This series was prompted by a recent wave of fascinating new work on the topic of representations. We are honored and happy that so many authors agreed to participate and we hope to provide a platform for further interdisciplinary discussion. Most papers are already available and you can find links here: \;https://www.pe.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/philosophie/ii/bewusstsein/lehre.html.en \;
Schedule
22 April\, \;Rosa Cao \;(Stanford): The Scientist in the Machine \;(paper forthcoming)
29 April\, \;Ken Aizawa \;(Rutgers): \;The Evidence for Representation \;
06 May\, \;Corey Maley \;(Purdue): \;Structural Representation is Analog Representation
13 May\, \;Kevin J. Mitchell \;(Dublin): \;The Origins of Meaning: From Pragmatic Control Signals to Semantic Representation
20 May\, \;Eric Hochstein \;(Victoria\, Canada)): \;Neural Representations as Scientific Posits and Metaphysical Entities
10 June\, \;Manolo Martí\;nez \;(Barcelona): \;The Information-Processing Perspective on Representation
17 June\, \;John Krakauer \;(Johns Hopkins/Champalimaud Foundation) &\; \;Bill Ramsey \;(Nevada\, Las Vegas): \;Mental Representation without Neural Representation
24 June\, \;Nina Poth \;(Radboud\, Nijmegen) &\; \;Annika Schuster \;(Dortmund): \;Mental\, Scientific\, and Artificial Representations
01 July\, \;Lotem Elber-Dorozko \;(Jerusalem) &\; \;Devin Gouvê\;a \;(Holy Cross): \;"Neural Representation" is not a Defective Concept
08 July\, \;Zina B. Ward \;(Florida State): \;Directive Representation and the Job Description Challenge
15 July\, \;Krzysztof Dolega \;(Ruhr-University Bochum): The Gloss on the Machine: Egan's Representations in Mechanistic Explanation \;(paper forthcoming)
All sessions will be on Zoom:
https://ruhr-uni-bochum.zoom-x.de/j/64692924755?pwd=803uh1OEPBkBrEONeL87zJFudGjlw7.1 \; \;
Meeting-ID: 646 9292 4755 | Passwort: 531564
Everybody interested is welcome!
This workshop focuses on the philosophical investigation of the mind&ndash\;body problem\, tracing its historical development and examining contemporary frameworks such as physicalism\, dualism\, and panpsychism. Through contributions from leading international scholars\, the event aims to foster new directions of research on consciousness\, mental causation\, and subjective experience.
\nThe link for remote attendance is the following: \;
\nhttps://teams.microsoft.com/meet/348325463328684?p=XmCMZKUVjnFPnVTmaN
\nID meeting on Teams:
\n348 325 463 328 684
\nPasscode:
\n2ch7Ct6H
ORGANIZER;CN=Sabrina Conforti;CN="Raúl Garcia Balestena": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260526T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260530T170000 SUMMARY:New Perspectives in Philosophy of Psychiatry (AAPP 2025/ VMST-14) UID:20260614T084938Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:University of Texas at Dallas\, Richardson\, United States\, 75080 DESCRIPTION:This is a joint conference co-sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry (AAPP) and the Center for Values in Medicine\, Science\, and Technology (CVMST) at UT Dallas. The topic of the conference is New Perspectives in Philosophy of Psychiatry\, although presentations on any topic in philosophy of psychiatry are welcome.
ORGANIZER;CN=Jonathan Y. Tsou;CN=Robyn Bluhm;CN="Şerife Tekin";CN=Peter Zachar;CN=John Sadler: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260528T163000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260528T180000 SUMMARY:Online Inner Speech Colloquium - Gary Lupyan UID:20260614T084939Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:We are happy to announce that the first installment of this year's inner speech series will take place \;on May \;28th\, with Gary Lupyan \;(University of Wisconsin-Madison) as our speaker. He will be giving a talk titled: "Do thoughts have a format?". \;Further information and the abstract can be found below.
\nDate &\; Time: 28-05-25\, 16:30-18:00 CEST
\nLink: \; https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/345014069399153?p=RWDfS3OrNuOdEmFgGE
\nAbstract
\nPeople vary substantially in how they describe their thoughts: many report near-constant inner monologue and vivid visual imagery\; some report sporadic and condensed inner speech\; others report a near-absence of inner speech\, often coupled with little visual imagery and claims of &ldquo\;thinking in concepts.&rdquo\; I will first address the possibility that these reports are mere confabulations\, and argue that although it is possible to be wrong about one&rsquo\;s own subjective experience\, there is good reason to think these differences are real\, as evidenced by the internal reliability and predictive validity of people&rsquo\;s reports. I will then consider whether people think in different representational formats\, and make an initial case that while thoughts have conceptual roles\, the question of their representational format may be a category error.
\nIf you would like to subscribe to (or unsubscribe from) the mailing list\, please contact:jonida.kodra@uni-osnabrueck.de.
\nWe hope to see many of you there!
\nBest regards\,
\nJonida Kodra\, Daniel Mü\;ller and Mathijs Geurts (University of Osnabrü\;ck and Paris Lodron \;University Salzburg)
ORGANIZER;CN=Mathijs Geurts;CN="Daniel Lennart Müller";CN=Jonida Kodra: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260528T163000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260924T170000 SUMMARY:Inner Speech Colloquium UID:20260614T084940Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:We are happy to announce another season of the online Inner Speech colloquium starting next month\, with a new list of speakers: \;
\n- May 28th - Gary Lupyan (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
\n- June 25th - \;Kasia Jaszczolt (University of Cambridge)
\n- July 16th - \;Romain Bourdoncle (Collè\;ge de France) &\; Axel Baptista (Institut Jean Nicod)
\n- August 20th - Aleksandr Fadeev (University of Leuven)
\n- September 24th - Keith Frankish (University of Sheffield) \;
\nTimes are all 16:30 CEST
\nMore info about the first talk coming soon. We hope to see many of you there next month! For more information or to subscribe to the mailing list\, contact: jonida.kodra@uni-osnabrueck.de
\nBest regards\,
\nJonida Kodra\, Daniel Mü\;ller and Mathijs Geurts (University of Osnabrü\;ck and \;University of Salzburg)
ORGANIZER;CN=Jonida Kodra;CN=Mathijs Geurts;CN="Daniel Lennart Müller": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20260531T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20260601T170000 SUMMARY:Conceptualising the Self UID:20260614T084941Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Bucharest LOCATION:Splaiul Independentei nr. 204\, Bucharest\, Romania DESCRIPTION:New approaches and advances in philosophy\, psychology\, neuroscience\, and rising interest and development in alternative views regarding the concept of self\, gave rise to novel discussions and debates about what constitutes the self\, or even if there is such a &ldquo\;thing&rdquo\; as a self. Therefore\, Conceptualising the Self aims to bring together researchers working in fields such as (but not limited to): philosophy\, cognitive science\, psychology\, neuroscience\, sociology\, anthropology\, in order further our understanding and promote interdisciplinary dialogue concerning novel developments that have implications for how the self is conceived.
\nWe encourage contributions addressing the following questions:
\nIf you want to attend the event may register at the ubphilosophymasters@gmail.com (or by RSVP here on PhilEvents) on or before the 31st of May in order to receive the Zoom connection details if you want to attend online.
\nThe conference will take place on May 31st and July 1st in Bucharest\, Romania. It will have a mixed format\, in that speakers may choose whether they present online only or face to face at the event's location (if so\, their session will enjoy a live audience\, but it will also be streamed to remote participants).
ORGANIZER;CN=Daniel Cristian Stancu;CN=Sandra-Catalina Branzaru: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260531T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260531T090000 SUMMARY:Arkete: War: Ethics\, Neurobiology and Philosophy UID:20260614T084942Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Arkete. Rivista di studi filosofici Special Issue 2025
\nCall for Papers - \; War: Between Ethics\, Neurobiology and Philosophy
\nEditors:
Mariano Bianca (University of Siena\, Italy)
Inna Golubovych (Odesa I.I. Mechnikov National University\, Ukraine)
\nPaolo Piccari (University of Siena\, Italy)
\nPhilosophical reflection on war has traditionally developed within the domains of political theory and moral philosophy. Yet contemporary debates increasingly show that war cannot be fully understood solely as a historical or institutional phenomenon. Advances in neuroscience\, cognitive science\, and philosophical anthropology have brought renewed attention to the cognitive\, emotional\, and biological dimensions of conflict\, raising fundamental questions about the relation between human nature\, normativity\, and violence.
\nThe experience of war appears simultaneously as a moral problem\, a social practice\, and a manifestation of deep structures of human cognition and affectivity. Neurobiological research on aggression\, fear\, empathy\, and group dynamics suggests that conflict may involve mechanisms rooted in evolutionary processes and neural architectures\, while ethical reflection continues to interrogate responsibility\, justification\, and the limits of violence. At the same time\, philosophy is called to clarify the conceptual frameworks through which war is interpreted &mdash\; whether as an accidental product of historical circumstances or as a structural possibility inscribed in human forms of life.
\nThis special issue aims to gather contributions that explore war as a multidimensional phenomenon located at the intersection of ethics\, neurobiology\, and philosophical inquiry. Particular attention will be devoted to analyses that investigate how cognitive structures\, affective dispositions\, and normative systems interact in shaping both the reality and the representation of conflict.
\nContributions may address questions such as the ethical justification or critique of war\, the neurobiological bases of aggression and cooperation\, the role of emotions and perception in conflict situations\, the construction of enemy images\, the epistemic and normative dimensions of propaganda\, the phenomenology of violence\, or the philosophical-anthropological significance of war within human history. Interdisciplinary approaches that preserve a strong philosophical orientation are especially encouraged.
\nTopics areas
\nContributions may address\, but are not limited to\, the following topics:
\nEthical theories of war and peace (just war theory\, pacifism\, realism)
\nNeurobiological foundations of aggression and cooperation
\nMoral emotions and conflict (fear\, anger\, empathy\, hatred)
\nCognitive and perceptual structures involved in violence
\nGroup identity\, ideology\, and in-group/out-group dynamics
\nRepresentation and construction of the enemy
\nPropaganda\, misinformation\, and epistemic distortion in wartime
\nResponsibility\, agency\, and collective violence
\nPhenomenology of violence and lived experience of war
\nTrauma\, memory\, and narrative identity
\nPhilosophical anthropology and the ontology of conflict
\nWar\, technology\, and transformations of human cognition
\nNormativity and moral limits of violence
\nInterdisciplinary approaches that preserve a strong philosophical orientation are especially encouraged.es
\nSubmission Guidelines
\nSubmissions must be original and unpublished\, written in English or Italian\, and formatted according to the journal&rsquo\;s editorial guidelines. All manuscripts will undergo double-blind peer review.
\nThe 2025 issue of Arkete will be dedicated to these questions. The volume will include articles selected through this Call for Papers as well as invited contributions by national and international scholars.
\nAll submissions must be sent no later than 31 May 2026 to the Editors at:
\nmariano.bianca@unisi.it
piccari@unisi.it
Manuscripts must conform to the editorial guidelines available at:
https://www.arkete.it
Accepted languages: English and Italian.
\nMaximum length: 40\,000 characters (including spaces\, footnotes\, references\, and abstract).
\nEach submission must include:
\nan abstract (max. 150 words\, in English)
\n5&ndash\;6 keywords (in English)
\nthe anonymised manuscript prepared for blind review
\nIn a separate file attached to the same email\, authors must provide:
\nname and surname
\ninstitutional affiliation
\nemail address
\ntitle of the paper
\nabstract and keywords
\nThe Faces of Subjectivity workshop will take place in Prague\, on \;September 10-12\, 2026. The workshop is part of the \;Monism and the Subjectivity Challenge \;research project\, co-hosted at the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences and at the Faculty of Arts\, Charles University\, and funded by the Czech Science Foundation (GAČR). The workshop will focus on the topic of inner awareness in the context of monistic theories of phenomenal consciousness. Our keynote speakers will be:
\nKeynote speakers: \;
\nRobert J. Howell (Rice University)
\nAnna Giustina (University of Valencia)
\nSam Coleman (Birkbeck College\, University of London)
\nWhile the debate about phenomenal consciousness so far has mainly focused on the nature of the qualitative features one encounters in being conscious (e.g. the bitterness of espresso\, the feel of mental effort\, etc.)\, our workshop will focus on the nature of this encounter itself\, i.e. of the special &lsquo\;inner&rsquo\; awareness (Brentano\, Kriegel) one seems to be afforded of one&rsquo\;s own qualitative states\, due to which these states are &lsquo\;for&rsquo\; their subject\, instantiating what Joseph Levine has called &lsquo\;subjectivity&rsquo\;. Since it&rsquo\;s unclear whether and how this subjectivity of conscious states can be accounted for reductively\, we view its existence as an important challenge for the main forms of monism\, i.e. physicalism and Russellian monism. The aim of our workshop is to bring together leading thinkers working on inner\, or &lsquo\;subjective&rsquo\;\, awareness\, with those who defend various forms of monism\, and address the &lsquo\;subjectivity challenge&rsquo\; in a systematic manner\, examining its viability and significance in the broader context of consciousness studies.
\nWe aim to examine the following questions\, among others:
\nPresentations on other\, closely related topics are also welcome. The workshop is intended to be \;in-person \;and discussion-oriented &ndash\; presenters of contributed papers are given time slots of 45 minutes (including discussion). \;The workshop will result in an edited volume published with an international publisher\, featuring\, in particular\, the contributions of the keynote speakers\, as well as papers by other participants and by experts in the field.
\nIf you&rsquo\;re interested in participating in the workshop\, please send an anonymized \;700-word abstract \;of your paper to \;subjectivity@flu.cas.cz \;by the end of May 2026. (This e-mail address can also be used for enquiries regarding the workshop).
\nNotifications of acceptance: June 20th 2026.
\nThere is \;no registration fee \;for the workshop.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260601T103000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260601T120000 SUMMARY:Talking to Myself: AI and Diachronicity UID:20260614T084944Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Australia/Melbourne LOCATION:Deakin Downtown\, Melbourne\, Australia\, 3008 DESCRIPTION:Title: Talking to Myself: AI and Diachronicity
\nAbstract: In 2023 artist/scientist Michelle Huang fed selections from her childhood diaries to GPT-3\, creating a chatbot version of her younger self with whom she had an extensive conversation. In this talk\, I reflect on Huang&rsquo\;s experiment as a jumping off point for thinking about diachronic self-experience. I identify two distinct goals Huang describes for this conversation\, determining what her younger self would think of how her life turned out and furthering her &ldquo\;inner child&rdquo\; work\, and argue that these goals presuppose very different views of our sense of self-in-time. Both views are widespread in philosophy and in everyday thought. I consider what the fact that both seem so well-entrenched suggests for our diachronic nature\, sketching a view according to which our characteristic sense of self-in-time derives from our ongoing negotiation of these two different forms of self-understanding. Although these conclusions do not rest directly on use of technology in Huang&rsquo\;s conversation\, the role played by AI makes the conclusions I draw easier to see and adds some new wrinkles.
\nBio: Marya Schechtman is Chair and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Illinois Chicago\, where she is also an affiliate of the Laboratory of Integrative Neuroscience. She is the author of The Constitution of Selves (Cornell\, 1996)\, Staying Alive: Personal Identity and the Unity of a Life (Oxford\, 2014)\, and The Self\, A Very Short Introduction (Oxford\, 2024) as well as numerous articles on personal identity and the self. \;
\nZoom Link: \;https://deakin.zoom.us/j/87022307848?pwd=qE9pRvjtQab9iWii0MyDewMFlAh8xd.1
\nMeeting ID: 870 2230 7848 // \;Password: 14757978
ORGANIZER;CN=Patrick Stokes: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260601T050000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260601T050000 SUMMARY:Synthese Topical Collection on Neuroscience and Its Philosophy UID:20260614T084945Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/Toronto DESCRIPTION:New due date: June 1\, 2026
\nThe journal Synthese publishes a Topical Collection on Neuroscience and Its Philosophy. In recent years\, this has been perhaps the highest profile venue explicitly devoted to articles in the philosophy of neuroscience.
\nAnyone can submit their paper. Papers are processed\, accepted\, and published on an ongoing basis. There is no real deadline.
\nAnyone doing good work in the philosophy of neuroscience is invited to submit their papers to Synthese's Topical Collection on Neuroscience and Its Philosophy. An explicit option Neuroscience and Its Philosophy is available in Editorial Manager (Synthese's online submission system).
\nContact:
\nGualtiero Piccinini (piccininig@missouri.edu)
\nhttp://link.springer.com/journal/11229
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260601T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260601T090000 SUMMARY:"After “Consciousness”: Conceptual Engineering for AI\, Mind\, and Moral Standing" (Special Issue\, Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy) UID:20260614T084946Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers \;&ndash\; Special Issue of:
\nInquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy
\nAfter &ldquo\;Consciousness&rdquo\;: Conceptual Engineering for AI\, Mind\, and Moral Standing
\nSubmission deadline: June 1 2026 \;
\n---
\nInquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy \;invites submissions for a Special Issue on the metaphysics and individuation of artificial systems\, edited by \;Herman Cappelen \;and \;John Hawthorne.
\nOverview
\nWhat happens if we deliberately set aside the term &ldquo\;consciousness&rdquo\; in our thinking about AI&mdash\;and explore what grows in the conceptual space it used to occupy?
\nThis special issue treats that question as a structured experiment in conceptual engineering. Debates about AI and &ldquo\;consciousness&rdquo\; often generate verbal dispute without clear payoffs: the term may be defective\, culturally parochial\, or weakly connected to what ethically and politically matters. Meanwhile\, scientific and computational work (e.g.\, global workspace models\, higher-order approaches\, predictive processing\, recurrent processing\, IIT\, attention schema theory) can proceed by specifying mechanisms and capacities with or without &ldquo\;consciousness&rdquo\;-talk.
\nWe invite contributions that (i) assess whether &ldquo\;consciousness&rdquo\; should be abandoned\, quarantined\, or deflated in AI discourse\, (ii) articulate and evaluate replacement vocabularies (scientific\, philosophical\, normative)\, and (iii) develop genuinely non-anthropocentric or AI-specific concepts for theory\, practice\, and governance. Comparative work drawing on non-Western conceptual resources is especially welcome\, alongside careful attention to translation hazards and the politics of conceptual choice.
\nGuiding questions
\nFoundations: Should we stop using &ldquo\;consciousness&rdquo\; in AI discourse\, and with what scope (AI only\, or more broadly)? What about neighboring terms (sentience\, subjectivity\, awareness\, experience)?
\nReplacement: What counts as a replacement vocabulary&mdash\;must it target the same phenomena\, or may it re-carve the territory? What distinguishes replacement from changing the subject?
\nAlien concepts: Which AI-relevant properties lack human analogs\, and how should we name and measure them without anthropomorphism?
\nTraditions &\; translation: What do non-Western frameworks make salient\, and what are the risks of importing new defective concepts or political exclusions?
\nSuggested topics (illustrative)
\nConcept-defect arguments\; illusionism and its implications for AI
\nWhat actually matters for ethics/governance without the &ldquo\;C-question&rdquo\; (deception\, trust\, welfare-relevant patterns\, moral standing)
\nMechanistic vocabularies without label competition (broadcast/gating\, meta-representation and calibration\, feedback depth/error-correction\, etc.)
\nPhilosophy of AI mind and language without the &ldquo\;C-detour&rdquo\; (speech acts\, intentions\, representation\, agency)
\nReference and measurement for novel AI properties\; operationalization for policy
\nAnthropomorphism and &ldquo\;hidden humanism&rdquo\; in seemingly neutral terms
\nBuddhist\, Confucian\, Daoist\, Vedantic\, Indigenous (and other) resources\; translation hazards\; power and politics of conceptual choice
\nSubmission details
\nQueries
For questions regarding the Special Issue\, please contact: \;inquiryeditorial@gmail.com
The idea that the brain performs computations is widely accepted in cognitive science and computational neuroscience. However\, it is becoming increasingly clear that neural computation differs fundamentally from classical computation. Key aspects of what it means to compute in a neural context are under debate. For example\, to what extent is neural computation medium-independent\, or is it tied to the biological substrate of the brain? What is the status of deep learning models in computational neuroscience? What kind of models are they&mdash\;engineering or scientific&mdash\;and how do they explain neural phenomena? How does neural computation relate to\, or differ from\, analog and digital computation as understood in traditional computer science? This workshop brings together philosophers and researchers from other fields to address these questions and develop a clearer understanding of computation in neural systems.
ORGANIZER;CN=Tobias Schlicht;CN=Nikola Kompa;CN=Johannes Brinz: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20260606T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20260607T170000 SUMMARY:International Interdisciplinary Conference of Psychedelic Studies UID:20260614T084948Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Bucharest LOCATION:Splaiul Independențeii\, nr. 204\, Bucharest\, Romania DESCRIPTION:The &ldquo\;International Interdisciplinary Conference of Psychedelic Studies&rdquo\;\, organized by drd. Raluca Bilașco-Rusu and drd. Ștefăniță Manea\, Doctoral School of Philosophy\, Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Bucharest (Department of Theoretical Philosophy)\, brings together students\, professionals and researchers in philosophy of mind\, phenomenology\, neuroscience\, psychiatry and cognitive science to engage in rigorous scholarly dialogue on certain psychedelic substances and their significance for mind\, medicine\, and culture.
\nThe conference offers a genuinely interdisciplinary space &mdash\; one in which phenomenological analysis\, neurophilosophical modelling\, empirical clinical findings\, and questions of ethics and policy are held in productive tension. Presentations will span philosophy of mind\, phenomenology\, psychiatry\, cognitive science\, neuroscience\, and the ethics of psychedelic research.
\nThe event will take place on \;June 6th - 7th\, 2026. Regular presentations will be 20 minutes in length\, followed by 10-minute Q&\;A sessions. Keynote lectures will be 45 minutes followed by a 15-minute discussion period. The conference will adopt a hybrid format: presenters may choose to participate in person or via live stream\, and all sessions will be available to remote attendees.
\nWe encourage BA\, MA and PhD students\, as well as early PhDs\, postdocs and researchers\, to contribute with research abstracts related to the event's topic areas. Abstracts should be written in English and should not exceed 300 words. Abstracts will receive full consideration if submitted before May 20th\, 2026 at \;confpsych2026@gmail.com \;Word or PDF attachments preferred\, with the message titled "abstract submission".
\nAll submissions will undergo a process of blind peer review. (Please write your identifying details in the body of the email\, and leave the attached abstract anonymized.) We intend notifications of acceptance to be sent out on or before June 1st\, 2026. The conference programme will be announced as soon as review is completed. For any questions\, please don't hesitate to email \;confpsych2026@gmail.com.
\nThematic Areas
\nThe conference welcomes contributions across the following domains:
\nPanel Topics &\; Guiding Questions
\nKeynote Speakers
\nKarl Friston ·\; University College London One of the most cited neuroscientists in the world\, Karl Friston is the originator of the free energy principle and active inference framework &mdash\; among the most influential theoretical contributions to contemporary neuroscience and philosophy of mind. His work offers a unified account of perception\, action\, and consciousness grounded in Bayesian brain theory\, and has become central to current debates on the mechanisms underlying psychedelic states\, including the REBUS model developed with Robin Carhart-Harris. \;
\nPeter Sjö\;stedt-Hughes ·\; University of Exeter Dr Peter Sjö\;stedt-Hughes is a Philosopher of Mind and Metaphysics who specializes in the thought of Whitehead\, Spinoza\, Nietzsche\, and Bergson&mdash\;and in fields pertaining to panpsychism\, pantheism\, mental causation\, and altered states of consciousness. He is a lecturer at The University of Exeter where he is a lead on the new MSc in Psychedelics: Mind\, Medicine\, and Culture. Peter is co-director of Europe&rsquo\;s largest psychedelics conference\, Breaking Convention\, and is on the board of breathwork charity Dreamshadow. He is a member of the drugs advisory committee group\, DrugScience\, he is on the advisory board of the Tyringham Institute\, and is on the team of the established UK independent publisher\, Psychedelic Press. Peter is the author of Noumenautics (2015)\, Modes of Sentience (2021)\, co-editor and contributor of Bloomsbury&rsquo\;s Philosophy and Psychedelics (2022)\, the TEDx Talker on &lsquo\;psychedelics and consciousness&rsquo\;. \;
\nDavid Luke ·\; University of Greenwich Associate Professor in Psychology at the University of Greenwich and co-founder of the Breaking Convention conference\, David Luke is one of the foremost researchers on the psychology and phenomenology of anomalous experiences induced by psychedelic substances. His work spans transpersonal psychology\, parapsychology\, and the anthropology of altered states\, with particular attention to DMT\, entity encounters\, and the broader question of what radically non-ordinary experiences reveal about the nature of mind and reality. He is the editor of DMT Entity Encounters and Otherworlds: Psychedelics and Exceptional Human Experience\, and brings to the conference a rare combination of rigorous empirical inquiry and genuine openness to the most challenging implications of psychedelic phenomenology.
\n ORGANIZER;CN="Raluca Bilașco Rusu";CN="Ștefăniță Manea": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260608T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260610T170000 SUMMARY:C-test Workshop UID:20260614T084949Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Recent advances in artificial intelligence\, animal sentience\, and brain organoid research have brought the question of how to detect consciousness to the forefront. Determining whether animals\, machines\, or other systems are conscious has major scientific and practical implications\, influencing ethical decision-making and policy. One promising approach to this challenge is the development of consciousness tests (C-tests)\, empirically grounded methods for detecting consciousness across diverse populations. Importantly\, C-tests are not necessarily grounded in theories of consciousness\, which are still &ldquo\;works in progress&rdquo\; and therefore not sufficiently robust to support secure ascriptions of consciousness. C-tests\, instead\, offer a data-driven methodology for navigating the uncertainty surrounding consciousness attributions and thus promise to be useful and effective even in the context of vast theoretical disagreement in consciousness science. \;
\nBut how do C-tests work? How are they validated? Can they be successfully applied to heterogeneous populations? The goal of this workshop is to survey and critically assess the current state of the art regarding C-tests. While a growing number of proposals have been developed&mdash\;drawing on behavioral\, cognitive\, and neurophysiological indicators&mdash\;there has been relatively little systematic discussion of how these tests relate to one another or what standards they should satisfy. The workshop will therefore bring together researchers from multiple disciplines to examine existing approaches\, discuss desiderata for robust C-tests\, explore novel research programs\, and investigate possible synergies between different methods. At the same time\, we aim to foster critical discussion of key challenges\, including conceptual ambiguities related to construct validity\, risks of anthropocentric bias\, and difficulties in validating C-tests independently of theories of consciousness.
\nThe workshop will cover a broad range of topics reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of C-test research. Contributions will address conceptual\, methodological\, empirical\, and practical issues. Discussions will focus on different target systems\, including non-human animals\, artificial intelligence systems\, and brain organoids. By bringing together perspectives from philosophy\, neuroscience\, psychology\, and AI\, the workshop aims to clarify the emerging landscape of C-tests and stimulate new directions for research.
\nDate: June 8 &ndash\; 10\, 2026
Time: 10:00 &ndash\; 21:30 CET
Location: \; \;BAM&Xi\;\, University of Bamberg &\; Online\, Zoom
This workshop is part of BAM&Xi\;'s AI Consciousness Sprint.
Register here: \;https://www.uni-bamberg.de/en/bamxi/research-activities/ai-consciousness-sprint/c-tests-workshop/#c715047
University of Missouri 2026 Virtual Summer School on the Foundations of the Mind Sciences
\nWe are pleased to announce the University of Missouri 2026 Virtual Summer School on the Foundations of the Mind Sciences\, sponsored by the Florence G. Kline Chair in Philosophy and directed by Gualtiero Piccinini. This program brings together leading researchers to provide advanced training on the state of the art.
\nAccepted participants will attend for free via Zoom.
\nParticipants will pursue their own research project and do some readings before each session. They will engage directly with the speakers and each other through lectures and discussions. Applicants with particularly strong research proposals may be selected to receive feedback on their projects from faculty.
\nWe welcome applications from advanced graduate students\, postdoctoral researchers\, and early-career scholars working on foundational topics in the mind sciences (such as linguistics\, neuroscience\, and psychology). Philosophers are especially welcome to apply\; applicants from other disciplines may be accepted in exceptional cases.
\nDaily Schedule: Sessions will be held during 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT (UTC-5)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; 9-9:30 Welcome and Introduction
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; 9:30-10:15 Guest Presentation (except for PGS who will join around 9)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; 10:15-11:30 Discussion/Q&\;A with the Guest Presenter
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; 11:30-12:00 Closing Remarks
\nSpeaker Schedule: (with guest presenters joining the session 9:30-11:30 am CDT (UTC-5)\, except for PGS who will join the session around 9 am):
\nApplication Requirements:
Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae\, a summary of their research project (max 750 words)\, and a statement of how the summer school will benefit them (max one paragraph). Priority will be given to research proposals on topics in the foundations of the mind sciences.
Application Deadline: January 15th\, 2026
Submission Email: lngmnp@missouri.edu
We look forward to your applications!
\nThank you\,
Lauren Graf
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Missouri-Columbia
Lngmnp@missouri.edu
STP 2026 Conference &ndash\; &ldquo\;Theorizing in Dark Times &ndash\; Art\, Narrative\, Politics&rdquo\;
\nJune 8 &ndash\; June 12\, 2026
\nPratt Institute\, Brooklyn\, NY\, USA
\nwww.pratt.edu/ISTP-2026
\nCALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
\nThe International Society for Theoretical Psychology (ISTP\, www.istpsychology.org) will host its 2026 conference at Pratt Institute&rsquo\;s Brooklyn\, New York Campus\, which is located on Lenapehoking\, the traditional and unceded homeland of the Lenape people\, past\, present\, and future.
\nThe conference theme &ldquo\;Theorizing in Dark Times &ndash\; Art\, Narrative\, Politics&rdquo\; invites scholars\, artists\, and practitioners to critically reflect on the ways in which theory operates not only as an intellectual tool but as a form of political engagement.
\nAt the heart of the conference lies the question: What is the role of theory in dark times? Theoretical psychology has long sought to understand the human condition\, yet in moments of global crisis\, theory itself becomes a site of political resistance. The conference will examine how theory functions as a political force\, shaping narratives of power\, ideology\, and agency. It will address the political implications of psychological theory\, asking how psychological concepts\, often regarded as neutral or apolitical\, become entangled with broader social and political dynamics.
\nThe conference will also provide the room to explore how the arts\, through their ability to create alternative narratives and question existing power structures\, play a pivotal role in advancing theoretical inquiry in times of crisis. Art\, in this context\, is not merely reflective\; it is transformative\, offering new ways to theorize human experience and political realities.
\nWe warmly invite scholars from theoretical psychology and neighboring disciplines&mdash\;philosophy\, sociology\, anthropology\, literature\, the arts\, and beyond&mdash\;to submit their contributions and join us at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn\, New York\, from June 8 to June 12\, 2026. Whether through theoretical reflection\, conceptual analyses\, or creative interventions\, we seek diverse perspectives that critically engage with the conference theme. Contributions beyond the conference theme are also welcome. Submit here: www.pratt.edu/ISTP-2026. The deadline is December 10\, 2025.
\n&mdash\;&mdash\;&mdash\;&mdash\;&mdash\;&mdash\;
\nThe Conference Registration Opens September 2025
\nRegistration Fees: Regular $630/ISTP Member $570/Reduced $310
\nPratt Institute provides affordable accommodations: Single: $135 first night\, $65 each additional night/Full conference stay $510/ Double accommodation: $125 first night\, $55 each additional night/Full conference stay $400 per person.
\nWebsite: www.pratt.edu/ISTP-2026
\nContact: istp-2026@pratt.edu
ORGANIZER;CN=Martin Dege: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260610T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260611T170000 SUMMARY:Everyday Diversity Project UID:20260614T084952Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Woodhouse Lane\, Leeds\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:What happens when philosophy of mind takes everyday mental diversity seriously? The \;Everyday Diversity Project is putting on an interdisciplinary workshop \;bringing together \;philosophers\, psychologists\, and allied researchers \;to explore the conceptual and methodological implications of natural variation in human mentality. We&rsquo\;re interested not only in recognised forms of neurodiversity (e.g. autism\, ADHD)\, but also in the \;vast spectrum of differences \;in how people think\, feel\, reason\, perceive\, and experience themselves. \;
\n***
\nSCHEDULE
\nWednesday 10th June
\n11.15-11.45 Lé\;a Salje (Leeds)
\n11.50-12.50 Raamy Majeed (Manchester)
\n1.50-2.50 Silvia Castellano (Salford)
\n3.20-4.20 Georgie Brighouse (Liverpool)
\n4.30-5.30 Giulia Martina (Nottingham)
\nThursday 11th June
\n9.30-10.30 Juha Saatsi (Leeds)
\n10.50-11.50 Max Jones (Bristol)
\n12-1 Sena Dokmeci (Salford)
\n1-3 lunch/open discussion
\n***
\nThere is no registration fee for this event\, but if you would like to come along please let us know at everydaydiversityproject@gmail.com by 20th May. Room information will be emailed to those who have registered nearer the time.
ORGANIZER;CN=Lea Salje;CN=Heather Logue;CN=Laura Gow: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260610T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260612T170000 SUMMARY:Fiction and Lies: the ASIFF/SIRFF Fourth International Congress UID:20260614T084953Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Edinburgh\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:This three-day international conference aims to explore the relationship between fiction and lies from a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives\, including philosophy\, literary history and theory\, narratology\, film and media studies\, psychology and cognitive science. \;
\nThe keynote speakers are Eileen John (Philosophy\, Warwick) and Pierre Bayard (Literature\, Université\; Paris 8 - Saint-Denis). The full programme is available on the conference web page: https://fictionstudies.org/?p=index&\;art_ID=420.
\nRegistration is £\;50 for staff\, £\;15 for students\, except for those at Scottish universities. This includes lunch on all three days.
\nFunding from the Scots Philosophical Association means that staff (including emeritus) and students from Scottish universities attending the conference can have their fees waived. Please email fictionlies2026@gmail.com from your institutional address to request a password before registering. We encourage you to join the ASIFF/SIRFF for other benefits.
\nAll other delegates must be members of ASIFF/SIRFF. If you are not yet a member\, please go to https://fictionstudies.org/?index&\;art_ID=333 and follow the instructions. Membership status will be checked against registration.
\nThere will also be an optional conference dinner. Please go to the conference web page for more information: https://fictionstudies.org/?p=index&\;art_ID=420.
ORGANIZER;CN=Stacie Friend: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260610T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260612T170000 SUMMARY:Experiments in Linguistic Meaning 4 UID:20260614T084954Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Philadelphia\, United States\, 19143 DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers: Experiments in Linguistic Meaning (ELM) 4
\nJune 10-12 2026\, \;University of Pennsylvania
\nOrganizers: \;Paloma Jeretič\, Anna Papafragou\, and Florian Schwarz
\nEmail: \;organizers@elm-conference.net
\nWe are excited to announce the fourth Experiments in Linguistic Meaning (ELM) conference to be hosted by the University of Pennsylvania on June 10-12\, 2026. The conference is dedicated to the experimental study of linguistic meaning broadly construed\, with a focus on theoretical issues in semantics and pragmatics\, their interplay with other components of the grammar\, their relation to language processing and acquisition\, as well as their connections to human cognition and computation. We aim to include representation of linguistic\, psychological\, logical\, philosophical\, social\, developmental\, computational\, as well as cross-linguistic and cross-cultural perspectives.
\nInvited speakers:
\nJennifer Culbertson\, University of Edinburgh
\nEllen Lau\, University of Maryland
\nKyle Rawlins\, Johns Hopkins University
\nInvited Online Symposium on Modality in language and cognition:
\nNicolò\; Cesana-Arlotti\, Yale University
WooJin Chung\, Seoul National University
Valentine Hacquard\, University of Maryland
The experimental study of meaning in language draws on a broad spectrum of disciplines\, topics\, and methodologies\, and ELM reflects this diversity in its scope. The biennial ELM conference aims to foster the interdisciplinary study of meaning\, and to provide a home for a community of scholars that might not meet and interact with each other with regularity in other contexts. We encourage researchers from around the world to submit their recent work to ELM 4\, and to attend in order to discuss the latest theories and data in the cognitive science of meaning broadly construed.
\nThe University of Pennsylvania is home to a vibrant interdisciplinary community that studies language and meaning across several departments. ELM acknowledges support from \;mindCORE\, Penn&rsquo\;s hub for the integrative study of \;the mind\; Penn&rsquo\;s \;Department of Linguistics\; and the \;University Research Foundation.
\nFormat: \;After successful hybrid ELM 2 and 3\, we will continue in the same format\, namely:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;start out with an \;online-only day \;(with on-site gathering options for in person attendees already there) on \;June 10\, \;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;followed by \;two in person \;presentation days (June 11-12) (with \;hybrid \;audience participation option). \;
Note: Desired presentation format (with a commitment to either online or in person) will have to be indicated at time of submission (this applies to consideration for both talks and posters/short presentations)
Abstract Submissions via \;OpenReview\, due December 10\, 2025 (11:59pm EST)
\nThe conference will feature both 20-minute talks and posters/short presentations. Abstracts must be anonymous and written in English. They should use US Letter size paper and 1 inch margins on all four sides. Abstracts must be single-spaced\, and written using Arial 11pt font. Abstracts should be at most 2 pages\, including the main text of the abstract\, figures\, and any supplementary materials and references the authors wish to include. Authors should avoid identifying information in the abstract\, especially when referring to their own prior work. The abstract must be submitted as a single PDF file and must include a title at the top. Abstracts violating these requirements may be rejected without further consideration.
Note: If you do not already have an OpenReview account\, be sure to register and get your account approved/activated well before the deadline\, as this can take a few days.
Timeline:
\nNovember 10\, 2025: \; ELM abstract submissions opens on \;OpenReview
https://openreview.net/group?id=elm-conference.net/ELM/2026/Conference
December 10\, 2025 (11:59pm EST): \; \; \;Abstract submission deadline
Feb 1\, 2026: \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Acceptance Notifications
ORGANIZER;CN=Paloma Jeretic;CN=Florian Schwarz;CN=Anna Papafragou: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260614T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260626T170000 SUMMARY:Self-knowledge for Humans and Artificial Systems UID:20260614T084955Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:Philosophy Hall\, Berkeley\, United States\, 94720-2390 DESCRIPTION:Questions about the scope and limits of self-knowledge have been and continue to be the focus of intense philosophical debate. This two-week interdisciplinary institute aims to explore the problem of self-knowledge\, from its classical roots in philosophy and contemplative traditions\, to contemporary discussions of metacognitive AI.
ORGANIZER;CN=Christian Coseru;CN="Alva Noë";CN=Evan Thompson: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260615T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260619T170000 SUMMARY:Valencia Philosophy Lab Summer School: Mind and Rationality UID:20260614T084956Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Madrid LOCATION:Av. Blasco Ibañez\, 30\, Valencia\, Spain DESCRIPTION:The Valencia Philosophy Lab organizes a Summer School on Mind and Rationality\, which will take place at the University of Valencia on June 15-19\, 2026.
\nThe Summer School is addressed to PhD students\, post-docs\, and early-career researchers. It will cover four sub-topics:
\n(1) self-knowledge\;
\n(2) agency\;
\n(3) inner speech\; and
\n(4) emotion and affect.
\nSummer School faculty:
\nPeter Carruthers (University of Maryland)
\nJosep Corbí\; (University of Valencia)
\nDaniel Gregory (University of Valencia)
\nNikola Kompa (University of Osnabrü\;ck)
\nKrista Lawlor (Stanford University)
\nMoritz Mü\;ller (University of Valencia)
\nMyrto Mylopoulos (Carleton University)
\nChon Tejedor (University of Valencia)
\nStructure:
\nMonday (15/6)\, Tuesday (16/6)\, Thursday (18/6)\, and Friday (19/6). Morning: two faculty presentations on one sub-topic. Afternoon: presentations by participants plus group discussion.
\nWednesday (17/6). Morning: presentations by faculty speakers and discussion about experience in the profession (including publishing\, jobs\, job applications\, and life in academia). Afternoon: free.
\nApplications:
\nPlease send the following to vlcphilosophylab@gmail.com (the subject line should read &ldquo\;SUMMER SCHOOL\, Your Name&rdquo\;):
\n1. your CV\;
\n2. a 500-word abstract (please specify the sub-topic your presentation falls into).
\nWe do not have strict constraints about what will be considered as &ldquo\;early career\,&rdquo\; but researchers up to three years post-PhD will be prioritized.
\nIf you would like to attend the Summer School without giving a presentation\, please just send a CV.
\nDeadline for applications: February 15\, 2026.
\nNotification of acceptance: March 16\, 2026.
\nFees and bursaries:
\nParticipation in the Summer School is free. We may be able to offer accommodation and an amount to offset travel expenses for participants who do not have any research funds. If you are interested in this\, please contact us after the selection process.
\nFor any inquiries or further information\, please contact vlcphilosophylab@gmail.com or anna.giustina@outlook.com.
\nOrganizers:
\nDaniel Gregory (University of Valencia)
\nAnna Giustina (University of Valencia)
\nCarlota Serrahima (University of Valencia)
\nScientific Committee:
\nAaró\;n Á\;lvarez-Gonzá\;lez (University of Valencia)
\nMarc Artiga (University of Valencia)
\nVirginia Ballesteros (University of Valencia)
\nFrancesco Consiglio (University of Valencia)
\nAnna Giustina (University of Valencia)
\nDaniel Gregory (University of Valencia)
\nFabian Hundertmark (University of Valencia)
\nCarlota Serrahima (University of Valencia)
\nFunding:
\nAutonomy as Address (CIPROM/2023/55)\, funded by Conselleria d&rsquo\; Innovació\;\, Universitats\, Ciè\;ncia i Societat Digital &ndash\; Generalitat Valenciana (PIs: Josep Corbí\; and Marc Artiga).
\nKnow Yourself: The Importance\, the Nature\, and the Applications of Introspective Self-Knowledge (PID2023-151949NA-I00)\, funded by Ministerio de Ciencia\, Innovació\;n y Universidades (PI: Anna Giustina).
\nDeceptive Representations (CISEJI/2023/51) funded by the Generalitat Valenciana\, Conselleria d&rsquo\;Educació\;\, Universitats i Ocupació\; (PI: Marc Artiga).
ORGANIZER;CN=Anna Giustina;CN=Daniel Gregory;CN=Carlota Serrahima: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Copenhagen:20260615T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Copenhagen:20260615T234500 SUMMARY:The Given UID:20260614T084957Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Copenhagen LOCATION:Karen Blixens Plads 8\, Copenhagen\, Denmark\, 2300 DESCRIPTION:Perceptual experiences seem to present\, make manifest\, or &lsquo\;give&rsquo\; the world to us. Such experiences have &lsquo\;presentational phenomenology&rsquo\;\, or &lsquo\;presentational feel&rsquo\;\; they seem to offer &lsquo\;scene immediacy&rsquo\; or &lsquo\;givenness in-the-flesh&rsquo\;. And perhaps perceptual experiences are not unique in this regard: similar expressions have been used to articulate\, for instance\, mathematical intuitions\, and certain religious experiences. However\, most attempts to characterize presentational phenomenology revolve around striking yet unexplained metaphors. The aim of this conference is to move beyond metaphor\, exploring presentational phenomenology in a variety of different contexts and from a variety of different perspectives\, including epistemology\, philosophy of perception\, philosophy of religion\, psychopathology\, and VR research.
Abstracts of a maximum of 1\,000 words (list of references not included) on topics related to the theme of the conference are to be sent to s.overgaard@hum.ku.dk no later than Monday the 15th of June\, 11.59 pm Central European Time. Abstracts must include a word count.
ORGANIZER;CN="Søren Overgaard";CN=Laura Oppi;CN="Kasper Møller Nielsen";CN=Mads G. Henriksen: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260617T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260619T170000 SUMMARY:PLM8 - 8th Philosophy of Language and Mind Network Conference UID:20260614T084958Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Madrid LOCATION:Ramon Trias Fargas\, 25-27\, Barcelona\, Spain DESCRIPTION:Call for papers
The 8th \;Philosophy of Language and Mind Network Conference \;(PLM8) will take place at Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) in Barcelona on 17&ndash\;19 June 2026.
The plenary speakers for PLM8 are:
&bull\; \; \; \; Elisabeth Camp (Rutgers)
&bull\; \; \; \; Michael Martin (Oxford/Berkeley)
&bull\; \; \; \; Kristina Musholt (Leipzig)
&bull\; \; \; \; Dan Zeman (Porto)
We invite abstract submissions for 30-minute talks (with 10 minutes for discussion in a 40-minute slot) in the following areas:
&bull\; \; \; \; philosophy of language (broadly construed\, including philosophical logic and philosophy of linguistics)\, and
&bull\; \; \; \; philosophy of mind (including philosophy of psychology and philosophy of cognitive science).
Abstracts should contain original research that\, at the time of submission\, has neither been published nor accepted for publication. One person can submit at most one abstract as sole author and one abstract as co-author (or two co-authored abstracts). Some abstracts may be accepted for poster presentation.
Abstracts should be anonymous\, should not exceed 1000 words (including the references)\, and must be submitted via https://eventum.upf.edu/142984/plm8.
Submission deadline: 1 February 2026
Notification of acceptance: 15 March 2026
Selection of abstracts will be carried out by the PLM board:
\n&bull\; \; \; \; Simon Prosser (Arché\;\, St. Andrews)
&bull\; \; \; \; Corine Besson (Institute of Philosophy\, London)
&bull\; \; \; \; Tom Schoonen (ILLC\, University of Amsterdam)
&bull\; \; \; \; Ví\;ctor Verdejo (LOGOS\, Pompeu Fabra University)
&bull\; \; \; \; Christopher Gauker (Department of Philosophy (KGW)\, University of Salzburg)
&bull\; \; \; \; Kathrin Glü\;er-Pagin (CLLAM\, Department of Philosophy\, Stockholm University)
&bull\; \; \; \; Ferenc Huoranszki (Department of Philosophy\, CEU\, Vienna)
&bull\; \; \; \; Max Kö\;lbel (Department of Philosophy\, University of Vienna)
&bull\; \; \; \; \;Tomá\;&scaron\; Marvan \;(Department of Analytic Philosophy\, Czech Academy of Sciences)
&bull\; \; \; \; Joanna Odrowaz-Sypniewska (Faculty of Philosophy\, University of Warsaw)
&bull\; \; \; \; Marí\;a de Ponte (ILCLI\, University of the Basque Country\, San Sebastian)
&bull\; \; \; \; Franç\;ois Ré\;canati (Institut Jean Nicod\, Paris)
&bull\; \; \; \; Pedro Santos (LanCog\, University of Lisbon)
&bull\; \; \; \; Markus Werning (Institut fü\;r Philosophie II\, Ruhr University Bochum)
Selected papers from six previous PLM conferences have been published in special issues of \;Synthese \;and \;Review of Philosophy and Psychology. A similar special issue with selected papers is intended for PLM8.
PLM8 is organized by the Department of Humanities of Pompeu Fabra University and Logos Research Group.
Venue: Ciutadella Campus\, Ramon Trias Fargas 25-27\, 08005\, Barcelona\, Spain
Local organizing committee: Ví\;ctor Verdejo\, Adriana Alcaraz-Sá\;nchez\, Pol Herrero-Castillo\, Andrea Rivadulla-Duró\;\, Valentí\; Simpson.
For any inquiries\, please contact: \; plm8@upf.edu
The Society for Philosophy and Psychology (SPP) invites submissions of papers (talks and posters) to be presented at its 52nd Annual Meeting\, to be held from June 18&ndash\;20\, 2026 at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore\, MD. A pre-conference on Mental Control and Agency will also be held at JHU on June 17. Please spread the word!
\nYou may submit an abstract by January 16\, 2026 at 11:59pm EST in any area relevant to philosophy\, psychology\, linguistics\, neuroscience\, or cognitive science. The submission portal can be found at:https://bit.ly/44irCaz.
\nSubmissions are open format\, but must be no more than 750 words + one optional figure (to be submitted as a separate PDF file) and must be prepared for anonymized review. All submitters may be first author on only one submission (but may co-author any number of submissions). Graduate students accepted into the conference will be considered for the William James Prize. Some need-based travel stipends will be available. \;
\nSubmissions will be refereed (typically by one philosopher and one psychologist) and selected on the basis of quality and relevance to SPP. If you would be interested in reviewing for SPP this year\, please indicate your availability here: \;https://bit.ly/488KZUu.
\nThe 2026 invited program features keynote talks by Jennifer Nagel and Barbara Landau. Invited symposia will explore contemporary debates and issues in mental imagery and partisan epistemology. There will also be a roundtable discussion of perspectives on nature and nurture\, featuring K. Paige Harden\, Eric Margolis\, James Tabery\, and Michael Tomasello. \;
\nFurther information about the 52nd Annual Meeting will be made available on the Society&rsquo\;s website:https://www.socphilpsych.org/meetings.html. Inquiries or questions can be addressed to spp.org.2026@gmail.com.
ORGANIZER;CN=Laura Soter;CN=Joshua Rottman: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260618T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260619T170000 SUMMARY:The Conscious Mind at 30 UID:20260614T085000Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Kunstmuseum Bochum\, Bochum\, Germany\, 44801 DESCRIPTION:In 1996\, David Chalmers&rsquo\; book \;The Conscious Mind. In search of a fundamental theory \;(OUP) shook the Philosophy of Mind by presenting rigorous philosophical arguments and ingenious thought experiments against the physicalistic mainstream. With the aim of laying the philosophical foundation for a scientific study of consciousness\, Chalmers introduced the hard problem of consciousness and offered a range of non-reductive approaches to consciousness.
\n30 years later\, the scientific study of consciousness is thriving with its cornerstone of searching the neural correlates of consciousness\, adversarial collaborations testing and comparing major theories of consciousness\, and complex considerations of markers and tests for consciousness in infants\, non-human animals and artificial systems. \;
\nIn this workshop\, we want to look back by celebrating the massive influence of \;The Conscious Mind \;on philosophers and scientists and look forward to the future of the science of consciousness. We are excited to welcome David Chalmers\, Axel Cleeremans\, Keith Frankish\, Franç\;ois Kammerer\, Johannes Kleiner\, Christian List\, Lucia Melloni\, Hedda Hassel Mø\;rch\, Liad Mudrik\, Martine Nida-Rü\;melin and Anil Seth to Bochum.
\nWe also invite early career researchers to submit abstracts for poster presentation at the workshop. Please submit an abstract of max. 700 words on scientific and philosophical themes from the book by email to franziska.klasen@rub.de by April 1st\, 2026. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Tobias Schlicht;CN=Lucia Melloni: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260618T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260619T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop: Measuring Commitment in Communication UID:20260614T085001Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Amsterdam LOCATION:Nijmegen\, Netherlands DESCRIPTION:1 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Overview
\nThe organizing committee invites submissions of abstracts for a discussion-focused workshop on commitment\, with a particular emphasis on experimental approaches to its study. The workshop will take place on 18&ndash\;19 June 2026 at Radboud University\, Nijmegen.
\nWhile commitment attribution\, negotiation\, and avoidance play a central role in communication\, its nuances remain difficult to operationalize and measure. The aim of this workshop is to explore how experimental methods - broadly construed - can contribute to and inform theoretical accounts of commitment. The workshop will include invited talks by Benjamin Weissman\, Mailin Antomo\, Manfred Krifka\, and Tatjana Scheffler\, alongside contributed presentations.
\nWe welcome abstracts related to commitment and experimental methodology\, including (but not limited to):
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Experimental studies of commitment in communication
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; The pragmatics of commitment attribution and avoidance
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Methodological challenges in operationalizing commitment
\nInterdisciplinary work drawing on linguistics\, philosophy\, psychology\, or related fields is especially encouraged.
\nWe welcome abstracts for oral presentation (approximately 20 minutes\, plus discussion).
\n2 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Submission Guidelines
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Abstract length: 300&ndash\;500 words
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Format: PDF
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Abstracts should clearly state:
\no \; \; The research question or theoretical issue addressed
\no \; \; The experimental or methodological approach (where applicable)
\no \; \; Key findings or expected contributions
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Abstracts should be submitted via EasyAbs (LinguistList): https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/conference/MCC/
\n3 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Important Dates
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Abstract submission deadline: 31 March 2026
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Notification of acceptance: 20 April 2026
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Registration deadline: 31 May 2026
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Workshop dates: 18&ndash\;19 June 2026
\n4 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Contact Information
\nFor questions regarding submissions or participation\, please contact:
\nHarriet Yates
Email: harriet.yates@ru.nl
We look forward to receiving your abstracts and welcoming you to Nijmegen in June 2026.
\nOn behalf of the organising committee: Harriet Yates\, Bob van Tiel\, Peter de Swart\, Thomas van der Leer\, Corien Bary
ORGANIZER;CN=Harriet Yates: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260618T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260619T170000 SUMMARY:Liège Workshop - Early British Metaphysics of Mind UID:20260614T085002Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Brussels LOCATION:Pl. du Vingt Août 7\, Liège\, Belgium\, 4000 DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, June 18
\nFriday\, June 19
\nPHILOSOPHY AND MATHEMATICS OF SITUATED AGENCY (PaMoSA 26)
\nNote: CfA Deadline Extended to March 15th
\nInternational Conference
University of Oulu\, Finland | June 22&ndash\;24\, 2026
Following the success of its inaugural edition in 2023\, PaMoSA returns for its second installment\, an international meeting bringing together leading and emerging scholars to explore situated cognition at the intersection of philosophy of mind\, cognitive science\, and robotics.
\nPaMoSA 26 takes place in Oulu\, at the edge of the polar circle\, offering participants the unique opportunity to engage in interdisciplinary exchange amid the striking landscapes of Midsummer Finland&mdash\;white nights\, kayaking\, and the clearest air in the EU!
\nPaMoSA aims to further consolidate itself as a vibrant international platform for researchers on situated cognition across disciplines.
\nThe conference features outstanding keynote speakers:
\nEmanuela Del Dottore (University of Southern Denmark)
\nTom Froese (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
\nDaniel D. Hutto (University of Wollongong) \;
\nDavid Kirsh (UC San Diego)
\nSteven M. LaValle (University of Oulu)
\nWe welcome your submissions! CfA - EXTENDED DEADLINE: March 15th 2026. For more details\, please check out our website:
ORGANIZER;CN=Adrian Wieczorek: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260622T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260622T110000 SUMMARY:TBA UID:20260614T085004Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce our monthly \;online \;talk series on "Inferences &\; Capacities."
Our next speaker is:
Susanna Schellenberg \;(Rutgers)
TBA
June 22: \;11am (Buenos Aires)\, 10am (New York)\, 4pm (Berlin).
\nAbstract: \;TBA
\nHow to participate: \;Please\, send an email to Alfredo Vernazzani at: \;
\nalfredo-vernazzani AT protonmail.com
\n_______
\nThe series brings together work on inferential capacities\, rationality\, normativity\, and cognition &mdash\; across both human and non-human animals &mdash\; with the aim of fostering discussion on the nature and limits of the cognitive sphere. \;
\n2026 line-up: \;
April 27: \;Angelica Kaufmann \;(University of Milan): "Mind Blanking as Mental Imagery." \;
\nMay 18: \;Federico Burdman \;(Universidad Alberto Hurtado) "Constrained choices: addiction\, attention\, and reasons-responsiveness." \;
\nJune 22: \;Susanna Schellenberg \;(Rutgers): TBA \;
\nJuly 20: \;Cameron Buckner \;(University of Florida): "Chains-of-Thought\, Inner Speech\, and Artificial Epistemic Agency."
\nSeptember 7: \;Ulf Hlobil \;(Concordia University): TBA \;
\nOctober 19: \;Eva Schmidt \;(TU Dortmund): TBA \;
\nNovember 16: \;Hans-Johann Glock \;(University of Zü\;rich): "Is Ascribing Inferences to Brains or Non-human Animals a Fallacy?" \;
\nDecember 14: \;Emma Borg \;(SAS\, University of London): "Twitches\, Fidgets\, Habits\, Skills: The Scope of Common-Sense Psychology." \;
Each talk lasts c. 40 minutes followed by 40 minutes open Q&\;A. \;
\nThe series is co-organized by:
\nMariela Aguilera \;(University of Có\;rdoba)
\nMatí\;as Osta-Vé\;lez \;(Universidad de la Repú\;blica)
\nAlfredo Vernazzani \;(TU Dortmund\; Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg).
\nVisit our website: \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Alfredo Vernazzani;CN=Mariela Aguilera;CN="Matías Osta": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260626T134500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260627T170000 SUMMARY:Indexical Cognition and Subjectivity UID:20260614T085005Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Paris LOCATION:Gières\, France DESCRIPTION:Workshop Program
\nFriday\, June 26
\n13:45-15:00 Adrian Alsmith: &ldquo\;Body ownership and self-representation&rdquo\; \;
\n15:15-16:30 Catherine Hochman: &ldquo\;Local and global body ownership: A case for \;representational independence&rdquo\; \;
\n16:45-18:00 Susanna Schellenberg: &ldquo\;Subject-indexed and location-indexed \;mental states&rdquo\; \;
\nSaturday\, June 27
\n9:30-10:45 Julian Hauser: &ldquo\;Making yourself explicit and immunity to error through misidentification"
\n11:00-12:15 Franç\;ois Recanati: &ldquo\;Immunity to error through misidentification&rdquo\; \;
\n13:30-14:45 Marie Guillot: TBA \;
\n15:00-16:30 José\; Luis Bermú\;dez: &ldquo\;Elusiveness and the &ldquo\;I&rdquo\;-as-subject&rdquo\; \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Catherine Hochman;CN=Joulia Smortchkova: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260629T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260629T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop on Theoretical Computer Science and Computational Creativity (TCS&CS-ICCC’26) UID:20260614T085006Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Lisbon LOCATION:Coimbra\, Portugal DESCRIPTION:This half-day workshop provides a dedicated space to discuss connections between theoretical computer science and computational creativity\, highlighting how formal methods can deepen our understanding of creativity and help strengthen the role of theory within the ICCC community. The workshop is motivated by longstanding links between computational creativity and fields such as computability theory\, algorithmic information theory\, formal learning theory\, complex networks\, and related theoretical areas.
ORGANIZER;CN="Luís Espírito Santo";CN=Nadia M. Ady;CN=Max Peeperkorn: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260701T170000 SUMMARY: 'Styles of Perception': From Historical Perspectives to the Digital Age UID:20260614T085007Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:University of York\, York\, United Kingdom\, YO10 5DD DESCRIPTION:We warmly invite postgraduate students to submit an abstract. For further details\, please refer to our website: https://sites.google.com/view/stylesofperception/home. The registration deadline has not yet been confirmed\; we will provide updates as soon as possible. For more information\, please contact: stylesperception@outlook.com
ORGANIZER;CN=Siying Jiao;CN=Sofia Livi: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T090000 SUMMARY:Consciousness and Its Limits UID:20260614T085008Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:CFP: Consciousness and Its Limits
\n\nBelgrade Philosophical Annual
\n\nInstitute for Philosophy\, University of Belgrade
\nISSN: 0353-3891
\n\nBelgrade Philosophical Annual invites submissions for a special issue on Consciousness and Its Limits.
\nThe philosophical debate about the nature of consciousness is far from being settled. Questions such as &ldquo\;What is it like to have an experience?&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;How does subjective awareness relate to cognition and the brain?&rdquo\; remain among the most persistent and theoretically significant problems in contemporary philosophy of mind. Consciousness lies at the intersection of metaphysics\, epistemology\, cognitive science\, and ethics\, and continues to generate extensive discussion across a wide range of philosophical approaches. Moreover\, the rapid development of artificial intelligence has brought renewed urgency to long-standing philosophical questions concerning cognition\, subjectivity\, and the possibility of consciousness in artificial systems.
\nThis special issue aims to provide a broad forum for current debates on the nature\, structure\, and explanatory status of conscious experience. While the primary focus will be on fundamental philosophical questions concerning phenomenal consciousness\, access consciousness\, and the relationship between consciousness and representation\, argumentative discussions of competing theoretical frameworks\, as well as responses to recent influential contributions in the literature\, are also welcome.
\nPossible topics include (but are not limited to):
\n&bull\; What is consciousness\, and how should it be characterized?
&bull\; Phenomenal consciousness and its relation to access consciousness
&bull\; The explanatory gap and the &ldquo\;hard problem&rdquo\; of consciousness
&bull\; Representational theories of conscious experience
&bull\; Higher-order theories and self-consciousness
&bull\; Debates about cognitive access\, attention\, and the scope of phenomenal experience
&bull\; Consciousness and attention
&bull\; The metaphysics of qualia
&bull\; Consciousness and physicalism: reductionism vs. anti-reductionism
&bull\; The epistemology of consciousness: introspection and first-person authority
&bull\; The unity of consciousness and the structure of experience
&bull\; Neuroscience and the philosophical limits of empirical explanation
Consciousness beyond the human mind:
&bull\; Consciousness in non-human animals and artificial systems
&bull\; Artificial intelligence and the prospects of machine consciousness
&bull\; Computational and functionalist approaches to consciousness
&bull\; Recent AI systems and their implications for theories of mind and consciousness
&bull\; The ethical and moral implications of artificial consciousness
Invited Contributions
\nWilliam G. Lycan (University of Connecticut)
Peter Carruthers (University of Maryland)
Daniel Stoljar (Australian National University)
Submission Deadline
\nJune 30\, 2026
\nAll inquiries can be directed to the managing editor: petar.nurkic@f.bg.ac.rs.
\n\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\, an abstract of no more than 250 words\, and 4&ndash\;5 keywords. Documents should be submitted in *.doc\, *.docx\, or .pdf format.
\nSubmissions should not be longer than 10\,000 words\, including notes. Authors will be notified of the editorial decision.
\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 \;https://www.f.bg.ac.rs/bpa.
\n\n ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T090000 SUMMARY:1st UFFS International Congress on Neurophilosophy: Neurophilosophy\, after 40 years UID:20260614T085009Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers - Book on Neurophilosophy
\nGENF invites submissions in English\, German\, and Portuguese for composing the official Congress&rsquo\;s book\, which is going to be published by a Brazilian academic press. Evaluation will be conducted by the Scientific Committee using a double-blind review system.
\n\;1. Evaluation Criteria
\nOriginality: Innovative approach to the subject.
\nCo-evolution: Trans- and interdisciplinary integration between neuroscience and philosophy.
\nConceptual Clarity: Technical and terminological precision.
\nLogical Criteria: Coherence and robustness of the argumentation.
\nNote: The use of Generative AI tools (such as ChatGPT\, Gemini\, DeepSeek\, etc.) is expressly prohibited. If usage is detected\, the paper will be automatically rejected.
\n4. Diversity and Inclusion
\nWe encourage the protagonism of neurodiverse\, geographic\, ethnic\, racial\, and gender minorities. The GENF values the plurality of neurophilosophical perspectives.
\n5. Important Dates [Book]
\n&bull\; Submission Period: January 23 to June 30\, 2026.
\n&bull\; Final Results: July 15\, 2026.
\n&bull\; Revision Period for Publication: Until July 31\, 2026.
\n&bull\; Results Announcement: E-Mail
\n6. Instructions for Book Chapter Submission
\nPapers must be submitted in PDF format to the email alisson.b.moreira.nacional@gmail.com with the Subject line: Neurophilosophy - Book Chapter Submission\, together with a separate identification file\, following the guidelines below:
\n&bull\; \; Identification File (Digitally Signed) Must contain:[1] Full name(s)\, highest degree\, institutional affiliation\, and funding agency support listed below the title\; [2] A declaration that the paper is original and has not been published in any other medium\, as well as that no generative AI (ChatGPT\, Gemini\, DeepSeek\, etc.) was used in the writing of the article\; [3] grant of rights for publication in the official Event E-Book. Follow the template available at:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OAcd8E490uhh9T2BHuR9knHfwUhMwN99kkCtxIDroZU/edit?usp=sharing.
\nLanguages: Papers may be submitted in Portuguese\, English\, and German.
\nTitle: Centered and in bold\, font size 16.
\nAbstract: Between 200-300 words. Must clearly contain: objective\, theoretical framework\, and conclusions (or expected results). This must be followed by an Abstract (a translation of the summary and keywords into English). In the case of a paper written in English\, place the abstract first\, followed by the resume in Portuguese or German.
\nKeywords: Three terms\, separated by semicolons (\;)\, ending with a dot (.)
\nPage Limit: 15-20 pages\, excluding the Bibliographic References.
\nFormat: Times New Roman font\, size 12\, 1.5 line spacing. All papers must be prepared for double-blind review. That is\, they must not contain any form of personal identification. Must conform to current APA standards.
\nCall for Commentaries
\nCrí\;tica. Revista Hispanoamericana de Filosofí\;a
\n\;
\nTarget Article: \;
\n\;
\nCarolina Sartorio\, &ldquo\;Causalism: A Framework for Moral Responsibility&rdquo\;
\n\;
\nEditors: Santiago Echeverri and Miguel Á\;ngel Rotter
\nWe invite submissions of commentaries for an article symposium on Carolina Sartorio&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;Causalism: A Framework for Moral Responsibility&rdquo\;. The symposium will feature invited commentaries \;by Sara Bernstein (UC Santa Cruz)\, Taylor Cyr (Samford University)\, Megan Griffith (Davidson College)\, Alex Kaiserman (University of Oxford)\, Mikayla Kelley (University of Chicago)\, Andrew Law (Pomona College)\, Michael McKenna (University of Arizona)\, Hannah Tierney (UC Davis)\, and Barbara Vetter (Freie Universitä\;t Berlin). \;
\nCommentaries should not exceed 2\,000 words\, excluding references\, and must be submitted in PDF to the following email address:
\nsantiago.echeverri@filosoficas.unam.mx.
\nAll commentaries should be written in English. The deadline for submission is \;June 30\, 2026. Authors seeking feedback on the suitability of a potential commentary are welcome to contact the Editors prior to submission.
\nPlease submit two versions of your manuscript:
\n1. \; \; \; \; \;A full version that includes the author&rsquo\;s name\, title of the contribution\, email address\, postal address (including phone number)\, and any acknowledgments.
\n2. \; \; \; \; \;An anonymous version prepared for blind review\, with all identifying information removed.
\nBoth files must include:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;The title of the contribution.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;An abstract of no more than 100 words.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;A list of five keywords not mentioned in the title.
\nIf possible\, the title\, abstract\, and keywords should be provided in both English and Spanish.
\nAbout \;Crí\;tica
\nCrí\;tica. Revista Hispanoamericana de Filosofí\;a \;is a quarterly journal published by the Institute for Philosophical Research at UNAM in Mexico. It publishes articles\, discussion notes\, book symposia\, article symposia\, survey articles\, special issues\, and reviews in all areas of philosophy\, provided they fall within the analytic tradition broadly understood. \;Crí\;tica \;values conceptual clarity\, argumentative rigor\, and originality. Its primary readership consists of academic philosophers and philosophy students\, so authors are expected to clearly articulate how their work contributes to advancing ongoing philosophical debates.
\nFounded in 1967 by Alejandro Rossi\, Fernando Salmeró\;n\, and Luis Villoro\, \;Crí\;tica \;was the first journal in Latin America devoted to analytic philosophy. For decades\, it has maintained its status as a leading philosophical publication in the region and is widely respected in the international academic community\, particularly in the English-speaking world. \;
\nCrí\;tica \;has published work by many influential philosophers\, including:
\nCarlos Alchourró\;n\, G.E.M. Anscombe\, David M. Armstrong\, Eugenio Bulygin\, Hé\;ctor-Neri Castañ\;eda\, Donald Davidson\, Jon Elster\, R.M. Hare\, Gilbert Harman\, John L. Mackie\, Hugo Margá\;in\, John McDowell\, Thomas Nagel\, David F. Pears\, Arthur N. Prior\, Hilary Putnam\, W.V.O. Quine\, Richard Rorty\, Gilbert Ryle\, Sydney Shoemaker\, Thomas M. Simpson\, Ernest Sosa\, Peter F. Strawson\, Barry Stroud\, Bas C. van Fraassen\, and Georg H. von Wright.
\nFor more information\, please visit our website: \;
\nhttp://critica.filosoficas.unam.mx/
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T090000 SUMMARY:The Phenomenology of Desire (The New Yearbook for Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy\, Vol. XXVII) UID:20260614T085011Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Call for Abstracts
\n"The Phenomenology of Desire"
\nThe New Yearbook for Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy \;(Vol. XXVII)
\nGuest Editors
Emanuela Carta (emanuela.carta@uni-graz.at)
Sara Dameno (sara.dameno@uni-koeln.de)
Alexis Delamare (alexis.delamare@ucd.ie)
About the volume
Over the past decade\, phenomenology has emerged as a central interlocutor in the philosophy of emotions\, and it is now well established that it offers distinctive resources for understanding the structure\, intentionality\, and normativity of emotional life. By contrast\, its contribution to the analysis of desire remains comparatively underdeveloped\, if not neglected. This is so even though reflections on desire can be found throughout the phenomenological tradition\, broadly understood&mdash\;from the Brentano School and early phenomenology\, including figures such as Alexius Meinong\, Christian von Ehrenfels\, Edith Stein\, Max Scheler\, and Dietrich von Hildebrand\, to later French developments\, including thinkers such as Simone de Beauvoir\, Paul Ric&oelig\;ur\, Emmanuel Levinas\, Frantz Fanon\, Jean-Luc Nancy\, and Renaud Barbaras. In addition\, recently published materials from Edmund Husserl&rsquo\;s manuscripts&mdash\;most notably the third volume of the \;Studien zur Struktur des Bewusstseins&mdash\;offer important analyses that remain largely unexplored and invite further systematic development.
Against this background\, the volume has a twofold aim. On the one hand\, it seeks to clarify and critically examine phenomenological accounts of desire across the tradition\, from the Brentano School and early phenomenology to contemporary approaches. On the other hand\, it aims to assess how phenomenology can contribute to current debates on desire\, including its nature\, its relation to value and normativity\, its role in agency\, and its social and political dimensions. In this regard\, we especially welcome contributions that examine how desire is shaped by structures of power\, including race and coloniality\, as well as those that explore how desire can be transformed and reoriented when freed from oppressive environments. In this way\, the volume seeks to advance the philosophical understanding of desire while further developing phenomenological approaches to it.
We invite extended abstracts of approximately \;800&ndash\;1\,000 words\, outlining the central thesis\, argumentative strategy\, and contribution to the volume.
Topics of interest \;include\, but are not limited to:
- Phenomenological analyses of desire within specific schools or traditions (e.g.\, the Brentano School\; the Munich and Gö\;ttingen Circles).
- Conceptions of desire in major phenomenological figures (e.g.\, Husserl\, Levinas\, Merleau-Ponty\, de Beauvoir\, etc.).
- Desire in critical and feminist phenomenology.
- The relationship between phenomenology and psychoanalysis with respect to desire.
- Contemporary phenomenological approaches to desire.
- Possible contributions of phenomenological perspectives to contemporary debates on desire.
- Desire in underrepresented or neglected phenomenological traditions.
- Non-Western phenomenological perspectives on desire.
Submission Guidelines
To submit your abstract\, please fill in the form using the link below. Abstracts should be anonymized. They will be reviewed by the editors of the volume. Authors of selected abstracts will be invited to submit full papers\, which will then undergo a double-blind peer review process in accordance with NYPPP policy. Final acceptance decisions regarding the full papers will be made thereafter.
Timeline
\n- Deadline for abstract submission: \;30 June 2026
- Notification of acceptance: by 15 July 2026
- Full paper deadline: 31 March 2027
Length of final papers: 6\,000&ndash\;8\,000 words (including notes and references). The volume is expected to be published in 2028.
To submit your abstract\, please fill in and submit the form using the following link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdUJyOZBt8Awm0b3KS5AIRvFNNmMK0QL8Mx5akW2SeHOa3XvA/viewform?usp=header
For any further questions\, please contact:
phenomenologyofdesire.nyppp2028@gmail.com
The Society for Epistemology and Logic of Peru (SEPLO) is pleased to announce CAELO 1: First Andean Congress for Epistemology and Logic*\, to be held in Lima\, Peru\, from 22 to 28 February 2027.
\nThis inaugural congress marks the beginning of a planned series of meetings dedicated to the study of epistemology and logic\, bringing together scholars\, researchers\, and students from diverse backgrounds. The event offers a space for rigorous discussion and exchange on topics including logic\, epistemology\, philosophy of science\, analytic philosophy\, metaphysics\, social philosophy\, empirically informed approaches\, and both philosophically and scientifically oriented studies.
\nTopics and Suggested Sessions
\nSubmissions are welcome on all topics in epistemology\, logic\, and related areas. Proposed thematic sessions include\, but are not limited to:
\nSubmission CategoriesWe invite submissions for talks and thematic sessions (including round tables and workshops). \;
\nIndividual Paper Abstracts:
\nAuthors are invited to submit abstracts for individual papers.
\nThematic Sessions (Including Round Tables and Workshops)
\nWe invite proposals for thematic sessions of various formats\, including standard paper sessions\, round tables\, and workshops.
\nAll thematic session proposals should include:
\nSession proposals should not be anonymised.
\nSubmission Instructions
\nAll submissions should be sent in English or Spanish to: \;epilog@seplo.org
\nPlease indicate the submission category (talk or thematic session) in the subject line of your email. If you propose a talk\, you may suggest a session for it.
\n\n*This event was formerly called Epilog 1: 1st Congress of Epistemology and Logic.
ORGANIZER;CN=Luis F. Bartolo Alegre: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260630T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260630T234500 SUMMARY:Biological Naturalism about Consciousness UID:20260614T085013Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:390 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, United States DESCRIPTION:Call for Abstracts: Biological Naturalism about Consciousness
\nNovember 5&ndash\;6\, 2026 ·\; University of California\, Los Angeles
\nCan non-biological systems be conscious? If not\, why not? These questions have taken on new weight as AI systems become increasingly sophisticated\, not least because our answers bear on which entities might matter morally.
\nThis conference focuses on biological naturalism: the family of views holding that certain biological properties are required for consciousness. Biological naturalism is often positioned as the principal alternative to functionalism. But compared to its rival\, biological naturalism remains underdeveloped as a positive research program&mdash\;its central commitments are still being clarified\, its empirical predictions are still being articulated\, and the range of strategies for defending it are only now being explored systematically. (For discussion\, see this survey: https://bit.ly/4tFSOtG.)
\nOur aim is to bring together researchers who want to make progress toward developing a positive version of biological naturalism. We welcome abstracts outlining many different projects\, ranging from the conceptual to the empirical to the practical. Possible topics include:
\nEmpirical approaches to evaluating biological naturalism relative to its competitors
\nExplanatory links between candidate biological properties and structural features of conscious experience
\nThe relationships between biological naturalism and various forms of functionalism
\nPotential differences in the explanatory power of biological naturalism and computational functionalism
\nConnections to animal consciousness research
\nMoral and policy implications for AI welfare
\nWe are primarily interested in papers that develop\, refine\, or extend biological naturalism\, rather than critiques of the view or critiques of its competitors. That said\, internal critiques&mdash\;those that identify obstacles with the aim of overcoming them&mdash\;are very welcome.
\nKeynote speakers: Jonathan Birch\, LSE\; Ned Block\, NYU\; Rosa Cao\, Stanford\; Peter Godfrey-Smith\, University of Sydney\; Matthias Michel\, MIT
\nSubmission: Please submit abstracts of up to 1\,000 words\, prepared for blind review\, via this form (https://forms.gle/CAvyjgmvoAxU74PH7) by June 30\, 2026. Decisions will be communicated by July 31\, 2026.
\nFunding: Travel support is available for graduate students and untenured faculty.
\nOrganizers: Josh Armstrong\, UCLA\; Hayley Clatterbuck\, UCLA and Rethink Priorities\; Bob Fischer\, Texas State University and Rethink Priorities
\nQuestions? Please contact Bob Fischer (fischer@txstate.edu).
ORGANIZER;CN=Josh Armstrong;CN=Hayley Clatterbuck;CN=Bob Fischer: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Luxembourg:20260702T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Luxembourg:20260703T170000 SUMMARY:5th Luxembourg Workshop on AI and Epistemology UID:20260614T085014Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Luxembourg LOCATION:2\, place de l’Université\, Esch-sur-Alzette\, Luxembourg DESCRIPTION:The general goal of this workshop is to explore philosophical issues lying at the intersection of AI and epistemology. In our experience\, such issues typically do not stay within the borders of epistemology\, but also touch on themes from\, for example\, the philosophy of science and the philosophy of mind. Accordingly\, the thematic scope of the workshop is broad. Thus\, questions of interest include\, but are certainly not limited to\, the following:
\n(i) How (if at all) is it possible to understand\, explain and gain knowledge about black-box AI systems given the complexity and opacity of their internal operations and training history?
\n(ii) How might AI technologies be used to supplement and improve our own human epistemic capacities?
\n(iii) When (if ever) is it rational to rely on AI technologies whose internal operations we do not fully understand when forming beliefs?
\n(iv) What fixes the content of the outputs of Neural Networks? When (if ever) should we attribute contents to internal parts/processes of Neural Networks?
\n(v) To what extent\, and in what ways\, are the linguistic outputs of Large Language Models similar or dissimilar to Human Testimony?
\nThis workshop is part of the FNR funded project &lsquo\;The Epistemology of AI Systems&rsquo\; (EAI) which is wrapping up in 2026. It is also the 5th in a series of workshops on Artificial Intelligence and epistemology. Three of these took place in Luxembourg (in 2022\, 2024\, 2025) and one in Hangzhou (in 2023).
\nInvited speakers:
\nUp to 4 contributing speakers will be selected through an open call. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Aleks Knoks;CN=Thomas Raleigh: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260720T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260720T180000 SUMMARY:Chains-of-Thought\, Inner Speech\, and Artificial Epistemic Agency UID:20260614T085015Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce our monthly \;online \;talk series on "Inferences &\; Capacities."
Our next speaker is:
Cameron Buckner \;(University of Florida)
"Chains-of-Thought\, Inner Speech\, and Artificial Epistemic Agency"
July 20: \;11am (Buenos Aires)\, 10am (New York)\, 4pm (Berlin).
Abstract: \;The frontier of AI is being pushed forward now by &ldquo\;Large Reasoning Models&rdquo\; (LRMs) that self-generate long textual &ldquo\;Chains-of-Thought&rdquo\; (CoTs) before answering user queries. The role of these CoTs in generating final answers was inspired by and generates obvious allusions to the roles played by inner speech in human reasoning and metacognition. In both cases\, we might wonder whether access to causally relevant streams of linguistic representations might reveal the structure of the agent&rsquo\;s rational inferences or the way they construe their evidence as supporting their conclusions. I argue that there is a degree of negative epistemic parity in both cases: inner linguistic representations require interpretation in both cases\, which limits the role such representations might play in rational explanations of inferences or luminous access to inferential grounds. However\, in both cases inner linguistic representations might play a role in more forward-directed metacognitive control&mdash\;though there are still important disanalogies in the epistemic architecture of humans and current artificial agents\, especially involving epistemic feelings and the stable adjustment of inferential policies over time. These disanalogies limit the sense in which even frontier AI models possess the kind of individual perspective on the world through which such notions obtain their distinctive explanatory import\, though this suggests less in-principle limitations than ambitious targets for near-term AI research.
\nHow to participate: \;Please\, send an email to Alfredo Vernazzani at: \;
\nalfredo-vernazzani AT protonmail.com
\n_______
\nThe series brings together work on inferential capacities\, rationality\, normativity\, and cognition &mdash\; across both human and non-human animals &mdash\; with the aim of fostering discussion on the nature and limits of the cognitive sphere. \;
\n2026 line-up: \;
April 27: \;Angelica Kaufmann \;(University of Milan): "Mind Blanking as Mental Imagery." \;
\nMay 18: \;Federico Burdman \;(Universidad Alberto Hurtado) "Constrained choices: addiction\, attention\, and reasons-responsiveness." \;
\nJune 22: \;Susanna Schellenberg \;(Rutgers): TBA \;
\nJuly 20: \;Cameron Buckner \;(University of Florida): "Chains-of-Thought\, Inner Speech\, and Artificial Epistemic Agency."
\nSeptember 7: \;Ulf Hlobil \;(Concordia University): TBA \;
\nOctober 19: \;Eva Schmidt \;(TU Dortmund): TBA \;
\nNovember 16: \;Hans-Johann Glock \;(University of Zü\;rich): "Is Ascribing Inferences to Brains or Non-human Animals a Fallacy?" \;
\nDecember 14: \;Emma Borg \;(SAS\, University of London): "Twitches\, Fidgets\, Habits\, Skills: The Scope of Common-Sense Psychology." \;
Each talk lasts c. 40 minutes followed by 40 minutes open Q&\;A. \;
\nThe series is co-organized by:
\nMariela Aguilera \;(University of Có\;rdoba)
\nMatí\;as Osta-Vé\;lez \;(Universidad de la Repú\;blica)
\nAlfredo Vernazzani \;(TU Dortmund\; Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg).
\nVisit our website: \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Alfredo Vernazzani;CN=Mariela Aguilera;CN="Matías Osta": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260731T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260731T234500 SUMMARY:Special Issue on Imagination\, Creativity and Artificial Intelligence (Philosophical Psychology) UID:20260614T085016Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:CFP: Special Issue on Imagination\, Creativity and Artificial Intelligence (Philosophical Psychology)
\nManuscript Deadline: 31 July 2026
\nSpecial Issue Editors
\nKengo Miyazono\, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies\, Hokkaido University\, Japan
\nFiora Salis\, Department of Philosophy\, University of York\, UK
\nThe aim of this special issue is to explore the relation between imagination\, creativity and artificial intelligence through interdisciplinary approaches at the intersection of philosophy\, psychology and artificial intelligence. Many areas where human creativity has been crucial in the past are now being transformed by machines. Creativity is often associated with imagination\, but the cognitive relationship between imagination and creativity in humans is still poorly understood\, and no account of the role of imagination in computational creativity has been developed\, yet.
\nAppropriate topics for submission are\, among others:
\nThe nature of human and machine creativity
\nThe nature of human and machine imagination
\nThe prospects of machine creativity in the arts and the sciences
\nThe implications of machine creativity for human agency
\nThe methods for evaluating and measuring computational creativity
\nThe differences between human creativity and imagination and their machine counterparts
\nThe implications of machine creativity for our notions of imagination and creativity
\nThe potential impacts of machine imagination and creativity on philosophical practices
\nInvited contributors include:
\nAllison Hills (University of Oxford) and Alexander Bird (University of Cambridge)
\nDustin Stokes (LMU Munich)
\nElliot Samuel Paul (Queen&rsquo\;s University)
\nKatsunori Miyahara (University of Hokkaido)
\nSebastian Sunday Gré\;ve (University of Peking)
\nInformal queries should be directed at: Dr Fiora Salis (fiora.salis@york.ac.uk)
\nSpecial Issue URL:https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/imagination-creativity-artificial-intelligence/
\nSubmission Instructions
\nContributors are invited to submit papers that examine the relation between the three elements of imagination\, creativity and artificial intelligence.
\nPapers should be original research articles\, 7000-8000 word long (excluding bibliography).
\nCase reports that are relevant to the philosophical debate in this area are also welcome.
\nWhen submitting your paper\, please select "Imagination\, Creativity and Artificial Intelligence" as the title of the special issue in the drop-down menu.
\nIt is our policy that only papers that have been through peer review and have attracted two positive reports from independent reviewers are accepted for publication.
\nPapers will be published online as they become available but they will only be assigned to an issue when all papers in the special issue will have completed production.
\nWe encourage submissions from members of underrepresented groups in philosophy\, psychology\, and artificial intelligence.
\nCall for Abstracts \;
The International Society for the Philosophy of the Sciences of the Mind (ISPSM) is happy to invite all philosophers working on any science of the mind (broadly construed) to submit an abstract for a paper or a symposium. We particularly encourage submissions from underrepresented groups in the field\, including members of the LGBTQIA+ community and those based in the global south\, as part of our ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion practices in philosophy and beyond. \;
What is the mind\, and how does it work? These questions have led to centuries of philosophical and empirical investigations\, and still lack definitive answers. We thus invite submissions from all disciplines that leverage insights from the use of different techniques\, methodologies\, and research questions to shed light on the nature and functioning of the mind. \;
In this fourth web conference\, we seek again to bring together many of these perspectives to build a common ground\, a comprehensive and multi-scale conceptual landscape of the mind. We accept submissions from a broad range of perspectives\, including - but not limited to - philosophy of psychology\, philosophy of psychiatry\, philosophy of neuroscience\, philosophy of cognitive science\, philosophy of mind\, philosophy of artificial intelligence &\; robotics\, philosophy of linguistics\, philosophy of ethology\, philosophy of (cognitive) anthropology\, philosophy of biology\, philosophy of the social sciences and consciousness studies. \;
We are delighted to already have a number of excellent keynote speakers confirmed for 2026\, including: \;
Devon Bailey University of Johannesburg\, Republic of South Africa \;
Louise Barrett University of Lethbridge\, Canada \;
Ali Boyle LSE\, United Kingdom \;
Melina Gastelum Vargas UNAM\, Mexico \;
Michael Kirchhoff University of Wollongong\, Australia \;
\nYukie Nagai University of Tokyo\, Japan \;
\nPractical Information \;
\nWhen: 4-6 November 2026
\nWhere: Online
\nFees: The conference is fully online\, and no fee is required
\nFurther Inquiries: ispsmofficial@gmail.com \; \; \;
\nInformation for submission \;
\nAbstracts for single papers (about 30 minutes each including Q&\;A) should be anonymized PDFs of maximum 500 words\, and should include references and 3-5 keywords (both excluded from the wordcount). To submit an abstract\, please use the following link: \;
\n\; https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfnep5cuix6t3NbLY6J9fE3Yul-bk5afwzDQ7y-x-EbJ0jAhw/viewform \;
\nProposals for symposia (2 hours including Q&\;A\, maximum 4 papers) should be PDF files between 1500 and 2000 words\, excluding references and 3-5 keywords. Unlike papers\, they should not be anonymized: speakers' affiliations and contacts should be included in the main text. To submit a symposium proposal\, please use the following link:
\n\; https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeC3XMR-0A9Pw0A_Xm1f3ZCoinJ0mUW3cGwvQKdKoA_I014ZQ/viewform \;
\nDeadline for submissions: 31/07/2026 \;
\nBest meme prize \;
\nMany scientific societies have prizes for the best paper. As an online-based society\, we instead launch a contest for the best graphic meme regarding the philosophy of the sciences of the mind. We are interested in memes formed by static images + text and GIFs. \; The contest is open to all those who submit a paper or a symposium at the conference: to participate\, simply add up to a .GIF or .JPEG file entitled "ISPSM2026 Best Meme Contest." Memes should aim to elicit a laugh and then a thought (similarly to the Ig Nobel prize) and should abide by the ISPSM code of conduct (https://www.ispsmind.com/). The winning meme will be selected by the participants through a vote\, and hosted on the society&rsquo\;s homepage and social media. \; \; \; \;
\n\nOrganizing committee \; \;
\nMarco Facchin\, Universiteit Antwerpen
\nValeria Becattini\, IUSS Pavia
\nLiberty Severs\, Ruhr-Univesitä\;t Bochum\, the University of Lisbon and the Konrad Lorentz Institute
\nClavel Vá\;zquez\, Jimena - Tilburg University
\nNegro\, Niccolò\; - School of Psychological Sciences\, Tel Aviv University
\nCarlos Barth - Jesuit Faculty of Philosophy and Theology (FAJE)
\nLaura Oppi - Center for Subjectivity Research\, University of Copenhagen
\nApril Owens - University of Cambridge
ORGANIZER;CN=Marco Facchin;CN=Valeria Becattini;CN=Liberty Severs;CN=Niccolo Negro;CN="María Jimena Clavel Vázquez";CN=Carlos Barth;CN=Laura Oppi;CN=April Owens: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260808T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260808T090000 SUMMARY:15th Annual Florida State University Free Will\, Moral Responsibility\, and Agency Conference UID:20260614T085018Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Tallahassee\, United States\, 32304 DESCRIPTION:The Philosophy Graduate Student Association (PGSA) of Florida State University is now accepting submissions for their graduate conference on free will\, moral responsibility\, and agency.
\nThe conference will take place at Florida State University on October 15-16 2026.
\nKeynote speakers will be:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Zoë\; Johnson King\, Harvard University
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; David Shoemaker\, Cornell University
\nThe conference will be held in Dodd Hall Auditorium. Conference participants can access the auditorium via either stairs or ramps\, and wheelchair accessible tables as well as theater-style seats are available in the auditorium. Microphones will be available for presenters. The conference is currently planned to be held in-person.
\nThose interested in submitting papers related to free will\, moral responsibility\, or the wider notion of agency should email their submissions to fsupgsa@gmail.com. Papers should be submitted along with a cover page. The criteria for the paper submission and cover page are as follows:
\n \;
Paper Requirements:
·\; \; \; \; \; \; Prepared for anonymous review
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; No more than 4\,000 words
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Suitable for 25-minute presentation
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Preceded by an abstract of 150-250 words
\nCover Page Requirements:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Presenter&rsquo\;s name
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Institutional affiliation
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Contact information (email address or phone number)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Title of paper
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;150-250 word abstract of the paper \;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Word count of the paper
\nThe deadline for submissions is August 8th\, 2026. We will notify those whose papers have been accepted no later than September 16\, 2026.
\nFor questions or further information\, please contact Justice Cabantangan (jac24m at fsu.edu). You may also visit the conference website at https://philosophy.fsu.edu/free-will-conference. (The website is currently under maintenance.)
ORGANIZER;CN=Justice Cabantangan: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260907T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260907T180000 SUMMARY:TBA UID:20260614T085019Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce our monthly \;online \;talk series on "Inferences &\; Capacities."
Our next speaker is:
Ulf Hlobil \;(Concordia University)
TBA
Sep 7: \;11am (Buenos Aires)\, 10am (New York)\, 4pm (Berlin).
\nAbstract: \;TBA
\nHow to participate: \;Please\, send an email to Alfredo Vernazzani at: \;
\nalfredo-vernazzani AT protonmail.com
\n_______
\nThe series brings together work on inferential capacities\, rationality\, normativity\, and cognition &mdash\; across both human and non-human animals &mdash\; with the aim of fostering discussion on the nature and limits of the cognitive sphere. \;
\n2026 line-up: \;
April 27: \;Angelica Kaufmann \;(University of Milan): "Mind Blanking as Mental Imagery." \;
\nMay 18: \;Federico Burdman \;(Universidad Alberto Hurtado) "Constrained choices: addiction\, attention\, and reasons-responsiveness." \;
\nJune 22: \;Susanna Schellenberg \;(Rutgers): TBA \;
\nJuly 20: \;Cameron Buckner \;(University of Florida): "Chains-of-Thought\, Inner Speech\, and Artificial Epistemic Agency."
\nSeptember 7: \;Ulf Hlobil \;(Concordia University): TBA \;
\nOctober 19: \;Eva Schmidt \;(TU Dortmund): TBA \;
\nNovember 16: \;Hans-Johann Glock \;(University of Zü\;rich): "Is Ascribing Inferences to Brains or Non-human Animals a Fallacy?" \;
\nDecember 14: \;Emma Borg \;(SAS\, University of London): "Twitches\, Fidgets\, Habits\, Skills: The Scope of Common-Sense Psychology." \;
Each talk lasts c. 40 minutes followed by 40 minutes open Q&\;A. \;
\nThe series is co-organized by:
\nMariela Aguilera \;(University of Có\;rdoba)
\nMatí\;as Osta-Vé\;lez \;(Universidad de la Repú\;blica)
\nAlfredo Vernazzani \;(TU Dortmund\; Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg).
\nVisit our website: \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Alfredo Vernazzani;CN=Mariela Aguilera;CN="Matías Osta": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260909T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260911T170000 SUMMARY:AISC 2026 - Natural and Artificial Intelligence: between Skills and Biases UID:20260614T085020Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Palazzo Campana\, Torino\, Italy DESCRIPTION:Intelligent systems display a striking combination of competence and limitation\, regardless of their biological\, artificial\, or social origin. These systems can acquire sophisticated skills\, coordinate complex actions\, and adapt to changing environments\; at the same time they suffer systematic biases and pitfalls. Therefore\, understanding intelligence today requires accounting not only for what cognitive systems do well\, but also for how and why they fail.
\n\nThe 22nd Conference of the Italian Association of Cognitive Sciences (AISC 2026) focuses on this dichotomy\, proposing a reflection on natural and artificial intelligence between skills and biases. From embodied motor abilities and practical know-how to decision-making under uncertainty\, from artificial learning systems to collective dynamics in networked environments\, the conference aims to bring together perspectives that address both the upper and lower bounds of intelligent behaviour across different systems\, methodologies\, and levels of analysis. \;
\n\nWithin this broad framework\, AISC 2026 welcomes contributions from all areas of cognitive science\, including theoretical\, experimental\, computational\, and philosophical approaches to cognition in biological\, social\, and artificial systems. We particularly encourage work that fosters interdisciplinary dialogue and connects traditionally distinct domains of cognitive science.
ORGANIZER;CN=Marco Viola;CN=Fabrizio Calzavarini;CN=Vincenzo Crupi;CN=Alessandro Demichelis: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Copenhagen:20260910T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Copenhagen:20260911T170000 SUMMARY:The Given UID:20260614T085021Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Copenhagen LOCATION:Karen Blixens Plads 8\, Copenhagen\, Denmark\, 2300 DESCRIPTION:Perceptual experiences seem to present\, make manifest\, or &lsquo\;give&rsquo\; the world to us. Such experiences have &lsquo\;presentational phenomenology&rsquo\;\, or &lsquo\;presentational feel&rsquo\;\; they seem to offer &lsquo\;scene immediacy&rsquo\; or &lsquo\;givenness in-the-flesh&rsquo\;. And perhaps perceptual experiences are not unique in this regard: similar expressions have been used to articulate\, for instance\, mathematical intuitions\, and certain religious experiences. However\, most attempts to characterize presentational phenomenology revolve around striking yet unexplained metaphors. The aim of this conference is to move beyond metaphor\, exploring presentational phenomenology in a variety of different contexts and from a variety of different perspectives\, including epistemology\, philosophy of perception\, philosophy of religion\, psychopathology\, and VR research.
ORGANIZER;CN="Søren Overgaard";CN=Laura Oppi;CN="Kasper Møller Nielsen";CN=Mads G. Henriksen: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260910T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260912T170000 SUMMARY:Faces of Subjectivity. A workshop on inner awareness in the context of monistic theories of phenomenal consciousness UID:20260614T085022Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Prague LOCATION:Jilska 361\, Praha\, Czech Republic DESCRIPTION:Keynote speakers: \;
\nRobert J. Howell (Rice)
\nAnna Giustina (Valencia)
\nSam Coleman (Birkbeck)
\nWhile the debate about phenomenal consciousness so far has mainly focused on the nature of the qualitative features one encounters in being conscious (e.g. the bitterness of espresso\, the feel of mental effort\, etc.)\, our workshop will focus on the nature of this encounter itself\, i.e. of the special &lsquo\;inner&rsquo\; awareness (Brentano\, Kriegel) one seems to be afforded of one&rsquo\;s own qualitative states\, due to which these states are &lsquo\;for&rsquo\; their subject\, instantiating what Joseph Levine has called &lsquo\;subjectivity&rsquo\;. Since it&rsquo\;s unclear whether and how this subjectivity of conscious states can be accounted for reductively\, we view its existence as an important challenge for the main forms of monism\, i.e. physicalism and Russellian monism. The aim of our workshop is to bring together leading thinkers working on inner\, or &lsquo\;subjective&rsquo\;\, awareness\, with those who defend various forms of monism\, and address the &lsquo\;subjectivity challenge&rsquo\; in a systematic manner\, examining its viability and significance in the broader context of consciousness studies.
\nWe aim to examine the following questions\, among others:
\nPresentations on other\, closely related topics are also welcome. The workshop is intended to be \;in-person \;and discussion-oriented &ndash\; presenters of contributed papers are given time slots of 45 minutes (including discussion). \;The workshop will result in an edited volume published with an international publisher\, featuring\, in particular\, the contributions of the keynote speakers\, as well as papers by other participants and by experts in the field.
\nIf you&rsquo\;re interested in participating in the workshop\, please send an anonymized \;700-word abstract \;of your paper to \;subjectivity@flu.cas.cz \;by the end of May 2026. (This e-mail address can also be used for enquiries regarding the workshop).
\nNotifications of acceptance: June 20th 2026.
\nThere is \;no registration fee \;for the workshop.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260917T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260918T170000 SUMMARY:Philosophica II - Words and Language UID:20260614T085023Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:pl. Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej 4\, Lublin\, Poland\, 20-031 DESCRIPTION:Philosophica is an analytic philosophy conference series hosted by the Institute of Philosophy at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University. The theme of this edition of the conference is words and language\, engaging with philosophical work addressing the nature of expressions\, meaning\, and natural language more broadly construed.
\nWe invite contributions on topics like the ontology of words\, word individuation\, pragmatic features of expressions\, meaning in natural language (metasemantics)\, or the relationship between words and language\, among others.
\nTopics broadly related to natural language are welcome\; contributions do not need to place special emphasis on words as such\, though this is welcome.
\nInterdisciplinary perspectives drawing on linguistics\, semantics\, metaphysics\, and other relevant areas are also welcome.
\nThe event will take place exclusively in person\; it is open to both regular faculty and students.
\nThe conference will run from 17/09/2026 to 18/09/2026. \;
\nSubmissions through EasyChair (see also our CFP for details): \;https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=philosophica2
ORGANIZER;CN=Kamil Lemanek: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260921T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260921T170000 SUMMARY:PTK26 Conference: Young Researchers Workshop UID:20260614T085024Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:Pl. Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej 4\, Lublin\, Poland\, 20-801 DESCRIPTION:In an attempt to engage a new generation of cognitive scientists\, we invite proposals for oral presentations as part of the Young Researchers Workshop\, a special event to be held on \;September 21st. We therefore invite undergraduate and graduate (BA and MA) students to submit abstracts that either address the special topic of the conference or present the results of their inquiries more broadly. We would also like to encourage academic teachers and supervisors to motivate and support their students in the process of preparing submissions. YRW abstracts will be reviewed separately. Specialists&rsquo\; comments on each accepted contribution makes the workshop a unique opportunity to receive expert feedback.
\nSubmission info: \;https://ptk26.umcs.lublin.pl/index.php/young-researchers-workshop/
ORGANIZER;CN=Piotr Konderak;CN=Alexandra Mouratidou: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260524T232610Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260921T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260923T170000 SUMMARY:PTK26: 15th Meeting of the Polish Association for Cognitive Science UID:20260614T085025Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:Pl. Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej 5\, Lublin\, Poland\, 20-031 DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to announce the first call for abstracts for the \;15th Biennial Meeting of the Polish Association for Cognitive Science \;(PTK26)\, hosted by the Institute of Philosophy\, Maria \;Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin\, from \;September 21 \;to \;23\, 2026.
\nSpecial conference topic: Making Sense of Meaning-Making
ORGANIZER;CN=Piotr Konderak: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR