Upcoming events in Metaphysics and Epistemology

Ongoing 13 Oct 2025

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 May

Conference: Inner Speech Colloquium

OnlineUniversity of Osnabrück, University of Salzburg

Topics: Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind

Ongoing 29 Jun

Conference: Nature of Law and Legal Reality (IVR Special Workshop)

IVR Central Asia Regional Branch

32nd World Congress of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy

Topics: Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Law

Today 29 Jun

Conference: “Tracing Genealogy” — Warwick Continental Philosophy Conference 2026

Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick

Warwick Continental Philosophy Conference

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Metaphilosophy, Continental Philosophy

Today 29 Jun

Conference: Philosophising with the Greats

Corpus Christi, Oxford

Philosophising with the Greats

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

Tomorrow 30 Jun

CFP: Journal of Law, Society, and Authority (Volume 15, Issue2, September 2026)

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

Tomorrow 30 Jun

Conference: The Meaning of Misogyny

HybridDepartment of Philosophy, The University of Manchester

Topics: Philosophy of Language, Social and Political Philosophy

Tomorrow 30 Jun

Conference: 'Styles of Perception': From Historical Perspectives to the Digital Age

Department of Philosophy, University of York

PGR Conference

Topics: Philosophy of Mind

Tomorrow 30 Jun

Conference: 'Styles of Perception': From Historical Perspectives to the Digital Age

University of York

Multidisciplinary student conference

Topics: Philosophy of Mind

Tomorrow 30 Jun

CFP: Arkete: War: Ethics, Neurobiology and Philosophy

Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Normative Ethics

Tomorrow 30 Jun

Call for Papers: 1st UFFS International Congress on Neurophilosophy: Neurophilosophy, after 40 years

OnlineDepartment of Philosophy, Federal University of Fronteira Sul

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

Tomorrow 30 Jun

CFP: The Phenomenology of Desire (The New Yearbook for Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy, Vol. XXVII)

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

Tomorrow 30 Jun

CFP: Call for Commentaries - Target Article: Carolina Sartorio, “Causalism: A Framework for Moral Responsibility”

Topics: Metaphysics, Philosophy of Action, Philosophy of Mind

Tomorrow 30 Jun

CFP: Consciousness and Its Limits

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

Tomorrow 30 Jun

CFP: Logic of Metaphysics

Department of Philosophy, Universität Potsdam

Logic and Metaphysics

Topics: Metaphysics, Logic and Philosophy of Logic

Tomorrow 1 Jul

Conference: USYD-NYU Philosophy Workshop

University of Sydney

Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Social and Political Philosophy

Tomorrow 30 Jun

CFP: New Perspectives on Evolution, Teleology, and Theology

OnlineFaculty of Theology, University of Helsinki

Topics: Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Biology

1 Jul

CFP: Satellite Sessions of The Sacra Doctrina Project for the American Catholic Philosophical Association

Catholic University of America

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

Tomorrow 30 Jun

CFA: CAELO 1: First Andean Congress for Epistemology and Logic

Society for Epistemology and Logic

CAELO: Andean Congress for Epistemology and Logic

Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Science, Logic, and Mathematics

Tomorrow 30 Jun

CFA: Biological Naturalism about Consciousness

Department of Philosophy, UCLA

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

1 Jul

Conference: Acquaintance: Kick-Off Workshop of the Acquaintance Network

Valencia Philosophy Lab, University of Valencia

The Acquaintance Network

Topics: Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind

1 Jul

Conference: Trust, Trustworthiness, and AI

University of Sheffield

Topics: Epistemology, Normative Ethics

1 Jul

Conference: Knowledge in Crisis: Knowledge, Power and Social Life

Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna

Topics: Epistemology, Social and Political Philosophy

1 Jul

Talk: The Philosophy of Spinoza: Politics, Freedom and Imagination

OnlineLuís Krus Centre – Lifelong Learning, Nova University of Lisbon

NOVA FCSH Escola de Verão 2026

Fabio Tononi (Universidade Nova de Lisboa)

Topics: Metaphysics and Epistemology

1 Jul

CFP: 1st Critical AI Safety Workshop

Center for Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy Section, Department of Communication, University of Copenhagen

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

1 Jul

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

University of Évora

Topics: Metaphysics and Epistemology, Philosophical Traditions, Value Theory

1 Jul

CFP: Special Issue on Displacement in the Journal Metodo. International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Epistemology, Continental Philosophy

1 Jul

CFP: From Logic to Language: New Takes on Philosophy of AI

National Autonomous University of Mexico

Topics: Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Computing and Information, Philosophy of Science, Miscellaneous

2 Jul

Conference: 5th Luxembourg Workshop on AI and Epistemology

University of Luxembourg

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

2 Jul

CFP: COMET 2026 - Metaphysics in Contemporary Continental Philosophy

CCEP, Radboud University Nijmegen

Topics: Metaphysics, Continental Philosophy

3 Jul

Conference: The practical self: authors meets critics graduate workshop

Institut für Philosophie, Universität Leipzig

Young Researcher Graduate Workshop

Topics: Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind

3 Jul

Talk: Time for Émilie Du Châtelet

Department of Philosophy, Ruprecht-Karls- Universität Heidelberg

Jeffrey McDonough (Harvard University)

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

4 Jul

Conference: Graduate and Early Career Workshop on Émilie Du Châtelet and Early Modern Philosophy

Department of Philosophy, Ruprecht-Karls- Universität Heidelberg

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Science, Logic, and Mathematics

6 Jul

CFP: Inheriting Ordinary Language Philosophy

Faculty of Philosophy, Vilnius University

The 14th Nordic Wittgenstein Society Conference

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Metaphilosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Miscellaneous

6 Jul

Conference: Collective Moral and Intellectual Virtues - Summer Course

Department of Philosophy, Central European University

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

6 Jul

Talk: Beyond Enmity: An Introduction to Political Ontology

OnlineIncite Seminars

Incite Seminars

Joseph Turner (University of Wisconsin, Madison)

Topics: Metaphysics, Asian Philosophy, Continental Philosophy

7 Jul

Conference: Philosophy of Explainable AI: New Directions

Centre for Science Studies, Department of Mathematics, Aarhus University

Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy of Social Science, Applied Ethics

7 Jul

CFP: Phenomenological Anthropologies and Forms of the Human

Topics: M&E, Miscellaneous, Continental Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Miscellaneous

8 Jul

Conference: Twenty-Third Annual Atlantic Canada Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy, 2026

HybridDepartment of Philosophy, Dalhousie University

Atlantic Canada Seminars in Early Modern Philosophy

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology

9 Jul

Conference: European Congress for Metaphysics

LMU Munich

Topics: Metaphysics

9 Jul

Conference: The Armchair on Trial: A Graduate Conference on Philosophical Methodology

Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna

WFAP Graduate Conference

Topics: Epistemology, Metaphilosophy, Philosophy of Science, Miscellaneous

9 Jul

Conference: European Congress for Metaphysics

Ludwig Maximilians Universität, München

Topics: Metaphysics

10 Jul

Talk: The Politics of Heritage

Department of Political Economy, King's College London

The PPE Society Annual Meetings

Jack Hume (King's College London)

Rasa Davidavičiūtė (LMU Munich)

Fred Matthews (University of Bristol)

Topics: Epistemology, Aesthetics, Social and Political Philosophy

12 Jul

CFP: Rational Action and Belief – Recognising and Responding to Reasons

Department of Philosophy, Heidelberg University

Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy of Action

13 Jul

Conference: Trust & Cooperation

Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna

Vienna Summer School 2026

Topics: Epistemology, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

13 Jul

Conference: 4th Annual Berlin Workshop on Speech and Harm

Technische Universität Berlin

Berlin Workshop on Speech and Harm

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

14 Jul

Conference: Forms of Knowledge in Wittgenstein

Philosophisches Seminar, Christian Albrechts Universitaet zu Kiel

8th Wittgenstein Forum of ILWG (Internationale Ludwig Wittgenstein Gesellschaft)

Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, European Philosophy

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