Upcoming events in Metaphysics and Epistemology

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: New Perspectives on the Semantics-Pragmatics Distinction (VU Amsterdam)

Department of Philosophy, VU University Amsterdam

Topics: Philosophy of Language, Logic and Philosophy of Logic, Philosophy of Cognitive Science

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

25 Jun

Conference: Book symposium: Marco Brigaglia's Foucault on Power, Law, and Society: A Reappraisal

Department of Law, Queen Mary University of London

Topics: Metaphysics and Epistemology, Philosophical Traditions, Value Theory

25 Jun

Conference: Omnipresence - Online Book Symposium

OnlineSaint Louis University

Topics: Philosophy of Religion

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

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

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

29 Jun

Conference: Workshop on Theoretical Computer Science and Computational Creativity (TCS&CS-ICCC’26)

HybridAssociation for Computational Creativity

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

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

30 Jun

CFP: Asian Epistemology Network Meeting 2026

School of Philosophy, Zhejiang University

Asian Epistemology Network Meeting

Topics: Epistemology

30 Jun

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

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

30 Jun

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

Department of Philosophy, University of York

Topics: Philosophy of Mind

30 Jun

Conference: The Meaning of Misogyny

HybridDepartment of Philosophy, The University of Manchester

Topics: Philosophy of Language, Social and Political Philosophy

30 Jun

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

Topics: Metaphysics, Philosophy of Action, Philosophy of Mind

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

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

30 Jun

CFP: Consciousness and Its Limits

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

30 Jun

CFP: Logic of Metaphysics

Department of Philosophy, Universität Potsdam

Logic and Metaphysics

Topics: Metaphysics, Logic and Philosophy of Logic

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

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

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: 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

2 Jul

Conference: 5th Luxembourg Workshop on AI and Epistemology

University of Luxembourg

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

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 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

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

Ludwig Maximilians Universität, München

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

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

15 Jul

Conference: The Object(s) of Literature

Association for Philosophy and Literature

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

15 Jul

CFP: Religion, Politics, and Cognitive Warfare: Information, Interpretation, Conspiracy, and the Struggle for Reality

OnlineDepartment of Religious Studies, University of Denver, University of Denver

JCRT Online Conference

Topics: Philosophy of Religion, Continental Philosophy

15 Jul

CFP: Fourth Austrian Summer School in Phenomenology

OnlineDepartment of Philosophy, University of Graz

Topics: Epistemology, Metaphysics, Meta-Ethics

15 Jul

CFP: Anti-Democratic Communication

HybridUniversity of Waterloo

Topics: Philosophy of Language, Social and Political Philosophy

18 Jul

Conference: Democracy & Joint Agency

Chair for Philosophy & Political Theory, LMU Munich

Topics: Philosophy of Action, Social and Political Philosophy

20 Jul

Summer school: Decision Making under Parity

Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna

Hamburg/Vienna Summer School

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

20 Jul

Conference: MCMP Summer School for Widening Participation in Mathematical Philosophy 2026

Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Ludwig Maximilians Universität, München

Topics: Philosophy of Action, General Philosophy of Science

20 Jul

Conference: Workshop on Emily Adlam’s “Saving Science from Quantum Mechanics”

School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science, University of Leeds

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