The conference is on the nature of rationality and its relation to normativity\, especially on how rationality and reasons generate norms for what to believe\, trust or doubt. Rationality provides norms governing our thinking\, not only in general (do not form incoherent beliefs)\, but also in specific cases (do not trust that obvious conman). Which reasons the agent does or does not possess\, and their quality\, is also important. This conference aims at bringing together experts on these topics and shed light on these phenomena.
\nGetting a clear picture of what rationality and reasons are and what norms they place on our thinking can aid with applied philosophical issues as well. For example\, is conspiracy thinking\, distrust towards scientific experts or falling for fake news irrational? If so\, which rational norms are violated exactly\, and under which circumstances? What does the rational standing of people who engage in these potentially irrational processes teach us about why they engage in them\, and what if anything we should do to combat these phenomena?
\nOrganization
\nOrganization committee: \;
\nAuke Montessori\, Jaroslav Malí\;k\, Zuzana Votavová\; \;
\nContact:
\nhttps://ff.uhk.cz/rationalityandnorms/#contact \;
\nThis conference is organized by the Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences\, Faculty of Philosophy\, University of Hradec Krá\;lové\;\, as part of the project:
\nKnowledge in the Age of Distrust
\nFunded by the Ministry of Education\, Youth and Sports (Czech Republic). Co-funded by the European Union.
ORGANIZER;CN=Auke Montessori: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261018T143453Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261030T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261031T170000 SUMMARY:Obligation and Normativity in Modern Moral Philosophy UID:20261018T185139Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:e8eb:30ff:feda:226%3 TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Milano\, Italy DESCRIPTION:What is distinctive about \;modern \;moral philosophy\, i.e.\, that written in the 17th \;and 18th \;centuries\, is often considered to be its conception of obligation. G.E.M. Anscombe\, for instance\, famously argued that modern moral philosophers\, and her contemporaries under their influence\, were wrong to try and ground the normativity of morality without reference to a divine lawgiver. Whether they are critical or merely interpretive in nature\, the views of many other influential philosophers such as H.A. Prichard\, Bernard Williams\, and Stephen Darwall have all agreed in this respect. Indeed\, Christine Korsgaard describes what she calls &lsquo\;the normative question\,&rsquo\; that is\, what \;justifies \;the demands that morality makes on us\, as one that was especially pressing for modern moral philosophers from roughly Grotius to Kant. How did modern moral philosophers explain the normativity of morality? How do modern figures use the concept of obligation to account for the normativity of morality? This conference and the planned edited volume will address these and related questions. Collectively\, the participants will engage with the works of a variety of major and minor figures from the modern period to enrich our historical and systematic understanding of the nature of morality&rsquo\;s normativity.
ORGANIZER;CN=Michael Walschots;CN=Stefano Bacin: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261018T143453Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20261104T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20261106T170000 SUMMARY:The 3nd Conference Ethics and AI Towards a New Ethos of AI UID:20261018T185140Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:e8eb:30ff:feda:226%3 TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:Pl. Politechniki 1\, Warsaw\, Poland DESCRIPTION:Conference ETHICS and AI\, The 3rd Edition: Towards a New Ethos of AI
\nWe are entering a historic moment in which artificial intelligence is no longer simply a tool that supports our processes\, but is becoming a personal technology &mdash\; one that co-decides\, recommends\, communicates\, and increasingly acts on our behalf. Personalised AI systems are already reshaping education\, business\, politics\, and the everyday choices we all make\, as the market moves faster than regulation can follow and ethical reflection races to keep pace with innovation. At the same time\, a real and urgent tension defines this transformation: increasingly sycophantic LLMs optimised for user satisfaction and engagement risk enclosing individuals within epistemic bubbles\; powerful AI ideologies promoted by major technology leaders frame rapid deployment as unquestionable progress\; and regulatory frameworks continue to struggle to respond adequately to the speed and scale of change. The Ethics and AI conference grows out of this tension and from the conviction that it deserves serious\, open\, cross-disciplinary conversation bringing together AI engineers\, philosophers\, ethicists\, and argumentation researchers to jointly examine the design\, social\, and political decisions shaping the future of technology. Our interest goes beyond compliance: we ask a deeper question about ethos &mdash\; what values\, what model of responsibility\, and ultimately what worldview we are embedding in the systems we build\, and what this means for our shared digital society. We seek to articulate a new ethos for AI design\, capable of translating responsibility\, justice\, and kindness into technological practice\, and of guiding the development of benevolent AI &mdash\; not merely persuasive or adaptive\, but genuinely benevolent\, trustworthy\, and oriented toward the common good and a resilient digital society.
\nKeynote speakers: \;
\nSpecial guest:
\nThe exhibition "Trust\, social media and digital society"
\nThe exhibition "Trust\, social media and digital society" presented at the Ethics and AI conference is delivered by the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. The conference is organised under the auspices of the [iTRUST] project (NCN/CHIST-ERA\, 2022/04/Y/ST6/00001).
\nSubmissions may address\, but are not limited to\, the following thematic areas:
\nSubmission \;
\nWe invite submissions of regular abstracts (300&ndash\;500 words) prepared for double-blind peer review. should be submitted via the EasyChair platform:https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eaai-3. Each accepted contribution will be allocated a 30-minute presentation slot\, including time for discussion. We accept submissions in English and Polish (since part of the conference will be held in Polish).
\nConference Fee
\nThe registration fee is 600 PLN (140 euro). The registration fee for students is 300 PLN (70 euro). \;
\nSubmission deadlines \;
\nFrom June 10\, 2026: submission open \;
\nSeptember 15: submission deadline \;
\n\nOctober 5: 2026: notifications of acceptance or rejection \;
ORGANIZER;CN="Krzysztof Sołoducha": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261018T143453Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20261104T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20261104T234500 SUMMARY:The 3nd Conference Ethics and AI Towards a New Ethos of AI UID:20261018T185141Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:e8eb:30ff:feda:226%3 TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:Pl. Politechniki 1\, Warsaw\, Poland DESCRIPTION:Conference ETHICS and AI\, The 3rd Edition: Towards a New Ethos of AI
\nWe are entering a historic moment in which artificial intelligence is no longer simply a tool that supports our processes\, but is becoming a personal technology &mdash\; one that co-decides\, recommends\, communicates\, and increasingly acts on our behalf. Personalised AI systems are already reshaping education\, business\, politics\, and the everyday choices we all make\, as the market moves faster than regulation can follow and ethical reflection races to keep pace with innovation. At the same time\, a real and urgent tension defines this transformation: increasingly sycophantic LLMs optimised for user satisfaction and engagement risk enclosing individuals within epistemic bubbles\; powerful AI ideologies promoted by major technology leaders frame rapid deployment as unquestionable progress\; and regulatory frameworks continue to struggle to respond adequately to the speed and scale of change. The Ethics and AI conference grows out of this tension and from the conviction that it deserves serious\, open\, cross-disciplinary conversation bringing together AI engineers\, philosophers\, ethicists\, and argumentation researchers to jointly examine the design\, social\, and political decisions shaping the future of technology. Our interest goes beyond compliance: we ask a deeper question about ethos &mdash\; what values\, what model of responsibility\, and ultimately what worldview we are embedding in the systems we build\, and what this means for our shared digital society. We seek to articulate a new ethos for AI design\, capable of translating responsibility\, justice\, and kindness into technological practice\, and of guiding the development of benevolent AI &mdash\; not merely persuasive or adaptive\, but genuinely benevolent\, trustworthy\, and oriented toward the common good and a resilient digital society.
\nKeynote speakers: \;
\nSpecial guest:
\nThe exhibition "Trust\, social media and digital society"
\nThe exhibition "Trust\, social media and digital society" presented at the Ethics and AI conference is delivered by the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. The conference is organised under the auspices of the [iTRUST] project (NCN/CHIST-ERA\, 2022/04/Y/ST6/00001).
\nSubmissions may address\, but are not limited to\, the following thematic areas:
\nSubmission \;
\nWe invite submissions of regular abstracts (300&ndash\;500 words) prepared for double-blind peer review. should be submitted via the EasyChair platform:https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eaai-3. Each accepted contribution will be allocated a 30-minute presentation slot\, including time for discussion. We accept submissions in English and Polish (since part of the conference will be held in Polish).
\nConference Fee
\nThe registration fee is 600 PLN (140 euro). The registration fee for students is 300 PLN (70 euro). \;
\nSubmission deadlines \;
\nFrom June 10\, 2026: submission open \;
\nSeptember 15: submission deadline \;
\nOctober 5: 2026: notifications of acceptance or rejection \;
ORGANIZER;CN="Krzysztof Sołoducha": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261018T143453Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Copenhagen:20261112T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Copenhagen:20261114T170000 SUMMARY:Praise and Praiseworthiness Workshop\, CFA UID:20261018T185142Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:e8eb:30ff:feda:226%3 TZID:Europe/Copenhagen LOCATION:Copenhagen\, Denmark DESCRIPTION:Praise and Praiseworthiness Workshop
\nPhilosophers working on praise and praiseworthiness are invited to submit abstracts for a workshop on these topics\, to be held in Copenhagen in the fall of 2026\, specifically November 12-14. Abstracts on the nature \;of praise and the nature of praiseworthiness are especially welcome. (Submissions on other praise-related issues-- e.g. the morality of praise-- will be considered\, however.)
\nThe intention is to workshop papers for a praise-themed issue of \;Oxford Studies in Agency &\; Responsibility. \;Selected abstracts must be \;promised \;to this special themed issue of OSAR. They cannot be submitted elsewhere\, and if accepted\, they must be committed to OSAR.
\nWhile workshop dinners will be covered\, funds unfortunately are not available to assist with travel or accommodation.
\nThe timeline of important dates and deadlines is as follows:
\n-Abstract due (500-1000 words): April 30\, 2026
\n-Notification concerning acceptance: May 30\, 2026
\n-First draft due (to be circulated amongst workshop participants): October 21\, 2026
\n-Workshop dates: November 12-14\, 2026
\n-Revised draft due: sometime in February 2027
\nThe papers will then be sent out by OUP for vetting and\, once returned\, contributors may make further changes. The praise-themed edition of Oxford Studies in Agency and Responsibility is expected to be in print 2028. \;
\nAnonymized abstracts (of 500-1000 words) should be submitted to \;praiseworkshop2026@gmail.com \;by the end of April 30 (last time zone on Earth).
\n
Confirmed Presenters:
Jules Holroyd
\nKasper Lippert-Rasmussen
\nZoë\; Johnson King
\nVictoria McGeer
\nColeen Macnamara
\nLeo Menges and Leonie Eichhorn
\nDana Nelkin
\nDavid Shoemaker
\nDaniel Telech
\n
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Beyond Function: The Self in the Modern World
\nThe French existentialist Gabriel Marcel once diagnosed the defining problem of modernity as the "misplacement of the idea of function." In his famous essay\, &ldquo\;On the ontological Mystery\,&rdquo\; he describes modern society as essentially empty because it increasingly understands both the world and the person in terms of utility\, efficiency\, productivity\, quantifiable performance\, etc. In such a climate\, the human person is easily reduced to a collection of functions rather than recognized as a unique and irreducible self. Marcel&rsquo\;s critical analysis of the modern condition as well as those of many of the early existentialist&mdash\;Martin Buber\, Karl Jaspesrs\, Martin Heidegger\, and even Soren Kierkegaard&mdash\;raised serious concerns and broader philosophical questions that continue to confront us today\, nearly a century later. How does contemporary social\, technological\, political\, and economic structures shape our self-understanding? Do they promote authentic selfhood\, or do they encourage forms of alienation that obscure what it means to be human? Do they encourage objectified relationships that engender I-it relations with? Do they promote a self-objectification that leads to mental illness?
\nMarcel offered his own unique repose to the perils&mdash\;or sickness&mdash\;of the &ldquo\;functionalized&rdquo\; world as the proper recognition and response to what he called the mystery of being\, i.e. learning to access that which is beyond function. This conference invites students and scholars to provide their own analyses and explore such questions baring on the relationship between the self and the modern condition. We seek philosophical reflection upon the nature of selfhood and the ways in which contemporary realities influence our understanding of personal identity\, agency\, freedom\, community\, and what it means to live &ldquo\;the good life.&rdquo\; We are particularly interested in papers that examine how modern technological\, scientific\, philosophical\, social\, political\, or religious developments contribute to&mdash\;or challenge&mdash\;our understanding of the self and the conditions of a good\, meaningful\, and fulfilling human life. Deeper philosophical reflection on the self enables us to reconsider or re-envision not only who we are\, but also what kinds of conditions are necessary for genuine human flourishing. We welcome papers that creatively engage these questions from historical or contemporary perspectives\, or that draw upon interdisciplinary approaches illuminating the nature of the self in the modern world.
\nHere are suggested topics:
\nWe are especially interested in&mdash\;though not limited to&mdash\;papers engaging thinkers such as Sø\;ren Kierkegaard\, Gabriel Marcel\, Karl Jaspers\, Emmanuel Levinas\, Martin Buber\, Simone Weil\, Charles Taylor\, Alasdair MacIntyre\, Hannah Arendt\, Paul Ricoeur\, Edith Stein\, Maurice Merleau-Ponty\, and other philosophers whose work contributes to our understanding of the self\, personhood\, and the challenges of modern existence.
\nAbstracts should be 300&ndash\;400 words and clearly state the paper&rsquo\;s thesis and demonstrate relevance to the conference theme. Paper length should be 10 pages\, double-spaced\, or in the 3000 words range.
\nPlease send the abstract to Anthony.malagon@qc.cuny.edu by 10/14/2026.
\n\n ORGANIZER;CN=Anthony Malagon: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261018T143453Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261112T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261112T170000 SUMMARY:Beyond Function: The Self in the Modern World UID:20261018T185144Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:e8eb:30ff:feda:226%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:65-30 Kissena blvd\, Flushing\, United States\, 11367 DESCRIPTION:\nBeyond Function: The Self and the Modern Condition
\nThe French existentialist Gabriel Marcel once diagnosed the defining problem of modernity as the "misplacement of the idea of function." In his famous essay\, &ldquo\;On the ontological Mystery\,&rdquo\; he describes modern society as essentially empty because it increasingly understands both the world and the person in terms of utility\, efficiency\, productivity\, quantifiable performance\, etc. In such a climate\, the human person is easily reduced to a collection of functions rather than recognized as a unique and irreducible self. Marcel&rsquo\;s critical analysis of the modern condition as well as those of many of the early existentialist&mdash\;Martin Buber\, Karl Jaspesrs\, Martin Heidegger\, and even Soren Kierkegaard&mdash\;raised serious concerns and broader philosophical questions that continue to confront us today\, nearly a century later. How does contemporary social\, technological\, political\, and economic structures shape our self-understanding? Do they promote authentic selfhood\, or do they encourage forms of alienation that obscure what it means to be human? Do they encourage objectified relationships that engender I-it relations with? Do they promote a self-objectification that leads to mental illness?
\nThis conference invites students and scholars to explore these questions baring on the relationship between the self and the modern world. We seek philosophical reflection upon the nature of selfhood and the ways in which contemporary realities influence our understanding of personal identity\, agency\, freedom\, community\, and what it means to live &ldquo\;the good life.&rdquo\; We are particularly interested in papers that examine how modern technological\, scientific\, philosophical\, social\, political\, or religious developments contribute to&mdash\;or challenge&mdash\;our understanding of the self and the conditions of a good\, meaningful\, and fulfilling human life. Deeper philosophical reflection on the self enables us to reconsider or re-envision not only who we are\, but also what kinds of conditions are necessary for genuine human flourishing. We welcome papers that creatively engage these questions from historical or contemporary perspectives\, or that draw upon interdisciplinary approaches illuminating the nature of the self in the modern world.
\nHere are suggested topics:
\nWe are especially interested in&mdash\;though not limited to&mdash\;papers engaging thinkers such as Sø\;ren Kierkegaard\, Gabriel Marcel\, Karl Jaspers\, Emmanuel Levinas\, Martin Buber\, Simone Weil\, Charles Taylor\, Alasdair MacIntyre\, Hannah Arendt\, Paul Ricoeur\, Edith Stein\, Maurice Merleau-Ponty\, and other philosophers whose work contributes to our understanding of the self\, personhood\, and the challenges of modern existence.
\nAbstracts should be 300&ndash\;400 words and clearly state the paper&rsquo\;s thesis and demonstrate relevance to the conference theme. Paper length should be 10 pages\, double-spaced\, or in the 3000 words range.
\nPlease send the abstract to Anthonhy.malagon@qc.cuny.edu by 10/14/2026.
ORGANIZER;CN=Anthony Malagon: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261018T143453Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261113T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261113T170000 SUMMARY:8th CNY Moral Psychology Workshop UID:20261018T185145Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:e8eb:30ff:feda:226%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:1331 Salt Springs Rd\, Syracuse\, United States\, 13214 DESCRIPTION:Submit abstracts for the Workshop at the following address.
\nhttps://forms.gle/8foFeWAojyHLuFXr7
\nThe keynote speaker is Ben Bradley (Syracuse University).
\nThe deadline for submissions is Friday\, August 21st.
\nPlease direct any questions or issues to Joseph Spino at spinojm@lemoyne.edu.
ORGANIZER;CN=Joseph Spino;CN=Randall R. Curren;CN=John M. Monteleone;CN=Irene Liu: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261018T143453Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20261115T060000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20261115T060000 SUMMARY:Moral Education in Modern Schooling Systems UID:20261018T185146Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:e8eb:30ff:feda:226%3 TZID:Asia/Qatar LOCATION:Doha\, Qatar DESCRIPTION:The Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE) invites scholars and researchers to submit proposals for a research seminar on moral education and the teaching of ethics in modern schooling systems\, with particular attention to Muslim societies.
\nContemporary ethical scholarship has devoted considerable attention to questions such as What is the good? and What makes an action moral? Yet an equally important question concerns how young people are educated for the good.
\nMoral formation has long occupied a central place in philosophical and Islamic intellectual traditions\, from discussions of virtue and character to concepts such as adab\, tarbiya\, and taʾdīb. Modern schooling\, however\, has significantly changed the context in which moral formation takes place. Compulsory education\, centralized curricula\, the role of the nation-state\, religious and civic education\, globalization\, and increasingly diverse societies all raise important questions about what values schools should teach\, how they should teach them\, and toward what ends.
\nThe seminar seeks to advance scholarly discussion on moral education in modern schooling systems\, with particular attention to Muslim societies\, consistent with CILE's mission. It aims to examine the religious\, philosophical\, ethical\, pedagogical\, psychological\, and curricular dimensions of teaching ethics\, while exploring how Islamic intellectual and educational traditions can contribute to contemporary debates on character formation\, moral reasoning\, citizenship\, and human flourishing. By bringing together scholars and practitioners\, the seminar aims to develop an interdisciplinary theoretical and practical understanding of moral education and its role in addressing the challenges facing contemporary societies.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261018T143453Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261119T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261120T170000 SUMMARY:Normative Reasons and Morality UID:20261018T185147Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:e8eb:30ff:feda:226%3 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Norbert-Wollheim-Platz 1\, Frankfurt am Main\, Germany DESCRIPTION:While the concept of a normative reason is often taken to provide a common currency across different domains of normativity\, its role and nature within the moral domain continue to raise a number of difficult and intriguing questions. Some philosophers have argued that moral reasons are distinctive in virtue of their stringency or overridingness\; others question whether the notion of a normative reason provides the most illuminating framework for understanding moral demands at all. More generally\, the relationship between morality and normative reasons remains contested\, both with respect to the nature of moral reasons and their place within moral thought and practice. This workshop aims to examine these issues from a variety of perspectives and to explore the significance of reasons-based approaches for contemporary moral philosophy.
\nWe welcome contributions addressing questions including (but not limited to):
\nA limited number of slots are available through an open call for abstracts. Please send your abstract\, prepared for anonymous review\, as a PDF file to si [dot] behrens [at] em [dot] uni [hyphen] frankfurt [dot] de (subject line: &ldquo\;Morality and Reasons&rdquo\;). Abstracts should be between 500 and 1\,000 words (including notes but excluding bibliography). Papers should be suitable for a 40-minute presentation. The deadline for submissions is \;July 15\, 2026. \;Applicants will be notified of the outcome by July 31\, 2026.
\nWe particularly encourage Ph.D. students and individuals from underrepresented groups to submit.
ORGANIZER;CN=Singa Behrens: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261018T143453Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261119T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261119T200000 SUMMARY:The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts UID:20261018T185148Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:e8eb:30ff:feda:226%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:1 Pace Plaza\, New York\, United States\, 10038 DESCRIPTION:Pace University Center for Ethical Thinking's Third Thursdays Speaker Series brings together scholars from a range of disciplines doing innovative work in ethics\, political theory\, and related areas. \;
\nAll attendees who are not Pace University students or employees must register in advance to attend. \;
\nFollow us on Instagram! instagram.com/pacecenterforethicalthinking
ORGANIZER;CN=Eddis Miller: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261018T143453Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20261231T060000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20261231T060000 SUMMARY:Economic Cosmologies and Ethics in Islamic Scholarship UID:20261018T185149Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:e8eb:30ff:feda:226%3 TZID:Asia/Qatar LOCATION:Doha\, Qatar DESCRIPTION:This research seminar is convened by Dr. Sami Al-Daghistani (Centre for Theology and Religious Studies\, Lund University).
\nWe invite researchers to submit proposals for a seminar exploring the ethical and cosmological foundations of economic thought across Islamic intellectual traditions. The seminar examines how Muslim scholars have understood wealth\, ownership\, exchange\, production\, and livelihood within broader conceptions of morality\, divine trust\, and human flourishing.
\nOver recent decades\, Islamic economics and finance have attracted considerable attention from scholars and practitioners. The field has been variously understood as a &ldquo\;third-way&rdquo\; economic system\, part of wider Islamization efforts\, and a discipline within the social sciences. These different approaches have generated debates about its scope\, methods\, and relationship to classical Islamic sources. Despite the growth of scholarship on Islamic economics\, the relationship between classical ethical frameworks and modern Islamic economics remains underexplored. This seminar addresses that relationship by asking: What are the ethical-economic principles of classical Islamic thought? What is the nature of ownership? What is the purpose of wealth? How is the human being situated in relation to economic resources and the lived environment? Is the economy primarily a sphere of competition\, or one of trust and stewardship?
\n ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261018T143453Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261231T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261231T230000 SUMMARY:Wittgenstein on Ethics and Aesthetics: Historical\, Systematic\, and Contemporary Perspectives_CfP UID:20261018T185150Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:e8eb:30ff:feda:226%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers
Wittgenstein on Ethics and Aesthetics: Historical\, Systematic\, and Contemporary Perspectives
Few claims in Ludwig Wittgenstein&rsquo\;s philosophy are as influential and enigmatic as the remark in the Tractatus logico-philosophicus that &ldquo\;ethics and aesthetics are one.&rdquo\; From the early notebooks and the Tractatus through the Lecture on Ethics\, the Lectures on Aesthetics\, the Philosophical Investigations\, On Certainty\, and Culture and Value\, questions of value\, meaning\, art\, judgment\, responsibility\, and religious experience remain central to his thought.
\nWittgenstein\, however\, develops neither an ethical system nor a traditional theory of aesthetics. Instead\, his reflections concern forms of life\, practices of judgment\, modes of perception\, and ways in which value becomes manifest without being reducible to theoretical propositions. Ethics and aesthetics thus touch upon fundamental questions concerning language\, world-understanding\, education\, attention\, culture\, and the limits and possibilities of philosophy itself.
\nThe planned volume seeks to bring together historical and exegetical studies with systematic\, comparative\, and contemporary approaches to Wittgenstein&rsquo\;s ethics and aesthetics. Contributions may examine continuities and transformations between his early and later philosophy\, explore connections between ethics\, aesthetics\, religion\, mysticism\, philosophical anthropology\, and cultural criticism\, or bring Wittgenstein into dialogue with thinkers such as Kant\, Kierkegaard\, Schopenhauer\, Nietzsche\, Tolstoy\, Weil\, Murdoch\, Anscombe\, Cavell\, Sontag\, Arendt\, Levinas\, Taylor\, and Adorno.
\nParticularly welcome are contributions investigating the contemporary significance of Wittgenstein&rsquo\;s thought. Possible areas include artificial intelligence and digital forms of life\, environmental ethics\, deep disagreement\, political ethics\, visual culture\, moral education\, the ethics of attention\, the aesthetics of the ordinary\, and the role of art\, literature\, music\, architecture\, and film.
\nPossible topics include\, but are not limited to:
\nContributions from philosophy\, art history\, literary studies\, religious studies\, and related disciplines are welcome.
\nSubmission
\nPlease submit an English abstract of no more than 350 words\, together with a brief academic biography\, by 31 December 2026 to moritzpretzsch@uni-kassel.de.
\nAuthors will be notified following the peer-review process. Completed chapters are due by 1 April 2027.
\nThe volume is planned for publication in early 2028 with a leading international academic publisher. Detailed information concerning length\, citation format\, style\, and editorial guidelines will be provided upon acceptance.
\n ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261018T143453Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270115T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270115T234500 SUMMARY:SLACRR 2027 UID:20261018T185151Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:e8eb:30ff:feda:226%3 TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:6177 Delmar Ave\, Saint Louis\, United States DESCRIPTION:St. Louis Annual Conference on Reasons and Rationality provides a forum for new work on practical and theoretical reason\, broadly construed. In addition to two invited speakers\, the other speakers will be chosen from submitted abstracts.This will be the 17th SLACRR.
\nInvited speakers: Jennifer Nagel (Toronto) and Sergio Tenenbaum (Toronto)
\nHosted by UMSL\, WUSTL\, and SLU
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261018T143453Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270210T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270210T180000 SUMMARY:Correct\, incorrect\, or neither? Demonstrating and explaining variation in folk normative objectivism UID:20261018T185152Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:e8eb:30ff:feda:226%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to announce the next series of UK XPHI Online. This is a monthly online workshop devoted to discussion of work in progress in experimental philosophy (broadly construed). We feature work from all areas of experimental philosophy\, by researchers at all career stages\, from the UK and all over the world. The workshop meets once a month on Teams\, typically the second Wednesday of each month (16:00-18:00 UK time)\, for a two-hour session that typically features two talks (each 40 minutes plus 15 minutes Q&\;A). \;
\n\;Talk 1
\nTalk 2
\nOct 14\, 16-18 UK
\nRedesigning Ethical Thought Experiments: Reassessing the Experimental Challenge to Moral Intuition\, Pietro Tunesi (Trinity College Dublin)
\nWhat people (don't) want to know in the moral domain\, Jordan Wylie (Cornell University)\, Nathan Liang (Cornell University)\, and Charlotte Austin (Cornell University)
\nNov 11\, 16-18 UK
\nMoral Encroachment and Doxastic Wronging: An Experimental Investigation\, Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen (Aarhus University)\, Kevin Reuter (University of Gothenburg)\, Somogy Varga (Aarhus University)\,
\nThe Side-Effect Effect and &ldquo\;Intentionally&rdquo\;\, Lilian O&rsquo\;Brien (Tampere University\, University of Helsinki)\, Svetlana Vetchinnikova (University of Helsinki).
\nDec 9\, 16-18 UK
\nMischaracterization Objection 2.0\, David Bordonaba-Plou (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)\, Krzysztof Sękowski (University of Warsaw)
\nFrom Thought Experiments to Experimental Evidence: Transparency and Quality of Reporting in Experimental Philosophy: Bartosz Maćkiewicz (University of Warsaw)\, Katarzyna Kuś (University of Warsaw)\, Joanna Gęgotek (University of Warsaw)\, Monika Gurak (University of Warsaw)\, and Franciszek Kittel (University of Warsaw).
\nJan 13\, 16-18 UK
\nNARRABODY: Narrative and Body in Post-Stroke Selfhood. A Longitudinal Qualitative Study\, Camille Lé\;pingle (ENS de Lyon)
\nA cross-cultural\, qualitative study on HPV vaccination intention\, Konrad Henne (University of Heidelberg)\, Alejandra Petino Zappala (Ruhr University Bochum)\, Nora Heinzelmann (University of Heidelberg)
\nFeb 10\, 16-18 UK
\nDo subjects have revelation intuitions?\, Marcus Ashby (King&rsquo\;s College London)
\nCorrect\, incorrect\, or does it depend? Demonstrating and explaining variation in folk metanormative judgment\, Mikló\;s Kü\;rthy (University of Graz)\, Geoffrey Goodwin (University of Pennsylvania)\, Paulo Sousa (Queen's University Belfast).
\nTo submit for future series\, please email the organizers an abstract of up to 500 words by Dec 15\, 2026 to james.andow@manchester.ac.uk.
\nThis series is organised by:
\nEugen Fischer (UEA)
\nJoanna Demaree-Cotton (Oxford)
\nJames Andow (Manchester)
ORGANIZER;CN=James Andow;CN=Joanna Demaree-Cotton;CN=Eugen Fischer: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261018T143453Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20270218T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20270220T170000 SUMMARY:Relational Normativity: Epistemic and Practical UID:20261018T185153Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:e8eb:30ff:feda:226%3 TZID:Europe/Zurich LOCATION:Rämistr. 71\, Zürich\, Switzerland\, 8006 DESCRIPTION:Relational Normativity: Epistemic and Practical &ndash\; ZEGRa
ORGANIZER;CN=Sebastian Schmidt;CN=Jonas Vandieken: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261018T143453Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270223T173000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270223T190000 SUMMARY:Beauvoir's Constructivism: On Grounding Metaethics in the Co-Constitution of the Social World UID:20261018T185154Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:e8eb:30ff:feda:226%3 TZID:Europe/London ORGANIZER;CN="Dino Jakušić";CN=Tobias Keiling: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261018T143453Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270326T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270327T170000 SUMMARY:9th Annual Chapel Hill Normativity Workshop UID:20261018T185155Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:e8eb:30ff:feda:226%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Caldwell Hall\, Chapel Hill\, United States DESCRIPTION:The ninth annual Chapel Hill Normativity Workshop will be held in Chapel Hill on March 26 -- 27\, 2027.
\nThe workshop aims to provide a forum for stimulating and constructive exchange among philosophers currently working on issues concerning normativity\, broadly construed to include: the traditional questions of metaethics (and analogous questions about other normative domains)\; more abstract and general questions within first-order normative theory\; theories of reasons\, rationality and reasoning\; the semantics and pragmatics of normative language\; the psychology of normative judgment\; and the nature of epistemic normativity. The hope is to showcase cutting-edge work in these and related areas\, providing speakers with useful feedback\, and other participants with lively presentations and conversation.
\nThere will be eight talks in total\, seven of which will be selected via an open call for abstracts and an anonymous review process\, plus a keynote by Sarah McGrath (Princeton). For the eighth workshop running\, papers accepted to this year's workshop will be eligible for publication in a special issue of Philosophical Studies.
\nWe very much hope you'll join us in sunny and beautiful Chapel Hill next spring for the workshop's ninth year. In addition to excellent presentations\, there will be plenty of opportunities for socializing with fellow normativity folks at a selection of Chapel Hill's lovely restaurants and bars on each night of the event.
\nMany thanks to the UNC Department of Philosophy and Parr Center for Ethics for their generous support of the event.
ORGANIZER;CN=Chris Howard;CN=Margaret Shea;CN=Alex Worsnip: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261018T143453Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20270420T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20270422T170000 SUMMARY:Moral Education in Modern Schooling Systems UID:20261018T185156Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:e8eb:30ff:feda:226%3 TZID:Asia/Qatar LOCATION:Doha\, Qatar DESCRIPTION:The Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE) invites scholars and researchers to submit proposals for a research seminar on moral education and the teaching of ethics in modern schooling systems\, with particular attention to Muslim societies.
\n\nContemporary ethical scholarship has devoted considerable attention to questions such as What is the good? and What makes an action moral? Yet an equally important question concerns how young people are educated for the good.
\n\nMoral formation has long occupied a central place in philosophical and Islamic intellectual traditions\, from discussions of virtue and character to concepts such as adab\, tarbiya\, and taʾdīb. Modern schooling\, however\, has significantly changed the context in which moral formation takes place. Compulsory education\, centralized curricula\, the role of the nation-state\, religious and civic education\, globalization\, and increasingly diverse societies all raise important questions about what values schools should teach\, how they should teach them\, and toward what ends.
\n\nThe seminar seeks to advance scholarly discussion on moral education in modern schooling systems\, with particular attention to Muslim societies\, consistent with CILE's mission. It aims to examine the religious\, philosophical\, ethical\, pedagogical\, psychological\, and curricular dimensions of teaching ethics\, while exploring how Islamic intellectual and educational traditions can contribute to contemporary debates on character formation\, moral reasoning\, citizenship\, and human flourishing. By bringing together scholars and practitioners\, the seminar aims to develop an interdisciplinary theoretical and practical understanding of moral education and its role in addressing the challenges facing contemporary societies.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261018T143453Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270523T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270525T170000 SUMMARY:SLACRR 2027 UID:20261018T185157Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:e8eb:30ff:feda:226%3 TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:6177 Delmar Ave\, Saint Louis\, United States DESCRIPTION:St. Louis Annual Conference on Reasons and Rationality provides a forum for new work on practical and theoretical reason\, broadly construed. In addition to two invited speakers\, the other speakers will be chosen from submitted abstracts.This will be the 17th SLACRR.
\nInvited speakers: Jennifer Nagel (Toronto) and Sergio Tenenbaum (Toronto)
\nHosted by UMSL\, WUSTL\, and SLU
\nhttps://www.umsl.edu/~slacrr/index.html ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261018T143453Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20270914T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20270916T170000 SUMMARY:Economic Cosmologies and Ethics in Islamic Scholarship UID:20261018T185158Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:e8eb:30ff:feda:226%3 TZID:Asia/Qatar LOCATION:Doha\, Qatar DESCRIPTION:This research seminar is convened by Dr. Sami Al-Daghistani (Centre for Theology and Religious Studies\, Lund University).
\nWe invite researchers to submit proposals for a seminar exploring the ethical and cosmological foundations of economic thought across Islamic intellectual traditions. The seminar examines how Muslim scholars have understood wealth\, ownership\, exchange\, production\, and livelihood within broader conceptions of morality\, divine trust\, and human flourishing.
\nOver recent decades\, Islamic economics and finance have attracted considerable attention from scholars and practitioners. The field has been variously understood as a &ldquo\;third-way&rdquo\; economic system\, part of wider Islamization efforts\, and a discipline within the social sciences. These different approaches have generated debates about its scope\, methods\, and relationship to classical Islamic sources. Despite the growth of scholarship on Islamic economics\, the relationship between classical ethical frameworks and modern Islamic economics remains underexplored. This seminar addresses that relationship by asking: What are the ethical-economic principles of classical Islamic thought? What is the nature of ownership? What is the purpose of wealth? How is the human being situated in relation to economic resources and the lived environment? Is the economy primarily a sphere of competition\, or one of trust and stewardship?
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