Upcoming events in Metaphysics and Epistemology

Ongoing 9 Oct 2025

Ongoing 13 Oct 2025

Conference: NGRE 25/26

Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw

The Humane Philosophy Project

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

Ongoing 1 Feb

Conference: Inquiry Network WIP Talks (Spring 2026)

OnlineInquiry Network

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

Ongoing 17 Mar

Online lecture series : Wittgenstein's Lecture on Ethics: Online Lecture Series

OnlineUniversity of Potsdam

Online Lecture Series

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Language, Meta-Ethics

Ongoing 22 Apr

Conference: Representations in Minds, Brains, and AI

OnlineInstitute of Philosophy II, Ruhr-Universität Bochum

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

Ongoing 28 Apr

Conference: Female Voices, Media, and Modes of Communication in Theology and Philosophy

OnlineCenter for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists

Online Talk Series

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous, M&E, Miscellaneous, Philosophical Traditions, Miscellaneous

Ongoing 23 May

Conference: Introduction to Chaos Theory

OnlineIncite Seminars

Topics: Metaphysics, Science, Logic, and Mathematics

Ongoing 28 May

Conference: Inner Speech Colloquium

OnlineUniversity of Osnabrück, University of Salzburg

Topics: Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind

Ongoing 1 Jun

Conference: The Kyoto School: Totality and Contradiction

Department of Philosophy and Department of Japanese Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Topics: Metaphysics and Epistemology, Asian Philosophy, Continental Philosophy

Today 1 Jun

Conference: Hamburg Philosophy of Fiction Workshop 2026

University of Hamburg

Topics: Philosophy of Language, Aesthetics

Today 1 Jun

CFP: The Ethics of Empty Beliefs: Conversations with Buddhist Philosophy

Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia, Austrian Academy of Sciences

Topics: Epistemology, Asian Philosophy, Normative Ethics

Today 1 Jun

CFP: Reimagining Social Epistemology: Methodological Reassessments and Future Prospects (Special Issue of Crítica in memory of Alvin I. Goldman)

Topics: Epistemology, Metaphilosophy

Today 1 Jun

CFP: 10th Theistic Ethics Workshop

Department of Philosophy, Wake Forest University

Theistic Ethics Workshop

Topics: Philosophy of Religion, Value Theory

Tomorrow 2 Jun

Conference: Philosophical Issues in Neural Computation

Institut für Philosophie II, Ruhr-Universität Bochum

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

Tomorrow 2 Jun

Talk: The Independent Value of Conscious Individuals

OnlineRice University

the value of conciousness zoom series

Jon Garthoff (University of Tennessee, Knoxville)

Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Normative Ethics

3 Jun

Conference: Dynamis Seminar 2026

Department of Philosophy, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Tampere

Annual Seminar of Dynamis: Finnish Network for Metaphysics

Topics: Metaphysics and Epistemology

4 Jun

Conference: Information Segregation: Mechanisms and Consequences

African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, University of Johannesburg

Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

4 Jun

Conference: Semantics as a Natural Science

Dipartimento Di Discipline Umanistiche, Sociali e Delle Imprese Culturali, University of Parma

Topics: Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind

5 Jun

Conference: A Summer of Social Ontology in Wuhan

School of Philosophy, Wuhan University

Topics: Metaphysics, Asian Philosophy, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality

5 Jun

CFP: Experimenting Philosophy of Religion: Altering Politics, Ecology and Aesthetics in Transition

Vienna Doctoral School of Theology and Research on Religion, University of Vienna

Topics: Philosophy of Religion

6 Jun

Conference: International Interdisciplinary Conference of Psychedelic Studies

HybridUniversity of Bucharest, Faculty of Philosophy

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

6 Jun

Conference: Canadian Society of Christian Philosophers 2026 Meeting

Canadian Society of Christian Philosophers

Topics: Philosophy of Religion

8 Jun

Conference: Semantics and Philosophy in Europe (SPE 13) & OntoBRIX: Ontology and Semantics at the Intersection of Linguistics, Computer Science, and Philosophy

PTH Brixen College

Semantics and Philosophy in Europe (SPE 13) & OntoBRIX

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

8 Jun

Conference: C-test Workshop

OnlineInstitute for Psychology, University of Bamberg, Germany

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

8 Jun

Conference: University of Missouri 2026 Virtual Summer School on the Foundations of the Mind Sciences

OnlineUniversity of Missouri, Columbia

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

8 Jun

Conference: 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

8 Jun

Talk: Taking Intellectual Advantage of Others

OnlineUniversity of Vienna

Collective Ethics Seminar

Cameron Boult (Brandon University)

Topics: Epistemology, Value Theory

9 Jun

Conference: Metaphysics Colloquium: Apologetics and the Rathional Defense of the Tenets of Christian Faith

Institute for Saint Anselm Studies, Saint Anselm College

Metaphysics Colloquium: Saint Anselm College

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion

10 Jun

Conference: Inner Speech in Action: Final Workshop

Room 40.041 Building Roger de Llúria, Humanities department, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Topics: Philosophy of Action, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind

10 Jun

Conference: Everyday Diversity Project

University of Leeds

Topics: Philosophy of Mind

10 Jun

Conference: Fiction and Lies: the ASIFF/SIRFF Fourth International Congress

School of Philosophy Psychology and Language Sciences, University of Edinburgh

The Association for Studies in Fiction and Fictionality (ASIFF) / La Société Internationale des Recherches sur la Fiction et la Fictionnalité (SIRFF)

Topics: Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Aesthetics

10 Jun

Conference: PUCRS Epistemology Conference 2026: On Epistemic Defeat

HybridPontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul

PUCRS Epistemology Conference

Topics: Epistemology

10 Jun

Conference: Experiments in Linguistic Meaning 4

HybridDepartment of Linguistics & MindCORE, University of Pennsylvania

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

11 Jun

Conference: Existential Threats and Other Disasters: Novel (Bio)ethical Solutions for Novel Challenges

https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/content/reid-hall, Columbia University

Existential Threats and Other Disasters: Novel (Bio)ethical Solutions for Novel Challenges

Topics: Epistemology, General Philosophy of Science, Applied Ethics

11 Jun

Workshop: Autonomy & Algorithms (11-12 June 2026, Karlsruhe)

Institute of Philosophy, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Topics: Epistemology, Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics

11 Jun

Workshop: Workshop: Causal Models, Causal Abstraction, and Levels of Causation

Institute of Philosophy, University of Hamburg

Topics: Metaphysics, General Philosophy of Science

11 Jun

Conference: Diversity and Unity: The Metaphysical Challenge of Scientific Pluralism

SND, University of Paris 1 Sorbonne

HHU-Sorbonne

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

12 Jun

Talk: When is an official source not a reliable source? An analysis of mainstream misinformation and credibility

OnlineCenter for International Philosophy, Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai

Center for International Philosophy, Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai

Fred Matthews (University of Bristol)

Topics: Epistemology

14 Jun

Conference: Self-knowledge for Humans and Artificial Systems

Depatment of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley

NEH Summer Institute for College and University Teachers

Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Asian Philosophy, Philosophy of Computing and Information

14 Jun

CFP: Workshop “What is Good Reasoning?”

University of Bern

Topics: Epistemology, Meta-Ethics

14 Jun

CFP: International Conference on Christian Phenomena

HybridInternational Conference on Christian Phenomena

Topics: Philosophy of Religion

15 Jun

Conference: Valencia Philosophy Lab Summer School: Mind and Rationality

Valencia Philosophy Lab, Department of Philosophy, Universitat de Valencia

Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy of Action, Philosophy of Mind

15 Jun

Conference: Ethnographilosophy

Freie Universität Berlin

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

15 Jun

Conference: From Virtual to Virtue: Ethics, Epistemology, Education

Centre for Human-Centred Artificial Intelligence and the Ethics of New Technologies, University of Ljubljana

Topics: Epistemology, Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics

15 Jun

Conference: Petrus Hispanus' Tractatus: Logic and Philosophy from the Middle Ages to Modernity

Institute of Philosophy - University of Porto

Porto Medieval and and Early Modern Philosophy Summer School

Topics: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy, Metaphysics, Logic and Philosophy of Logic

15 Jun

Summer School: Summer School: Mereology and Beyond

Institute of Philosophy (ISFI), University of Italian Switzerland, Lugano

Topics: Metaphysics

15 Jun

Conference: Conference on Deep Metaphysics

Bonaire, Buddy's Dive Resort

Topics: Metaphysics

15 Jun

CFP: The Given

Center for Subjectivity Research, University of Copenhagen

Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Religion

15 Jun

CFP: 2nd Praxis International Conference "Enacting Emotions in Today’s World"

University of Évora

Topics: Metaphysics and Epistemology, Philosophical Traditions, Value Theory

15 Jun

CFP: Formal Approaches to Rationality and Meaning (FARM)

Department of Philosophy, New York University

Topics: M&E, Miscellaneous, Philosophy of Science, Miscellaneous, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

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