This is a zoom series on the value of consciousness\, taking place every first Tuesday of the month at noon Eastern time in the US/6pm in Europe. The program is below. The zoom link is this:
\nhttps://riceuniversity.zoom.us/j/93096236283?pwd=s6SO6NqrM5mnGpqjFtKNfTNoxaHGUg.1
\nProgram:
\nSept. 2: Takuya Niikawa\, &ldquo\;Consciousness Aesthetics&rdquo\;
Oct. 7: Anna Giustina\, &ldquo\;Prospects for an Aesthetics of Consciousness&rdquo\;
Nov. 11: Emad Atiq\, ""Agency\, Normativity\, and Acquaintance"
Dec. 2: Lé\;a Salje\, &ldquo\;Feeling Like Oneself&rdquo\;
Jan. 6: David Builes\, &ldquo\;Four Views of the First Person&rdquo\;
Feb. 3: Adrià\; Moret\, &ldquo\;No Welfare without Sentience&rdquo\;
Mar. 3: Gwen Bradford\, &ldquo\;Dreams and Incommunicable Aesthetic Value&rdquo\;
Apr. 7: Enrico Terrone\, "The Type-Token Dilemma for the Aesthetics of Consciousness"
May 5: Leonard Dung\, &ldquo\;Varieties of Sentientism About Moral Standing&rdquo\;
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We are very pleased to announce the 6th season (2025&ndash\;2026) of:
MONTHLY PHENOMENOLOGY
An online forum of discussion on recent work in phenomenology \;
Description: This series of talks gathers together scholars interested in phenomenology and its relation to contemporary issues in philosophy\, especially in the philosophy of mind. It establishes a forum of discussion where people can meet on a regular basis and present their work-in-progress or recent publications. The topics addressed will stretch from the history of early phenomenology to the systematic application of phenomenological insights in recent debates in analytic philosophy. \;
Schedule: The talks will take place once a month on a Friday from October to May. Time: 10:15am ET\, 3:15pm GMT/GMT+1\, 4:15pm CET. Talks last 90 minutes\, including a 45 minutes Q&\;A. \;
Participation: Talks are held on \;zoom. To participate\, please send an email to \;hamid.taieb@hu-berlin.de \;with the heading "Registration Monthly Phenomenology". A zoom link will be sent to you the day preceding each talk. \;
Programme:
Francesca Forlè\; (Università\; Vita-Salute San Raffaele)
Embodied Affectivity. A Phenomenological Account of the Connection between Affective Phenomena and Bodily Expressions
Friday\, \;24 October 2025
James Kinkaid (Bilkent University)
Husserlian Idealism and the Identity Theory of Truth
28 November 2025
Maryam Ebrahimi Dinani (University of Neuchâ\;tel)
Adolf Reinach's Theory of Social Acts: Illuminating Debates on Joint and Collective Intentionality
5 December \;2025 \;
Pascale Roure (Yildiz Technical University)
Phenomenology in Turkey
16 January 2026 \;
Benoit Guilielmo (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Exploring the Essence of Bullshit through Early Phenomenology (Kolnai and Hildebrand)
20 \;February 2026 \;
Lorenza D'Angelo (Pompeu Fabra University)
Pleasure\, Pain and Introspection
6 \;March 2026 \;
Mohammed Saleh Zarepour (University of Manchester)
The Flying Man and the Transparency of (Self-)Knowledge
24 April 2026 \;
Sebastian Watzl (University of Oslo)
Attention Norms and Frames. On the Social Organisation of Experience
8 May 2026
Convenors:
Guillaume Fré\;chette (University of Geneva)
Marta Jorba (Pompeu Fabra \;University)
Alessandro Salice (University College Cork)
Hamid Taieb (Humboldt University Berlin)
Í\;ngrid Vendrell-Ferran (Philipps University Marburg) \;
Organized on behalf of the \;Network for Phenomenological Research \;
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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 conference will explore theories\, beliefs\, and representations of souls and mental phenomena in ancient Greek thought and culture. We seek presentations related (but not limited) to any of the following topics:
\nKeynote speaker: Rachana Kamtekar\, Cornell University
\n\nThis event is hosted by the Interdisciplinary Center for Hellenic Studies and the Department of Philosophy\, University of South Florida.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260422T122231Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20260425T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20260425T090000 SUMMARY:Beyond the Imitation Game UID:20260426T040321Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Bucharest LOCATION:Splaiul Independentei nr. 204\, Bucharest\, Romania DESCRIPTION:We encourage BA\, MA and PhD students\, as well as early PhDs and postdocs\, to contribute research abstracts related to the event's topic areas. Abstracts should be written in English and should not exceed 300 words.
\nAbstracts will receive full consideration if sent before 25th of April 2026 at the following address: beyondimconference@gmail.com Word or PDF attachments preferred\, with the message titled "abstract submission".
\nAll submissions will go through 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 the 28th of April. The conference programme will be announced as soon as review is completed.
\nFor any questions\, please don't hesitate to email: beyondimconference@gmail.com \;
\nYou may register at the same address (or by RSVP here on PhilEvents) on or before 8th of May in order to receive the Zoom connection details if you want to attend online.
\nThe conference is organized with the support of undergraduate students in the bachelor&rsquo\;s programme in cognitive science within the Department for Psychology at the University of Bucharest\, the support of the students enrolled in the Master&rsquo\;s Programme in Cognitive Science (Mind the Brain!) within the Department for Philosophy at the University of Bucharest\, and with the support of graduate students in the Doctoral School of Theoretical Philosophy within the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Bucharest.
ORGANIZER;CN=Sandra-Catalina Branzaru;CN="Catalina Frâncu";CN=Daniel Cristian Stancu;CN=E.G. Rosu;CN=David Buciuman;CN=Petru A. Costeschi;CN=Alexia Lungianu;CN=Andreea-Isabela Gavrila: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260422T122231Z DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260428T110000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260428T120000 SUMMARY:Can I be mentally healthy and evil? UID:20260426T040322Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Australia/Melbourne LOCATION:29 Ancaro Imparo Way\, Melbourne\, Australia DESCRIPTION:Can I be mentally healthy and evil?
Simon Keller\, Victoria University Wellington
Abstract: Can I be mentally healthy and evil? A truly evil person\, it seems\, is rational and self-controlled and commits evil acts with no distress or regret\; she counts as evil partly because she is in full mental health. Yet\, looking at diagnostic criteria for mental disorder and theories of positive mental health\, it appears that a fully mentally healthy person will be good\; she counts as mentally healthy partly because she respects others' rights\, enjoys rewarding personal relationships\, engages positively with her community\, and does not take pleasure in others' suffering. I explore various strategies for explaining the relationship between evil and mental health. I settle on the suggestion that mental health is a resource that gives a person access to a good (and ethical) life - but does not guarantee it. The upshot is that it is possible to be both mentally healthy and evil\, but it is difficult and not recommended.
Bio: Simon Keller is a professor of philosophy at Victoria University Wellington\, in New Zealand. He works on topics in ethics\, political philosophy\, and the philosophy of mental health and disorder. He won the APA Book Prize for The Limits of Loyalty and the Journal of Applied Ethics Best Article prize for 'Fiduciary Duties and Moral Blackmail'. He is also the author of Partiality and a co-author of The Ethics of Patriotism: A Debate.
Hybrid link: https://monash.zoom.us/j/82721169183?pwd=aXDXxhOB0GD0yKaHwbVx1zqQb54X9O.1&\;jst=2
ORGANIZER;CN=Jakob Hohwy: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260422T122231Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Taipei:20260430T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Taipei:20260503T170000 SUMMARY:The Taiwan Metaphysics Colloquium 2026 (TMC 2026): Naturalistic Philosophy and Grounding UID:20260426T040323Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Asia/Taipei LOCATION:National Taiwan University\, Taipei\, Taiwan DESCRIPTION:The Taiwan Metaphysics Colloquium 2026 (TMC 2026)
\nNaturalistic Philosophy and Grounding
\nDates: 30 Apr &ndash\; 3 May 2026
\nLocation: National Taiwan University\, Taipei\, Taiwan
\nEvent page: https://philevents.org/event/show/145134
\nCall for abstracts: https://philevents.org/event/show/145138
\nContact:
\nNational Taiwan University&rsquo\;s Center for Traditional and Scientific Metaphysics (TSM Center): tsmntu@gmail.com
\nKeynote speakers:
\nJessica Wilson (University of Toronto) [Wendy Huang Lecture]\;
Alyssa Ney (LMU Munich) [Tony Cheng Lecture]\;
Otá\;vio Bueno (University of Miami)
Featured Speakers:
\nJohn Bigelow (Monash University)\;
David Braddon-Mitchell (University of Sydney)\;
Ruey-Lin Chen (National Chung Cheng University)
Invited Speakers:
\nDavid Builes \;(Princeton University)\;
Benj Hellie (University of Toronto)\;
Jeremiah Joven Joaquin (De La Salle University)\;
Kevin Morris (Tulane University)\;
Kelly Trogdon (Virginia Tech)
About the conference series and the 2026 conference
\nSupported by the generous donation of the Frontward Foundation\, the Taiwan Metaphysics Colloquium series (TMCs) is one of the most renowned international philosophy conference series in Taiwan. Held biennially\, it aims to provide a platform for dialogue among researchers working on a wide range of contemporary metaphysical issues. In previous years\, the conferences under the series have invited many renowned local and international scholars\, including David Charles\, Max J. Cresswell\, Dorothy Edgington\, Pascal Engel\, Hartry Field\, Robert Goldblatt\, Alan Hayek\, Jennifer Hornsby\, Christian List\, Hiroakira Ono\, David Papineau\, and Daniel Stoljar. Following the conference series\, multiple international anthologies have been published\, including a Logic in Asia (LIAA) book series (Springer) and a special issue of Synthese.
\nThis year&rsquo\;s conference is themed &ldquo\;Naturalistic Philosophy and Grounding&rdquo\; and welcomes contributions related to naturalistic philosophy\, grounding\, or both. The idea of doing philosophy naturalistically in a natural world has dominated a significant portion of twentieth-century philosophy. Nonetheless\, this idea has recently often been treated as an implicit background framework\, while (arguably) non-naturalistic approaches and perspectives &ndash\; such as anti-realism\, panpsychism\, idealism\, phenomenology\, and others &ndash\; have experienced a renaissance. This conference aims to provide an opportunity to reinvestigate philosophical naturalism and naturalistic philosophy\, especially (though not exclusively) issues related to physicalism\, scientism\, naturalizing philosophical approaches\, natural entities\, the grounding structures of our world\, and even new conceptual expansions of the naturalistic worldview\, such as artificial intelligence.
\nWe welcome submissions in standard metaphysics\, philosophy of mind\, philosophy of language\, philosophy of religion\, metaethics\, metaphilosophy\, and related areas\, provided that the topic has a metaphysical dimension\, broadly construed. \;We are also open to contributions from emerging and cutting-edge areas\, such as the philosophy of artificial intelligence.
\nNo particular methodology is required: we welcome submissions from analytic\, continental\, and non-Western traditions\, provided that the topic is relevant to the conference themes and the paper&rsquo\;s argumentative style can engage substantively with the conference&rsquo\;s discussions.
\nHosts:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Taiwan Association for Logic\, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology (LMPST Taiwan): \;https://www.lmpsttw.org/en/home
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; National Taiwan University&rsquo\;s Center for Traditional and Scientific Metaphysics (TSM Center): \;https://tsmntu.org/
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; National Taiwan University&rsquo\;s Center for Asian Philosophy and Analytic Philosophy
\nSupported by:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Frontward Foundation
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; College of Liberal Arts\, National Taiwan University
ORGANIZER;CN=Lok-Chi Chan;CN=Nihel Jhou;CN=Duen-Min Deng;CN=Christian Wenzel: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260422T122231Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260430T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260430T090000 SUMMARY:AISC 2026 - Natural and Artificial Intelligence: between Skills and Biases UID:20260426T040324Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Palazzo Campana\, Torino\, Italy DESCRIPTION:The Microsoft CMT service \;is \;used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses\, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.
\nYou can submit the your abstract here: \;https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/IACS2026/Submission/Index \;
\nFor any questions about the submission process\, please \;reach out via the following email address: \;aisc2026@outlook.com
\nImportant: \;Each participant can appear as a speaker \;only once \;in the conference program\, but can appear multiple times as a co-author. If submitting multiple proposals\, each must have a different speaker. For symposium submissions\, only the symposium organizer should submit the application on behalf of all speakers. If the symposium is accepted\, \;each speaker \;must register and pay the AISC membership fee individually.
ORGANIZER;CN=Marco Viola;CN=Fabrizio Calzavarini;CN=Vincenzo Crupi;CN=Alessandro Demichelis: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260422T122231Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260430T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260430T090000 SUMMARY:Hegel and contemporary theories of cognition UID:20260426T040325Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:This issue aims to gather contributions on how Hegel relates to contemporary philosophy of cognitive science\, broadly construed. Of particular interest are his relations with embodied theories of cognition (4-e cognition) and ecological psychology\; criticism or support of representationalism\; social epistemology\; cognition of non-human animals and artificial intelligence\; criticism or support of neuroscientific or physicalist theories of mind.
\nSome examples of questions of major interest are: to what extent does the Hegelian project approximate (or distance itself from) research trends in the current empirical sciences of the mind? Can Hegelian dialectics help us think about the cultural and political dimensions of advances in artificial intelligence? Are artificial intelligences spiritual (geistige) artefacts? Are Hegel's criticisms of Kantian transcendentalism relevant for contemporary cognitivists? To what extent does his reflection on non-human organisms help us think about advances in embodied theories of cognition\, including their ethical aspects?
\n\;REH is an open-access journal organised by Brazilian scholars\, hosting debates on Hegel and German Idealism scholarship for more than 20 years. The journal is associated with the Brazilian Hegel Society and is indexed in international databases.
\nMore info: \;https://ojs.hegelbrasil.org/index.php/reh/announcement/view/42
\nContact: Pedro Pennycook (University of Kentucky) (pennycook@uky.edu)
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260422T122231Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260430T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260430T120000 SUMMARY:The Architecture of Propositional Thought: From Cognitive Maps to Language and Reasoning UID:20260426T040326Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:Columbia\, United States DESCRIPTION:Call for Abstracts
\nThe Architecture of Propositional Thought: From Cognitive Maps to Language and Reasoning
\nThe University of Missouri at Columbia
\nOct. 16th-17th\, 2026
\nUniversity of Missouri Organizing Committee:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Gualtiero Piccinini (Philosophy &mdash\; Conference Director)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; David Beversdorf (Radiology\, Neurology\, and Psychological Sciences)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Nelson Cowan (Psychological Sciences)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Clintin Davis-Stober (Psychological Sciences)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Brett Froeliger (Psychiatry)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Caroline Larson (Speech\, Language\, and Hearing Sciences)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Satish Nair (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Timothy Wolf (Occupational Therapy)
\nConfirmed Speakers:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Neil Burgess (University College London)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; David Corina (University of California&mdash\;Davis)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Nina Kazanina (University of Geneva)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Sangeet Khemlani (Naval Research Laboratory)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Gary Lupyan (University of Wisconsin&mdash\;Madison)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Earl Miller (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Ida Momennejad (Microsoft Research NYC)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Manuela Piazza (University of Trento)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Charan Ranganath (University of California&mdash\;Davis)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Nicolas Schuck (Universitä\;t Hamburg)
\nDescription
\nOne of the most promising routes to understanding the architecture of propositional thought&mdash\;and cognition more broadly&mdash\;is to begin with the mammalian navigation system and its associated neural machinery (cognitive maps\, place cells\, grid cells\, path integration\, sequence generation\, hippocampal replay\, and related control mechanisms). Rather than treating navigation as a domain-specific specialization\, this approach treats it as an evolutionarily ancient and well-characterized architectural template that may have been replicated\, extended\, and abstracted to support a wide range of cognitive capacities.
\nA growing body of work suggests that the hippocampus&ndash\;entorhinal cortex system is not merely a spatial navigation system\, but a general system for managing structured representations and sequences\, supporting planning\, memory\, inference\, imagination\, and offline simulation. At the same time\, complementary research highlights the role of frontoparietal control systems in maintaining\, selecting\, and flexibly manipulating these representations under task demands. Together\, these findings motivate an architectural perspective in which navigation-like mapping and replay mechanisms interact with control\, valuation\, imagery\, and language to support higher cognition.
\nAccordingly\, the guiding idea behind this conference is to explore whether propositional thought itself&mdash\;across linguistic and non-linguistic forms&mdash\;can be understood as emerging from the reuse and extension of navigation-like architectures for offline control\, simulation\, and problem solving.
\nThe conference is also aimed at producing an edited volume on the same topic and foster future research collaborations among participants.
\nSubmissions
\nA handful of conference slots may be devoted to submitted contributions. We invite submissions of abstracts that complement the conference&rsquo\;s aim of developing accounts of propositional thought as a manifestation of navigation-like cognitive architectures. Submissions should engage with the conference theme in a substantive way (e.g.\, via computational\, neuroscientific\, psychological\, or philosophical perspectives on map-like architecture\, replay/simulation\, and language that pertain to propositional thought).
\nPlease submit an abstract of up to 1\,000 words (excluding references) as a .doc/.docx or .pdf attachment to nsqk2@umsystem.edu by April 30\, 2026. Please include the paper title\, author name(s)\, affiliation(s)\, and contact email(s). We will notify authors of decisions by the end of May. Presentations will be at most 30 minutes (including Q&\;A).
\nAuthors of accepted abstracts should be prepared to attend in person and\, in principle\, to contribute to the planned edited volume. Invitations to contribute to the volume (if any) will be made after the conference and will be subject to editorial review. Attendance is free\, and limited travel support may be available for accepted contributors.
\nFor questions\, please contact Nathaniel Stagg at the above email.
ORGANIZER;CN=Gualtiero Piccinini: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260422T122231Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20260501T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20260501T000000 SUMMARY:Conceptualising the Self UID:20260426T040327Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Bucharest LOCATION:Splaiul Independentei nr. 204\, Bucharest\, Romania DESCRIPTION:We encourage MA and PhD students\, as well as early PhDs and postdocs\, to contribute research abstracts related to the event's topic areas. Abstracts should be written in English and should not exceed 300 words.
\nAbstracts will receive full consideration if sent before May1st at the following address: ubphilosophymasters@gmail.com\, Word or PDF attachments preferred\, with the message titled: &ldquo\;Abstract Submission - Conceptualising the Self&rdquo\;. \;
\nAll submissions will go through 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 to send out notifications of acceptance on or before May 8th. The conference programme will be announced as soon as the review is completed.
\nFor any questions\, please don't hesitate to email: ubphilosophymasters@gmail.com
ORGANIZER;CN=Daniel Cristian Stancu;CN=Sandra-Catalina Branzaru: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260422T122231Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260430T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260430T234500 SUMMARY:PTK26: 15th Meeting of the Polish Association for Cognitive Science UID:20260426T040328Z-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
\nCall for Abstracts: \;https://ptk26.umcs.lublin.pl/index.php/ptk26-call-for-abstracts/
ORGANIZER;CN=Piotr Konderak: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260422T122231Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260501T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260501T170000 SUMMARY:Ratio Annual Conference on Animals and Philosophy UID:20260426T040329Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Reading\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:Ratio \;Annual Conference on Animals and Philosophy
\nDate: \;1st \;of May\, 2026 from 09:00 to 18:00
\nLocation: \;LONDON ROAD L22 110
University of Reading\, Reading
Details: \;While once neglected among philosophers\, animals have recently become much more central to philosophical debates\, from the philosophy of mind to ethics and political philosophy. In part\, this reflects the growing public demand to take animal rights and welfare more seriously. Thanks to the work of philosophers\, the UK government even changed their legislation to recognise octopuses and decapod crustaceans (shrimp\, lobsters\, crabs) as sentient creatures worthy of protection. The study of animal minds has profound implications for how we ought to treat other species. As our understanding of animal cognition\, sentience\, and emotional capacities continues to advance\, philosophers and scientists face pressing questions about what these discoveries entail for ethics\, policy\, and philosophy itself.
\nThe \;Ratio \;Annual Conference 2026 \;brings together five leading philosophers working on animals to discuss the future of animals\, both within the field of philosophy\, as well as science and public policy:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Heather Browning (University of Southampton)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Oscar Horta (University of Santiago de Compostela)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Kyle Johannsen (Trent University &\; \;Queen's \;University)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Josh Milburn (Loughborough University)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Walter Veit (University of Reading)
\nLunch will be provided. All are welcome\, but spaces are \;limited!
\nRegistration required. \;
\nRegister at: \;https://www.store.reading.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/school-of-philosophy-politics-and-economics/philosophy/ratio-annual-conference-on-animals-and-philosophy
\nContact: \;For any queries\, contact the organiser: Walter Veit (w.r.w.veit@reading.ac.uk) \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Walter Veit: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260422T122231Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260501T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260501T234500 SUMMARY:Philosophica II - Words and Language UID:20260426T040330Z-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.
\nInvited speakers:
\nWe invite abstracts on topics broadly related to natural language\; contributions do not need to place special emphasis on words as such\, though this is welcome. Interdisciplinary perspectives drawing on linguistics\, semantics\, metaphysics\, and other relevant areas are also welcome.
\nSubmitted abstracts should be no more than 400 words (not including references)\; please also include 4-5 key words.
\nSubmissions should be in English and suitable for 30-minute slots (20 minutes for presenting\, 10 minutes for discussion).
\nThis will be an in-person event\; there will be no online component.
\nLink for submissions (EasyChair): \;https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=philosophica2
ORGANIZER;CN=Kamil Lemanek: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260422T122231Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260501T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260501T234500 SUMMARY: 'Styles of Perception': From Historical Perspectives to the Digital Age UID:20260426T040331Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:University of York\, York\, United Kingdom\, YO10 5DD DESCRIPTION:For more information: \;https://sites.google.com/view/stylesofperception/home\; or contract: stylesperception@outlook.com
ORGANIZER;CN=Siying Jiao;CN=Sofia Livi: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260422T122231Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260501T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260501T234500 SUMMARY:Nonsense in Language and Thought UID:20260426T040332Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Title:
\nNonsense in Language and Thought
\nGuest editor:
\nKrystian Bogucki (Polish Academy of Sciences)
\nJournal:
\nStudia Semiotyczne (Semiotic Studies)
\nhttps://studiasemiotyczne.pts.edu.pl/
\nDeadline for submissions:
\nthe 1st of May 2026
\nDescription
\nStudia Semiotyczne \;(Semiotic Studies) \;invites submissions for a special issue of the journal. Papers should be written in English and prepared for blind review.
\nAn interest in nonsense was a hallmark of the early analytic philosophy. Bertrand Russell (1908) thought that a theory of nonsense could help us avoid some daunting paradoxes in logic. Ludwig Wittgenstein (1922\, 1953) and Rudolf Carnap (1931) recognised nonsense as a fundamental concept for philosophical criticism. They claimed that much of philosophical discourse is defective in the most fundamental way: it is neither true nor false\, it does not consist of thoughts and propositions &ndash\; it is nonsense. According to the early Wittgenstein\, philosophers want to describe the nature of the world\, thought\, language and ethics\, but they unwittingly fall into nonsense. The \;Tractatus \;was supposed to free us from this troublesome position by presenting a perspicuous notation. On the other hand\, the later Wittgenstein claimed that we should compare deceptive philosophical images with our ordinary ways of thinking and speaking in order to avoid nonsense. Philosophical problems arise when language goes on holiday\, so we must always remember the everyday use of concepts. For Carnap\, propositions should be reducible to sense data and constructed according to the rules of logical syntax in order to be meaningful.
\nLater\, the topic of nonsense was discussed by Alfred Ayer\, Gilbert Ryle\, Willard V. O. Quine\, Arthur Prior\, Richard Routley and Georg H. von Wright\, among others. Since the late 1970s\, however\, the interest in nonsense has faded. Only recently\, some important works have been published. The first important stimulus came from foundational works on theories of nonsense (Cappelen 2012\, 2013\; Camp 2004\; Glock 2015\; Magidor 2009\, 2013). The second source of the revival of interest in nonsense was Wittgenstein scholarship on the austere and substantial conceptions of nonsense (Conant 2001\; Diamond 1995\, 2005\; Glock 2004\; Hacker 2003\; Moore 2003\; Sullivan 2003). Some works also examined the relation of nonsense to other phenomena (Gotham 2017\, Keller and Keller 2021\, Shaw 2015\, Sorensen 2003).
\nThe important questions to be addressed in the forthcoming volume are (to name but a few): What are the sources of nonsense? Are some parts of philosophical and non-philosophical discourse nonsense? What is the relation between nonsense and figurative speech? Is it at all possible to be wrong whether our own thoughts are meaningful? We hope that the special issue of \;Studia Semiotyczne \;will further strengthen and deepen the scholarly interest in nonsense.
\nPossible topics include\, but are not limited to:
\nTheories of nonsense
\nNonsense and logical syntax
\nNonsense and category mistakes
\nNonsense and figurative speech (e.g. metaphor\, metonymy)
\nNonsense and fiction
\nHistory of the concept of nonsense (in particular Wittgenstein's and the Vienna Circle's views on nonsense)
\nNonsense and understanding
\nNonsense and illusions of sense
\nNonsense and quantification
\nNonsense and linguistics
\nNonsense and ineffability
\nNonsense\, knowledge-how and knowledge-that
\nLogics of nonsense
\nNonsense and semantic paradoxes
\nHow to diagnose philosophical nonsense?
\nMetaphilosophical and methodological issues concerning nonsense
\nIn order to submit the paper\, one is kindly asked to submit the manuscript by sending it to:
\nkrystian.bogucki@ifispan.edu.pl \;and \;studiasemiotyczne@pts.edu.pl
\nAll submitted papers will be double-blind peer-reviewed.
\nAbout the journal:
\nStudia Semiotyczne \;(Semiotic Studies) is a journal founded in 1970 by Jerzy Pelc\, its editor-in-chief until 2015. Between 1970 and 2015\, \;Studia Semiotyczne \;was published non-periodically (during that period\, 29 volumes were published). In December 2015\, \;Studia Semiotyczne \;was transformed into a six-monthly print and Internet publication. Papers accepted for publication in the journal revolve around various aspects of semiotics (conceived in the Morris-Carnap sense) and philosophy. Papers submitted as articles are subject to a double-blind peer review. \;Studia Semiotyczne \;is an open-access journal published by The Polish Semiotic Society (Polskie Towarzystwo Semiotyczne).
\nThe journal is present in \;Academica\, \;BazHum\, \;CEEOL\, \;CEJSH\, \;DOAJ\, EBSCO Discovery Service\, \;ERIH Plus\, \;Index Copernicus\, \;Library of Science\, Philosopher&rsquo\;s Index\, \;PhilPapers\, \;Polona\, \;Scopus \;and Web of Science. The journal is also ranked by the following national agencies for scholarly evaluation:
\n- ANVUR (Italy): both as a scientific journal and as an A-Class (area 11)\,
\n- MEiN (Poland).
\nhttps://studiasemiotyczne.pts.edu.pl/
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260422T122231Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260506T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260506T170000 SUMMARY:Imagination Day UID:20260426T040333Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:The Scores\, Saint Andrews\, United Kingdom\, KY16 9AL DESCRIPTION:A one-day workshop on the philosophy of imagination\, addressing such questions as: What is the epistemic role of imagination? How does it work in our engagement with fiction and in thought experiments? How does it help with planning ahead? How does it relate to inner speech and to other attitudes\, such as belief and desire?
\n\nPlease register using this link: \;Imagination Day Registration &ndash\; Fill in form
ORGANIZER;CN=Franz Berto;CN=Alice Murphy;CN=Petronella Randell;CN=Soroush Rafiee Rad: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260422T122231Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260506T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260508T170000 SUMMARY:Philosophy and Generative Grammar 3 UID:20260426T040334Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:For more than sixty years\, \;developments in linguistic theory (particularly in the generative tradition) have significantly influenced philosophers' thinking about language and the mind. Likewise\, philosophers' discussions on the nature of language\, the mind\, and the world have influenced how linguists understand and model language.
\nThis conference brings together philosophers and linguists to discuss topics in the philosophy of generative grammar and linguistic developments that may be of interest to philosophers.
\nSpeakers
\nIf you want further information about the conference\, please visit our website:
ORGANIZER;CN=David Rey;CN=Rafael Gutierrez: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260422T122231Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260507T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260508T170000 SUMMARY:Reason in Perception UID:20260426T040335Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Graz\, Austria ORGANIZER;CN="Denis Džanić";CN=Daniel Neumann: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260422T122231Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20260509T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20260510T170000 SUMMARY:Beyond the Imitation Game UID:20260426T040336Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Bucharest LOCATION:Splaiul Independentei nr. 204\, Bucharest\, Romania DESCRIPTION:Since its release for public use\, AI has been introduced in a significant number of industries\, and many aspects of our day-to-day lives. Therefore\, \;Beyond the Imitation Game \;student conference aims to bring together students and researchers in fields such as philosophy of cognitive science\, psychotherapy\, law\, policy making\, social and political philosophy\; in order to further our understanding regarding the effects that mainstream integration of AI has had on the practice of psychotherapy\, work-life\, authorship (e.g. art and research).
\nThe conference will have three different panels:
\n- Human and AI interaction: issues in cognitive science\, psychology and philosophy of mind
\nThis panel is dedicated to interdisciplinary approaches to the mind and potential impacts from AI use and Human-LLMs interaction: cognitive offloading\, general and social skill erosion\, anthropomorphism\, human-AI social bonding (how it impacts theory of mind in humans\, why humans assume - if they assume- AI minds). We also accept submissions that explore benchmarking understanding (both scientific and social)\, consciousness and cognitive mechanisms in humans and AI.
\n- Therapy bots and healthcare
\nSeveral debates have emerged with regards to the social skills LLMs may or may not have developed\, such as empathy\, theory of mind\, compassion\, sympathy\, broadly understanding others\, their goals\, intentions\, hopes and desires. Either lack of embodiment\, opaque reasoning or the uncertainty with regards to LLMs mechanisms at play\, may lead to misaligned\, superficial therapeutic values\, ethical and dangerous outcomes in the case of therapy bots. This panel explores how therapy bots may impact the users\, but also psychotherapy in general.
\n-AI use on law and policy making\, social and political philosophy
\nThis panel explores the impact of AI on law and policy making (autonomous agents performing different tasks\, authorship\, academic risks resulting from AI use)\, but also how concepts such as agency\, democracy\, privacy and autonomy are affected by AI tools.
\nAside from the aforementioned subjects\, other topics of interest are: the interaction between humans and LLMs broadly construed\, AI driven misinformation\, AI and the educational sector\, AI and inequality\, and other connected issues.
\nThe conference will take place on the 9th and 10th of May in Bucharest\, Romania and online. Regular presentations will be 20 minutes long\, followed by 10 minutes long Q&\;A.
\nIt 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=Sandra-Catalina Branzaru;CN="Catalina Frâncu";CN=Daniel Cristian Stancu;CN=E.G. Rosu;CN=David Buciuman;CN=Petru A. Costeschi;CN=Alexia Lungianu;CN=Andreea-Isabela Gavrila: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260422T122231Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260510T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260510T090000 SUMMARY:"AI Agents: Choice\, Autonomy\, and the Concept of the Agency" (Special Issue\, Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy) UID:20260426T040337Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers \;&ndash\; Special Issue of:
\nInquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy
\nAI Agents: Choice\, Autonomy\, and the Concept of the Agency
\n
Submission deadline: May 10 2026 \;
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\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
\nAre contemporary AI systems&mdash\;especially large language models&mdash\;agents? Can they make choices\, form intentions\, act for reasons\, or exercise something like autonomy? If the answer is yes (even in a deflated or partial sense)\, what does that reveal about the nature of agency\, freedom\, and responsibility? If the answer is no\, what explains the powerful pull of agentive description in practice&mdash\;and what conceptual or political work is it doing?
\nThis special issue invites papers that treat &ldquo\;AI agency&rdquo\; not only as a metaphysical or empirical question\, but also as a methodological and conceptual-engineering problem: when we apply &ldquo\;agency&rdquo\; to novel systems\, are we tracking a mind-independent fact\, negotiating a useful terminology\, or creating a legal/social fiction with downstream consequences? In many domains&mdash\;ethics\, governance\, product design\, and law&mdash\;we are not merely discovering the answer\; we are actively settling it.
\nGuiding questions
\nWhat is an agent? Necessary/sufficient conditions\; minimal vs robust agency\; action vs behavior\; reasons-responsiveness.
\nCan LLMs (or agentic AI systems) make choices? What would count as choosing\, intending\, planning\, or acting&mdash\;and what would rule it out?
\nAutonomy and free will: Are these coherent in artificial systems? Is &ldquo\;freedom&rdquo\; the wrong frame\, or a helpful one?
\nComparative models: Is AI agency more like corporate agency\, group agency\, tool use\, delegation\, or a legal fiction?
\nMethodology and concept application: Is there a truth of the matter about AI agency\, or are we deciding how to extend &ldquo\;agency&rdquo\; to new cases? What criteria should guide that decision (explanatory power\, predictive control\, moral risk\, legal administrability\, political legitimacy)?
\nSuggested topics (illustrative)
\nAccounts of agency (causal\, functionalist\, representational\, constitutive\, normative) and their implications for AI
\nChoice\, control\, and reasons: decision theory\, planning\, self-models\, &ldquo\;intention-like&rdquo\; states\, counterfactual robustness
\nAgency without consciousness? Agency without experience? (and vice versa)
\nTool vs agent framings in AI practice\; &ldquo\;agentic workflows&rdquo\;\; delegation and responsibility gaps
\nCorporate and collective agency as analogies (and disanalogies) for AI systems
\nLegal personhood\, liability\, and fiction: when is &ldquo\;the AI did it&rdquo\; a useful attribution vs a category mistake?
\nEvaluative and political dimensions: who benefits from agent-ascriptions (or denials)? how do attributions distribute blame\, credit\, and control?
\nOperationalization: tests\, benchmarks\, interpretability\, and auditing approaches that purport to measure agency-relevant capacities
\nCross-cultural perspectives on action\, autonomy\, and personhood (and how they reshape the agency debate)
\nSubmission details
\nQueries
For questions regarding the Special Issue\, please contact: \;inquiryeditorial@gmail.com
The Group of Studies in Neurophilosophy (GENF)\, affiliated with the Federal University of Fronteira Sul (UFFS)\, has the honor of inviting researchers\, faculty\, and undergraduate and graduate students to its 1st UFFS International Congress on Neurophilosophy: Neurophilosophy\, after 40 years\, to be held in a hybrid format on May 11\, 12\, 13\, and 14\, 2026. This year\, we celebrate four decades since the 1986 publication of Patricia Churchland's book Neurophilosophy: Toward a Unified Science of the Mind-Brain\, widely recognized as the foundational point of Neurophilosophy. Since then\, Neurophilosophy has established itself as a field of study that seeks a unified science of the mind-brain\, involving disciplines such as neuroscience\, philosophy\, computing\, psychology\, and psychiatry. Thus\, the 1st UFFS International Congress on Neurophilosophy: Neurophilosophy\, after 40 years\, aims to reflect on the advances\, challenges\, and future of trans- and interdisciplinarity in the study of the mind-brain over these 40 years\, with special focus on Neurophilosophy in Brazil.
\nKEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
\nCesar Schirmer dos Santos (UFSM)
\nFederico Burdman (UAH)
\nJonas Gonç\;alves Coelho (UNESP)
\nOsvaldo Pessoa Jr. (USP)
\nPatrí\;cia Fanaya (UNB)
\nPreston Stovall (UHK)
\nSerdal Tü\;mkaya (IHU)
\nSergio Barberis (UBA)
\nSofia Inê\;s Stein (USP)
\nSteven Gouveia (UPORTO)
\nZuleide Igná\;cio (UFFS)
\n\n\nCALL FOR ABSTRACTS: \;
\n&bull\; Submission Period: January 23 to February 28\, 2026.
\n&bull\; Notification Acceptance: By March 30.
\n&bull\; Event Dates: May 11-14.
\n&bull\; Access: Online\, via Google Meet. Links will be provided by email.
\nThematic Axes:
\nFoundations of Neurophilosophy: Discussions on the legacy of Patricia Churchland and Paul Churchland and of Eliminative Materialism\; History of the emergence of Neurophilosophy\; Co-Evolution\; New developments in the Churchlands' Neurophilosophy\; New neurophilosophical interpretations of Neural Networks.
\nNeurophilosophy in Brazil: Political and theoretical reflections on how Neurophilosophy can be practiced authentically and freely in Brazil\; Brazilian reception of the Churchlands' Neurophilosophy\; Neurophilosophical trends in Brazil.
\nNeurophilosophy of Psychiatry: New explanatory models for brain-mind disorders (Schizophrenia\, Mood Disorders\, Personality Disorders\, Sleep Disorders\, Chronic Pain\, Dementias\, Aphasias\, ASD\, ADHD\, Addictions\, etc.)\; Elucidations on the co-evolutionary influence between Psychiatry and Neurophilosophy\; Etiology and Pathogenesis in Psychiatry\; Diagnostic challenges.
\nConsciousness\, Cognition\, and Evolution: New approaches concerning the explanatory gap\; Evolutionary arguments related to Neurophilosophy\; Evolutionary plausibility and Neurophilosophy.
\nFree Will and Neurosciences: New explanatory models of free will\; Denial of free will\; (In)Compatibilism\; (In)Determinism\; Agency.
\nNeuroethics and Neural Law: Moral challenges posed by new neurotechnologies and brain interventions\; Co-evolution between Neurophilosophy and Law\; Neuronal anti-racism\; Neuronal injustice\; Neurophilosophical discussions on gender.
\nReductionist and Non-Reductionist Neurophilosophy: Discussions on the limits of intertheoretic reduction\; Interpretative failures of non-reductionism\; Defense of the Churchlands' Eliminative Materialism.
\n\; Instructions for Abstract Submission [Oral Presentations]: \; Abstracts must be submitted in PDF format to the email alisson.b.moreira.nacional@gmail.com\, with the Subject line: Congress / Abstract Submission\, accompanied by a separate identification file\, following the guidelines below: \;
\n\; Note: By submitting an abstract\, the author grants permission for its subsequent publication in the event's official Book of Abstracts. \;
\n\n\nCoordination:
\nAlisson Brandemarte Moreira (UFFS\, GENF)
\nJoã\;o Pedro Á\;vila Teixeira (UFMG\, GENF)
\nOrganization &\; Scientific Committee:
\nEdiovani Antô\;nio Gaboardi (UFFS\, GENF)
\nFlá\;vio Miguel Zimmermann (UFFS\, GENF)
\nJoã\;o Carlos Lopes do Prado (UFFS\, GENF)
\nNewton Soares Santarossa (UFSC\, GENF)
\nMaria Luiza Iennaco (USP\, GENF)
\nMarcio Martins (UFMT\, GENF)
\nYasmin Maeda de Souza (PUC/RS\, GENF)
\nMore information:
ORGANIZER;CN=Maria Luiza Iennaco;CN=Alisson Brandemarte Moreira: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260422T122231Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260512T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260512T120000 SUMMARY:ISPSM Double book symposium - Hohwy & Nave UID:20260426T040339Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The International Society for the Philosophy of the Sciences of the Mind announces a double book symposium on Kathryn Nave's A Drive to Survive: \;The Free Energy Principle and the Meaning of Life and Jakob Hohwy's The Self-Evidencing Agent: \;Mind\, Existence and Predictive Processing.
\nCan the Free Energy Principle/Predictive Processing illuminate the sort of being we are? This symposium explores two important - and importantly different - ways to answer the question. Kate Nave&rsquo\;s book offers a negative answer\, grounded in the enactivist tradition. Hohwy&rsquo\;s book offers a positive\, internalist and representationalist answer.
\nBy placing Nave&rsquo\;s and Hohwy&rsquo\;s opposite accounts in critical conversation\, this double-book symposium explores the Free Energy Principle and the various\, opposite ways in which it can be interpreted. It also sheds light on a number of foundational topics in cognitive science\, including the nature of representation\, the relevance of embodiment\, the complex\, tangly relation between our pragmatic and epistemic grip on the world\, and the normativity - biological or epistemic - governing that grip.
On May 12\, 2026. At 10:00 CEST
Online. For the link\, please register here: \;https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdVOrKG1YyHByLLk-DlfU2ABBKRjIYBBCibYJm2pGEhWyc-xQ/viewform
ORGANIZER;CN=International Society for the Philosophy and the Sciences of the Mind (ispsm): METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260422T122231Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260514T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260515T170000 SUMMARY:Self-Knowledge Conference UID:20260426T040340Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Graz\, Austria ORGANIZER;CN=Ursula Renz;CN=Bernhard Ritter;CN="Denis Džanić";CN=Tuomo Tiisala: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260422T122231Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260515T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260515T090000 SUMMARY:PTK26 Conference: Young Researchers Workshop UID:20260426T040341Z-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 by YRW scientific committee. 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:20260422T122231Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260517T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260517T000000 SUMMARY:Workshop on Theoretical Computer Science and Computational Creativity (TCS&CS-ICCC’26) UID:20260426T040342Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Lisbon LOCATION:Coimbra\, Portugal DESCRIPTION:We invite 1-page abstracts on unpublished work\, published work\, or work in progress on topics at the intersection of theoretical computer science and computational creativity. We also welcome constructive contributions that critically examine prior formal work\, identify logical inconsistencies in published formal approaches in CC\, propose formalization of creativity-related questions\, or discuss methodological and evaluative criteria for work on theoretical formal methods. Examples of topics include:
\n\; \; \; \;Computability theory and creativity
\n\; \; \; \;Algorithmic information theory and creativity
\n\; \; \; \;Formal learning theory and creative systems
\n\; \; \; \;Complex networks and creativity
\n\; \; \; \;Formal models of creativity and creative processes
\n\; \; \; \;Theoretical and information-theoretic approaches to evaluation
\n\; \; \; \;Foundational formalized questions about value\, novelty\, and quality in computational creativity
\n\; \; \; \;Conjectures\, theorems\, and proofs on topics adjacent to creativity
\n\; \; \; \;Connections between theoretical methods and creative AI systems
\n\; \; \; \;Constructive critical review of previous formal work
\n\; \; \; \;Identified logical inconsistencies in published formal approaches in CC
\n\; \; \; \;Methodologies and evaluation criteria for work on theoretical formal methods
\nSubmission instructions:
Please submit your abstract by 17 May 2026 via email to iccc26-theorycs-cc-workshop@computationalcreativity.net. Authors of accepted abstracts will be notified by 31 May 2026.
All accepted abstracts will be asked to present at the workshop. The accepted abstracts and the papers associated with those abstracts will be made available on the workshop website (with author permission)\, but no formal workshop proceedings will be published.
\nFor any questions\, email us at iccc26-theorycs-cc-workshop@computationalcreativity.net
ORGANIZER;CN="Luís Espírito Santo";CN=Nadia M. Ady;CN=Max Peeperkorn: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260422T122231Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260518T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260519T170000 SUMMARY:EMW XIV: Aesthetic Attention UID:20260426T040343Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Prague LOCATION:Husova 4\, Praha\, Czech Republic\, 110 00 DESCRIPTION:We cordially invite submissions for the 14th \;Ernst Mach Workshop\, which will focus on the role of aesthetic attention in shaping aesthetic experience and cognitive engagement with the world. The workshop aims to explore how aesthetic attention works and how it influences the appreciation of art and nature\, examining its interplay with perception\, emotion\, and cognitive states. Particular emphasis will be given to modes of aesthetic attention across a range of artistic genres\, including painting\, sculpture\, photography\, literature and music\, as well as conceptual art and even AI-generated art. \;
\nContributions are welcome from scholars working in aesthetics and the philosophy of mind\, as well as from cognitive scientists\, experimental psychologists and neuroscientists. There is no registration fee for the event. \;
\nSubmission deadline: \;March 20\, 2026. Submission portal for anonymized 300-word abstracts: \;https://emw14.sciencesconf.org/
\nInquiries at \;emw@flu.cas.cz
ORGANIZER;CN=Juraj Hvorecky;CN=Tomas Marvan;CN=Tomas Koblizek: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260422T122231Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260521T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260523T170000 SUMMARY:Salzburg Workshop on Inner Speech UID:20260426T040344Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Salzburg\, Austria\, 5020 DESCRIPTION:There will be no contributed papers\, but all lectures and the poster session will be free and open to the public\, and visitors will be welcome to attend. All talks will be held in person. This will not be an on-line or hybrid event.
\nFor more information about the schedule of talks and the locations of talks\, please write to Prof. Christopher Gauker (christopher.gauker@plus.ac.at) before April 23\, 2026.
ORGANIZER;CN=Christopher Gauker: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260422T122231Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260526T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260530T170000 SUMMARY:New Perspectives in Philosophy of Psychiatry (AAPP 2025/ VMST-14) UID:20260426T040345Z-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:20260422T122231Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20260531T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20260601T170000 SUMMARY:Conceptualising the Self UID:20260426T040346Z-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:20260422T122231Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260531T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260531T090000 SUMMARY:Arkete: War: Ethics\, Neurobiology and Philosophy UID:20260426T040347Z-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 Golubovich (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:20260422T122231Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260531T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260531T234500 SUMMARY:Special Issue on Imagination\, Creativity and Artificial Intelligence (Philosophical Psychology) UID:20260426T040349Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:CFP: Special Issue on Imagination\, Creativity and Artificial Intelligence (Philosophical Psychology)
\nManuscript Deadline: 31 May 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.
\nNew 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:20260422T122231Z 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:20260426T040351Z-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:20260422T122231Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20260606T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20260607T170000 SUMMARY:International Interdisciplinary Conference of Psychedelic Studies UID:20260426T040353Z-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
\nUniversity 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:20260422T122231Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260610T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260611T170000 SUMMARY:Everyday Diversity Project UID:20260426T040356Z-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:20260422T122231Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260610T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260612T170000 SUMMARY:Fiction and Lies: the ASIFF/SIRFF Fourth International Congress UID:20260426T040357Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Edinburgh\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
-Professor Eileen John (Philosophy\, University of Warwick)
--Professor Pierre Bayard (Literature\, Université\; Paris 8 - Saint-Denis)
From Plato&rsquo\;s indictment of the tragic poets as misrepresenting the truth\, to Sir Philip Sidney&rsquo\;s famous claim in the Defence of Poesy that &lsquo\;the Poet\, he nothing affirms\, and therefore never lieth&rsquo\;\, to current debates about fictionality and factuality\, the relationship between \;fiction \;and \;lies \;has been a focus of scholarly attention. Both \;fiction-makers and liars make things up and misrepresent the truth. But it is traditionally assumed that with \;fiction\, the invention is non-deceptive. As Margaret Macdonald (1954\, 170) put the point\, &lsquo\;The conviction induced by a story is the result of a mutual conspiracy\, freely entered into\, between author and audience. A storyteller does not \;lie\, nor is a normal auditor deceived&rsquo\;. Macdonald proposed that instead\, \;fiction-makers engage in a non-deceptive pretence of assertion\; but other approaches also distinguish between fictionality and deception\, from philosophers who associate \;fiction \;with an invitation to make-believe rather than to believe to narratologists who treat fictionality as a rhetorical mode of communication that overtly signals fabrication. If \;lies \;are assertions aimed at deception\, perhaps \;fictions \;are incapable of \;lying.
Yet a sharp distinction between fictionality and deception confronts numerous challenges. Scholars across disciplines have considered the many ways in which \;fictions \;can affect our beliefs\, for good or ill. Even if \;fictions \;cannot \;lie \;in some technical sense\, they can certainly mislead\, insinuate\, obfuscate and so on. Works of \;fiction \;may be instances of propaganda which misrepresent the facts\; think of Oliver Stone&rsquo\;s film JFK (1991) or Michael Crichton&rsquo\;s \;novel \;State of Fear (2004). And the distinctions between the \;fictional \;and factual are under increasing pressure in the current culture of disinformation and &lsquo\;fake news&rsquo\; &ndash\; a category not so easy to distinguish from &lsquo\;fictional \;news&rsquo\;.
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. \;
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:20260422T122231Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260614T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260626T170000 SUMMARY:Self-knowledge for Humans and Artificial Systems UID:20260426T040359Z-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:20260422T122231Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260615T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260619T170000 SUMMARY:Valencia Philosophy Lab Summer School: Mind and Rationality UID:20260426T040400Z-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:20260422T122231Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260617T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260619T170000 SUMMARY:PLM8 - 8th Philosophy of Language and Mind Network Conference UID:20260426T040401Z-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:20260422T122231Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260618T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260619T170000 SUMMARY:The Conscious Mind at 30 UID:20260426T040403Z-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:20260422T122231Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260618T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260619T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop: Measuring Commitment in Communication UID:20260426T040404Z-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:20260422T122231Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260618T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260619T170000 SUMMARY:Liège Workshop - Early British Metaphysics of Mind UID:20260426T040405Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Brussels LOCATION:Pl. du Vingt Août 7\, Liège\, Belgium\, 4000 ORGANIZER;CN=Jacopo Pallagrosi;CN=Valentina Martinis;CN=Bruno Leclercq: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260422T122231Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260622T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260624T170000 SUMMARY:Philosophy and Mathematics of Situated Agency (PAMOSA 2026) UID:20260426T040406Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Helsinki LOCATION:Oulu\, Finland DESCRIPTION:PHILOSOPHY 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 END:VCALENDAR