Upcoming events in Metaphysics and Epistemology

19 Sep

Conference: Cornell Workshop on Mind & Value IV: The Metaphysics and Normativity of Functions

Cornell University

Cornell Workshop on Mind & Value

Topics: M&E, Miscellaneous, Meta-Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

19 Sep

Conference: On What There Is (In Terms of Phenomenology)

Department of Philosophy, State University of New York, Stony Brook

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Metaphysics, Continental Philosophy

19 Sep

Conference: The Greatest Philosophy Conference of All Time

Purdue University

Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Probability

19 Sep

Conference: Walking with Holmes

Colorado State University

Topics: Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Science, Miscellaneous, Value Theory

21 Sep

Conference: AI and Human Values: Exploring technological, social, and normative perspectives

Marsilius Academy, Universität Heidelberg

Marsilius Academy

Topics: Philosophy of Language, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

24 Sep

Conference: Origins of Communication

Department of Philosophy, Universität Bayreuth

Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind

24 Sep

Conference: Probability in Philosophy and Science

Department of Philosophy, University of Graz

Topics: Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Science, Miscellaneous

24 Sep

Conference: Race, Racism, and Racialisation in The European New Right

Institut für Philosophie, Freie Universität Berlin

Topics: M&E, Miscellaneous, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

24 Sep

CFP: Australasian Society for Philosophy and Psychology 2025 Conference

Monash Centre for Consciousness and Contemplative Studies, Monash University

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

25 Sep

Conference: Nicolai Hartmann International Conference 2025

Institute of Philosophy, University of Silesia in Katowice

Nicolai Hartmann International Conference

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Metaphysics, European Philosophy

25 Sep

Conference: Conference on Populism, Nationalism, and the Future of Democracy

OnlineJournal for Cultural and Religious Theory, The Whitestone Foundation

Topics: Philosophy of Religion, Social and Political Philosophy, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

26 Sep

Conference: 4th Lund Early-Career Conference: Theoretical and Practical Reasons

Department of Philosophy, Lund University

Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy of Action, Meta-Ethics

26 Sep

Conference: Annual International Conference

Online The European Centre for Heidegger Studies

Heidegger and Poetry: Heidegger und die Dichtung

Topics: Metaphysics, M&E, Miscellaneous, Continental Philosophy

29 Sep

Conference: New Perspectives on Conventionalism

University of Salzburg

Topics: Metaphysics and Epistemology, Logic and Philosophy of Logic, Philosophy of Mathematics

29 Sep

Conference: Creative Imagination from Art to Science

University of Geneva

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

29 Sep

Conference: The Language of Being, the Language of Nature: Parmenides and His Reception

HybridPPG Filosofia, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy, Metaphysics, European Philosophy

29 Sep

CFP: SoPheRE at APA Pacific 2026

OnlineSociety for the Phenomenology of Religious Experience

Conferences, Society for the Phenomenology of Religious Experience

Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Religion, Continental Philosophy

30 Sep

CFP: Valence Asymmetries Conference

Department of Translation and Language Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Topics: Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Value Theory

30 Sep

Conference: Models of Consciousness 6

Center for Human Nature, Artificial Intelligence, and Neuroscience (CHAIN), Hokkaido University

Models of Consciousness

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

30 Sep

CFP: Embodying the System: On the Unity of Theoretical and Practical Philosophy in Fichte

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology

30 Sep

CFP: Special Issue Psychedelics and Religion (journal: Religions)

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

30 Sep

CFP: Synthese topical collection: "The Aims and Methodologies of Contemporary Metaphysics"

Topics: Metaphilosophy, Metaphysics

30 Sep

CFP: Synthese Topical Collection: Collective Attention

Topics: Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Normative Ethics

30 Sep

CFP: Philosophy and Metaphysics of String Theory

Topics: Metaphysics, General Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Physical Science

1 Oct

CFP: Workshop on 'The Epistemology of Altered States of Consciousness'

Tilburg University

Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Religion

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

CFA: 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: Perspectives on molecular functionality – Kick-off event for project FunMo

CHESS, Department of Philosophy, Durham University

Topics: Metaphysics and Epistemology, General Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Biology

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

8 Oct

Conference: Epistemic Horizons: Symposium on the work of Christoph Jäger

Department of Christian Philosophy, University of Innsbruck

Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy of Religion, Aesthetics

9 Oct

Conference: 1st Basic Principles of Cognition Conference

HybridInstitute for Philosophy II, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

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

10 Oct

CFP: Mereology in Metaphysics, Science and Logic

Topics: Metaphysics, Logic and Philosophy of Logic

10 Oct

Conference: Locke and Contemporary Philosophy: Philosophy of Mind

OnlineTexas A&M University

Locke and Contemporary Philosophy

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind

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

11 Oct

Conference: Cartesian Feminism and Women Cartesians

HybridHuman Abilities Center, Humboldt-University, Berlin

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Metaphilosophy, Metaphysics

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

Conference: Workshop "Assertion, commitment, and deniability"

Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw

Topics: Philosophy of Language

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: 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