Upcoming events in Metaphysics and Epistemology

1 Oct

Conference: 2nd Dortmund Conference on Philosophy and Society with Kate Vredenburgh (LSE)

Department of Philosophy and Political Science, TU Dortmund

Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy of Computing and Information, Social and Political Philosophy

1 Oct

Conference: Logic and Meaning: Colloquium on Gottlob Frege’s Legacy

OnlineUniversidad Nacional Federico Villarreal

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous, Philosophy of Language, Logic and Philosophy of Logic

1 Oct

CFP: ISTP 2026 Conference: Theorizing in Dark Times – Art, Narrative, Politics

Department of Social Science and Cultural Studies, Pratt Institute

Biannual Conference of the International Society for Theoretical Psychology

Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Social Science

1 Oct

CFP: SUSANNE K. LANGER: Artistic Angles, Philosophical Circles, Poetic Dots, and Technical Lines

HybridDepartment for Architecture Theory and Philosophy of Technics at TU Wien

The Susanne K. Langer Circle

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Science, Logic, and Mathematics

1 Oct

CFP: Wittgenstein on Epistemic Practice: Ignorance, Hinges and Skepticism

Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg - Institute for Advanced Study

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Epistemology

1 Oct

CFP: 2026 Meeting of the Society for Philosophy of Religion

Society for Philosophy of Religion

Topics: Philosophy of Religion

2 Oct

Conference: CFA - International Conference Jacques Derrida and Deconstruction: Promises and Chalenges

Praxis: Center of Philosophy, Politics and Culture - Universidade de Évora

International Conference

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Philosophical Traditions

3 Oct

CFP: Philosophers on Philosophy: What is philosophy, how is philosophy done, and why do philosophy? (Working title)

Topics: Metaphilosophy

3 Oct

Conference: Midwest Annual Workshop in Metaphysics (MAWM)

Department of Philosophy, University of Kentucky

Midwest Annual Workshop in Metaphysics

Topics: Metaphysics

6 Oct

CFP: MindGrad 2026

Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick

Topics: Philosophy of Action, Philosophy of Mind, M&E, Miscellaneous

10 Oct

CFP: Mereology in Metaphysics, Science and Logic

Topics: Metaphysics, Logic and Philosophy of Logic

10 Oct

Conference: Science, values, and society: themes from Helen Longino

Faculty of Philosophy, History and Archaeology, University of Iceland

Topics: Epistemology, Metaphysics, General Philosophy of Science

10 Oct

Conference: Formal Approaches to Rationality and Meaning

Department of Philosophy, University of Maryland, College Park

Topics: Metaphysics and Epistemology, Science, Logic, and Mathematics

13 Oct

Conference: Workshop "Assertion, commitment, and deniability"

Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw

Topics: Philosophy of Language

13 Oct

Conference: NGRE 25/26

Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw

The Humane Philosophy Project

Topics: Metaphysics and Epistemology, Science, Logic, and Mathematics, Value Theory

13 Oct

CFP: Online Conference on Religious Epistemology in Honour of the 25th Anniversary of Plantinga's Warranted Christian Belief.

OnlineToronto Metropolitan University

Topics: Philosophy of Religion

15 Oct

Conference: Fourth International Conference on Beauty and Change - “Aesthetic Experience and the Drive for Knowledge"

University of Turin

Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Aesthetics

15 Oct

CFP: Agency and Free Will in an Indeterministic Universe: New Perspectives from Philosophy, Biology and Neuroscience

Topics: Metaphysics, Philosophy of Action, Philosophy of Biology

15 Oct

CFP: 8th Annual Chapel Hill Normativity Workshop: Montreal Edition!

McGill University

Chapel Hill Normativity Workshop

Topics: Epistemology, Meta-Ethics, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

16 Oct

Conference: Data-driven Methods in Philosophy

Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Universiteit Utrecht

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Metaphilosophy, General Philosophy of Science

16 Oct

Conference: 3rd International Conference on Ancient Philosophy & Other

HybridDepartment of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split, Croatia

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Science, Logic, and Mathematics

16 Oct

Conference: Introspection and Acquaintance in Early Analytic Philosophy

University of Liège

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind

16 Oct

Conference: Reenchanting the World: Philosophy, Spirituality, Ecology, Arts

Department of Philosophy, Toronto Metropolitan University

Topics: Philosophy of Religion, Continental Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy

16 Oct

Conference: John Dewey's Experience & Nature: A Centennial Celebration

Center for Dewey Studies, Southern Illinois University - Carbondale

Center for Dewey Studies Conference and Workshop Series

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Philosophy of the Americas

17 Oct

Conference: UIVID 2025: Artificial Intelligence in an Interdisciplinary Discussion

Department of Philosophy, University of West Bohemia

Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Computing and Information

17 Oct

Conference: 2nd Central New York Philosophy of Language Workshop

Department of philosophy, Syracuse University

CNY Philosophy of Language Workshop

Topics: Philosophy of Language

17 Oct

Conference: Canadian Society for Environmental Philosophy/ Société Canadienne de Philosophie Environnementale 9th Annual Meeting Deadline Extended

Department of Philosophy, University of Alberta

Topics: Metaphysics and Epistemology, Philosophical Traditions, Value Theory

17 Oct

Conference: 14th Annual Florida State University Free Will, Moral Responsibility, and Agency Conference

The Philosophy Graduate Student Association, Florida State University

Topics: Philosophy of Action, Philosophy of Mind, Normative Ethics

20 Oct

Conference: Arché Graduate Conference

Department of Philosophy , Arché Research Centre

Topics: Metaphysics and Epistemology, Logic and Philosophy of Logic, Philosophy of Social Science

20 Oct

CFP: Diakrisis: Yearbook of Theology and Philosophy, Vol. 8 (2025)

Topics: Philosophy of Religion, Continental Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Miscellaneous

23 Oct

Conference: Loss of Trust Between Detachment and Dissociation: Phenomenology, Social Adversity, and Psychopathology

Section of Phenomenological Psychopathology and Psychotherapy, Department of General Psychiatry, University Hospital Heidelberg

Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Social and Political Philosophy

23 Oct

Conference: Biannual Conference on the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence

Department of Philosophy, Vrije University Amsterdam

Topics: Philosophy of Action, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Cognitive Science

23 Oct

CFP: Contemporary Challenges and Values 4: VALUES AND EMOTIONS

OnlineFaculty of Philosophy and Sociology, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University

Topics: Metaphysics and Epistemology, Philosophical Traditions, Value Theory

24 Oct

Conference: 3rd Online Conference of the International Society for the Philosophy of the Sciences of the Mind

OnlineInternational Society for the Philosophy of the Sciences of the Mind

Topics: Philosophy of Mind

24 Oct

Conference: 8th New England Workshop on Metaphysics: Acquaintance

Department of Philosophy, Rhode Island College

New England Workshops on Metaphysics

Topics: Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind

24 Oct

Conference: 18th Annual Dr. Michael Gelven NIU Graduate Philosophy Conference

Department of Philosophy, Northern Illinois University

Topics: Metaphysics and Epistemology, Science, Logic, and Mathematics, Value Theory

26 Oct

CFP: Eighth International Conference on Philosophy and Meaning in Life

Shyam Dev Patwardhan Department of Philosophy, University of Oklahoma

Topics: Philosophy of Religion, Value Theory

28 Oct

Conference: Psychedelics as Technology

University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Continental Philosophy, Philosophy of Cognitive Science

28 Oct

Talk: Conversations with Machines

Department of Law, Philosophy, and International Studies, University of Inland Norway

The Lillehammer Lecture in Philosophy

Jennifer Nagel (University of Toronto, Mississauga)

Topics: Epistemology, General Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Computing and Information

31 Oct

CFP: Kant's Concept of Spontaneity and Its Legacy in Later Theories of Subjectivity

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Value Theory

31 Oct

CFP: The History and Fate of the Analytic-Synthetic Distinction (Journal: Humana Mente)

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Science, Logic, and Mathematics

1 Nov

Conference: The Fourth International Workshop on Logic and Philosophy ‘Social Norms: Logical Structures and Philosophical Foundations’

Tsinghua-UvA JRC for Logic, Tsinghua University

International Workshop on Logic and Philosophy

Topics: Philosophy of Action, Logic and Philosophy of Logic, Philosophy of Social Science

31 Oct

CFP: Devotion, Existential Commitment, and Ethics

Philosophy, Boston University

Topics: Philosophy of Action, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

1 Nov

CFP: Special Issue: Insights through Metaphors

Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy of Language, Aesthetics

1 Nov

CFP: The Logical Linguistic Legacy of Montague Grammar

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Language, Logic and Philosophy of Logic

6 Nov

Conference: Workshop: Acquaintance, Familiarity & Value

Logos, University of Barcelona

Topics: Philosophy of Language, Meta-Ethics

6 Nov

Conference: Distrust in Science Reframed: Understanding and Countering Anti-scientific Behavior

Department of Philosophy, Comunication, and Performing Arts, University of Roma Tre

Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, Miscellaneous, Social and Political Philosophy

7 Nov

Conference: The Seventh International Wittgenstein Symposium Wittgenstein: Meaning and Certainty

School of Philosophy, Zhejiang University

The Seventh International Wittgenstein Symposium Wittgenstein

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Science, Miscellaneous

12 Nov

Conference: Law's Many Users: Legal Interpretation Within and Beyond Legal Institutions

Department of Philosophy, University of Tartu

Topics: Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy

13 Nov

Conference: New Orleans Workshop on Agency & Responsibility: NOWAR 8

Ethics and Public Life; Sage School of Philosophy, Cornell University

Topics: Philosophy of Action, Value Theory, Miscellaneous