Upcoming events in Metaphysics and Epistemology

31 May

CFP: Rationality and Normativity Conference

Philosophical Department, University of Hradec Králové

Topics: Epistemology, Meta-Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

31 May

CFP: CFP_Between Fear and Proximity: The Wolf and Contemporary Forms of Otherness

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

31 May

CFP: Special Issue on Imagination, Creativity and Artificial Intelligence (Philosophical Psychology)

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

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

1 Jun

CFP: Synthese Topical Collection on Neuroscience and Its Philosophy

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

1 Jun

CFP: "After “Consciousness”: Conceptual Engineering for AI, Mind, and Moral Standing" (Special Issue, Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy)

Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Computing and Information, Value Theory

1 Jun

CFP: Nostalgia of the Infinite: Philosophical Investigations into Metaphysics and Historicity

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous, Metaphysics, Philosophical Traditions, Miscellaneous

1 Jun

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

Topics: Epistemology, Metaphilosophy

1 Jun

CFP: 10th Theistic Ethics Workshop

Department of Philosophy, Wake Forest University

Theistic Ethics Workshop

Topics: Philosophy of Religion, Value Theory

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

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

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

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: 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

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

SND, University of Paris 1 Sorbonne

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

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

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

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

17 Jun

Conference: MBR026_ROME - MODEL-BASED REASONING: EPISTEMOLOGY, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, COGNITIVE SCIENCE

Department of Philosophy, Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza"

MODEL-BASED REASONING, ABDUCTIVE COGNITION, CREATIVITY

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

17 Jun

Conference: PLM8 - 8th Philosophy of Language and Mind Network Conference

Department of Philosophy, Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona)

Topics: Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind

17 Jun

Conference: Society for Philosophy and Psychology

Johns Hopkins University

Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Cognitive Science

18 Jun

Conference: The Conscious Mind at 30

Institute of Philosophy II & Faculty of Psychology, Ruhr-University Bochum

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

18 Jun

Conference: Workshop: Measuring Commitment in Communication

Center for Cognition, Culture, and Language, Radboud University Nijmegen

Topics: Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind

18 Jun

Conference: Liège Workshop - Early British Metaphysics of Mind

Department of philosophy, University of Liège

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

19 Jun

Conference: Formal Epistemology Workshop

Department of Philosophy, University of Colorado Boulder

CU Boulder Morris Colloquium 2025-2026

Topics: Epistemology, Logic and Philosophy of Logic, Philosophy of Probability

19 Jun

Conference: Formal Epistemology Workshop 2026

Department of Philosophy, University of Colorado, Boulder

CU Boulder Morris Colloquium 2025-2026

Topics: Epistemology, Logic and Philosophy of Logic, Philosophy of Probability

20 Jun

CFP: The Nature of Social Identities: Metaphysics, Epistemology, and Politics

Faculty of Arts, Department of Philosophy, Masaryk University

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

21 Jun

Conference: Rutgers Analytic Theology Symposium

Rutgers Center for Philosophy of Religion

Topics: Philosophy of Religion

22 Jun

Conference: Trust and Hope in Times of Crises

American University of Armenia

ETICA Internationnal Annual Conferences

Topics: Epistemology, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

22 Jun

Conference: Philosophy and Mathematics of Situated Agency (PAMOSA 2026)

University of Oulu

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

23 Jun

Conference: The Politics of Skepticism

Department of Philosophy, VU University Amsterdam

Topics: Epistemology, Meta-Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

23 Jun

Conference: Prejudice in Hume and His Contemporaries

University College Dublin

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Epistemology

23 Jun

Conference: Speech and Society: Contemporary Philosophy of Language

Department of Philosophy, Cardiff University

Topics: Philosophy of Language, Social and Political Philosophy

24 Jun

Conference: III International Colloquium on the Metaphysics and Semantics of Fiction

OnlinePhilosophy, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina / Universidade Federal do Cariri

Topics: Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language

25 Jun

Conference: Making Kin as Practice of Care: Habitable Bodies or Unexpected Alliances between Ecology, Technology and Feminism

PRAXIS - Center for Philosophy, Politics and Culture, University of Beira Interior

Topics: Metaphysics and Epistemology, Philosophical Traditions, Value Theory

26 Jun

Conference: 18th Philosophy of Management Annual Conference

EM Normandie, Paris

Topics: Metaphysics and Epistemology, Philosophical Traditions, Value Theory

26 Jun

Conference: The BEYOND LANGUAGE 2026 Conference

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

Beyond Language

Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Religion

26 Jun

Conference: Indexical Cognition and Subjectivity

Institut de Philosophie de Grenoble, Université Grenoble Alpes

Topics: Philosophy of Mind