The 2026 LanCog Summer Metaphysics Workshop
\n22-24 June 2026
\nRoom A201 Anfiteatro III
\nSchool of Arts and Humanities
\nUniversity of Lisbon
\nThe 2026 LanCog Summer Metaphysics Workshop will be an intensive\, three day workshop on metaphysics\, and will feature leading scholars from around the world. Attendance is open to all who are interested\, but anyone who is planning to attend should register for the workshop through the link below\, so that the organizers can make sure there is enough coffee.
\nThe 2026 LSMW will be an in-person event. There will\, unfortunately\, be no way to attend remotely.
\nSpeakers:
\nOmobola Badejo (Obafemi Awolowo University)
\nBrigitte Everett (University of Sydney)
\nAkiko Frischhut (Sophia University)
\nAnna Giustina (University of Valencia)
\nMargarida Hermida (University of Salzburg)
\nElton Junior Martins Marques (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte)
\nPedro Merlussi (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro)
\nDiogo Santos (University of Lisbon)
\nRicardo Santos (University of Lisbon)
\nErica Shumener (Syracuse University)
\nFrancisca Silva (University of St. Andrews)
\nDavid Yates (University of Lisbon)
\nCommentators:
\nGrace Atkins (University of Southern California)
\nChristabel Cane (University College London)
\nMarta Campdelacreu (University of Barcelona)
\nJordi Castillo (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
\nSharon Casu (University of Fribourg)
\nGabriel Malagutti (LanCog\, University of Lisbon)
\nGiorgio Lando (University of L&rsquo\;Aquila)
\nMin Ohn (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
\nJeremy Pober (LanCog\, University of Lisbon)
\nPablo Rychter (University of Valencia)
\nMafalda Vale (LanCog\, University of Lisbon)
\nTBD
\nCo-Organizers: Ned Markosian (UMass Amherst\, LanCog)\; Hugo Luzio (LanCog\, CFUL)
\nFor any information or further queries about the workshop\, please contact the organizers at the following email addresses: markosian@umass.edu or hugo.luzio@.edu.ulisboa.pt.
\nThis event is funded by Portuguese national funds through FCT &ndash\; Fundaç\;ã\;o para a Ciê\;ncia e a Tecnologia\, I.P.\, within the project UID/00310/2025\, Centro de Filosofia da Universidade de Lisboa (https://doi.org/10.54499/UIDB/00310/2025)
ORGANIZER;CN=Hugo Luzio;CN=Ned Markosian: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T101101Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260624T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260626T170000 SUMMARY:III International Colloquium on the Metaphysics and Semantics of Fiction UID:20260626T032554Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:III International Colloquium on the Metaphysics and Semantics of Fiction
\nKeynote speakers:
\nAndreas Stokke (Uppsala Universitet)
\nElisa Paganini (Università\; degli Studi di Milano)
\nEdward Zalta (Stanford University)
\nManuel Garcí\;a-Carpintero (Universitat de Barcelona)
\nMerel Semeijn (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen)
\nSara Uckelman (Durham University)
\nThe event is free of charge and will be held \;online on June 24\, 25\, and 26\, 2026. Abstract submissions will be accepted until May 15.
\nFor further information: \;https://metasemafiction.wixsite.com/phil
ORGANIZER;CN=Italo Lins Lemos;CN=Jerzy Brzozowski: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T101101Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260629T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260703T170000 SUMMARY:Nature of Law and Legal Reality (IVR Special Workshop) UID:20260626T032555Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Istanbul LOCATION:Cibali\, Kadir Has Cd.\, 34083 Cibali / Fatih/Fatih/İstanbul\, Турция\, İstanbul\, Turkey DESCRIPTION:The workshop &ldquo\;Nature of Law and Legal Reality&rdquo\; explores how contemporary legal philosophy and jurisprudence understand what law is and how legal phenomena exist in social and empirical reality. It is designed as an intensive discussion where participants reconsider classical debates in the philosophy of law in light of new empirical\, ontological\, and interdisciplinary developments.
\nThe workshop aims to bring together philosophers of law\, legal theorists\, doctrinal scholars to articulate more refined accounts of both the nature of law and the structure of legal reality. By confronting traditional jurisprudential questions with contemporary disputes about ontology\, pluralism\, and empirical method\, participants will seek to map promising directions for future research and to clarify what is at stake in ongoing controversies.
\nTopics for discussion include\, among others:
\n(1) Concept and nature of law
\n&ndash\; What do we mean when we claim that law has a &ldquo\;nature&rdquo\;: are we identifying essential properties\, common patterns\, or merely theoretical constructs?
\n&ndash\; Is it still plausible to think that philosophy of law must provide necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of legal systems\, or should we adopt more modest\, pluralistic\, or practice‑oriented frameworks?
\n&ndash\; How should we understand the relationship between law and morality today: as strict separation\, necessary connection\, or context‑sensitive interaction between moral and institutional facts?
\n(2) Legal Reality and Ontology
\n&ndash\; In what sense do legal entities&mdash\;rights\, duties\, persons\, corporate bodies\, or digital assets&mdash\;&ldquo\;exist\,&rdquo\; and how does their mode of existence differ from that of physical objects or social conventions?
\n&ndash\; How do courts and other legal actors exercise &ldquo\;ontological discretion&rdquo\; when they choose among competing ways of construing the reality of contested objects such as death\, incapacity\, or intoxication?
\n&ndash\; Can we speak of multiple\, overlapping legal realities generated by different legal orders and epistemic communities\, and if so\, how do these realities interact in transnational or pluralist settings?
\n(3) Legal Methodology and Interdisciplinarity
\n&ndash\; What is the proper role of conceptual analysis in contemporary legal theory when empirical\, sociological\, and psychological research increasingly shape our understanding of law in action?
\n&ndash\; How can philosophy of law integrate insights from empirical legal studies\, new legal realism\, and social ontology without losing its distinctive normative and analytical focus?
\n&ndash\; To what extent should theories of the nature of law be evaluated not only on their internal coherence\, but also on their explanatory power regarding actual institutional practices and disputes about legal reality?
\n\;Prospective participants are invited to submit abstracts (500&ndash\;1000 words) by 15 May to a_didikin@kazguu.kz and abdidikin@mail.kz.
\nTo facilitate discussion\, participants are warmly encouraged to circulate a final paper by 1 June 2026.
ORGANIZER;CN=Anton Didikin: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T101101Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T090000 SUMMARY:Call for Commentaries - Target Article: Carolina Sartorio\, “Causalism: A Framework for Moral Responsibility” UID:20260626T032556Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Call for Commentaries
\nCrí\;tica. Revista Hispanoamericana de Filosofí\;a
\n\;
\nTarget Article: \;
\n\;
\nCarolina Sartorio\, &ldquo\;Causalism: A Framework for Moral Responsibility&rdquo\;
\n\;
\nEditors: Santiago Echeverri and Miguel Á\;ngel Rotter
\nWe invite submissions of commentaries for an article symposium on Carolina Sartorio&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;Causalism: A Framework for Moral Responsibility&rdquo\;. The symposium will feature invited commentaries \;by Sara Bernstein (UC Santa Cruz)\, Taylor Cyr (Samford University)\, Megan Griffith (Davidson College)\, Alex Kaiserman (University of Oxford)\, Mikayla Kelley (University of Chicago)\, Andrew Law (Pomona College)\, Michael McKenna (University of Arizona)\, Hannah Tierney (UC Davis)\, and Barbara Vetter (Freie Universitä\;t Berlin). \;
\nCommentaries should not exceed 2\,000 words\, excluding references\, and must be submitted in PDF to the following email address:
\nsantiago.echeverri@filosoficas.unam.mx.
\nAll commentaries should be written in English. The deadline for submission is \;June 30\, 2026. Authors seeking feedback on the suitability of a potential commentary are welcome to contact the Editors prior to submission.
\nPlease submit two versions of your manuscript:
\n1. \; \; \; \; \;A full version that includes the author&rsquo\;s name\, title of the contribution\, email address\, postal address (including phone number)\, and any acknowledgments.
\n2. \; \; \; \; \;An anonymous version prepared for blind review\, with all identifying information removed.
\nBoth files must include:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;The title of the contribution.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;An abstract of no more than 100 words.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;A list of five keywords not mentioned in the title.
\nIf possible\, the title\, abstract\, and keywords should be provided in both English and Spanish.
\nAbout \;Crí\;tica
\nCrí\;tica. Revista Hispanoamericana de Filosofí\;a \;is a quarterly journal published by the Institute for Philosophical Research at UNAM in Mexico. It publishes articles\, discussion notes\, book symposia\, article symposia\, survey articles\, special issues\, and reviews in all areas of philosophy\, provided they fall within the analytic tradition broadly understood. \;Crí\;tica \;values conceptual clarity\, argumentative rigor\, and originality. Its primary readership consists of academic philosophers and philosophy students\, so authors are expected to clearly articulate how their work contributes to advancing ongoing philosophical debates.
\nFounded in 1967 by Alejandro Rossi\, Fernando Salmeró\;n\, and Luis Villoro\, \;Crí\;tica \;was the first journal in Latin America devoted to analytic philosophy. For decades\, it has maintained its status as a leading philosophical publication in the region and is widely respected in the international academic community\, particularly in the English-speaking world. \;
\nCrí\;tica \;has published work by many influential philosophers\, including:
\nCarlos Alchourró\;n\, G.E.M. Anscombe\, David M. Armstrong\, Eugenio Bulygin\, Hé\;ctor-Neri Castañ\;eda\, Donald Davidson\, Jon Elster\, R.M. Hare\, Gilbert Harman\, John L. Mackie\, Hugo Margá\;in\, John McDowell\, Thomas Nagel\, David F. Pears\, Arthur N. Prior\, Hilary Putnam\, W.V.O. Quine\, Richard Rorty\, Gilbert Ryle\, Sydney Shoemaker\, Thomas M. Simpson\, Ernest Sosa\, Peter F. Strawson\, Barry Stroud\, Bas C. van Fraassen\, and Georg H. von Wright.
\nFor more information\, please visit our website: \;
\nhttp://critica.filosoficas.unam.mx/
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T101101Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260630T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260630T234500 SUMMARY:Logic of Metaphysics UID:20260626T032557Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Am Neuen Palais 10\, Potsdam\, Germany\, 14469 DESCRIPTION:The Student Conference Logic and Metaphysics II. Logic of Metaphysics will take place from 25.09.26. to 26.09.26. \; at the University of Potsdam.
\nTopic
\nThe history of analytic philosophy is essentially told as a history of the development and application of logic on the one hand\, and as a continuous discussion of the question of the possibility of metaphysics on the other hand. While logical empiricism believed that metaphysical questions could be exposed as pseudo-problems using the tools of formal logic\, developments in modal logic and model theory were partly responsible for the renaissance of metaphysics that we can still observe today. In short\, since formal logic is an essential tool and distinguishing feature of analytic philosophy\, logic is also crucial in the historical and contemporary discourse on the possibility of metaphysics. In this context\, the question arises as to what functions logic fulfills in metaphysics and what questions it enables or prevents. \;
\nThe aim of the conference is to shed light on the relationship between analytic metaphysics and its logical toolkit and to trace the historical development of analytic philosophy from a fundamentally anti-metaphysical to a philosophical movement\, which is decidedly open towards metaphysics. An examination of the second area of interest is closely linked to the role that logic plays in the dissolution and reformulation of metaphysical problems. This may take the form of systematic contributions to current debates or reviews of historical positions.
\nDetails
\nWe encourage BA\, MA\, and M.Ed. students to submit abstracts on the above topic in English. Submissions should include a brief description of the topic (approximately two to three sentences) and an abstract of no more than 400 words for a blind review. Each presenter will have 45 minutes for their presentation\, 20 minutes for the talk\, and 25 minutes for a Q&\;A. \;
\nThe deadline for submissions is 30.05.26.. Please submit your application as a PDF to logicandmetaphysics@protonmail.com. Documents need to be anonymized for blind review. Please make sure to use &ldquo\;Abstract Logic of Metaphysics Potsdam 2026&rdquo\;as the subject of the Email.
\nWe particularly encourage students from underrepresented and marginalized groups to submit presentations in order to support diversity and equality at universities. \;
\nAll submissions will undergo a blind review. All applicants will be notified by email by 22.06.26. regardless of whether their presentation has been selected. We will contact you for further organizational steps if your presentation is selected.
\nWe are working on financing the conference\, however currently we cannot guarantee a full (or even a partial) reimbursement of travel and accommodation costs. Should you be unable to finance your accommodation\, please indicate this in your email. A limited number of participants can be accommodated by the local student body.
\nIf you have any questions\, please contact the organizers logicandmetaphysics@protonmail.com. We look forward to receiving your abstracts!
ORGANIZER;CN=Madara Vaserberga;CN=Leon Isenmann;CN=Timo Selting: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T101101Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260701T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260703T170000 SUMMARY:Acquaintance: Kick-Off Workshop of the Acquaintance Network UID:20260626T032558Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Madrid LOCATION:Av. Blasco Ibañez\, 30\, Valencia\, Spain\, 46010 DESCRIPTION:\nKick-Off Workshop of the Acquaintance Network
\nJuly 1-3\, 2026
\nValencia Philosophy Lab
\nUniversity of Valencia\, Department of Philosophy
\nRoom F11
\n(ONLY IN PERSON)
\nThe Acquaintance Network is a newly formed international philosophy research group working on the metaphysics\, epistemology\, value\, and history of acquaintance.
\nAcquaintance is the relation of conscious awareness that we bear to the things we experience most directly. The notion of acquaintance has the potential to explain a wide range of important facts in philosophy of mind\, epistemology\, metaphysics\, aesthetics\, ethics\, and other domains.
\nThe Acquaintance Network aims to support current work on acquaintance and to promote future work on acquaintance. More information about the Acquaintance Network here.
\nThis is the inaugural workshop of the Acquaintance Network. We&rsquo\;ll discuss fundamental issues concerning the nature and epistemology of acquaintance\, both from a contemporary and a historical perspective.
\nProgram
\nWednesday\, July 1
\n10 &ndash\; 11:30 Donovan Wishon\, &ldquo\;How Transparent is Experience?: Reassessing Diaphaneity in Early Analytic Philosophy&rdquo\;
\n Coffee break
\n12 &ndash\; 13:30 Sharon Casu\, &ldquo\;Acquaintance and Mediation&rdquo\;
\n \;Lunch
\n15 &ndash\; 17 \; \; \; \; Roundtable: SEP on Knowledge by Acquaintance and Knowledge by Description (by Ali Hasan). \;Discussants: Emad Atiq\, Sharon Casu\, Sam Coleman\, Matt Duncan\, Anna Giustina\, Ali Hasan\, Michael Markunas\, Jacopo Pallagrosi\, Chris Ranalli\, Donovan Wishon
\nThursday\, July 2
\n10 &ndash\; 11:30 \;Sam Coleman\, &ldquo\;Phenomenal Concepts\, Qualia\, and Acquaintance - Issues Arising&rdquo\;
\n Coffee break
\n12 &ndash\; 13:30 Michael Markunas\, &ldquo\;Acquaintance with Abstract Objects&rdquo\;
\nLunch
\n15:30 &ndash\; 17 Anna Giustina and Jacopo Pallagrosi\, &ldquo\;Knowledge by Acquaintance and the Conceptual Mind&rdquo\;
\nFriday\, July 3
\n12:00 &ndash\; 13:30 Matt Duncan\, &ldquo\;I Think\, Therefore ... Presentism is False&rdquo\;
\nLunch
\n15:30 &ndash\; 17:30 Roundtable: The Normativity of Knowledge by Acquaintance. Discussants: Sharon Casu\, Sam Coleman\, Matt Duncan\, Anna Giustina\, Ali Hasan\, Michael Markunas\, Jacopo Pallagrosi\, Chris Ranalli\, Donovan Wishon
\nOrganization and contact
\nAnna Giustina (anna.giustina@outlook.com)
\nJacopo Pallagrosi
\nMatt Duncan
\nSpecial thanks to Jorge Guardiola for the invaluable logistic support.
\nFunding
\nKnow Yourself: The Importance\, the Nature\, and the Applications of Introspective Self-Knowledge \;(PID2023-151949NA-I00)\, funded by Ministerio de Ciencia\, Innovació\;n y Universidades.
\nThis is a Valencia Philosophy Lab event.
ORGANIZER;CN=Matt Duncan;CN=Anna Giustina;CN=Jacopo Pallagrosi: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T101101Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260702T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260702T170000 SUMMARY:COMET 2026 - Metaphysics in Contemporary Continental Philosophy UID:20260626T032559Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Amsterdam LOCATION:Nijmegen\, Netherlands DESCRIPTION:COMET 2026 &ndash\; Metaphysics in Contemporary Continental Philosophy
\n13-15 October | Radboud University\, Nijmegen\, the Netherlands
\nCOMET is the annual expert meeting for metaphysics in contemporary continental philosophy\, hosted at Radboud University by its Center for Contemporary European Philosophy (CCEP).
\nIt brings together researchers across career stages who are doing metaphysical work in or in dialogue with continental philosophy\, and offers a setting to discuss research projects in depth.
\nWe are looking for contributions on what there is and how it is structured\, from any school or methodology within the field.
\nPROGRAM
\nThe meeting opens on Tuesday afternoon with a thematic session on ontologies of process and action\, featuring invited talks by Prof. Rein Raud (Tallinn University) and Dr. Mercedes Valmisa Oviedo (University of Gettysburg).
\nWednesday and Thursday are devoted to open sessions selected through this call. Each day has five speakers\, each with a sixty-minute plenary slot split roughly equally between presentation and discussion. The program also provides ample time between sessions for informal exchanges.
\nThe working language is English. Presentations in Dutch\, French\, and German are also welcome\, provided the speaker makes an English translation of their talk available for participants to follow along. The organizers can assist with translations from and into these languages during discussions
\nSUBMISSION GUIDELINES
\nPlease send an abstract of max. 250 words\, prepared for blind review\, plus a separate document with a biographical note of max. 150 words to comet@ru.nl. The deadline is July 2.
\nSelection is a two-stage process. Abstracts first undergo blind review. From the resulting shortlist\, the organizers compose the final program with an eye to a balanced representation of ideas\, career stages\, and backgrounds.
\nATTENDING WITHOUT PRESENTING
\nIn addition to ten speaker slots\, there are fifteen places for researchers who wish to attend and participate in discussions without presenting. To apply\, send an email with a short motivation and biographical note to comet@ru.nl.
\nPRACTICAL INFORMATION
\nThere is no registration fee. All sessions take place on campus. Speakers and participants are responsible for their own travel and accommodation.
\nFurther details about COMET 2026 are available at https://www.ru.nl/en/about-us/events/comet-2026. Last year&rsquo\;s program and abstracts can be found there as well.
\nORGANIZERS
\nCOMET 2026 is organized by dr. Arjen Kleinherenbrink and dr. Tim Miechels at the Center for Contemporary European Philosophy (CCEP) of the Faculty of Philosophy\, Theology\, and Religious Studies at Radboud University.
\nPARTNERS
\nCOMET is closely connected to the School of Materialist Research and Malta University's Engaging the Contemporary conference. There is significant overlap in our intellectual aims\, and we invite anyone already involved in one to find their way to the others.
\n
This is a graduate workshop that is organised as part of our Young Researcher MA philosophy module. Anil Gomes evening lecture will be held on July 1 at 5pm. Attendance is free and open to anybody who is interested\, but please register at the email address above. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Kristina Musholt: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T101101Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260706T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260706T093000 SUMMARY:Beyond Enmity: An Introduction to Political Ontology UID:20260626T032601Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:What kind of beings must we be for politics to take the forms it does? This seminar begins from the premise that every political theory rests on an ontology(an account of what beings are and how they relate) and that the dominant ontology of Western political thought is organized around enmity\, self-preservation\, and what Roberto Esposito calls immunitas: the exemption of theself from the obligatory gift (munus) that binds and exposes us to one another.
\nThe munus is an obligatory gift that expropriates the self\, a debt that can never be fully repaid\, a claim the other has on us that undoes our self-possession. For Esposito\, the entire tradition of modern political thought can be understood as an attempt to immunize the subject against this expropriation. The Hobbesian social contract\, the sovereign\, the market\, even revolutionary politics are all are devices for securing the self against the vulnerability that genuine interdependence would require. When the forms and values that once organized existence (religious\, moral\, political) lose their binding force and collapse\, the result is nihilism.
\nThe immunitary tradition is one response to this collapse\, i.e.\, an attempt to secure meaning\, order\, and selfhood through sovereign-enforced forms. But because social forms are themselves groundless (i.e.\, without permanent form)\,immunization deepens the very nihilism it was meant to overcome because the attempts to establish ground leads to various inevitable contradictions of identity
\nAcross six weeks\, we trace this immunitary logic from its founding myth in Hobbes through its political-theological (Schmitt)\, political-economic (Polanyi)\, and biopolitical (Esposito) registers\, and then construct an alternative through the philosophies of Jean-Luc Nancy and Nishitani Keiji. We move toward an ontology of compassion and what I have theorized as a theory of impermanent institutions\, these are political forms grounded not in sovereign self-enclosure but in the lived acceptance of both the munus and impermanence.
\nThe texts in this seminar are difficult. This is partly a matter of vocabulary and partly a consequence of the questions they are asking\, which require us to think at a level of abstraction we are not accustomed to. The framing essays are designed to make these texts accessible without oversimplifying them. Readers are encouraged to sit with difficulty rather than resolving it prematurely\; the seminar is a space for thinking together\, not for arriving at final answers.
ORGANIZER;CN=Joseph Turner;CN=Glenn Wallis: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T101101Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260709T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260711T170000 SUMMARY:European Congress for Metaphysics UID:20260626T032602Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Munich\, Germany DESCRIPTION:CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: INAUGURAL EUROPEAN CONGRESS FOR METAPHYSICS
\nSubmission Deadline: 1 March 2026
\nWe invite extended abstracts of up to 1000 words for presentation at the first meeting of the European Congress for Metaphysics to be held 9-11 July 2026 in Munich\, Germany. Abstracts are welcome \;in \;any area of metaphysics\, where this should be construed widely so as to include topics in metaphysics of science\, social metaphysics\, history of metaphysics\, metametaphysics\, metaphysics of mind\, metaphysics of value\, and formal metaphysics. Abstracts may be submitted using the following instructions.
\n
PhD students and scholars within 10 years of their PhD are additionally welcome to submit a 4000-5000 word paper on any topic in metaphysics for consideration for the \;European Congress for Metaphysics Essay Prize. Submissions for the Essay Prize should also include the extended abstract of 1000 words. In addition to the Essay Prize\, all paper submissions from students and scholars within 10 years of their PhD will be considered for travel grants of 800 Euro each\, to defray travel costs. 10 such grants will be awarded.
Abstracts and papers are particularly welcome from women\, members of other groups historically underrepresented in metaphysics\, and early career scholars\, including PhD students.
This conference will include \;keynote presentations \;from \;Esa Dí\;az-Leó\;n\, \;Jonathan Schaffer\, and Barbara Vetter\, as well as the recipient of the European Congress for Metaphysics Essay Prize. \; \; The program committee comprises Giacomo Andreoletti\, Boris Demarest\, Fabrice Correia\, Esa Dí\;az-Leó\;n\, Jani Hakkarainen\, Mario Hubert\, Max Kistler\, Ø\;ystein Linnebo\, Anna-Sofia Maurin\, Alyssa Ney\, Asya Passinsky\, and David Yates.
Instructions:
To be considered for inclusion on the conference program\, abstracts (and papers) must meet the following conditions:
\; \;To be considered\, the body of the email should include the following information:
\nThe sponsors for the 2026 European Congress for Metaphysics are the Center for Advanced Study and the Lehrstuhl fü\;r Metaphysik (Chair of Metaphysics) at Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T101101Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260709T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260711T170000 SUMMARY:European Congress for Metaphysics UID:20260626T032603Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1\, Munich\, Germany ORGANIZER;CN=Alyssa Ney: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T101101Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260715T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260715T234500 SUMMARY:Fourth Austrian Summer School in Phenomenology UID:20260626T032604Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The Austrian Society for Phenomenology launches its fouth international summer school. Our objective is to promote the research of young scholars (bachelor\, master\, and doctoral students) that sheds new phenomenological light on current debates in epistemology\, metaethics\, and metaphysics. The descriptive analysis of lived experience\, the eidetic study of the various modes of intentionality\, and the epistemic role and normative dimensions ascribed to experience constitute the cornerstones of phenomenological research. In particular\, Husserl&rsquo\;s conceptions of originary givenness\, evaluative experience\, and eidetic intuition are among the various seminal contributions we find in the phenomenological tradition. Currently\, promising research is done that utilizes such conceptions in order to develop phenomenological perspectives on experiential justification\, the debate between epistemic internalism and externalism\, the theory of value\, (moral) emotions\, moral epistemology\, issues surrounding metaphysical realism and anti-realism\, as well as the epistemology and metaphysics of essence\, modality\, and metaphysical dependence relations. We would like to encourage students to develop phenomenological insights and teachings systematically and in view of contemporary debates in philosophy. Our ambition is to promote such phenomenological research by providing a platform to connect with\, discuss with\, and receive feedback from peers and experts. Each conference day is devoted to one of the subtopics of the event.
\nThe conference will be an \;online event. \;If you wish to participate in the summer school but not to give a talk\, please provide a short statement of motivation (not more than 150 words) and specify your name\, affiliation\, and research interests.
\nCall for Papers
\nIf you wish to participate in the summer school and give a talk\, please apply with an (extended) abstract of the paper you wish to present. Submissions should not exceed 500 words\, must be written in English (conference language)\, and should be prepared for blind review.
\nThe submission deadline is July 15\, 2026.
\nPlease send your applications/submissions and general inquiries to: laurentia[dot]adam[at]uni-graz[dot]at
\nWomen and members of other traditionally underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply.
\nPreliminary schedule
\nSeptember 1
\nPhenomenological Approaches to Metaethics
\nNicolas de Warren (Penn State University): TBA
\n3 student presentations commented on by Sonja Rinofner-Kreidl (University of Graz)
\nSeptember 2
\nPhenomenological Approaches to Epistemology
\nMirja Hartimo (University of Helsinki): TBA
\n3 student presentations commented on by Philipp Berghofer (University of Graz)
\nSeptember 3
\nPhenomenological Approaches to Metaphysics
\nKit Fine (New York University): TBA
\n3 student presentations commented on by Michael Wallner (University of Graz)
ORGANIZER;CN=Philipp Berghofer;CN=Sonja Rinofner-Kreidl;CN=Michael Wallner: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T101101Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260718T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260724T170000 SUMMARY:Society for the Metaphysics of Science Summer School UID:20260626T032605Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The SMS will host a summer school this summer over Zoom. There will be two streams available this year:
\n(A) Michael J. Raven (University of Victoria) and Asya Passinsky (Central European University) will focus on Essentialism in Metaphysics and Social Ontology.
\n&rarr\; Sessions held on Saturday July 18th and Monday July 20th.
\n(B) Heather Demarest (University of Colorado\, Boulder) and Travis McKenna (North Carolina State) will focus on Laws Beyond the Humean/Non-Humean Debate.
\n&rarr\; Sessions held on Thursday July 23rd and Friday July 24th.
\nEach stream will consist of two three-hour workshops\, each designed to introduce participants to the state of play in the given sub-discipline.
\nScholars at any stage of their career are welcome to attend. Level of instruction is at an advanced graduate level.
\nIn order to apply\, submit a C.V. toJenn McDonald (jrc2266@columbia.edu) and include which stream(s) you would like to attend. There is no official deadline for applications\, but attendance is capped at 20 participants.
\nA registration fee of $20 per stream ($35 for both) is required\, which will be used to offset expenses. Accepted applicants will be asked to submit their registration fees via the society's Registration Page.
ORGANIZER;CN=Jennifer McDonald;CN=Ken Aizawa: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T101101Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260721T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260724T170000 SUMMARY:ISOS Social Ontology 2026 UID:20260626T032606Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:Krupnicza 33a\, Kraków\, Poland\, 31-123 DESCRIPTION:Conference dates: \;21-24.07 (i.e. we expect people to arrive on Monday 20.07 and leave Krakow on either 25.07 or 26.07)
Venue: \;Jagiellonian University\, Law and Administration Faculty new building\, ul. Krupnicza 33a [https://share.google/Fwsi8k2kndR1F5rxK]
Host: \;Jagiellonian Center for Law\, Language\, Philosophy (https://pjf.uj.edu.pl/) is the host\, in cooperation with Faculty of Law and Administration and Institute of Philosophy
Main organizers: \;Paweł Banaś and Adam Dyrda
Important deadlines:
- call for papers available/abstract submission opens: 5th of November 2025 \;
- deadline for abstract submission: 18th January 2026 [as usual\, 300-500 words]
- notification of acceptance: 15th February 2026
- registration [early]: 15th February - 31st March 2026
- registration [late]: 1st April - 30th June 2026
- the final conference program will be published no later than 7th July 2026.
Confirmed keynote speakers:
Session Logistics
All concurrent sessions are either 1 hour for 2 talks or 1.5 hours for 3 talks. Chairs should begin each session at the scheduled time and aim to have each talk within the session begin when scheduled. To facilitate conference-goer planning\, chairs and speakers are advised to order the talks as on the schedule. \;
For the speakers - You are assigned a 30 minute slot\, and the time is yours to use in whatever way you feel will be most productive for your project. It is recommended (and descriptively expected) that the talk will be around 20 minutes\, leaving 10 minutes for q&\;a. Slides or a handout are of course permitted (and encouraged). Closer to the conference\, it will be communicated how slides will be facilitated\, if you plan to use them. We will not have the facility to print handouts\, but there are print shops around city centre if necessary. (Though\, be advised\, they may be closed on Monday for the bank holiday.)
Call for Abstracts
The call for abstracts is now open for Social Ontology 2026. The conference will be held in-person in Krakow\, Poland.
We invite submissions of abstracts of papers/talks suitable for 20 minute presentations. Abstracts must have 300-500 words and be prepared for anonymous review.
Use this submission link from Microsoft CMT service to submit your abstract:
https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ISOS2026/ \;
The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses\, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.
This edition aims to focus on interdisciplinary research\, including application of ideas from social ontology in solving problems of legal and political philosophy in the following areas:
We invite\, however\, submissions of abstracts covering all topics relevant for contemporary research in social ontology\, including:
Debating Temporal Ontology:
\nThe Existence of Yesterday and
\nTomorrow
\nMessage from the Guest Editor
\nTemporal metaphysis has long been concerned with
\ntemporal ontology\; that is\, the study of which times exist\,
\nand\, further\, what nature times have (are they concrete
\nthings or abstract objects). This Special Issue
\ninvestigates temporal ontology and its connection to a
\nbroad range of questions about the nature of time and
\nexperience. In this Special Issue\, original research
\narticles are welcome. Research areas may include (but
\nare not limited to) the following:
\n- Temporal ontology and models of time (including
\npresentism\, the growing block\, eternalism)
\n- Connections between temporal ontology and temporal
\npassage
\n- Temporal ontology and time travel
\n- Temporal ontology and the ontological nature of times
\n(i.e.\, abstract versus concrete)
\n- Temporal ontology and temporal experience
\n- Temporal ontology and truthmaking
\n- Temporal ontology and modality
\n- Temporal ontology and freedom
\n- Change and temporal ontology
\n- Temporal ontology and physics (especially general
\nand special relativity\, and quantum gravity)
\n- Temporal ontology\, temporal direction\, and ph
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T101101Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260731T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260731T180000 SUMMARY:Philosophia Reformata special issue "Faith\, Philosophy\, and AI" UID:20260626T032608Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers Special Issue Philosophia Reformata
\nJournal: \;Philosophia Reformata (www.brill.com/phir)
\nSpecial issue: Faith\, Philosophy\, and Artificial Intelligence
\nGuest editors: Christine Boshuijzen-van Burken (Eindhoven University of Technology\; The Netherlands Defence Academy) and Maaike Harmsen (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
\nDeadline: Papers (5\,000&ndash\;9\,000 words) may be submitted through the journal&rsquo\;s website until 31 July 2026
\nArtificial intelligence (AI) has received much attention over the last decade\, not only from those working in computer science\, who saw a swift advancement in existing AI models and architectures\, but also from investors who spur the development and uptake of AI in various professions\, as well as from ethicists seeking to address ethical issues relating to AI development and use. Typical approaches include the listing of principles for responsible use and development of AI\, principles such as fairness\, transparency\, explainability\, and accountability.
\nLess attention\, however\, has been paid to philosophical issues as they relate to reasoning about AI\, including the religious assumptions that inform normative positions toward its use and development. What do we mean when we say we are developing or using &ldquo\;artificial intelligence&rdquo\;? What existential need gives rise to the demand for AI ethics and regulation? Rather than adding to the multiplicity of existing definitions and ethical stances\, this special issue seeks to unpack philosophical presuppositions\, metaphysical assumptions\, and religious commitments that explicitly or implicitly inform AI debates. We invite authors who discuss AI from either Christian or other religious philosophical perspectives. Relevant topics include ontological\, epistemological\, metaphysical\, and other philosophical questions and issues regarding AI in general&mdash\;for example:
\nIn addition\, authors may discuss specific &ldquo\;manifestations&rdquo\; of AI\, such as large or small language models\, AI decision support systems\, AI vision detection and classification tools\, video-generating AI\, agentic AI\, and GenAI.
\nFor more information\, please contact the editorial assistant\, Mathanja Berger: mathanja@bergeracademicediting.nl.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T101101Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260807T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260808T170000 SUMMARY:Metaphysics of Logic UID:20260626T032609Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Regina-Pacis-Weg 3\, Bonn\, Germany\, 53113 DESCRIPTION:What is the relationship between logical laws and rational thinking? Are there facts about logic that are independent of us\, and if so\, what is their metaphysical status? Do purely logical statements have meaning? Is there a true logical system\, or can several logical systems be accepted at once? What is the relationship between classical logic and alternative logics?
\nGiven the central role that logic plays in contemporary philosophy\, the importance of these questions cannot be underestimated. In analytical philosophy in particular\, it is often assumed that logical formalization can lend arguments a special power. This power makes it seemingly impossible to accept the premises of an argument and yet reject its conclusion. Arguments that cannot be formalized in this way\, on the other hand\, are often rejected as &lsquo\;unscientific.&rsquo\;
\nBut as central as logic is to analytical philosophy\, philosophers disagree about its nature and foundations. This great diversity of positions in the philosophy of logic has a long tradition: Frege believed that the principles of logic were general laws of truth and that rules for correct judgment could be derived from them. (Der Gedanke\, 58) Carnap's famous postulate &ldquo\;In logic there are no morals&rdquo\; (The Logical Syntax of Language §\;17) expresses the idea that logical systems can only claim validity relative to the specification of a particular language. Jared Warren believes that logical truths are a shadow of syntax or reflections on linguistic rules. (Shadows of Syntax\, p. 325\; Slogan 8)
\nThe aim of the conference is to facilitate the exchange of different positions on the mentioned issues. Both systematic contributions to current debates and discussions of historical positions are welcome.
\nCall for abstracts
\nWe encourage BA\, MA\, and M.Ed. students to submit abstracts on the above topic in English. Submissions should include a brief description of the topic (approximately two to three sentences) and an abstract of no more than 400 words for a blind review. Each presenter will have 45 minutes for their presentation\, 20 minutes for the talk\, and 25 minutes for a Q&\;A. \;
\nThe deadline for submissions is 30.04.26.. Please submit your application as a PDF to logicandmetaphysics@protonmail.com. Documents need to be anonymized for blind review. Please make sure to use &ldquo\;Abstract Metaphysics of Logic Bonn 2026&rdquo\; \;as the subject of the Email.
\nWe particularly encourage students from underrepresented and marginalized groups to submit abstracts in order to support diversity and equality at universities. \;
\nAll submissions will undergo a blind review. All applicants will be notified by email by 18.05.26. regardless of whether their presentation has been selected. We will contact you for further organizational steps if your presentation is selected.
\nWe are working on financing the conference\, however currently we cannot guarantee a full (or even a partial) reimbursement of travel and accommodation costs. Should you be unable to finance your accommodation\, please indicate this in your email. A limited number of participants can be accommodated by the local student body.
\nIf you have any questions\, please contact the organizers logicandmetaphysics@protonmail.com. We look forward to receiving your abstracts!
ORGANIZER;CN=Madara Vaserberga;CN=Leon Isenmann;CN=Timo Selting;CN=Dalon Axhimusa;CN=Marvin Thinschmidt: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T101101Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260828T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260828T103000 SUMMARY:'Here and There:' Food\, Safety and Community in Contemporary Performance Art 「あちらとこちら」：現代パフォーマンス・アートにおける食、安全、そしてコミュニティ UID:20260626T032610Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:Poznań\, Poland DESCRIPTION:https://coolhunting.com/link-about-it/does-this-soup-taste-ambivalent/
\nhttps://dajf.org.uk/event/the-art-of-soup-a-taste-of-fukushima
\nhttps://ocula.com/magazine/conversations/ei-arakawa-frieze-presentation/
\nhttps://nomadit.co.uk/conference/eajs2026/paper/101689
\nhttps://research.berkeley.edu/surf-fellows/jiaqian-zhu/
\nhttps://nomadit.co.uk/conference/eajs2026/pp/101689
\nPaper short abstract In the wake of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami\, artists attempt to explore ways to present the motif of &ldquo\;3/11&rdquo\; beyond geographic confinement&mdash\;beyond Japan. Given restricted access to the nuclear zone\, how do artists respond to &ldquo\;3/11&rdquo\; without direct physical proximity to Fukushima? Paper long abstract
\nIn the wake of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami\, artists attempt to explore ways to present the motif of &ldquo\;3/11&rdquo\; beyond geographic confinement&mdash\;beyond Japan. Given restricted access to the nuclear zone\, how do artists respond to &ldquo\;3/11&rdquo\; without direct physical proximity to Fukushima? How do overseas Japanese artists represent what took place back in their homeland? How do people outside Japan gain the access to experience and respond to &ldquo\;3/11&rdquo\;? To grapple with this representational dilemma of &ldquo\;here and there\,&rdquo\; this paper looks at the performance art of the contemporary Japanese artist Ei Arakawa&mdash\;Does This Soup Taste Ambivalent? (2014). In this conceptual project\, he attempted to mediate a geographic gap between New York (where he works) and Fukushima (where he comes from). He also intended to reach a geographical balance between Fukushima and the international audience by bringing his family to Frieze London. In dialogue with Does This Soup Taste Ambivalent?\, this paper brings comparative examples of Rirkrit Tiravanija&rsquo\;s installation Untitled (Free/Still) (2007) and the socially engaged art piece Conflict Kitchen (2010). This paper attempts to extend the metaphor of a geographic boundary to invisible yet crucial boundaries among people\, and to further spatialize what Nicolas Bourriaud regards as relational aesthetics. Visual representations of &ldquo\;here and there&rdquo\; can thus be thematically translated into a rendering of boundaries between artists and spectators/participants\, between social environment and human beings and between different ethnic groups. Moreover\, this paper examines the instrumental role of food in performance art. With the same incorporation of food\, these works take advantage of the taste to unite people from different backgrounds\, and to provide a corporeal medium to raise concerns for nuclear radiation and safety. The remediation of food\, in art practice and social media\, further produces a micro-social and micro-political narrative to think of food safety\, human safety\, and community conflicts.
\nAbstract in Japanese (if needed): 「あちらとこちら」：現代パフォーマンス・アートにおける食、安全、そしてコミュニティ 要旨では、2011年の東日本大震災と津波のあと、アーティストたちが 「3/11」を日本の外でどう表現するか を考える研究だと説明されています。特に、福島に直接近づけない状況で、アーティストはどう反応するのか、海外にいる日本人アーティストは故郷で起きたことをどう表すのか、日本の外にいる人はどうやってその出来事に触れ、応答するのか、という問いが立てられています。中心事例として扱われるのは、Ei Arakawa の Does This Soup Taste Ambivalent? (2014) です。要旨によれば、この作品は ニューヨークと福島の地理的な隔たりを媒介しようとした企画として読まれています。比較される例として、Rirkrit Tiravanija の Untitled (Free/Still) (2007) と、社会参加型アートの Conflict Kitchen (2010) も挙げられています。福島の出来事を、食べ物を使ったアートで世界の人にどう伝えるかを考える発表です。 そして、食べ物は人をつなぐだけでなく、安全や不安、社会の対立について考えさせる力を持つ、というのがポイントです。
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T101101Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260901T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260903T170000 SUMMARY:Fourth Austrian Summer School in Phenomenology UID:20260626T032611Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The Austrian Society for Phenomenology launches its fouth international summer school. Our objective is to promote the research of young scholars (bachelor\, master\, and doctoral students) that sheds new phenomenological light on current debates in epistemology\, metaethics\, and metaphysics. The descriptive analysis of lived experience\, the eidetic study of the various modes of intentionality\, and the epistemic role and normative dimensions ascribed to experience constitute the cornerstones of phenomenological research. In particular\, Husserl&rsquo\;s conceptions of originary givenness\, evaluative experience\, and eidetic intuition are among the various seminal contributions we find in the phenomenological tradition. Currently\, promising research is done that utilizes such conceptions in order to develop phenomenological perspectives on experiential justification\, the debate between epistemic internalism and externalism\, the theory of value\, (moral) emotions\, moral epistemology\, issues surrounding metaphysical realism and anti-realism\, as well as the epistemology and metaphysics of essence\, modality\, and metaphysical dependence relations. We would like to encourage students to develop phenomenological insights and teachings systematically and in view of contemporary debates in philosophy. Our ambition is to promote such phenomenological research by providing a platform to connect with\, discuss with\, and receive feedback from peers and experts. Each conference day is devoted to one of the subtopics of the event.
\nThe conference will be an \;online event. \;If you wish to participate in the summer school but not to give a talk\, please provide a short statement of motivation (not more than 150 words) and specify your name\, affiliation\, and research interests.
\nCall for Papers
\nIf you wish to participate in the summer school and give a talk\, please apply with an (extended) abstract of the paper you wish to present. Submissions should not exceed 500 words\, must be written in English (conference language)\, and should be prepared for blind review.
\nThe submission deadline is July 15\, 2026.
\nPlease send your applications/submissions and general inquiries to: laurentia[dot]adam[at]uni-graz[dot]at
\nWomen and members of other traditionally underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply.
\nPreliminary schedule
\nSeptember 1
\nPhenomenological Approaches to Metaethics
\nNicolas de Warren (Penn State University): TBA
\n3 student presentations commented on by Sonja Rinofner-Kreidl (University of Graz)
\nSeptember 2
\nPhenomenological Approaches to Epistemology
\nMirja Hartimo (University of Helsinki): TBA
\n3 student presentations commented on by Philipp Berghofer (University of Graz)
\nSeptember 3
\nPhenomenological Approaches to Metaphysics
\nKit Fine (New York University): TBA
\n3 student presentations commented on by Michael Wallner (University of Graz)
ORGANIZER;CN=Philipp Berghofer;CN=Sonja Rinofner-Kreidl;CN=Michael Wallner: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T101101Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260901T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260901T234500 SUMMARY:The Metaphysical Society of America UID:20260626T032612Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:702 E. Desmet Ave.\, Spokane\, United States DESCRIPTION:The 2027 conference of the MSA invites submissions on the theme of the &ldquo\;metaphysics of habit\,&rdquo\; understood both as a subjective and objective genitive. Contributors may explore the metaphysical underpinnings of habit or investigate habit as a metaphysical principle in its own right. Topics of interest include\, but are not necessarily limited to\, the following questions:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Is habit a pragmatic device for assuaging epistemological impasses\, as in Hume\, or can it have a genuine metaphysical function? If so\, how\, when and under what conditions?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Is habit conscious or unconscious\, intelligent or blind? Is it a sign of rational consistency or the erosion of thought into blind compulsion? Is it learned or inherited\, adaptive or mechanical\, spontaneous or rote\, proactive or reactive? Is habit a result of repetition or the propensity to repeat? Or\, does habit subvert these dichotomies altogether?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Are practice\, routine\, custom\, tics and neuroses distinct in kind from habit itself or only various degrees or intensities of habit? Or\, is habit a species of one of these categories?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Must habit be relegated to psychology or is habit operative at other\, or even all\, domains of being? What of motricity or motor habit? Are instinct and inertia species of habit? Is habit a metaphysical principle underpinning various notions of evolution? Might it underwrite scientific theories\, e.g. quantum theory? Could habit account for the lawfulness of nature itself? What is the metaphysics of social and collective habits? Could there be a theology of habit?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Is habit an attribute or might it constitute substantiality itself? Do individuals possess habits or is the self but a nexus of habits? Are some kinds of beings inherently habitual and others impervious to habit? Can a rock acquire a habit? Can artificial intelligence?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Is habit an effect\, a cause or the very principle of causality itself? Is habit antecedent to its effects or simultaneous with them? Is habit a result consequent to its cause(s) or simultaneous with it? Or\, is it temporalization itself?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Can habit perform the functions Kant allotted to transcendental structures &ndash\; synthesis\, identity\, regularity\, temporal contraction? If so\, are traditions that make habit into a metaphysical principle\, e.g. French Spiritualism and American Pragmatism\, post-Kantian? Or\, are they instead post-Humean or post-Leibnizian?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Can habit be simultaneously empirical and contingent\, yet also universal? Is habit a priori or a posteriori\, transcendental or empirically real? Could habit ground a &ldquo\;metaphysical empiricism\,&rdquo\; &ldquo\;transcendental empiricism&rdquo\; or &ldquo\;critical realism&rdquo\;?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Is habit dyadic and chiasmatic? Does habit have more to do with the Dyad or the One?
\nAbstracts that address these and related questions and issues in original ways are especially encouraged and will be prioritized. Submissions of abstracts for papers on other metaphysical topics are also welcome.
\nGuidelines for the Submission of Abstracts
\nDeadline: September 1\, 2026
\nSubmit to: Jessica Wahman\, Vice President of the MSA (msamarch2027@gmail.com)
\nFormat: Word documents of no more than 600 words. Late abstracts and those shorter than 400 words or longer than 600 words will not be considered. To facilitate double-anonymous review\, an abstract should not contain the author&rsquo\;s name or otherwise identify the author. In the email to which the abstract is attached\, authors should indicate full name\, institutional affiliation (if any)\, and abstract title. The email subject-line should read: \; 2027 MSA Submission [last name of author)] -- for example: 2027 MSA Submission Leibniz.
\nAristotle Prize
\nThe MSA&rsquo\;s annual Aristotle Prize\, which is only awarded if a submission is deemed worthy of the prize\, is open to current students without a Ph.D. The Aristotle Prize carries a cash award of $500\, inclusion in the program\, and assistance with costs for attending the annual meeting.
\nPersons who wish to be considered for this prize must a) clearly state (in an email message accompanying their submission) their eligibility for this prize and their desire to be considered for it\, and b) submit a full\, final paper in addition to the abstract by the September 1\, 2026 deadline. The body of the text (as is proposed to be read at the meeting) must be no longer than 3\,750 words.
\nPlato Prize
\nThe MSA&rsquo\;s annual Plato Prize\, which is only awarded if a submission is deemed worthy of the prize\, is open to persons who have received their first Ph.D. in the last six years&mdash\;thus (for the 2027 meeting) in 2021 or more recently. The Plato Prize carries a cash award of $500\, inclusion in the program\, and assistance with costs for attending the annual meeting.
\nPersons who wish to be considered for this prize must a) clearly state (in an email message accompanying their submission) their eligibility for this prize and their desire to be considered for it\, and b) submit a full\, final paper in addition to the abstract by the September 1\, 2026 deadline. The body of the text (as is proposed to be read at the meeting) must be no longer than 3\,750 words.
\nTravel Grants
\nThanks to the generous support of past MSA Presidents\, Society members\, and a grant from the Hocking-Cabot Fund for Systematic Philosophy\, the MSA is pleased to be able to offer reimbursements for travel expenses up to $400 to current graduate students and post-doctoral researchers within two years of their first PhD whose submissions are selected for the conference program. Persons who wish to receive such reimbursements must state their eligibility in their submission email and\, at the conference\, provide the MSA with all relevant expense receipts. (Invoices are not acceptable.)
\nAcceptance decisions will be announced by November 20\, 2026.
\nThe MSA&rsquo\;s Executive Council (https://www.metaphysicalsociety.org/about.htm) operates as the vetting committee. Those accepted for the conference must submit completed papers by February 20\, 2027 to allow review by session chairs. Papers may not exceed 3\,750 words. Eligibility to present at the conference requires payment of both membership and registration fees (https://www.metaphysicalsociety.org/membership.htm).
ORGANIZER;CN=Tyler Tritten: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T101101Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Budapest:20260904T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Budapest:20260905T170000 SUMMARY:Early Modern Naturalisms: Spinozist and Humean UID:20260626T032613Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Budapest LOCATION:Budapest\, Hungary DESCRIPTION:While both Hume and Spinoza have been claimed as paradigmatic naturalists\, it is far from clear that they are naturalists in the same sense. Further\, it is not obvious that the label applies to either without qualification. Spinoza&rsquo\;s and Hume&rsquo\;s projects moved in markedly different directions\, so we propose a workshop with the aim of examining what is at stake in calling either thinker a naturalist.
\nBy placing Spinoza and Hume in conversation on this topic\, the conference seeks to illuminate two distinct (purported) strands of early modern naturalism: one expansive and metaphysical\, the other cautious and anthropological. Are these differences merely a matter of emphasis and scale\, or do they represent fundamentally incompatible conceptions of nature and its significance? Does calling them naturalists collapse their distinct philosophies into a single tradition? And what\, if anything\, is gained by framing the early modern naturalist field in terms of &ldquo\;Spinozist&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;Humean&rdquo\; trajectories rather than the more traditional &ldquo\;rationalist&rdquo\; vs. &ldquo\;empiricist&rdquo\; divide?
\nWe want to revisit early modern naturalism\, not merely as a retrospective label\, but as a philosophical option characterised by contested outlines. Contributors are invited to explore these and related questions for the purpose of critically reevaluating the categories through which early modern thought is often organised\, and reimagining naturalism as a central thread both connecting and dividing the period&rsquo\;s major figures.
ORGANIZER;CN=David Harmon;CN=Tamas Demeter: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T101101Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260917T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260918T170000 SUMMARY:Philosophica II - Words and Language UID:20260626T032614Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:pl. Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej 4\, Lublin\, Poland\, 20-031 DESCRIPTION:Philosophica is an analytic philosophy conference series hosted by the Institute of Philosophy at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University. The theme of this edition of the conference is words and language\, engaging with philosophical work addressing the nature of expressions\, meaning\, and natural language more broadly construed.
\nWe invite contributions on topics like the ontology of words\, word individuation\, pragmatic features of expressions\, meaning in natural language (metasemantics)\, or the relationship between words and language\, among others.
\nTopics broadly related to natural language are welcome\; contributions do not need to place special emphasis on words as such\, though this is welcome.
\nInterdisciplinary perspectives drawing on linguistics\, semantics\, metaphysics\, and other relevant areas are also welcome.
\nThe event will take place exclusively in person\; it is open to both regular faculty and students.
\nThe conference will run from 17/09/2026 to 18/09/2026. \;
\nSubmissions through EasyChair (see also our CFP for details): \;https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=philosophica2
ORGANIZER;CN=Kamil Lemanek: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T101101Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260920T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260920T090000 SUMMARY:Special Issue on the Principle of Identity of Indiscernibles UID:20260626T032615Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers
\nSpecial Issue on the Principle of Identity of Indiscernibles
\nManuscrito: International Journal of Philosophy invites submissions in English for a special issue devoted to the Principle of Identity of Indiscernibles (PII).
\nGuest Editor: Leonardo G. S. Videira (University of Sã\;o Paulo &ndash\; FAPESP)
\nThe Principle of Identity of Indiscernibles (PII)\, in its most widespread formulation\, states that any two things sharing all the same properties are in fact identical\; in other words\, no two distinct things share all their properties. Despite its apparent simplicity\, the principle has remained one of the most contested theses in the history of metaphysics. Classical and contemporary counterexamples &ndash\; such as Kant&rsquo\;s droplets\, Black&rsquo\;s spheres\, and entangled bosons &ndash\; appear to involve numerically distinct yet indiscernible entities\, thereby challenging the principle's truth.
\nDebates concerning the PII extend well beyond the question of its truth or falsity\, however. They encompass issues regarding the interpretation of its constituent notions\, the modal status of the principle\, and the nature of the necessity\, if any\, that underwrites it. Moreover\, the PII plays a central role in a wide range of philosophical discussions\, including the dispute between bundle and substratum theories\, the ontology of quantum mechanics\, the metaphysics of mathematical objects\, and the relationship between indiscernibility and identity.
\nThe last two decades have witnessed significant developments in these debates. This special issue aims to bring together contributions that advance our understanding of the PII\, its implications\, and its applications across different areas of philosophy.
\nConfirmed Contributors
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Dé\;cio Krause (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Jonas R. B. Arenhart (Federal University of Santa Catarina)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Raoni Arroyo (Federal University of Santa Catarina)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Rafael de Clercq (Lingnan University)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Olimpia Lombardi (University of Buenos Aires &ndash\; CONICET)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;F. A. Muller (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
\n\nTopics of Interest
\nSubmissions may address\, but are not limited to\, the following topics:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Historical approaches to the Principle of Identity of Indiscernibles
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Arguments for and against the PII
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Interpretations of the notions involved in the formulation of the PII
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;The modal status of the PII
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;The PII and the grounding of identity
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Epistemological aspects of indiscernibility and identity
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;The PII in the philosophy of physics
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;The PII in the philosophy of mathematics
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;The PII in the philosophy of religion
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Assessments of actual and fictional counterexamples to the PII
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Connections between the PII and contemporary theories of objects\, properties\, and individuation
\nSubmission Information
\nDeadline for submissions: September 20\, 2026
\nAccepted papers will be published in late 2026 or early 2027.
\nAuthor guidelines are available at:
\nhttp://www.scielo.br/revistas/man/iinstruc.htm
\nSubmissions should be made through the Manuscrito Editorial Manager:
\nhttps://mc04.manuscriptcentral.com/man-scielo
\nPlease indicate in your submission that the manuscript is intended for the special issue on the Principle of Identity of Indiscernibles.
\nContact
\nFor further information\, please contact:
\nLeonardo G. S. Videira
\nleonardo.soutello@gmail.com
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T101101Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260922T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260923T170000 SUMMARY:Between Christian and Post-Christian Worldviews UID:20260626T032616Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:Kopernika 26\, Kraków\, Poland DESCRIPTION:Christian Philosophy: Between Christian and Post-Christian Worldviews (2026)
\n4th \;International Conference:
\nChristian \;Philosophy: Between Christian \;and Post-Christian \;Worldviews
\nIgnatianum University in Krakow\, 22-23 September 2026 (Tuesday-Wednesday)
\nThe term &lsquo\;post-Christian&rsquo\; is increasingly appearing in philosophical and cultural discourse\, employed to describe various phenomena that supposedly follow on after Christianity. Most often\, the term is used to describe a contemporary world in which Christianity either is no longer the dominant religion or is not recognised as such in the way that it was until recently. At the same time\, although there is a post-Christian world\, the Christian world has not ended. The problem of the &lsquo\;post-Christian picture of reality&rsquo\; therefore provokes discussion amongst both supporters and opponents of Christianity &ndash\; especially because what is &lsquo\;post-Christian&rsquo\; cannot be understood in isolation from Christianity itself.
\nIn a globalised world\, we are witnessing a clash between Christian and post-Christian images of the world. While some recognise the permanence and validity of the picture of reality founded on the Christian religion\, others are convinced that this has\, for various reasons\, been deformed or destroyed and belongs to an irreversible past\, both in terms of cognition and at the level of social practice.
\nWhile within Western civilisation broadly construed a post-Christian worldview founded on ecological\, gender-based or technological naturalism would seem to be dominating\, in other parts of the globe the Christian worldview is only just gaining ground.
\nThe situation in which Christian and post-Christian worldviews clash within culture and social life poses a serious challenge for philosophy. Christianity-inspired philosophy must define its place in relation to not only worldviews\, but also phenomena\, trends and concepts with anti-Christian overtones. At the same time\, the post-Christian worldview raises many questions that need to be addressed. Proposals We invite proposals that address the problems of Christian and post-Christian worldviews.
\n\nOur interests lie especially in the following topics and questions\, but are not limited to them: \;
\n&bull\; What are the main historical and systematic problems of the Christian worldview?
\n&bull\; Is an evolution of the Christian worldview possible\, or even necessary?
\n&bull\; What is the difference between post-Christian worldviews and non-Christian or postreligious worldviews?
\n&bull\; What are the main aspects and characteristics of the relationship between Christian and post-Christian worldviews?
\n&bull\; Is the transition between Christianity and post-Christianity itself an irreversible phenomenon?
\n&bull\; In what way is post-Christianity influencing debates in ethics and/or politics?
\n&bull\; Does the post-Christian worldview lead to a dissolution of our deep need for religious truths or values?
\n&bull\; Why is the post-Christian worldview mostly dominated by materialistic and relativistic perspectives that reject God as a person and the spiritual values of Christianity?
\n&bull\; What kind of personal identity and individual existence is being presented within the post-Christian worldview?
\n&bull\; Why is it that\, in the post-Christian world\, religion is becoming a tool of political mobilisation and/or manipulation?
\n&bull\; What is the function of religion within the Christian and post-Christian worldviews?
\n&bull\; Is the very meaning of Christianity dissolved in the post-Christian worldview into a set of broad ideals about human behaviour and society?
\n&bull\; What is the position of the Christian and post-Christian worldviews on the truth-falsehood opposition?
\n\nSubmissions:
\nPlease submit a 500-word abstract of your paper (in PDF format) by March 31\, 2026\, via EasyChair\, using the following link:
\nhttps://easychair.org/conferences?conf=chp26
\nLanguage: only proposals in English will be accepted for consideration.
\nWe will be delighted to encounter all participants in person here at Ignatianum University in Cracow. However\, the organisers plan to conduct this conference in hybrid mode\, combining both online and on-site elements. Each conference participant will receive a certificate indicating also the mode of participation.
\n\nWe are pleased to announce that the following individuals have agreed to give a lecture or participate in a panel discussion during the conference:
\nJeffrey Bloechl &ndash\; Boston College\,
\nUSA Chantal Delsol &ndash\; University of Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallé\;e\,
\nFrance Piotr Gutowski &ndash\; John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin\,
\nPoland John Milbank &ndash\; University of Nottingham\, UK
\nLinda Trinkaus Zagzebski &ndash\; University of Oklahoma\, USA
\n\nFees
\nThe conference is open to the public (also via social media). Presenting participants will be charged a fee to help cover costs (materials\, dinner\, coffee breaks\, etc.). For the exact amount of the conference fee\, see below.
\nEarly submission (up to December 31\, 2025) will attract a reduced fee (so-called &lsquo\;Early Bird registration&rsquo\;).
\nRegular participants 60/80/100 EUR (Early Birds/PhD Students/Regular Participants).
\nOnline participants 30/40/50 EUR (Early Birds/PhD Students/Regular Participants)
\n\nWe plan to record all presentations and then publish them on conference YouTube chanel and on the conference Facebook fanpage. After the conference we plan to publish a special issue in a philosophical journal\, containing articles based on the conference presentations. With this in mind\, speakers are encouraged to prepare a paper (up to 10\,000 words) and submit it by December 31\, 2026. Each article will be subject to a process of doubleblind peer review. Forum Philosophicum\, an international journal for philosophy (listed in SCOPUS)\, has already agreed to publish a special issue in 2026 including materials from the conference. However\, we are also open to collaboration with other journals.
\n\nDeadlines
\n&bull\; Submission of Proposals (Early Birds): December 31\, 2025
\n&bull\; Submission of Proposals: March 31\, 2026
\n&bull\; Notification of Acceptance: April 30\, 2026
\n&bull\; Registration Deadline and Payment: June 30\, 2026
\n&bull\; Conference Dates: September 22&ndash\;23\, 2026
\n&bull\; Paper Submission Deadline: December 31\, 2026
ORGANIZER;CN="Andrzej Skupień";CN="Jacek Poznański": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T101101Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260925T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260926T170000 SUMMARY:Logic of Metaphysics UID:20260626T032617Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Am Neuen Palais 10\, Potsdam\, Germany\, 14469 DESCRIPTION:The history of analytic philosophy is essentially told as a history of the development and application of logic on the one hand\, and as a continuous discussion of the question of the possibility of metaphysics on the other hand. While logical empiricism believed that metaphysical questions could be exposed as pseudo-problems using the tools of formal logic\, developments in modal logic and model theory were partly responsible for the renaissance of metaphysics that we can still observe today. In short\, since formal logic is an essential tool and distinguishing feature of analytic philosophy\, logic is also crucial in the historical and contemporary discourse on the possibility of metaphysics. In this context\, the question arises as to what functions logic fulfills in metaphysics and what questions it enables or prevents. \;
\nThe aim of the conference is to shed light on the relationship between analytic metaphysics and its logical toolkit and to trace the historical development of analytic philosophy from a fundamentally anti-metaphysical to a philosophical movement\, which is decidedly open towards metaphysics. An examination of the second area of interest is closely linked to the role that logic plays in the dissolution and reformulation of metaphysical problems. This may take the form of systematic contributions to current debates or reviews of historical positions.
\nCALL FOR ABSTRACTS
\nWe encourage BA\, MA\, and M.Ed. students to submit abstracts on the above topic in English. Submissions should include a brief description of the topic (approximately two to three sentences) and an abstract of no more than 400 words for a blind review. Each presenter will have 45 minutes for their presentation\, 20 minutes for the talk\, and 25 minutes for a Q&\;A. \;
\nThe deadline for submissions is 30.05.26.. Please submit your application as a PDF to logicandmetaphysics@protonmail.com. Documents need to be anonymized for blind review. Please make sure to use &ldquo\;Abstract Logic of Metaphysics Potsdam 2026&rdquo\;as the subject of the Email.
\nWe particularly encourage students from underrepresented and marginalized groups to submit presentations in order to support diversity and equality at universities. \;
\nAll submissions will undergo a blind review. All applicants will be notified by email by 22.06.26.regardless of whether their presentation has been selected. We will contact you for further organizational steps if your presentation is selected.
\nWe are working on financing the conference\, however currently we cannot guarantee a full (or even a partial) reimbursement of travel and accommodation costs. Should you be unable to finance your accommodation\, please indicate this in your email. A limited number of participants can be accommodated by the local student body.
\n
If you have any questions\, please contact the organizers logicandmetaphysics@protonmail.com. We look forward to receiving your abstracts!
CALL FOR PAPERS
\nfor a topical issue of \;Open Philosophy
\nHEGEL&rsquo\;S PHILOSOPHY OF ACTION
\nOpen Philosophy \;(https://www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/opphil/html) invites submissions for the topical issue &ldquo\;Hegel&rsquo\;s Philosophy of Action&rdquo\;\, edited by Bojana Jovićević (University of Ljubljana) and Gregor Schä\;fer (University of Basel/University of London).
\nDESCRIPTION
\n\;
\nThe topic of this issue is Hegel&rsquo\;s account of action. To act typically means to realize one&rsquo\;s goals through the exercise of one&rsquo\;s intention &ndash\; that is\, one acts upon reasons that justify one&rsquo\;s action as true and good. If one fails to act\, one&rsquo\;s reasons are obstructed &ndash\; either by external circumstances\, such as unfavourable conditions\, or by one&rsquo\;s inertia of intelligence\, the additional judgement required from the agent to translate one&rsquo\;s intention into concrete action.
\nOn this view\, action is understood as a predicate of ability: the power to act is conceived independently of its actual conditions. In this light\, whether an action is realized becomes irrelevant\, since its validity is not empirically verifiable. In other words\, if action is understood as mere potentiality &ndash\; prior to entering into relations with the empirical world &ndash\; its effects on others\, or how they judge it\, become entirely irrelevant. The agent\, in this sense\, retains the authority to insist that\, regardless of what one actually does\, one&rsquo\;s intention remains perfectly valid.
\nHegel criticizes this model. It may turn out that\, in acting from intention\, the agent is mistaken. Or even if one&rsquo\;s reasons are sound\, the outcome could still be wrong. For instance\, helping others may be a valid principle\, but the way it is employed could be flawed if those one intends to help are\, in fact\, hindered or harmed by one&rsquo\;s actions. In other words\, knowing that an action conforms to an ability (potentia) is never enough to rule out the possibility that something about it is wrong in the particular situation. That possibility could only be excluded if the content of the action were realized in its concrete exercise &ndash\; a notion that undermines the very idea of ability as such. Therefore\, Hegel insists that action cannot be separated from one&rsquo\;s concrete doing. On Hegel&rsquo\;s terms: the actuality of purpose is the purpose of acting. Because the consequences of action partake within the causality of the action itself\, as a result every action is\, by its very concept\, incongruent with the agent&rsquo\;s prior intention. Hegel&rsquo\;s prominent critique of moral action &ndash\; as an action that focuses solely on intentions and\, insofar as it takes place in the actual form of social and political life\, comes into conflict with its consequences &ndash\; is evidently connected with this structure.
\nIf no action can be separated from its actual consequences\, then what distinguishes a successful action from a failed one? And if action is mediated by the incongruence between intention and outcome\, what does this imply for the &ldquo\;truth&rdquo\; of the entire process of the action? What is &ndash\; from this perspective &ndash\; a &ldquo\;wrong&rdquo\; action\, what is a &ldquo\;true&rdquo\; action\, and how do they relate to each other in understanding the entire process of action? Moreover\, if action cannot be free from intention or validated by its outcome\, but both of them can be explained only through the whole of its process\, how then should we interpret the ethics of Hegel&rsquo\;s philosophy of action (as both a deontological and a utilitarian or pragmatist interpretation would be misleading)?
\nThe present issue aims to explore these questions and the nexus of related topics (e.g.\, virtuous action\, political action\, historical action) from varied perspectives\, all of which stem from the following conceptual tension: for Hegel\, action resides in one&rsquo\;s concrete doing &ndash\; there is no action outside of what one actually does\, and in this sense\, action cannot be validated by one&rsquo\;s intention in its entirety. Yet this does not mean that its validity depends on its consequences\; rather\, both intention and outcome are explained in light of knowledge discerned through action.
\nWhile Hegel&rsquo\;s understanding of action has gained growing interest in recent scholarship\, this aspect remains largely overlooked and underdeveloped. Beginning with the Phenomenology of Spirit\, traversing through the Science of Logic\, and culminating in the Philosophy of Right and the Philosophy of History\, this question remains highly relevant for Hegel&rsquo\;s entire practical philosophy. Specifically\, this issue aims to explore\, among others\, the following set of problems as articulated in Hegel&rsquo\;s practical philosophy:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; How is practical knowledge related to action\, and what grounds this relation?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; In what ways do intention and outcome figure within the causality of action\, and across different kinds of action (virtuous\, political\, historical\, etc.)?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; What is the relation between failed and successful action? Are these distinct or simply different aspects of one and the same concept of action?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; How can we distinguish action from the notions of ability\, power\, or disposition?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Is action independent of\, or dependent upon\, other competent subjects\, and does this imply that it is intersubjective and social in its origin?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; What does it mean to concretely exercise action within specific forms of social and political life?
\n
HOW TO SUBMIT
\nSubmissions will be collected from September 1 to September 30\, 2026. There are no specific length limitations.
\nTo submit an article for the special issue of Open Philosophy\, authors are asked to access the online submission system at:
\nhttp://www.editorialmanager.com/opphil/ \;
\nPlease choose as article type: Hegel&rsquo\;s Philosophy of Action
\nBefore submission the authors should carefully read over the Instruction for Authors\, available at: \;https://www.degruyter.com/publication/journal_key/OPPHIL/downloadAsset/OPPHIL_Instruction%20for%20Authors.pdf \;
\nAll contributions will undergo critical review before being accepted for publication.
\nFurther questions about this thematic issue can be addressed to Bojana Jovićević at \;bojana.jovicevic@ff.uni-lj.si and/or Gregor Schä\;fer at gregor.schaefer@unibas.ch. In case of technical problems with submission\, please write to Assistant.Managing.Editor@degruyterbrill.com \;
\nBecause \;Open Philosophy \;is published under an Open Access model\, as a rule\, publication costs should be covered by so called \;Article Publishing Charges \;(APC)\, paid by authors\, their affiliated institutions\, funders or sponsors.
\nAuthors without access to publishing funds are encouraged to discuss potential discounts or waivers with OA Portfolio Manager Magdalena Skoneczna (magdalena.skoneczna@degruyterbrill.com) before submitting their manuscripts.
\nFind us on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DGOpenPhilosophy
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T101101Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20261006T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20261007T170000 SUMMARY:The Nature of Social Identities: Metaphysics\, Epistemology\, and Politics UID:20260626T032619Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Prague LOCATION:Arna Nováka 1\, Brno \, Czech Republic\, 60200 DESCRIPTION:The Department of Philosophy\, Faculty of Arts\, Masaryk University in Brno\, Czech Republic\, invites submissions for a conference on the metaphysical and epistemological foundations of social identities\, organised within the research project Identity Politics: Metaphysics and Epistemology.
\nConference Theme
\nIn recent decades\, political and social debates have increasingly focused on identity-based groups defined by characteristics such as race\, gender\, sexual orientation\, disability\, class\, religion\, or age. These developments have generated extensive discussion in political philosophy and social theory. However\, many of the metaphysical and epistemological assumptions underlying identity politics remain insufficiently examined.
\nThis conference aims to investigate the nature\, constitution\, and epistemic role of social identities. In particular\, we seek to explore the mechanisms through which identities emerge as robust social and political entities\, and the ways in which identity-related features&mdash\;such as lived experience\, self-identification\, social recognition\, and shared narratives&mdash\;contribute to their formation and persistence. \;
\nAnother central aim is to examine whether different identities (for example\, race\, gender\, sexual orientation\, or class) are constituted through similar or distinct metaphysical and epistemic mechanisms. Comparative approaches that analyse similarities and differences across identities are especially welcome. \;
\nThe conference will also address the epistemological aspects of social identities\, including questions concerning situated knowledge\, epistemic authority\, intersectionality\, and conflicts among different socially situated perspectives.
\nTopics
\nPossible topics include\, but are not limited to:
\nMetaphysics of Social and Political Identities
\nEpistemology of Social Identity
\nSubmissions from metaphysics\, epistemology\, social philosophy\, feminist philosophy\, philosophy of race\, and related areas are welcome.
\nKeynote speaker: Kristina Rolin (Tampere University)
\nSubmission Guidelines
\nPlease submit an anonymous abstract of 400&ndash\;500 words.
\nThe submission should be attached to the email in .pdf format and prepared for blind review. Please include the following information separately in the body of the email: your name(s)\, affiliation(s)\, contact information\, the title of your talk.
\nImportant Dates
\nConference Details
\nSubmission
\nPlease send submissions to: belohrad@phil.muni.cz
\nContact
\nFor inquiries\, please contact: Radim Bělohrad\, Ph.D. (belohrad@phil.muni.cz)
\nOrganizing committee
\nRadim Bělohrad\, Ph.D. \;
\nZdeňka Jastrzembská\;\, Ph.D. \;
\nMarek Picha\, Ph.D.
\nDagmar Pichová\;\, Ph.D.
ORGANIZER;CN=Radim Belohrad: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T101101Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261013T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261015T170000 SUMMARY:COMET 2026 - Metaphysics in Contemporary Continental Philosophy UID:20260626T032620Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Amsterdam LOCATION:Nijmegen\, Netherlands DESCRIPTION:COMET 2026 &ndash\; Metaphysics in Contemporary Continental Philosophy
\n13-15 October | Radboud University\, Nijmegen\, the Netherlands
\nCOMET is the annual expert meeting for metaphysics in contemporary continental philosophy\, hosted at Radboud University by its Center for Contemporary European Philosophy (CCEP).
\nIt brings together researchers across career stages who are doing metaphysical work in or in dialogue with continental philosophy\, and offers a setting to discuss research projects in depth.
\nWe are looking for contributions on what there is and how it is structured\, from any school or methodology within the field.
\nPROGRAM
\nThe meeting opens on Tuesday afternoon with a thematic session on ontologies of process and action\, featuring invited talks by Prof. Rein Raud (Tallinn University) and Dr. Mercedes Valmisa Oviedo (University of Gettysburg).
\nWednesday and Thursday are devoted to open sessions selected through this call. Each day has five speakers\, each with a sixty-minute plenary slot split roughly equally between presentation and discussion. The program also provides ample time between sessions for informal exchanges.
\nThe working language is English. Presentations in Dutch\, French\, and German are also welcome\, provided the speaker makes an English translation of their talk available for participants to follow along. The organizers can assist with translations from and into these languages during discussions
\nSUBMISSION GUIDELINES
\nPlease send an abstract of max. 250 words\, prepared for blind review\, plus a separate document with a biographical note of max. 150 words to comet@ru.nl. The deadline is July 2.
\nSelection is a two-stage process. Abstracts first undergo blind review. From the resulting shortlist\, the organizers compose the final program with an eye to a balanced representation of ideas\, career stages\, and backgrounds.
\nATTENDING WITHOUT PRESENTING
\nIn addition to ten speaker slots\, there are fifteen places for researchers who wish to attend and participate in discussions without presenting. To apply\, send an email with a short motivation and biographical note to comet@ru.nl.
\nPRACTICAL INFORMATION
\nThere is no registration fee. All sessions take place on campus. Speakers and participants are responsible for their own travel and accommodation.
\nFurther details about COMET 2026 are available at https://www.ru.nl/en/about-us/events/comet-2026. Last year&rsquo\;s program and abstracts can be found there as well.
\nORGANIZERS
\nCOMET 2026 is organized by dr. Arjen Kleinherenbrink and dr. Tim Miechels at the Center for Contemporary European Philosophy (CCEP) of the Faculty of Philosophy\, Theology\, and Religious Studies at Radboud University.
\nPARTNERS
\nCOMET is closely connected to the School of Materialist Research and Malta University's Engaging the Contemporary conference. There is significant overlap in our intellectual aims\, and we invite anyone already involved in one to find their way to the others.
\n
Arkete
\nSpecial Issue 2025
\nPhilosophy of Perception: Representation\, Reality\, and Cognitive Structure
\nEditors: Mariano Bianca (University of Siena) and Paolo Piccari (University of Siena)
\nPhilosophical reflection on perception has returned to the centre of contemporary debates in philosophy of mind\, epistemology\, and metaphysics. Questions concerning perceptual content\, representational structure\, and the relation between experience and reality have gained renewed prominence in light of current discussions on cognition\, conceptual capacities\, and the epistemic role of perception.
\nAt the same time\, the field remains divided between competing models: representationalist accounts\, relational theories\, disjunctivism\, and naturalistic approaches that attempt to explain perception through cognitive or computational frameworks. These debates raise a deeper philosophical question: whether perception should be understood primarily as an internal mental state or rather as a structured form of access to an objective world.
\nThis special issue aims to gather contributions that investigate perception as a cognitive and conceptual phenomenon with epistemic and metaphysical implications. Particular attention will be devoted to approaches that combine analytic rigour with broader theoretical ambition\, exploring how perceptual experience contributes to the constitution of knowledge and to the articulation of reality.
\nWe welcome contributions addressing these questions\, preferably grounded in concrete cases and/or examples that help clarify and support philosophical analysis.
\nTopics for Submission (including\, but not limited to)
\nSubmission Guidelines
\nSubmissions must be original and unpublished\, written in English or Italian\, and formatted according to the journal&rsquo\;s editorial guidelines. All manuscripts will undergo double-blind peer review.
\nThe 2025 issue of Arkete will be dedicated to these questions. The volume will include articles selected through this Call for Papers as well as invited contributions by national and international scholars.
\nAll submissions must be sent no later than 30 September 2026 to the Editors at:
\nmariano.bianca@unisi.it
paolo.piccari@unisi.it
Manuscripts must conform to the editorial guidelines available at:
https://www.arkete.it
Accepted languages: English and Italian.
\nMaximum length: 40\,000 characters (including spaces\, footnotes\, references\, and abstract).
\nEach submission must include:
\nIn a separate file attached to the same email\, authors must provide:
\nThe journal \;Diakrisis: Yearbook of Theology and Philosophy \;invites submissions for its 2026 issue\, dedicated to the theme \;Love\, Conversion\, and Transformation of the Self\, approached from theological\, philosophical\, and phenomenological perspectives.
\nLove and conversion belong among the most decisive experiences shaping human existence. Whether understood as affective relation\, ethical orientation\, spiritual event\, or existential rupture\, love raises fundamental questions about alterity\, freedom\, and selfhood. Conversion\, in turn\, names a moment&mdash\;or a process&mdash\;of reorientation\, often described as \;metanoia\, decision\, or response to an event that precedes and exceeds the subject. Together\, love and conversion articulate a dynamic understanding of the self as capable of transformation\, openness\, and renewal.
\nThis thematic issue seeks to explore the complex relations between love\, conversion\, and the transformation of the self\, without presupposing a fixed hierarchy among them. Is conversion the fruit of an encounter with love\, or does love emerge from a prior act of conversion? How are affectivity\, decision\, and transformation intertwined in religious\, philosophical\, and phenomenological accounts of subjectivity? To what extent can love and conversion be understood as events that reconfigure the self beyond moralism or voluntarism?
\nWe welcome contributions engaging\, among others\, with:
\nSubmissions should offer original research and engage critically with relevant primary sources and contemporary scholarship. Interdisciplinary approaches at the intersection of theology\, philosophy\, and phenomenology are particularly encouraged.
\nSubmission Guidelines
\nImportant Dates and Publication Model
\nDiakrisis \;follows an online-first publication model. Articles are published individually online \;as soon as they are accepted \;after peer review and editorial approval. Each article receives a \;DOI upon publication\, making it immediately citable. Final pagination is assigned only when the annual issue is closed (November 30\, 2026).
\nArticles accepted and published online during the year will be collected and arranged into the \;final annual issue\, which will be released in December 2026 with complete pagination and finalized metadata.
\nDeadline: October 20. Manuscripts received by this date will be considered for inclusion in the current year&rsquo\;s volume.
\nPublication month: \;December.
\nSubmission Process
\nWe look forward to your contributions and to fostering rich discussions that bridge theology and philosophy in the exploration of love\, conversion\, and transformation of the self.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T101101Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261106T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261107T170000 SUMMARY:Social Categories of the Future UID:20260626T032623Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, United States DESCRIPTION:Recent years have seen an explosion of work on social categories\, including gender\, race\, disability\, and sexual orientation. But little attention has been paid to what these and other categories might look like in the future. \;
\nFor example\, trans philosophy is just beginning to broach the topic of futuristic social categories\, while social metaphysics has just begun to investigate gender abolitionism (the view that gender categories should be abolished in a more just future.) Philosophers of AI have just begun thinking about how artificially intelligent entities will fit into human-constructed social structures\, or whether they will develop their own social hierarchies.
\nWe plan to bring together researchers from different approaches and viewpoints working on these and related topics. Topics for abstracts include\, but are not limited to:
\nThe existence and nonexistence of gender categories in the future\, and their level of grain
\nGender abolitionism
\nChanging notions of ability\, disability\, and health given new technologies and scientific breakthroughs
\nChanging notions of biological sex given advances in reproductive technology
\nRacial\, ethnic\, and religious categories of the future
\nAmeliorative construction and destruction of social categories \;
\nSocial categories and hierarchies of artificial intelligent agents
\nThis workshop is generously funded by the International Social Ontology Society and the Department of Philosophy at University of California\, Santa Cruz.
\nOrganizers: Sara Bernstein and Nico Orlandi
\nPlease send extended abstracts of no more than 1500 words to socialcategoriesofthefuture@gmail.com. Deadline: July 15\, 2026 (anywhere in the world).
\nSmall travel bursaries may be available for graduate students and precariously employed attendees. Please email the organizers to find out more.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T101101Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261107T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261108T170000 SUMMARY:University of Pennsylvania Metaphysics Workshop UID:20260626T032624Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Philadelphia\, United States DESCRIPTION:The inagural meeting of the Penn Metaphysics Workshop will take place on November 7-8. \; Attendance is open\; those wishing to attend are asked to email Sam Elgin (samelgin@upenn.edu) so that we can ensure sufficient catering
\n\nThis workshop is supported in part by the Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy at the University of Pennsylvania.
ORGANIZER;CN=Samuel Elgin: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T101101Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270115T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270115T090000 SUMMARY:Synthese Topical Collection: Against the Grain: Developing the Prospects of Non-Naturalistic Metaphysics of Science UID:20260626T032625Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers
\nSynthese \;Topical Collection: Against the Grain: Developing the Prospects of Non-Naturalistic Metaphysics of Science
\nGuest Editors:
Raoni Arroyo (Federal University of Santa Catarina / CNPq\, Brazil)
Bruno Borge (University of Buenos Aires / CONICET\, Argentina)\,
Cristiá\;n Soto (University of Chile\, Chile).
Topical Collection website: \;https://link.springer.com/collections/dgjhfehdbd
\nA key feature of recent developments in the metaphysics of science is that it has mostly\, if not exclusively\, been developed within a naturalistic framework. For our purposes\, naturalism can broadly be conceived in any of the following ways: it can be understood as continuous with\, constrained by\, derived from\, or useful to science.
\nWhat all these have in common is a deferential attitude towards science\, which may roughly be spelled out as follows: when it comes to ontology\, methodology\, or epistemology\, metaphysicians of science should best defer such issues to science (particularly physics). Most\, if not all\, more or less recent developments that &ldquo\;take science seriously&rdquo\; fall under the naturalistic umbrella. One possible consequence of this default naturalistic orientation is that it may unduly restrict the scope of legitimate metaphysical inquiry.
\nWe understand non-naturalistic metaphysics of science as a style of metaphysical practice whose problems need not exclusively arise within or emanate from the sciences. More specifically\, it is a kind of metaphysics that remains oriented toward science without treating science as the sole source of its problems\, methods\, or epistemic credentials. In this context\, by &ldquo\;non-naturalistic&rdquo\; we do not mean metaphysics that ignores\, or floats free from\, science\, but rather metaphysical inquiry that engages with science without being fully grounded in\, derived from\, or subordinated to it.
\nThe aim of the Topical Collection is not merely to criticize naturalism\, but to articulate positive alternatives: ways of doing metaphysics of science that engage with scientific practices\, examine the metaphysical assumptions and frontiers of science\, and remain epistemically relevant to our overall scientific outlook without adopting a deferential stance toward science.
\nBy contrast\, naturalistic metaphysics of science has science as the proper ontological\, epistemic\, and methodological ground of metaphysical inquiry. Non-naturalistic metaphysics of science asks and addresses metaphysical issues properly\, which can rightfully be considered as yielding genuine epistemic contributions to our knowledge or understanding of how the world is or could be.
\nAppropriate Topics for Submission include\, among others:
\n\nThis list is not meant to be exhaustive.
\nFor further information\, please contact the guest editors:
\nRaoni Arroyo: \;raoniarroyo@gmail.com
Bruno Borge: \;brunojborge@gmail.com
Cristiá\;n Soto: \;cssotto@uchile.cl
The deadline for submissions is \;January 15\, 2027.
\nSubmissions via: \;https://www.editorialmanager.com/synt/default.aspx
\nPlease select &ldquo\;Submit New Manuscript&rdquo\; and choose the Topical Collection &ldquo\;Against the Grain: Developing the Prospects of Non-Naturalistic Metaphysics of Science&rdquo\; from the drop-down menu.
\nRaoni Arroyo
Federal University of Santa Catarina / CNPq
Email: \;raoniarroyo@gmail.com
Bruno Borge
University of Buenos Aires / CONICET
Email: \;brunojborge@gmail.com
Cristiá\;n Soto
University of Chile
Email: \;cssotto@uchile.cl
CFP: Mind without Inner Representation?
\nPsychological Discourse\, Rationality\, and Mental Anti-Representationalism
\nSpecial Issue of \;Journal of Contemporary Chinese Philosophy (JCCP)
\nGuest Editor: Rusong Huang
\nContact: rusongh@gmail.com
\nSubmission deadline: March 1\, 2027
\nTopic areas: Philosophy of Mind\; Philosophy of Language\; Metaphysics\; Normativity\; Philosophy of Psychology
\nDescription
\nWhen we attribute beliefs\, desires\, intentions\, fears\, memories\, imaginings\, sensations\, or experiences to someone\, what are we doing?
\nMuch of modern philosophy of mind has assumed that psychological sentences are representational: they describe mental states\, properties\, events\, or processes belonging to a subject. This assumption generates familiar metaphysical pressures. If psychological sentences represent mental facts\, then we must explain how such facts fit into the physical world. This gives rise to what has been variously called the location problem\, the placement problem\, the accommodation problem\, or the problem of how mind can be at home in nature.
\nThis special issue invites papers that examine whether the representational assumption about psychological discourse should be rejected\, revised\, or defended. It focuses on a family of views that challenge\, in different ways\, the idea that psychological sentences primarily function to represent inner mental facts. These include fictionalism\, eliminativism\, error theory\, illusionism\, and mental anti-representationalism &mdash\; what we may call\, for convenience\, the FEEL theories and MAR. The issue welcomes both sympathetic and critical treatments of these views\, as well as papers that defend more traditional representationalist approaches.
\nA central aim of the issue is to explore the relations among these positions. Are the FEEL theories and MAR competing alternatives\, or can they be combined? Does MAR collapse into one of the FEEL theories\, or does it offer a distinct way of rejecting inner-fact representationalism? Can these approaches preserve the explanatory\, rational\, and normative roles of psychological discourse while avoiding the metaphysical burdens of inner-object models of mind?
\nPossible topics
\nSubmissions may address\, but are not limited to:
\nPapers may be sympathetic\, critical\, historical\, systematic\, or comparative.
\nSubmission instructions
\nSubmissions should be original articles not currently under consideration elsewhere.
\nManuscripts should be prepared for anonymous review and should not exceed 10\,000 words\, including quotations and footnotes but excluding reference lists.
\nPlease submit manuscripts in the Editorial Manager for JCCP: \; https://www.editorialmanager.com/jccp/default.aspx \;
\nYou may see submission instructions here.
\nPlease indicate that the paper is intended for the special issue &ldquo\;Mind without Inner Representation? Psychological Discourse\, Rationality\, and Mental Anti-Representationalism.&rdquo\;
\nSubmission deadline: March 1\, 2027
\nExpected publication: Fall 2027 / early 2028
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T101101Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270325T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270327T170000 SUMMARY:The Metaphysical Society of America UID:20260626T032627Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:702 E. Desmet Ave.\, Spokane\, United States DESCRIPTION:The 2027 conference of the MSA invites submissions on the theme of the &ldquo\;metaphysics of habit\,&rdquo\; understood both as a subjective and objective genitive. Contributors may explore the metaphysical underpinnings of habit or investigate habit as a metaphysical principle in its own right. Topics of interest include\, but are not necessarily limited to\, the following questions:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Is habit a pragmatic device for assuaging epistemological impasses\, as in Hume\, or can it have a genuine metaphysical function? If so\, how\, when and under what conditions?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Is habit conscious or unconscious\, intelligent or blind? Is it a sign of rational consistency or the erosion of thought into blind compulsion? Is it learned or inherited\, adaptive or mechanical\, spontaneous or rote\, proactive or reactive? Is habit a result of repetition or the propensity to repeat? Or\, does habit subvert these dichotomies altogether?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Are practice\, routine\, custom\, tics and neuroses distinct in kind from habit itself or only various degrees or intensities of habit? Or\, is habit a species of one of these categories?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Must habit be relegated to psychology or is habit operative at other\, or even all\, domains of being? What of motricity or motor habit? Are instinct and inertia species of habit? Is habit a metaphysical principle underpinning various notions of evolution? Might it underwrite scientific theories\, e.g. quantum theory? Could habit account for the lawfulness of nature itself? What is the metaphysics of social and collective habits? Could there be a theology of habit?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Is habit an attribute or might it constitute substantiality itself? Do individuals possess habits or is the self but a nexus of habits? Are some kinds of beings inherently habitual and others impervious to habit? Can a rock acquire a habit? Can artificial intelligence?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Is habit an effect\, a cause or the very principle of causality itself? Is habit antecedent to its effects or simultaneous with them? Is habit a result consequent to its cause(s) or simultaneous with it? Or\, is it temporalization itself?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Can habit perform the functions Kant allotted to transcendental structures &ndash\; synthesis\, identity\, regularity\, temporal contraction? If so\, are traditions that make habit into a metaphysical principle\, e.g. French Spiritualism and American Pragmatism\, post-Kantian? Or\, are they instead post-Humean or post-Leibnizian?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Can habit be simultaneously empirical and contingent\, yet also universal? Is habit a priori or a posteriori\, transcendental or empirically real? Could habit ground a &ldquo\;metaphysical empiricism\,&rdquo\; &ldquo\;transcendental empiricism&rdquo\; or &ldquo\;critical realism&rdquo\;?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Is habit dyadic and chiasmatic? Does habit have more to do with the Dyad or the One?
\nAbstracts that address these and related questions and issues in original ways are especially encouraged and will be prioritized. Submissions of abstracts for papers on other metaphysical topics are also welcome.
\nGuidelines for the Submission of Abstracts
\nDeadline: September 1\, 2026
\nSubmit to: Jessica Wahman\, Vice President of the MSA (msamarch2027@gmail.com)
\nFormat: Word documents of no more than 600 words. Late abstracts and those shorter than 400 words or longer than 600 words will not be considered. To facilitate double-anonymous review\, an abstract should not contain the author&rsquo\;s name or otherwise identify the author. In the email to which the abstract is attached\, authors should indicate full name\, institutional affiliation (if any)\, and abstract title. The email subject-line should read: \; 2027 MSA Submission [last name of author)] -- for example: 2027 MSA Submission Leibniz.
\nAristotle Prize
\nThe MSA&rsquo\;s annual Aristotle Prize\, which is only awarded if a submission is deemed worthy of the prize\, is open to current students without a Ph.D. The Aristotle Prize carries a cash award of $500\, inclusion in the program\, and assistance with costs for attending the annual meeting.
\nPersons who wish to be considered for this prize must a) clearly state (in an email message accompanying their submission) their eligibility for this prize and their desire to be considered for it\, and b) submit a full\, final paper in addition to the abstract by the September 1\, 2026 deadline. The body of the text (as is proposed to be read at the meeting) must be no longer than 3\,750 words.
\nPlato Prize
\nThe MSA&rsquo\;s annual Plato Prize\, which is only awarded if a submission is deemed worthy of the prize\, is open to persons who have received their first Ph.D. in the last six years&mdash\;thus (for the 2027 meeting) in 2021 or more recently. The Plato Prize carries a cash award of $500\, inclusion in the program\, and assistance with costs for attending the annual meeting.
\nPersons who wish to be considered for this prize must a) clearly state (in an email message accompanying their submission) their eligibility for this prize and their desire to be considered for it\, and b) submit a full\, final paper in addition to the abstract by the September 1\, 2026 deadline. The body of the text (as is proposed to be read at the meeting) must be no longer than 3\,750 words.
\nTravel Grants
\nThanks to the generous support of past MSA Presidents\, Society members\, and a grant from the Hocking-Cabot Fund for Systematic Philosophy\, the MSA is pleased to be able to offer reimbursements for travel expenses up to $400 to current graduate students and post-doctoral researchers within two years of their first PhD whose submissions are selected for the conference program. Persons who wish to receive such reimbursements must state their eligibility in their submission email and\, at the conference\, provide the MSA with all relevant expense receipts. (Invoices are not acceptable.)
\nAcceptance decisions will be announced by November 20\, 2026.
\nThe MSA&rsquo\;s Executive Council (https://www.metaphysicalsociety.org/about.htm) operates as the vetting committee. Those accepted for the conference must submit completed papers by February 20\, 2027 to allow review by session chairs. Papers may not exceed 3\,750 words. Eligibility to present at the conference requires payment of both membership and registration fees (https://www.metaphysicalsociety.org/membership.htm).
ORGANIZER;CN=Tyler Tritten: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T101101Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20300531T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20300531T090000 SUMMARY:Phenomenologies of Religious Experience UID:20260626T032628Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:This series invites proposals in classical phenomenology\, French phenomenology\, pre- and post-phenomenologies\, and in methodologies that bridge phenomenology and analytic philosophy. The relation between phenomenology and religious experience can be considered in a variety of modes: epistemic (phenomenology as a "rigorous science" of religious experience in Husserl's sense)\; ontic (phenomenology as a way to access the core motive\, or regulative ideal\, of religion)\; analogical (phenomenological experience as a secular version of religious experience)\; generalizing (religious experience turning into phenomenological experience when stripped from its dogmatic frame)\, etc. Proposals can take critical\, descriptive\, theoretical\, comparative\, historical\, or other approaches\, and they can focus on the interplay between religious or spiritual experience and assorted theoretical approaches\, or proceed from such experience towards building a new theory. In accord with Husserl&rsquo\;s original intent\, the series welcomes attempts to locate spiritual or religious experience within a broader theory of the sciences (Wissenschaftslehre) and to expand phenomenology towards transcendental philosophy and metaphysics.
The series covers five areas:
1) Clarifications of religious and spiritual experience\, its formal phenomenological research\, and its relationships to art\, textuality\, culture\, anthropology\, politics\, and comparative religion\;
2) Metaphysical extensions of the phenomenology of religious and spiritual experience\;
3) Existential and psychological analyses\, in different traditions\, of religious and spiritual experience\;
4) Theologies of religious experience\, with or beyond a specific focus on ritual and liturgy\, including liberation theologies\, feminist theologies\, theologies at the intersection of religious experience and race\, social status\, etc.\;
5) The phenomenology of religious and spiritual experience as applied to and/ or examined within medicine\, nursing\, and the health sciences and the natural and social sciences.
The series is published in cooperation with the Society for the Phenomenology of Religious Experience\, \;www.sophere.org.
Editors: \;Michael Barber (michael.barber@slu.edu)\, Peter Costello (PCOSTELL@providence.edu)\, Olga Louchakova-Schwartz (founding editor\, \;olouch@ucdavis.edu)\, and Martin Nitsche (nitsche@flu.cas.cz)
Advisory Board: \;Jason Alvis (University of Vienna)\, Angela Ales Bello (Pontifical Lateran University)\, Michel Bitbol (The French National Center for Scientific Research)\, Carla Canullo (University of Macerata)\, David Ciavatta (Ryerson University)\, Crina Gschwandtner (Fordham University)\, Neal DeRoo (The King&rsquo\;s University)\, Thomas Fuchs (University of Heidelberg)\, James G. Hart (University of Indiana)\, Richard Kearney (Boston College)\, Jeff McCurry (Duquesne University)\, Felix O&rsquo\;Murchadha (National University of Ireland\, Galway)\, Dermot Moran (Boston College)\, Tom Nenon (The University of Memphis)\, Ryōsuke Ōhashi (Universities of Kyoto and Osaka)\, Vincent Pastro (Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University and Aquinas Institute of Theology\, St Louis)\, Hans Rainer Sepp (Charles University)\, Michel Staudigl (University of Vienna)\, Claudia Welz (Aarhus University)
Staff editorial contact: \;Jana Hodges-Kluck (jhodges-kluck@rowman.com) \;
*Please note that this event has officially been postponed. More information will be made available asap in the near future*
\nMany human cognitive capacities and processes may be deployed creatively\, from unique choices made for oneself up through novel cultural shifts. Similarly\, large swaths of our daily lives are taken up with performing spontaneous\, on-the-fly\, and unplanned activities that are\, in a word\, improvised. \; Charting out the nature of both creativity and improvisation\, taken individually or together\, remains an open and pressing issue. In this conference\, we will delve into various philosophical\, theoretical\, empirical\, and interdisciplinary issues that are related to creativity and improvisation. A non-exhaustive list of related questions and themes for this topic include:
\n- What is the relationship between improvisation and creativity?
\n- What is the relationship between creative activity and well-being?
\n- What is the best way to model individual and collective creativity?
\n- Is creativity in the arts the same thing as in other domains\, such as in science or business?
\n- What are the pros and cons of different scientific operationalizations of creativity and improvisation?
\n- Provide a conceptual analysis of creativity and/or improvisation.
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