BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230922T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240531T170000 SUMMARY:Introduction to Metaphysics UID:20240319T112936Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:
INTRODUCTION TO METAPHYSICS
\nPROGRAM
\nThis course aims at investigating a series of metaphysical concepts through the analysis of some of the most important philosophical treatises in the history of Western thought. Students will develop adequate critical and analytical skills by reading philosophical and interdisciplinary texts on topics such as being\, causation\, freedom and determinism\, God\, idealism and realism\, mind and body\, philosophy\, and universals and particulars. Furthermore\, students will learn to orient themselves in thinking by addressing a series of questions\, including: What is philosophy? What does it mean to think? Do humans have free will?  \;
\nRead more about the course here: https://www.fcsh.unl.pt/outros-cursos/introduction-to-metaphysics/
\nThe course will be entirely in English and is intended for undergraduate\, postgraduate\, and doctoral students. \;
\nTeacher: Dr. Fabio Tononi
\nDeadline: 14 September 2023
\nCOSTS
\nFor information about the application process and costs\, see: https://www.fcsh.unl.pt/outros-cursos/introduction-to-metaphysics/
\nFor further questions\, contact fabiotononi@fcsh.unl.pt
ORGANIZER;CN=Fabio Tononi: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20240319T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20240319T170000 SUMMARY:Sound in Helsinki: A Philosophical and Scientific Workshop UID:20240319T112937Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Helsinki LOCATION:Main Building\, University of Helsinki\, Helsinki\, Finland DESCRIPTION:This workshop investigates the multifaceted nature of sound\, merging philosophical inquiry with empirical research. It questions the ontological status of sounds&mdash\;whether they exist as physical phenomena\, perceptual experiences\, or abstract entities. It also examines if sounds reside at their source\, within the medium they traverse\, or are a product of auditory perception\, and raises the question of how sounds influence our perception of the environment and interact with our other senses\, especially sight. Moreover\, the workshop discusses the unique role of speech in bridging sound with meaning.
\n
Speakers
Błażej Skrzypulec (Jagiellonian University\, Institute of Philosophy)
\nElvira Di Bona (University of Turin)
\nKeith Wilson (University College Dublin)
\nMartti Vainio (University of Helsinki)
\nMatthew Nudds (University of Warwick)
\nValtteri Arstila (University of Turku)
\nAlex Carruth (University of Helsinki)
\n
Registration
There is no fee\, but due to space limitations registration is required.
\n
Organisers
Alex Carruth\, University of Helsinki
\nValtteri Arstila\, University of Turku
\n
Sponsors
Main sponsor is Research Council of Finland profiling action: Profi5 Mind and Matter.
\nAlso supported by Research Council of Finland project: Temporality in Predictive Processing
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240321T161500 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240321T181500 SUMMARY:Quine on Quantification UID:20240319T112938Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Australia/Melbourne LOCATION:Alan Gilbert Building\, room 120\, Melbourne\, Australia DESCRIPTION:It has been said of Frege that he &lsquo\;introduced and brilliantly exploited second-order variables ranging over concepts&rsquo\; so that contemporary higher order logic &lsquo\;is a good model&rsquo\; of his logicist system. Quine has been a fierce critic of second-order logic and has consistently advocated restricting quantification to first-order variables. Second-order variables are commonly taken to range over concepts\, properties\, relations\, or functions and from early in his career\, Quine deemed these to be &lsquo\;abstract entities&rsquo\; of dubious scientific value. In this paper I ask\, do Quine&rsquo\;s objections to second-order quantification engage with Frege? I argue that they do not. Quine fails to differentiate\, within the notion of meaning\, Fregean concepts&ndash\;&ndash\; which are not objects&ndash\;&ndash\;from objects\, the referents of singular terms. Nor does he recognise the difference between the concept/object distinction and that between the sense of an expression and what is indicated by it. He has in his sights Carnapian &lsquo\;intensions\,&rsquo\; which confusedly merge Frege&rsquo\;s concept/object and sense/indication (reference) distinctions. Because he does not engage with Frege&rsquo\;s actual semantics\, Quine&rsquo\;s objections to Frege&rsquo\;s second-order quantifiers fail. Moreover\, it is argued\, once looked at in a Fregean light\, Quine&rsquo\;s account of quantification turns out to be seriously confused.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240322T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240323T170000 SUMMARY:Henle Conference 2024: Hylomorphism & Contemporary Science UID:20240319T112939Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:DuBourg Hall\, 221 N Grand Blvd\, Saint Louis\, United States\, 63103 DESCRIPTION:Held every other year\, the Henle Conference was founded in 1993 by Eleonore Stump\, the Robert J. Henle Chair of Philosophy. The Henle conference brings internationally renowned scholars to Saint Louis University to present work on topics relevant to the interests of the philosophy department.
\nThis year\, topics revolve around hylomorphism and contemporary science.
\nWade Memorial Lecture - David Oderberg\, PhD: \; \;
\nHylemorphism\, the Qualitative Problem\, and the Myth of Structure
\nFor more details follow the link below:
ORGANIZER;CN="John Peck, SJ": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20240322T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20240322T234500 SUMMARY:Workshop on Truth\, Definability and Quantification into Sentence Position UID:20240319T112940Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Vienna\, Austria DESCRIPTION:CALL FOR PAPERS
\nWorkshop on Truth\, Definability and Quantification into Sentence Position
27 and 28 September 2024\, University of Vienna
Jointly organised by Max Kö\;lbel\, Julio de Rizzo and Benjamin Schnieder
Can truth be defined? Frege argued that it couldn't. Ramsey argued that defining it would be easy if only we had an analysis of judgement. Today Horwich claims that truth cannot be defined explicitly because doing so would require quantification into sentence position and such quantification is not coherent. Instead he proposes a &ldquo\;minimal theory&rdquo\; of truth\, which comprises all the unproblematic instances of the equivalence schema. Kü\;nne\, by contrast\, argues that quantification into sentence position is coherent and may actually be part of some natural languages. Kü\;nne uses such quantification to define truth explicitly:
&forall\;x (x is true iff &exist\;p ((x is the proposition that p) &\; p)). Or in English: a representation (belief\, assertion etc) is true just if things are as it represents them as being. Kü\;nne claims also to find this definition in Frank Ramsey&rsquo\;s posthumous work\, which\, as an exegetical claim\, is not uncontroversial.
Is truth definable? Is propositional quantification coherent? Do natural languages involve propositional quantification\, and in what sense? What do the answers to these questions mean for philosophical attempts to define or explain truth? Is truth redundant if explicitly definable? Not redundant if not explicitly definable? We are interested in these and related questions (broadly conceived).
\nConfirmed speakers are:
\nPeter Fritz (Australian Catholic University)
Paul Horwich (New York University)
Wolfgang Kü\;nne (University of Hamburg)
Poppy Mankowitz (University of Bristol)
Cheryl Misak (University of Toronto)
We invite submissions of extended abstracts (1000 words max.) for up to 3 further talks. Please send your anonymized abstracts by 22 March 2024 to truthwien@gmail.com. Selected speakers will be notified by mid April. We will cover accommodation of selected speakers (and on application offer them a travel subsidy of up to 400 Euros).
\nThis workshop is supported by the FWF Cluster of Excellence project "Knowledge in Crisis"\, the FWF project "Truth is Grounded in Facts" and the University of Vienna.
ORGANIZER;CN="Max Kölbel";CN=Julio De Rizzo;CN=Benjamin Schnieder: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240330T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240330T234500 SUMMARY:Events. New Work on Their Ontology and Semantics UID:20240319T112941Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Paris LOCATION:Bâtiment de l’Horloge\, 25 avenue François Mitterrand\, Nice\, France DESCRIPTION:Workshop: \;New Work on the Ontology and Semantics of Events
\nUniversité\; Cô\;te d&rsquo\;Azur\, Nice\,
\nDate: 18-19 June 2024
\n \;Events (in the broad sense) play a fundamental role in our interaction with the word: actions\, events\, processes\, states are crucial components of the reality as we represent it. Research on events comprises disciplines as diverse as natural language semantics\, the syntax-semantic interface\, analytic metaphysics\, applied ontology and conceptual modeling.
\nEvents have come to play a central role in natural language since Davidson&rsquo\;s highly influential proposal and has to a great range of developments including\, in its Neo-Davidsonian version in the syntax-semantic interface. There are a range of challenges to its have received little attention\, such as the distinction between events and acts\, events and abstract states\, events and situations (as truthmakers). Moroever there are alternatives to Davidsonian events semantics that have been proposed\, but ask for further developments\, such as truthmaker semantics\, force semantics and radical decomposition of verbs in syntax. Finally\, there are a great range of interesting issues regarding events and syntatcic structure\, including the decomposition of event predicates in syntactic structure and the relevance of cartography for event semantics. \;
\nRecently\, also the metaphysics of events have seen renewed interest. Several issues have been addressed such as that concerning nature of\, and the internal structure of\, processes and events\, the related issue that concerns the modal profile and the essential properties of events (and whether these features differ from the ones possessed by processes)\, the question of whether a theory concerning these entities has a descriptive or prescriptive import\, as well as the issue concerning the relations between events\, dispositions\, and causation\, and that concerning the nature of negative events and actions.
\nFinally\, the notion of event is pervasive and play a key role in applied ontology and conceptual modeling. It is a general category of the most widespread foundational ontologies such as UFO\, DOLCE\, and BFO. On the one hand\, these ontologies recently provided insightful accounts concerning the nature of events\, their part-whole structure\, and their difference from\, e.g.\, situations\, states\, and processes. On the other hand\, the notion of events played a key role in elucidating notions such as those of prevention\, risk\, production\, money\, and many others.
\nThis workshop aims to bring together new research on events from the different perspectives.
\nSubmission: If you want to contribute\, please submit an abstract of approximately 1000 words suitable for a 30-minutes presentation that should be prepared for blind review and include a cover page with the full name\, institution\, and contact information. Abstracts should be sent in PDF format to: enwosworkshop@gmail.com
\nFurther information:
\nConference Fees: 60&euro\; regular\; 40&euro\; students/unemployed
\nWebpage: https://sites.google.com/view/enwos
\nInformal queries: enwosworkshop@gmail.com
\nDeadline for submission: 30 March 2024
\nNotification of acceptance: 15 April 2024
\nReferences:
\nR. Casati and Varzi: &lsquo\;Events&rsquo\;. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (online)
\nR. Casati and A. Varzi (eds.): Events. Darthmouth Publ. Company\, 1996
\nF. Moltmann: &lsquo\;Events in Contemporary Semantics&rsquo\; (forthcoming)\, in M. Cassina et al. (eds): 21st-Century Philosophy of Events: Beyond the Analytic / Continental Divide. Edinburgh UP.
\nTruswell\, R. (ed.): Oxford Handbook of Event Structure. Oxford UP\, Oxford\, 2019.
\nJ. Higginbotham\, F. Pianesi\, A. Varzi (eds.): Speaking of Events. Oxford UP\, 2000.
\nS. Rothstein (ed.): Events and Grammar\, Kluwer\, 1998
\nA. Williams (2021): &lsquo\;Events in Semantics&rsquo\;. In P. Stalmaszscuk (ed.): Cambridge Handbook of the Philosophy of Language. Cambridge UP.
ORGANIZER;CN=Nikos Angelopoulos;CN=Riccardo Baratella;CN=Lena Baunaz;CN=Ludger Jansen;CN=Friederike Moltmann;CN="Kalle Müller": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20240331T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20240331T000000 SUMMARY:Facets of Reality UID:20240319T112942Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Kirchberg am Wechsel\, Austria DESCRIPTION:CALL FOR PAPERS:
\nPapers (to section 1&ndash\;6) may be submitted via our online platform until \;March 31st\, 2024 (deadline was extended)
Advanced M.A. students and early career researchers are especially encouraged to submit a presentation. \;
The conference is the 45th installment of the annual Wittgenstein Symposium\, organized by the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society. However\, only papers submitted for section 6 must engage with Wittgenstein's work. \;
\nSECTIONS:
1. Reality and Cognate Notions
Appearance\, Existence\, Essence\, Reality
2. The Structure of Reality
Dependence\, Grounding\, Fundamentality
3. Acting on Reality
Agency\, Freedom\, Norms
4. Social Reality
Gender\, Race\, Social Construction
5. New Realities
Fictional\, Virtual\, Digital
6. Wittgenstein
Penelope Mackie (1953-2022) was a long-time member and former Head of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Nottingham. Her philosophical contributions span the areas of (1) essence\, modality\, identity\; (2) philosophy of mind\; (3) causation and counterfactuals\; and (4) free will and determinism. A superbly perceptive critic\, Penelope is best known for her 2006 book How Things Might Have Been in which she argued that our essential properties place little constraint on what we could have been. Hence\, you could have been a poached egg. Her most recent work provides invigorating contributions to debates about neo-Aristotelian essentialism (in constructive opposition to the work of Kit Fine)\, Transworld identity\, persistence\, and the nature of perceptual experience. \; \;
\nThis conference will celebrate Penelope&rsquo\;s life and work. \;
\nPenelope had an immense influence on generations of students. To celebrate this\, we would like to include papers by current and recent PhD students (by 'recent' we mean less than 2-years post graduation). If you would like to be included in the programme\, please submit an abstract of no more than 500 words (for a paper that can be presented in 20 minutes) to Neil Sinclair (neil.sinclair@nottingham.ac.uk) by 30th March 2024. \;
\nYour paper must engage with some aspect of Penelope's work\, and can fall under any of the four topics noted above. This call is open to all current and recent PhD students. \;
\n(The conference has some limited funds to pay for UK-based travel and accommodation\, and an option to present online will be available.)
\n ORGANIZER;CN=Neil Sinclair: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20240331T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20240331T230000 SUMMARY:Christian Philosophy facing Naturalism UID:20240319T112944Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:Kraków\, Poland DESCRIPTION:The dispute between naturalism and anti-naturalism has been underway almost since the very beginnings of philosophy. Christian thinkers\, by proclaiming that God as Creator transcends the reality He has created\, and that human beings as persons transcend the material world\, have entered this dispute on the anti-naturalist side. The contemporary dominance in culture of the naturalistic paradigm requires Christian philosophy to reflect on naturalism in the broadest sense (in its various forms)\, together with its conditions and consequences\, and to rethink its relationship to this philosophical tradition. Naturalism rejects the possibility of something existing\, being known\, or being explained that is separate from the material reality given in empirical cognition. Along with this\, it denies human beings transcendence with respect to the natural or social world. In its contemporary iteration\, this tradition appeals to the solutions and methods of domain-specific forms of scientific inquiry\, relying on them for its own authority.
\nFor Christian philosophy\, naturalism represents a powerful challenge. It is possible to see in it a threat to Christian philosophy\, but it is also possible to discern in it an opportunity for a more critical evaluation of Christian philosophy&rsquo\;s previous solutions\, and an opportunity to develop new ones. There is a need for a better understanding of naturalism itself\, as well as of what the various domain-specific sciences (including the natural and social sciences\, as well as the humanities and\, currently\, neuroscientific research in particular) have to say about the world and about human beings. Systematic and historico-philosophical questions equally still call for debate&mdash\;in relation to the centuries-old dispute between naturalism and anti-naturalism\, as well as the changing place of Christian thought within it. In our own time\, one can witness diverse attempts by Christian thinkers both to critically discuss naturalistic positions and to implement naturalistic approaches or solutions within Christian thought itself. Certainly\, the latter cannot ignore the fact that naturalism allows philosophy to maintain cognitive contact with domain specific forms of scientific inquiry.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240331T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240331T234500 SUMMARY:Special Issue on Aristotle's De Anima UID:20240319T112945Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:We invite submissions exploring topics connected to Aristotle&rsquo\;s De Anima\, both from a contemporary and a historical point of view\, for a special issue of the open-access\, peer-reviewed\, online journal\, Metaphysics (http://www.metaphysicsjournal.com)\, co-edited by Kathrin Koslicki and Michael Raven\, to be published in 2024.
\nAristotle&rsquo\;s De Anima has proven to be an extremely fertile ground on which to debate not only philosophical questions relating to specific psychological phenomena (e.g.\, perception\, sleep\, or dreaming)\, but also more general questions concerning the applicability of central components of Aristotle&rsquo\;s framework to the particular case of living organisms. Such questions include\, but are not limited to\, the following:
\nPapers should be submitted through the journal&rsquo\;s online platform. Prior to submitting your paper\, please consult the journal&rsquo\;s submission guidelines: \;
\nhttps://metaphysicsjournal.com/about/submissions/
\nSubmission Deadline: March 31\, 2024.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240408T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240409T170000 SUMMARY:The Metaphysics of Secondary Qualities UID:20240319T112946Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Berlin\, Germany DESCRIPTION:Workshop of the DFG Emmy-Noether Project &lsquo\;A Sensible World&rsquo\;
The Metaphysics of Secondary Qualities
Humboldt-Universitä\;t zu Berlin\, 8-9 April 2024  \;
This workshop aims to explore the topic of the metaphysics of secondary qualities\, both historically and theoretically. It will ask questions about the existence and nature of sensory qualities: Do colors\, sounds\, etc. really exist? Are they dependent on us\, or are they mind-independent elements of the world around us? Are they primitive qualities? Are they relations\, dispositions\, or still something else? These questions were very much debated in late modern German-speaking philosophy and the discussions that found place there anticipate in several respects contemporary debates in analytic philosophy. The workshop will evaluate the theoretical relevance of these historical discussions by gathering scholars working on Kant and post-Kantian philosophy\, phenomenology\, and contemporary analytic philosophy.  \;  \;
Programme \; \;
Monday\, 8 April 2024
14:15-15:45 \;Johannes Haag \;(University of Potsdam)
Kant ü\;ber objektive Empfindungen
16:00-17:30 \;Riccardo Martinelli \;(University of Trieste)
Sounds as Objects. The Reversed Intentionality of Hearing
Tuesday\, 9 April 2024
9:15-10:45 \;Lina de Boer \;(HU Berlin)
Primary and Secondary Qualities in Scheler&rsquo\;s &lsquo\;Erkenntnis und Arbeit&rsquo\;
11:00-12:30 \;Hamid Taieb \;(HU Berlin)
Conrad-Martius and Stein on Sensory Qualities
[Lunch break]
14:15-15:45 \;Twan Stiekel \;(HU Berlin)
P.F. Linke on Primary and Secondary Qualities
16:00-17:30 \;Maren Wehrle \;(Erasmus University Rotterdam) \;
The Sound of Silence. Or How to Speak about the Normality and Objectivity of Secondary Qualities
Venue: Room 2249a\, Humboldt-Universitä\;t zu Berlin\, Unter den Linden 6\, 10117 Berlin\, Germany
Attendance: For registration\, \;please write to \;lina.anne.de.boer@hu-berlin.de
Organiser: Hamid Taieb (hamid.taieb@hu-berlin.de)
For more information: \;www.a-sensible-world.net
The \;Idealism Summit \;is intended to be a gathering of those who work on contemporary versions of idealism to pressent their work to each other and to make connections to others working on idealism. \;
\nThe \;First Idealism Summit \;will be held April 12-13\, 2024 at the \;University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. More on the event can be found at www.idealismus.net
ORGANIZER;CN=Thomas Hofweber: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240413T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240413T170000 SUMMARY:18th Gateway Graduate Conference: The Metaphysics of Value UID:20240319T112948Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:1 University Boulevard\, Saint Louis\, United States\, 63121 DESCRIPTION:The University of Missouri - St. Louis' Philosophers' Forum invites submissions from current graduate students related to the conference title: "The Metaphysics of Value." \;Papers on related areas are welcome including\, but not limited to:
\nPapers that explore the intersections of these or domains are also encouraged.
\nThis event will take place in-person\, but will also be broadcast via Zoom. Presenters will have the opportunity to present their work\, receive feedback\, and take questions in real-time. \;
\nAny questions\, comments\, or concerns about this event should be sent to Tim Luft (tplgcb (at) umsystem.edu).
\nFor directions on how to apply\, please see the associated call for papers.
ORGANIZER;CN=Tim Luft: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240419T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240420T170000 SUMMARY:Themes from the Philosophy of Paul Guyer UID:20240319T112949Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Providence\, United States ORGANIZER;CN=Wiebke Deimling;CN=Reed Winegar: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240420T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240421T170000 SUMMARY:Princeton Metaphysics Workshop UID:20240319T112950Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Princeton\, United States DESCRIPTION:Two-day conference in metaphysics and philosophy of science. Everyone is welcome to attend.
ORGANIZER;CN=David Builes: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240423T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240423T230000 SUMMARY:Gösation: 2nd meeting of Society for Philosophy of Causation UID:20240319T112951Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Georg-August-Universität Göttingen\, Göttingen\, Germany\, 37073 DESCRIPTION:This will be the second meeting of the Society for Philosophy of Causation. It will take place in Gö\;ttingen\, Germany\, on July 19&ndash\;21\, 2024. The first one took place in Kyoto\, Japan\, on June 24&ndash\;26\, 2023 and was a blast. It was widely considered a blast\, and the next one is expected to be too.
Encouraged are submissions on philosophy\, psychology\, and computer science of causation\, and effort will be made to balance these topics. That is\, you shouldn&rsquo\;t be discouraged if your submission is more on the cognitive science or computer science side of causation\, the name of the society notwithstanding.
Please submit an abstract of 300&ndash\;1000 words to gosation@causation.science. Specifically\, please send an email with your name\, the title of your talk\, and the abstract in the body of the email and submission as its title. If you have a (drafty or polished) paper\, or your abstract can't be easily pasted as text (e.g.\, it contains figures or symbols)\, please in addition attach a PDF of the paper or the abstract. Please mind that the more of the argument your abstract contains\, the more likely it will be accepted.  \; The deadline for submitting abstracts: April 23. You&rsquo\;ll be notified at the end of April.
ORGANIZER;CN=Tom Wysocki: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240426T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240428T170000 SUMMARY:Social Metaphysics Workshop UID:20240319T112952Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:106 Somerset St.\, 5th floor\, New Brunswick\, United States\, 08901 DESCRIPTION:This event is not open to the public. To submit a paper and/or apply to participate\, please follow the instructions here:
ORGANIZER;CN=Jonathan Schaffer;CN=Asya Passinsky;CN=Kevin Richardson: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240427T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240428T170000 SUMMARY:Chinese Metaphysics UID:20240319T112953Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/Vancouver LOCATION:515 W Hastings Street\, Vancouver\, Canada DESCRIPTION:The Simon Fraser University Asian Philosophy Workshop (APW) is an event for scholars and students working in Asian philosophical thought\, with the primary goal of making connections between Asian philosophy and Western analytic philosophy. This year&rsquo\;s theme is Chinese Metaphysics.
ORGANIZER;CN=Jennifer Wang;CN=Nicolas Bommarito;CN=Qiu Lin: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240507T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240507T100000 SUMMARY:Persistence without essence UID:20240319T112954Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Senate House\, London\, United Kingdom\, WC1B DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Questions of persistence and change are central to metaphysics. What changes can an object survive? What changes would destroy of an object? What determines the conditions for persistence and survival for different kinds of things? There is almost always a role for sortal or essential properties to play in theories of persistence\, albeit in different ways. But I&rsquo\;m suspicious of many of the claims about sortal properties and essential properties on which so many accounts of persistence conditions rest. I want to think through what persistence looks like if we don&rsquo\;t help ourselves to these assumptions. I will argue that giving these assumptions more scrutiny uncovers a deep and difficult problem when it comes to identity facts\, and their relation to qualitative facts.
ORGANIZER;CN=Hugo Heagren;CN=Sean Maroney;CN=Sam Kang: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240515T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240517T170000 SUMMARY:GOD AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN INDIAN TRADITIONS UID:20240319T112955Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Worcester College\, University of Oxford\, Oxford\, United Kingdom\, OX1 2HB DESCRIPTION:GOD AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN INDIAN TRADITIONS
\nOxford Centre for Hindu Studies
\nWorcester College\, University of Oxford\, UK
\nMay 15-17\, 2024
\nDeadline: March 1\, 2024
\nWebsite: https://www.god-and-consciousness.com/oxford-conference
\nSubmission of abstract: god.and.consciousness@gmail.com
\n--------------------------------------
\nKEYNOTE SPEAKERS
\n- Timothy O'Connor\, Indiana University\, USA
\n- Amit Chaturvedi\, University of Hong Kong\, China
\n- Gavin Flood\, University of Oxford\, UK
\n- Benedikt Paul Gö\;cke\, Ruhr University Bochum\, Germany
\n- Joanna Leidenhag\, University of Leeds\, UK
\n- Anand Jayprakash Vaidya\, San Jose State University\, USA \;
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\nTHEORETICAL BACKGROUND
\nDivinity in some theistic (or theistically inclined) Indian religions is often conceived monotheistically\, as a supreme OmniGod (much like in Western accounts of God). Monotheistic conceptions of God occur in Śaivism\, Śaktism\, Vaiṣṇavism\, Sikhism as well as Indian reiterations of Islam\, Christianity and Zoroastrianism. There are also arguably monotheistic concepts of God given by the Indian philosophical schools (darṣanas)\, such as Vedānta\, Nyāya\, Mīmāṃsā\, and Yoga.
\nDespite the evidence for a general Indian religious disposition towards monotheism\, Indian concepts of God can exhibit certain peculiarities that distance them from the traditional idea of monotheism. For example\, some Indian conceptions of God revolve around God&rsquo\;s being united with the world and finite conscious beings in various ways. This is the heart of the famous Vedānta debate about the relationship between Brahman - the ultimate conscious reality - and the rest of existence\, and of a wide variety of theistic views on the relation between ultimate conscious reality and the world. Interpretations range through idealism\, qualified monism\, dualism\, and a mixture of monism and dualism (as in the different theories of bhedābheda\, or difference and non-difference).
\nThe reference to consciousness (in the expressions &ldquo\;conscious beings&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;ultimate conscious reality&rdquo\;) is not gratuitous. Philosophical Indian traditions such as Vedānta and Sāṅkhya have developed sophisticated ontological views on consciousness. These views have strongly influenced and been influenced by Indian theistic traditions. For example\, in the Bhavagad Gītā - a key Vedānta text strongly informed by Sāṅkhya (or proto-Sāṅkhya) thought - matter is seemingly given a cognitive aspect that somehow intermediates the conscious experience of ordinary living beings. But the Gītā also says that God is the source (prabhava) of consciousness and matter. While matter and consciousness are fundamental aspects of reality\, in God they have a common ontological ground. Depending on how a specific theistic tradition interprets this\, its concept of God might imply some kind of theory of consciousness.
\nAgainst this background\, two sets of questions arise\, which in current debates are often overlooked or are only partially addressed. The first relates to the nature and tenability of concepts of God\; the second concerns the nature of consciousness. On the first set of questions\, one might ask:
\n- Can certain concepts of God in Indian traditions really be regarded monotheistic in the Western sense of the term?
\n- Or are they closer to panentheism\, theistic pantheism\, henotheism or polytheism?
\n- What divine properties do the traditions ascribe to their respective divinity or sets of divinity?
\n- Can the corresponding concepts of God be described in a consistent way?
\n- Is it sensible to presuppose that they should be describable in such a way?
\n- Do any of these concepts of God possess an advantage over Western philosophical accounts of God?
\nOn the second set of questions\, it could be asked:
\n- Which views on consciousness are presupposed by Indian concepts of God?
\n- How can these views be philosophically articulated?
\n- What are their advantages and disadvantages compared to standard accounts of consciousness found in Western analytical philosophy?
\n- Furthermore\, are these accounts compatible with a scientific worldview?
\n- Can the concept of God contribute to a scientifically consistent theory of consciousness?
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\nSUBMISSION
\nWe invite submissions of contributed papers that address the above questions in relation to specific Indian traditions. Abstracts must have a maximum of 3000 characters and be written in English. They must be submitted by March 1\, 2024\, through the e-mail god.and.consciousness@gmail.com\, with the subject &ldquo\;Submission to the Oxford Conference&rdquo\;. In the body of the message\, the author should state whether the paper will be presented in-person or online (preference will be given to in-person presentations). Notification of acceptance will be released on March 11\, 2024.
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\nTHE CONFERENCE
\nThis the first conference of the project &ldquo\;Concepts of God and the Variety of Theisms in Indian Traditions: Towards a Theistic Theory of Consciousness&rdquo\;\, hosted by the Brazilian Association for the Philosophy of Religion and supported by funding totaling $260\,000 from the John Templeton Foundation.
\nhttps://www.god-and-consciousness.com
\nIt is hosted by the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies\, and will take place in Worcester College\, University of Oxford.
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\nPUBLICATIONS
\nSelected papers presented at the conference will be published in one of the publications \;of the project\, including the journal special issue on &ldquo\;Indian Theistic Traditions and the Philosophical Debate on Consciousness&rdquo\; which is being edited by Benedikt Paul Gö\;cke (Ruhr University Bochum) and Swami Medhananda (UCLA and University of Southern California).
\nhttps://www.god-and-consciousness.com/publications
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\nORGANIZATIONAL COMMITEE
\n- Alan Herbert\, Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies\, UK (chair)
\n- Gabriel Reis de Oliveira\, Saint Louis University\, USA
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\nSCIENTIFIC COMMITEE
\n- Ricardo Sousa Silvestre\, Federal University of Campina Grande\, Brazil
\n- Yujin Nagasawa\, University of Birmingham\, UK
\n- Monima Chadha\, Monash University\, Australia
\n- Swami Medhananda\, UCLA and University of Southern California\, USA
\n- Ananya Barua\, University of Delhi\, India
\n- Dilip Loundo\, University of Juiz de Fora\, Brazil
ORGANIZER;CN=Ricardo Silvestre: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240517T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240520T170000 SUMMARY:Space\, Time\, and Location\, Part II UID:20240319T112956Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:Davis\, United States\, 95616 DESCRIPTION:The metaphysics of persistence has obvious connections with the physics of matter. This workshop aims to bring together metaphysicians and philosophers of physics to explore foundational questions about spacetime\, material objects\, and the nature of locative relations between them. Speakers will explore the historical and conceptual dimensions of debates over topics including:
\nRegistration will be free but required for organizational purposes\, and numbers are strictly limited due to room capacity and catering constraints. Please register via email to the organiser\; you will be contacted closer to the event with further details.
\nThe workshop is part of the Australian Research Council funded project\, \;Everything in its Place (Chief Investigator\, Antony Eagle\, Partner Investigators\, Cody Gilmore\, Shieva Kleinschmidt)
ORGANIZER;CN=Cody Gilmore;CN=Antony Eagle;CN=Shieva Kleinschmidt: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240523T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240524T170000 SUMMARY:Powers\, Modality\, Causation UID:20240319T112957Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Freie Universität \, Berlin\, Germany DESCRIPTION:Participation is free and all are welcome. However\, since the room might not be enormous\, please let one of the organisers know if you are planning to attend.
\n\nTalks:
\nSamuel Kimpton-Nye: The powers-BSA and Types of Explanation
\nBarbara Vetter: Knowing Powers\, knowing causation\, knowing modality
\nNeil Williams: Ludicrous Speed: Powers\, Possibility and Laws at their Limits
\nGiacomo Giannini: There is no problem of perfect necessary masks
\nFlorian Fischer: The power of dinamicity
\nStephen Mumford: Subversive Metaphysics
\nLisa Vogt: TBA
\nSophie Allen: TBA
\nToby Friend: TBA
\n ORGANIZER;CN=Giacomo Giannini;CN=Toby Friend: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240524T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240525T170000 SUMMARY:UAnalytiCon-2024: Reference and Objecthood UID:20240319T112958Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Dear colleagues\,we are pleased to announceAnnual International Conference«\;uAnalytiCon-2024: Reference and Objecthood»\;\,which takes place on May 24-25\, 2024
\nOur up-coming uAnalytiCon-2024 will focus on reference and objecthood. The connection between these concepts can be found throughout the history of analytic philosophy and can be traced back to Gottlob Frege. During the conference\, we will pay special attention to Kit Fine's naive metaphysics and the theory of variable objects as well as to Leon Horsten's account of arbitrary objects. In order to analyze reasoning\, explain how language works and develop a structuralist philosophy of mathematics\, they both propose the metaphysics of arbitrary objects. According to Frege\, the use of variables presupposes the indeterminacy of reference\, but the objects being the value of variables appear quite definite and concrete. Fine and Horsten challenge this view and transfer the indeterminacy from the reference to the objects themselves. The nature of arbitrary objects is the source of so-called afthairetic modality\, which can be understood as the possibility of an object to take one or another value. On Horsten&rsquo\;s view\, this kind of modality is a sui generis modality. Thus\, an arbitrary object is an abstract entity\, which can be in the state of being a concrete object but cannot be a particular one.
\nAt uAnalytiCon-2024\, we will reflect on the difference between naive metaphysics and fundamental metaphysics as well as their methodological principles\, the concepts of reference and objecthood\, the definition and status of arbitrary objects\, and possible applications of the relevant approaches.
\nKey speaker: Leon Horsten\, University of Konstanz
\nWe welcome submissions from a wide range of disciplines\, including but not limited to:
\nAbstracts must be 500 words or less and prepared for blind review. To submit abstracts please fill out our submission form at [https://www.uanalyticon.ru]. The deadline for abstract submissions is February 1\, 2024. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by April 1\, 2024.
\nOfficial conference languages: Russian\, English.
\nPlease note that online participation is possible only for the talks in English.
\nTo register as an attendee\, fill out the attendee registration form \;at [https://www.uanalyticon.ru].
\nThe participation is free of charge. Unfortunately\, the Organizing Committee has no available funds for covering transport and accommodation. Participants are responsible for covering travel expenses.
\nAuthors of all accepted abstracts are encouraged to submit full papers for publication in the journal Analytica [https://www.analytica-journal.ru/]
\nOrganizing Committee:
\nHead of the Organizing Committee:
\nDmitry Ankin\, PhD
\nPlease\, contact the Organizing Committee with any questions at conf@uanalyticon.ru ** Statement** In this difficult and anxious time\, uAnalytiCon Organizing Committee declares its commitment to humanist ideals\, compassion\, and solidarity. We do not welcome the military solutions of any conflict and want to express our empathy and condolences to all the victims and their families\, no matter which side they are on now. We consider it harmful to divide the research community along any lines\, including national and political ones. Science and philosophy belong to humanity as a whole\, not to particular social or ethnic groups.
ORGANIZER;CN=Lev Lamberov;CN=Olga Kozyreva: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20240529T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20240530T170000 SUMMARY:Alien Structure Workshop UID:20240319T112959Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Stockholm LOCATION:Thunbergsvägen 3H\, Uppsala\, Sweden DESCRIPTION:The Alien Structure Workshop will consist of eight talks\, four of which will be given by invited speakers\, and four of which will be filled via open call. Selection will be based on anonymous review of long abstracts (750-1000 words).
\nThe main themes of the workshop will be these: What sorts of languages can there be? More specifically\, what sorts of semantic differences can there be between languages? Can there be alien languages &ndash\; languages whose expressions have semantic functions radically different from those of expressions of familiar languages? This is relevant to metaphysics. Might some such unfamiliar languages better represent reality? Might reality have alien structure that can only be fully captured by such a language?
\nThe workshop will be held as part of the Alien Structure research project\, which is funded by the Swedish Research Council. Researchers within the project are Matti Eklund (principal investigator) and Daniel Berntson (postdoc). For more information\, see the following link \;(https://www.filosofi.uu.se/research/research-projects/alien-structure/).
ORGANIZER;CN=Daniel Berntson;CN=Matti Eklund: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20240601T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20240601T234500 SUMMARY:Salience in Society: The Nature and Ethics of Collective Attention UID:20240319T113000Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Vienna\, Austria DESCRIPTION:Attention is usually thought of as prioritization in the individual mind&mdash\;for example\, selecting an object to act on or centring something in one&rsquo\;s consciousness. But we also need to think about what groups or entire societies attend to\, or neglect. For example\, researchers have observed the &ldquo\;accelerating dynamics of collective attention&rdquo\;\, revealed by content consumption patterns (Lorenz-Spreen et al. 2019). Topics now remain popular for a shorter time&mdash\;our collective attention span seems to be shortening.
\nOne aim of this workshop is to make better sense of what collective attention is and how it relates to individual attention. Is collective attention straightforwardly reducible to trends in individual attention or do we need a more complex story? Do collectives have distinctive attentional resources\, such as shared time\, space\, and funding (Gardiner 2022)?
\nFurthermore\, we are interested in the \;ethics \;of collective attention. What \;should \;be salient to a group\, community\, or society? Does this depend on what the collective&rsquo\;s goals happen to be or do we need a more objective standard? How does the ethics of collective attention relate to the ethics of individual attention? How might the patterns of attention in society be worrisome? For example\, is it a problem that we now hop from one hot topic to another faster than we used to? \;Or is it problematic that we as a society pay attention to some things and not to others?
\nWe are also interested in the \;engineering \;of collective attention. How can we control our collective attentional resources\, so that important and relevant issues and perspectives become and remain salient in society? How to do this in a democratic\, transparent\, and fair way? How to address the worry that some voices are less salient in public deliberation and therefore less able to shape the agenda (Smith and Archer 2020)?
\nWe thus aim to discuss the nature\, ethics\, and engineering of collective attention&mdash\;all broadly construed.
\n\nUp to four talks will be selected from the submissions of abstracts. \;A peer-reviewed special issue of a well-regarded journal is also being planned.
\n\nPlease send your anonymized abstract of \;500&mdash\;750 words \;(excluding references)\, suitable for a 30&ndash\;40 minute talk\, by \;June 1st\, 2024 \;to \;salienceinsociety@gmail.com.
\nSelected speakers will be notified by July 1st. We will organize and cover the costs of the accommodation for selected speakers. Limited funds will be available to (partly) reimburse the costs of travelling to Vienna for speakers without access to institutional funding.
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\nReferences
\nGardiner\, G. 2022. &ldquo\;Attunement: On the Cognitive Virtues of Attention&rdquo\;. In M. Alfano\, C. Klein\, J. de Ridder (eds.)\, \;Social Virtue Epistemology\, Routledge
\nLorenz-Spreen\, P. et al. 2019. &ldquo\;Accelerating dynamics of collective attention&rdquo\;. \;Nature Communications \;10\,https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09311-w
\nSmith\, L. and A. Archer. 2020. &ldquo\;Epistemic Injustice and the Attention Economy&rdquo\;. \;Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 23\,https://doi.org/10.1007/s10677-020-10123-x
ORGANIZER;CN=Eve Kitsik;CN=Katharine Browne;CN=Sebastian Watzl: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240603T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240607T170000 SUMMARY:Heidegger on the Essence of Truth UID:20240319T113001Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Boston University\, Boston\, United States\, 02215 DESCRIPTION:The seminar will critically examine \;Heidegger&rsquo\;s transformative re-thinking of essence and truth in his 1930 essay &ldquo\;On the Essence of Truth\,&rdquo\; marking a self-described &ldquo\;new beginning&rdquo\; in his philosophy. Participants\, restricted to recent PHDs (since 2018) and advanced doctoral students must apply with CV and letter of intent. Up to six individuals will be accepted for the intense week of summer classes from June 3 to 7 on the Boston University campus.Travel\, housing and food for the duration of the classes will be paid by \;JHP up to $2\,000. \; Go to \;https://jhp.wisc.edu/summerseminar.html for more details.
ORGANIZER;CN=Eileen C. Sweeney: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240604T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240605T170000 SUMMARY:Philosophy of Time Naturalized UID:20240319T113002Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Winston-Salem\, United States DESCRIPTION:This will be a small seminar discussing approaches to any issue within philosophy of time from a naturalistic standpoint--with an emphasis on connections between philosophy of time and physics\, psychology\, or other natural and social sciences. Some participants will be invited\, and a small number will be selected via a CFA. Only speakers will be able to attend.
\nIt will take place June 4-5\, 2024 (arrive June 3\, depart June 6) at The Cardinal Hotel here in Winston-Salem\, NC: https://www.thecardinalhotel.com/
ORGANIZER;CN=Adrian Bardon;CN=Heather Dyke: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20240606T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20240607T170000 SUMMARY:The sense of metaphysics / ontology. Object\, method\, concept\, grounds\, criticism UID:20240319T113003Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:Bankowa 8\, Katowice\, Poland DESCRIPTION:Normal\n 0\n \n \n 21\n \n \n false\n false\n false\n \n PL\n X-NONE\n X-NONE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MicrosoftInternetExplorer4\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nKant&rsquo\;s critique of metaphysics clipped its own wings\, declaring it incapable of living up to its object. Neo-positivists like Rudolf Carnap considered it to be devoid of any sense altogether. If 'sense&rsquo\; is understood through a too narrow framework\, the concept could be misapprehended by the critics of metaphysics who could see it as an opportunity to smuggle in additional assumptions\, such as the ontological naturalism or their own vision of &lsquo\;a great physical organism&rsquo\;. Meanwhile &ndash\; it seems &ndash\; the metaphysical residuum is inherent in almost every field of science incapable of dealing with such problems. Owing to its ongoing critique\, metaphysics undergoes constant cycles of rebirth thanks to its different varieties\, ranging from phenomenology\, neo-Thomism\, process philosophy to analytic philosophy or metaphysics of science.
\n\nWhat is the nature of the world\, how to render it in conceptual terms\, what is its basics and why does the world exist at all? If metaphysics is a search for answers to such questions\, the domain has to rely on solid foundations itself. The question about the meaning of metaphysics/ontology is a metaquestion concerning its rationality\, its cognitive capacity\, the object of its inquiry and its method. Furthermore\, it is a question about its grounds\, what justifies its existence\, in particular in the light of its criticism and alleged unsubstantiality. Also important here are the concepts of metaphysics and ontology\, classical\, modern and contemporary\, their different typologies and meta-objective approaches.
\nWe invite researchers exploring the topic\, in particular philosophers concerned with metaphysical or ontological problematics and the methodology involved in these disciplines as well as scientific methodologies in general.
ORGANIZER;CN="Rafał Katamay": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20240613T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20240614T170000 SUMMARY:Amsterdam Kant Conference 2024: Kantian Philosophy Today UID:20240319T113004Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Amsterdam LOCATION:oude turfmarkt 147\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands DESCRIPTION:The University of Amsterdam will commemorate the 300th birth year of Immanuel Kant by organizing a conference dedicated to the question: what is the state of Kantian philosophy today? Over the last three centuries\, Kant&rsquo\;s thought has proven to be a leading approach in various philosophical disciplines\, from logic and epistemology to ethics and political philosophy. But what crucial questions in Kantian scholarship require special attention today? \;
\nThe conference will explore this question through two keynote lectures (by professors Pauline Kleingeld and Andrea Esser) and four thematic panels organized around leading scholars in these fields. The panels will each open with a 30-minute introductory lecture by the main speaker\, a 15-minute Q&\;A\, three subsequent 15-minute presentations\, and a final 30-minute Q&\;A.
\nWe are looking for (junior) researchers who want to give such a 15-minute presentation on work done in one of the following domains within Kantian scholarship:  \;
\nTheme 1: The Relationship Between Kant&rsquo\;s Ethics and Politics (Sorin Baiasu)
\nHow do the domains of ethics and politics\, as well as their highest principles\, relate to or affect one another?
\nTheme 2: Sex\, Race\, Love\, and Gender - Kantian Ways Forward (Helga Varden)
\nIn what ways do the categories of sex\, race\, love\, and gender shape Kantian thought\, or how could Kantian philosophy meaningfully reflect on these categories?
\nTheme 3: Public Reason in Today's World (Huaping Lu-Adler)
\nHow does the ideal of public reason manifest itself in today&rsquo\;s society\, and what role does language play in attaining this ideal?
\nTheme 4: Kant&rsquo\;s Model of the Mind (Andrew Stephenson)
\nWhat is the nature of Kant&rsquo\;s model of the mind\, and how does this model relate to pressing questions in metaphysics and epistemology?
\nWe welcome abstracts (400 words maximum) outlining a question and argument on any topic related to the themes above. Please include your name &\; affiliation in the body of the e-mail\, with no personal details in the enclosed abstract (PDF). Upon acceptance\, we request a short research paper (2500 words minimum) to be submitted before May 24\, 2024.
\nThe abstract can be submitted to t.m.smits@uva.nl
\nThe deadline for submissions is January 31\, 2024.
\nThe result will be communicated by February 21\, 2024.
\nPlease send any questions to t.m.smits@uva.nl.
\nUnfortunately\, there is no budget available to compensate speakers.
ORGANIZER;CN=Tijn Smits;CN=Thomas Nys;CN=Beate Roessler: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240618T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240619T170000 SUMMARY:Events. New Work on Their Ontology and Semantics UID:20240319T113005Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Paris LOCATION:Bâtiment de l’Horloge\, 25 avenue François Mitterrand\, Nice\, France DESCRIPTION:Workshop: \;New Work on the Ontology and Semantics of Events
\nUniversité\; Cô\;te d&rsquo\;Azur\, Nice\,
\nDate: 18-19 June 2024
\n
Events (in the broad sense) play a fundamental role in our interaction with the world: actions\, events\, processes\, states are crucial components of reality as we represent it. Research on events comprises disciplines as diverse as natural language semantics\, the syntax-semantic interface\, analytic metaphysics\, applied ontology and conceptual modeling. \;
Events have come to play a central role in natural language semantics since Davidson&rsquo\;s highly influential proposal\, which has led to a great range of developments including\, in its Neo-Davidsonian version\, in the syntax-semantic interface. There are a number of challenges that have received little attention\, though\, such as the distinction between events and acts\, events and abstract states\, as well as events and situations (as truthmakers). Moreover\, there are alternatives to Davidsonian events semantics that have been proposed\, but ask for further developments\, such as truthmaker semantics\, force semantics and radical decomposition of verbs in syntax (as light verb-noun complexes). Finally\, there are various interesting issues regarding events and syntactic structure\, including the decomposition of event predicates in syntactic structure and the relevance of cartography for event semantics.
\nRecently\, also the metaphysics of events have seen renewed interest. Several issues have been addressed such as that concerning nature of\, and the internal structure of\, processes and events\, the related issue that concerns the modal profile and the essential properties of events (and whether these features differ from the ones possessed by processes)\, the question of whether a theory concerning these entities has a descriptive or prescriptive import\, as well as the issue concerning the relations between events\, dispositions\, and causation\, and that concerning the nature of negative events and actions.
\nFinally\, the notion of event (in the broad sense)  \;is pervasive and plays a key role in applied ontology and conceptual modeling. It is a general category of the most widespread foundational ontologies such as UFO\, DOLCE\, and BFO. On the one hand\, these ontologies recently provided insightful accounts concerning the nature of events\, their part-whole structure\, and their difference from\, e.g.\, situations\, states\, and processes. On the other hand\, the notion of events played a key role in elucidating notions such as those of prevention\, risk\, production\, money\, and many others.
\nThis conference aims to bring together new research on events from different perspectives. \;
\nSubmission: If you want to contribute\, please submit an abstract of approximately 1000 words suitable for a 30-minutes presentation that should be prepared for blind review and include a cover page with the full name\, institution\, and contact information. Abstracts should be sent in PDF format to: enwosworkshop@gmail.com \;
\nFurther information:
\nConference Fees: 60&euro\; regular\; 40&euro\; students/unemployed
\nWebpage: https://sites.google.com/view/enwos
\nInformal queries: enwosworkshop@gmail.com
\nDeadline for submission: 30 March 2024
\nNotification of acceptance: 15 April 2024
\nReferences:
\nR. Casati and Varzi: &lsquo\;Events&rsquo\;. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (online)
\nR. Casati and A. Varzi (eds.): Events. Darthmouth Publ. Company\, 1996
\nF. Moltmann: &lsquo\;Events in Contemporary Semantics&rsquo\; (forthcoming)\, in M. Cassina et al. (eds): 21st-Century Philosophy of Events: Beyond the Analytic / Continental Divide. Edinburgh UP.
\nTruswell\, R. (ed.): Oxford Handbook of Event Structure. Oxford UP\, Oxford\, 2019.
\nJ. Higginbotham\, F. Pianesi\, A. Varzi (eds.): Speaking of Events. Oxford UP\, 2000.
\nS. Rothstein (ed.): Events and Grammar\, Kluwer\, 1998
\nA. Williams (2021): &lsquo\;Events in Semantics&rsquo\;. In P. Stalmaszscuk (ed.): Cambridge Handbook of the Philosophy of Language. Cambridge UP.
ORGANIZER;CN=Nikos Angelopoulos;CN=Riccardo Baratella;CN=Lena Baunaz;CN=Ludger Jansen;CN=Friederike Moltmann;CN="Kalle Müller": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20240619T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20240620T170000 SUMMARY:C-FORS Graduate Conference: Constructional Approaches in the Foundations of Mathematics and Philosophy UID:20240319T113006Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Oslo LOCATION:Blindern\, Oslo\, Norway DESCRIPTION:
The advanced ERC project &ldquo\;C-FORS: Construction in the Formal Sciences&rdquo\; led by Professor Ø\;ystein Linnebo (University of Oslo) is glad to announce its first graduate conference. The topic is constructional approaches to foundations of mathematics and philosophy.
By &ldquo\;constructional approach&rdquo\; we mean a way to account for a domain of objects by successively constructing its members. The inspiring example for these methods is the famous Iterative Conception of Set\, which states that sets are &ldquo\;formed&rdquo\; successively by iterated applications of the operation &ldquo\;set of&rdquo\; (to use Gö\;del&rsquo\;s terms). The aim of C-FORS is to extend the approach exemplified by the Iterative Conception &mdash\; which has proven to be quite successful as a natural guard against paradoxes and in justifying the axioms of ZFC &mdash\; to other formal disciplines. In particular\, in the foundations of mathematics the aim of C-FORS is to extend the iterative account of sets to other mathematical entities\, such as classes or other intensional objects. On the other hand\, in formal philosophy\, the aim is to develop constructional approaches that account for hierarchies of higher-order entities and of truth predicates.
The aim of the conference is to bring together graduate students working in the Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic\, in Metaphysics and in Ontology and that are interested in (or critical of) constructional (i.e.\, iterative or hierarchical) accounts in these disciplines. Beside the current members of C-FORS\, the discussion shall be guided by the two invited keynotes\, Joel David Hamkins (Notre Dame) and Jon Erling Litland (UT Austin)\, who are both leading experts on topics relevant to the main theme of the conference. In addition\, the conference involves the assignment of a commentator to lead the discussion on the contributed talk by each participant. Comments will be provided by three scholars that are also experts in their fields\, namely Deborah Kant (Hamburg)\, Sam Roberts (Konstanz) and Chris Scambler (Oxford).
The conference will take place on 19-20 June 2024 at the Department of Philosophy\, Classics\, History of Art and Ideas at University of Oslo (Blindern Campus).
Graduate students and early-career researchers (within one year from completion of their PhD) are invited to submit abstracts (up to 1500 words) on the subject of the conference and prepared for blind review. We particularly encourage submissions from underrepresented groups. The proposals should be suitable for a 35-40 minute presentation. The conference is intended to be in-person.
We can also offer a limited number of travel bursaries up to 3.000 NOK to be awarded to student presenters at the conference\, so make sure that you indicate your interest for them in the Google form if you want to be considered.
SUBMISSION PAGE: https://forms.gle/TF2TpUC818KrEkp29
\nCONTACT INFO:
\nThe International Association for Philosophy of Time (IAPT) is pleased to announce its 9th annual conference to be held at the Institute of Philosophy at Università\; della Svizzera Italiana (USI) in Lugano\, Switzerland\, on 24th&ndash\;28th June 2024.
\nThe 5-day conference will include 13 keynote speakers\, two symposia as well as 24 slots for selected speakers. Talks will deal with any aspect pertaining to the philosophy of time\, broadly construed. See CFP for further details.
\nThe list of invited speakers includes: \;Craig Callender\, Fabrice Correia\, Nina Emery\, Kit Fine\, Jenann Ismael\, Tim Maudlin\, Kristie Miller\, Laurie Paul\, Oliver Pooley\, Thomas Sattig\, Daniel Sudarsky\, Emily Thomas\, Christian Wü\;thrich.
\nThe local organisers are Damiano Costa and Cristian Mariani. The programme committee is chaired by David Ingram. The conference is sponsored by Swiss National Science Foundation grants\, Temporal Existence (Costa\, SNSF Starting Grant\, 211294)\, and Quantum Indeterminacy (Mariani\, SNSF Ambizione\, 208762).
ORGANIZER;CN=Damiano Costa;CN=Cristian Mariani: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20240625T070000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20240625T070000 SUMMARY:Responsibility and the Reactive Attitudes Over Time UID:20240319T113008Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Zurich LOCATION:Bern\, Switzerland DESCRIPTION:It&rsquo\;s important to us whether people are still responsible for their past actions. Consider the recent controversy surrounding Aung San Suu Kyi. She was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 &ldquo\;for her non‐violent struggle for democracy and human rights&rdquo\; (The Nobel Peace Prize 1991). She was considered &ldquo\;a picture of grace and moral authority&rdquo\; for championing democracy and opposing &ldquo\;the brutal military junta that long dominated Burmese politics&rdquo\; (Tharoor 2017). After a long period of living in house arrest\, Suu Kyi eventually became Myanmar&rsquo\;s de facto civilian leader. However\, during her time as leader\, she failed to speak out against and indeed seemed to condone\, if not approve of\, the genocide perpetrated by her country&rsquo\;s army against the Rohingya people. Do her later wrongful actions undermine her earlier responsibility for her earlier exemplary actions?
\nIt is not just praiseworthiness for past actions that is important to us. Perhaps more so\, it is important whether people remain blameworthy for their past actions. There are lots of cases of people who committed or were complicit in the commission of atrocities but who have evaded justice until there in old age. Do such people remain blameworthy for what they did earlier in life? Whether these people are blamed or punished for what they did earlier in life seems to depend on whether they remain blameworthy for their past actions. Consider the case of Irmgard Furchner who at the age of 97 was convicted (in a juvenile court because her actions were committed when she was under the age of 21) of &ldquo\;being an accessory to murder for her role as a secretary to the SS commander of the Nazis&rsquo\; Stutthof concentration camp during World War II&rdquo\; (The Associated Press 2022). During the trial\, Furchner apologised and said she regretted her time at the camp. Given her apparent change of heart\, does Furchner remain blameworthy for her complicity in Nazi crimes? Even if she remains blameworthy to some extent\, or in some way\, has her blameworthiness diminished at all? These are important questions because positive answers seem to suggest that someone like Furchner should not be punished\, or not punished as much\, for what she did earlier in life. Indeed\, it is notable that most of those who are now convicted late in life of crimes during the Nazi regime may be convicted of a crime\, but they do not usually serve any time in prison.
\nThis workshop aims to bring together researchers working on an underexplored issue that spans ethics\, metaphysics\, moral psychology\, philosophy of emotions\, and social and political philosophy. Questions to be explored include:
\nThe CoGS Project will cover two nights&rsquo\; accommodation and a contribution towards travel costs for all accepted speakers.
\nPlease send anonymised abstracts of no more than 1000 words to cogs.project@gmail.com by 15th March 2024.
\n\n\nIt&rsquo\;s important to us whether people are still responsible for their past actions. Consider the recent controversy surrounding Aung San Suu Kyi. She was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 &ldquo\;for her non‐violent struggle for democracy and human rights&rdquo\; (The Nobel Peace Prize 1991). She was considered &ldquo\;a picture of grace and moral authority&rdquo\; for championing democracy and opposing &ldquo\;the brutal military junta that long dominated Burmese politics&rdquo\; (Tharoor 2017). After a long period of living in house arrest\, Suu Kyi eventually became Myanmar&rsquo\;s de facto civilian leader. However\, during her time as leader\, she failed to speak out against and indeed seemed to condone\, if not approve of\, the genocide perpetrated by her country&rsquo\;s army against the Rohingya people. Do her later wrongful actions undermine her earlier responsibility for her earlier exemplary actions?
\nIt is not just praiseworthiness for past actions that is important to us. Perhaps more so\, it is important whether people remain blameworthy for their past actions. There are lots of cases of people who committed or were complicit in the commission of atrocities but who have evaded justice until there in old age. Do such people remain blameworthy for what they did earlier in life? Whether these people are blamed or punished for what they did earlier in life seems to depend on whether they remain blameworthy for their past actions. Consider the case of Irmgard Furchner who at the age of 97 was convicted (in a juvenile court because her actions were committed when she was under the age of 21) of &ldquo\;being an accessory to murder for her role as a secretary to the SS commander of the Nazis&rsquo\; Stutthof concentration camp during World War II&rdquo\; (The Associated Press 2022). During the trial\, Furchner apologised and said she regretted her time at the camp. Given her apparent change of heart\, does Furchner remain blameworthy for her complicity in Nazi crimes? Even if she remains blameworthy to some extent\, or in some way\, has her blameworthiness diminished at all? These are important questions because positive answers seem to suggest that someone like Furchner should not be punished\, or not punished as much\, for what she did earlier in life. Indeed\, it is notable that most of those who are now convicted late in life of crimes during the Nazi regime may be convicted of a crime\, but they do not usually serve any time in prison.
\nThis workshop aims to bring together researchers working on an underexplored issue that spans ethics\, metaphysics\, moral psychology\, philosophy of emotions\, and social and political philosophy. Questions to be explored include:
\nThe annual Hildebrand Project Summer Residency will take place July 1-9\, 2024\, at Franciscan University of Steubenville\, and is free to attend for all accepted participants. \;
The Residency is an intensive program for advanced students and scholars working on MA theses\, Ph.D. dissertations\, habilitations\, books\, chapters\, or scholarly articles principally focused on Dietrich von Hildebrand or substantively engaged with his thought. We are especially interested in supporting research that has never been publicly presented.
The Residency is not limited to those working exclusively on Dietrich von Hildebrand. We welcome applications from students and scholars working on kindred spirits\, like Max Scheler\, Adolf Reinach\, and Edith Stein \, or on any thinker or set of issues\, provided that the work in progress includes Hildebrand as a substantive interlocutor or meaningfully engages the personalist tradition.
Residency participants will have the opportunity to work closely with Hildebrand Project Senior Scholars\, Dr. John F. Crosby\, Dr. Josef Seifert\, and Rocco Buttiglione\, each of whom was a student of either Dietrich von Hildebrand or Karol Wojtyla. \;
The application and travel scholarship deadline is January 31\, 2024. For more information and how to apply\, please visit \;https://hildebrandproject.org/event/summer-residency-2024/.
Penelope Mackie (1953-2022) was a long-time member and former Head of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Nottingham. Her philosophical contributions span the areas of (1) essence\, modality\, identity\; (2) philosophy of mind\; (3) causation and counterfactuals\; and (4) free will and determinism. A superbly perceptive critic\, Penelope is best known for her 2006 book How Things Might Have Been\, in which she argued that our essential properties place little constraint on what we could have been. Hence\, you could have been a poached egg. Her most recent work provides invigorating contributions to debates about neo-Aristotelian essentialism (in constructive opposition to the work of Kit Fine)\, Transworld identity\, persistence\, and the nature of perceptual experience. \; \;
\nThis conference will celebrate Penelope&rsquo\;s life and work. \; \;
\nConfirmed speakers: \; \;
\nHelen Beebee (Leeds) \;
\nBill Brewer (Kings College London) \;
\nBen Curtis (Nottingham Trent University) \;
\nKit Fine (New York University) \;
\nJohn Martin Fischer (University of California\; online) \;
\nAntonella Mallozzi (Providence) \;
\nHoward Robinson (Oxford) \;
\nSonia Roca-Royes (Stirling) \;
\nHelen Steward (Leeds) \;
\nMatthew Tugby (Durham) \;
\nThe conference will begin at 2pm on Wednesday 3rd July and finish by 6pm on Friday 5th July. On the Wednesday there will be an opening lecture followed by speeches\, before the philosophical talks begin (the first talk will be at 4pm on Wednesday). The conference will be fully hybrid\, with online and in-person attendance available for all sessions. \; \;
\nPenelope had an immense influence on generations of students. To celebrate this\, we would like to include papers by any current and recent PhD students. If you would like to be included in the programme\, please submit an abstract of no more than 500 words (for a paper that can be presented in 20 minutes) to Neil Sinclair (neil.sinclair@nottingham.ac.uk) by 30th March 2024. \; \;
\nUnfortunately we did not have space on the programme to invite all the speakers we would have liked to invite. We realise that Penelope&rsquo\;s work and infectious good humour touched many people &ndash\; if you would like to share your memories of Penelope by contributing to the speeches on Wednesday\, please contact Neil Sinclair (neil.sinclair@nottingham.ac.uk). \; \;
\nThe conference is open to all and everyone is welcome.
\nThe full conference programme will be posted on the University of Nottingham Philosophy Department webpages shortly.
\nThe conference is generously supported by: The Aristotelian Society\; The School of Humanities at the University of Nottingham.
\nThere is no conference fee\, but we ask that those attending (whether online or in person) to please complete the registration process. Here:
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The phlox research group and the Emmy Noether Group Relevance are delighted to announce that the 2024 Hamburg/Vienna Summer School will be taught by Ted Sider (Rutgers). This year's topic will be *Fundamentality in Metaphysics and Philosophy of Science*.
*Description*
The course will explore connections between metaphysical issues about fundamentality\, and the philosophy of physics. We'll begin with a survey of the metaphysical issues\, concentrating on David Lewis&rsquo\;s theory of natural properties. Then we'll discuss some of the following topics: laws of nature\, the structure of space\, symmetries\, structural realism\, and the role of mathematics in physical theories.
The course will take place from Monday\, July 15th to Friday\, July 19th 2024 at the University of Vienna. For more information\, please visit
 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; https://hamburgersommerkurs.wordpress.com
*Call for attendance*
We very much welcome external participants to the Summer School\, though only a limited number of spaces are available. If you would like to participate\, please send a registration email\, attaching (i) a brief CV\, and (ii) a short letter indicating how the course would benefit your work\, to
sommerkurs (at) gmx (dot) de
Registration is open until April 30th\; we will notify applicants by the 10th of May.
We can grant 6 travel bursaries of up to 500&euro\;\, if you would like to apply for one\, please mention so in your application email.
Calls
\nhttps://www.utwente.nl/en/eemcs/fois2024/calls/
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240715T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240716T170000 SUMMARY:Ultimate Reality / Divinity as the Ground: Exploring the Structure of Reality across Eastern and Western Traditions UID:20240319T113014Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Birmingham\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:In recent analytic scholarship\, a significant portion of the research concerning 'because'-statements has revolved around discussions about metaphysical grounding. Theories of grounding\, primarily delving into relations of metaphysical dependence\, offer valuable insights into conceptualizing Ultimate Reality / Divinity. Rather than viewing the Divine / Ultimately Real as an individual being alongside\, and as the cause of other beings\, Ground-of-being theories propose understanding it as the foundation on which every being metaphysically depends. The notion of ground\, along with its associated metaphysical explanatory aspect\, has long been an integral component of cosmological reasoning in East and West. Although the idea of Divinity / Ultimate Reality as the ground is present in Mystical threads of Abrahamic traditions\, it finds substantial sway in Hinduism\, Buddhism\, Daoism\, and Zoroastrianism. Entire schools of thought and practices have emerged from disputes surrounding the fundamental structure of reality in these traditions: The ground of beings has been conceived as necessary or contingent\, foundational or infinite\, definite or indefinite\, effable or ineffable\, and consistent or inconsistent. Thus\, Ground-of-being models of reality can significantly contribute to fostering mutual discussions within the scopes of both Metaphysics and analytic Philosophy of Religion.
\n
Consequently\, we aim to gather scholars in Metaphysics and Philosophy of Religion to promote a fruitful dialogue regarding the structure of reality among Eastern and Western traditions. We enthusiastically welcome interdisciplinary approaches and encourage engaging in discussions that extend beyond the traditional boundaries of philosophical inquiry. The invited speakers are as follows:
·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Graham Priest - CUNY Graduate Centre (Buddhism)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Daniel Nolan - University of Notre Dame (Zoroastrianism)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Jessica Frazier - University of Oxford (Hinduism)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Mohammad Saleh Zarepour - University of Manchester (Islam)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Joshua Sijuwade - London School of Theology (Christianity)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Zishan Khawaja - University of Liverpool (Buddhism)
\nFour additional slots are reserved for submitted papers to apply the recent developments of the Grounding theories to analyze the structure of reality in Eastern or Western traditions. We invite abstracts of up to 500 words. Papers should be suitable for a 30-minute presentation (followed by 15 minutes of discussion). We hope to have some funds for supporting postgraduate students. If you are interested in presenting\, please send your abstract to Mohsen Moghri (m.moghri@bham.ac.uk) by Monday\, April 1.
\nWe plan to begin the workshop around lunchtime on July 15 to allow time for people to travel to Birmingham. The conference is in person and open to all\, but please contact the organizer for registration and further information.
ORGANIZER;CN=Mohsen Moghri: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240719T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240721T170000 SUMMARY:Gösation: 2nd meeting of the Society for Philosophy of Causation UID:20240319T113015Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Georg-August-Universität Göttingen\, Göttingen\, Germany\, 37073 DESCRIPTION:This will be the second meeting of the Society for Philosophy of Causation. It will take place in Gö\;ttingen\, Germany\, on July 19&ndash\;21\, 2024. The first one took place in Kyoto\, Japan\, on June 24&ndash\;26\, 2023 and was a blast. It was widely considered a blast\, and the next one is expected to be too.
ORGANIZER;CN=Tom Wysocki: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20240721T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20240722T170000 SUMMARY:The Metaphysics of Chemistry UID:20240319T113016Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Brussels LOCATION:Place Cardinal Mercier 14\, Louvain-la-Neuve\, Belgium\, B-1348 DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce the first international workshop on the \;Metaphysics of Chemistry\, which is scheduled to take place from \;21-22 July 2024 \;at the Université\; Catholique de Louvain \;(Belgium).
\nAlthough metaphysics of science has enjoyed a renaissance of sorts in recent years\, the metaphysics of chemistry remains largely uncharted and has not received the attention it deserves. This workshop seeks to remedy this situation.
\nThe aim of the workshop is threefold: (1) to reinforce and create new collaborations between scholars in metaphysics of science and philosophy of chemistry\, (2) to provide a forum for the exploration of chemistry&rsquo\;s metaphysics by focusing on the nature of chemical kinds\, chemical laws\, chemical causation\, chemical realism\, and the relation of chemistry to physics and biology\, and (3) to produce the first edited volume\, devoted specifically to the metaphysics of chemistry.
\nWe welcome submissions on any topic in the metaphysics of chemistry. But note that the workshop will be organised around the following five themes: (1) chemical kinds\, (2) chemical laws\, (3) chemical causation\, (4) chemical reduction\, and (5) chemical realism.
ORGANIZER;CN=Pieter Thyssen;CN=Alexandre Guay;CN=Olivier Sartenaer: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240722T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240725T170000 SUMMARY:Social Ontology 2024 UID:20240319T113017Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Durham\, United States DESCRIPTION:About
\nJuly 22-25\, Duke University\, Durham\, North Carolina
\nDeadline for abstracts: January 1\, 2024.
\nSocial Ontology is the internationally leading philosophical and philosophy-related interdisciplinary conference series on social and collective phenomena. Social Ontology 2024 in Durham\, NC \; invites contributions on the nature and existence of social phenomena\, methodological debates about social ontology\, and analyses of collective intentionality and collective responsibility.
\nCall for Abstracts
\nSubmit abstracts\, 300-500 words\, prepared for anonymous review\, by January 1\, 2024.
\nThe presentation at the conference should be 20 mins.
\nThe easy chair link is here: \;https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=isos2024
\nInterdisciplinary contributions are strongly encouraged.
\nTopics include\, but are not limited to\, the following:
\nOrganizers
\nThe International Social Ontology Society and the organizing team consisting of Kevin Richardson and Á\;sta. In case of questions\, feel free to reach out to Kevin Richardson.
\nThe Conference Series
\nThe Social Ontology conferences are held under the auspices of the International Social Ontology Society. Previous events in this series have been held at the Universities of Stockholm\, Basel\, Helsinki\, Konstanz\, Leipzig\, Munich\, Manchester\,Neuchâ\;tel\, Palermo\, Rome\, Rotterdam\, Siena\, and Tampere\, as well as the University of California San Diego and Berkeley\, Delft University of Technology\, Tufts University\, Indiana University\, Bloomington\, and the University of Vienna.
ORGANIZER;CN=Kevin Richardson;CN="Ásta .": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20240811T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20240817T170000 SUMMARY:Facets of Reality UID:20240319T113018Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Kirchberg am Wechsel\, Austria DESCRIPTION:What&rsquo\;s real? What is the totality of reality like? And what does it mean to be real?
Though discussions of these questions have been ubiquitous throughout the history of philosophy\, over the past two decades\, questions about reality have been discussed with new enthusiasm. This conference brings together different contemporary philosophical debates about reality\, addressing foundational issues just as well as applied ones.
SECTIONS:
1. Reality and Cognate Notions
Appearance\, Existence\, Essence\, Reality
2. The Structure of Reality
Dependence\, Grounding\, Fundamentality
3. Acting on Reality
Agency\, Freedom\, Norms
4. Social Reality
Gender\, Race\, Social Construction
5. New Realities
Fictional\, Virtual\, Digital
6. Wittgenstein
LINE UP:
\nIn addition to the keynote speakers listed above\, the line-up comprises: \;Rami Ali\, \;Singa Behrens\, Sarah Bernstein\, Esa Dí\;az-Leó\;n\, \;Matt Dougherty\, Matti Eklund\, Brian Epstein\, \;Maegan Fairchild\, \;Katharina Felka\, Martin Glazier\, Veró\;nica Gó\;mez Sá\;nchez\, Niels de Haan\, Yannic Kappes\, Eve Kitsik\, Jon Litland\, Antonella Mallozzi\, Alyssa Ney\, Daniel Nolan\, Kevin Richardson\, Sonia Roca-Royes\, Erica Shumener\, Olla Solomyak\, \;Anand Vaidya\, Lisa Vogt\, \;Michael Wallner\, Nathan Wildman\, Charlotte Witt.
\nCALL FOR PAPERS:
\nPapers (to section 1&ndash\;6) may be submitted via our online platform until March 31st\, 2024 (The deadline was extended!)
Advanced MA students and early career researchers are especially encouraged to submit a presentation. \;
The conference is the 45th installment of the annual Wittgenstein Symposium\, organized by the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society. However\, only papers submitted for section 6 must engage with Wittgenstein's work. \;
\nInstructions for authors:
ORGANIZER;CN=Asya Passinsky;CN=Julio De Rizzo;CN=Benjamin Schnieder: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240831T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240831T090000 SUMMARY:Reflecting on Free Will: Contemporary Debates in Philosophy UID:20240319T113019Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Belgrade Philosophical Annual
\n\nInstitute for Philosophy\, University of Belgrade
\nISSN: 0353-3891
\nNotes
\nThis special issue of the Belgrade Philosophical Annual (BPA) is devoted to philosophical inquiries into the expansive realm of the free will problem. We invite scholars from diverse philosophical backgrounds to contribute their original work on the multifaceted aspects of free will for potential inclusion in this prestigious issue of BPA. Submissions are encouraged to explore various dimensions of the free will problem\, embracing a broad interpretation of the subject matter. Contributors are invited to delve into the nuances of the free will debate\, offering novel perspectives\, critiques\, and advancements in our understanding of this fundamental philosophical inquiry.
\nInvited Contributions
\nPeter van Inwagen (University of Notre Dame)
\nKeith Lehrer (The University of Arizona)
\nAlfred Mele (Florida State University)
\nSaul Smilansky (University of Haifa)
\nSubmission Deadline
\nAugust 31st 2024
\nAll inquiries can be directed to the managing editor: petar.nurkic@f.bg.ac.rs
\nGeneral Notes
\nSubmitted papers should be prepared for anonymous review. All other relevant information should be sent in a separate document containing the author&rsquo\;s name and affiliation\, the title of the paper\, short abstract of not more than 250 words\, and 4-5 keywords. All documents should be in a *.doc\, *.docx\, or *.pdf format.
\nSubmissions should not be longer than 10000 words\, including notes.
\nOnly those whose submissions have been accepted will receive notifications.
\nBelgrade Philosophical Annual is an open access journal published by the Institute for Philosophy\, University of Belgrade\, committed to the double-blind peer reviewing process. Previous issues of the journal\, including previous special issues with downloadable papers and other relevant information\, can be accessed at www.f.bg.ac.rs/bpa.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20240924T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20240925T170000 SUMMARY:Christian Philosophy facing Naturalism UID:20240319T113020Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:Kraków\, Poland DESCRIPTION:The dispute between naturalism and anti-naturalism has been underway almost since the very beginnings of philosophy. Christian thinkers\, by proclaiming that God as Creator transcends the reality He has created\, and that human beings as persons transcend the material world\, have entered this dispute on the anti-naturalist side. The contemporary dominance in culture of the naturalistic paradigm requires Christian philosophy to reflect on naturalism in the broadest sense (in its various forms)\, together with its conditions and consequences\, and to rethink its relationship to this philosophical tradition. Naturalism rejects the possibility of something existing\, being known\, or being explained that is separate from the material reality given in empirical cognition. Along with this\, it denies human beings transcendence with respect to the natural or social world. In its contemporary iteration\, this tradition appeals to the solutions and methods of domain-specific forms of scientific inquiry\, relying on them for its own authority.
\nFor Christian philosophy\, naturalism represents a powerful challenge. It is possible to see in it a threat to Christian philosophy\, but it is also possible to discern in it an opportunity for a more critical evaluation of Christian philosophy&rsquo\;s previous solutions\, and an opportunity to develop new ones. There is a need for a better understanding of naturalism itself\, as well as of what the various domain-specific sciences (including the natural and social sciences\, as well as the humanities and\, currently\, neuroscientific research in particular) have to say about the world and about human beings. Systematic and historico-philosophical questions equally still call for debate&mdash\;in relation to the centuries-old dispute between naturalism and anti-naturalism\, as well as the changing place of Christian thought within it. In our own time\, one can witness diverse attempts by Christian thinkers both to critically discuss naturalistic positions and to implement naturalistic approaches or solutions within Christian thought itself. Certainly\, the latter cannot ignore the fact that naturalism allows philosophy to maintain cognitive contact with domain specific forms of scientific inquiry.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20240927T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20240928T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop on Truth\, Definability and Quantification into Sentence Position UID:20240319T113021Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Vienna\, Austria DESCRIPTION:Can truth be defined? Frege argued that it couldn't. Ramsey argued that defining it would be easy if only we had an analysis of judgement. Today Horwich claims that truth cannot be defined explicitly because doing so would require quantification into sentence position and such quantification is not coherent. Instead he proposes a &ldquo\;minimal theory&rdquo\; of truth\, which comprises all the unproblematic instances of the equivalence schema. Künne\, by contrast\, argues that quantification into sentence position is coherent and may actually be part of some natural languages. Künne uses such quantification to define truth explicitly:
&forall\;x (x is true iff &exist\;p ((x is the proposition that p) &\; p)). Or in English: a representation (belief\, assertion etc) is true just if things are as it represents them as being. Künne claims also to find this definition in Frank Ramsey&rsquo\;s posthumous work\, which\, as an exegetical claim\, is not uncontroversial.
Is truth definable? Is propositional quantification coherent? Do natural languages involve propositional quantification\, and in what sense? What do the answers to these questions mean for philosophical attempts to define or explain truth? Is truth redundant if explicitly definable? Not redundant if not explicitly definable?
\nThis workshop is supported by the FWF Cluster of Excellence project "Knowledge in Crisis"\, the FWF project "Truth is Grounded in Facts" and the University of Vienna.
ORGANIZER;CN="Max Kölbel";CN=Julio De Rizzo;CN=Benjamin Schnieder: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241024T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241025T170000 SUMMARY:Normative Reasons\, Explanation\, and Grounding UID:20240319T113022Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Universitätsstraße 25\, Bielefeld\, Germany ORGANIZER;CN=Singa Behrens;CN=Benjamin Kiesewetter: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20241203T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20241204T170000 SUMMARY:Salience in Society: The Nature and Ethics of Collective Attention UID:20240319T113023Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Vienna\, Austria DESCRIPTION:Attention is usually thought of as prioritization in the individual mind&mdash\;for example\, selecting an object to act on or centring something in one&rsquo\;s consciousness. But we also need to think about what groups or entire societies attend to\, or neglect. For example\, researchers have observed the &ldquo\;accelerating dynamics of collective attention&rdquo\;\, revealed by content consumption patterns (Lorenz-Spreen et al. 2019). Topics now remain popular for a shorter time&mdash\;our collective attention span seems to be shortening.
\nOne aim of this workshop is to make better sense of what collective attention is and how it relates to individual attention. Is collective attention straightforwardly reducible to trends in individual attention or do we need a more complex story? Do collectives have distinctive attentional resources\, such as shared time\, space\, and funding (Gardiner 2022)?
\nFurthermore\, we are interested in the \;ethics \;of collective attention. What \;should \;be salient to a group\, community\, or society? Does this depend on what the collective&rsquo\;s goals happen to be or do we need a more objective standard? How does the ethics of collective attention relate to the ethics of individual attention? How might the patterns of attention in society be worrisome? For example\, is it a problem that we now hop from one hot topic to another faster than we used to? \;Or is it problematic that we as a society pay attention to some things and not to others?
\nWe are also interested in the \;engineering \;of collective attention. How can we control our collective attentional resources\, so that important and relevant issues and perspectives become and remain salient in society? How to do this in a democratic\, transparent\, and fair way? How to address the worry that some voices are less salient in public deliberation and therefore less able to shape the agenda (Smith and Archer 2020)?
\nWe thus aim to discuss the nature\, ethics\, and engineering of collective attention&mdash\;all broadly construed.
\n\nReferences
\nGardiner\, G. 2022. &ldquo\;Attunement: On the Cognitive Virtues of Attention&rdquo\;. In M. Alfano\, C. Klein\, J. de Ridder (eds.)\, \;Social Virtue Epistemology\, Routledge
\nLorenz-Spreen\, P. et al. 2019. &ldquo\;Accelerating dynamics of collective attention&rdquo\;. \;Nature Communications \;10\,https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09311-w
\nSmith\, L. and A. Archer. 2020. &ldquo\;Epistemic Injustice and the Attention Economy&rdquo\;. \;Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 23\,https://doi.org/10.1007/s10677-020-10123-x
ORGANIZER;CN=Eve Kitsik;CN=Katharine Browne;CN=Sebastian Watzl: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T112936Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20300531T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20300531T090000 SUMMARY:Phenomenologies of Religious Experience UID:20240319T113024Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 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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