF to the following email address: \;santiago.echeverri@filosoficas.unam.mx. All commentaries should be written in English. The deadline for submission is \;July 31\, 2026. Authors seeking feedback on the suitability of a potential commentary are welcome to contact the Editor prior to submission.
\nPlease submit two versions of your manuscript:
\n1. \; \; \; \; \;A full version that includes the author&rsquo\;s name\, title of the contribution\, email address\, postal address (including phone number)\, and any acknowledgments.
\n2. \; \; \; \; \;An anonymous version prepared for blind review\, with all identifying information removed.
\nBoth files must include:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;The title of the contribution.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;An abstract of no more than 100 words.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;A list of five keywords not mentioned in the title.
\nThe title\, abstract\, and keywords should be provided in both English and Spanish.
\nAbout \;Crí\;tica
\nCrí\;tica. Revista Hispanoamericana de Filosofí\;a \;is a quarterly journal published by the Institute for Philosophical Research at UNAM in Mexico. It publishes articles\, discussion notes\, book symposia\, article symposia\, survey articles\, special issues\, and reviews in all areas of philosophy\, provided they fall within the analytic tradition broadly understood. \;Crí\;tica \;values conceptual clarity\, argumentative rigor\, and originality. Its primary readership consists of academic philosophers and philosophy students\, so authors are expected to clearly articulate how their work contributes to advancing ongoing philosophical debates.
\nFounded in 1967 by Alejandro Rossi\, Fernando Salmeró\;n\, and Luis Villoro\, \;Crí\;tica \;was the first journal in Latin America devoted to analytic philosophy. For decades\, it has maintained its status as a leading philosophical publication in the region and is widely respected in the international academic community\, particularly in the English-speaking world. \;
\nCrí\;tica \;has published work by many influential philosophers\, including:
\nCarlos Alchourró\;n\, G.E.M. Anscombe\, David M. Armstrong\, Eugenio Bulygin\, Hé\;ctor-Neri Castañ\;eda\, Donald Davidson\, Jon Elster\, R.M. Hare\, Gilbert Harman\, John L. Mackie\, Hugo Margá\;in\, John McDowell\, Thomas Nagel\, David F. Pears\, Arthur N. Prior\, Hilary Putnam\, W.V.O. Quine\, Richard Rorty\, Gilbert Ryle\, Sydney Shoemaker\, Thomas M. Simpson\, Ernest Sosa\, Peter F. Strawson\, Barry Stroud\, Bas C. van Fraassen\, and Georg H. von Wright.
\nFor more information\, please visit our website: \;
\nhttp://critica.filosoficas.unam.mx/
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173912Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260731T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260731T090000 SUMMARY:4th ISPSM Online Conference UID:20260723T190001Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Details Here \;https://www.ispsmind.com/international-conference/
ORGANIZER;CN=Marco Facchin: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173912Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260731T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260731T090000 SUMMARY:Philosophies: Temporal Ontology UID:20260723T190002Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Debating Temporal Ontology:
\nThe Existence of Yesterday and
\nTomorrow
\nMessage from the Guest Editor
\nTemporal metaphysis has long been concerned with
\ntemporal ontology\; that is\, the study of which times exist\,
\nand\, further\, what nature times have (are they concrete
\nthings or abstract objects). This Special Issue
\ninvestigates temporal ontology and its connection to a
\nbroad range of questions about the nature of time and
\nexperience. In this Special Issue\, original research
\narticles are welcome. Research areas may include (but
\nare not limited to) the following:
\n- Temporal ontology and models of time (including
\npresentism\, the growing block\, eternalism)
\n- Connections between temporal ontology and temporal
\npassage
\n- Temporal ontology and time travel
\n- Temporal ontology and the ontological nature of times
\n(i.e.\, abstract versus concrete)
\n- Temporal ontology and temporal experience
\n- Temporal ontology and truthmaking
\n- Temporal ontology and modality
\n- Temporal ontology and freedom
\n- Change and temporal ontology
\n- Temporal ontology and physics (especially general
\nand special relativity\, and quantum gravity)
\n- Temporal ontology\, temporal direction\, and ph
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173912Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260731T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260731T180000 SUMMARY:Philosophia Reformata special issue "Faith\, Philosophy\, and AI" UID:20260723T190003Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers Special Issue Philosophia Reformata
\nJournal: \;Philosophia Reformata (www.brill.com/phir)
\nSpecial issue: Faith\, Philosophy\, and Artificial Intelligence
\nGuest editors: Christine Boshuijzen-van Burken (Eindhoven University of Technology\; The Netherlands Defence Academy) and Maaike Harmsen (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
\nDeadline: Papers (5\,000&ndash\;9\,000 words) may be submitted through the journal&rsquo\;s website until 31 July 2026
\nArtificial intelligence (AI) has received much attention over the last decade\, not only from those working in computer science\, who saw a swift advancement in existing AI models and architectures\, but also from investors who spur the development and uptake of AI in various professions\, as well as from ethicists seeking to address ethical issues relating to AI development and use. Typical approaches include the listing of principles for responsible use and development of AI\, principles such as fairness\, transparency\, explainability\, and accountability.
\nLess attention\, however\, has been paid to philosophical issues as they relate to reasoning about AI\, including the religious assumptions that inform normative positions toward its use and development. What do we mean when we say we are developing or using &ldquo\;artificial intelligence&rdquo\;? What existential need gives rise to the demand for AI ethics and regulation? Rather than adding to the multiplicity of existing definitions and ethical stances\, this special issue seeks to unpack philosophical presuppositions\, metaphysical assumptions\, and religious commitments that explicitly or implicitly inform AI debates. We invite authors who discuss AI from either Christian or other religious philosophical perspectives. Relevant topics include ontological\, epistemological\, metaphysical\, and other philosophical questions and issues regarding AI in general&mdash\;for example:
\nIn addition\, authors may discuss specific &ldquo\;manifestations&rdquo\; of AI\, such as large or small language models\, AI decision support systems\, AI vision detection and classification tools\, video-generating AI\, agentic AI\, and GenAI.
\nFor more information\, please contact the editorial assistant\, Mathanja Berger: mathanja@bergeracademicediting.nl.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173912Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260731T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260731T230000 SUMMARY:Synthese Topical Collection - Artificial Joint Intentionality: Skilled Social Interactions in the Age of AI UID:20260723T190004Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:With the rapid progress in generative AI technology\, we find ourselves at the beginning of an AI revolution. AI systems typified by Large Language Models (LLMs) invite us to treat them as conversational and thought partners. These systems will play an increasingly significant role in our social world. To understand their impact\, this Topical Collection proposes to combine foundational work from philosophy on the nature of joint skilled action\, including the role of social affordances\, with the analysis of interactive AI systems that may have the potential to qualify as partners in social agency.
\nMany skills essential for us as social agents can only be expressed with others or involve others as social objects. The concept of an affordance\, which picks out action opportunities in an agent&rsquo\;s environment\, can be extended to opportunities for social action\, that is\, to social affordances that include other social agents presenting social action opportunities.
\nGiven the conversational interface between humans and artificial systems such as LLMs\, we can expect to perceive or rely on social affordances in human-machine interactions: AI systems such as LLMs and social robots are designed to provide social cues and thereby offer opportunities for the expression of social action. AI systems now occupy various social roles&mdash\;as collaborators\, companions\, friends\, counselors\, and even therapists&mdash\;raising a host of theoretical\, practical\, and ethical questions about their capacity to produce and interpret social cues.
\nAppropriate topics for submission include\, among others:
\n- What are the commonalities and differences between human-human\, human-machine\, and machine-machine interactions?
\n- What is missing in interactions in which machines are involved in comparison with human social interactions? What are the practical and ethical implications? Can (and if so\, should) artificial systems be trained to be skilled &ldquo\;partners&rdquo\; in joint activities with human partners?
\n- Can artificial systems based on generative AI technology (like LLMs) qualify as genuine agents and\, in particular\, social agents? How might social ontological accounts of group agency be brought to bear on candidate generative AI agents?
\n- To what extent do they genuinely present social affordances? To what extent do they have social skills?
\n- How should we conceptualize the abilities of artificial systems that may play roles in joint intentional activities?
\n- Does it make a difference whether a human agent conceptualizes the AI system as a tool\, as opposed to a partner\, in a joint activity?
\nFor further information\, please contact the corresponding guest editor: jrust@stetson.edu
\nThe deadline for submissions is July 31\, 2026.
\nThe CFP can be found here: https://link.springer.com/journal/11229/collections
\nSubmissions via: https://www.editorialmanager.com/synt/default.aspx
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173912Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260731T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260731T234500 SUMMARY:Nonsense in Language and Thought UID:20260723T190005Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Title:
\nNonsense in Language and Thought
\nGuest editor:
\nKrystian Bogucki (Polish Academy of Sciences)
\nJournal:
\nStudia Semiotyczne (Semiotic Studies)
\nhttps://studiasemiotyczne.pts.edu.pl/
\nDeadline for submissions:
\nthe 1st of May 2026
\nDescription
\nStudia Semiotyczne \;(Semiotic Studies) \;invites submissions for a special issue of the journal. Papers should be written in English and prepared for blind review.
\nAn interest in nonsense was a hallmark of the early analytic philosophy. Bertrand Russell (1908) thought that a theory of nonsense could help us avoid some daunting paradoxes in logic. Ludwig Wittgenstein (1922\, 1953) and Rudolf Carnap (1931) recognised nonsense as a fundamental concept for philosophical criticism. They claimed that much of philosophical discourse is defective in the most fundamental way: it is neither true nor false\, it does not consist of thoughts and propositions &ndash\; it is nonsense. According to the early Wittgenstein\, philosophers want to describe the nature of the world\, thought\, language and ethics\, but they unwittingly fall into nonsense. The \;Tractatus \;was supposed to free us from this troublesome position by presenting a perspicuous notation. On the other hand\, the later Wittgenstein claimed that we should compare deceptive philosophical images with our ordinary ways of thinking and speaking in order to avoid nonsense. Philosophical problems arise when language goes on holiday\, so we must always remember the everyday use of concepts. For Carnap\, propositions should be reducible to sense data and constructed according to the rules of logical syntax in order to be meaningful.
\nLater\, the topic of nonsense was discussed by Alfred Ayer\, Gilbert Ryle\, Willard V. O. Quine\, Arthur Prior\, Richard Routley and Georg H. von Wright\, among others. Since the late 1970s\, however\, the interest in nonsense has faded. Only recently\, some important works have been published. The first important stimulus came from foundational works on theories of nonsense (Cappelen 2012\, 2013\; Camp 2004\; Glock 2015\; Magidor 2009\, 2013). The second source of the revival of interest in nonsense was Wittgenstein scholarship on the austere and substantial conceptions of nonsense (Conant 2001\; Diamond 1995\, 2005\; Glock 2004\; Hacker 2003\; Moore 2003\; Sullivan 2003). Some works also examined the relation of nonsense to other phenomena (Gotham 2017\, Keller and Keller 2021\, Shaw 2015\, Sorensen 2003).
\nThe important questions to be addressed in the forthcoming volume are (to name but a few): What are the sources of nonsense? Are some parts of philosophical and non-philosophical discourse nonsense? What is the relation between nonsense and figurative speech? Is it at all possible to be wrong whether our own thoughts are meaningful? We hope that the special issue of \;Studia Semiotyczne \;will further strengthen and deepen the scholarly interest in nonsense.
\nPossible topics include\, but are not limited to:
\nTheories of nonsense
\nNonsense and logical syntax
\nNonsense and category mistakes
\nNonsense and figurative speech (e.g. metaphor\, metonymy)
\nNonsense and fiction
\nHistory of the concept of nonsense (in particular Wittgenstein's and the Vienna Circle's views on nonsense)
\nNonsense and understanding
\nNonsense and illusions of sense
\nNonsense and quantification
\nNonsense and linguistics
\nNonsense and ineffability
\nNonsense\, knowledge-how and knowledge-that
\nLogics of nonsense
\nNonsense and semantic paradoxes
\nHow to diagnose philosophical nonsense?
\nMetaphilosophical and methodological issues concerning nonsense
\nIn order to submit the paper\, one is kindly asked to submit the manuscript by sending it to:
\nkrystian.bogucki@ifispan.edu.pl \;and \;studiasemiotyczne@pts.edu.pl
\nAll submitted papers will be double-blind peer-reviewed.
\nAbout the journal:
\nStudia Semiotyczne \;(Semiotic Studies) is a journal founded in 1970 by Jerzy Pelc\, its editor-in-chief until 2015. Between 1970 and 2015\, \;Studia Semiotyczne \;was published non-periodically (during that period\, 29 volumes were published). In December 2015\, \;Studia Semiotyczne \;was transformed into a six-monthly print and Internet publication. Papers accepted for publication in the journal revolve around various aspects of semiotics (conceived in the Morris-Carnap sense) and philosophy. Papers submitted as articles are subject to a double-blind peer review. \;Studia Semiotyczne \;is an open-access journal published by The Polish Semiotic Society (Polskie Towarzystwo Semiotyczne).
\nThe journal is present in \;Academica\, \;BazHum\, \;CEEOL\, \;CEJSH\, \;DOAJ\, EBSCO Discovery Service\, \;ERIH Plus\, \;Index Copernicus\, \;Library of Science\, Philosopher&rsquo\;s Index\, \;PhilPapers\, \;Polona\, \;Scopus \;and Web of Science. The journal is also ranked by the following national agencies for scholarly evaluation:
\n- ANVUR (Italy): both as a scientific journal and as an A-Class (area 11)\,
\n- MEiN (Poland).
\nhttps://studiasemiotyczne.pts.edu.pl/
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173912Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260731T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260731T234500 SUMMARY:Special Issue on Imagination\, Creativity and Artificial Intelligence (Philosophical Psychology) UID:20260723T190006Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:CFP: Special Issue on Imagination\, Creativity and Artificial Intelligence (Philosophical Psychology)
\nManuscript Deadline: 31 July 2026
\nSpecial Issue Editors
\nKengo Miyazono\, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies\, Hokkaido University\, Japan
\nFiora Salis\, Department of Philosophy\, University of York\, UK
\nThe aim of this special issue is to explore the relation between imagination\, creativity and artificial intelligence through interdisciplinary approaches at the intersection of philosophy\, psychology and artificial intelligence. Many areas where human creativity has been crucial in the past are now being transformed by machines. Creativity is often associated with imagination\, but the cognitive relationship between imagination and creativity in humans is still poorly understood\, and no account of the role of imagination in computational creativity has been developed\, yet.
\nAppropriate topics for submission are\, among others:
\nThe nature of human and machine creativity
\nThe nature of human and machine imagination
\nThe prospects of machine creativity in the arts and the sciences
\nThe implications of machine creativity for human agency
\nThe methods for evaluating and measuring computational creativity
\nThe differences between human creativity and imagination and their machine counterparts
\nThe implications of machine creativity for our notions of imagination and creativity
\nThe potential impacts of machine imagination and creativity on philosophical practices
\nInvited contributors include:
\nAllison Hills (University of Oxford) and Alexander Bird (University of Cambridge)
\nDustin Stokes (LMU Munich)
\nElliot Samuel Paul (Queen&rsquo\;s University)
\nKatsunori Miyahara (University of Hokkaido)
\nSebastian Sunday Gré\;ve (University of Peking)
\nInformal queries should be directed at: Dr Fiora Salis (fiora.salis@york.ac.uk)
\nSpecial Issue URL:https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/imagination-creativity-artificial-intelligence/
\nSubmission Instructions
\nContributors are invited to submit papers that examine the relation between the three elements of imagination\, creativity and artificial intelligence.
\nPapers should be original research articles\, 7000-8000 word long (excluding bibliography).
\nCase reports that are relevant to the philosophical debate in this area are also welcome.
\nWhen submitting your paper\, please select "Imagination\, Creativity and Artificial Intelligence" as the title of the special issue in the drop-down menu.
\nIt is our policy that only papers that have been through peer review and have attracted two positive reports from independent reviewers are accepted for publication.
\nPapers will be published online as they become available but they will only be assigned to an issue when all papers in the special issue will have completed production.
\nWe encourage submissions from members of underrepresented groups in philosophy\, psychology\, and artificial intelligence.
\nCall for Abstracts \;
The International Society for the Philosophy of the Sciences of the Mind (ISPSM) is happy to invite all philosophers working on any science of the mind (broadly construed) to submit an abstract for a paper or a symposium. We particularly encourage submissions from underrepresented groups in the field\, including members of the LGBTQIA+ community and those based in the global south\, as part of our ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion practices in philosophy and beyond. \;
What is the mind\, and how does it work? These questions have led to centuries of philosophical and empirical investigations\, and still lack definitive answers. We thus invite submissions from all disciplines that leverage insights from the use of different techniques\, methodologies\, and research questions to shed light on the nature and functioning of the mind. \;
In this fourth web conference\, we seek again to bring together many of these perspectives to build a common ground\, a comprehensive and multi-scale conceptual landscape of the mind. We accept submissions from a broad range of perspectives\, including - but not limited to - philosophy of psychology\, philosophy of psychiatry\, philosophy of neuroscience\, philosophy of cognitive science\, philosophy of mind\, philosophy of artificial intelligence &\; robotics\, philosophy of linguistics\, philosophy of ethology\, philosophy of (cognitive) anthropology\, philosophy of biology\, philosophy of the social sciences and consciousness studies. \;
We are delighted to already have a number of excellent keynote speakers confirmed for 2026\, including: \;
Devon Bailey University of Johannesburg\, Republic of South Africa \;
Louise Barrett University of Lethbridge\, Canada \;
Ali Boyle LSE\, United Kingdom \;
Melina Gastelum Vargas UNAM\, Mexico \;
Michael Kirchhoff University of Wollongong\, Australia \;
\nYukie Nagai University of Tokyo\, Japan \;
\nPractical Information \;
\nWhen: 4-6 November 2026
\nWhere: Online
\nFees: The conference is fully online\, and no fee is required
\nFurther Inquiries: ispsmofficial@gmail.com \; \; \;
\nInformation for submission \;
\nAbstracts for single papers (about 30 minutes each including Q&\;A) should be anonymized PDFs of maximum 500 words\, and should include references and 3-5 keywords (both excluded from the wordcount). To submit an abstract\, please use the following link: \;
\n\; https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfnep5cuix6t3NbLY6J9fE3Yul-bk5afwzDQ7y-x-EbJ0jAhw/viewform \;
\nProposals for symposia (2 hours including Q&\;A\, maximum 4 papers) should be PDF files between 1500 and 2000 words\, excluding references and 3-5 keywords. Unlike papers\, they should not be anonymized: speakers' affiliations and contacts should be included in the main text. To submit a symposium proposal\, please use the following link:
\n\; https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeC3XMR-0A9Pw0A_Xm1f3ZCoinJ0mUW3cGwvQKdKoA_I014ZQ/viewform \;
\nDeadline for submissions: 31/07/2026 \;
\nBest meme prize \;
\nMany scientific societies have prizes for the best paper. As an online-based society\, we instead launch a contest for the best graphic meme regarding the philosophy of the sciences of the mind. We are interested in memes formed by static images + text and GIFs. \; The contest is open to all those who submit a paper or a symposium at the conference: to participate\, simply add up to a .GIF or .JPEG file entitled "ISPSM2026 Best Meme Contest." Memes should aim to elicit a laugh and then a thought (similarly to the Ig Nobel prize) and should abide by the ISPSM code of conduct (https://www.ispsmind.com/). The winning meme will be selected by the participants through a vote\, and hosted on the society&rsquo\;s homepage and social media. \; \; \; \;
\n\nOrganizing committee \; \;
\nMarco Facchin\, Universiteit Antwerpen
\nValeria Becattini\, IUSS Pavia
\nLiberty Severs\, Ruhr-Univesitä\;t Bochum\, the University of Lisbon and the Konrad Lorentz Institute
\nClavel Vá\;zquez\, Jimena - Tilburg University
\nNegro\, Niccolò\; - School of Psychological Sciences\, Tel Aviv University
\nCarlos Barth - Jesuit Faculty of Philosophy and Theology (FAJE)
\nLaura Oppi - Center for Subjectivity Research\, University of Copenhagen
\nApril Owens - University of Cambridge
ORGANIZER;CN=Marco Facchin;CN=Valeria Becattini;CN=Liberty Severs;CN=Niccolo Negro;CN="María Jimena Clavel Vázquez";CN=Carlos Barth;CN=Laura Oppi;CN=April Owens: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173912Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260731T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260731T234500 SUMMARY:13th Biennial Graduate Epistemology Conference\, University of Rochester UID:20260723T190008Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Rochester\, United States DESCRIPTION:Keynote Speaker
\nMichael G. Titelbaum\, University of Wisconsin-Madison
\nConference Details
\nThe University of Rochester Department of Philosophy invites graduate students to submit to the 13th Biennial Graduate Epistemology Conference. We welcome submissions in the field of analytic epistemology\, broadly construed. Such submissions can include papers that address epistemological issues in philosophy of science\, ethics\, philosophy of mind\, philosophy of language\, philosophy of religion\, or metaphysics.
\nSubmission Details
\nPaper length: 3\,500 words\, excluding notes and references.
\nPapers should be prepared for 30 minute presentations.
\nAbstract: 200 words or fewer.
\nFormat: PDF only.
\nPapers should be suitable for blind review: please omit any self-identifying marks within the body of the paper.
\nSubmission Deadline: July 31\, 2026\, 11:59 PM
\nSubmission can be made using this form: https://forms.gle/Co4MLMugM6b8C12u6
\nWe plan to send out notices of acceptance to the conference by Sept. 2\, 2026.
\nContact
\nFor questions\, comments\, and concerns\, please message the organizers at rochestergec@gmail.com.
ORGANIZER;CN=Harry Golborn;CN=Adam DeDobbelaere;CN=Evan Lopes;CN=Zane Duzant: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173912Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260731T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260731T234500 SUMMARY:PAINT Workshop on Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence UID:20260723T190009Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:America/Toronto LOCATION:15 Devonshire Pl\, Toronto\, Canada\, M5S 1H8 DESCRIPTION:CFP: PAINT Workshop on Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence
\nThe Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence Network Talks (PAINT) is hosting a two-day in-person workshop at University of Toronto on September 25th and 26th\, 2026. We invite submissions of abstracts for contributed talks and self-nominations for commenters.
\nThe theme of the workshop is Philosophy of AI and Science. We welcome papers on any philosophical aspect of artificial intelligence\, including but not limited to philosophy of science\, epistemology of science\, philosophy of mind\, metascience. We are interested in work that engages with both foundational questions about the nature of AI applications in science \;and normative questions about its development\, deployment\, and regulation.
\n\nInvited speakers:
\nRosa Cao (Stanford University)
\nJamee Elder (Tufts University)
\nDimitri Coelho Mollo (Umea University)
\nEamon Duede (Purdue University)
\n\nSubmission Guidelines:
\nAbstracts should be no more than 500 words and should clearly describe the main question\, argument\, and contribution of the paper. Abstracts should be prepared for anonymous review (no identifying information in the document). Please submit your abstract via the following form: \;
\nhttps://forms.gle/NTp1LdZMY6qTbCHJA \; \;
\nThe submission deadline is July 31st\, 2026.
\nTravel Support:
\nLimited funding is available to support travel costs for workshop participants\, with priority given to graduate students. Further details will be communicated to authors of accepted abstracts.
\nFurther information:
\nAbstract submissions are due July 31st. Decisions will be communicated by August 7th. Each accepted paper will be assigned a commentator. Accepted speakers must submit full paper drafts by August 31st. \;
\nQuestions may be directed to karina.vold@utoronto.ca \;
\nThe PAINT series and workshop is supported by Schmidt Sciences AI2050 Collaboration Fund.
ORGANIZER;CN=Karina Vold;CN=Sina Fazelpour;CN=Kathleen A. Creel: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173912Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260801T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260801T170000 SUMMARY:Computational Consciousness Science UID:20260723T190010Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:5 Washington Pl\, New York\, United States\, 10003 DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce a one-day meeting (a CCN 2026 satellite event) on 1st August 2026 in New York:
COMPUTATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS SCIENCE
A recent explosion of interest in computational models of consciousness comes both from our attempts to extend computational models of perception and cognition to their subjective aspects and from the importance of consciousness to the ethical implications of AI models.
This satellite meeting examines computational approaches from the points of view of philosophy\, psychology\, and neuroscience\, with keynotes from David Chalmers (philosophy)\, Marisa Carrasco (psychology)\, and Biyu He (neuroscience).
There will also be research talks from faculty\, postdocs\, and PhDs highlighting the contribution of computational models to our understanding of change-blindness\, iconic memory\, spatial perception\, and visual illusions\, as well as helping us to develop new measures of conscious awareness.
A closing panel discussion will explore new and future directions for the emerging discipline of computational consciousness science.
Date: Saturday\, August 1\, 2026
Location: NYU Department of Philosophy\, 5 Washington Place\, New York\, NY 10003
Registration: Free but please register because we have to give a list of attendees to security.
Link for details and registration:
THE INTERNATIONAL PHILOSOPHICAL CONFERENCE
\nIdeal Meanings and Real Contents: The Transcending Ability of Mind and Language
\nZagreb\, Institute of Philosophy
\nNovember 5th&ndash\; 7th\, 2026
\nCALL FOR PAPERS
\nOne of the hallmarks of modern philosophy is its treatment of meanings &ndash\; both of thoughts and linguistic (symbolic) expressions &ndash\; as &ldquo\;ideal&rdquo\; or &ldquo\;abstract\,&rdquo\; in contrast to the &ldquo\;real&rdquo\; or &ldquo\;concrete&rdquo\; character of entities that convey them. Although this view emerged already in the early 19th century\, most notably in Bolzano&rsquo\;s work\, it was articulated most clearly by Frege and became central to his &ldquo\;antipsychologistic&rdquo\; stance &ndash\; a programmatic position adopted by many German speaking philosophers around 1900. While enthusiasm for ideal meanings declined in the decades to follow\, both phenomenologically and analytically minded thinkers retained a deep interest in the objectifying capacity of language and consciousness. Following Brentano\, they started to address this capacity by a common label &ndash\; intentionality. Yet the shared term conceals important differences: for instance\, it has become customary to treat linguistic meanings and the meaningfulness of our experiences as distinct phenomena\, each giving rise to specialized fields of inquiry. The conference Ideal Meanings and Real Contents: The Transcending Ability of Mind and Language aims to trace these diverse approaches to their common philosophical roots and to consider the current controversies from a broader perspective. We therefore invite paper proposals addressing both historical interpretations and contemporary debates on intentionality across disciplines such as philosophy of mind\, philosophy of language\, logic\, metaphysics\, epistemology\, and cognitive science.
\nConfirmed keynote speakers: - Johannes Brandl (University of Salzburg) - Katalin Farkas (Central European University\, Vienna) - Srećko Kovač (Institute of Philosophy\, Zagreb) - Alberto Voltolini (University of Turin)
\nOfficial language of the conference is English.
\nDeadline: Those interested to present a paper\, should submit their 200 to 400 words abstract in English no later than August 1\, 2026 to: davor@ifzg.hr
\nConference fee is 100 euros. Those whose abstracts are accepted for the conference presentation should pay the fee no later than September 15\, 2026.
\nOrganising committee: Gabriela Ba&scaron\;ić Hanžek (University of Split)\, Du&scaron\;an Dožudić (Institute of Philosophy\, Zagreb)\, Ljudevit Hanžek (University of Split)\, Tomislav Janović (University of Zagreb)\, Davor Pećnjak (Institute of Philosophy\, Zagreb)\, Ivan Restović (Institute of Philosophy\, Zagreb)\, Dario &Scaron\;karica (Institute of Philosophy\, Zagreb/University of Split)
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173912Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260803T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260807T170000 SUMMARY:Idols of Modernity: The Human Desire for Meaning and the Migration of the Holy (Summer School) UID:20260723T190012Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:Europe/Zurich LOCATION:Kloster Mariastein\, Mariastein\, Switzerland\, CH-4115 DESCRIPTION:In his recent book The Uses of Idolatry (OUP 2024)\, William T. Cavanaugh argues that worship has not disappeared from our supposedly «\;secular»\; world\, but has merely changed its target. Instead of God\, created things and structures are worshipped. Cavanaugh examines modern forms of idolatry\, such as nationalism and consumer culture\, and shows how people become dominated by their own creations. Drawing on insights from history\, theology\, philosophy\, political science\, sociology and cultural studies\, the book recognizes idolatry as more than merely a «\;religious»\; phenomenon and views the critique of idolatry as a genuinely interdisciplinary project with the aim of revealing how and why we sacrifice ourselves and others to gods of our own design. The fo&chi\;s Summer School 2026 offers an opportunity to discuss these provocative theses and approaches with the author and to explore their consequences for our view of ourselves\, our culture and our academic work.
\nThe Summer School is designed for advanced undergraduate\, graduate\, and doctoral students in all disciplines\, willing to engage in in-depth study of philosophical\, intellectual-historical\, and theological developments.
ORGANIZER;CN=Matthias Egg: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173912Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260803T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260803T230000 SUMMARY:Philosophy\, Evidence and Policymaking UID:20260723T190013Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:Europe/Brussels LOCATION:Rijnstraat 50\, Den Haag\, Netherlands DESCRIPTION:This workshop brings together researchers working on the theory and philosophy of science and evidence in policymaking as well as practitioners such as knowledge-brokers\, policymakers and policy advisors. It is organised by researchers at University of Antwerp\, University of Groningen and the VU Amsterdam in collaboration with the Science for Policy project at the Netherlands&rsquo\; Ministry of Education\, Culture &\; Science.
\nThe workshop is aimed at both early-career and senior researchers who are interested in the theory and the practice of evidence generation for and use in policymaking and the interaction between science and policy. This field of research addresses questions such as: What type of evidence should one use to develop policies? What should the role of scientific advisors be in policymaking? Does it make sense to rank evidence in hierarchies? How should policymakers deal with scientific expert disagreement? What does an appropriate role for non-epistemic values look like in evidence and science for policy?
\nWe invite you to send abstracts on the abovementioned topics\, as well as on related ones. Abstracts should:
\nNot exceed 300 words (references excluded)\;
\nBe sent in an anonymised document to the following email address: ebpolicy.network@gmail.com\;
\nBe suitable for a 30-minute presentation (+15 minutes of Q&\;A)\;
\nBe sent by the deadline: 3 August 2026 (notification of acceptance beginning of August 2026)\;
\nParticipation in the workshop without sending an abstract is possible by filling out the registration form no later than 15 August 2026. \;
\nThe first part of the workshop will include a keynote lecture by Dr. Donal Khosrowi (University of Hannover) and\, after\, presentations of the selected abstracts. After the lunch break\, the second part of the workshop will include a keynote lecture by Dr. Jaakko Kuosmanen (Finnish Academy of Science and Letters) and structured dialogues in break-out groups with practitioners\, aimed at making participants reflect together on various topics related to evidence and policy.
\nMoreover\, the workshop aims to encourage interaction between researchers and practitioners. Therefore\, the workshop will also include sessions in which there is structured dialogue between participating researchers and practitioners from the Netherlands&rsquo\; government.
\nQuestions can be sent to \;ebpolicy.network@gmail.com
ORGANIZER;CN=Geertjan Holtrop;CN=Kato Van Roey;CN=Helena R. Slanickova;CN=Paride Del Grosso: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173912Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260803T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260803T230000 SUMMARY:Grimoires as scholarship\, scholarship as grimoires UID:20260723T190014Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:21 St Giles\, Oxford\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:&lsquo\;The pluralism of a postcolonial or decolonial philosophy of religion should be &ldquo\;on both ends&rdquo\; of the discipline\; that is\, both the phenomena and subjects considered and contemplated by the discipline should be diverse\, but also the people\, perspectives\, and methods engaged in this project should come from diverse backgrounds&mdash\;not only in terms of race\, class\, gender\, geography\, etc. but also in terms of ritual practice\, training (both academic and otherwise)\, initiation or membership in tribes\, societies\, or &ldquo\;religious&rdquo\; traditions.&rsquo\;
\n&mdash\;Oludamini Ogunnaike\, &ldquo\;Expanding the Menu or Seats at the Table? Grotesque Pluralism in the (Post)Colonial Philosophy of Religion.&rdquo\; Journal of the American Academy of Religion 89\, no. 2 (2021): 734.
\n&lsquo\;It was in the context of the colonial encounter that Christendom granted other communities and traditions the name it had only ever given itself&mdash\;religion&mdash\;and reincarnated it as &ldquo\;secular.&rdquo\;&rsquo\;
\n&mdash\;Erica Lagalisse\, Occult Features of Anarchism (Oakland: PM Press\, 2019)\, 7.
\n&lsquo\;Occultism is the metaphysic of dunces.&rsquo\;
\n&mdash\;Theodor Adorno\, Minima Moralia (London: Verso\, 1951)\, §\;151-VI.
\nThe term &ldquo\;grimoire\,&rdquo\; refers to a genre of magical literature\, specifically denoting manuals of magic or sorcery whose etymological roots in the Old French word grammaire (grammar) reflect its origin as a repository of specialized knowledge and constitutes a codified manual of occult ritual techniques and illustrations. The grimoire is a culturally and historically situated textual artefact appearing predominantly in the form of the manuscript or printed handbook. These books systematize ritual\, symbolic\, and operative knowledge within a magical or occult framework. This can be seen especially through spirit lists\, prescriptive instructions for the manipulation of supernatural agencies (e.g.\, spirits of the dead\, angels\, demons)\, the production of efficacious objects (e.g.\, talismans\, amulets)\, guides for various forms of divination and the intentional use of technologies to create new forms of spirituality among many others.
\nThese claims to hidden or occulted knowledge have rendered many scholarly traditions grimoire-like in form and function. However\, unlike disciplines like theology where the influence of theistic discursive traditions on scholarship is rendered explicit\, the intersubsumption of esotericism\, occultism\, and magic with the study of such is often occulted. So how have scholarly texts functioned as these repositories of magical or occult knowledge?
\nThis conference invites scholars to explore the idea of any form of scholarly text as grimoire. We welcome contributions from across disciplines that interrogate any scholarly form that self describes as a grimoire. Philosophically\, we especially hope to explore what it would mean to do academic philosophy from occult perspectives\, such as the application of philosophical reasoning to occult texts a la analytic methods or the use of occult concepts in social analysis a la the critical tradition.
\nPossible topics of occult-and-scholarly intersubsumption include\, but are not limited to:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Alchemy as Chemistry\, Chemistry as Alchemy
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Astrology as Medicine\, Medicine as Astrology
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Magick as Media\, Media as Magick
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Theurgy as Philosophy\, Philosophy as Theurgy
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Demonology as Political Science\, Political Science as Demonology
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Geomancy as Topography\, Topography as Geomancy
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Mnemonica as Calculus\, Calculus as Mnemonica
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Egregore as Extended Cognition\, Extended Cognition as Egregore
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Hypersigils as Literature\, Literature as Hypersigils
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Sorcery as Coding\, Coding as Sorcery
\nImportant Dates
\nFormat
\nThe conference will be held in person. Attendance at the conference is free\, though food and accommodations are not provided. We will be hosted at St John&rsquo\;s College\, Oxford\, where there is a café\; and food options throughout the day of the conference.
\nSubmission &\; Contact
\nPlease send submissions and inquiries to: grimoire@theology.ox.ac.uk
\nSubmission Guidelines
\nPlease submit:
\nProposals for complete panels (3&ndash\;4 speakers) are also welcome.
\nSymposium Output
\nWe invite our fellow symposiasts to join us as participants for an application of the Delphi method\, a research approach for mediating scholarly discussion and generating expert consensus. The purpose of the study will be to make recommendations for the future of occult studies and sister disciplines\, grounded in the findings of this symposium. Upon their approval of the research\, participants who collaborate throughout the entire Delphi process will be credited as co-authors of the paper. Further details about the method and study will be given upon invitation to the conference.
\nAccessibility Info
\nThe conference organizers are committed to holding a symposium which meets the needs of its contributors. Meetings spaces\, accessible toilets\, and the cafe area are all on the ground floor of our meeting area\, with no stairs or steps required for access. Most doors are automatic\, but a small number aren&rsquo\;t\; conference organizers and/or the college&rsquo\;s Porters will be available to help with most accessibility needs as requested. If there is anything the organizers can provide related to accessibility matters\, please let us know.
\nConference Organizers
\nKachine Moore
\nUniversity of Glasgow
\nScott Ryan Maybell
\nUniversity of Oxford\, St John's College
ORGANIZER;CN=Scott Ryan Maybell;CN=Kachine Moore: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173912Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260806T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260807T170000 SUMMARY:Causation\, Grounding\, and Explanation II UID:20260723T190015Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:NIG\, Universitätsstraße 7\, Vienna\, Austria\, 1010 DESCRIPTION:This workshop is a collaboration between philosophers from the University of Vienna and several Chinese universities (primarily Fudan). It is the second installment of an event that we organized last year at Fudan University in Shanghai.
\n\nThis event is funded by and part of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) projects Truth is Grounded in Facts (PI: Prof. B. Schnieder\, DOI: 10.55776/P36713) and Explanatory Gaps as a Guide to Reality (PI: D. Aleksiev\, DOI: 10.55776/ESP318).
ORGANIZER;CN=Damian Aleksiev;CN=Benjamin Schnieder;CN=Zhiwei Gu: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173912Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260807T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260808T170000 SUMMARY:Metaphysics of Logic UID:20260723T190016Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Regina-Pacis-Weg 3\, Bonn\, Germany\, 53113 DESCRIPTION:What is the relationship between logical laws and rational thinking? Are there facts about logic that are independent of us\, and if so\, what is their metaphysical status? Do purely logical statements have meaning? Is there a true logical system\, or can several logical systems be accepted at once? What is the relationship between classical logic and alternative logics?
\nGiven the central role that logic plays in contemporary philosophy\, the importance of these questions cannot be underestimated. In analytical philosophy in particular\, it is often assumed that logical formalization can lend arguments a special power. This power makes it seemingly impossible to accept the premises of an argument and yet reject its conclusion. Arguments that cannot be formalized in this way\, on the other hand\, are often rejected as &lsquo\;unscientific.&rsquo\;
\nBut as central as logic is to analytical philosophy\, philosophers disagree about its nature and foundations. This great diversity of positions in the philosophy of logic has a long tradition: Frege believed that the principles of logic were general laws of truth and that rules for correct judgment could be derived from them. (Der Gedanke\, 58) Carnap's famous postulate &ldquo\;In logic there are no morals&rdquo\; (The Logical Syntax of Language §\;17) expresses the idea that logical systems can only claim validity relative to the specification of a particular language. Jared Warren believes that logical truths are a shadow of syntax or reflections on linguistic rules. (Shadows of Syntax\, p. 325\; Slogan 8)
\nThe aim of the conference is to facilitate the exchange of different positions on the mentioned issues. Both systematic contributions to current debates and discussions of historical positions are welcome.
\nCall for abstracts
\nWe encourage BA\, MA\, and M.Ed. students to submit abstracts on the above topic in English. Submissions should include a brief description of the topic (approximately two to three sentences) and an abstract of no more than 400 words for a blind review. Each presenter will have 45 minutes for their presentation\, 20 minutes for the talk\, and 25 minutes for a Q&\;A. \;
\nThe deadline for submissions is 30.04.26.. Please submit your application as a PDF to logicandmetaphysics@protonmail.com. Documents need to be anonymized for blind review. Please make sure to use &ldquo\;Abstract Metaphysics of Logic Bonn 2026&rdquo\; \;as the subject of the Email.
\nWe particularly encourage students from underrepresented and marginalized groups to submit abstracts in order to support diversity and equality at universities. \;
\nAll submissions will undergo a blind review. All applicants will be notified by email by 18.05.26. regardless of whether their presentation has been selected. We will contact you for further organizational steps if your presentation is selected.
\nWe are working on financing the conference\, however currently we cannot guarantee a full (or even a partial) reimbursement of travel and accommodation costs. Should you be unable to finance your accommodation\, please indicate this in your email. A limited number of participants can be accommodated by the local student body.
\nIf you have any questions\, please contact the organizers logicandmetaphysics@protonmail.com. We look forward to receiving your abstracts!
ORGANIZER;CN=Madara Vaserberga;CN=Leon Isenmann;CN=Timo Selting;CN=Dalon Axhimusa;CN=Marvin Thinschmidt: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173912Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260808T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260808T090000 SUMMARY:15th Annual Florida State University Free Will\, Moral Responsibility\, and Agency Conference UID:20260723T190017Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Tallahassee\, United States\, 32304 DESCRIPTION:The Philosophy Graduate Student Association (PGSA) of Florida State University is now accepting submissions for their graduate conference on free will\, moral responsibility\, and agency.
\nThe conference will take place at Florida State University on October 16-17 2026.
\nKeynote speakers will be:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Zoë\; Johnson King\, Harvard University
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; David Shoemaker\, Cornell University
\nThe conference will be held in Dodd Hall Auditorium. Conference participants can access the auditorium via either stairs or ramps\, and wheelchair accessible tables as well as theater-style seats are available in the auditorium. Microphones will be available for presenters. The conference is currently planned to be held in-person.
\nThose interested in submitting papers related to free will\, moral responsibility\, or the wider notion of agency should email their submissions to fsupgsa@gmail.com. Papers should be submitted along with a cover page. The criteria for the paper submission and cover page are as follows:
\n \;
Paper Requirements:
·\; \; \; \; \; \; Prepared for anonymous review
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; No more than 4\,000 words
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Suitable for 25-minute presentation
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Preceded by an abstract of 150-250 words
\nCover Page Requirements:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Presenter&rsquo\;s name
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Institutional affiliation
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Contact information (email address or phone number)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Title of paper
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;150-250 word abstract of the paper \;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Word count of the paper
\nThe deadline for submissions is August 8th\, 2026. We will notify those whose papers have been accepted no later than September 16\, 2026.
\nFor questions or further information\, please contact Justice Cabantangan (jac24m at fsu.edu). You may also visit the conference website at https://philosophy.fsu.edu/free-will-conference. (The website is currently under maintenance.)
ORGANIZER;CN=Justice Cabantangan: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173913Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260810T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260810T090000 SUMMARY:Inquiry Network WIP Talks UID:20260723T190018Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The Inquiry Network WIP Talks feature presentations of work in progress related to inquiry\, broadly understood. For example\, presentations might discuss (but are not limited to): the epistemology of inquiry\, the metaphysics of inquiry\, ethical norms of inquiry\, historical perspectives on inquiry\, or the structure of scientific inquiry.
We aim to foster the sharing of ideas in an inclusive\, welcoming and low-pressure environment. Papers that are already accepted for publication will not be accepted. We aim to be sensitive to the needs of early-career scholars.
The group meets biweekly on Zoom during each of the Fall and Spring semesters. Meeting times are determined shortly before the beginning of each semester with the goal of finding a time that works for as many members as possible. Special consideration is given to finding a meeting time that works for presenters of accepted papers.
We ask the authors of accepted papers to try their best to attend at least half of the talks in the semester in which they will present\, and more if possible. We recognize that circumstances may vary\, but we encourage speakers to meet this goal when possible in order to help foster a sense of familiarity among the participants and to help build a sense of community among group members more generally.
The CFA for Fall 2026 will be open until August 10th\, 2026 (EOD). We will evaluate submissions with the aim of responding within 2 weeks.
Please submit an abstract of up to 500 words for consideration. We especially welcome submissions by early-career philosophers and by members of under-represented groups.
Submission link: \;https://forms.gle/GBmg7UKyP4YHfWXs7
Contact: inquirynetworkgroup@gmail.com \;
The 19th Cologne Summer School in Philosophy (CSSiP) on
\nFolk Epistemology and Science Skepticism
\ntakes place in Cologne from August 10 to August 14\, 2026.
\nThe Cologne Summer School is an annual\, week-long\, event at which leading epistemologists present their current work in a series of lectures\, defend their views against critical comments\, and discuss their work with participants. The Summer School mainly aims at professional philosophers and graduate students\, but anyone is welcome to apply. In 2026 our special guest will be Mikkel Gerken (University of Southern Denmark).
\nGerken works in epistemology\, philosophy of science\, and philosophy of mind. His three monographs may provide an initial introduction to his research. In Epistemic Reasoning and the Mental (Palgrave 2013)\, Gerken considers how externalism in philosophy of mind bears on the nature of the epistemology of inference. In On Folk Epistemology (OUP 2017)\, he argues that folk epistemological heuristics explain patterns of intuitive judgments that have mistakenly been taken to motivate epistemic contextualism\, pragmatic encroachment\, and knowledge-first epistemology. Doing so involves engagement with cognitive psychology as well as methodological considerations about the relationship between folk epistemological intuitions and epistemological theorizing. In Scientific Testimony (OUP 2022)\, Gerken argues that testimony is a vital part of science and articulates epistemic norms governing it. Furthermore\, he considers scientific testimony to the lay public and empirically informed science communication strategies for addressing science skepticism. In addition to the monographs\, Gerken has published on epistemic injustice\, epistemic norms of action and assertion\, transcendental arguments\, the necessary a posteriori\, philosophical skepticism\, philosophical methodology etc.
\n\;
\nCologne Summer School Themes: The 2026 Summer School will address a range of issues from foundational to applied social epistemology. Many of the discussions will revolve around an important real-life problem &ndash\; namely\, science skepticism. For example\, we will examine how science skepticism is related to varieties of philosophical skepticism. Furthermore\, we will consider how folk epistemological heuristics and conversational norms may fuel public skepticism about science. We will also consider ways in which epistemologists and philosophers of science may play a role in combating science skepticism. Thus\, some of the discussions overlap with issues in philosophy of science. Throughout\, there will be an emphasis on philosophical methodology and epistemology&rsquo\;s relationship to empirical research in the social and cognitive sciences.
\nTopics will include
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Philosophical skepticism and real-life (science) skepticism
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Folk epistemology and its relation to epistemology
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Epistemic norms of assertion and science communication
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Internalism and externalism in epistemology and mind
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Intuitive judgments and philosophical methodology
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; The epistemic roles of science in society
\nThe Summer School is free but limited to 50 participants &ndash\; to be selected on the basis of motivation and qualification. Online application is possible through April 15. Please supply a short letter that sketches your academic background and main motivation for participating in the Summer School. If you are interested in giving a brief presentation (approx. 20 minutes) related to Gerken&rsquo\;s work\, please also send an abstract of no more than 1\,000 words. We will inform you about the result of your application soon after the deadline.
ORGANIZER;CN=Thomas Grundmann: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173913Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260818T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260818T120000 SUMMARY:17th Annual McGinley-Rice Symposium on Justice for Vulnerable Populations UID:20260723T190020Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:1015 Forbes Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, United States\, 15219 DESCRIPTION:You're invited to submit an abstract for the upcoming 17th Annual McGinley-Rice Symposium. This event will explore "The Face of the Person Who Has Experienced Disaster". \;
\nThe symposium provides a scholarly forum for nurses\, social workers\, psychologists\, educators\, advocates\, and other healthcare professionals. It invites abstracts that discuss the social justice tradition and its application to the health and well-being of individuals who have experienced disaster.
\nPlease share this opportunity with colleagues and networks committed to disaster response\, recovery\, and advocacy. Together\, let's advance the conversation and care.
\nThe last day to submit an abstract is Monday\, August 18\, 2026.
\n\nhttps://duquesne.jotform.com/form/213344875510959
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173913Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260819T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260819T234500 SUMMARY:Central New York Philosophy of Language Workshop UID:20260723T190021Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Rochester\, United States DESCRIPTION:Call for Abstracts: Central New York Philosophy of Language Workshop
\nEvent Date:Friday\, November 6\, 2026
Location: University of Rochester
Keynote Speaker: Seth Yalcin (Berkeley)
Scholars working on the philosophy of language are invited to submit paper abstracts for the third annual meeting of the Central New York Philosophy of Language Workshop (CNYPLW). We welcome submissions from faculty\, postdoctoral researchers\, and graduate students in philosophy or cognate disciplines (linguistics\, cognitive science\, or others). The workshop will be held on November 6\, 2026\, at the University of Rochester.
\nSubmission Guidelines:
\nAbstracts should be between 500-1000 words and prepared for blind review.
\nThe format of the workshop will be pre-read\, so full papers (up to 10\,000 words) will be expected in advance for distribution to participants.
\nTo promote scholarship within the Central New York Humanities Corridor\, preference may be given to scholars at corridor institutions (Syracuse University\, Cornell University\, University of Rochester\, Colgate University\,Hamilton College\, Hobart and William Smith Colleges\, Skidmore College\, St. Lawrence\, University\, Union College\, Le Moyne College\, Rochester Institute of Technology).
\nTravel Funding:
\nTravel funding is available for participants from corridor institutions. For more information\, please visitIntra-Corridor Travel Supplement.
\nSubmission Deadline: August 19\, 2026
\nHow to Submit: Abstracts should be submitted via the following form:https://universityrochester.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_205n42LjLiG9Lvg
\nOrganizers:
Martí\;n Abreu Zavaleta (Syracuse University)\, Jens Kipper (University of Rochester) and Zeynep Soysal (University of Rochester).
Support:
This workshop is supported by the Central New York Humanities Corridor (working group LIN16).
Contact Information:
For questions\, please contact Zeynep Soysal (zeynep.soysal@rochester.edu).
The cognitive sciences have made significant progress in our understanding of core cognitive capacities like motivation\, self-regulation\, and working memory. Many questions remain at the interface of these capacities: How are they related? Can one of them explain others? What is their relationship to human agency? And how is their operation altered by the agent&rsquo\;s practical context\, such as structural conditions and social background? The two-day Agential Capacities Workshop will examine these questions. \;
\nAll speakers attend the event in-person\, but it will be possible to follow the talks online.
\nThere will be a pre-workshop\, "Mind in the Age of AI"\, on the 19th. The pre-workshop is in-person only.
\n
Full speaker line-up:
Denise de Ridder (Utrecht University)
\nMarina Milyavskaya (Carleton University)
\nSantiago Amaya (Rice University)
\nVeronika Job (University of Vienna)
\nDavid Barack (Carnegie Mellon University &\; University of Pittsburgh)
\nAngelica Kaufmann (University of Milan)
\nAnssi Bwalya (University of Turku)
\nFrederik Junker (University of Copenhagen)
\nJ-P Bermú\;dez (University of Southampton)
\nMarina Trakas (Universidade de Lisboa)
\nAndrea Hiott (University of Heidelberg)
\nMohsen Forghani (University of Warsaw)
\nSamuel Delorme (UC San Diego)
\nPhilipp Thamer (King's College London)
\n
For more information\, please see the event website: \;https://sites.utu.fi/agencyproject/2026-agential-capacities-in-context-workshop/
The 2026 edition of the UCSIA Summer School is titled &ldquo\;From Disciples to Followers: Questioning the Digital Experience of Religions Online&rdquo\;\, and marks the final year of UCSIA&rsquo\;s three-year cycle on &ldquo\;Religion &\; Politics: (Dis)Entanglements in Communities and Societies&rdquo\;.
\nThis summer school invites early-career scholars to critically examine how digital technologies\, online platforms\, and political economies are reshaping religious practices\, publics\, authorities\, and forms of belonging.
\nThe Faculty
\nTwo experts have already confirmed their attendance:
\nYasmin Moll (University of Michigan) is a socio-cultural anthropologist whose work explores the intersections of religion\, media\, politics\, and ethics in the Middle East and North Africa.
\nAlessandra Vitullo (Sapienza University of Rome) is a sociologist specializing in digital religion\, online mediation of belief\, and the transformation of religious authority and belonging in digital cultures.
ORGANIZER;CN=University Centre Saint-Ignatius Antwerp Ucsia: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173913Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260824T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260828T170000 SUMMARY:12th European Congress of Analytic Philosophy (ECAP12) UID:20260723T190024Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:Europe/Madrid LOCATION:Edificio Multiusos Universidad Complutense\, Madrid\, Spain DESCRIPTION:Registration Deadlines
\nEarly bird registration: June 15th\, 2026
\nStandard registration: July 5th\, 2026
\nRegistration
\nhttps://analyticphilosophy.eu/ecap-12-registration/
\nLocation:
\nThe conference will take place in the Edificio Multiusos (and nearby buildings) of the Complutense University of Madrid\, C/ Profesor Aranguren\, s/ n\, Ciudad Universitaria\, 28040\, Madrid (closest metro stop: Ciudad Universitaria).
\nContact: \;
\nFor any queries\, contact: \;ecap12conference@gmail.com \;
\nConference web page:
\nhttps://analyticphilosophy.eu/ecap12/
\;
Main Event: \;27th \;August 2026
\nOptional \;Additional Session: \;28th \;August 2026
\nCall for participants deadline: \;Sunday 10th \;May \;23:59 GMT
\nTheme
\nMany of us theorise about groups to which we do not belong\, and about issues which seriously impact groups to which we do not belong. In this workshop we will explore questions around how this theorising should be done\, and whether/when such research should be avoided. \;
\nJust Theorising is a reading workshop on responsible and responsive philosophical research. Participants will discuss the epistemological and methodological issues surrounding theorising across social difference.
\nParticipants will discuss texts from social epistemology\, applied ethics\, and by marginalised people writing outside academia &ndash\; all \;of which suggest ways to approach (or not to approach) \;theorising across social difference. \;
\nOur aim is to improve our \;philosophical \;practice by thinking together. \;By approaching these questions collaboratively and openly\, we hope to improve the philosophical and ethical quality of \;our \;future work. \;
\nFormat
\nThis workshop involves one full day of discussions\, and an optional collaborative session the following morning. \;
\nThe main event \;will involve a series of \;reading-group-style sessions\, where participants discuss existing texts on workshop themes. \; \;
On the second day\, the organiser will be holding an optional session\, where we will design an online resource to aid others who want to investigate these issues themselves or organise similar events.
How to participate
\nBecause this workshop is discussion-based\, we are limited to 20 attendees. This means that if we have more than 20 interested \;applicants \;we will need to say &lsquo\;yes&rsquo\; \;to some applicants and &lsquo\;no&rsquo\; to others. \;We hope that we \;won&rsquo\;t \;have to turn anyone away\, but if we do\, this will be decided \;based on \;who will get the most out of the workshop \;(not \;who is the most successful philosopher!). \;Therefore\, we ask applicants to \;state \;why the workshop is appealing to them\, and how they feel it will be useful to them. \;We are looking for an honest statement of how the workshop might support your work\, we are not looking for \;competitive statements of \;academic credentials. \;
\nWe \;realise that while most participants are likely to be people \;doing \;theorising across social difference\, \;some participants might be writing on the issue of theorising across social difference \;itself. \;Therefore\, please let us know \;if \;you&rsquo\;d \;be interested in a work-in-progress session \;for this kind of research\, either as part of this event or as a future event.
\nAccess Information
\nThis event was made possible by the Leverhulme Trust\, thanks to them for funding \;an \;Early Career Research Fellowship which includes this project. This event \;revives the approach and goals of a 2018 event of the same name\, organised by Nadia Mehdi and Rosa Vince. \;Thank you to Nadia for her hard work in the original workshop.
\nOrganising team: Rosa Vince\, Alethea Choo\, Anne-Marie McCallion\, Leonie Smith
\nIf you have any questions about this workshop\, please contact Dr Rosa Vince at r.vince@leeds.ac.uk
ORGANIZER;CN=Rosa Vince;CN=Leonie Smith;CN=Anne-Marie McCallion: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173913Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260828T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260828T103000 SUMMARY:'Here and There:' Food\, Safety and Community in Contemporary Performance Art 「あちらとこちら」：現代パフォーマンス・アートにおける食、安全、そしてコミュニティ UID:20260723T190026Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:Poznań\, Poland DESCRIPTION:https://coolhunting.com/link-about-it/does-this-soup-taste-ambivalent/
\nhttps://dajf.org.uk/event/the-art-of-soup-a-taste-of-fukushima
\nhttps://ocula.com/magazine/conversations/ei-arakawa-frieze-presentation/
\nhttps://nomadit.co.uk/conference/eajs2026/paper/101689
\nhttps://research.berkeley.edu/surf-fellows/jiaqian-zhu/
\nhttps://nomadit.co.uk/conference/eajs2026/pp/101689
\nPaper short abstract In the wake of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami\, artists attempt to explore ways to present the motif of &ldquo\;3/11&rdquo\; beyond geographic confinement&mdash\;beyond Japan. Given restricted access to the nuclear zone\, how do artists respond to &ldquo\;3/11&rdquo\; without direct physical proximity to Fukushima? Paper long abstract
\nIn the wake of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami\, artists attempt to explore ways to present the motif of &ldquo\;3/11&rdquo\; beyond geographic confinement&mdash\;beyond Japan. Given restricted access to the nuclear zone\, how do artists respond to &ldquo\;3/11&rdquo\; without direct physical proximity to Fukushima? How do overseas Japanese artists represent what took place back in their homeland? How do people outside Japan gain the access to experience and respond to &ldquo\;3/11&rdquo\;? To grapple with this representational dilemma of &ldquo\;here and there\,&rdquo\; this paper looks at the performance art of the contemporary Japanese artist Ei Arakawa&mdash\;Does This Soup Taste Ambivalent? (2014). In this conceptual project\, he attempted to mediate a geographic gap between New York (where he works) and Fukushima (where he comes from). He also intended to reach a geographical balance between Fukushima and the international audience by bringing his family to Frieze London. In dialogue with Does This Soup Taste Ambivalent?\, this paper brings comparative examples of Rirkrit Tiravanija&rsquo\;s installation Untitled (Free/Still) (2007) and the socially engaged art piece Conflict Kitchen (2010). This paper attempts to extend the metaphor of a geographic boundary to invisible yet crucial boundaries among people\, and to further spatialize what Nicolas Bourriaud regards as relational aesthetics. Visual representations of &ldquo\;here and there&rdquo\; can thus be thematically translated into a rendering of boundaries between artists and spectators/participants\, between social environment and human beings and between different ethnic groups. Moreover\, this paper examines the instrumental role of food in performance art. With the same incorporation of food\, these works take advantage of the taste to unite people from different backgrounds\, and to provide a corporeal medium to raise concerns for nuclear radiation and safety. The remediation of food\, in art practice and social media\, further produces a micro-social and micro-political narrative to think of food safety\, human safety\, and community conflicts.
\nAbstract in Japanese (if needed): 「あちらとこちら」：現代パフォーマンス・アートにおける食、安全、そしてコミュニティ 要旨では、2011年の東日本大震災と津波のあと、アーティストたちが 「3/11」を日本の外でどう表現するか を考える研究だと説明されています。特に、福島に直接近づけない状況で、アーティストはどう反応するのか、海外にいる日本人アーティストは故郷で起きたことをどう表すのか、日本の外にいる人はどうやってその出来事に触れ、応答するのか、という問いが立てられています。中心事例として扱われるのは、Ei Arakawa の Does This Soup Taste Ambivalent? (2014) です。要旨によれば、この作品は ニューヨークと福島の地理的な隔たりを媒介しようとした企画として読まれています。比較される例として、Rirkrit Tiravanija の Untitled (Free/Still) (2007) と、社会参加型アートの Conflict Kitchen (2010) も挙げられています。福島の出来事を、食べ物を使ったアートで世界の人にどう伝えるかを考える発表です。 そして、食べ物は人をつなぐだけでなく、安全や不安、社会の対立について考えさせる力を持つ、というのがポイントです。
\n\nhttps://www.academia.edu/73785101/Xu_Weis_Melon_and_Vine ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173913Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260830T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260830T234500 SUMMARY:Sein und Zeit Today: Relevance and Resonance UID:20260723T190027Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Padova\, Italy DESCRIPTION:Call for Abstracts:
\nSein und Zeit Today: Relevance and Resonance
\n(Padua\, February 17-19\, 2027)
\nWe are pleased to share the call for abstracts for the conference Sein und Zeit Today: Relevance and Resonance\, organized by the Centro Studi di Critica Heideggeriana (CSCH) on the occasion of the centenary of the publication of Being and Time by Martin Heidegger. The conference will take place from February 17 to 19\, 2027\, at the FISPPA Department of the University of Padua.
\nIn a context that has long been active in Heidegger studies\, the conference aims to bring into dialogue some of the most authoritative voices in the current debate on Heidegger&rsquo\;s work and thought across different philosophical traditions and geographical contexts. Alongside contributions from invited speakers in the regular sessions (Hiroshi Abe\, Francesco Camera\, Paola-Ludovika Coriando\, Costantino Esposito\, Giuliana Gregorio\, Servanne Jollivet\, Giusi Strummiello\, Mark Wrathall\, Holger Zaborowski) and a panel dedicated to the work of the Paduan philosopher Franco Volpi (&ldquo\;Being and Time&rdquo\;: A Practical Philosophy? Interpretative Perspectives in Dialogue with Franco Volpi\, with guest interventions from Jesú\;s Adriá\;n Escudero\, Adriano Fabris\, and Carlo Scilironi)\, the event will include parallel sessions featuring presentations selected through this call for abstracts. Proposed abstracts should focus on the relevance of Being and Time for contemporary thought\, a theme that applicants are encouraged to address from multiple perspectives.
\nThe guiding idea of the conference is to foster engagement with a classic text of twentieth-century philosophy by rereading it from the standpoint of the present and by relating the fundamental questions that run through Heidegger&rsquo\;s masterpiece to the concerns of an era &ndash\; our own &ndash\; shaped by radically transformed conceptual horizons and frameworks of thought. In this perspective\, the call invites contributions that critically engage with Being and Time in light of the questions the text continues to raise one hundred years after its publication. We welcome proposals that explore the relevance of Heidegger&rsquo\;s analyses in relation to themes such as existence\, temporality\, finitude\, historicity\, understanding\, language\, body\, being\, and instrumentality\, bringing these into dialogue with contemporary problems\, trajectories\, and fields of research. The aim is to encourage dialogue among different traditions of thought that have found in Being and Time a major source of inspiration &ndash\; such as hermeneutics\, existential philosophy\, and phenomenology of embodiment &ndash\; or that have engaged with it in original ways\, such as certain areas of analytic philosophy and pragmatism.
\nTo submit a proposal\, applicants are required to send\, no later than August 30\, 2026\, a title and an anonymized abstract in English\, Italian\, or German (max. 3\,000 characters\, including spaces)\, addressing Being and Time and its relevance today. Presentations will be delivered in the same language chosen for the abstract. Please also attach\, in a separate file\, a brief biographical note (max. 150 words). The expected duration of each presentation is 20 minutes\, followed by a 10-minute discussion.
\nThe results of the selection process\, conducted by the selection committee\, will be announced on September 30\, 2026.
\nAll materials must be sent by email to: seinundzeit2027@virgilio.it
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173913Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260831T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260831T120000 SUMMARY:Relational Normativity: Epistemic and Practical UID:20260723T190028Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:Europe/Zurich LOCATION:Rämistr. 71\, Zürich\, Switzerland\, 8006 DESCRIPTION:Call for Abstracts on Relational Normativity: Epistemic and Practical (University of Zurich\, 18th-20th February 2027)
\nWe invite the submission of extended abstracts (but no longer than 1000 words) for presentations at the international conference on &ldquo\;Relational Normativity: Epistemic and Practical&rdquo\; that takes place at the University of Zurich from 18th to 20th February 2027. The abstracts should be sent to sebastian.schmidt@uzh.ch until August 31st 2026.
\nThe conference will host a series of renowned experts from ethics and epistemology to discuss the role of relational normativity across philosophical disciplines. If your talk gets accepted\, travel expenses\, including up to three nights at a central hotel in Zurich\, flight and train tickets\, as well as lunch and dinner\, will be covered. We also plan a follow-up project such as an edited volume with a major publisher or a special issue for an academic journal. Accepted talks will be invited as contributions to this follow-up project.
\nA recent trend in epistemology is to borrow ethical concepts to think about epistemic normativity. Maybe most notably\, the concept of epistemic injustice is meant to track the wrong that is done to someone in their capacity as a knower (Fricker 2007). More recently\, the idea that there is something we epistemically owe to each other (cf. Basu 2019) is taking hold. Epistemologists defend the idea that there is a distinctively epistemic kind of accountability and blame (Kauppinen 2018\; Brown 2020\; Boult 2020\; 2024)\, that we expect each other to meet our epistemic obligations to believe or know (Goldberg 2018)\, and that we owe epistemic redress (Hull 2019)\, atonement (Woodard 2023)\, or reparations (Altanian 2022\; Lackey 2022) to those we epistemically wronged\, who might then decide to epistemically forgive us (Green 2024). This has led some epistemologists to propose more fundamentally social meta-epistemologies (Dyke 2022\; Fleisher 2024\; Hannon &\; Woodard 2025)\, even proposing that epistemic normativity has relational foundations (Boult 2024).
\nWhile epistemologists take inspiration from the work of ethicists to develop their ideas on epistemic relationality\, the above literature develops largely in isolation from broader engagement with the recent ethical discussions on the relational structure of morality. Relational ethics has focused mostly on the explanation of our moral obligations to one another\, where obligations are typically understood as the correlates of rights or similar claims. To be under a moral obligation\, on this view\, is to be under a directed or second-personal duty to another person which is constitutively connected to the claim-right that this person has on you (e.g. Darwall 2006\, Wallace 2019\, Zylberman 2021). The relational understanding of morality illuminates the social significance of morality and the commonly held assumption that morality is grounded in relations of accountability and that moral wrongness warrants blame.
\nThe pioneering work and ongoing research by ethicists should be studied closely for the transposition of ethical concepts into epistemology to be intelligible and bear philosophical fruit. The aim of this conference is to bring together these two perspectives with a focus on discussing foundational issues surrounding relational normativity. Questions that will be discussed may include the following:
\nSpeakers who accepted our invitation to present at the conference include:
\nWe are very much looking forward to receiving your abstracts\,
\nJonas Vandieken (LMU Munich) &\; Sebastian Schmidt (University of Zurich)
\nThis conference is part of the Swiss National Science Foundation project on Relational Epistemology (https://data.snf.ch/grants/grant/223891).
\n\;Relational Normativity: Epistemic and Practical &ndash\; ZEGRa
ORGANIZER;CN=Sebastian Schmidt;CN=Jonas Vandieken: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173913Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260831T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260831T230000 SUMMARY:‘Mysticism of Open Eyes’ in: 'Universitas Gedanesis' UID:20260723T190029Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Jan Grzanka\, editor of the biannual scientific journal &lsquo\;Universitas Gedanensis&rsquo\;\, together with Elżbieta Mikiciuk\, invite you to contribute to the next issue of the journal entitled &lsquo\;Mysticism of Open Eyes&rsquo\;.
\nThe motto of the issue is André\; Malraux's words: &lsquo\;The 21st century will be mystical... or it will not be.&rsquo\; We do not interpret them as a striking metaphor\, but as a diagnosis of the times. If Christianity is to survive\, it cannot be an escape from the world\, a form of spiritual escapism. The concept of &lsquo\;mysticism of open eyes&rsquo\;\, developed by Johann Baptist Metz\, means mysticism that does not separate itself from reality\, focused on private spiritual experience\, but is sensitive to suffering\, seeing the faces of others. It is a mysticism of compassio\, compassionate\, especially present with those who have been hurt and concerned about the justice they expect.
\nToday\, in an age of violence\, inequality and new forms of exclusion\, indifference has become one of the most dangerous temptations of &lsquo\;disembodied&rsquo\; and individualistic spirituality\, a pseudo-mysticism that not only replaces shallow religiosity\, but leads faith astray. &lsquo\;Open Eyes&rsquo\; is a protest against a misunderstood path of mystical contemplation. Mysticism will either become a sensitive\, loving presence in the world\, attentive to human beings and all living creatures\, or it will lose itself in non-existence. If the 21st century is not mystical in this sense\, it will become spiritually dead and helpless in the face of apatheism.
\nThe editors plan to publish two issues of the journal\, which will then be used as the basis for a book to be published by the Krakow Society of Authors and Publishers of Scientific Works &lsquo\;Universitas&rsquo\;. For several years now\, a series of publications has been appearing\, based on articles published in the Universitas Gedanensis journal\, supplemented with additional materials and published under the collective title Bibliotheca Culturae Scriptae (Library of Written Culture).
\nEach volume of the series is planned as a separate collective work\, edited by Dr Jan Grzanka and an expert in the field invited to collaborate. In the edition &lsquo\;Mysticism of Open Eyes&rsquo\;\, the co-editor of the volume is Prof. Elżbieta Mikiciuk\, PhD\, from the University of Gdańsk.
\nAll information about the journal and the publishing series is available at: universitasgedanensis.com.pl. The tabs &lsquo\;For authors&rsquo\;\, &lsquo\;Reviewing guidelines&rsquo\; and &lsquo\;Publication ethics guidelines&rsquo\; contain detailed guidelines for publishing articles in &lsquo\;UniversitasGedanensis&rsquo\;.
\nPlease send any questions and correspondence to the following email addresses:
\njangrzanka@onet.pl
\nEditor-in-chief of Universitas Gedanensis: Dr Jan Grzanka (SANS-Sopot)
\nmikiciuk.elzbieta@gmail.com
\nCo-editor of the volume: Prof. Elżbieta Mikiciuk\, PhD (University of Gdańsk)
\n\n ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173913Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Caracas:20260831T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Caracas:20260831T200000 SUMMARY:VII Simposio Internacional Ilusión\, Autoengaño y Verdad UID:20260723T190030Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:America/Caracas LOCATION:Caracas\, Venezuela DESCRIPTION:With the theme "Illusion\, Self-Deception\, and Truth\," the USB-USAL-USACH Philosophical Research Group continues\, at its VII International Symposium\, the lines of inquiry initiated in previous editions. This time\, the symposium will examine\, from various philosophical disciplines\, the impact of the interactions or indeterminacies established between illusion\, self-deception\, and truth in contemporary philosophy and the world.
\n\nAmong other topics\, the symposium will address illusion and virtuality\, the mechanisms of the perceptual and discursive constitution of our beliefs about the world and subjectivity\, the problem of truth and falsehood\, biased cognition\, and more\, seeking to examine the limits and paradoxes of truth in the face of self-deception and illusion.
\n\nApproaches and Presentation Blocks:
\n\n1. Ontological and Phenomenological Conceptions
\n\n2. Cultural\, Ethical\, and Sociopolitical Conceptions
\n\n3. Epistemological Conceptions
\n\n4. Aesthetic\, Artistic\, and Social Conceptions
ORGANIZER;CN=Miguel Cabrera Machado: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260723T173913Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260901T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260903T170000 SUMMARY:Fourth Austrian Summer School in Phenomenology UID:20260723T190031Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:1cd5:3aff:fe47:30db%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The Austrian Society for Phenomenology launches its fouth international summer school. Our objective is to promote the research of young scholars (bachelor\, master\, and doctoral students) that sheds new phenomenological light on current debates in epistemology\, metaethics\, and metaphysics. The descriptive analysis of lived experience\, the eidetic study of the various modes of intentionality\, and the epistemic role and normative dimensions ascribed to experience constitute the cornerstones of phenomenological research. In particular\, Husserl&rsquo\;s conceptions of originary givenness\, evaluative experience\, and eidetic intuition are among the various seminal contributions we find in the phenomenological tradition. Currently\, promising research is done that utilizes such conceptions in order to develop phenomenological perspectives on experiential justification\, the debate between epistemic internalism and externalism\, the theory of value\, (moral) emotions\, moral epistemology\, issues surrounding metaphysical realism and anti-realism\, as well as the epistemology and metaphysics of essence\, modality\, and metaphysical dependence relations. We would like to encourage students to develop phenomenological insights and teachings systematically and in view of contemporary debates in philosophy. Our ambition is to promote such phenomenological research by providing a platform to connect with\, discuss with\, and receive feedback from peers and experts. Each conference day is devoted to one of the subtopics of the event.
\nThe conference will be an \;online event. \;If you wish to participate in the summer school but not to give a talk\, please provide a short statement of motivation (not more than 150 words) and specify your name\, affiliation\, and research interests.
\nCall for Papers
\nIf you wish to participate in the summer school and give a talk\, please apply with an (extended) abstract of the paper you wish to present. Submissions should not exceed 500 words\, must be written in English (conference language)\, and should be prepared for blind review.
\nThe submission deadline is July 15\, 2026.
\nPlease send your applications/submissions and general inquiries to: laurentia[dot]adam[at]uni-graz[dot]at
\nWomen and members of other traditionally underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply.
\nPreliminary schedule
\nSeptember 1
\nPhenomenological Approaches to Metaethics
\nNicolas de Warren (Penn State University): TBA
\n3 student presentations commented on by Sonja Rinofner-Kreidl (University of Graz)
\nSeptember 2
\nPhenomenological Approaches to Epistemology
\nMirja Hartimo (University of Helsinki): TBA
\n3 student presentations commented on by Philipp Berghofer (University of Graz)
\nSeptember 3
\nPhenomenological Approaches to Metaphysics
\nKit Fine (New York University): TBA
\n3 student presentations commented on by Michael Wallner (University of Graz)
ORGANIZER;CN=Philipp Berghofer;CN=Sonja Rinofner-Kreidl;CN=Michael Wallner: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR