In Conversation: Exploring the Philosophy of Money and Finance &ndash\; Series III
\nA series of interviews with contributors to The Philosophy of Money and Finance (Hardcover\, OUP 2024\; Paperback\, fall 2025)
\nSchedule
\n"Truth in Financial Accounting"
Author: Christopher J. Cowton (Emeritus\, University of Huddersfield)
Interviewer: Lisa Warenski (CUNY Graduate Center)
Date and Time: 15 January 2026\, 18:00 CET
"Green Central Banking" \;
Authors: Peter Dietsch (University of Victoria)\; Clé\;ment Fontan (University of Louvain)
Interviewer: Jens van't Klooster
Date and Time: 25 March 2026\, 18:00 CET
"On the Wrongfulness of Bank Contributions to Financial Crises"
Author: \;Richard Endö\;rfer (University of Gothenburg)
Interviewer: Kobi Finestone (Univeresity of San Diego)
Date and Time: 01 June 2026\, 18:00 CET
"Bitcoins Left and Right: A Normative Assessment of a Digital Currency"
Authors: Lars Lindblom and Joakim Sandberg
Interviewer: Violet Victoria
Date and Time: October (TBA) 2026\, 18:00 CET
New Generation Research Exchange
\n\;Call for Applications \;
\nSummary \;
\nThe Humane Philosophy Society\, in collaboration the Faculty of Philosophy\, University of Warsaw\, Blackfriars Hall\, University of Oxford\, and Faculty of Philosophy\, Zagreb University invite applications for the New Generation Research Exchange programme. The Exchange programme will give young scholars in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) working on Big Questions of fundamental human importance the opportunity to participate in three fully funded workshops taking place at the Universities of Warsaw\, Zagreb and Oxford. Participants will have the further opportunity to apply to continue the research during a term of funded supervised research at the University of Oxford on the Marek Matraszek Fellowship. Participants&rsquo\; research projects will be assessed by an external committee after the final workshop takes place to determine possible supervisors for research visits to Oxford. The Fellowship will conclude with an alumni workshop in the summer of 2026 to take place in Trogir\, Croatia. \;
\nAn introductory video can be viewed here: \;
\nhttps://youtu.be/vfaPrP2W2Hs
\nEligibility
\nApplicants will normally be MA or early PhD students at Central and Eastern European research institutions\, including universities\, research academies and seminaries\, or young scholars from CEE on equivalent degree programmes outside the region. The programme is intended to support research projects of successful candidates during the final year of their MA course\, or developing their MA research topics for publication\, or with a PhD application in mind\, as well as those beginning to work on a PhD. Proposed projects should broadly fall under the project themes\, which are outlined below. \; It is expected that most applications will be submitted by natural scientists\, theologians and philosophers\, but there are no disciplinary restrictions and applicants with academic backgrounds in other areas are also welcome. Applications are welcome from researchers working in any religious tradition\, and from researchers working in no religious tradition.
\nFor the purposes of the project\, Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is defined as: Albania\, Armenia\, Azerbaijan\, Belarus\, Bosnia and Herzegovina\, Bulgaria\, Croatia\, Czechia\, Estonia\, Georgia\, Hungary\, Kosovo\, Latvia\, Lithuania\, Moldova\, Montenegro\, North Macedonia\, Poland\, Romania\, Serbia\, Slovakia\, Slovenia and Ukraine.
\nActivities
\nSuccessful candidates will participate in a series of three masterclasses during the course of the programme. The meetings will take place over three days each at the Universities of Zagreb\, Warsaw\, and Oxford. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss their work as a group and with invited mentors\, as well as participate in seminars led by prominent visiting speakers. The Fellowship will cover all the costs of participating in each masterclass including travel and accommodation. The fellowship will conclude with an alumni workshop in the summer of 2026 which will cover all participant costs except travel. The total value of the Fellowship is 4000 USD. \;
\nSelected participants will have a further opportunity to receive the Marek Matraszek Oxford Fellowship to complete their work during a term at Oxford University\, where they will be able to work closely with a secondary supervisor to advance their research. The funding for research visits at Oxford University will cover accommodation\, living costs\, college fees\, and supervision and have a total value of 3000 USD. \;
\nSupported Research Themes
\nThe programme will support research which engages with Big Questions of universal human importance. We are especially interested in research into fundamental issues which straddle boundaries between disciplines including philosophy\, psychology\, physical sciences\, social sciences\, theology\, literature and cultural studies. Applicants will be expected to engage with recent developments in their disciplines\, and demonstrate a high standard of academic rigor. Suitable topics include\, but are not limited to:
\n▪ The significance of theological traditions for scientific practice today\;
\n▪ The relations of brains\, minds and human persons\;
\n▪ Whether physical cosmology can explain the origin of the cosmos\;
\n▪ The role of religion in the historical development of science\;
\n▪ The place of values in the natural world\;
\n▪ The relevance of literary works and traditions for understanding and interpreting Big Questions\;
\n▪ Phenomenology of human life and interpersonal relations\;
\n▪ Intellectual traditions in CEE and their import for Big Questions\;
\n▪ Free will and scientific determinism and/or divine foreknowledge\;
\n▪ Empirical psychology and the second person perspective\;
\n▪ Phenomenological approaches to religion\;
\n▪ Understanding notions of God\, good and evil in a scientific age.
\nFor further example areas that explore Big Questions applicants are strongly encouraged to visit the Humane Philosophy Society&rsquo\;s website where example areas of interest are listed.
\nFor more information on the NGRE fellowship programme as well as on NGRE alumni visit: \;https://www.humanephilosophy.com/ngre
\nApplication process
\nApplications for Exchange Fellowships must be submitted no later than 1 August 2025 for the cycle of the programme starting October 2025. Applications must include the following documents. \; \;
\n▪A proposal describing the research the candidate is carrying out\, how far the research is advanced\, and an outline of the work the candidate expects to complete during the course of their final year. \;
\n▪A full curriculum vitae\, and a statement saying how the candidate expects to benefit from participating in the programme
\n▪Two academic references including a reference from the candidate&rsquo\;s supervisor if the research project is part of an MA degree. \;
\n▪A confirmation from the candidate&rsquo\;s institution stating that they are allowed to participate in the programme during the academic year 2025&ndash\;6. \;
\nAll application materials should be submitted via email to info@humanephilosophy.com stating in the subject line: &ldquo\;NGRE application&rdquo\;. The results of the competition will be announced in September 2025.
\nBy submitting an application for the New Generation Research Exchange candidates accept and acknowledge the terms of processing their personal data for the purpose of the application process. For further information concerning the processing of personal data by the University of Warsaw see the personal data information sheet. If you have any questions please contact Dr Mikołaj Sławkowski-Rode: m.slawkowski-rode@uw.edu.pl \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Mikolaj Slawkowski-Rode;CN=Marija Selak;CN=Ralph Stefan Weir: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T175831Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260422T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260715T170000 SUMMARY:Representations in Minds\, Brains\, and AI UID:20260627T074429Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION: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!
AI + Data Ethics (AIDE) Summer is a 9-week\, in-person training program intended for graduate students with advanced training in applied ethics\, ethical theory\, philosophy of science\, metascience\, epistemology\, or other areas with potential research applications to artificial intelligence (AI) and big data who would like to develop research capacities in the ethics of AI\, data ethics\, and the philosophy of technology. \;
\nDesigning AI and machine learning systems to promote human flourishing in just and sustainable ways will require a robust and diverse AI and data ethics research community. However\, there are few graduate programs that train students in these areas. The aim of this summer long\, in person training program is to supplement resources in students&rsquo\; home universities with philosophical and technical skills necessary to research in this area.
\nAIDE Summer 2026 especially welcomes epistemologists\, philosophers of science\, and metascience researchers interested in developing a research program in the philosophy of AI and computation.
\nThe 2026 AIDE Summer Program was made possible by generous funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and Northeastern's Khoury College of Computer Science.
\nThe summer 2026 program will run from Monday\, June 1st through Friday\, July 31.
\nApplications are due Thursday January 15th\, 2026 at 11:59pm anywhere in the world.
ORGANIZER;CN=Kathleen A. Creel;CN=John Basl: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T175831Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260614T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260626T170000 SUMMARY:Self-knowledge for Humans and Artificial Systems UID:20260627T074431Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm 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:20260624T175831Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260621T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260627T170000 SUMMARY:Numerical Computations: Theory and Algorithms The 5th International Conference and Summer School UID:20260627T074432Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Curinga\, Italy DESCRIPTION:The goal of the NUMTA Conference is to create a multidisciplinary round table for an open discussion on numerical modeling nature by using traditional and emerging computational paradigms. The Conference (including also \;special streams and sessions) discusses all aspects of numerical computations and modeling from foundations and philosophy to advanced numerical techniques. New technological challenges and fundamental ideas from theoretical computer science\, linguistic\, logic\, set theory\, and philosophy meet requirements and new fresh applications from physics\, chemistry\, biology\, and economy.
\nAmong approved special streams:
\n- \;Philosophy of applied mathematics
\n- \;Frontiers in mathematics and STEM education: From formal methods to AI-driven computational tools
\n- \;Natural hazard modelling
\n- \;Theoretical and computational methods for graphs
\n- \;New trends in data approximation and applications
ORGANIZER;CN=Yaroslav Sergeyev: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T175831Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20260622T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20260626T170000 SUMMARY:5th International Conference on Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (5ICEAI) UID:20260627T074433Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Belgrade LOCATION:Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Zagreb\,\, Zagreb\, Croatia\, HR-10000 DESCRIPTION:[Call for Abstracts]
\n5th International Conference on Ethics of Artificial Intelligence \;(5ICEAI)
\nFaculty of Humanities and Social Sciences\, University of Zagreb\, Zagreb\, Croatia
\n22-26 June 2026 \;(22-23 June\, Online | 24-26 June\, in-person)
\nAbout: \;The \;5th International Conference on Ethics of Artificial Intelligence \;(5ICEAI) brings together researchers\, academics\, and students to examine central ethical and political questions raised by contemporary AI. Hosted by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences\, University of Zagreb (Zagreb\, Croatia)\, the conference promotes dialogue across moral and political philosophy\, philosophy of technology\, law\, and allied interdisciplinary fields\, with an emphasis on both conceptual foundations and concrete institutional challenges. Key themes include responsibility and accountability in socio-technical systems\; transparency\, explanation\, and contestability\; fairness and discrimination in data-driven decision-making\; privacy\, surveillance\, and informational autonomy\; the effects of AI on labour and social inequality\, as well as sustainability\; and the integrity of epistemic environments shaped by automation (misinformation\, persuasion\, and dependency). The programme also foregrounds questions of governance: how to design oversight and regulatory frameworks that are ethically defensible\, practically workable\, and aligned with human rights and democratic values. The event runs in a \;hybrid format: online sessions on 22&ndash\;23 June 2026\, followed by in-person sessions on 24&ndash\;26 June 2026 at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences\, University of Zagreb.
\nETHICS OF AI AWARD 2026 \;(in-person talks only): The best-submitted abstract will receive the opportunity to deliver a special Award Talk similar to a keynote talk (note: the selected author will have the fee waived).
\nThe final deadline to submit proposals in different research topics is \;May 20\, 2026.
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\nKEYNOTES SPEAKERS:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Roman V. Yampolskiy \;is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Louisville (Speed School of Engineering) and the founding Director of the Cyber Security Lab.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Emily E. Sullivan \;is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy\, University of Edinburgh\, and Co-Director of the Centre for Technomoral Futures (Edinburgh Futures Institute).
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Vincent Blok \;is Professor at Wageningen University &\; Research and Professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam\; he is also Scientific Director of the 4TU Centre for Ethics of Technology.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Siobhain Lash \;is a Teaching Assistant Professor at the John Chambers College of Business and Economics at West Virginia University.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Srećko Gajović \;is a Distinguished Professor at the School of Medicine\, University of Zagreb\, and is affiliated with the Croatian Institute for Brain Research.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Devon Schiller \;is a biological\, cognitive\, and medical semiotician based at the Department of English and American Studies\, University of Vienna\, Vienna\, a DOC Fellow of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Sa&scaron\;a Horvat \;is an Associate Professor at the University of Rijeka\, Faculty of Medicine\, affiliated with the Department of Social Sciences and Medical Humanities.
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\nTopics might include (but are not limited to):
\n\;
\n1. \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Foundations of AI Ethics and Normative Frameworks
\na. Value pluralism in AI: human rights\, capabilities\, welfare\, dignity\, autonomy
b. Deontic vs. consequentialist vs. virtue-theoretic approaches to design and deployment
c. Individual vs. collective harms\; distributive vs. procedural justice in automated systems
2. \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Responsibility\, Accountability\, and Agency in Socio-Technical Systems
a. Responsibility gaps\, many-hands problems\, and institutional responsibility
b. Human&ndash\;AI decision pipelines: delegation\, oversight\, and meaningful control
c. Liability\, professional duties\, and accountability mechanisms in high-stakes contexts
3. \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Transparency\, Explainability\, and Contestability
\na. Explanation as justification vs. explanation as understanding: stakeholders and standards
\nb. Epistemic limits of interpretability\; post-hoc rationalisations and &ldquo\;explanation theatre&rdquo\;
\nc. Procedural safeguards: auditability\, due process\, and avenues for appeal
\n4. \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Fairness\, Discrimination\, and Structural Injustice
\na. Competing fairness metrics\; impossibility results and ethical trade-offs
b. Bias across the AI lifecycle: data\, modelling\, deployment\, feedback loops
c. Group harms\, intersectionality\, and the reproduction of social power
5. \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Privacy\, Surveillance\, and Data Governance
\na. Data minimisation\, purpose limitation\, and secondary use in AI systems
b. Re-identification risk\, inference threats\, and privacy in multimodal models
c. Consent\, agency over data\, and collective data rights
6. \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Safety\, Robustness\, and Misuse
\na. Risk assessment under uncertainty: hazard modelling\, red-teaming\, and assurance cases
\nb. Dual-use\, adversarial behaviour\, deception\, and manipulation risks
c. Security-by-design and the ethics of releasing powerful models
7. \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Epistemic Harms and the Integrity of the Information Environment
a. Misinformation\, synthetic media\, and epistemic injustice
b. Recommender systems\, attention capture\, and autonomy over belief-formation
c. Trust\, credibility\, and the ethics of human reliance on AI outputs
8. \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Governance\, Regulation\, and Institutional Design
\na. Compliance\, enforcement\, and the ethics of &ldquo\;checklist&rdquo\; governance
b. Standards\, certification\, and third-party auditing: what counts as due diligence?
c. Global governance\, regulatory fragmentation\, and cross-border impacts
\;
\n9. \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Labour\, Education\, and the Political Economy of AI
\na. Automation\, deskilling\, and workplace surveillance
\nb. Intellectual property\, creative labour\, and compensation in data-driven systems
\nc. Public-sector AI\, procurement ethics\, and democratic accountability
\n10. \; \;Environmental and Infrastructural Ethics
\na. Energy use\, carbon accounting\, and ecological impacts of training and deployment
b. Supply-chain ethics (minerals\, hardware\, e-waste) and infrastructural inequality
c. Sustainability trade-offs: &ldquo\;bigger models&rdquo\; vs. &ldquo\;better models&rdquo\;
11. \; \;Human&ndash\;AI Interaction\, Persuasion\, and Relational Ethics
\na. Manipulation\, nudging\, and user vulnerability (children\, patients\, dependents)
b. Anthropomorphism\, trust calibration\, and the ethics of conversational agents
c. Social roles: AI as advisor\, companion\, gatekeeper\, or authority
12. \; \;Methods in AI Ethics
\na. Bridging principles and practice: operationalisation\, metrics\, and evaluation protocols
b. Participatory design\, stakeholder engagement\, and community oversight
c. Interdisciplinary methods: empirical ethics\, ethnography\, and impact assessment
Special Track I: Medical AI Ethics
\nThis track focuses on ethical\, legal\, and clinical issues in the development and deployment of AI in healthcare. Topics may include:
\na. Clinical responsibility and accountability for AI-assisted decisions
b. Bias\, inequity\, and health disparities in medical datasets and tools
c. Explainability\, informed consent\, and patient autonomy in AI-mediated care
d. Safety\, validation\, and post-deployment monitoring in real clinical settings
e. Trustworthy AI and &ldquo\;ethics-by-design&rdquo\; approaches for healthcare systems
Special Track II: EthicAI4Care &mdash\; Implementing Ethics by Design in AI for Healthcare
\nThis track is aligned with EU project &ldquo\;EthicAI4Care&rdquo\;\, which develops an integrated training approach combining AI\, healthcare\, and ethics\, aiming to strengthen trustworthy AI in the health sector through ethics-by-design and educational capacity-building. Topics may include:
\na. Ethics-by-design frameworks and self-assessment tools for healthcare AI
b. Embedding EU ethical values and fundamental rights into curricula and professional training
c. Pedagogical methods for interdisciplinary upskilling (clinicians\, educators\, developers)
d. From guidelines to practice: institutional implementation\, evaluation\, and governance
Special Track III: Asymmetric communities\, Sustainability\, and AI
\nAligned with the EU NRRP project &ldquo\;OBZIR&rdquo\;\, this track examines moral\, political\, and legal challenges of non-reciprocal relations in mixed communities of humans\, non-humans\, ecosystems\, and artificial entities\, especially AI and robotic systems\, with a focus on sustainability-oriented norms and governance. Topics may include:
\na. Criteria for asymmetry and resulting obligations
b. Human&ndash\;AI and Human&ndash\;robot relations: status\, responsibility\, and governance
c. Sustainability and expanding community membership
d. Indigenous/alternative frameworks and action-guiding ethical guidelines
FEES (accepted speakers)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Early Stage (until 15 May 2026)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Professionals (posdoc\, professor\, tenure-track): \;&euro\; 120\,00
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Students: (Master\, PhD): \;&euro\; 90\,00
\n\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Later Stage (15May &ndash\; 15 June 2026)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Professionals (posdoc\, professor\, tenure-track): \;&euro\; 160\,00
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Students: (Master\, PhD): \;&euro\; 120\,00
\n\;
\nAttendance: \;Free.
\n\;
\nLanguages of the colloquium: \;English and Croatian.
\nSUBMISSIONS:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; IMPORTANT: you should \;clearly state \;if you are submitting for the \;online segment \;(OS) (22-23 June) or the \;in-person segment \;(PS) (24-26 June). If online\, you need to provide a \;preferred day \;(22 or 23 June) \;and time schedule \;(Morning: 9h30-12h30\; \;Afternoon: 14h00 &ndash\; 18h) considering the \;Zagreb Time Zone.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; In-person submissions have a higher chance of being accepted (more slots available) and are automatically registered for \;Ethics of AI Award \;2026.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Proposals should include \;two files: (in \;word. \;format: pdf. formats will not be accepted):
\no \; \; (1) a cover page with identification\, clear academic affiliation (if several\, choose the main)
\no \; \; (2) an anonymized title and abstract (maximum 250 words\, up to 10 references)
\no \; \; (3) sent to interconfethicsofai@gmail.com
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Paper duration: 30 minutes (20 minutes presentation + 10 minutes for discussion)\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Notification Info: in order to facilitate the request for funding of the accepted talks so speakers can prepare their travel in advance\, notification of acceptance or rejection will be given in a \;7-10 days period \;(review) after the submission\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Publications: Some of the papers presented at the conference are expected to be published in several projects (edited volume\, special issue\, etc.\; the publication process will be independent and optional\; more details after the conference)\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Any \;doubts or concerns \;can be addressed to: interconfethicsofai@gmail.com
\nVenue: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Zagreb\, Ulica Ivana Lučića 3\, HR-10000 Zagreb\, Croatia
\nOrganization: \;Mind\, Language and Action Group\, Institute of Philosophy\, University of Porto | Laboratory for Conceptual Engineering of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Zagreb | Department of Philosophy of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Zagreb | TBA
\n\;
\nOrganizing Committee
\nSteven S. Gouveia (Chair)
\nLuka Peru&scaron\;ić (Local Chair)
\nSofia Miguens
\nJakov Erdeljac
\nMarko Kos
\nDamian Sr&scaron\;a
\nTBA
\n\nSupport:
\nCEEC Project by FCT 2022.02527.CEECIND
\nTL Modern &\; Contemporary Philosophy
\nRG Mind\, Language and Action Group (MLAG)
\nInstituto de Filosofia da Universidade do Porto &ndash\; UID/00502/2025
\nFundaç\;ã\;o para a Ciê\;ncia e a Tecnologia (FCT)
\nLaboratory for Conceptual Engineering of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Zagreb
\nDepartment of Philosophy of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Zagreb
ORGANIZER;CN=Steven Gouveia;CN="Luka Perušić": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T175831Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260622T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260625T170000 SUMMARY:Second Biennial Conference of the Society for the Study of Measurement UID:20260627T074434Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Edinburgh\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:We are excited to announce that the Second Biennial Conference of the \;Society for the Study of Measurement will be held at the University of Edinburgh \;June 22-25 2026. The main conference will take place June 23-25\, with a pre-conference day of workshops held on June 22. \;
\nWe are delighted to announce that Professor Jana Uher (Greenwich) will be our keynote speaker and that Professor Luca Mari (Università\; Carlo Cattaneo - LIUC) will be giving the society&rsquo\;s inaugural presidential address.
\nOrganiser and Host for the Conference: Jo Wolff (University of Edinburgh)
\nQueries: measurement2026@gmail.com
\nOn behalf of the Council of the Society for the Study of Measurement: Luca Mari (President)\, Eran Tal (Secretary)\, and Council Members Leah McClimans\, Nadine de Courtenay\, Miguel Ohnesorge\, David Torres Irribarra\, and Mark Wilson. \;
\nTopics
\nPlease see below for a non-exhaustive list of suggested topics\; we particularly welcome contributions that make contact with this year&rsquo\;s conference theme: Ground Truth and Validity. While the notion of measurement validity is comparatively familiar\, ground truth may need more of an introduction. The concept of ground truth has origins in remote sensing\, where it is used to contrast the outcomes of a near or ground level measurement with outcomes of a remotely sensed measurement. From these origins\, the concept has now moved to a wider use\, particularly in machine learning contexts\, where it denotes data assumed to be true\, which can then be used to calibrate and validate machine learning data. The time seems ripe for a more careful investigation from a measurement perspective of the concept of ground truth&mdash\;both in its original understanding and in its more metaphorical use.
\nMeasurement and Simulation
\nMeasurement and Data Science
\nModels in Measurement
\nModels of Measurement
\nHistory\, Philosophy and Sociology of Measurement
\nMeasurement Applications and their conceptual foundations in any area of science
\nThis will be the 9th world congress organized around the square of opposition after very successful previous editions in Montreux\, Switzerland 2007\; Corte\, Corsica 2010\; Beirut\, Lebanon 2012\; Vatican\, 2014\; Easter Island\, 2016\, Crete\, 2018\, Leuven\, Belgium 2022\, San Jose\, Costa Rica\, 2024. This is an interdisciplinary event gathering logicians\, philosophers\, mathematicians\, semioticians\, theologians\, cognitivists\, artists and computer scientists.
ORGANIZER;CN=Jean-Yves Beziau;CN=Serge Robert: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T175831Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260624T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260626T170000 SUMMARY:History and Philosophy of Science: Past\, Present\, and Future UID:20260627T074436Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Asia/Hong_Kong LOCATION:HKUST\, Hong Kong\, Hong Kong DESCRIPTION:History and Philosophy of Science: Past\, Present\, and Future
\n24 - 26 June 2026
\nAcademic Building\, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
\nKeynote Speakers
\nTheodore Arabatzis (University of Athens\, Greece)
\nUljana Feest (University of Hannover\, Germany)
\nDon Howard (University of British Columbia\, Canada)
\nGreg Radick (University of Leeds\, UK)
Organising Committee
Keith Chan
\nFons Dewulf
\nYafeng Shan (chair)
\nQinyi Wang
\nQiyue Zhang
Funders
Centre for Philosophy of Science\, HKUST
The Asian Philosophy of Science Association
Conference Description
History and Philosophy of Science (aka HPS) emerged in the 1950s and greatly promoted the historical approach to the philosophy of science. Despite its rapid institutionalisation in the 1960s\, HPS did not become a full-fledged academic discipline eventually. There have been axiological\, institutional\, methodological\, and practical challenges. That said\, some historically minded philosophers of science and philosophically minded historians of science never stop making efforts to promote the dialogue across the boundaries and develop HPS approaches (e.g. integrated HPS\, HOPOS\, and PHS). This conference aims to reflect on the nature\, methodology\, development\, and prospect of HPS.
Selected papers will be included in an edited volume to be published by Springer (part of the Asian Studies in the Philosophy of Science).
\nFor more information\, please visit the webpage: \;https://www.shanyafeng.com/hps26
\nRegistration (Deadline: 24 May 2026)
\nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1979375495390
\n
Contact
If you have any questions\, please contact Qiyue Zhang (qiyue.zhang@connect.ust.hk).
Orientation in turbulent times
\nThis moment is shaped by competing and intensifying dynamics: on the one hand\, escalating narratives of existential technological risk\, and on the other\, waves of economic speculation and hype around AI\; alongside deepening geopolitical fragmentation\, trade conflicts\, and even open war. In this context\, digital technologies are at the centre of attention\, they have become central infrastructures through which power\, knowledge\, security\, and economic value are organised. This convergence creates both urgency and ambiguity\, demanding new forms of orientation that move beyond critique toward grounded practices of shaping technology in line with democratic and societal values.
\nThis year&rsquo\;s Digital Humanism Conference does not respond with abstraction or diagnosis alone. It turns toward action. It asks not only what is at stake\, but what is already being done\, by whom\, and under which conditions\, what we can do\, what we have to demand from our institutions. It foregrounds practices that seek to reclaim technological development as a matter of public concern and collective responsibility.
\nIn this sense\, Digital Humanism is approached as a practice. It unfolds through design\, through empowerment\, through involvement and education\, and through the everyday decisions that configure technological systems and their social effects. The conference therefore highlights the often invisible work required to align digital technologies with democratic values\, human rights\, inclusion\, diversity\, and environmental responsibility.
\nPositioned within current global power shifts\, the conference engages critically with existing governance frameworks while maintaining a forward-looking perspective. It explores how agency can be regained and redistributed\, how dependencies can be reduced\, and how public institutions can take on a more active role in shaping digital futures.
ORGANIZER;CN=Erich Prem: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T175831Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260625T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260626T170000 SUMMARY:The Epistemology of Medicine UID:20260627T074438Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation\, Südliches Schlossrondell 23\, Munich\, Germany\, 80638 DESCRIPTION:This international conference brings together leading philosophers to explore foundational questions in the epistemology of medicine. How do we generate\, evaluate\, and integrate knowledge in medical science and practice&mdash\;especially in an era shaped by big data\, advanced statistics\, and artificial intelligence? By examining the nature of evidence\, causal reasoning\, and explanatory models in health and healthcare\, the event aims to clarify how different sources of knowledge can be combined to guide effective medical decision-making and policy. Through interdisciplinary dialogue\, The Epistemology of Medicine seeks to advance philosophical understanding while contributing to the broader goals of improving patient care and promoting societal well-being.
ORGANIZER;CN="Jürgen Landes";CN=Stephan Hartmann: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T175831Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260625T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260626T170000 SUMMARY:New Perspectives on the Semantics-Pragmatics Distinction (VU Amsterdam) UID:20260627T074439Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Amsterdam LOCATION:De Boelelaan 1105\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands\, 1081HV DESCRIPTION:New Perspectives on the Semantics&ndash\;Pragmatics Distinction
\nDate: 25-Jun-2026 - 26-Jun-2026
Location: Amsterdam\, Netherlands
Contact: Tamara Dobler
Contact Email: \;t.dobler@vu.nl
Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics\; General Linguistics\; Philosophy of Language\; Pragmatics\; Semantics
\nThis two-day workshop brings together an international line-up of female researchers working at the intersection of philosophy\, theoretical linguistics\, computational linguistics\, logic\, formal semantics and pragmatics\, psychology\, and political and social science. The event explores diverse perspectives on the semantics&ndash\;pragmatics distinction\, highlighting how interdisciplinary approaches can advance our understanding of meaning\, context\, and interpretation.
\nThe workshop highlights the contributions of women in fields where female representation remains limited\, offering visible role models for students and early-career researchers.
\nInvited Speakers:
- Craige Roberts (Ohio State University)\, &ldquo\;Dynamic pragmatics: Out of the wastebasket&rdquo\; (keynote)
- Robyn Carston (UCL)\, &ldquo\;Polysemy\, polysemy* and polysemy** (keynote)
- Martina Wiltschko (ICREA\, Universitat Pompeu Fabra)\, &ldquo\;Look! It's semantics. It's pragmatics. It's the syntactic spine!&rdquo\;
- Elin McCready (ICREA / Universitat Autò\;noma de Barcelona)\, "Conventionality and Ideology&rdquo\;\,
- Catarina Dutilh Novaes and Celine Henne (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)\, "Conceptual disagreement\, pragmatics first&rdquo\;
- Maria Aloni (University of Amsterdam)\, &ldquo\;Nothing is Logical&rdquo\;
- Lotte Hogeweg (Radboud University)\, &ldquo\;Gradient meaning categories in controversial language&rdquo\;
- Kata Naszá\;di (University of Amsterdam)\, &ldquo\;When Contextual Inference Fails: Testing pragmatic adaptation in humans and large language models&rdquo\;
- Lea Krause (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)\, TBA
- Tamara Dobler (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)\, &ldquo\;The semantics-pragmatics distinction and core cognition&rdquo\; .
Practical Information:
The workshop is in-person only. Attendance is free of charge\, but registration is mandatory as places are limited. To register\, please email Tamara Dobler at \;t.dobler@vu.nl
Venue: Vrije University Amsterdam\, Amsterdam\, The Netherlands
Organisers:
Tamara Dobler (Department of Philosophy\, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Lea Krause (Department of Computer Science\, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
On \;Friday 26 June\, we will be holding a one-day workshop at the MCMP on &ldquo\;Bell&rsquo\;s Theorem and Beyond&rdquo\; (hybrid). The full programme will be circulated in due course.
\nIf you are interested\, please register via \;office.list@lrz.uni-muenchen.de \;(stating the workshop name in the subject line and indicating your affiliation in the body of the email).
\nCurrently confirmed talks:
\nGuido Bacciagaluppi: &ldquo\;Locality\, retrocausality and signalling&rdquo\;
\nJohn DeBrota &\; Christian List: &ldquo\;A Heptalemma for Quantum Mechanics&rdquo\; \;
\nWayne Myrvold: &ldquo\;A New Argument for Gravitationally Induced Collapse&rdquo\;
\nAlyssa Ney: \;&ldquo\;Branching (Almost) Everywhere and All at Once&rdquo\;
\nDaniele Oriti: &ldquo\;The classical gravitational case for relational realism&rdquo\;
\nHuw Price: &ldquo\;Are Bell Correlations Selection Bias?&rdquo\;
ORGANIZER;CN=Christian List;CN=John B. DeBrota: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T175831Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260628T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260628T230000 SUMMARY:Algorithmic Randomness and Quantum Mechanics UID:20260627T074441Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:Grodzka 52\, Kraków\, Poland DESCRIPTION:The term &ldquo\;randomness&rdquo\; often appears in the context of Quantum Mechanics. The behaviour of quantum systems is said to be random\, the outcomes of quantum mechanical experiments are said to be random\, certain devices based on quantum processes are said to operate in a random way&hellip\; However\, the concept of randomness is rarely made precise in these contexts. Meanwhile\, in another branch of science &ndash\; computability theory\, also called recursion theory &ndash\; a fully precise concept of randomness has been developed\, termed &ldquo\;algorithmic randomness&rdquo\;. How are these two uses of the term &ldquo\;randomness&rdquo\; related? Is the concept of algorithmic randomness relevant to Quantum Mechanics? The aim of this workshop is to address various facets of this question in an interdisciplinary gathering. The event will take place at the Jagiellonian University in Krakó\;w on August 31st and September 1st\, 2026. The format of the workshop will be hybrid: it is possible to participate either in person or online (but the organizers strongly encourage in-person participation).
\nOur keynote speakers are:
\nIn addition to talks by our invited speakers\, we plan a few contributed talks. We invite submissions concerning any aspect of the relationship between algorithmic randomness and Quantum Mechanics\, including (but not limited to) the following questions and topics:
\nAbstracts of about 500 words should be sent to joanna.luc@uj.edu.pl by 28.06.2026.
\nTo participate without giving a talk (either in person or online)\, please register by sending an e-mail to joanna.luc@uj.edu.pl.
ORGANIZER;CN=Joanna Luc;CN=Tomasz Placek: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T175831Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260629T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260629T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop on Theoretical Computer Science and Computational Creativity (TCS&CS-ICCC’26) UID:20260627T074442Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Lisbon LOCATION:Coimbra\, Portugal DESCRIPTION:This half-day workshop provides a dedicated space to discuss connections between theoretical computer science and computational creativity\, highlighting how formal methods can deepen our understanding of creativity and help strengthen the role of theory within the ICCC community. The workshop is motivated by longstanding links between computational creativity and fields such as computability theory\, algorithmic information theory\, formal learning theory\, complex networks\, and related theoretical areas.
ORGANIZER;CN="Luís Espírito Santo";CN=Nadia M. Ady;CN=Max Peeperkorn: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T175831Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260629T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T170000 SUMMARY:Philosophising with the Greats UID:20260627T074443Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Oxford\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:Philosophising with the Greats seeks to showcase leading examples of current work in ancient philosophy that engages (in content or in method) with contemporary philosophy\, as well as work in contemporary philosophy that significantly draws on ancient philosophical ideas. The theme of the conference will thus accord closely with that of the journal Ancient Philosophy Today: DIALOGOI. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Anna Marmodoro;CN=John Pemberton: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T175831Z DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260630T090000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260703T170000 SUMMARY:HPS Winter School & Australia/New Zealand Philosophy of Biology Workshop UID:20260627T074444Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Australia/Sydney LOCATION:Q-station\, Manly\, Sydney\, Australia DESCRIPTION:The University of Sydney&rsquo\;s History and Philosophy of Science Program is inviting submissions to take part in their 2026 Winter School. This year\, the winter school is \;hosting \;the fourth annual Australia/New Zealand Philosophy of Biology (ANZPB) workshop\, \;with further support from the International Society for the History\, Philosophy\, and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB) as an ISHPSSB off-year workshop.
\nThe workshop will be held from 30th June-3rd July 2026 at the Quarantine Station in Sydney Harbour\, Australia -situated on the traditional lands of the Gayamaygal people. The event will include short and long talks with a focus on highlighting work by graduate students\, early career researchers and visiting scholars. In addition to research talks\, the program will include early-career focussed discussion sessions.
\nWe welcome submissions from those wishing to give a talk on \;any \;topic in the philosophy\, history and social studies of biology. Priority for speaking slots will be given to submissions from \;graduate students \;and early career \;researchers. \;
\nAbstracts of no longer than 200 words should be submitted here by \;13 April 2026.
\nThe School of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Sydney is in the Faculty of Science where it has been contributing historical and philosophical perspectives to scientific insight since 1942. The HPS Winter School is part of HPS's goal to bring together international humanities and science scholars for network-building and ongoing collaboration. \;ISHPSSB is an international organisation bringing together scholars the life sciences\, history\, philosophy\, and social studies of science. The biennial ISHPSSB summer meetings are held during odd-years\, and the society supports workshops such as this one during off-years.
\nANZPB aims to provide a regular workshop for the philosophy of biology community across Australia and New Zealand\, and this year thanks to the generous support from both the HPS winter school and ISHPSSB \, we wish to extend \;invitations to \;international participants\, particularly early-career researchers.
\nWe are pleased to offer \;limited \;travel subsidies for graduate students and early-career scholars presenting at the conference. Applications for funding can be made using the same link above. \; \;
\nWe have booked the \;Quarantine \;Station (Q station) for the event. This is easily reachable from Sydney by public ferry\, and from Sydney airport by train and ferry. Transport details will be posted shortly on the event website.
\nFurther information about the meeting is available at \;https://anzphilbio.weebly.com/. If you have any questions about the workshop\, please contact \;kate.lynch@sydney.edu.au
ORGANIZER;CN=Kate E. Lynch;CN=Emily Parke;CN=John Matthewson;CN=Rachael L. Brown;CN=Rebecca Catherine Mann: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T175831Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260630T034500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260630T170000 SUMMARY:Looking Past the Collingridge Dilemma: Interventions for Responsible Digital Societies UID:20260627T074445Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Dublin LOCATION:TU Dublin\, Grangegorman\, Dublin\, Ireland\, D07 H6K8 DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday\, June 30th\, the Digital Transformation group of EUt+&rsquo\;s ACCELERATE project will be hosting an open session designed as a hybrid seminar and panel discussion with multidisciplinary experts from across the European University of Technology. The topic is &ldquo\;Looking Past the Collingridge Dilemma: \; Interventions for Responsible Digital Societies&rdquo\;. The event will be taking place in TU Dublin\, Grangegorman campus.
\nThis event will be of interest to staff\, students\, and academics interested in technology assessment\, science and technology studies\, sustainability\, economics\, \;responsible innovation\, and engineering ethics.
\nThis is an in-person and online event&mdash\;those present in Dublin are encouraged to join us in person.
\nCertificates of attendance can be provided on request.
\nIn order to join the event\, you must first register here. After you do\, venue details and/or a Zoom link will be shared with you closer the day.
\nTitle: \;&ldquo\;Looking Past the Collingridge Dilemma: \; Interventions for Responsible Digital Societies&rdquo\;
\nDate and Time: \;June 30th\, 15:45 WEST (Dublin)\, 16:45 CEST (Berlin)\, 17.45 EEST (Bucharest)
\nRegistration Link: \; \; https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/HTkxKNxk4F
\nAbstract: The Collingridge Dilemma poses a double-bind problem\; that the impacts of technology elude prediction and often only become apparent upon widespread adoption in society\, and that once its risks are known it becomes too late to alter the course of the technology&rsquo\;s development. Many technological breakthroughs--especially in recent years where we are witnessing acute and accelerated digital transformation--would seem to evidence a &ldquo\;runaway train&rdquo\; thesis that once new technologies have developed a certain momentum\, their progress cannot be stopped or altered\, and with potentially disastrous or unknowable societal results--including ethical\, economic\, political\, and ecological ramifications (such as socio-ecological rebound effects).
\nThe concept and framework of Prospective Technology Assessment (ProTA)\, and the variety of tools of responsible innovation\, oppose such a dilemma and thesis\, and argue instead that reflexive\, inclusive\, anticipatory and responsive technological development can help identify and avert the wide-ranging risks and impacts of novel technologies. The university is a centre of development and experimentation with novel digital technologies and also a key site for deploying the methodologies of responsible innovation\, including methods of technology and technological impact assessment (e.g.\, ethical impact assessment\, environmental impact assessment\, and Prospective Technology Assessment). This event will foreground the role of ProTA as an introduction to technology assessment.
\nThe university is also a place of learning for students who need to be equipped with the skills to critically engage in methods of responsible innovation and critical thinking about technology\, to be empowered to contribute to the development of technologies that serve rather than undermine human values\, including those of ecological flourishing.
\nThis event will provide a critical background to overcoming the Collingridge Dilemma with a focus on the role of technology assessment\, socio-ecological rebound effects\, as well as critical interdisciplinary discussion on the impacts of digital technology and the role the university has in pioneering pedagogical and research interventions for responsible innovation for sustainable digital societies.
\nAgenda
\nSeminar: Introduction to Technology Assessment &ndash\; and the Challenge of the Collingridge Dilemma for an Early Shaping of Technology (1 hour)
\n&ndash\; \; \; \; \; \; Professor Jan C Schmidt\, h_da
\nPanel Discussion: \; Interventions for Responsible Digital Societies (1 hour)
\n&ndash\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Assoc. Prof. Raffaele Giammetti\, UNICAS
\n&ndash\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Prof. Shannon Chance\, TU Dublin
\n&ndash\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Dr. Mael Jambou\, UTT
\n&ndash\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Prof. Jan C Schmidt\, h_da
\nPanel chaired by Dr. Jye O&rsquo\; Sullivan\, NCAD
ORGANIZER;CN=Paul Hayes: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T175831Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260630T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260630T170000 SUMMARY:Normative Reasons and AI (NORA) UID:20260627T074446Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3\, Saarbrücken\, Germany\, 66123 DESCRIPTION:This one-day workshop brings together researchers from philosophy and computer science to explore the intersection of normative reasoning and machine learning. Topics include the structure of practical and epistemic reasons\, how neural networks may be explained using reasons\, the coherence of AI preference orderings\, and the broader question of what it would mean for an AI system to be genuinely reason-responsive
For more information (speakers\, schedule etc.)\, see https://yamusk.github.io/websites/Nora
Arkete. Rivista di studi filosofici Special Issue 2025
\nCall for Papers - \; War: Between Ethics\, Neurobiology and Philosophy
\nEditors:
Mariano Bianca (University of Siena\, Italy)
Inna Golubovych (Odesa I.I. Mechnikov National University\, Ukraine)
\nPaolo Piccari (University of Siena\, Italy)
\nPhilosophical reflection on war has traditionally developed within the domains of political theory and moral philosophy. Yet contemporary debates increasingly show that war cannot be fully understood solely as a historical or institutional phenomenon. Advances in neuroscience\, cognitive science\, and philosophical anthropology have brought renewed attention to the cognitive\, emotional\, and biological dimensions of conflict\, raising fundamental questions about the relation between human nature\, normativity\, and violence.
\nThe experience of war appears simultaneously as a moral problem\, a social practice\, and a manifestation of deep structures of human cognition and affectivity. Neurobiological research on aggression\, fear\, empathy\, and group dynamics suggests that conflict may involve mechanisms rooted in evolutionary processes and neural architectures\, while ethical reflection continues to interrogate responsibility\, justification\, and the limits of violence. At the same time\, philosophy is called to clarify the conceptual frameworks through which war is interpreted &mdash\; whether as an accidental product of historical circumstances or as a structural possibility inscribed in human forms of life.
\nThis special issue aims to gather contributions that explore war as a multidimensional phenomenon located at the intersection of ethics\, neurobiology\, and philosophical inquiry. Particular attention will be devoted to analyses that investigate how cognitive structures\, affective dispositions\, and normative systems interact in shaping both the reality and the representation of conflict.
\nContributions may address questions such as the ethical justification or critique of war\, the neurobiological bases of aggression and cooperation\, the role of emotions and perception in conflict situations\, the construction of enemy images\, the epistemic and normative dimensions of propaganda\, the phenomenology of violence\, or the philosophical-anthropological significance of war within human history. Interdisciplinary approaches that preserve a strong philosophical orientation are especially encouraged.
\nTopics areas
\nContributions may address\, but are not limited to\, the following topics:
\nEthical theories of war and peace (just war theory\, pacifism\, realism)
\nNeurobiological foundations of aggression and cooperation
\nMoral emotions and conflict (fear\, anger\, empathy\, hatred)
\nCognitive and perceptual structures involved in violence
\nGroup identity\, ideology\, and in-group/out-group dynamics
\nRepresentation and construction of the enemy
\nPropaganda\, misinformation\, and epistemic distortion in wartime
\nResponsibility\, agency\, and collective violence
\nPhenomenology of violence and lived experience of war
\nTrauma\, memory\, and narrative identity
\nPhilosophical anthropology and the ontology of conflict
\nWar\, technology\, and transformations of human cognition
\nNormativity and moral limits of violence
\nInterdisciplinary approaches that preserve a strong philosophical orientation are especially encouraged.es
\nSubmission Guidelines
\nSubmissions must be original and unpublished\, written in English or Italian\, and formatted according to the journal&rsquo\;s editorial guidelines. All manuscripts will undergo double-blind peer review.
\nThe 2025 issue of Arkete will be dedicated to these questions. The volume will include articles selected through this Call for Papers as well as invited contributions by national and international scholars.
\nAll submissions must be sent no later than 31 May 2026 to the Editors at:
\nmariano.bianca@unisi.it
piccari@unisi.it
Manuscripts must conform to the editorial guidelines available at:
https://www.arkete.it
Accepted languages: English and Italian.
\nMaximum length: 40\,000 characters (including spaces\, footnotes\, references\, and abstract).
\nEach submission must include:
\nan abstract (max. 150 words\, in English)
\n5&ndash\;6 keywords (in English)
\nthe anonymised manuscript prepared for blind review
\nIn a separate file attached to the same email\, authors must provide:
\nname and surname
\ninstitutional affiliation
\nemail address
\ntitle of the paper
\nabstract and keywords
\nCFP: Consciousness and Its Limits
\n\nBelgrade Philosophical Annual
\n\nInstitute for Philosophy\, University of Belgrade
\nISSN: 0353-3891
\n\nBelgrade Philosophical Annual invites submissions for a special issue on Consciousness and Its Limits.
\nThe philosophical debate about the nature of consciousness is far from being settled. Questions such as &ldquo\;What is it like to have an experience?&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;How does subjective awareness relate to cognition and the brain?&rdquo\; remain among the most persistent and theoretically significant problems in contemporary philosophy of mind. Consciousness lies at the intersection of metaphysics\, epistemology\, cognitive science\, and ethics\, and continues to generate extensive discussion across a wide range of philosophical approaches. Moreover\, the rapid development of artificial intelligence has brought renewed urgency to long-standing philosophical questions concerning cognition\, subjectivity\, and the possibility of consciousness in artificial systems.
\nThis special issue aims to provide a broad forum for current debates on the nature\, structure\, and explanatory status of conscious experience. While the primary focus will be on fundamental philosophical questions concerning phenomenal consciousness\, access consciousness\, and the relationship between consciousness and representation\, argumentative discussions of competing theoretical frameworks\, as well as responses to recent influential contributions in the literature\, are also welcome.
\nPossible topics include (but are not limited to):
\n&bull\; What is consciousness\, and how should it be characterized?
&bull\; Phenomenal consciousness and its relation to access consciousness
&bull\; The explanatory gap and the &ldquo\;hard problem&rdquo\; of consciousness
&bull\; Representational theories of conscious experience
&bull\; Higher-order theories and self-consciousness
&bull\; Debates about cognitive access\, attention\, and the scope of phenomenal experience
&bull\; Consciousness and attention
&bull\; The metaphysics of qualia
&bull\; Consciousness and physicalism: reductionism vs. anti-reductionism
&bull\; The epistemology of consciousness: introspection and first-person authority
&bull\; The unity of consciousness and the structure of experience
&bull\; Neuroscience and the philosophical limits of empirical explanation
Consciousness beyond the human mind:
&bull\; Consciousness in non-human animals and artificial systems
&bull\; Artificial intelligence and the prospects of machine consciousness
&bull\; Computational and functionalist approaches to consciousness
&bull\; Recent AI systems and their implications for theories of mind and consciousness
&bull\; The ethical and moral implications of artificial consciousness
Invited Contributions
\nWilliam G. Lycan (University of Connecticut)
Peter Carruthers (University of Maryland)
Daniel Stoljar (Australian National University)
Submission Deadline
\nJune 30\, 2026
\nAll inquiries can be directed to the managing editor: petar.nurkic@f.bg.ac.rs.
\n\nGeneral Notes
\nSubmitted papers should be prepared for anonymous review. All other relevant information should be sent in a separate document containing the author&rsquo\;s name and affiliation\, the title of the paper\, an abstract of no more than 250 words\, and 4&ndash\;5 keywords. Documents should be submitted in *.doc\, *.docx\, or .pdf format.
\nSubmissions should not be longer than 10\,000 words\, including notes. Authors will be notified of the editorial decision.
\nBelgrade Philosophical Annual is an open access journal published by the Institute for Philosophy\, University of Belgrade\, committed to the double-blind peer reviewing process. Previous issues of the journal\, including previous special issues with downloadable papers and other relevant information\, can be accessed at \;https://www.f.bg.ac.rs/bpa.
\n\n ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T175831Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T090000 SUMMARY:1st UFFS International Congress on Neurophilosophy: Neurophilosophy\, after 40 years UID:20260627T074449Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers - Book on Neurophilosophy
\nGENF invites submissions in English\, German\, and Portuguese for composing the official Congress&rsquo\;s book\, which is going to be published by a Brazilian academic press. Evaluation will be conducted by the Scientific Committee using a double-blind review system.
\n\;1. Evaluation Criteria
\nOriginality: Innovative approach to the subject.
\nCo-evolution: Trans- and interdisciplinary integration between neuroscience and philosophy.
\nConceptual Clarity: Technical and terminological precision.
\nLogical Criteria: Coherence and robustness of the argumentation.
\nNote: The use of Generative AI tools (such as ChatGPT\, Gemini\, DeepSeek\, etc.) is expressly prohibited. If usage is detected\, the paper will be automatically rejected.
\n4. Diversity and Inclusion
\nWe encourage the protagonism of neurodiverse\, geographic\, ethnic\, racial\, and gender minorities. The GENF values the plurality of neurophilosophical perspectives.
\n5. Important Dates [Book]
\n&bull\; Submission Period: January 23 to June 30\, 2026.
\n&bull\; Final Results: July 15\, 2026.
\n&bull\; Revision Period for Publication: Until July 31\, 2026.
\n&bull\; Results Announcement: E-Mail
\n6. Instructions for Book Chapter Submission
\nPapers must be submitted in PDF format to the email alisson.b.moreira.nacional@gmail.com with the Subject line: Neurophilosophy - Book Chapter Submission\, together with a separate identification file\, following the guidelines below:
\n&bull\; \; Identification File (Digitally Signed) Must contain:[1] Full name(s)\, highest degree\, institutional affiliation\, and funding agency support listed below the title\; [2] A declaration that the paper is original and has not been published in any other medium\, as well as that no generative AI (ChatGPT\, Gemini\, DeepSeek\, etc.) was used in the writing of the article\; [3] grant of rights for publication in the official Event E-Book. Follow the template available at:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OAcd8E490uhh9T2BHuR9knHfwUhMwN99kkCtxIDroZU/edit?usp=sharing.
\nLanguages: Papers may be submitted in Portuguese\, English\, and German.
\nTitle: Centered and in bold\, font size 16.
\nAbstract: Between 200-300 words. Must clearly contain: objective\, theoretical framework\, and conclusions (or expected results). This must be followed by an Abstract (a translation of the summary and keywords into English). In the case of a paper written in English\, place the abstract first\, followed by the resume in Portuguese or German.
\nKeywords: Three terms\, separated by semicolons (\;)\, ending with a dot (.)
\nPage Limit: 15-20 pages\, excluding the Bibliographic References.
\nFormat: Times New Roman font\, size 12\, 1.5 line spacing. All papers must be prepared for double-blind review. That is\, they must not contain any form of personal identification. Must conform to current APA standards.
\nThe Prognostic Possibilities of a Philosophical Approach to History: Currents of the Contemporary World
\nInternational School of Philosophy Felix Romuliana\, Zaječar\, RS
\nFaculty of Philosophy - University of Belgrade\, RS
\nZaječar (RS) &ndash\; 4-6 September 2026
\nThe contemporary world appears more complex than ever. The paths of understanding\, and especially of explaining how history itself can be defined\, seem almost inaccessible. If we understand history\, at its core\, as a sequence of events in which human beings either act or participate\, we may ask whether reflecting on these processes is at the same time a way of giving meaning to the human world. If\, however\, we assume that thinking about history cannot be equated with any form of meaning\, an additional philosophical question arises concerning the very meaning of thinking history as such.
\nIf we are\, therefore\, unable to influence in any way the events we call history\, this is connected to an even deeper question concerning the meaning of human existence in general. On the other hand\, what philosophy can do is to attempt to grasp the currents of these events and\, on the basis of certain insights\, possibly anticipate their outcomes. In this sense\, we propose to reconsider classical philosophical and historical insights and to connect them with contemporary developments. Is the progressive endangerment of environment linked to progressive interpretations of the course of history\, interpretations marked by the idea of human domination over nature? Does this also imply the erosion of human self-understanding as a natural being\, given that many positions claim that the human being is\, within this historical process\, self-produced?
\nAt the same time\, we may ask whether there are reasons to interpret these processes as possessing a certain cyclicality\, according to which the very human being who produces everything\, including itself\, brings these processes to extreme points that mark\, through forms of self-destruction\, the possibility of a new beginning.
\nFrom a cultural and political perspective\, thinkers who point to contemporary global developments are also highly relevant\, especially those who analyze the rivalry between powerful Eastern states and the well-known Atlantic powers of the West. Do these processes indicate a historical pattern familiar from earlier periods\, most famously articulated in Oswald Spengler&rsquo\;s The Decline of the West? In other words\, are the diagnoses formulated at the turn of the nineteenth to the twentieth century once again becoming visible\, diagnoses according to which there are regularities known since antiquity\, such as the idea of akme\, the attainment of a peak or culmination in the growth of civilizations\, after which an inevitable decline follows\, potentially leading to disappearance. Accordingly\, the highly actual question arises whether the Euro Atlantic sphere\, commonly referred to as Western civilization\, is undergoing an internal process of self-destruction\, and what this would mean for the trajectories of the contemporary world.
\nWill the economic competitiveness of Far Eastern countries be sufficient to compensate for the political level of articulation of human society? China\, nominally a communist state and the most influential country of the East\, officially presents itself as a supporter of the preservation of the global liberal system. From this tension emerge contemporary formulations concerning competition between an old globalism led by the United States and a new globalism led by China. This challenges theoretical conceptions of historical processes commonly referred to as the Westernization of the world. In other words\, are historical dynamics shifting sufficiently to take forms different from those previously anticipated?
\nOne of the well-known prognostic dilemmas concerning historical developments\, and thus the contemporary paths of the world\, concerns the initially emphasized connection between the meaning of human existence\, human life\, and the context of historical events. These questions are also addressed within the field commonly defined as futurism\, in which predictive possibilities are linked to serious analyses of trends and dominant factors shaping processes. Philosophically\, the most interesting aspect of this dilemma revolves around whether such predictions can be considered relevant not only for the moment in which they are made\, but also for what is known as the formation of a worldview. Do our projections take the form of what can be called a utopia\, or rather its opposite\, a dystopia?
\nUtopian reflections on contemporary global developments are often connected with a standard trust in progress and with expectations of historical outcomes leading toward fully ordered societies. Yet this immediately raises the question of whether such total order corresponds to the interests of human beings or whether it becomes an end in itself. Furthermore\, does such a utopian conception of society lead to ever new forms of totalitarian arrangements\, such as digital totalitarianism or even more direct forms of governance mediated by artificial intelligence?
\nAlternatively\, there are scenarios that predict the collapse of social orders and their transformation into arbitrary relations of power based on fractured relations between technology\, democracy\, and power. Such societies\, or remnants of societies\, are described in predominantly dark tones\, dominated by immediate survival interests\, without any perspective that could confer meaning on human existence or life as such. These visions of the world are therefore termed dystopian.
\nAs has already become clear\, interpretations of historical developments are always matters of both meaning making and prediction. A particular challenge\, however\, is posed by those forms of thinking about history that misuse these initial needs to reflect on history. In such cases\, the need for prediction is subordinated to specific doctrinal projects\, according to which supposedly predicted processes are then expected to unfold. This does not constitute a philosophical mode of reflecting either on the future or on the essence of the analyzed processes\, but rather an activation of both the processes themselves and the forms in which they are allegedly predicted.
\nThis is characteristic of contemporary forms of ideological thinking which\, unlike classical ideologies\, are far more concealed in nature and attempt to present themselves as parts of inevitable processes. Well known theoretical theses concerning hybrid or hybridized ideologies combine elements of classical ideological forms. Within the framework of our theme\, we point to the possibility of examining new forms of hybridization through which old goals are achieved or are meant to be achieved. Within broader conceptions of the outcomes of historical processes and the transformation of human societies\, increasing attention is devoted to posthumanist ideas that in themselves imply the necessity of a radically different understanding of the human world.
\nClassical ideologies advocated the thesis of the inevitable creation of a new human being\, while posthumanist ideas speak of the obsolescence of the human being in structuring the world. These two theses can be reconciled in various ways through the idea of so called transhumanism\, which supports the meaning of the dominance of artificial intelligence and technological governance of human life by envisaging a being reminiscent of the idea of a new human\, yet stripped of the weaknesses of the human as a natural being. Within this conception\, one can identify elements associated with classical ideological doctrines: liberalism\, which emphasizes the enhancement of all forms of organized life in society\; communism\, understood as the establishment of entirely new social relations mediated by digital equality and egalitarianism\; and Nazism\, through the establishment of a form\, however artificial\, of a superior being that overcomes human weaknesses\, a superiority that would enable a form of justice based on the distribution of power from the perfect\, transhumanised being to posthuman beings understood merely as elements of a perfect system.
\nThus\, the theme &ldquo\;The Prognostic Possibilities of a Philosophical Approach to History: Currents of the Contemporary World&rdquo\; enables the articulation of both philosophical and interdisciplinary contributions to understanding the possibilities for human orientation in contemporary global events. At the same time\, it leaves open space for all interested participants to contribute from many other perspectives not explicitly mentioned here\, thereby enriching the discussion of this important topic.
\nOrganiser: Prof. Milenko Bodin (University of Belgrade)
\nSubmissions of a long abstract (of no more than 1000 words) and a CV are due by 30 June 2026.
\nAll applicants must indicate the following details: Name\, presentation title\, institutional affiliation\, and contact information.
\nPlease\, send your abstract and CV to filcentar@gmail.com
\nApplicants will be notified by 15 July 2026.
ORGANIZER;CN=Milenko Prof. Bodin (Felix Romuliana School Director): METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T175831Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260630T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260630T234500 SUMMARY:Logic of Metaphysics UID:20260627T074451Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Am Neuen Palais 10\, Potsdam\, Germany\, 14469 DESCRIPTION:The Student Conference Logic and Metaphysics II. Logic of Metaphysics will take place from 25.09.26. to 26.09.26. \; at the University of Potsdam.
\nTopic
\nThe history of analytic philosophy is essentially told as a history of the development and application of logic on the one hand\, and as a continuous discussion of the question of the possibility of metaphysics on the other hand. While logical empiricism believed that metaphysical questions could be exposed as pseudo-problems using the tools of formal logic\, developments in modal logic and model theory were partly responsible for the renaissance of metaphysics that we can still observe today. In short\, since formal logic is an essential tool and distinguishing feature of analytic philosophy\, logic is also crucial in the historical and contemporary discourse on the possibility of metaphysics. In this context\, the question arises as to what functions logic fulfills in metaphysics and what questions it enables or prevents. \;
\nThe aim of the conference is to shed light on the relationship between analytic metaphysics and its logical toolkit and to trace the historical development of analytic philosophy from a fundamentally anti-metaphysical to a philosophical movement\, which is decidedly open towards metaphysics. An examination of the second area of interest is closely linked to the role that logic plays in the dissolution and reformulation of metaphysical problems. This may take the form of systematic contributions to current debates or reviews of historical positions.
\nDetails
\nWe encourage BA\, MA\, and M.Ed. students to submit abstracts on the above topic in English. Submissions should include a brief description of the topic (approximately two to three sentences) and an abstract of no more than 400 words for a blind review. Each presenter will have 45 minutes for their presentation\, 20 minutes for the talk\, and 25 minutes for a Q&\;A. \;
\nThe deadline for submissions is 30.05.26.. Please submit your application as a PDF to logicandmetaphysics@protonmail.com. Documents need to be anonymized for blind review. Please make sure to use &ldquo\;Abstract Logic of Metaphysics Potsdam 2026&rdquo\;as the subject of the Email.
\nWe particularly encourage students from underrepresented and marginalized groups to submit presentations in order to support diversity and equality at universities. \;
\nAll submissions will undergo a blind review. All applicants will be notified by email by 22.06.26. regardless of whether their presentation has been selected. We will contact you for further organizational steps if your presentation is selected.
\nWe are working on financing the conference\, however currently we cannot guarantee a full (or even a partial) reimbursement of travel and accommodation costs. Should you be unable to finance your accommodation\, please indicate this in your email. A limited number of participants can be accommodated by the local student body.
\nIf you have any questions\, please contact the organizers logicandmetaphysics@protonmail.com. We look forward to receiving your abstracts!
ORGANIZER;CN=Madara Vaserberga;CN=Leon Isenmann;CN=Timo Selting: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T175831Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T234500 SUMMARY:New Perspectives on Evolution\, Teleology\, and Theology UID:20260627T074452Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The workshop investigates new perspectives on the relations of evolution\, teleology\, and theology. Although the topic is much discussed\, new developments in both biology\, philosophy of biology\, and theology/philosophy of religion impact how the relation of evolution and teleology is seen. \;
\nWe ask: \;What is the relationship between evolutionary theory\, teleology\, and theology? How does evolution\, as a scientific theory\, relate to philosophical views of &ldquo\;unguided&rdquo\; or &ldquo\;guided&rdquo\; evolution?
\nWe invite papers focusing on one of the following four themes in relation to the workshop topic: (1) Varieties of Evolutionary Teleological Views\, (2) Explanatory Power and Methodological Considerations\, (3) The Impact of New Scientific Perspectives\, and (4) Theological Perspectives and Worldviews. Contributions can come from scientists\, philosophers\, theologians\, and historians. Please see further details at the event website and contact the organizers\, E. V. Rope Kojonen (Faculty of Theology\, University of Helsinki) or Zachary Ardern (Wellcome Sanger Institute\, Cambridge) if you have questions.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T175831Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Lima:20260630T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/Lima:20260630T234500 SUMMARY:CAELO 1: First Andean Congress for Epistemology and Logic UID:20260627T074453Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Lima LOCATION:Lima\, Peru DESCRIPTION:The Society for Epistemology and Logic of Peru (SEPLO) is pleased to announce CAELO 1: First Andean Congress for Epistemology and Logic*\, to be held in Lima\, Peru\, from 22 to 28 February 2027.
\nThis inaugural congress marks the beginning of a planned series of meetings dedicated to the study of epistemology and logic\, bringing together scholars\, researchers\, and students from diverse backgrounds. The event offers a space for rigorous discussion and exchange on topics including logic\, epistemology\, philosophy of science\, analytic philosophy\, metaphysics\, social philosophy\, empirically informed approaches\, and both philosophically and scientifically oriented studies.
\nTopics and Suggested Sessions
\nSubmissions are welcome on all topics in epistemology\, logic\, and related areas. Proposed thematic sessions include\, but are not limited to:
\nSubmission CategoriesWe invite submissions for talks and thematic sessions (including round tables and workshops). \;
\nIndividual Paper Abstracts:
\nAuthors are invited to submit abstracts for individual papers.
\nThematic Sessions (Including Round Tables and Workshops)
\nWe invite proposals for thematic sessions of various formats\, including standard paper sessions\, round tables\, and workshops.
\nAll thematic session proposals should include:
\nSession proposals should not be anonymised.
\nSubmission Instructions
\nAll submissions should be sent in English or Spanish to: \;epilog@seplo.org
\nPlease indicate the submission category (talk or thematic session) in the subject line of your email. If you propose a talk\, you may suggest a session for it.
\n\n*This event was formerly called Epilog 1: 1st Congress of Epistemology and Logic.
ORGANIZER;CN=Luis F. Bartolo Alegre: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T175831Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Lima:20260630T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/Lima:20260630T234500 SUMMARY:Ifs\, Thens\, and Otherwises: New Perspectives on the Logic of Conditionals UID:20260627T074454Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Lima LOCATION:Lima\, Peru DESCRIPTION:Conditionals lie at the heart of reasoning in philosophy\, mathematics\, and everyday discourse\, yet the logical rules governing them remain an object of philosophical debate. The workshop \;Ifs\, Thens\, and Otherwises: New Perspectives on the Logic of Conditionals \;will bring together contributions addressing the semantics\, pragmatics\, and logic of conditionals\, including counterfactual conditionals and other related kinds of expressions\, from a wide range of perspectives. These include approaches from philosophical logic\, formal semantics\, epistemology\, and related areas.
\nThis workshop will be part of the \;1st Andean Congress for Epistemology and Logic \;(CAELO 1)\, to take palce from \;22 to 28 February 2027 in Lima. \;
\nWe invite anonymised abstracts of up to \;500 words\, suitable for blind review. Submissions should be sent in PDF format to \;caelo@seplo.org \;by \;30 June 2026. Notifications of acceptance will be sent around mid \;August.
\nIndividual Paper Abstracts:
\nAuthors are invited to submit abstracts for individual papers. Abstracts must be anonymised (no author-identifying information).
\nLength: 300&ndash\;500 words.
\nThe email subject should indicate the name of the session\, and the body of the email must include:
\nCall for Abstracts: Biological Naturalism about Consciousness
\nNovember 5&ndash\;6\, 2026 ·\; University of California\, Los Angeles
\nCan non-biological systems be conscious? If not\, why not? These questions have taken on new weight as AI systems become increasingly sophisticated\, not least because our answers bear on which entities might matter morally.
\nThis conference focuses on biological naturalism: the family of views holding that certain biological properties are required for consciousness. Biological naturalism is often positioned as the principal alternative to functionalism. But compared to its rival\, biological naturalism remains underdeveloped as a positive research program&mdash\;its central commitments are still being clarified\, its empirical predictions are still being articulated\, and the range of strategies for defending it are only now being explored systematically. (For discussion\, see this survey: https://bit.ly/4tFSOtG.)
\nOur aim is to bring together researchers who want to make progress toward developing a positive version of biological naturalism. We welcome abstracts outlining many different projects\, ranging from the conceptual to the empirical to the practical. Possible topics include:
\nEmpirical approaches to evaluating biological naturalism relative to its competitors
\nExplanatory links between candidate biological properties and structural features of conscious experience
\nThe relationships between biological naturalism and various forms of functionalism
\nPotential differences in the explanatory power of biological naturalism and computational functionalism
\nConnections to animal consciousness research
\nMoral and policy implications for AI welfare
\nWe are primarily interested in papers that develop\, refine\, or extend biological naturalism\, rather than critiques of the view or critiques of its competitors. That said\, internal critiques&mdash\;those that identify obstacles with the aim of overcoming them&mdash\;are very welcome.
\nKeynote speakers: Jonathan Birch\, LSE\; Ned Block\, NYU\; Rosa Cao\, Stanford\; Peter Godfrey-Smith\, University of Sydney\; Matthias Michel\, MIT
\nSubmission: Please submit abstracts of up to 1\,000 words\, prepared for blind review\, via this form (https://forms.gle/CAvyjgmvoAxU74PH7) by June 30\, 2026. Decisions will be communicated by July 31\, 2026.
\nFunding: Travel support is available for graduate students and untenured faculty.
\nOrganizers: Josh Armstrong\, UCLA\; Hayley Clatterbuck\, UCLA and Rethink Priorities\; Bob Fischer\, Texas State University and Rethink Priorities
\nQuestions? Please contact Bob Fischer (fischer@txstate.edu).
ORGANIZER;CN=Josh Armstrong;CN=Hayley Clatterbuck;CN=Bob Fischer: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T175831Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260701T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260701T234500 SUMMARY:PhilML'26 UID:20260627T074456Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:LMU Munich\, Munich\, Germany DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce the latest iteration of PhilML\, from October 7-9 2026\, at the LMU Munich. \;
\nPhilML is an annual conference dedicated to the philosophy of machine learning. It addresses foundational epistemological\, ethical\, and social questions concerning machine learning from the perspective of analytic philosophy. The conference welcomes both (1) work that applies philosophical concepts and methods to gain insight into machine learning\, and (2) work that critically reflects on the philosophical and ethical implications of machine learning research. To foster close and productive exchange\, PhilML brings together philosophers and philosophically inclined machine learning researchers\, with an openness to engaging directly with scientific and mathematical details. \;
\nCentral topics that will be covered at the conference include:
\nReflections on key topics such as learning\, benchmarking\, robustness\, explanation\, causality\, trust\, transparency\, reliability\, and fairness.
\nNovel considerations raised by foundation models e.g.\, agency\, alignment\, authorship\, mechanistic interpretability\, safety\, or homogenization.
\nIssues arising at the intersection of machine learning and public policy\, e.g. public services\, resource allocation\, or climate policy.
\nImplications of machine learning for the sciences or their methodology\, e.g. physics\, cognitive science\, biology\, social science\, or medicine.
\nThe conference has space for a number of contributing speakers. We are soliciting abstracts of up to 1\,000 words. Abstracts can be submitted through Oxford Abstracts: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/82713/submitter . Abstracts must be submitted by July 1\, 2026. Abstracts from scholars at all career stages are welcome\, including PhD students. \;
\nWe are excited to announce that the speakers at this year's conference will include: Sara Aronowitz\, Anne-Laure Boulesteix\, Ali Boyle\, \; Annemarie Friedrich\, Konstantin Genin\, Lily Hu\, Christoph Kern\, and Anders Sø\;gaard. \;
\nThere will also be a PhD student workshop on October 6\, 2026. The call for abstracts will be announced in due course. \;
\nThis iteration of PhilML is funded by the Munich Center for Machine Learning (MCML)\, Konrad Zuse School of Excellence in Reliable AI (relAI)\, and the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP). \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Kate Vredenburgh;CN=Thomas Grote;CN=Tom F. Sterkenburg;CN=Timo Freiesleben: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T175832Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260701T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260701T234500 SUMMARY:Universality and Indifference: Is Logic Neutral? UID:20260627T074457Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1\, Munich\, Germany DESCRIPTION:Call for Posters
\nLogic is often regarded as a neutral framework for reasoning\, independent of subject matter and detached from social or political commitments. Yet contemporary debates in philosophy and logic have increasingly questioned whether such neutrality can be fully sustained\, both in theory and in practice. This workshop will examine the idea of logical neutrality from multiple perspectives\, bringing together approaches from logic\, philosophy\, mathematics\, computer science\, and related disciplines.
\nConfirmed Speakers
\nWe invite poster submissions from PhD students and early-career researchers. Possible topics include\, but are not limited to:
\nSubmissions should consist of an anonymous abstract of up to 500 words (excluding references). Please send abstracts and a separate document containing name\, affiliation\, career stage\, and contact information to logicneutral@gmail.com by \;1 July 2026. Notifications of acceptance and rejection will be made within a few weeks.
\nAccepted posters will be presented during a dedicated poster session at the workshop.
\nPlease note that no funding will be provided for travel or accommodation expenses.
ORGANIZER;CN=Luis F. Bartolo Alegre;CN=Zhouwanyue Nata Yang: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T175832Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260701T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260701T234500 SUMMARY:1st Critical AI Safety Workshop UID:20260627T074458Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Copenhagen\, Denmark DESCRIPTION:The discourse around the existential risks of artificial intelligence (AI) has reached a point where organisations\, private individuals\, and groups are spending millions on speculative research\, safety centres are investing large sums in lobbying governments in the name of saving humanity\, and the AI safety discourse is frequently popping up in mainstream media and academic venues. In short\, AI safety has acquired considerable institutional and financial power and is backed by some of the largest donors and technology companies in the world. Meanwhile\, basic disciplinary standards that established research fields take for granted remain far from settled. The definitions of AGI vary significantly\, the differences in expert-given likelihoods of an existential catastrophe are so vast as to be meaningless\, the formal methods to think about cognition\, agency\, and deception stem from a very narrow set of philosophical assumptions that don&rsquo\;t necessarily hold in real-world contexts\, and publishing in non-peer-reviewed venues and forums remains a best practice.
\nBut there is more. With early proponents like Elon Musk\, Peter Thiel\, and Jaan Tallinn\, as well as billion-dollar companies that allegedly promote the future of humanity\, the field is situated within an Ivy League-educated\, white\, male\, Western culture at the heart of Silicon Valley. It has been accused of promoting eugenics\, classist thinking\, and hypercapitalism. This raises serious questions about the alleged altruism: if predominantly privileged individuals operate at the center of the movement\, which future do they envision\, and whose problems are they focusing on?
\nA few scholars have started researching this complex network of theories\, actors\, world views\, and assumptions that arise at the intersection of transhumanism\, rationalism\, and\, again\, Silicon Valley capital. However\, these critiques are scattered across political thought\, philosophy\, media studies\, anthropology\, sociology\, theology\, and many more disciplines. This workshop is among the first to bring these threads together in a dedicated forum. We aim to investigate attempts to understand\, map\, and critique AI safety and AI existential risk as a research field\, community\, and ecosystem. Some of the core questions are the following.
\nWhat is the landscape of AI safety and existential risk communities and research\, and what are the tensions within those?
\nCan AI safety or AI existential risk be described as an ideology?
\nWhat assumptions about cognitive science\, economics\, sociology\, society\, or power\, amongst others\, underlie and confound AI Safety? \;
\nWhat are the formal methods of the field\, and how can they be improved?
\nWhat are the funding flows in the field? How easy is it for individuals to receive funding\, and what factors are considered in funding decisions?
\nWhat policy proposals does the AI safety community lobby for\, and through what channels?
\nHow is the community established\, what are their recruiting strategies\, and what makes them so successful?
\nHow tightly interlinked is the research philosophy with other non-scientific fields\, like science fiction\, hype\, speculation\, and imagination?
\nIf you&rsquo\;re interested in submitting\, please send an abstract (ca. 300-500 words) and a short bio (max. 150 words) of all presenters to niol@hum.ku.dk with the subject line "SUBMISSION CAIS [NAME]". Submission deadline is the 1st of July\, notifications of acceptance are sent out on July 21st.
\nLink to event: https://philevents.org/event/show/149733
\n \; ORGANIZER;CN=Ninell Oldenburg;CN=Nina Rajcic;CN="Anders Søgaard";CN=Bokar N'Diaye;CN=Filippos Stamatiou: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T175832Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260701T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260701T234500 SUMMARY:Toronto Workshop on Moral Psychology and Moral Theory UID:20260627T074459Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Toronto LOCATION:Toronto\, Canada DESCRIPTION:Call for Abstracts
\nToronto Workshop on Moral Psychology and Moral Theory
\nUniversity of Toronto November 7&ndash\;8\, 2026
\nThe workshop aims to bring together philosophers\, psychologists\, and legal scholars working on questions about the relationship between empirical research on moral cognition and the foundations of moral theory. The goal is to foster interdisciplinary discussion about how empirical work in fields such as psychology\, neuroscience\, and evolutionary theory bears on moral judgment and the evaluation of moral beliefs.
\nInvited speakers include:
\nPaul Bloom (Psychology\, University of Toronto / Yale University)
\nJoshua Knobe (Philosophy and Psychology\, Yale University)
\nLiane Young (Psychology\, Boston College)
\nRoseanna Sommers (Law and Psychology\, University of Michigan)
\nBrendan de Kenessey (Philosophy\, University of Toronto)
\nWe invite submissions addressing topics at the intersection of empirical research and moral theory. \;Relevant topics include\, but are not limited to:
\nexperimental philosophy \;
\nthe psychology of moral cognition \;
\ncausal cognition and moral judgment \;
\nthe neuroscience of moral judgment \;
\nevolutionary approaches to morality \;
\nempirical work bearing on normative ethics or metaethics \;
\nmethodological questions about the role of empirical research in moral theory \;
\ndebunking arguments and related challenges to moral belief \;
\nFive contributed papers will be selected. Contributed talks will consist of a 45-minute presentation followed by 45 minutes of discussion. The workshop is designed to be discussion-focused\, with substantial time devoted to questions and conversation about each paper. \;
\nWe welcome submissions from scholars in philosophy\, psychology\, law\, and related disciplines. Submissions from early-career scholars are especially encouraged. \;
\nSubmission Guidelines: \;
\nPlease submit an abstract of 750&ndash\;1000 words\, along with a brief CV\, to: \; torontomoralpsych@gmail.com \;
\nSubmissions should not be anonymized.
\nImportant Dates: \;
\nSubmission deadline: July 1\, 2026 \;
\nNotification of decisions: August 1\, 2026 \;
\nLimited support for travel and accommodation may be available. \; \;
\nQuestions about the workshop may be directed to the conference organizer\, Andrew Sepielli (Philosophy\, University of Toronto)\, at: \;
\ntorontomoralpsych@gmail.com
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T175832Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260701T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260701T234500 SUMMARY:North American Association for Philosophy and Education (NAAPE) 2026 UID:20260627T074500Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:Mundelein\, United States DESCRIPTION:Dear Colleagues\, \;
\nWe are delighted to invite you to submit a paper or other proposal to the North American Association for Philosophy and Education (NAAPE) Annual Conference\, which will take place from Friday\, October 16th to Sunday\, October 18th\, 2025. NAAPE 2025 will be held at the beautiful University of St. Mary of the Lake\, just outside of Chicago. Submissions are due by July 1st\, 2026 at 11:59PM CT (UTC -5). \;
\nAs in previous years\, NAAPE accepts any length of paper\, but we prefer papers that are less than 14\,000 words. The papers may employ any well-established style guideline so long as it is used consistently throughout the paper. Additionally\, papers may be formatted in a standard article manner or as a book chapter. NAAPE accepts submissions in English\, Spanish\, or French\, but presentations are expected to be given in English. NAAPE is pleased to accept submissions that are simultaneously under review or in press at academic journals\, but we cannot accept papers that have been published prior to submission. In addition to full papers\, NAAPE also accepts panel proposals and author-meets-critics proposals. The following link will bring you to the submissions form: \;https://www.naape.org/en/submissions
\nIn hosting our annual conference\, we seek to provide a welcoming and humane environment where philosophers and educators from North America and around the world can engage with one another in meaningful dialogue. In addition to faculty in philosophy and education\, NAAPE invites practicing and retired teachers\, graduate students\, administrators\, policymakers\, and independent scholars to attend the conference. We are looking forward to receiving your submissions! \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Dennis Arjo;CN=Drew Chambers;CN=Madison Cosby;CN=Randall R. Curren;CN=Evan Dutmer;CN=Nicholas Smith;CN=Dario Vaccaro;CN=Darby Vickers;CN=Ilya Zrudlo: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T175832Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260702T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260703T170000 SUMMARY:5th Luxembourg Workshop on AI and Epistemology UID:20260627T074501Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Brussels LOCATION:2\, place de l’Université\, Esch-sur-Alzette\, Luxembourg DESCRIPTION:The general goal of this workshop is to explore philosophical issues lying at the intersection of AI and epistemology. In our experience\, such issues typically do not stay within the borders of epistemology\, but also touch on themes from\, for example\, the philosophy of science and the philosophy of mind. Accordingly\, the thematic scope of the workshop is broad. Thus\, questions of interest include\, but are certainly not limited to\, the following:
\n(i) How (if at all) is it possible to understand\, explain and gain knowledge about black-box AI systems given the complexity and opacity of their internal operations and training history?
\n(ii) How might AI technologies be used to supplement and improve our own human epistemic capacities?
\n(iii) When (if ever) is it rational to rely on AI technologies whose internal operations we do not fully understand when forming beliefs?
\n(iv) What fixes the content of the outputs of Neural Networks? When (if ever) should we attribute contents to internal parts/processes of Neural Networks?
\n(v) To what extent\, and in what ways\, are the linguistic outputs of Large Language Models similar or dissimilar to Human Testimony?
\nThis workshop is part of the FNR funded project &lsquo\;The Epistemology of AI Systems&rsquo\; (EAI) which is wrapping up in 2026. It is also the 5th in a series of workshops on Artificial Intelligence and epistemology. Three of these took place in Luxembourg (in 2022\, 2024\, 2025) and one in Hangzhou (in 2023).
\nInvited speakers:
\nUp to 4 contributing speakers will be selected through an open call. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Aleks Knoks;CN=Thomas Raleigh: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T175832Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260702T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260703T170000 SUMMARY:LLMs as Mirror\, Colleague\, Rival UID:20260627T074502Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Amsterdam LOCATION:Locomotiefboulevard 101\, Tilburg\, Netherlands\, 5041 SE DESCRIPTION:CFA &ndash\; LLMs as Mirror\, Colleague\, Rival
\n5th TSHD Digital Humanities Symposium Tilburg School of Humanities &\; Digital Sciences\, Tilburg University
\n2 &\; 3 July\, 2026
\nLarge language models (LLMs) have quickly become a prominent feature of contemporary intellectual and cultural life\, raising distinctive questions for scholars across the digital humanities and related disciplines. We are interested in the multi faceted role of LLMs in academic research. LLMs process and generate language in a way that is both familiar and uncanny\, revealing and opaque. They can write\, translate\, argue\, and create\, but also lead us astray. In their complexity\, they hold up a strange mirror to human thought and culture (to borrow Shannon Vallor&rsquo\;s metaphor).
\nThis symposium takes as its organizing metaphor three roles that LLMs play in (digital) humanities research: as mirror\, colleague\, and rival. As a mirror\, LLMs reflect the values and biases encoded in training data drawn from a large corpus of human-generated text. Studying the output of LLMs (and how it falls short) can teach us about ourselves as well as the technology itself. As a colleague\, LLMs can serve as research tools or co-authors\, raising questions about collaboration\, authorship\, research integrity\, and the evolving nature of scholarly work. As a rival\, LLMs can disrupt and confound\, challenging the epistemic foundations of academic research\, by undermining replicability and evaluation\, and flattening the research landscape.
\nThese three roles are not mutually exclusive\, and the tensions between them are precisely what makes LLMs a productive object of study for digital humanists\, philosophers\, communication scholars\, cultural theorists\, cognitive scientists\, and others working adjacent to the digital humanities alike.
\nGuiding Questions
\nThis symposium aims to deepen our understanding of the role of LLMs in (digital) humanities research\, focusing on questions such as:
\n What can LLMs teach us about human language\, cultural heritage\, knowledge\, and creativity?
\n In what ways do LLMs encode or distort cultural values\, biases\, and worldviews? How can our disciplines help us identify and critique these?
\n How can scholars productively collaborate with LLMs as research tools? What methodological and ethical issues does this raise?
\n What does the rise of LLMs mean for domain expertise and the division of cognitive labor in the (digital) humanities?
\n What normative and political questions are raised by the delegation of linguistic and cognitive tasks to LLMs?
\n How do LLMs functoon as rivals or obstacles in (digital) humanites research? In what ways can they undermine traditional research methods and standards?
\n How do the geopolitics of LLM development and deployment affect their use in academic research (e.g.\, in terms of academic freedom\, conflicts of interest)?
\nWe aim to answer these questions from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. We welcome theoretical\, empirical\, and methodological contributions. We invite speakers to present on a broad range of topics including\, but not limited to the cognitive and AI (e.g.\, modelling of individual and collective cognition\, LLMs as human subjects\, the nature of LLMs more broadly construed)\, arts and media (e.g.\, shifting definitions of authorship\; the potential dispossession of artists from creative industries)\, philosophical (e.g.\, LLMs and value-sensitive design\, cognitive deskilling\, chatbot epistemology and ethics)\, linguistic (e.g.\, modeling language acquisition and processing\, corpus annota on and analysis)\, and communication and information studies (e.g.\, the role and risks of chatbots in domains of health\, information\, and well-being\; the contributioon of LLMs to social and digital inequalities\; the integration of LLMs into communication science methodologies). Submitied abstracts ideally (but not necessarily) feature digital humanities methods or reflect on digital media and technologies.
\nThis 2-day\, hybrid symposium - part on-site in Tilburg\, part online - brings together scholars from a range of disciplines (all represented in the Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences) to engage in a cross-disciplinary dialogue on these matters.
\nKeynote speakers to be confirmed.
\nSubmission Guidelines
\nWe invite interested speakers to submit (i) an anonymized abstract of max. 300 words\, and (ii) a cover sheet including your name\, institutional affiliation\, and whether you would prefer to give a talk in person or online to DHsymposium@lburguniversity.edu by May 1st\, 2026. You&rsquo\;ll be no fied on May the 22nd. \; \;
\nOrganisers: Barend de Rooij\, Mirella De Sisto\, Richard Heersmink\, William Marler\, Sean Smith\, Federico Zamberlan
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T175832Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260703T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260703T170000 SUMMARY:Thinking with Andrew Cooper - London Meeting UID:20260627T074503Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:UCL Bloomsbury Campus\, London\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:There will be two in-person gatherings in Summer 2026 to remember and engage with the philosophical work of Andrew Cooper\, who tragically died in November 2025.
\nThe first of these two events will take place at the University of Warwick\, on June 18-19 (registration via: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/philosophy/news/andrew-cooper-memorial-event/).
\nThis second event will be this one\, held in London\, at UCL's Bloomsbury Campus\, from 10.00am-5.00pm\, on Friday the 3rd of July. We'll have a series of speakers discussing different parts of Andrew's work\, and related themes. Please register / RSVP via the button on this page. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Robert Mark Simpson: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T175832Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260703T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260703T200000 SUMMARY:Time for Émilie Du Châtelet UID:20260627T074504Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Alte Aula\, Heidelberg\, Germany DESCRIPTION:Time for É\;milie Du Châ\;telet
\nThis talk presents a novel interpretation of É\;milie Du Châ\;telet&rsquo\;s neglected understanding of time. It argues\, first\, that her account presupposes a foundational notion of successive being\, analogous to Descartes&rsquo\;s foundational notion of extended being. Second\, it suggests that Du Châ\;telet holds that time is the order of successive being insofar as successive beings succeed one another\, and clarifies her view by contrasting it with Leibniz&rsquo\;s more familiar relational account. Third\, it examines her subtle response to the absolute conception of time associated with Clarke and Newton\, arguing that although she grants that the idea of absolute time is natural and even useful\, she ultimately regards it as both false and dangerous. Fourth\, it contends that Du Châ\;telet rejects two long-standing assumptions about time inherited from Aristotle\, namely that time is essentially tied to motion and to measure. Altogether\, the talk hopes to show that Du Châ\;telet offers an intriguing\, coherent\, and even philosophically attractive conception of time.
ORGANIZER;CN=Clara Carus: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T175832Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260704T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260704T170000 SUMMARY:Graduate and Early Career Workshop on Émilie Du Châtelet and Early Modern Philosophy UID:20260627T074505Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Heidelberg\, Germany DESCRIPTION:Clara Carus (Heidelberg) and Jeffrey K. McDonough (Harvard) are hosting a Graduate and Early Carrer Workshop on É\;milie Du Châ\;telet and Early Modern Philosophy. The workshop will take place in the Hegelsaal at Heidelberg University on Saturday\, July 4th\, 2026. \;
\nPlease view the associated Call for Abstracts.
\nThe recent decade has seen an exponential growth in Du Châ\;telet scholarship. Nevertheless\, Du Châ\;telet&rsquo\;s oeuvre is still seriously understudied. This workshop aims to support further research on Du Châ\;telet among Graduate and PhD students. We welcome abstracts for research papers\, but also encourage presentations on future funding proposals\, master&rsquo\;s theses\, or PhD projects. We welcome all themes with a direct\, important link to Du Châ\;telet. The workshop aims to generate helpful feedback in a friendly\, collegial atmosphere. \; \; \;
\nAll are welcome to attend the workshop without presenting. Please register at: clara.carus@uni-heidelberg.de.
\nJeffrey K.McDonough will give an associated public talk on the 3rd of July 2026. Please view:philevents45081
ORGANIZER;CN=Clara Carus: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T175832Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20260705T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20260705T234500 SUMMARY:9th Panhellenic Conference on Philosophy of Science UID:20260627T074506Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Athens LOCATION:National and Kapodistrian University of Athens\, Library of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science\, Athens\, Greece DESCRIPTION:The \;Department of History and Philosophy \;of Science \;of the \;National and Kapodistrian University of Athens \;announces the \;9th \;Panhellenic Conference on Philosophy of Science \;to be held in \;Athens \;on \;December 3-5\, 2026.
\n\nThe \;thematic sections \;of the conference include \;all areas of philosophy of science \;(general philosophy of science\, philosophy of special sciences)\, as well as \;areas of philosophy \;(metaphysics\, epistemology\, ethics\, philosophy of language\, philosophy of mind\, history of philosophy\, political philosophy) to the extent that they are \;related to issues concerning science. \;
\n\nConfirmed Keynote Speakers:
\nMarí\;a Jimé\;nez-Buedo \;(UNED\, Madrid)
\n\nThe conference invites submissions for \;contributed papers \;and \;symposia \;and is open to all members of the academic community\, including PhD \;candidates and postgraduate students. Presentations can be in Greek or English. \;There is no registration fee. We particularly encourage submissions from individuals belonging to groups that are currently underrepresented in philosophy.
\n\nAbstracts should not exceed 500 words\, including any bibliographic references. &Tau\;he allocated time for delivering contributed papers will be 30 minutes\, including discussion.
\n\nSubmissions of a symposium proposal must include a general description of the topic and its significance (up to 500 words\, including any references) and summaries (up to 250 words\, including any references) for each contribution. Symposia will be allocated 2 hours\, and can include 3 to 5 talks. They can have any format.
\n\nDeadline for submission of abstracts: 5 July 2026
\nNotifications of abstract acceptance: end of August 2026
\n\nFor submission guidelines and to submit your abstract\, please use this link:
\nhttps://conferences.uoa.gr/e/PhilSci
\nFor questions about the conference\, please contact: phos@phs.uoa.gr \; \;
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ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T175833Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260707T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260709T170000 SUMMARY:Philosophy of Explainable AI: New Directions UID:20260627T074507Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Aarhus\, Denmark DESCRIPTION:We invite abstracts for our forthcoming workshop\, Philosophy of Explainable AI: New Directions\, to be held at Aarhus University on \;July 7 - 9\, 2026. The workshop aims to bring together scholars working on the philosophical dimensions of explainability/interpretability/transparency in machine learning\, to share recent work and discuss future directions for the field. We have invited a number of keynotes to be announced in due course.
\nThe conference is part of the TREAT project (https://projects.au.dk/treat). Towards Responsible Explainable AI Technologies (TREAT) examines the benefits and risks of so-called &ldquo\;Explainable AI&rdquo\; technologies for creating and using AI in an ethically responsible manner. One of the main ethical concerns regarding complex AI systems is that they risk becoming unintelligible black boxes. In response\, a subfield within AI research\, known as explainable AI (XAI)\, seeks to develop tools for generating explanations of AI systems. Such explanations are important in order to enable people to understand and think critically about AI systems. However\, explanations are not just an ethical good: they also risk creating a false sense of understanding\, which can be exploited to mislead or even manipulate. To resolve this dilemma\, TREAT seeks to philosophically grounded theories of representational adequacy\, explanatory honesty\, and legitimacy for XAI technologies.
\nWe welcome abstracts addressing any philosophically salient issue relating to explainability\, interpretability or transparency in machine learning. This includes (but is not limited to) papers drawing on ethics\, epistemology\, philosophy of science or political philosophy. We hope to have a diverse programme\, representing a broad range of exciting new philosophical work engaging with XAI technologies\, broadly construed.
\nWe especially encourage applications from junior scholars and those from underrepresented backgrounds. Travel and accommodation costs for successful applicants will be covered\, and there will be no registration fees for the event. To apply\, please send an abstract of 300-400 words (excluding references) to treat@au.dk no later than Wednesday 1st April.
\nIf you are have any questions\, feel free to contact us on treat@au.dk
\nWe look forward to hearing from you.
\nRune Nyrup\, Torben Agergaard\, and Molly Powell
ORGANIZER;CN=Molly Powell: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T175833Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260709T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260711T170000 SUMMARY:The Armchair on Trial: A Graduate Conference on Philosophical Methodology UID:20260627T074508Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Univeristätsstraße 7\, Vienna\, Austria\, 1010 DESCRIPTION:Topic:
This year'sannual WFAP graduate conference is devoted to debates around philosophical methodology. It is centered around the question of whether philosophy is best done from the philosophical armchair or whether it can and should be done using empirical methods. The conference is focused on the extent to which the emergence of naturalistic approaches and of experimental philosophy (&ldquo\;X-Phi&rdquo\;) pose a problem to &lsquo\;traditional&rsquo\; armchair methods (e.g. consulting intuitions\, conceptual analysis\, reflective equilibrium\, conceptual engineering). We are interested both in work that focuses on individual methods or on the relations between them (e.g. their compatibility).
We aim to bring together early career and advanced researchers in order to discuss questions such as: \;
\nWe welcome submissions that apply these methodological issues to other philosophical debates as case studies.
\nIf you wish to align your talk with the WFAP's reading circle in preparation for the conference\, feel free to check out our readings here:
https://wfap.philo.at/reading-schedule-25-26/
You can take a look at our past graduate conferences here:
https://wfap.philo.at/conferences
For some time\, Classical German and Early Analytic Philosophy seemed to represent two fundamentally different schools of thought. However\, a more profound analysis reveals a continuity in their philosophical explorations. Both paradigmatic authors of Classical German Philosophy\, such as Kant and Hegel\, as well as pioneers of Analytic Philosophy\, such as Frege and Wittgenstein\, engaged deeply with questions about the nature of thinking\, the role of language for thought\, the feasibility of a science of logic beyond mathematical boundaries\, and the complex interplay between thought and being.
\nThe graduate conference aims to promote dialogue among early career scholars on the historical and systematic connections between Classical German Philosophy (especially the works of Kant and Hegel) and Early Analytic Philosophy. The conference will focus on the continuing relevance of both traditions of thought for systematic problems in current philosophical discussion. This year\, the conference shall focus on paradigmatic topics such as the nature of logic as a philosophical inquiry of thought\, the relation between logical forms and the sensible aspect of experience\, the philosophical comprehension of the conditions for action and right\, and the integration between the forms of subjective thought and the objective world.
\nThe conference is hosted by the Chair of Philosophy and History of Philosophy at the University of Stuttgart (Christian Martin). Several senior scholars\, including James Conant (Chicago)\, Matthias Haase (Chicago)\, and Marvin Tritschler (Stuttgart)\, will participate in the event as discussants. The program can be accessed on the conference website: tinyurl.com/yevnhuft
\nYoung scholars interested in the conference topic are very welcome to participate as listeners and discussants. To attend\, please register by writing to Thomas Dittler at st197123@stud.uni-stuttgart.de.
\nOrganization: James Conant\, Thomas Dittler\, Christian Martin &\; Ana Vieyra
ORGANIZER;CN=James Conant;CN=Christian Martin;CN=Ana Vieyra;CN=Thomas Dittler: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T175833Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Riyadh:20260711T140000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Riyadh:20260711T140000 SUMMARY:Artificial Intelligence and the Question of Ethics UID:20260627T074510Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Asia/Riyadh LOCATION:Riyadh\, Saudi Arabia DESCRIPTION:The Riyadh International Philosophy Conference 2026 invites researchers and specialists to submit proposals for its sixth edition\, held under the theme &ldquo\;Artificial Intelligence and the Question of Ethics.&rdquo\; This edition explores the philosophical and ethical challenges raised by contemporary AI systems across six main areas. \;
The conference themes include:
* major international AI ethics frameworks and documents\, their philosophical foundations\, and their cultural counterparts in non-Western traditions\, with particular attention to Arab and Islamic ethical traditions\;
* the ethical challenges of AI-generated content\, research\, and authorship\, including misinformation\, deepfakes\, provenance\, credibility\, and intellectual property\;
* AI systems and moral responsibility\, including the distribution of responsibility among users\, owners\, and developers\, as well as the responsibility gap in cases of unforeseen harm\;
* AI and decision-making\, including the autonomy of AI systems\, ethically sensitive decisions\, black-box systems\, explainability\, and the right to intelligibility\;
* AI\, privacy\, and data ownership\, especially in healthcare and judicial contexts\; \;
* and algorithmic bias and predictive models\, with special focus on justice\, fairness\, and the right not to know in health-related prediction.
The conference welcomes contributions from diverse philosophical perspectives and especially encourages submissions from underrepresented traditions\, particularly Islamic philosophy.
\;
For submissions and further details: https://engage.moc.gov.sa/philosophy_conference/?lang=en
Presenters will receive a competitive honorarium\, full-board accommodation\, and airfare. \;
RADIATION: Connection Across Distance
\nA Cross-disciplinary Conference
\nArnolfini\, Bristol\, UK 12 &ndash\; 14 Nov 2026
\nWe commonly understand radiation as the circulation of energy in the form of light\, heat\, and radio waves\, illumination and glow\, or the emission of particles from radioactive substances. This includes ultraviolet radiation\, X and gamma rays and radioactive materials. The early 20th century medical use of X-rays was exquisitely captured by Duchamp in his 1910 painting Portrait of Dr. Dumochel. In this work\, the French physician is shown with a red aura &ndash\; presumably depicting the erythema of radiation &ndash\; while parts of his body are missing to connote the mysterious ability of X rays to invisibilise flesh while making bones and internal organs visible. A little over a century later\, diagnostic mammograms\, full-body airport security scans\, even personal radiation-emitting devices (mobile phones) are the norm. Ionising radiation is used in Heritage Studies to identify underdrawings while gamma radiation eliminates bacteria that threaten to damage cultural objects\, books and statues.
\n\; \; \; \;However\, this source-process-effect frame\, prevalent in many\, if not most disciplines\, is not the only way to think radiation. Several years ago\, researchers from the University of Regensburg\, Germany\, discovered a phenomenon akin to negative radiation. When an electron moves through a material it often collides with other electrons. This causes de-acceleration. Although an electron with negative mass loses energy in the same way that an electron with positive mass does\, the effect of that loss is\, counterintuitively: acceleration. In other words\, if a ball with negative mass falls into water\, it is not slowed down by friction but instead sped up. Using a new type of semiconductor and irradiating it with a red laser\, the Regensburg team found that\, surprisingly\, the electrons emitted a blue glimmer. This signalled a conversion of low-energy red light into the high-energy blue light arising from electrons with negative mass (Lin et al 2021). Experiments such as these beg the question of the scope of &lsquo\;negative&rsquo\; radiation\, caused by phenomena like negative force.
\n\; \; \; \;In the cultural and socio-political realms\, the invisible working of radiation is captured by two past-laden concepts: aura and hauntology. As a &lsquo\;strange tissue of space-time\,&rsquo\; and a &lsquo\;unique apparition of distance in proximity&rsquo\; (Benjamin 1979)\, aura amplifies energies accruing in everyday practices as affective presence. It turns sedimentations of mnemonic processes into &lsquo\;weakly radioactive materials&rsquo\; (Sloterdijk 2016)\, as can be seen from the so-called &lsquo\;merged objects&rsquo\; &ndash\; such as the Salish blankets\, made of mountain goat\, dog hair\, and vegetation\, that are part animal\, part hunter\, part weaver\, and part wearer (Tepper 2017). Their purpose is to gather cross-species and cross-temporal relations into a single\, culturally energised object. Similarly\, accrued medial aura is the topic of much contemporary art\, such as Kubisch and Norment&rsquo\;s sonic installations\, which rely on the medial memory of transmitters. The crackling of an old record\, inscribed through cycles of use\, and remediated in a sound installation\, creates fulcrums of energy similar to that of &lsquo\;merged objects.&rsquo\;
\n\; \; \; \;Hauntology\, along with spectrality\, was initially a rumination on ontology. It suggested that being is displaced by the shadow of the spectre of being (Derrida 1993)\, and that past-orientated resurgences undermine the solid foundations of the present (Jameson 1999). This can be felt in the residual working of obsolete hegemonies that continue to exert influence on the material and psychic spaces of social life. Unlike trauma\, which is marked by a rupture\, hauntological radiation is a form of low-frequency persistence that lingers in habits and inherited assignments of energy\, imperceptibly turning the past into the behavioural and cognitive architecture of the present. Carrying the frequencies of absent systems\, and of that which &lsquo\;has not yet happened but is already effective in the virtual &ndash\; as an attractor shaping current behaviour&rsquo\; (Fisher 2012: 19)\, hauntings co-constitute energy fields. But this is not to say that all hauntings are immaterial\, as is often thought. In Barad&rsquo\;s reading\, they are an &lsquo\;ineliminable feature of existing material conditions&rsquo\; (Barad 2017: 107)\, as\, from the perspective of quantum physics\, haunting is not about human experience\, but rather about &lsquo\;indeterminacies of time-being\, materially constitutive of matter itself&rsquo\; (113).
\nSimilarly\, in this conference\, we are interested in the less visible actual and potential radial arrangements &ndash\; as forms of agencement of actual or virtual objects and un-objects\, spaces and negative spaces\, organisms\, pre- and post-organic matter\; proto-techniques and technologies that can be assimilated into what is often called &lsquo\;third nature.&rsquo\;
\nWe invite contributions from Media Studies\, Art and Art-Science\, Philosophy (including Philosophy of Science)\, Cultural and Heritage Studies\, Materials Science and Environmental Studies in the form of individual panel presentations (theoretical or practice-based) or curated panels that address but are not limited to the following topics:
\n&bull\;Contemporary alchemy (the notion that every being and/or thing can potentially produce or store energy)
\n&bull\;Art-science experiments with cross-medial radiation (e.g. sonic lasers)
\n&bull\;Projective radiations of new materials or new uses of existing materials\, plants and environments (e.g. graphene and hyperaccumulators)
\n&bull\;Biological and geometrical radial arrangements (e.g. radical versus networked spread)
\n&bull\;Explorations and genealogies of radio-enabled technologies and engineering practices (e.g. GPS\, Galileo\, Wi-Fi and RFID)
\n&bull\;Propelling or accelerating processes arising from a re-configuration or re-alignment of forces and technologies
\n&bull\;Counterintuitive readings of radiation (e.g. the use of radioactive waste as a source of energy despite obvious dangers)
\n&bull\;Political and ideological radiation (soft power\, influence) \;
\n&bull\;Infrastructural radiation (capital\, energy networks) \;
\n&bull\;Computational and algorithmic radiation (data\, AI\, virality)
\n&bull\;The post-industrial sublime (e.g. hydrogen colliders and sites of industrial devastation)
\n&bull\;Radiation as action-at-a-distance (conceptual History of Physics) \;
\n&bull\;Novel readings of the work of Henri Becquerel\, Marie Curie\, J.M. Maxwell\, Richard Feynman and Rudolf Peierls beyond the &lsquo\;environmental damage of positivistic science&rsquo\; approach
\nPlease send 250 w proposals for individual papers or artistic interventions of 15 min in length\, accompanied by a 100 w bio and a concise list of AV requirements to ENERGYPhilosophyofPractice@dundee.ac.uk by 23:59 GMT on 20 July 2026. Proposals for panels of no more than 1500 w in length (including abstracts and bios) should be sent by 23:59 GMT on 12 July 2026. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by 30 July 2026. \;
\nThis conference\, supported by Arnolfini and UWE Bristol\, is part of the 2023 &ndash\; 2027 AHRC-funded research project ENERGY: A Philosophy of Practice (AH/X009114/1).
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T175833Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260715T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260715T090000 SUMMARY:Mathematical Proof in the Age of AI: Conceptual Implications of the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Mathematical Research UID:20260627T074512Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Bergen\, Norway DESCRIPTION:This conference will be about the conceptual-philosophical implications of AI-based proving and autoformalisation for mathematics. Examples include the resolution of various Erdos problems by Google DeepMind&rsquo\;s Alethia model\, the recent disproof of the unit distance conjecture by OpenAI&rsquo\;s GPT model\, and the (partial) autoformalisations of sphere packing in dimension 8 and 24 by the model Gauss from Math Inc. \;
We aim to reflect on how these technologies may transform mathematical practice\, with a concentration on the practice of creating and verifying proofs. While some view the use of LLMs\, and AI in general\, as heralding a new era of machine-assisted mathematics\, others caution against overestimating their capabilities and warn of the downsides of automating mathematics. The workshop aims to critically assess the role of AI-based mathematics\, striking a balance between optimism and scepticism.
We invite the submission of titles and abstracts suitable for presentation at the conference. \;
Submitted talks will have a timeslot of roughly 45 minutes including Q &\; A. Abstracts should be no longer than 500 words\, and should be accompanied by a short (1-page) CV. \;
Submissions are welcome from related disciplines (philosophy\, mathematics\, computer science\, STS\, HPS\, etc.) but should directly address philosophical questions about the use of AI in mathematical research\, such as relating to changes in mathematical practice\, the social epistemology of mathematics\, the nature of computer generated proofs\, creativity in mathematical research\, etc.
Please submit these abstracts to F.Tanswell@TU-Berlin.de with the subject &lsquo\;Abstract Submission&rsquo\;.
\nSubmission deadline: 15th July 2026.
\nNotification of result: 15th August 2026.
The conference will be livestreamed\, recorded\, and made available online (with speakers&rsquo\; permission).
The Object(s) of Literature
\nJuly 15-17\, 2026
\nInstituto de Estudos da Linguagem (IEL)\, Unicamp
\n\n\n\nHenry James once famously asserted that &ldquo\;The only reason for the existence of the novel is that it does attempt to represent life.&rdquo\; He went on to add that\, therefore\, &ldquo\;the novel is history.&rdquo\; Given that the novel had become\, in James&rsquo\;s time\, the modern form of literature par excellence\, James&rsquo\;s proclamation (along with his late 19th-century impulse to associate novelistic practice with the &ldquo\;art of the fiction&rdquo\;) implies that the literary is forever bound to the vicissitudes of the social. The larger implication is clear: literature must forever endure a crisis of definition. At any given moment\, what are its objects or objectives? What life or world(s) does it aim to represent and transform? What power or authority does it retain to do so? These questions are even more pressing in our current state of accelerationism. Everywhere\, it seems\, mutations abound: the digital revolution has drastically enhanced the producibility of messages\, turning the emission of signs into an existential necessity (even as it plunges us into a new regime of attention\, much more accustomed to\, if not dependent upon\, experiences of visual and aural shock)\; digital platforms are blurring the boundaries between writing and performance\, between authors and audience\; at the very moment inequality is reaching unheard-of levels\, challenging even imagination&rsquo\;s capacity to represent the gap between the richest and the poorest\, literary production is scrambling to keep pace with market-driven formats\; for the first time in almost a century new actors pose a serious threat to established forms of hegemony\; and\, perhaps most pressingly\, the increasingly refused reality of climate change has required new modes of representation such as &ldquo\;apocalyptic realism.&rdquo\; Meanwhile\, the institutional and political spaces that have long sustained literary culture&mdash\;bookstores\, newspapers\, universities&mdash\;are under attack.
\nIt is in view of this complex and multilayered framework of transformations that the Association for Philosophy and Literature proposes The Object(s) of Literature as the topic for its 2026 conference\, to be held at the State University of Campinas (Unicamp)\, Brazil. Or rather\, with a focus on what we might call the temporal kernel of literature&rsquo\;s tenuous ontology\, we ask the following: What are the object(s) of literature\, in both the sense of its materiality and its aims? Is it a bounded textual artifact\, a social practice\, a mode of attention\, or something else entirely? Is there an objective to literature? Given literature's inherent freedom\, what could that be? Or perhaps\, and following (again) James\, what &ldquo\;intensity&rdquo\; can or does (or must) literature claim today if there can be &ldquo\;no intensity at all\, and therefore no value\, unless there is freedom to feel and say&rdquo\;?
\nPapers can be proposed (in English\, Portuguese\, or Spanish) on any of the concepts outlined above\, focusing on both (or either) the philosophical and the more conventionally literary.
\nMore specific questions and topics include\, but are certainly not limited to\, the following:
\n&bull\; What has become of literature&rsquo\;s freedom\, so painfully conquered\, to break all taboos in language\, sexually\, morally\, religiously etc.? How tenable is it now\, how problematic has it become?
\n&bull\; What today is the role of philosophy as literature?
\n&bull\; How might we now re-read Hegel&rsquo\;s famous pronouncement of the &ldquo\;end of art&rdquo\;?
\n&bull\; How does the literary register differently in its different modalities: in print\, online\, as film\, television\, etc.?
\n&bull\; How solid or defined is the space of the literary within contemporary societies&mdash\;or\, how strong is its penetration within these societies?
\n&bull\; In a world ever more permeated by the for-the-other logic of the commodity form\, what is the ontological status of literature&rsquo\;s inescapable in-and-for itself&mdash\;or rather\, its longstanding commitment to the modernist mantra &ldquo\;art for art&rsquo\;s sake&rdquo\;?
\n&bull\; With the increasing distancing of literature from the world of entertainment and fun\, now almost fully monopolized by social media\, how can one reconceptualize aesthetic pleasure\, or the Barthesian &ldquo\;pleasure of the text&rdquo\;?
\n&bull\; How has social media redefined literary practice and further commodified the role of the artist (via platforms such as BookTok\, etc.)?
\n&bull\; How is the slow but on-going death of cinema (and cinemas) tied to the current state of the literary?
\n&bull\; With its diminishing social relevance\, literature has become ever more dependent on educational institutions for securing funding and readers. How does this entrenchment within the university affect literature&rsquo\;s objecthood?
\n&bull\; How has literary theory and philosophy responded to these changes in the objects of literature&mdash\;both as objective and in terms of its materiality?
\n&bull\; With the benefit of hindsight\, how is one to interpret such recent developments as the politization of reading and the segmentation of scholarship through the proliferation of &ldquo\;studies&rdquo\; and increased disciplinarization?
\n&bull\; What role can (or does) the literary play in recent philosophical materialisms or realisms and thus efforts to assert the agential &ldquo\;truth&rdquo\; of nonhuman others?
\n&bull\; How do recent returns to Indigenous epistemologies challenge Western literary concepts like authorship\, textuality\, and aesthetic value?
\n&bull\; How are recent efforts to demonize (or willfully misrepresent) critical race theory reflected in today&rsquo\;s literary production? Or rather\, how has Afropessimism reframed questions about the objects and objectives of literature?
\n&bull\; Can we&mdash\;and how might we&mdash\;confuse contemporary debates about gender with our ever-evolving approaches to genre?
\n&bull\; How has or might generative AI literary transform our understanding of literature&rsquo\;s purpose (as art and/or an object of study)?
\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProposals will be accepted for individual papers\, panels (of 3-4 participants)\, or roundtables (of 4-6 participants). Proposals can be submitted in English\, Portuguese\, or Spanish by following the submission link. For individual submissions\, abstracts are restricted to no more than 300 words. For panels or roundtables\, submit a single proposal\, consisting of a 300-word panel abstract along with titles for all included papers. You will also be asked to supply a short biography for each participant. Proposals are Due Dec 1\, 2025.
\n\n\n ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T175833Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260715T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260715T170000 SUMMARY:Philosophy\, Evidence and Policymaking UID:20260627T074515Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Amsterdam LOCATION:Rijnstraat 50\, Den Haag\, Netherlands DESCRIPTION:This workshop brings together researchers working on the theory and philosophy of science and evidence in policymaking as well as practitioners such as knowledge-brokers\, policymakers and policy advisors. It is organised by researchers at University of Antwerp\, University of Groningen and the VU Amsterdam in collaboration with the Science for Policy project at the Netherlands&rsquo\; Ministry of Education\, Culture &\; Science.
\nThe workshop is aimed at both early-career and senior researchers who are interested in the theory and the practice of evidence generation for and use in policymaking and the interaction between science and policy. This field of research addresses questions such as: What type of evidence should one use to develop policies? What should the role of scientific advisors be in policymaking? Does it make sense to rank evidence in hierarchies? How should policymakers deal with scientific expert disagreement? What does an appropriate role for non-epistemic values look like in evidence and science for policy?
\nWe invite you to send abstracts on the abovementioned topics\, as well as on related ones. Abstracts should:
\nNot exceed 300 words (references excluded)\;
\nBe sent in an anonymised document to the following email address: ebpolicy.network@gmail.com\;
\nBe suitable for a 30-minute presentation (+15 minutes of Q&\;A)\;
\nBe sent by the deadline: 15 July 2026 (notification of acceptance on 1 August 2026)\;
\nParticipation in the workshop without sending an abstract is possible by filling out the registration form no later than 15 August 2026. \;
\nThe first part of the workshop will include a keynote lecture by Dr. Donal Khosrowi (University of Hannover) and\, after\, presentations of the selected abstracts. After the lunch break\, the second part of the workshop will include a keynote lecture by Dr. Jaakko Kuosmanen (Finnish Academy of Science and Letters) and structured dialogues in break-out groups with practitioners\, aimed at making participants reflect together on various topics related to evidence and policy.
\nMoreover\, the workshop aims to encourage interaction between researchers and practitioners. Therefore\, the workshop will also include sessions in which there is structured dialogue between participating researchers and practitioners from the Netherlands&rsquo\; government.
\nQuestions can be sent to \;ebpolicy.network@gmail.com
ORGANIZER;CN=Geertjan Holtrop;CN=Kato Van Roey;CN=Helena R. Slanickova: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T175833Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260715T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260715T234500 SUMMARY:SLR: Science\, Language and Reality. Themes from the Philosophy of Susan Haack UID:20260627T074516Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Madrid LOCATION:Edificio FES\, Campus Miguel de Unamuno\, P.º Francisco Tomás y Valiente\, s/n\, Salamanca\, Spain\, 37007 DESCRIPTION:The SLR Conference: Science\, Language and Reality. Themes from the Philosophy of Susan Haack aims to deepen the tradition of analytic philosophy by exploring points of intersection between three of its central areas: philosophy of science\, metaphysics\, and philosophy of language. The conference seeks to bring together scholars from around the world working on these topics in order to foster dialogue\, exchange of ideas\, and mutual enrichment.
\nThe intellectual inspiration for this year conference is found in the philosophical work of Susan Haack\, whose contributions exemplify the fruitful interaction between philosophy of science\, and philosophy of language within the analytic tradition. Haack&rsquo\;s work has consistently emphasized the importance of understanding scientific inquiry through an integrated philosophical perspective&ndash\;one that connects questions about evidence\, truth\, and justification with issues concerning meaning\, reference\, and the structure of scientific theories. Her development of foundherentism and her defense of a critical\, commonsense form of scientific realism illustrate how philosophical reflection on science inevitably engages with both metaphysical and semantic questions. We are specially interested in contributions that connect these discussions with Susan Haack's philosophy in a broad sense.
\nIn recent decades\, developments in analytic philosophy have increasingly shown that many fundamental questions concerning the nature of scientific knowledge&mdash\;such as scientific realism\, the structure of scientific theories\, explanation in science\, and the ontological status of entities posited by science&mdash\;require close engagement with both metaphysical and semantic issues. In particular\, the analysis of scientific ontology\, laws of nature\, causation\, and modality is deeply intertwined with questions about reference\, meaning\, and linguistic representation within scientific theories.
\nThis conference aims to provide a forum for examining these connections from a variety of philosophical perspectives. By bringing together researchers working in philosophy of language\, philosophy of logic\, philosophy of science\, and pragmatism\, the event seeks to encourage interdisciplinary dialogue and to promote collaboration among research groups working in these areas.
\nSubmission Guidelines
\nWe invite submissions of a short abstract (max. 300 words) through our submission system (Easychair) and by our mail slrconference2026@gmail.com by 1 June 2026. To submit\, please prepare your abstract for blind review. The total time allocated to each contributed talk at the conference will be 30 minutes\, of which max. 20 minutes will be for presenting the research and rest will be for Q&\;A. Participants are encouraged to submit their work for consideration for publication in a special issue of Teorema. Revista Internacional de Filosofí\;a.
\nTimeline
\nConference registration fees:
\n&bull\; Faculty: 100&euro\;
\n&bull\; Non-faculty/PhD/Postdoc: 50&euro\;
\nList of Topics
\nThe SLR Conference Organizing Committee invites submissions about the following topics of interest related with the work of Susan Haack\, among others:
\nProgram Committee
\nConcha Martí\;nez Vidal (USC)\, Javier Cumpa (UCM)\, Obdulia Torres (USAL)\, Ana Cuevas Badallo (USAL)\, Marta Campdelacreu (UB)\, Atocha Aliseda (UNAM)\, Rodrigo Ló\;pez Orellana (UVal)\, Alfredo Marcos (UVA)\, Antonio Blanco Salgueiro (UCM)\, Noemí\; Sanz (UIB)\, Susana Gó\;mez Ló\;pez (UCM)
\nOrganizing committee
\nVioleta Conde\, Benedicto Acosta\, Llanos Navarro\, Andrei Moldovan
\nInvited Speakers
\nVenue
\nEdificio FES\, Universidad de Salamanca
\nCampus Miguel de Unamuno\, P.º\; Francisco Tomá\;s y Valiente\, s/n
\nSalamanca\, 37007\,
\nSpain
\nContact
\nAll questions about submissions should be emailed to \;slrconference2026@gmail.com
\nSponsors
\nFundació\;n General de la Universidad de Salamanca
ORGANIZER;CN=Violeta Conde;CN=Benedicto Acosta;CN=Llanos Navarro;CN=Andrei Moldovan: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR