Duke University's Center for Cognitive Neuroscience invites applications for SSNAP 2026\, a fully-funded intensive summer program exploring the intersection of neuroscience\, philosophy\, and artificial intelligence.
\nThis year's theme\, "Neuroscience and AI\," brings together graduate students and early-career researchers from neuroscience\, philosophy\, cognitive science\, computer science\, and related fields for collaborative seminars\, workshops\, and research projects. Participants will engage with leading faculty to examine fundamental questions about cognition\, consciousness\, learning\, and the computational principles underlying biological and artificial intelligence.
\nProgram highlights:
\nEligibility: Graduate students and early-career researchers in neuroscience\, philosophy\, AI/ML\, cognitive science\, and related disciplines.
ORGANIZER;CN=Felipe De Brigard;CN=Walter Sinnott-Armstrong: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260606T081329Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260601T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260731T170000 SUMMARY:AI and Data Ethics Summer Training Program UID:20260611T154550Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Boston\, United States DESCRIPTION: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:20260606T081329Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260609T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260611T170000 SUMMARY:Principia Mathematica's Second Edition in Its Century\, 1925-2025 UID:20260611T154551Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Toronto LOCATION:1280 Main St W\, Hamilton\, Canada\, L8S 48L DESCRIPTION:Principia Mathematica's Second Edition in Its Century\, 1925-2025
Principia Mathematica \;was and remains a fixture of ongoing discussions in logic\, philosophy of language\, philosophy of mathematics\, metaphysics\, and early analytic philosophy. The second edition of Principia\, however\, \;received a lukewarm reception and its significance\, both for understanding Principia&rsquo\;s first edition and for later developments in early analytic philosophy\, have not been fully explored. This workshop convenes scholars to further explore developments between the editions of Principia and the impact of the second edition itself on 20th century philosophy.
\nCall for Papers
\nWe invite contributed papers on \;Principia Mathematica and its second edition\, broadly construed\, for a peer-reviewed collection that also brings together the papers stemming from this workshop. Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:
\nAbsent alternative arragnements\, papers are due no later than December 14\, 2026. Expressing interest in submitting a contribution is strongly encouraged by October 15\, 2026. Papers should be at least 5\,000 words and no more than 15\,000. Papers should be anonymized for blind review and submitted with a cover page indicating the author's name\, affiliation\, email\, paper title\, and abstract to Landon Elkind\, landon.elkind@wku.edu\, with the subject line PM2 Paper Submission. \;
\nTeX format is encouraged for contributions\, but Word formats are also acceptable. Typesetting of equations using the principia package (for TeX users: https://ctan.org/pkg/principia) or the PMifier (for Word users: https://principia.lib.uiowa.edu/pmifier/index.html) is strongly encouraged. \;
\nSupport
\nThe Principia Mathematica&rsquo\;s Second Edition in Its Century\, 1925-2025 workshop has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (Collaborative Research\, RZ-206663-26). Any views\, findings\, conclusions\, or recommendations expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
\nThe PM-MATS project is also supported Western Kentucky University and McMaster University. We are grateful for their support.
ORGANIZER;CN=Landon D. C. Elkind;CN=Alexander Mugar Klein: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260606T081329Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260611T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260612T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop: Causal Models\, Causal Abstraction\, and Levels of Causation UID:20260611T154552Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1\, Hamburg\, Germany\, 20146 DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce the workshop &ldquo\;Causal Models\, Causal Abstraction\, and Levels of Causation&rdquo\;\, which will take place on 11&ndash\;12 June 2026 at the University of Hamburg. The schedule and further updates will be posted on the workshop website: https://beyondcausalexclusion.org/about-2/
\nThe workshop is part of the project &ldquo\;Beyond Causal Exclusion: New Challenges for Multi-Level Causal Models.&rdquo\; \;The project is a collaboration between the Universities of Bern and Hamburg\, funded by SNSF and DFG. More information: https://beyondcausalexclusion.org/
\nIf you would like to attend\, please register by sending an email to: brian.ortmann@uni-hamburg.de
\nWe would be very happy to welcome you in Hamburg.
ORGANIZER;CN=Thomas Kroedel;CN=Brian Ortmann: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260606T081329Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260611T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260612T170000 SUMMARY:Existential Threats and Other Disasters: Novel (Bio)ethical Solutions for Novel Challenges UID:20260611T154553Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Paris LOCATION:4 Rue de Chevreuse \, Paris\, France\, 75006 DESCRIPTION:The Center for the Study of Bioethics&rsquo\; (CSB) is pleased to collaborate with The Hastings Center\, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Centre for Bioethics\, and Columbia University&rsquo\;s Master of Bioethics Program to organize the conference.
\nIn 2024\, CSB\, with The Hastings Center and The Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics coorganized \;&ldquo\;Existential Threats and Other Disasters: How Should We Address Them?&rdquo\; Held in \;Budva\, Montenegro\, it featured a distinguished lineup\, including Peter Singer\, Julian Savulescu\, \;Arthur Caplan\, Josephine Johnston\, Ingmar Persson\, Anders Sandberg\, as well as the conference \;organizers Vardit Ravitsky\, Roger Crisp and Vojin Rakić.
\nThe 2026 Paris conference continues this trajectory. It will assess the critical questions raised in \;2024 in light of the rapid evolution of global crises. \;Building on the foundation established in the \;2024 conference\, the Paris event will adopt a broader scope\, adding novel and diverse \;perspectives\, organizers and participants\, explicitly addressing not only catastrophic risks but also \;the constructive ethical deployment of emerging technologies.
ORGANIZER;CN="The Center for the Study of Bioethics’ (CSB) Csb";CN=The Hastings Center The Hastings Center;CN=The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Centre for Bioethics;CN=Columbia University Master of Bioethics Program: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260606T081329Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260615T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260615T230000 SUMMARY:Workshop “Do experiments replicate? Philosophical Reflections on the Use and Misuse of Statistics and Econometrics” UID:20260611T154554Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:Grodzka 52\, Kraków\, Poland DESCRIPTION:Workshop &ldquo\;Do experiments replicate? Philosophical Reflections on the Use and Misuse of Statistics and Econometrics&rdquo\;\, 22nd-23rd \;of September 2026
\n\nInstitute of Philosophy\, Jagiellonian University\, \;
\nGrodzka 52\, Krakó\;w\, Poland
\n\nThe workshop &ldquo\;Do experiments replicate? Philosophical Reflections on the Use and Misuse of Statistics and Econometrics&rdquo\; aims to provide a forum for exchanging ideas on the replicability of randomized experiments\, such as randomized field experiments in economics\, randomized controlled trials and preclinical studies in medicine\, and psychological experiments. \;
\n\nThe workshop promotes philosophical and methodological discussions of conceptual and methodological issues in statistical analysis\, econometric modeling\, and the methodology of experimentation.
\n\n\nKeynote Speakers:
\nBarbara Osimani \;
\nSamuel Fletcher
\n\n\nExperimental results are considered reliable because\, under comparable conditions\, they are expected to yield similar outcomes. However\, this assumption has recently been challenged by numerous replication efforts that report results differing from those of the original studies in psychology\, medicine\, biology\, the social sciences\, and economics. A surprisingly large fraction of published findings have been found to be non-replicable. Replicability rates range from 11% for in vitro and in vivo preclinical research to 60-90% for clinical trials. Experimental economists fall within this range and\, like psychological experimenters\, achieve around 60% replicability.
\n\nThe replication crisis has called into question the credibility of published findings and undermined trust in science. However\, \;the replication crisis\, with few exceptions\, has received only limited attention from philosophy of science. Despite the efforts of several pioneers\, the philosophical and conceptual problems in randomized controlled trials\, randomized field experiments\, laboratory experiments\, econometric modeling\, and the statistical analysis of experimental data remain largely uncharted territory in the philosophy of science. The workshop aims to establish a forum for exchanging ideas among philosophers of medicine and economics\, philosophers of statistics\, and methodologically inclined researchers interested in the conceptual problems of the replication crisis. \;
\n\nThe Workshop &ldquo\;Do experiments replicate? Philosophical Reflections on the Use and Misuse of Statistics and Econometrics&rdquo\; invites contributions that focus on experimentation and statistical analysis in economics and medicine\, as well as problems that trouble statistical inference from experiments\, broadly construed. \;
\n\nSome exemplary topics of talks:
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;The design of randomized experiments in medicine and economics.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Statistical hypothesis testing.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Non-frequentist approaches to comparing treatment and control group outcomes.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Comparisons of design-based and model-based inference.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Estimating statistical models.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Measuring replication success and replicability rates.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Assessing the quality of empirical evidence.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Making inferences from the literature review with conflicting results.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Other problems in philosophy of statistics related to the replication crisis.
\n\nAbstracts no longer than 500 words (including references) should be submitted in an attachment\, \;not \;including author details\, by email with the subject &lsquo\;replication workshop&rsquo\; sent to: \;mariusz.maziarz@uj.edu.pl. \;
\n\nDeadline for submission: June 1st\, 2026
\nDecisions will be announced by June 15th\, 2026.
\n\n\nThis activity was supported by a grant funded by the Strategic Program Excellence Initiative at the Jagiellonian University
\n\n\n\n ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260606T081329Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260616T113000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260617T170000 SUMMARY:Entity Realism Beyond Manipulation UID:20260611T154555Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Zurich LOCATION:Hochschulstrasse 4\, Bern\, Switzerland\, 3012 DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to share the program and registration details for the workshop Entity Realism Beyond Manipulation. Participation (including lunch and refreshments) is free of charge\, but we ask you to register \;by 7 June 2026 \;by sending your name and affiliation to \;mahdi.khalili@unibe.ch. The program is as follows:
\nTuesday\, June 16
11.30 &ndash\; 11.45 \;Welcome Address
11.45 &ndash\; 12.30 \;Katherine Morrow\, University of Oslo \;&mdash\; \;Against Selective Antirealism About Ecological Entities
\n12.30 &ndash\; 14.00 \; Lunch Break
\n14.00 &ndash\; 14.45 \;Kenneth Aizawa\, Rutgers University Newark \;&mdash\; \;Compositional Abduction and Entity Realism
\n14.45 &ndash\; 15.30 \;Mahdi Khalili\, University of Bern \;&mdash\; \;Entity Realism about Black Holes
\n15.30 &ndash\; 16.00 \; \; \; Coffee Break
\n16.00 &ndash\; 16.45 \;Gauvain Leconte-Chevillard\, University of Namur \;&mdash\; \;No Manipulation\, No Entities? The Ontological Commitment of Natural \;Experiments in Astrophysics and Cosmology
\n16.45 &ndash\; 18.00 \;Mauricio Suá\;rez\, Complutense University of Madrid \;&mdash\; \;Deflating Experimental Realism in Astrophysics
\n19.00 &ndash\; 22.00 \; Workshop Dinner \;
\nWednesday\, June 17
\n11.00 &ndash\; 11.45 \; \;Thijs Latten\, Delft University of Technology \;&mdash\; \;An Engineering Perspective on Quantum State Realism: A Case Study in \;Expanding Causal Realism
\n11.45 &ndash\; 12.30 \;Ruey-Lin Chen\, National Chung Cheng University &\; \;Jonathan Hricko\, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University \;&mdash\; \;Real Entities and Real Causal Relationships: The Cases of the Transgenic and \;Gene Knockout/Knock-In Methods
\n12.30 &ndash\; 14.00 \; \; \; Lunch Break
\n14.00 &ndash\; 14.45 \;Matthias Egg\, University of Bern \;&mdash\; \;Effective Entity Realism
\n14.45 &ndash\; 16.00 \;Nora Boyd \;(online)\, Siena University \;&mdash\; \;How to Get in Touch With Distant Reality: The Causal Production of Empirical Data
\n16.00 &ndash\; 16.30 \; \; Coffee Break
\n16.30 &ndash\; 17.15 Panel Discussion
\n17.15 &ndash\; 17.30 \; \; \; Closing Remarks
\n\nThis conference is part of the project Extending the Scope of Causal Realism\, supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Mahdi Khalili;CN=Matthias Egg;CN=Frederick Britt: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260606T081329Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260618T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260619T170000 SUMMARY:Objectivity and Subjectivity in Medicine UID:20260611T154556Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities\, Oxford\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:This interdisciplinary workshop will bring together DPhil students and early career researchers in the medical humanities to share their ongoing research in a supportive environment. Discussion will focus on the problems of objectivity and subjectivity in medical research and practice: is there such a thing as an &ldquo\;objective&rdquo\; approach to medicine\, and if not\, should there be? \;
\nMedical knowledge is always situated and inevitably shaped by forms of uncertainty. We invite contributions that explore the ways in which clinical and scientific practices may reproduce structural biases\, as well as how they engage with key aspects of human experience that resist quantification &ndash\; such as pain\, fatigue\, or emotional distress. In this context\, the increasing use of artificial intelligence raises further questions: does it enhance objectivity\, or simply reinforce pre-existing biases? \;
\nThe subjectivity of patients also generates important tensions: lived experiences do not always align with standardized scientific frameworks. We welcome contributions that examine\, for instance\, how such experiences may be oversimplified when translated into medical categories and terminology\, or marginalized when they fail to fit pre-existing classificatory systems. We are also interested in initiatives that seek to incorporate patients&rsquo\; experiences and emotions into medical practice. \;
\nIn a context of increasing scepticism toward institutional medical discourse and a turn toward alternative medical practices\, it is worth asking how the ideal of objectivity can be reconciled with the acknowledgment of subjective experience. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Charlotte Dewarumez: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260606T081329Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260622T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260625T170000 SUMMARY:Second Biennial Conference of the Society for the Study of Measurement UID:20260611T154557Z-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
\nWe invite submissions for an international conference on the philosophy of science and the ethics of science from both historical and systematic perspectives. The conference is centered on the question of how Arthur Schopenhauer&rsquo\;s philosophy might help illuminate central issues in contemporary reflection on science.
\nIn recent years\, Schopenhauer has increasingly been recognized as a significant point of reference for work in both philosophy of science and ethics of science. In addition to foundational studies of his theory of science\, there is growing interest in his influence on particular disciplines\, including biology\, physics\, mathematics\, and cognitive science. The conference aims to bring these lines of research into conversation and to explore their broader systematic relevance.
\nPlease send abstracts (english or german) of approximately 300&ndash\;500 words for 30-minute presentations to jenslemanski+cfp26@uni-muenster.de
\n\nMore information: \;https://www.uni-muenster.de/Wissenschaftstheorie/en/veranstaltungen/Schopenhauer.html
ORGANIZER;CN=Jens Lemanski: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260606T081329Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260623T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260623T170000 SUMMARY:Naturalism in the Philosophy of Historiography UID:20260611T154559Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Prague LOCATION:tř. Čs. legií 150/9\, Ostrava\, Czech Republic DESCRIPTION:Workshop Naturalism in the Philosophy of Historiography
\n\n23.06.2026\, 9.00-14.30
\nE-207 (E-Building)
\nUniversity of Ostrava
\ntř. Čs. legií\; 150/9
\n\nNaturalism has become an increasingly popular position in the philosophy of history over the past decade\, mainly through the works of Paul Roth\, Jouni-Matti Kuukkanen\, and most recently also Michal Hubá\;lek. As such\, it raises important questions about the object\, methods\, and aims of the philosophy of historiography\, as well as the field&rsquo\;s relationship to historiography. In this workshop\, we will discuss these and related questions on the occasion of the recent publication of Michal Hubá\;lek&rsquo\;s book \;Dissolving Naturalism and Historicism Into Each Other.
\n\nThe workshop is open to everybody. If you would like to join in person or via Zoom\, please register with \;georg.gangl@osu.cz \;by June 15. The registration is required solely for catering purposes and for the distribution of the workshop readings.
\n\nTimetable
\n9.30-10.00: In Defense of Naturalism Without Adjectives (Michal Hubá\;lek\, University of Hradec Krá\;lové\;\, Czechia)
\n\n10.00-10.30: Naturalism and the Fate of the Historical Narrative (Jack Morgan Jones\, University of Manchester\, UK)
\n\n10.30-11.00: Coffee Break
\n\n11.00-11.30: Naturalism and Evidentialism: (Meta-)Philosophical Research Programmes for the Philosophy of Historiography (Georg Gangl\, University of Ostrava\, Czechia)
\n\n11.30-12.00: "All Natural Lemon and Lime Flavours": Thoughts on the 'Naturalist' turn in Historical Theory (Adam Timmins\, University of Ostrava\, Czechia) (online)
\n\n12.00-12.30: \;What\, If Anything\, Makes History a Distinctive Discipline? (Eugen Zeleňá\;k\, University of Ružomberok\, Slovakia)
\n\n12.30-13.30: Lunch break
\n\n13.30-14.00: What Exactly is Naturalism in Historiography and What Is It For? (Piotr Kowalewski Jahromi\, University of Silesia\, Katowice\, Poland)
\n\n14.00-14.30: Naturalism and Historical Inquiry: How Broad Is the Scope? (David Černí\;n\, University of Ostrava\, Czechia)
\n\n14.30-15.00: Indissoluble Historicity? (Luke O'Sullivan\, University of Singapore\, Singapore) (online)
\n\n15.00-15.30: Closing discussion
ORGANIZER;CN=Georg Gangl;CN="David Černín": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260606T081329Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260624T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260626T170000 SUMMARY:History and Philosophy of Science: Past\, Present\, and Future UID:20260611T154600Z-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).
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:20260606T081329Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T090000 SUMMARY:1st UFFS International Congress on Neurophilosophy: Neurophilosophy\, after 40 years UID:20260611T154602Z-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.
\nRADIATION: 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:20260606T081329Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260715T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260718T170000 SUMMARY:Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice 2026 UID:20260611T154604Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Free School Lane\, Cambridge\, United Kingdom\, CB2 3RH ORGANIZER;CN=Anna Alexandrova: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260606T081329Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260720T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260724T170000 SUMMARY:MCMP Summer School for Widening Participation in Mathematical Philosophy 2026 UID:20260611T154605Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Ludwigstr. 31\, Munich\, Germany\, 80539 DESCRIPTION:The Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP) is organizing the third edition of the \;Summer School for Widening Participation in Mathematical Philosophy\, \;which will take place from the \;20th to 24th July 2026 \;in Munich\, Germany.
\nThe summer school continues a successful tradition\, which began in 2014 with eight editions of the summer school on mathematical philosophy for female students and was expanded in 2024 to underrepresented groups.
\nThe 2026 &ldquo\;Summer School for Widening Participation in Mathematical Philosophy&rdquo\; is open to women and members of other groups that are under-represented in mathematical philosophy. These groups include under-represented gender identities\, races and ethnicities\, people with disabilities\, people from low income and non-academic family backgrounds. The target level is master students and last year-bachelor students.
\nThe school's aim is to encourage students to engage with mathematical and scientific approaches to philosophical problems\, and thereby help to redress the under-representation of women and other marginalized groups in mathematical philosophy. It offers the opportunity for study in an informal and interdisciplinary setting\, for lively debate\, and for the development of a network of students and professors interested in the application of formal methods to philosophy.
\nThe 2026 edition of the summer school will feature:
\nQuestions can be directed to \;mathsummer@lrz.uni-muenchen.de \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Toby Charles Penhallurick Solomon: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260606T081329Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260720T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260720T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop on Emily Adlam’s “Saving Science from Quantum Mechanics” UID:20260611T154606Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:University of Leeds\, Leeds\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:Schedule:
\n11.00 &ndash\; 11.10 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Welcome &ndash\; Alastair Wilson
\n11.10 &ndash\; 12.10 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; &ldquo\;Ways of Closing the Circle&rdquo\; &ndash\; Margherita Moro and Alastair Wilson
\n12.10 &ndash\; 13.30 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Lunch
\n13.30 &ndash\; 14.30 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Comments on Adlam &ndash\; Lina Jansson
\n14.30 &ndash\; 15.30 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; &ldquo\;Epistemic Solutions for Epistemic Problems?&rdquo\; &ndash\; Lucy Mason
\n15.30 &ndash\; 16.00 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Break
\n16.00 &ndash\; 17.00 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; &ldquo\;Future directions in Epistemology of QM&rdquo\; &ndash\; Emily Adlam
\n17.00 &ndash\; 18.30 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Drinks outside Botany House
\n18.30 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Dinner
ORGANIZER;CN=Margherita Moro;CN=Alastair Wilson: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260606T081329Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20260721T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20260721T170000 SUMMARY:Heart of Science: Book Workshop UID:20260611T154607Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Asia/Singapore LOCATION:Jurong Town\, Singapore DESCRIPTION:In his latest book\, Heart of Science: A Philosophy of Scientific Inquiry (https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/H/bo257658927.html)\, Jacob Stegenga\, professor of philosophy at Nanyang Technological University\, and author of Medical Nihilism and Care and Cure: An Introduction to Philosophy of Medicine\, argues for a novel epistemology of science that contends that good science need not attain its aims\, but it must justify its claims.
\n
The workshop will feature discussions and comments on the book by Axel Gelfert\, Catarina Dutilh Novaes\, Wendy Parker\, Angela Potochnik\, Silvia de Toffoli\, and Peter Vickers\, with graduate student commentaries by Yuang Chen\, Luca Molinari\, and Anish Seal\, and a round-table discussion featuring Jacob and the invited speakers.
This event precedes the Asian Philosophy of Science Association's inaugural meeting and is part of a week of events related to the philosophy of science at NTU Singapore. To find out more\, please visit: \;https://www.ntu.edu.sg/soh/news-events/conferences/apsa-2026. \;
The idea that social\, political and ethical values do and should influence science has become a mainstream position in philosophy of science. The main points of contention in the current discussion about values in science include identifying the right values\, the right ways to manage their role in science\, the right stakeholders to participate in the conversation\, and the right methods for fostering public participation.
\nWhile this is a flourishing research programme\, it overwhelmingly takes place in North America and Western Europe. And in the vast majority of it\, the assumed societal context is an Anglophone democracy. This limits the kinds of values included in the discussion and the modes by which those values are considered. Some philosophers of science have recently started paying attention to this bias and the lacunae it creates\, discussing\, for instance\, values in science in non-democratic contexts (Pulkkinen forthcoming 2026)\, science and democracy in light of theories of democracy that are not mainstream in anglophone academia (Hilligart &\; Wilholt forthcoming 2026)\, and the lack of philosophical discussions about scientific communities in subaltern regions (Gutié\;rrez Valderrama 2025). However\, our understanding of the full consequences of this bias is currently limited.
\nThe aim of this two-day workshop is to open up the discussion about values in science to include a broader range of values and approaches to value inclusion in science\, with case studies from a wider set of geographical locations. \;
\nThis is a pre-conference workshop just before ENPOSS 2026.
ORGANIZER;CN=Inkeri Koskinen;CN=Katherine Furman: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260606T081329Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260901T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260904T170000 SUMMARY:SOCRATES Summer School 2026: "Bridging the Gap: Science\, Trust\, and the Climate Crisis" UID:20260611T154609Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Hannover\, Germany\, 30167 DESCRIPTION:The SOCRATES group &ndash\; Social Credibility and Trustworthiness of Expert Knowledge and Science-Based Information &ndash\; invites applications for its Summer School 2026:
\nBridging the Gap: Science\, Trust\, and the Climate Crisis
\n1 September 2026 13:00 CEST &ndash\; 4 September 2026 13:00 CEST\, \;Leibniz University Hannover\, Germany
\nwith our great speakers \;Dr. Viktoria Cologna (Eawag Switzerland)\, Prof. Dr. Vincent Lam (University of Bern)\, Prof. Stephan Lewandowsky (University of Bristol)\, Prof. David Stainforth (London School of Economics)\, and Prof. Dr. Mathias Frisch (Leibniz University Hannover).
\nA growing body of evidence suggests that many climate change impacts might be more severe or occur sooner than older climate models had projected. And yet\, at the same time\, the sense of urgency regarding the climate crisis in the public and political sphere seems to be declining. This &rsquo\;perception gap&lsquo\; or disconnect is not due to a lack of scientific evidence but seems to be at least partly fuelled by a crisis in communication\, credibility\, and trust. \;
\nOur three-day summer school has the aim of examining challenges posed by this disconnect from different disciplinary perspectives. Our aim is to explore why arguably compelling scientific evidence often fails to translate into societal action. \;The event will bring together PhD candidates from several disciplines for interactive sessions\, talks by senior scholars\, and opportunities to present and discuss their work in a supportive and engaging environment. \;
\nWe invite applications from researchers with the following profile:
\nTravel and accommodation costs as well as the Summer School dinner are at the participant&rsquo\;s expense.
\nDeadline for applications: 13 February 2026 (23:59 CEST). \;Please find more information and the application form on the event webpage.
\nSOCRATES is a Centre for Advanced Studies funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and is based at the Institute for Philosophy at Leibniz University Hannover. It is headed by Prof. Dr. Mathias Frisch (as speaker) and Prof. Dr. Torsten Wilholt.
\nMore information about SOCRATES can be found at https://www.socrates.uni-hannover.de/en/
ORGANIZER;CN=Mathias Frisch;CN=Torsten Wilholt: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260606T081329Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260914T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260915T170000 SUMMARY:New Directions in Law-Based Explanations in the Sciences UID:20260611T154610Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Lakatos Building\, London\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:When we look at current research across the natural and social sciences dealing with explanations of phenomena in their respective fields\, the word &lsquo\;explanation&rsquo\; is often modified with an adjective: causal\, non-causal\, mechanistic\, nomological/law-based\, topological\, mathematical\, and narrative are some of the non-mutually-exclusive modifiers that one may encounter. It is generally accepted that fields such as physics rely more on laws for their explanatory practices than disciplines such as cell biology\, which are\, for the most part\, concerned with mechanistic explanations\, for example. In the philosophy of science\, particularly since the advent of the New Mechanism literature in the 1990s\, barring some exceptions\, there has been relatively little sustained work on the pragmatic side of law-based explanations as opposed to other explanatory modalities\, and the interest that law-based explanations have garnered has mostly focused on the metaphysics of laws. This workshop aims to bring the philosophy of law-based explanations\, with particular attention to their pragmatic dimensions\, back into focus. Moreover\, while being historically informed\, the hope is to discuss new directions within this strand of the philosophy of explanation. Some questions for consideration could include (in no particular order):
\nConfirmed Speakers:
\nCall for Abstracts
\n13th International Philosophy of Medicine Roundtable Conference
\nSeptember 14-18\, 2026
\nVirtual
\nHosted by the University of Pittsburgh \;
\nConference Dates
\nSeptember 14: Pre-conference workshop on the philosophy of diagnosis
\nSeptember 14: Keynote talks \;
\nSeptember 15-18: Selected Talks
\nVenue
\nThe 13th International Philosophy of Medicine Roundtable will be held online\, hosted by the University of Pittsburgh Department of History and Philosophy of Science.
\nKeynote speakers
\nLisa Sanders (Yale School of Medicine)
\nGurpreet Dhaliwal (University of California\, San Francisco School of Medicine) \;
\nCall for Abstracts: Main Conference Program
\nWe welcome philosophical talks on all aspects of health and medicine\, broadly construed. \;
\nPlease submit a 500-word abstract tohttps://forms.gle/fenNHJ982oNzKW42Aby March 15\, 2026. Abstracts will undergo blinded review by the scientific committee. Accepted papers will be allocated a 30 min speaking slot (including Q&\;A). \;
\nAn individual may be listed as an author on more than one abstract. However\, they may only submit one abstract on which they are listed as a presenter (and may only present once in the main program).
\nSpecial issue
\nPresenters at the Roundtable will be invited to submit a paper version of their talk to a special section of the journal Philosophy of Medicine (https://philmed.pitt.edu). Details will be provided to presenters.
\nImportant dates
\nSubmission deadline: March 15\, 2026
\nNotification of acceptance: by the end of April 2026
\nConference dates: September 14-18\, 2026
\nContacts
\nQuestions regarding submissions or the Roundtable conference generally should be directed to pmr2026@pitt.edu.
\nLocal Organizers
\nJonathan Fuller\, Raphael Scholl\, Laura Matthews\, Sloane Wesloh\, Rose Gatfield-Jeffries (University of Pittsburgh\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science) \;
\nScientific Committee
\nAtocha Aliseda\, Rachel Ankeny\, Robyn Bluhm\, Giovanni Boniolo\, Kirstin Borgerson (Chair)\, Raffalla Campaner\, Jonathan Fuller\, Elselijn Kingma\, Maë\;l Lemoine\, Benjamin Smart (Secretary)
ORGANIZER;CN=Sloane Wesloh;CN=Rose Gatfield-Jeffries;CN=Laura Matthews;CN=Raphael Scholl;CN=Jonathan Fuller: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260606T081329Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260915T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260917T170000 SUMMARY:Critical Political Epistemology UID:20260611T154612Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Freiburg\, Germany\, 79098 DESCRIPTION:International conference organized by \;the Professorship for Epistemology &\; Theory of Science (University of Freiburg)\, in collaboration with the Critical Political Epistemology Network (CPEN).
\nQuestions about the political and social dimensions of knowledge production have been ubiquitous throughout the history of philosophy. In recent years\, they have regained prominence under the label of &ldquo\;political epistemology.&rdquo\; Most recently\, much of the work explicitly framed as political epistemology has emerged from analytic philosophy\, with the underlying assumption that contemporary political issues can be reduced to analytic questions regarding the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge. This literature often failedto engage appropriately with feminist epistemology and philosophy of science\, critical theory\, de-colonial/post-colonial theory\, and Foucauldian approaches &ndash\; traditions that have long explored political-epistemological questions from diverse and influential perspectives. This conference aims to recentre these approaches within contemporary debates in political epistemology. We explicitly invite work that explores political epistemology from an empirically-grounded inter- and transdisciplinary perspective\, engaging with critical knowledge projects that question arbitrary hierarchies and work towards liberatory epistemological theories\, epistemic practices and systems.
\nConfirmed keynote speakers include:
\nMore details TBA \;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260606T081330Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260922T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260923T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop “Do experiments replicate? Philosophical Reflections on the Use and Misuse of Statistics and Econometrics” UID:20260611T154614Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:Grodzka 52\, Kraków\, Poland DESCRIPTION:Workshop &ldquo\;Do experiments replicate? Philosophical Reflections on the Use and Misuse of Statistics and Econometrics&rdquo\;\, 22nd-23rd \;of September 2026
\nInstitute of Philosophy\, Jagiellonian University\, \;
\nGrodzka 52\, Krakó\;w\, Poland
\nThe workshop &ldquo\;Do experiments replicate? Philosophical Reflections on the Use and Misuse of Statistics and Econometrics&rdquo\; aims to provide a forum for exchanging ideas on the replicability of randomized experiments\, such as randomized field experiments in economics\, randomized controlled trials and preclinical studies in medicine\, and psychological experiments. \;
\nThe workshop promotes philosophical and methodological discussions of conceptual and methodological issues in statistical analysis\, econometric modeling\, and the methodology of experimentation.
\nKeynote Speakers:
\nBarbara Osimani \;
\nSamuel Fletcher
\n\nExperimental results are considered reliable because\, under comparable conditions\, they are expected to yield similar outcomes. However\, this assumption has recently been challenged by numerous replication efforts that report results differing from those of the original studies in psychology\, medicine\, biology\, the social sciences\, and economics. A surprisingly large fraction of published findings have been found to be non-replicable. Replicability rates range from 11% for in vitro and in vivo preclinical research to 60-90% for clinical trials. Experimental economists fall within this range and\, like psychological experimenters\, achieve around 60% replicability.
\nThe replication crisis has called into question the credibility of published findings and undermined trust in science. However\, \;the replication crisis\, with few exceptions\, has received only limited attention from philosophy of science. Despite the efforts of several pioneers\, the philosophical and conceptual problems in randomized controlled trials\, randomized field experiments\, laboratory experiments\, econometric modeling\, and the statistical analysis of experimental data remain largely uncharted territory in the philosophy of science. The workshop aims to establish a forum for exchanging ideas among philosophers of medicine and economics\, philosophers of statistics\, and methodologically inclined researchers interested in the conceptual problems of the replication crisis. \;
\nThe Workshop &ldquo\;Do experiments replicate? Philosophical Reflections on the Use and Misuse of Statistics and Econometrics&rdquo\; invites contributions that focus on experimentation and statistical analysis in economics and medicine\, as well as problems that trouble statistical inference from experiments\, broadly construed. \;
\nSome exemplary topics of talks:
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;The design of randomized experiments in medicine and economics.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Statistical hypothesis testing.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Non-frequentist approaches to comparing treatment and control group outcomes.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Comparisons of design-based and model-based inference.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Estimating statistical models.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Measuring replication success and replicability rates.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Assessing the quality of empirical evidence.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Making inferences from the literature review with conflicting results.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Other problems in philosophy of statistics related to the replication crisis.
\nAbstracts no longer than 500 words (including references) should be submitted in an attachment\, \;not \;including author details\, by email with the subject &lsquo\;replication workshop&rsquo\; sent to: \;mariusz.maziarz@uj.edu.pl. \;
\nDeadline for submission: June 1st\, 2026
\nDecisions will be announced by June 15th\, 2026.
\nThis activity was supported by a grant funded by the Strategic Program Excellence Initiative at the Jagiellonian University
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260606T081330Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20261007T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20261009T170000 SUMMARY:Causality and Causal Inference in Medicine UID:20260611T154615Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Madrid LOCATION:Facultad de Filosofia\, C/Camilo José Cela S/N\, Sevilla\, Spain\, 41018 DESCRIPTION:Interactions between the philosophy of causality and investigations of inferential practices in the sciences\, particularly medicine\, have yielded key developments across disciplines. One such example is evidential pluralism\, arguing for broadening the evidence range beyond difference-making to overcome the rigidity of evidence-based medicine. Further interdisciplinary engagements can assess the adequacy of different philosophical analyses of causation and corresponding causal concepts with respect to particular scientific problems or areas or draw on practices from the sciences to adjust the philosophical toolkit. At the same time\, there are also challenges to address\, such as working across areas with different\, sometimes conflicting\, methods and approaches. This conference aims to bring together current research dealing with causality and inferential practices in the health sciences\, broadly construed\, welcoming philosophical\, methodological\, and scientific contributions\, among others.
\nKeynote speakers:
\nJonathan Fuller (University of Pittsburgh)
\nNaja Hulvej Rod (University of Copenhagen)
\nSaana Jukola (University of Twente)
\nLocal organizing team: Cristina Baré\;s Gó\;mez\, Matthieu Fontaine\, Elena Popa\, Quentin Ruyant.
This conference is the 16th in the series of Causality in the Sciences conferences. Steering committee: Phyllis Illari\, Science &\; Technology Studies\, UCL\; Samantha Kleinberg\, Computer Science\, Stevens\; Bert Leuridan\, Philosophy\, Antwerp\; Julian Reiss: Philosophy\, Linz\; Federica Russo: History and Philosophy of Science\, Utrecht\; Erik Weber: Philosophy\, Ghent\; Jon Williamson: Philosophy\, Manchester. \; \;
Funding and organization
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:20260606T081330Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20261127T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20261129T170000 SUMMARY:Learning from History: The Philosophies of Historiography and the Historical Sciences UID:20260611T154617Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Prague LOCATION:Čs. legií 150/9 \, Ostrava\, Czech Republic DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers:
\n\nLearning from History: The Philosophies of Historiography and the Historical Sciences
\nThe University of Ostrava\, Czech Republic\, 27-29 November 2026
\nConfirmed keynote speakers (alphabetically):
\nCarol Cleland
\nAdrian Currie
\nMichal Hubá\;lek
\nJouni-Matti Kuukkanen
\nJames McAllister
\nGregory Radick
\nAdam Timmins
\nAviezer Tucker
\nDerek Turner
\nThe philosophy of history\, the ontology of the past\, and the philosophy of historiography\, the epistemology of knowledge of history\, are rapidly expanding philosophical fields. \; This expansion is partly driven by the progress of the historical sciences in broadening the scope of our knowledge of history by discovering new evidence and new information theories that allow decoding it and inferring knowledge of the past. \; These developments call for new philosophies of the historical sciences and historiography that encompass the new ontologies and epistemologies of all the historical sciences that can make warranted inferences about history.
\nThe philosophy of the historical sciences is distinct of other sub-fields of epistemology and the philosophy of science in studying the generation of knowledge of the past\, of history\, which depends on signals that cross the entropic barrier of time. \; This conference will consider the philosophical\, ontological and epistemic implications of the new historical sciences and historiography that form the foundation for learning from the past. This conference will attempt to found a new sub-field of the philosophy of science\, devoted to the philosophy of the historical sciences. \;
\nThe conference will take place at the Foundation for the Philosophy of Historical Sciences and Historiography at the University of Ostrava in the Czech Republic\, with support from the Visegrad Fund and the University of Ostrava\, and in cooperation with the University of Silesia in Katowice in Poland\, and the Catholic University in Ružomberok in Slovakia. \;
\nWe call for abstracts of 250-500 words in the philosophy of historiography and the historical sciences to be submitted by the 31st of August 2026. \; There will not be a conference fee\, but registration is required. \; Please send abstracts\, queries\, and correspondence to:
\nAviezer Tucker at avitucker@yahoo.com and David Černí\;n at david.cernin@osu.cz
\nThe Foundation for the Philosophy of Historical Sciences and Historiography is comprised of five researchers and has existed for three years with generous support from the European Union\, the Czech Grant Agency\, and the Visegrad Fund. It holds regular in person and remote seminars. \; Next year\, in August 2027\, it will co-convene a summer school in the philosophy of historiography and the historical sciences with emphasis on the philosophical foundations of applied history at the Catholic University of Ružomberok in Slovakia.
\nOstrava\, in the North-East corner of the Czech Republic\, is the second largest urban conglomeration in the country after Prague. It has an airport with regular flights from Warsaw\, Malaga\, and London-Stansted. \; It can also be reached by bus from the airports of Katowice and Krakow in Poland\, and by train from Vienna and Prague. By train\, Ostrava is about 2.5 hours from Krakow\, 3 hours from Vienna\, and 3.5 hours from Prague.
\nThe conference is part of the project &ldquo\;What Can be Learned from History: Philosophical Reflections from Central Europe&rdquo\; co-financed by the governments of Czechia\, Hungary\, Poland and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from \;the International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe.
ORGANIZER;CN=Georg Gangl;CN="David Černín";CN=Aviezer Tucker: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260606T081330Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261130T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261201T170000 SUMMARY:Philosophy of Science and Ethics of Science in the Context of A. Schopenhauer UID:20260611T154618Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Schlossplatz 2\, Münster\, Germany DESCRIPTION:In recent years\, Schopenhauer has increasingly been recognized as a significant point of reference for work in both philosophy of science and ethics of science. In addition to foundational studies of his theory of science\, there is growing interest in his influence on particular disciplines\, including biology\, physics\, mathematics\, and cognitive science. The conference aims to bring these lines of research into conversation and to explore their broader systematic relevance.
ORGANIZER;CN=Jens Lemanski: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260606T081330Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261130T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261130T234500 SUMMARY:Philosophia Reformata special issue on the legacy of MD Stafleu UID:20260611T154619Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers: \;The legacy of M. D. Stafleu
\nJournal: \;Philosophia Reformata \;(www.brill.com/phir)
\nGuest editors: Richard Gunton (Queen Mary University of London) and Gerrit Glas (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
\nDeadline: Papers (5\,000&ndash\;9\,000 words) may be submitted through the journal&rsquo\;s website.
\nMarinus Dirk (Dick) Stafleu (1937&ndash\;2024) wrote extensively on philosophy of physics\, and encyclopedically on the sciences at large. \;Drawing on and critiquing the work of Herman Dooyeweerd\, he made important contributions to a Reformational philosophy of science reaching from mathematics to social and political sciences. \;However\, since his passing in November 2024\, Stafleu's legacy appears largely limited to his 24 papers in Philosophia Reformata\, 5 papers in other peer-reviewed journals\, and some 15 books in English and Dutch\, mostly self-published on his own website (although 5 were published in print by various minor publishing houses).
\nWe invite scholars who have drawn on any of Stafleu's work to contribute to a special issue that will clarify and situate his contributions in the philosophical foundations of physics and of the sciences more broadly. \;Topics might include\, for example:
\nFor more information\, please contact the editorial assistant\, Mathanja Berger: \;mathanja@bergeracademicediting.nl.
\n\nInstructions to Authors: \; https://brill.com/fileasset/downloads_products/Author_Instructions/PHIR.pdf
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260606T081330Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270115T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270115T090000 SUMMARY:Synthese Topical Collection: Against the Grain: Developing the Prospects of Non-Naturalistic Metaphysics of Science UID:20260611T154620Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers
\nSynthese \;Topical Collection: Against the Grain: Developing the Prospects of Non-Naturalistic Metaphysics of Science
\nGuest Editors:
Raoni Arroyo (Federal University of Santa Catarina / CNPq\, Brazil)
Bruno Borge (University of Buenos Aires / CONICET\, Argentina)\,
Cristiá\;n Soto (University of Chile\, Chile).
Topical Collection website: \;https://link.springer.com/collections/dgjhfehdbd
\nA key feature of recent developments in the metaphysics of science is that it has mostly\, if not exclusively\, been developed within a naturalistic framework. For our purposes\, naturalism can broadly be conceived in any of the following ways: it can be understood as continuous with\, constrained by\, derived from\, or useful to science.
\nWhat all these have in common is a deferential attitude towards science\, which may roughly be spelled out as follows: when it comes to ontology\, methodology\, or epistemology\, metaphysicians of science should best defer such issues to science (particularly physics). Most\, if not all\, more or less recent developments that &ldquo\;take science seriously&rdquo\; fall under the naturalistic umbrella. One possible consequence of this default naturalistic orientation is that it may unduly restrict the scope of legitimate metaphysical inquiry.
\nWe understand non-naturalistic metaphysics of science as a style of metaphysical practice whose problems need not exclusively arise within or emanate from the sciences. More specifically\, it is a kind of metaphysics that remains oriented toward science without treating science as the sole source of its problems\, methods\, or epistemic credentials. In this context\, by &ldquo\;non-naturalistic&rdquo\; we do not mean metaphysics that ignores\, or floats free from\, science\, but rather metaphysical inquiry that engages with science without being fully grounded in\, derived from\, or subordinated to it.
\nThe aim of the Topical Collection is not merely to criticize naturalism\, but to articulate positive alternatives: ways of doing metaphysics of science that engage with scientific practices\, examine the metaphysical assumptions and frontiers of science\, and remain epistemically relevant to our overall scientific outlook without adopting a deferential stance toward science.
\nBy contrast\, naturalistic metaphysics of science has science as the proper ontological\, epistemic\, and methodological ground of metaphysical inquiry. Non-naturalistic metaphysics of science asks and addresses metaphysical issues properly\, which can rightfully be considered as yielding genuine epistemic contributions to our knowledge or understanding of how the world is or could be.
\nAppropriate Topics for Submission include\, among others:
\n\nThis list is not meant to be exhaustive.
\nFor further information\, please contact the guest editors:
\nRaoni Arroyo: \;raoniarroyo@gmail.com
Bruno Borge: \;brunojborge@gmail.com
Cristiá\;n Soto: \;cssotto@uchile.cl
The deadline for submissions is \;January 15\, 2027.
\nSubmissions via: \;https://www.editorialmanager.com/synt/default.aspx
\nPlease select &ldquo\;Submit New Manuscript&rdquo\; and choose the Topical Collection &ldquo\;Against the Grain: Developing the Prospects of Non-Naturalistic Metaphysics of Science&rdquo\; from the drop-down menu.
\nRaoni Arroyo
Federal University of Santa Catarina / CNPq
Email: \;raoniarroyo@gmail.com
Bruno Borge
University of Buenos Aires / CONICET
Email: \;brunojborge@gmail.com
Cristiá\;n Soto
University of Chile
Email: \;cssotto@uchile.cl
*Please note that this event has officially been postponed. More information will be made available asap in the near future*
\nMany human cognitive capacities and processes may be deployed creatively\, from unique choices made for oneself up through novel cultural shifts. Similarly\, large swaths of our daily lives are taken up with performing spontaneous\, on-the-fly\, and unplanned activities that are\, in a word\, improvised. \; Charting out the nature of both creativity and improvisation\, taken individually or together\, remains an open and pressing issue. In this conference\, we will delve into various philosophical\, theoretical\, empirical\, and interdisciplinary issues that are related to creativity and improvisation. A non-exhaustive list of related questions and themes for this topic include:
\n- What is the relationship between improvisation and creativity?
\n- What is the relationship between creative activity and well-being?
\n- What is the best way to model individual and collective creativity?
\n- Is creativity in the arts the same thing as in other domains\, such as in science or business?
\n- What are the pros and cons of different scientific operationalizations of creativity and improvisation?
\n- Provide a conceptual analysis of creativity and/or improvisation.
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