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: TBA
Date and Time: September (TBA) 2026\, 18:00 CET
This is a zoom series on the value of consciousness\, taking place every first Tuesday of the month at noon Eastern time in the US/6pm in Europe. The program is below. The zoom link is this:
\nhttps://riceuniversity.zoom.us/j/93096236283?pwd=s6SO6NqrM5mnGpqjFtKNfTNoxaHGUg.1
\nProgram:
\nSept. 2: Takuya Niikawa\, &ldquo\;Consciousness Aesthetics&rdquo\;
Oct. 7: Anna Giustina\, &ldquo\;Prospects for an Aesthetics of Consciousness&rdquo\;
Nov. 11: Emad Atiq\, ""Agency\, Normativity\, and Acquaintance"
Dec. 2: Lé\;a Salje\, &ldquo\;Feeling Like Oneself&rdquo\;
Jan. 6: David Builes\, &ldquo\;Four Views of the First Person&rdquo\;
Feb. 3: Adrià\; Moret\, &ldquo\;No Welfare without Sentience&rdquo\;
Mar. 3: Gwen Bradford\, &ldquo\;Dreams and Incommunicable Aesthetic Value&rdquo\;
Apr. 7: Enrico Terrone\, "The Type-Token Dilemma for the Aesthetics of Consciousness"
May 5: Leonard Dung\, &ldquo\;Varieties of Sentientism About Moral Standing&rdquo\;
Call for Abstracts for The Zicklin Center Normative Business Ethics Workshop Series
\nOver the 2025-2026 academic year\, the Zicklin Center for Governance and Business Ethics at the Wharton School\, University of Pennsylvania\, will convene a regular works-in-progress series for scholars working in normative business ethics (NBE). In particular\, the Series will workshop papers pursuing business ethics issues from a normative perspective\, or papers in moral or political philosophy with implications for the market\, distributive justice\, labor relations\, the role of business in society\, etc.
\nWorkshop Objectives
\nThe Series is part of an effort to foster normative business ethics in the academy and the public sphere. This particular initiative has two key objectives: First\, it endeavors to provide a regular forum for scholars working on business ethics from a normative perspective. The community of such scholars is relatively small\, and dispersed across numerous institutions\, and there are few opportunities for these individuals to convene and share work. This Series is an effort to connect these scholars and to enrich their shared intellectual life. Second\, the Series aims to be especially valuable to junior faculty and advanced graduate students\, by providing them with feedback from\, and opportunities to interact with\, more established members of the normative business ethics community. To that end\, we hope to have (at least) one junior author and one senior author at each session.
\nWorkshop Format
\nThe workshop will meet six times over the academic year. Any academic or practitioner with an interest in normative business ethics is invited to attend the sessions. Attendees are expected to read the papers in advance\, and to come with feedback for the paper authors. To maximize the opportunity for paper improvement\, authors will not present their papers\; we will instead spend our time together on questions and comments for the author.
\nSessions will be held on Fridays\, beginning at 1:00 pm unless otherwise indicated. We will discuss two to three papers at each session. Attendees are expected to read the papers in advance\, and to come prepared to offer feedback.
\nWe plan to hold all sessions in-person\, on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania\, in Philadelphia.
\nSession Dates:
\nSeptember 19th\, 2025
\nOctober 17th\, 2025
\nJanuary 16th\, 2026
\nFebruary 13th\, 2026
\nMarch 20th\, 2026
\nApril 10th\, 2026
\nCall for Abstracts
\nWe invite abstract submissions from \;faculty and post-docs\, and from graduate students who have advanced to the ABD stage. \;Preferential treatment will be given to those who have not presented work at the Series before\, and we especially welcome submissions from women and under-represented minorities.
\nThe abstract should propose a paper in normative business ethics\, as described above. We ask that submissions offer a fairly detailed sense of the paper without exceeding 500 words.
\nWe ask that applicants identify three of the above dates\, in order of preference\, at which they would like to present their work. Please send your abstract to Brian Berkey &ndash\; bberkey@wharton.upenn.edu -- by July 25th\, 2025. Individuals will be notified about whether their paper has been selected for presentation by August 4th\, 2025.
\nInformation for Selected Authors
\nThe Zicklin Center will likely be able to offer travel funding of $1000 for paper authors for the session at which their paper will be discussed\, though there is a bit of uncertainty regarding our funding situation at the moment. In cases of need\, we may be able to offer additional funding\, with preference given to graduate students and international scholars.
\nReimbursement for travel expenses is subject to two conditions. By accepting the offer to workshop a paper\, the paper author pledges that:
\n1. \; \; \; \; The paper they will share is at a stage of development where the author can incorporate feedback gained at the workshop (e.g.\, the paper is not yet in page proofs or in print)\; and
\n2. \; \; \; \; The paper author will send their draft paper to the organizers no fewer than 14 days before their presentation date.
\nFor co-authored papers\, we can ordinarily only provide travel funding for one of the authors\, though other co-authors are welcome to attend.
\nPlease address any questions about the CFA or the workshop to one of the organizers: Brian Berkey (bberkey@wharton.upenn.edu)\, Amy Sepinwall (sepin@wharton.upenn.edu)\, or Julian Jonker (jonker@wharton.upenn.edu).
ORGANIZER;CN=Brian Berkey;CN=Amy J. Sepinwall;CN=Julian Jonker: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260405T150834Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251001T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T170000 SUMMARY:UK XPHI Online UID:20260405T225856Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to announce the next series of our monthly online workshop devoted to discussion of work in progress in experimental philosophy. The workshop is usually held via Teams\, the second Wednesday of each month\, 16:00-18:00 UK time. \; Details of 2025/26 season TBC
\n \; ORGANIZER;CN=James Andow;CN=Eugen Fischer: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260405T150834Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251009T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260604T170000 SUMMARY:Sign\, Language\, Reality Seminar 2025/26 UID:20260405T225857Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Sign. Language\, Reality (SLR) Seminar Series 2025/26
\nWe are pleased to announce the program for the upcoming academic year of the Sign. Language\, Reality (SLR) Seminar\, hosted by the Faculty of Philosophy\, University of Warsaw and the Polish Semiotic Society. The series brings together scholars working on philosophy of language\, logic\, philosophy of linguistics\, theoretical semiotics\, and related areas.
\nProgram 2025/26:
\n9 October 2025 &mdash\; Franç\;ois Recanati (Collè\;ge de France)
Mental files\, concepts\, and modes of presentation
23 October 2025 &mdash\; Antonina Jamrozik (University of Warsaw)
Why do we need the notion of a lie? Considerations from the case of presuppositional lies
6 November 2025 &mdash\; Edward Zalta (Stanford University)
How to Ground Semantics in Higher-Order Metaphysics
4 December 2025 &mdash\; Thomas Hodgson (University of Gdansk / Shanxi University)
The act-type theory of propositions as a theory of empty names
22 January 2026 &mdash\; Hannes Leitgeb (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
The Additive Logic of Epistemic Reasons. An Axiomatic Account
19 February 2026 &mdash\; Piotr Stalmaszczyk (University of Lodz)
Conceptual Engineering\, Semiotics and Metalinguistics
19 March 2026 &mdash\; Merel Semeijn (University of Groningen)
Common ground in non-face-to-face settings
16 April 2026 &mdash\; Louis Rouillé\; (University of Liè\;ge)
The dynamics of fictional names: an antirealist perspective
21 May 2026 &mdash\; Diego Feinmann (IPI PAN)
Theories of Relevance
4 June 2026 &mdash\; Antonio Negro &\; Salvatore Pistoia-Reda (Università\; degli Studi di Siena)
The contradiction puzzle for logicality
Participation is free and open to all scholars.
\nZoom information:
The seminar will be held online. To join the meeting\, please use the Zoom information below:
https://uw-edu-pl.zoom.us/j/92716044372?pwd=0l7PETAOwqQDBKTMCnheYQN7ag7zx1.1
ID: 927 1604 4372
Code: 697648
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:20260405T150834Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251024T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260508T170000 SUMMARY:Monthly Phenomenology 2025–2026 UID:20260405T225859Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:&ndash\;&ndash\;&ndash\;&ndash\;&ndash\;&ndash\;
We are very pleased to announce the 6th season (2025&ndash\;2026) of:
MONTHLY PHENOMENOLOGY
An online forum of discussion on recent work in phenomenology \;
Description: This series of talks gathers together scholars interested in phenomenology and its relation to contemporary issues in philosophy\, especially in the philosophy of mind. It establishes a forum of discussion where people can meet on a regular basis and present their work-in-progress or recent publications. The topics addressed will stretch from the history of early phenomenology to the systematic application of phenomenological insights in recent debates in analytic philosophy. \;
Schedule: The talks will take place once a month on a Friday from October to May. Time: 10:15am ET\, 3:15pm GMT/GMT+1\, 4:15pm CET. Talks last 90 minutes\, including a 45 minutes Q&\;A. \;
Participation: Talks are held on \;zoom. To participate\, please send an email to \;hamid.taieb@hu-berlin.de \;with the heading "Registration Monthly Phenomenology". A zoom link will be sent to you the day preceding each talk. \;
Programme:
Francesca Forlè\; (Università\; Vita-Salute San Raffaele)
Embodied Affectivity. A Phenomenological Account of the Connection between Affective Phenomena and Bodily Expressions
Friday\, \;24 October 2025
James Kinkaid (Bilkent University)
Husserlian Idealism and the Identity Theory of Truth
28 November 2025
Maryam Ebrahimi Dinani (University of Neuchâ\;tel)
Adolf Reinach's Theory of Social Acts: Illuminating Debates on Joint and Collective Intentionality
5 December \;2025 \;
Pascale Roure (Yildiz Technical University)
Phenomenology in Turkey
16 January 2026 \;
Benoit Guilielmo (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Exploring the Essence of Bullshit through Early Phenomenology (Kolnai and Hildebrand)
20 \;February 2026 \;
Lorenza D'Angelo (Pompeu Fabra University)
Pleasure\, Pain and Introspection
6 \;March 2026 \;
Mohammed Saleh Zarepour (University of Manchester)
The Flying Man and the Transparency of (Self-)Knowledge
24 April 2026 \;
Sebastian Watzl (University of Oslo)
Attention Norms and Frames. On the Social Organisation of Experience
8 May 2026
Convenors:
Guillaume Fré\;chette (University of Geneva)
Marta Jorba (Pompeu Fabra \;University)
Alessandro Salice (University College Cork)
Hamid Taieb (Humboldt University Berlin)
Í\;ngrid Vendrell-Ferran (Philipps University Marburg) \;
Organized on behalf of the \;Network for Phenomenological Research \;
&ndash\;&ndash\;&ndash\;&ndash\;&ndash\;&ndash\;
The Tulane German Philosophy Workshop is based out of Tulane University&rsquo\;s Philosophy and Germanic &\; Slavic Studies departments. It is aimed at promoting the discussion of scholarship about the German philosophical tradition and the establishment of relations between philosophers and departments that focus on the German philosophical tradition. It welcomes scholars interested in the many ways to engage with this rich tradition and the specific projects and concerns of its many representatives&mdash\;from Leibniz to Wittgenstein\, Kant to Gadamer\, Hegel to Habermas&mdash\;as well as the reception of this tradition.
ORGANIZER;CN=Jeffrey Patrick Colgan;CN=Nicolas Day: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260405T150834Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260201T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T170000 SUMMARY:Inquiry Network WIP Talks (Spring 2026) UID:20260405T225901Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The Inquiry Network WIP Talks feature presentations of work in progress related to inquiry\, broadly understood. For example\, presentations might discuss (but are not limited to): the epistemology of inquiry\, the metaphysics of inquiry\, ethical norms of inquiry\, historical perspectives on inquiry\, or the structure of scientific inquiry.
We aim to foster the sharing of ideas in an inclusive\, welcoming and low-pressure environment. Papers that are already accepted for publication will not be accepted. We aim to be sensitive to the needs of early-career scholars.
The group meets biweekly on Zoom during each of the Fall and Spring semesters. Meeting times are determined shortly before the beginning of each semester with the goal of finding a time that works for as many members as possible. Special consideration is given to finding a meeting time that works for presenters of accepted papers.
I am excited to share that the \;Reconstructing Carnap Webinar Series \;will resume in \;February 2026! Please find the official flyer attached. All talks will take place from \;4:30 PM to 6:30 PM CET \;(10:30 AM&ndash\;12:30 PM EST).
The webinar can be accessed via the following link: https://meet.google.com/uaq-jqpf-mwr
Schedule of speakers:
The series is organized in collaboration with \;Carnap in Context IV \;(Ö\;AW\, FWF Grant PAT7905424) and \;Rudolf Carnap Digital \;(MCMP\, LMU Munich). \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Caterina Del Sordo;CN=Luca Oliva;CN=Silvano Zipoli Caiani: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260405T150834Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260220T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260522T170000 SUMMARY:Online Bayle Seminar 2026 : Education and Pedagogy in the Philosopher of Rotterdam UID:20260405T225903Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The \;Online Bayle Seminar \;is a study and research group devoted to the figure of Pierre Bayle. In the very spirit of the &ldquo\;Republic of Letters&rdquo\; so dear to Bayle\, it seeks to be both international and interdisciplinary\, and aims&mdash\;thanks to the possibilities offered by online communication&mdash\;to overcome the divisions between schools and approaches that have sometimes characterized Bayle scholarship. Founded in 2025\, the seminar hosted in its first year a series of talks on various themes in Bayle\, such as atheism\, tolerance\, and the \;Dictionary. It thus provided an opportunity to discover the most recent research on Bayle carried out in Europe as well as in the Americas and Asia.
\nFor this second year\, we have chosen to develop the seminar&rsquo\;s format around a concrete theme through which Bayle&rsquo\;s work and thought&mdash\;and the context in which he evolved&mdash\;will be analyzed. The objective of this new format is to examine the production of the philosopher of Rotterdam in a more systematic way. Sessions will alternate between reading workshops devoted to the study of selected passages circulated beforehand\, and talks on specific topics. The theme for this second year is \;&ldquo\;Education and Pedagogy in Bayle.&rdquo\; \;The seminar will begin in 2026.
\nWhether from a biographical or a philosophical perspective\, the question touches closely upon Bayle&rsquo\;s life and writings. As a child\, Bayle himself suffered from an irregular schooling\, which he recalls in his correspondence and from which he draws lessons in the advice he gives to his brother Joseph. Later\, Bayle served as a teacher for almost his entire adult life. As is well known\, he first worked as a tutor\, in Coppet and Rouen\, and then as a professor at Sedan and Rotterdam. His philosophy courses\, included among the \;Miscellaneous Works\, are well known. His work as a writer and philosopher is marked by questions of education. The prefaces and forewords of his works not only provide information on the author&rsquo\;s status and his relationship to an ideal reader\; they also contain pedagogical reflections that fit more broadly within the theme of education. Likewise\, the project of a \;Journal of the Republic of Letters\, based on reviewing recent publications\, not only demonstrates an interest in erudition but also affirms the possibility of a learned public and the importance of its education. One should not forget the Reformed context in which Bayle pursued his schooling and his teaching: can one detect confessional markers in his reflections on education?
\nOn a political and theological level\, royal legislation concerning the children of the Huguenots raised the issue of the right to educate one&rsquo\;s children according to one&rsquo\;s own religious convictions. Religious controversy during the revocation of the Edict of Nantes also raises the question of the purpose and means of education: should one not &ldquo\;instruct&rdquo\; erring consciences rather than persecute them? At what point can one judge that the other has been sufficiently taught and that his error stems from culpable obstinacy? Can religious truth be taught in the same way to all minds? This question of &ldquo\;pedagogical differentiation&rdquo\; must be correlated in Bayle with his moral anthropology&mdash\;namely\, attention to the place and role of temperament and passions in the psychic and intellectual life of the individual. And this is directly linked to the &ldquo\;prejudices of childhood and education\,&rdquo\; where Bayle explicitly equates childhood and education with those factors that hinder the formation and exercise of a critical mind. Although the secondary literature has at times examined these issues in Bayle\, the question of education as such has been little studied in his work.
\nProgramme:
\nFriday 20 February\, 2:00 pm: Andy Serin (EPHE-PSL and Paris 1 University): \;&ldquo\;Text analysis: education and tolerance in the Supplement to the Philosophical Commentary&rdquo\;
\nFriday 20 March\, 2:00 pm: Isabelle Moreau (ENS de Lyon): \;&ldquo\;Bayle: education and religious identity&rdquo\;
\nFriday 24 April\, 2:00 pm: Ana Carmona (University of Geneva): \;&ldquo\;Text analysis: the power of prejudices&rdquo\;
\nFriday 22 May\, 2:00 pm: Chiara Musolino (Paris 1 University): \;&ldquo\;How to read philosophy? The pedagogy of doubt at work in Pierre Bayle&rdquo\;
\nPractical information:
\nThe sessions will take place online on Fridays at 2:00 pm (French time). The language used is French\, but it is possible to participate in English. The videoconference link and the texts can be obtained by sending an email to bayle.seminar@hotmail.com.
ORGANIZER;CN=Andy Serin;CN=Ana Alicia Carmona Aliaga: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260405T150834Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260317T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261117T170000 SUMMARY:Wittgenstein's Lecture on Ethics: Online Lecture Series UID:20260405T225904Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:We seek submissions for papers on any aspect of Foucault&rsquo\;s work\, as well as studies\, critiques\, and applications of Foucauldian thinking. This conference also celebrates the centennial of Foucault&rsquo\;s birth\, so we also welcome biographical retrospectives and papers that set an agenda for the next century of Foucauldian thought.
\n ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260405T150834Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Chongqing:20260406T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Chongqing:20260408T170000 SUMMARY:8th Asian Workshop on Philosophical Logic UID:20260405T225906Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Asia/Chongqing LOCATION:Southwest University\, Chongqing\, Chongqing\, China DESCRIPTION:The Asian Workshop on Philosophical Logic (AWPL) is a series of events initiated by a group of Asian logicians. Its first installment took place at JAIST in Japan in 2012. The primary goal of the workshop is to promote awareness\, understanding\, and collaborations among researchers in philosophical logic and related fields. It emphasizes the interaction between philosophical ideas and formal theories. Topics of interest include\, but are not restricted to\, non-classical logics\, philosophical logics\, algebraic logic\, as well as their applications in computer science\, cognitive science\, and social sciences. So far\, seven successful workshops have been organized in Ishikawa (2012)\, Guangzhou (2014)\, Taipei (2016)\, Beijing (2018)\, Hangzhou (2020)\, Sapporo (2024) and Kolkata (2025). The post-conference proceedings are published in the Springer book series "Logic in Asia". \; \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Zuojun Xiong: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260405T150834Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20260407T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20260408T170000 SUMMARY:Technology and Well Being UID:20260405T225907Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:America/Indiana/Indianapolis LOCATION:2961 W County Road 225 S\, Greencastle\, United States\, 46135 DESCRIPTION:The Prindle Institute is thrilled to host the fourth annual Midwest Ethics Symposium: Technology and Well-Being\, April 7&ndash\;8\, 2026. This year&rsquo\;s Symposium will bring together academics\, professionals\, and students to consider the ethical implications of consumer technologies and\, in particular\, how they shape our health\, identity\, and overall quality of life.
\nPotential topics include:
\nThe Symposium is free and open to the public\, but we ask that attendees from outside the DePauw community register in advance so that we can adequately prepare.
ORGANIZER;CN=A. Richardson;CN=Jeff Dunn;CN=David Holiday: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260405T150834Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260407T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260407T230000 SUMMARY:Making Kin as Practice of Care: Habitable Bodies or Unexpected Alliances between Ecology\, Technology and Feminism UID:20260405T225908Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/Lisbon LOCATION:R. Marquês de Ávila e Bolama\, Covilhã\, Portugal\, 6201-001 DESCRIPTION:Making kin is first and foremost a gesture rather than a concept. Donna Haraway \; presents it as a gesture that reacts to a world organized by rigid separations: nature and \; culture\, feminine and masculine\, human and machine\, organism and technique. To \; make kin is to learn how to live together under the epistemological horizontality of \; habitable bodies in damaged landscapes\, accepting interdependence as an ontological \; and political condition. It is not a matter of restoring a lost nature\, nor of celebrating \; technology as a promise of salvation\, but of weaving possible relations within wounded \; worlds. This proposal emerges from the recognition of the most recent narcissistic \; wound in the human imaginary: technology.
\nAfter Copernicus\, Darwin and Freud&mdash\;who \; unsettled anthropocentric pride by demonstrating that the Earth is not the center of the \; universe\, that human beings are not isolated divine creations but part of animal \; evolution\, and that we do not exercise full control over our own mind\, being also \; governed by the unconscious&mdash\;technoscience\, particularly the digital and artificial \; intelligence\, once again displaces the human from the center by challenging its cognitive\, \; ontological\, and moral exceptionalism. For Donna Haraway\, this wound should neither \; be denied nor healed\, but inhabited through a profound reconfiguration of how agency\, \; responsibility\, kinship\, space\, and time are conceived in a shared and fragmented world \; composed of human and non-human cultural entities. Making kin therefore entails \; rethinking and reinhabiting bodies\, beginning by questioning which bodies are \; recognized and how they appear. Bodies that are sites of passage\, traversed by regimes \; of gender\, race\, class\, and species\; bodies exposed to toxicities\, extraction\, and \; infrastructures\; bodies amplified\, monitored\, and reconfigured by technologies. Bodies \; that are also habitats of resistance\, care\, and the invention of new ways of dwelling. The \; pressing question is not only how to survive\, nor even how to live\, but how to render \; bodies habitable. In this sense\, this congress seeks to bring together philosophical and \; interdisciplinary reflections that explore the unexpected alliances between ecology\, \; technology and feminism\, interrogating the conditions of possibility for habitable bodies \; within contemporary ecological techniques. In doing so\, it aims to contribute to \; imagining futures in which making kin is not merely a concept\, but an urgent ethical and \; political praxis.
\nThis way\, researchers are invited to submit presentation proposals within the \; three main strands of the congress&mdash\;feminism\, ecology and technology&mdash\;placing them in \; dialogue through perspectives such as ecofeminism\, transhumanism\, new materialisms\, \; the ethics of care\, decolonial thought\, among others. Theoretical\, critical\, or situated \; approaches from philosophy and related fields are welcome\, exploring\, among other \; possibilities:
\n➢ Contemporary transformations of the categories of subject\, agency and community \; in light of posthumanism\, new materialisms\, and relational metaphysics\;
\n➢ Practices of care\, hospitality and kinship as ethical and political questions\, analyzed \; from the perspectives of care ethics\, applied ethics\, bioethics and contemporary \; political philosophy\;
\n➢ The reconfiguration of the body as a site of experience\, agency and vulnerability\, \; considering dialogues between phenomenology\, philosophy of embodiment\, gender \; studies and philosophy of technology\;
\n➢ Interdependencies between humans\, non-humans and technologies and their \; epistemological implications\, addressed through the lens of philosophy of science\, \; feminist epistemology and technoscience studies\;
\n➢ Questions of justice\, responsibility and vulnerability in wounded ecologies\, \; examined from the optic of political philosophy\, critical theory\, postcolonial theory \; and environmental ethics\;
\n➢ Critiques of traditional hierarchies (nature/culture\, human/non-human\, \; masculine/feminine) and the exploration of alternative models of kinship and \; coexistence\, drawing on metaphysics\, ontology\, social philosophy and posthuman \; theories\;
\n➢ Reflections on technology\, artificial intelligence\, biotechnology and digitalities as \; forces that displace the subject\, transform agency and redefine modes of inhabiting\, \; from the perspectives of philosophy of technology\, critical cybernetics and AI \; studies\;
\n➢ The construction of shared worlds\, kinships and interdependencies through visual \; and performing arts and cinema\, considered in light of philosophy of art\, relational \; aesthetics\, and philosophy of film\;
\n➢ The role of language\, narrative and symbolic representation in mediating bodies\, \; technologies and ecologies\, investigated through philosophy of language\, narrative \; theory\, critical semiotics\, and philosophy of communication.
\nProposals must be submitted in English\, Portuguese\, Spanish\, French\, or \; Italian to \;makingkin@outlook.pt \;by April 7\, 2026. They should include an abstract \; (up to 300 words) and a brief biographical note (up to 150 words). Presentations should \; not exceed 20 minutes. The results will be announced on 7 May 2026. This International Congress is organized within the framework of PRAXIS &ndash\; Center for \; Philosophy\, Politics and Culture\, University of Beira Interior (Covilhã\;\, Portugal).
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260405T150834Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260408T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260412T170000 SUMMARY:Pacific APA - Democracy at the Crossroads: Concerned Philosophers for Peace UID:20260405T225909Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/London ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260405T150834Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260408T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260412T170000 SUMMARY:SoPheRE at APA Pacific 2026 UID:20260405T225910Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The Society \;for the Phenomenology of Religious Experience \;invites submissions of abstracts (300&ndash\;500 words\, not including references) for its group meeting at the Pacific \;APA (online\, \;April 8&ndash\;12\, 2026). Accepted submissions will be given a 25-minute presentation time\, with up to 15 minutes for Q&\;A. \; \;The topic of the panel should be approached within the frame of classical and contemporary phenomenology (e.g.\, Husserl\, Merleau-Ponty\, Schutz\, \;Gurwitsch\, Hopp\, D.W. Smith\, \;and others)\, postfoundational phenomenology (e.g.\, Mensch\, Salis)\, \;and post-Brentanian scholarship. \;
\nTo submit\, please fill out the following form by \;September \;29. \; \;If your abstract contains characters or equations not easily expressible in the abstract text box below\, please indicate this in that field\, attach your abstract as a PDF\, and email it to \;ols@sophere.org. Send questions to \;Olga Louchakova-Schwartz \;at \;ols@sophere.org\, \;olouch@ucdavis.edu
ORGANIZER;CN=O. Louchakova-Schwartz: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260405T150834Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260408T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260412T170000 SUMMARY:North American Society for Social Philosophy at the 2026 APA Pacific UID:20260405T225911Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:North American Society for Social Philosophy at the 2026 APA Pacific
\nChildren and an Uncertain Future
\nSponsored by the North American Society for Social Philosophy
\nApril 8-12\, 2026
\nAll-Online Meeting
\nNASSP plans to host two affiliated group sessions during the APA Pacific Division Meeting on April 8-12\, 2026. The theme for these sessions is Children and an Uncertain Future. This year's theme invites presentations on the future given challenges and opportunities presented by recent developments such as those in artificial intelligence\, climate change\, domestic and international conflicts\, trade wars\, and mass migration. Presentations may address these applied issues or engage theoretical topics such as longtermism and our responsibilities to future generations. Proposals for presentations in all areas of social philosophy (broadly construed) are welcome. \;Please see call for abstracts for more information. \; \;
\n ORGANIZER;CN=Chong Choe-Smith;CN=Christopher Innis: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260405T150834Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260408T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260412T170000 SUMMARY:Philosophy of Time Society at the 2026 Pacific APA UID:20260405T225912Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/London ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260405T150834Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260408T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260412T170000 SUMMARY:Nietzsche on Love & Asceticism (2026 NANS @ P-APA) UID:20260405T225913Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Nietzsche on Love and Asceticism
\nSpeakers: Samuel Filby: The New Ascetic Ideal Joel van Fossen: Nietzsche on love Melanie Shepherd: Meanings of Love in Nietzsche Commentator: Zoe Anthony (Univ. Tampa)
ORGANIZER;CN=Paul Katsafanas: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260405T150834Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260408T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260410T170000 SUMMARY:Atheism and the Meaning of Life UID:20260405T225914Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/Paris LOCATION:29 avenue R. Schuman Maison de la Recherche Centre Gilles Gaston Granger Maison de la Recherche Centre Gilles Gaston Granger\, Aix-en-Provence\, France\, 13100 DESCRIPTION:Atheism and the \;Meaning of Life
\nAs Hans Blumenberg has shown\, a major characteristic of the
Occidental thought tradition is the rootedness of its fundamental
structures of meaningfulness in transcendence. Since the expansion of
Christianity\, this rootedness is guaranteed by a transcendent God.
This radical dependence upon structures of transcendence as the
ultimate resources of meaning becomes most eloquently obvious at the
wake of Modernity when Christian faith is progressively fragilized\, and
the medieval ordo starts to erode. The erosion of this ordo-
metaphysics gives way to a growing awareness of human autonomy\,
leading to the recognition of human agency. This shift carries
significant consequences: Friedrich Nietzsche&rsquo\;s famous aphorism
declaring the death of God illustrates with great acuity the challenge
linked to this revolution of paradigm: Following Jean-Franç\;ois Matté\;i\,
Man is left in a &ldquo\;crise du sens&rdquo\;\, the French notion &ldquo\;sens&rdquo\; hinting at
both meaningfulness and orientation. The entire metaphysical
structure of the Platonic-Christian tradition crashes and (Western)
Mankind is in an urgent need to find new resources for the generation
of meaning. However\, the repeated crises in the history of Modernity\,
and in particular the spread of nihilism in the late 19th century and the
nihilistic ideologies of the 20th century\, show insistently that it is far
from obvious to take up this challenge. Whereas Nietzsche suggested
that we become creators of new values\, Sø\;ren Kierkegaard tried to
handle the loss of metaphysical reassurance by claiming God as a
subjective truth\, and Martin Heidegger attempted to find the lost
entirety of Dasein\, and thus a genuine meaning in life\, through a
merely immanent conception of authentic possibilities emerging from
the anticipation of one&rsquo\;s own death. Yet\, it is maybe &ndash\; and
paradoxically &ndash\; in Albert Camus&rsquo\; Myth of Sisyphus that the
indebtedness of Modernity to the metaphysical tradition becomes the
most striking reminder of the devaluated resources of meaning: the
revolt he presents as the attitude to adopt facing the absurd is
understandable only against the backdrop of what has been lost\,
culminating in the claim that life is lived all the better if it does not
have meaning.
Unlike the continental tradition\, analytical philosophy has long
neglected questions about the meaning of life. This started to change
at the turn of the millennium\, and a new discourse has emerged\,
reexamining these &ldquo\;classic&rdquo\; philosophical questions in the context of a
pluralistic and post-secular world. This conference seeks to explore
responses to the challenges posed by the &ldquo\;post-metaphysical&rdquo\; context
for the contemporary world and to engage with new perspectives on
meaning. By explicitly addressing &ldquo\;atheism\,&rdquo\; we aim to sever the
assumptions underlying the theistic framing of meaning: What is the
meaning of meaning beyond theism? How can meaning be understood
within a naturalistic worldview? Are classical theistic discourses on
meaning influenced by cultural bias? The conference is interested\, among
others\, the following topics:
- The relation of meaning of life and atheism\, naturalism\, and/or
secularism
- The meaning of life within philosophy of religion (especially
non-theistic accounts)
- The meaning of meaning
- Atheism\, Absurdity and Nihilism
- Atheism and Anti-natalism\,
- Non-western theories on meaning(-lessness)
- The topicality of specific authors for dealing with the
issue of meaning in late modernity (e.g. Kierkegaard\,
Nietzsche\, Camus\, Sartre)
Atheism and the \;Meaning of Life
\nAs Hans Blumenberg has shown\, a major characteristic of the
Occidental thought tradition is the rootedness of its fundamental
structures of meaningfulness in transcendence. Since the expansion of
Christianity\, this rootedness is guaranteed by a transcendent God.
This radical dependence upon structures of transcendence as the
ultimate resources of meaning becomes most eloquently obvious at the
wake of Modernity when Christian faith is progressively fragilized\, and
the medieval ordo starts to erode. The erosion of this ordo-
metaphysics gives way to a growing awareness of human autonomy\,
leading to the recognition of human agency. This shift carries
significant consequences: Friedrich Nietzsche&rsquo\;s famous aphorism
declaring the death of God illustrates with great acuity the challenge
linked to this revolution of paradigm: Following Jean-Franç\;ois Matté\;i\,
Man is left in a &ldquo\;crise du sens&rdquo\;\, the French notion &ldquo\;sens&rdquo\; hinting at
both meaningfulness and orientation. The entire metaphysical
structure of the Platonic-Christian tradition crashes and (Western)
Mankind is in an urgent need to find new resources for the generation
of meaning. However\, the repeated crises in the history of Modernity\,
and in particular the spread of nihilism in the late 19th century and the
nihilistic ideologies of the 20th century\, show insistently that it is far
from obvious to take up this challenge. Whereas Nietzsche suggested
that we become creators of new values\, Sø\;ren Kierkegaard tried to
handle the loss of metaphysical reassurance by claiming God as a
subjective truth\, and Martin Heidegger attempted to find the lost
entirety of Dasein\, and thus a genuine meaning in life\, through a
merely immanent conception of authentic possibilities emerging from
the anticipation of one&rsquo\;s own death. Yet\, it is maybe &ndash\; and
paradoxically &ndash\; in Albert Camus&rsquo\; Myth of Sisyphus that the
indebtedness of Modernity to the metaphysical tradition becomes the
most striking reminder of the devaluated resources of meaning: the
revolt he presents as the attitude to adopt facing the absurd is
understandable only against the backdrop of what has been lost\,
culminating in the claim that life is lived all the better if it does not
have meaning.
Unlike the continental tradition\, analytical philosophy has long
neglected questions about the meaning of life. This started to change
at the turn of the millennium\, and a new discourse has emerged\,
reexamining these &ldquo\;classic&rdquo\; philosophical questions in the context of a
pluralistic and post-secular world. This conference seeks to explore
responses to the challenges posed by the &ldquo\;post-metaphysical&rdquo\; context
for the contemporary world and to engage with new perspectives on
meaning. By explicitly addressing &ldquo\;atheism\,&rdquo\; we aim to sever the
assumptions underlying the theistic framing of meaning: What is the
meaning of meaning beyond theism? How can meaning be understood
within a naturalistic worldview? Are classical theistic discourses on
meaning influenced by cultural bias? The conference is interested\, among
others\, the following topics:
- The relation of meaning of life and atheism\, naturalism\, and/or
secularism
- The meaning of life within philosophy of religion (especially
non-theistic accounts)
- The meaning of meaning
- Atheism\, Absurdity and Nihilism
- Atheism and Anti-natalism\,
- Non-western theories on meaning(-lessness)
- The topicality of specific authors for dealing with the
issue of meaning in late modernity (e.g. Kierkegaard\,
Nietzsche\, Camus\, Sartre)
We invite you to submit a proposa at: \;
\nhttps://form.jotform.com/251553212647050 \;
\nDeadline for submissions: November 30th 2025
Decisions regarding the acceptance of proposals will be communicated before January 6th
Conference Fees: 80 &euro\;
The conference fees include coffee breaks and meals (dinner on April 8th and 9th\, lunch on April
9th)
There is no funding for travel and accommodation \;
Participation is free for PhD students
Philosophy and Culture Area
\n\nCall for Proposals:
\nSessions\, Panels\, Papers\, and Session Key Note Speaker
\n\nPOPULAR CULTURE ASSOCIATION &\; AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION
\n2026 NATIONAL CONFERENCE
\n\;
\nAtlanta\, Georgia
\n\;
\nApril 8-11\, 2026
\n\;
\nAtlanta Marriott Marquis\, 265 Peachtree Center Ave NE\, Atlanta\, \;Georgia 30303\, United States
\n\nFor more information\, including dates and deadlines\, please go to:
\n\n\nThe Philosophy and Culture Area is a welcoming and inclusive group which seeks any and all papers and panel discussions that explore the intersection of philosophy and culture. \; We typically run 8 or more sessions each year. We are going to have a number of panel discussions as well. Please submit your panel discussion name as a panel in the submission process. All philosophical approaches are welcome. Non-philosophers must make clear the connection of their project to the philosophical \;tradition.
\n\nGiven recent events\, and the location of this year&rsquo\;s conference\, we encourage submissions on hot-button topics concerning the Philosophy and Popular Culture of Georgia life\, local politics\, public education\, police\, the legal system\, labor relations\, and others that come to mind are most welcome.
\n\nPlease submit an abstract of your paper or discussion panel of no more than 200 words (including presentation title) and complete contact information (name\, institutional affiliation\, mail and e-mail addresses\, and telephone numbers). You must be a member of the PCA to submit an abstract. ONLY abstracts submitted through the PCA/ACA website may be considered for inclusion in the conference program. New ideas for what and how to present are most welcome!!
\n\nA Note on Undergraduate Submissions:
\nPhilosophy and Culture accepts individual undergraduate submissions and discussion panel proposals. At the conference these sessions will be chaired by an Area Chair or\, in the case of a group from one institution\, a supervising faculty member. Chairs and faculty are happy to mentor students. Any help needed will be given to make your presentation the most beneficial. Let the chair know if you need anything: Christopher M. Innes\, cinnes@boisestate.edu. \; \; \;
\n\nPlease send all \;inquiries \;to the Philosophy and Culture Area Chair: Christopher M Innes Ph.D.\, cinnes@boisestate.edu
\n\nA SHORT LIST OF PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED PAPERS
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Labyrinths of Reason and Delusion in Devs
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; The Rise of Public Philosophy: Bringing Philosophy Out of the Classroom
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Can you rape a robot? Dehumanization\, personhood\, and gender
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Insight Check on The Self: Tabletop Role-playing Games as Sites of Hermeneutical Epistemic Justice
\n\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; The Work of Art in the Age of Digital Replication: Record Collecting as a Focal Practice
\n ORGANIZER;CN=Christopher Innes: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260405T150834Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260409T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260410T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop: Scientific Progress via Model Transfer? The Case of Cultural Evolution UID:20260405T225917Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Hannover\, Germany DESCRIPTION:Event Title: Scientific Progress via Model Transfer? The Case of Cultural Evolution
\nDate of the Workshop: April 9&ndash\;10\, 2026
\nVenue: Leibniz University Hannover (Hannover\, Germany)
\nOrganizers: Karim Baraghith and Edoardo Peruzzi\, \;co-sponsored \;by \;the \;ERC Project Model Transfer and theDFG-funded projectGraphs and Networks as Explanatory Tools in Cultural Evolutionary Theory.
\nConfirmed Speakers:Alberto Acerbi\, Hanne Andersen\, Christine Caldwell\, Mathieu Charbonneau\, Heidi Colleran\, Catherine Herfeld\, Julie Jebeile\, Thomas Reydon\, Armin Schulz\, Lena Zuchowski. \;
\nDeadline for Abstracts: December 15\, 2025. Submissions (300&ndash\;400 words\, including references) should be sent to karim.baraghith@philos.uni-hannover.de or edoardo.peruzzi@philos.uni-hannover.de.
\nPresentation Format: 45 minutes total (30 minutes talk + 15 minutes Q&\;A).
\nWe are pleased to announce the call for papers for the upcoming workshop \;&ldquo\;Scientific Progress via Model Transfer? The Case of Cultural Evolution&rdquo\;\, to be held at Leibniz University Hannover (Germany) on 9&ndash\;10 April 2026. \;
\nOver the last decades &ldquo\;Cultural Evolution Theory&rdquo\; has matured into a thriving research programme\, offering mathematically explicit explanations of phenomena as diverse as language change\, technology adoption\, social norms and economic development. Much of this success rests on the transfer of formal models&mdash\;from population genetics\, evolutionary game theory\, Bayesian learning\, phylogenetics\, and network science&mdash\;into the cultural domain.
\nIn relation to that\, philosophers of science have shown a growing interest in the phenomenon of model transfer\, that is\, the transfer of models or modeling techniques across different scientific domains. Central questions concern what exactly travels when models cross disciplinary boundaries &mdash\; whether formal structures\, model templates\, or entire conceptual frameworks &mdash\; and under what methodological conditions such transfers produce genuine knowledge rather than superficial analogy.
\nAs model transfer becomes increasingly recognized as a defining feature of contemporary science\, it is vital to examine its role in driving scientific progress. At first glance\, model transfer appears to be conducive to progress by enhancing explanatory depth\, predictive accuracy\, theoretical unification\, and problem-solving capacity. Yet\, the question of how and to what extent cultural evolutionary theory as a case of model transfer contributes to progress in science remains largely unexplored.
\nBy bringing together scholars from cultural evolutionary research and from philosophy of science\, the workshop aims to open a timely and much-needed conversation on the relations between model transfer and scientific progress by taking cultural evolution as a prime case study. \;
\nTopics for discussion in the workshop include (but are not limited to):
\nModel transfer and scientific progress
\nHow can model transfer be understood as a form of scientific progress?
\nHow does it compare with more classical accounts of progress (e.g.\, accumulation of knowledge\, increasing explanatory power\, unification)?
\nCase Studies from Cultural Evolution
\nIn what ways do the success stories of Cultural Evolutionary Theory (e.g.\, phylogenetic trees\, network models of innovation and diffusion\, and gene&ndash\;culture co-evolution of social norms) serve as compelling test cases for evaluating scientific progress through model transfer?
\nConceptual and technical challenges
\nWhat exactly counts as a model or a template in Cultural Evolutionary Theory? \;
\nHow are biological concepts\, such as fitness\, selection\, and drift\, adapted and/or generalized\, both conceptually and technically\, when applied to domains like economics or linguistics?
\nLimits and risks of model transfer
\nWhen does imported modelling machinery advance explanation\, prediction\, and integration?
\nWhen might model transfer obscure domain-specific realities or lead to distortions?
\nHow can researchers identify and mitigate these risks?
\nQueries: Edoardo Peruzzi (edoardo.peruzzi@philos.uni-hannover.de)\, Karim Baraghith (karim.baraghith@philos.uni-hannover.de).
ORGANIZER;CN=Karim Baraghith;CN=Edoardo Peruzzi: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260405T150834Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260409T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260412T170000 SUMMARY:Philosophy of Physics Society at the Pacific APA (2026) UID:20260405T225918Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The Philosophy of Physics Society invites submissions of abstracts (300&ndash\;500 words\, not including references) for its group meeting at the Pacific APA\, which will be held online from April 8&ndash\;12\, 2026. Accepted submissions will be given a 25-minute presentation time\, with 15 minutes for Q&\;A. \; \;
\nTo submit\, please fill out the form at the below link by September \;26\, 2025. Send questions to Sam Fletcher at scfletch@umn.edu.
\nhttps://forms.gle/xV4cNVTApTK987ZB9
ORGANIZER;CN=Samuel C. Fletcher: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260405T150834Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260409T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260411T170000 SUMMARY:Hegelian Constitutivism and Metaethics UID:20260405T225919Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:Baylor University\, Waco\, United States ORGANIZER;CN=Gerad Gentry: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260405T150834Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Riga:20260409T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Riga:20260409T234500 SUMMARY:Time Work: Debt\, inheritance\, and intergenerational practice UID:20260405T225920Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/Riga LOCATION:Minhauzen Unda\, Ainažu iela 74\, Saulkrasti\, Latvia DESCRIPTION:Call for Participation:\n\nTIME WORK.Let&rsquo\;s call it &ldquo\;time work&rdquo\;: Those practices that negotiate the relations between the living and the dead. Time work is not merely conducted by archivists and historians\, but by grave diggers and undertakers\, documentary filmmakers and memoirists\, knowledge bearers\, politicians\, war journalists\, practitioners of living traditions\, speakers of dead languages\, as well as by any and all who keep something &ndash\; a story\, a trinket\, an heirloom\, a song &ndash\; holding onto it to remember. Time work is not easily done without feeling\; It is driven by the weight of mattering\, it is attention called by the fact that now &ndash\; this\, &lsquo\;our&rsquo\; now &ndash\; is in-part composed by the shadows of what and who came before. Time work is haunting work\, it whispers of recurrences (&ldquo\;this happened before&rdquo\;)\, and implicitly describes the present as a thing pushed to the surface of existence by the collective force of innumerable spent lives\, over centuries\, over millennia.
\n\nIn the summer 2026 Studies in Remoteness symposium\, we explore the ways that time work might destabilize the remoteness of history &ndash\; its absence\, distance\, and neglect. How might we describe the work that transforms time into a weighted force that accumulates\, persists\, and can be carried forward\, often across generations? Through what actions is one accountable to the past? What does it mean to hold or carry an inheritance? In what ways are people indebted to those who came before\, and how might the living &ldquo\;pay the debts&rdquo\; that have accumulated over generations? What kinds of temporalities do different approaches to time work produce\, and what social relations are then enabled or foreclosed? Through these questions\, the symposium reflects on the entanglement of debt and history\, exploring debt as an enduring paradigm that variously informs intergenerational relations\, systems of oppression\, and historical justice.
\n\nWe particularly invite proposals that engage with voices and worldviews often marginalized or erased in dominant knowledge systems.
\n\nThat place of bad debt\, the invaluable thing
Economy is one of the technologies that captures time. Timework (or Zeitarbeit) is also a term for wage labour. Since the early 20th century\, Taylorism maximized the efficiency of labouring bodies\, in part\, by transforming work into monotonous\, repeatable tasks. In &ldquo\;Time\, Work-Discipline\, and Industrial Capitalism&rdquo\; (1967)\, E.P. Thompson analysed the industrial imposition of precise\, clock-based time measurements on human labour. In models of industrial labour\, debt accrues around &ldquo\;wasted time&rdquo\;.
Within time-as-economy\, time work can also be rendered into the kind of labour that expedites and standardizes\, and thus administrates of the past as the debts and inheritances of the present. But what does it mean to account for history as countable value? In The Undercommons (2013)\, Stefano Harney and Fred Moten provide a model for thinking about remoteness as an anti-efficient site of refuge within the economic capture of time where the &ldquo\;debtor seeks refuge among other debtors\,&rdquo\; engaging in practices that work in time to accumulate indebtedness without resolution. They write that\, &ldquo\;[t]his refuge\, this place of bad debt\, is what we call the fugitive public&rdquo\;. Harney and Moten draw from a history of debt wielded a tool of oppression to argue that refuge from debt informs black study and other practices of fugitive planning that first emerged among self-liberated slaves\, or maroon communities. And yet\,
\n\n[t]o creditors it is just a place where something is wrong\, though that something wrong &ndash\; the invaluable thing\, the thing that has no value &ndash\; is desired. Creditors seek to demolish that place\, that project\, in order to save the ones who live there from themselves and their lives.
\n\nExtractive states\, corporations\, and developers claim that communities are indebted to them for progress delivered and infrastructures that too often devalue precisely what is invaluable to those communities. While the economising of the past as debt informs important reparations processes\, heritage work\, and protections\, remoteness can also point us in another direction &ndash\; following in the footsteps of the fugitive. \;
\n\nHistorical Remoteness: Marooned and unmoored
At the seaside fishing village of Saulkrasti\, Latvia\, the ruins of the 1960s modernist catering establishment Restaurant Vārava stands marooned amidst the trees in a seaside forest. World War II refugees from Pskov and Leningrad\, who settled around Saulkrasti after Germans had driven them out of their homes\, are shown in photographs digging trenches for the Nazis in that same forest in 1944. An EU-funded project on Baltic military heritage has identified a German WWII bunker in a farmer&rsquo\;s field\, built with timber cut by refugee hands. Excavations flooded the bunker with groundwater and were reversed.
Saulkrasti&rsquo\;s ruins are perhaps not so monumental as Latvia&rsquo\;s famous Karosta Northern Forts\, falling into the sea\, but they speak just as eloquently to histories of loss\, survival\, forced migration\, fascism\, war\, and economic struggle within Europe&rsquo\;s Baltic &ldquo\;peripheries&rdquo\;. Like many communities along the North Sea and Baltic Rim\, Saulkrasti has been historically shaped by movements over water and its beach has since time immemorial provided a thoroughfare for fish\, trade\, language\, culture\, violence\, exchange\, and upheaval.
How can our time work engage with Saulkrasti as a place where time work is already going on? Hosted within the Nordic Summer University\, a mobile institution which holds symposia for interdisciplinary research at different sites throughout the Nordic and Baltic regions\, Studies in Remoteness invites proposals from all fields to our summer 2026 symposium\, and explicitly encourages practice-based and community-inclusive research that takes up the challenge of engaging directly with the site and the seaside\, and thus to thoughts that slip into the water with the maroon to contemplate and critique historical narratives of moorage\, abandonment\, and the uncertainty of being unmoored. What poetic and material threads connect Saulkrasti and Latvian histories to wider emotional and material legacies of remoteness as they flow across time and partake in the patterns of dependency\, exploitation\, and exclusion structured by legal and economic systems? We are particularly interested in work that draws the site into relations with the long and layered histories of the Baltic rim through ruptures and disruptions and in pasts that remain present &ndash\; not as something stable or settled &ndash\; but as partial\, affective\, and unresolved.
HOW TO APPLY
\nApril 9\, deadline for proposals from those applying for NSU scholarship
May 1\, deadline for proposals from those with secured funding (institutional\, self-funded\, etc.)
May 15\, deadline for non-presenting participant applications*
June 1\, last day for registration and payment
*Non-presenting participants are very welcome\, but we are at this time unable to support their attendance with scholarship or grant funding.
The Studies in Remoteness summer 2026 session &ldquo\;Time Work&rdquo\; will be structured into a series of thematic days based on participant proposals. Applicants are invited to envision research presentations\, speaker panels\, short workshops\, performances\, experiments\, roundtables\, and reading and/or discussion sessions. Applications should include :
[a] an abstract of the proposed contribution\;
[b] bio(s) of the presenter(s)\;
[c] statement describing financial need (or institutional support)
&ndash\; 1-3 pages total please!
Email applications to:
lindsey.drury@fu-berlin.de
helenahildur@gmail.com
Who can apply?
Studies in Remoteness is dedicated to fostering an intellectually rigorous and practice-inclusive context equally open to researchers\, educators\, artists\, curators\, architects\, community leaders and elders\, activists\, students\, among others. The project aims to create meeting grounds for collaborative and community-based research work that critically and productively inquires infrastructure\, visibility\, performativity\, and historicity. The Nordic Summer University offers ECTS points to students.
We welcome proposals on topics\, including\, for example:
\n\n** Deadline extended until April 9th // Dyddiad cau wedi'i ymestyn tan 9 Ebrill **
\nThe Cardiff University Philosophy Department will hold a conference on &ldquo\;Speech and Society: Contemporary Philosophy of Language&rdquo\; taking place 23rd &ndash\; 24th of June.
\nIn recent years\, there has been an increasing &lsquo\;social turn&rsquo\; within the philosophy of language. The aim of this conference is to bring together emerging philosophical work in the social\, political\, aesthetic and ethical dimensions of language. The format of the conference will be parallel sessions and two keynote sessions over the course of two days. \;
\nTopics include\, but are not limited to: \;
\n&bull\;artworks and monuments as forms of speech\; \;
\n&bull\;distinctive features of speech in online spaces\; \;
\n&bull\;potentials and pitfalls of large language models\; \;
\n&bull\;indigenous and minoritized languages: loss and revitalization\; \;
\n&bull\;meanings of pauses and silences
\n&bull\;silencing\, epistemic injustices and oppression \;
\n&bull\;varieties of lying\, misleading\, and bullshit\; dimensions of gendered language\; \;
\n&bull\;oppressive speech and counterspeech
\n&bull\;functioning of dogwhistles\, figleaves\, and slurs. \;
\nKeynote Speakers: \;
\n&bull\;Professor Emma Borg\, Institute of Philosophy\, School of Advanced Studies\, University of London
\n&bull\;Professor Jennifer Saul\, University of Waterloo / University of St Andrews \;
\nWe invite the submission of abstracts of up to 300 words\, suitable for a 20-30 minute presentation\, to be submitted via form here: \;https://forms.gle/5VLszXeDpM4tjyiN8
\nWe especially welcome submissions from minortized and underrepresented groups in philosophy.
\nThere will be a conference fee of £\;20-40\, subject to whether participants have access to institutional funds. The deadline for submission is April 2nd. We expect to communicate decisions by the end of April. \;
\nThe conference is supported by the Mind Association. \;
\nPlease direct any queries to phillangcardiff[at]gmail[dot]com. \;
\nGalwad am Bapurau \;
\n\;Bydd Adran Athroniaeth Prifysgol Caerdydd yn cynnal cynhadledd ar &ldquo\;Lleferydd a Chymdeithas: Athroniaeth Iaith Gyfoes&rdquo\; a gynhelir ar y 23ain a 24ain o Fehefin. \;
\nYn y blynyddoedd diwethaf\, bu &lsquo\;tro cymdeithasol&rsquo\; cynyddol o fewn athroniaeth iaith. \;
\nNod y gynhadledd hon yw dwyn ynghyd y gwaith athronyddol sy&rsquo\;n dod i&rsquo\;r amlwg ar agweddau \; cymdeithasol\, gwleidyddol\, esthetig a moesegol iaith. Bydd y gynhadledd yn cynnwys sesiynau cyfochrog a dwy sesiwn gyweirnod dros gyfnod o ddau ddiwrnod. \;
\nMae&rsquo\;r pynciau&rsquo\;n cynnwys\, ond heb fod yn gyfyngedig i: \;
\n&bull\;gweithiau celf a henebion fel ffurfiau o leferydd\; \;
\n&bull\;nodweddion nodedig lleferydd mewn parthau ar-lein\; \;
\n&bull\;dichonolrwydd a pheryglon modelau iaith mawr\; \;
\n&bull\;ieithoedd brodorol a lleiafrifiedig: colled ac adfywiad\; \;
\n&bull\;ystyron seibiannau a distawrwydd\; distewi\; \;
\n&bull\;amrywiaethau o ddweud celwydd\, camarwain\, a malu cachu\; dimensiynau iaith rhyweddol\; \;
\n&bull\;lleferydd gormesol a gwrthleferydd\; \;
\n&bull\;ffwythiannau ci-chwibanau\, &ldquo\;dail ffigys&rdquo\;\, a sarhad. \;
\nAreithwyr Gwadd: \;
\nEmma Borg\, Institute of Philosophy\, School of Advanced Studies\, Prifysgol Llundain
\nJennifer Saul\, Prifysgol Waterloo / Prifysgol St Andrews \;
\nRydym yn eich gwahodd i gyflwyno crynodebau hyd at 300 o eiriau\, sy'n addas ar gyfer cyflwyniad 20-30 munud\, i'w cyflwyno drwy'r ffurflen yma: \;
\nhttps://forms.gle/5VLszXeDpM4tjyiN8
\nRydym yn croesawu cyflwyniadau gan grwpiau lleiafrifol a grwpiau heb gynrychiolaeth ddigonol ym maes athroniaeth yn arbennig. \;
\nBydd ffi gynhadledd o £\;20-40\, yn amodol ar argaeledd cronfeydd sefydliadol i'r cyfranwyr. Y dyddiad cau ar gyfer cyflwyno yw 2il o Ebrill. Rydym yn disgwyl cadarnhau&rsquo\;r penderfyniadau erbyn diwedd mis Ebrill. \;
\nCefnogir y gynhadledd gan y Mind Association.
\nAnfonwch unrhyw ymholiad at phillangcardiff[at]gmail[dot]com. \;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260405T150834Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260410T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260410T170000 SUMMARY:Sixth Groningen Metaethics Workshop UID:20260405T225922Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/Amsterdam LOCATION:Oude Boteringestraat 52\, Groningen\, Netherlands DESCRIPTION:The sixth Groningen Metaethics Workshop will take place on Friday 10 April 2026 at the University of Groningen\, the Netherlands. Our keynote speaker will be Anandi Hattiangadi (Stockholm University).
\nThe programme will be as follows:
\n09:00 &ndash\; 10:00 \; Eric Sampson (Purdue)\, "Ideally Coherent Plato: A New Challenge to Metaethical Constructivism"
\n10:15 &ndash\; 11:15 \; Shannon Chang (Michigan)\, "Against Alternative Normative Concepts"
\n11:30 &ndash\; 12:30 \; Itamar Weinshtock Saadon (Rutgers)\, "How to Ground Supervenience: General and Specific"
\n12:30 &ndash\; 14:00 \; Lunch
\n14:00 &ndash\; 15:00 \; Cara Addleman (Oxford)\, "Reasons and Resentment: Why the Reactive Attitudes Don&rsquo\;t Support Internal Reasons Theory"
\n15:15 &ndash\; 16:15 \; Ronan Ó\; Maonaile (Reading)\, "Why Fit-Making Considerations Are Not Normative Reasons"
\n16:30 &ndash\; 17:45 \; Anandi Hattiangadi (Stockholm)\, "Moral Laws are Metaphysically Contingent" (keynote\; joint work with Alex Moran\, Bilkent/Stockholm)
\nEveryone is welcome to attend the workshop. To register\, please send an email to \;groningenmetaethicsworkshop@gmail.com.
\nOrganizers: Jason Gu\, Leo Eisenbach\, Daan Evers\, Bart Streumer
ORGANIZER;CN=Bart Streumer;CN=Daan Evers;CN=Leo Eisenbach: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260405T150834Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260410T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260411T170000 SUMMARY:Philosophy in Technology Conference – 5th Edition: AI\, Human Uniqueness\, and Emerging Forms of Agency UID:20260405T225923Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:Wrocław\, Poland DESCRIPTION:Call for Contributions
\nPhilosophy in Technology Conference &ndash\; 5th Edition: AI\, Human Uniqueness\, and Emerging Forms of Agency.
10&ndash\;11 April 2026
We invite contributions to the 5th edition of the annual event &ndash\; Philosophy in Technology Conference. The overall objective of this conference is to reflect on the role of philosophy in technology and engineering. We seek studies of salient philosophical dimensions or underpinnings of technology that demonstrate how philosophical insights shed new light on what technology does or overlooks\, and how technology is influenced by underlying philosophical assumptions.
\nThe central topic of the 2026 conference is the evolution of AI toward human-like capacities. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has evolved dramatically since its inception\, from simple computational systems to advanced machine learning models capable of mimicking human behavior. At the same time\, philosophical\, ethical\, and social implications concerning the nature of humanity\, agency\, and cognition have come to the forefront. We propose to explore two interconnected themes: the evolution of AI concepts toward human-like agents and the potential transformation or reduction of human uniqueness as AI systems advance.
\nThe conference draws on a multidisciplinary approach\, combining insights from AI research\, philosophy of mind\, cognitive science\, ethics\, and social theory. Key concepts from philosophy of technology\, posthumanism\, philosophy of mind\, and machine ethics will be central to the analysis. Beyond these perspectives\, the conference also invites participants to rethink the role of philosophy itself and the possibilities for philosophical inquiry in the context of emerging technologies.
\nProposed topics may:
\nPresentation Formats
\nIn addition to standard 20-minute presentations followed by discussion\, the conference will feature a dedicated Flash Presentation &\; Poster Forum.
\nFlash presentations will consist of a 5-minute focused research talk\, designed to present a clearly articulated thesis\, conceptual framework\, or emerging research problem. Each flash talk will be accompanied by a poster (printed or digital)\, enabling extended discussion during a structured poster session.
\nThis format aims to:
\nParticipants are invited to indicate in their submission whether they wish to be considered for a standard presentation or for the Flash Presentation &\; Poster Forum.
\nSubmission Guidelines
\nPresentation proposals should be between 500 and 600 words (including references -APA7 ) and submitted in PDF format. Together with the presentation proposal\, please send a short CV (approximately 150words).
\nIn the subject line\, please write:
&ldquo\;Presentation Proposal: 5th PinT Conference.&rdquo\;
Proposals should be sent to:
philosophyintechnology[at]gmail.com
Conference participation is free of charge.
\nConference Format
\nThe workshop will take place:
\nThe language of the event is English.
\nFor more information\, please visit the conference homepage:
https://sites.google.com/pwr.edu.pl/pint-2026/main
Important Dates
\nThe workshop is organized by:
Wrocław University of Science and Technology\;
Pontifical University of John Paul II\;
Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences (Commission on Philosophy of Science).
Any questions regarding the workshop may be sent to Łukasz Mściławski:
philosophyintechnology[at]gmail.com
We welcome abstracts of about 500 words on any topic in Suá\;rez's work. Abstracts should be sent to \;h.t.adriaenssen@rug.nl \;by 1 December. \;
\n\nFor other questions\, please contact one of the organizers\, Marleen Rozemond (marleen.rozemond@utoronto.ca) and Han Thomas Adriaenssen (h.t.adriaenssen@rug.nl)
ORGANIZER;CN=Han Thomas Adriaenssen;CN=Marleen Rozemond: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260405T150834Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260410T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260410T170000 SUMMARY:The Weight of the Cloud: Navigating Digital Mediation\, Human Meaning\, and Planetary Responsibility UID:20260405T225925Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/Brussels LOCATION:Pleinlaan 2\, Brussels\, Belgium DESCRIPTION:ETHU Research Day \;The Weight of the Cloud: Navigating Digital Mediation\, Human Meaning\, and Planetary Responsibility
\nKeynote Speakers
\nProf. Dr. Vincent Blok
Prof. Dr. ir. Johan Stiens
Research Day Details
\nThis is an in-person event only. The Research Day will be held on April 10\, 2026\, at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel\, Brussels\, Belgium
\nSponsored by \;The \;Centre for Ethics and Humanism Research Group
\nResearch Day \;Chair
Prof. Dr. Jan Jasper Mathé\; (jan.jasper.mathe@vub.be)
The 2026 ETHU Research Day &lsquo\;The Weight of the Cloud: Navigating Digital Mediation\, Human Meaning\, and Planetary Responsibility&rsquo\; will critically explore the implications of contemporary cloud-based technologies by bringing together in a complementary way philosophical\, ethical\, ecological\, and technological perspectives.
\nContemporary life is shaped by digital applications promising frictionless connectivity and productivity. We refer to it as the &lsquo\;cloud&rsquo\;\; as if it were a natural phenomenon\, omnipresent and powerful\, suspended in the realm of immateriality. While this paradigmatic and commercially appealing metaphor may capture the imagination\, it simultaneously obscures the complex and often inconspicuous infrastructures and socio-technical systems sustaining our technologically mediated condition.Through portable devices such as smartphones\, we carry gateways to cloud-based storage and computing systems\, transforming nearly every domain of human activity into a digital service. This expanding paradigm\, which operates on the premise that cloud hardware and software applications can be endlessly developed and deployed at any scale\, implies not only a reorganization of technological systems\, but also a shift in geopolitical and infrastructural logic\, where cloud platforms increasingly shape new modes of governance\, production\, and consumption\, aligned with computational principles. Beyond communication and information\, transportation and public utilities rely on computational processes to perform their core functions. Yes\, even global environmental governance\, concerned precisely with managing the ecological consequences of a technologically mediated planet\, relies fundamentally on large digital infrastructures.
\nUpon closer inspection\, then\, our everyday smartphones and applications carry considerable existential and material gravity. After all\, our efficient productivity software\, instant messaging apps and seemingly omniscient AI-generated prompts are the &lsquo\;gravitational centre&rsquo\; of the technologically mediated ways in which we have come to relate to ourselves\, others and the world. From e-commerce platforms to AI models and software applications\, the cloud mediates our personal and professional relationships\, raising urgent questions about the algorithmic shaping of everyday life. At the same time\, this technological mediation depends on energy‑intensive\, resource‑heavy infrastructures\, as well as underlying industrial strategies and state policies\, that have grave consequences for\, among others\, the climate and biodiversity.
\nThe urgency of this inquiry\, then\, is underscored by the growing disconnect between the perceived &ldquo\;lightness&rdquo\; of digital life and the substantial &ldquo\;weight&rdquo\; it imposes existentially\, materially\, and ecologically. While we may speak of the &ldquo\;cloud&rdquo\;\, digital technologies are grounded in the heavy exploitation of natural processes to facilitate the human usage of power. This includes both fossil fuel extraction (on a material level\, e.g.\, coal mining) and the commodification of human activity (on an abstract level\, e.g.\, data mining). As energy consumption and resource extraction for data centers and AI workloads keep increasing\, and as our dependence on digital services deepens\, there is a pressing need to critically reflect on our ways of navigating our double-edged digital condition\, one that integrates digital mediation\, human meaning\, and planetary responsibility.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260405T150834Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T170000 SUMMARY:Education\, Culture\, and Society UID:20260405T225926Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:800 Lancaster Ave\, Villanova\, United States\, 19085 DESCRIPTION:The relationship between culture\, education\, and politics has been a lively and enduring topic of philosophical discussion. As life-long teachers and learners\, philosophers have an inherent interest in what it means to educate in academic settings and beyond. Recognizing that education does not take place in a vacuum\, and in light of technological and political developments since the turn of the century\, the need for a discussion of values and philosophical orientation in education has become increasingly apparent. As such\, this conference seeks to investigate and reimagine the relationship between socio-political and educational systems. In doing so\, we ask: how should we understand the increasing social\, political\, and cultural influence on the processes\, institutions\, and experiences of education? And conversely\, what can\, or should\, be the role of education in shaping its broader context?
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\nWe invite papers from all traditions that reflect on the relationship between culture\, politics\, and education from a philosophical perspective\, including (but not limited to) submissions that address:
\n&bull\;History of philosophy of education
\n&bull\;Comparative educational philosophies across cultures and societies
\n&bull\;The aesthetic dimensions of education
\n&bull\;Cultural differences and tensions in educational contexts
\n&bull\;Educational inequalities\, freedom\, and liberation
\n&bull\;Perspectives on public-facing or political education
\n&bull\;Theoretical approaches to technical knowledge and skill acquisition
\n&bull\;The role of ethics and social justice in education
\n&bull\;Alternative and decentralized pedagogical movements
\n&bull\;Indigenous and non-western approaches to education
\n&bull\;Reflections on teaching philosophy
\n&bull\;The ongoing relationship of emerging technologies (such as A.I.) to learning and teaching
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\nTo apply\, please submit abstracts of no more than 800 words on this form by December 21st\, 2025. Decisions will be communicated by early March\, 2026. Papers should be prepared for 30-minute talks with a Q&\;A session. A limited number of online submissions will be accepted. Sessions will be held in Eastern Standard time (GMT-5).
\nAny further questions may be directed to mpolin02@villanova.edu or gschendl@villanova.edu.
ORGANIZER;CN=Michael Poling: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260405T150834Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T170000 SUMMARY:Fordham Philosophy Graduate Student Conference: Philosophy & Crisis UID:20260405T225927Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:New York\, United States DESCRIPTION:2026 Fordham University Philosophy Graduate Student Conference
\nConference Theme: \;Philosophy and Crisis
\nApril 10 &\; 11\, 2026
\nInvited Keynote Speaker: Dr. José\; Medina (Northwestern University)
\n\nIn every domain of modern life\, crisis seems to have become the defining condition of our age. Our TV stations and social media feeds are bloated with images of political violence\, global conflict\, and ecological catastrophe brought about by human-driven climate change. Yet the very technologies that inform us of these crises have generated another of their own: a crisis of knowing. The acceleration of information exchange has destabilized trust in once-stable systems of knowledge and knowledge dissemination\, leaving the boundary between truth and falsehood increasingly opaque. Economic precarity has compounded this condition\, producing crises of identity and purpose as younger generations struggle to form a coherent sense of self amid dwindling opportunity and accelerating inequality. And yet\, these crises are not confined to politics or economy alone: the erosion of public education\, the privatization of healthcare\, and the growing alienation between men and women all point to a broader collapse of the social fabric itself.What\, then\, is philosophy&rsquo\;s task in this age of mass crisis?
\nThis conference will provide a platform to examine how philosophy can evaluate\, diagnose\, and respond to crisis through our attempts at understanding it: is our task limited to interpretation and analysis\, or do we have a role to play in articulating solutions and developing theoretical frameworks along which meaningful praxis can be carried out and crises be ameliorated?
\nQuestions along this line of inquiry might include\, but are not limited to:
\nHow can we grapple with the precarious conditions that underpin contemporary existence?
\nIn what ways can philosophy address political\, economic\, epistemic\, environmental\, relational\, religious\, identity\, or health crises?
\nHow can we make sense of political instability?
\nIn times of crisis\, how do we know which institutions we can rely on?
\nHow should we consider questions of trust during institutional instability?
\nIn what ways should we question the legitimacy of political authority when the institutions through which it is maintained and carried out are in flux?
\nHow can we make sense of violence in times of crisis? Can violence resolve crisis\, or only deepen it? \;
\nHow can we think of living in the wake of crisis and catastrophe?
\nHow have philosophers throughout history made sense of crisis? Are their approaches still valid?
\nWhat is hope\, and how is it useful in our encounter with crisis? In what forms can hope be manifested? In what ways can it be manipulated?
\nCan hope actually lead to meaningful change?
\nHow should we define crisis? What is the criteria to say that we experience a current crisis?
\nOther work broadly related to &ldquo\;Philosophy and Crisis&rdquo\; is also welcome. We appreciate your participation and look forward to your contributions.
\nPlease submit a 300-500 word abstract prepared for blind review to fordhamgradconference@gmail.com in PDF format. In the body of the email\, please include:
\nName
\nPaper title
\nKeywords (maximum five)
\nInstitutional Affiliation
\nSubmissions are due by January 10th. After anonymous review\, applicants will be notified by January 25th. \; Presentations will be limited to 20 minutes followed by a 10-minute Q&\;A.
\nThe conference will take place in person on April 10th &\; 11th\, 2026 on Fordham University&rsquo\;s Rose Hill campus located at 441 East Fordham Road\, Bronx\, NY 10458.
\nFor questions\, please contact the conference organizers at fordhamgradconference@gmail.com
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260405T150834Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T170000 SUMMARY:Duquesne Philosophy Graduate Conference 2026 UID:20260405T225928Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:600 Forbes Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, United States\, 15282 DESCRIPTION:Philosophy Against Empire
\n
April 10th-11th\, 2026 \;
Duquesne University (Pittsburgh\, PA) \;
\nDepartment of Philosophy
\nA civilization that proves incapable of solving the problems it creates is a decadent civilization. A civilization that chooses to close its eyes to its most crucial problems is a stricken civilization. \;
\n&ndash\; Aimé\; Cé\;saire\, Discourse on Colonialism
\nFrom its inception in the slave economies of Hellenic states\, Western philosophy has failed to grapple adequately with the topics of colonialism and imperialism. Even at its most &ldquo\;critical&rdquo\; &ndash\; the \; Critical Theory of the Frankfurt School\, Foucauldian genealogy/archeology\, Arendtian political philosophy\, Western Marxists like Althusser\, Bloch\, Zizek\, and Badiou &ndash\; the colonial question and its relation(s) to imperialism have been underrepresented or neglected wholesale. To contribute meaningfully to global struggles for liberation\, a rethinking and restructuring of Western thought is needed. \;
\nSome preliminary questions come to the fore. How do the material conditions of knowledge production in imperialism\, in its past\, present\, and future forms\, shape our theoretical projects? In what ways do the logics of imperialism and colonialism persist&ndash\;or how have they mutated&ndash\;in our contemporary moment? What positions\, ideas\, or preconceptions in the history of Western philosophy need to be rethought in light of the colonial question? Can these positions\, ideas\, and preconceptions be rehabilitated towards decolonial or anti-colonial ends?
\nThe conference will occur April 10th to 11th\, 2026 at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh\, PA. Speakers should prepare a ~20 minute presentation\, with ~10 minutes of questions to follow. \;
\nApplicants should prepare anonymized abstracts for blind-review between 300-600 words\, submitted via email as a .pdf or .docx document to duquesnegsipconference@gmail.com. Please additionally include a title page with the following information: \;
\n\nName \;
\nPaper Title
\nE-mail Address
\nInstitutional affiliation + department/program
\nThe 2026 Brave New World conference marks the 30th annual postgraduate meeting organised by the Manchester Centre for Political Theory (MANCEPT). It will be held on the \;21th and 22th of May 2026 in the Hanson Room in Humanities Bridgeford Street Building.
\nIf you would like to present a paper\, please send an abstract of approximately 300 words in PDF format to \;bnw@manchester.ac.uk \;no later than the 10th of April 2026. The document must not contain your name or institution\, as they are reviewed blind\, but please state your name and institutional affiliation in the email. Papers focusing on any area of political theory or political philosophy are welcome. Notices of acceptance will be sent by the 24th of April 2026.
\nWe are delighted to announce the following keynote speakers:
\nChiara Cordelli \;(University of Chicago)\, who researches contemporary political philosophy\, distributive and social justice\, and egalitarianism. Prof. Cordelli&rsquo\;s main research fields are social and political philosophy\, with a particular focus on questions at the intersection of political economy and democratic theory.
\nJonathan Floyd \;(University of Bristol)\, who researches nature\, methods\, and purposes of political philosophy\, particularly the way in which we justify political principles. Prof. Floyd&rsquo\;s work combined history\, political science\, and moral psychology\, leading to the twin theories of mentalism and normative behaviourism.
\nThe Brave New World conference series is a prominent international forum devoted to showcasing and discussing postgraduate research in political theory. The event offers participants the opportunity to present their work and engage in dialogue with leading academics\, including members of the University of Manchester&rsquo\;s faculty and guest speakers.
\nGuest speakers in previous years have included:
\nDavid Archard\, Richard Arneson\, Alice Baderin\, Carla Bagnoli\, Brian Barry\, Simon Caney\, Felipe Carreira de Silva\, Ian Carter\, G.A. Cohen\, Roger Crisp\, Cecile Fabre\, Jerry Gaus\, Bob Goodin\, Marit Hammond\, Jules Holroyd\, Duncan Ivison\, Katherine Jenkins\, Peter Jones\, Carl Knight\, Chandran Kukathas\, Cé\;cile Laborde\, Annabelle Lever\, Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen\, Jeff McMahan\, Matt Matravers\, Catriona McKinnon\, Emily McTernan\, Susan Mendus\, David Miller\, Martin O&rsquo\;Neill\, Onora O&rsquo\;Neill\, Serena Olsaretti\, Michael Otsuka\, Valeria Ottonelli\, Bhikhu Parekh\, Carole Pateman\, Carmen Pavel\, Anne Phillips\, Joseph Raz\, Andrea Sangiovanni\, Ben Saunders\, Samuel Scheffler\, David Schmidtz\, Quentin Skinner\, Hillel Steiner\, Adam Swift\, Jesse Tomalty\, Philippe Van Parijs\, Leif Wenar\, Andrew Williams\, Stuart White\, and Jonathan Wolff.
\nPlease note that we are asking all speakers and attendees to pay a registration fee of £\;20. The sole purpose of this fee is to ensure that we are able to provide a number of partial and full bursaries for speakers who would otherwise not be able to attend. As these bursaries will be allocated according to need\, please include a brief description of your funding situation when submitting your abstract if you wish to be considered for a bursary.
\nFor any questions\, feel free to contact Yonghao Huang\, Anthony McMullin or Jim Morrison at \;bnw@manchester.ac.uk.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260405T150834Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260410T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260410T170000 SUMMARY:WKU Undergraduate Philosophy Conference UID:20260405T225932Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:1906 College Heights Blvd\, Bowling Green\, United States\, 42101 DESCRIPTION:Western Kentucky University is holding its fifth undergraduate philosophy conference on Friday\, April 10th\, 2026. The conference's keynote speaker is Professor Natalie Nenadic (University of Kentucky)\, whose talk is title is TBA.
\nThe soft deadline for submitting papers is February 16th\, 2026\; the hard deadline for submiting papers is March 9th\, 2026. Submissions receieved by the soft deadline will be given priority for conference acceptances. Students currently enrolled at any institution of higher education (a community college\, college\, or university) are eligible to submit a paper for the event. To submit a paper\, please enclose an anonymized paper with an abstract and title\, together with an cover sheet that includes your institution.
\nPlease keep papers to a length suitable for reading and/or presenting in 30 minutes (i.e. no more than 5\,000 words). Speakers will also have a Q&\;A of 15-to-20 minutes (depending on the conference schedule).
\nThe review process is as follows: papers will be reviewed by fellow students who are officers of the WKU Philosophy Club\, who will then decide which papers to accept.
\nThe conference venue will be in Grise Hall (Room TBA). Grise Hall is an accessible building. At present we are unable to offer funding for travel and lodging\, but we strongly encourage you to seek funding through your department\, college\, undergraduate student government\, and other available resources. Lunch and dinner will be provided to presenters.
\nThe conference is open to members of the WKU\, Bowling Green\, and Warren County communities\, and members of the public in Kentucky are welcome and encouraged to attend. There is no registration fee for participants or for audience members.
\nThose with questions can contact the Philosophy Club faculty advisor\, Professor Landon D. C. Elkind (landon.elkind[at]wku.edu) directly.
ORGANIZER;CN=Landon D. C. Elkind: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260405T150834Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T170000 SUMMARY:14th Mid-Hudson Valley Undergraduate Philosophy Conference UID:20260405T225933Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:3399 North Road\, Poughkeepsie\, United States\, 12601 DESCRIPTION:The Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Marist University will host the Fourteenth Annual Mid-Hudson Valley Undergraduate Philosophy Conference 10-11 April 2026. Undergraduates are encouraged to submit papers on any topic in philosophy. The conference is selective\, accepting at most six papers. There are no concurrent presentations. Each paper presentation includes comments from another undergraduate from either Marist University's philosophy program or from one of the other philosophy programs at four other colleges in the Mid-Hudson Valley Region of Upstate New York. All of the undergraduate presentations will take place in the Henry Hudson Room on the third floor of Fontaine Hall at Marist University.
The keynote speaker this year will be Dr. Victor Kumar\, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Mind and Morality Lab and Director of the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University. Dr. Kumar&rsquo\;s research focuses primarily on questions lying at the intersection of ethics\, cognitive science\, and evolutionary theory. \; Dr. Kumar is the author (with Richmond Campbell) of \;A Better Ape: The Evolution of the Moral Mind and How it Made Us Human \;(Oxford University Press\, 2022) and editor (with Nina Strohminger) of \;The Moral Psychology of Disgust \;(Rowman &\; Littlefield\, 2018). His work has been published in \;Analysis\, \;Canadian Journal of Philosophy\, \;Cognition\, \;Journal of the American Philosophical Association\, Nous\, Philosopher's Imprint\, Philosophical Quarterly\, Philosophical Studies\, Synthese\, \;and elsewhere. \;Dr. Kumar&rsquo\;s keynote address will be at 5:00 pm on April 10. The title of his talk is &ldquo\;The Case Against Doom.&rdquo\;
Please send papers of no more than 3\,000 words (not including footnotes and bibliography) on any topic in philosophy by 30 January 2026. All papers should be anonymized for blind review\, with a cover sheet that includes an abstract of no more than 150 words and contact information. We are accepting electronic submissions by attachment in PDF or MS Word format. Please send submissions to Adam Freda at adam.freda1@marist.edu.
ORGANIZER;CN=Andrei Buckareff;CN=Adam Freda: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260405T150834Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260410T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260411T170000 SUMMARY:Weatherford College 8th Annual Conference: Philosophy of Religion and Ethics UID:20260405T225934Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:225 College Park Drive\, Weatherford\, United States DESCRIPTION:Weatherford College
\n8th Annual Philosophy of Religion Conference
\n&ldquo\;Philosophy of Religion and Ethics&rdquo\;
\nIn every age\, we wrestle with moral questions. Debates about justice\, responsibility\, human dignity\, and the good life emerge wherever individuals and communities seek to live together meaningfully. Religious traditions continue to shape ethical reflection&mdash\;sometimes grounding moral insight\, sometimes generating deep disagreement about what we owe to one another. How should religious belief inform ethical reasoning? What role does moral philosophy play in evaluating religious commitments and practices? And can philosophy of religion help clarify the ethical demands of life in a pluralistic world?
\nIt is in light of questions such as these that Weatherford College presents the 8th Annual Philosophy of Religion Conference\, held April 10&ndash\;11\, on the theme &ldquo\;Philosophy of Religion and Ethics.&rdquo\;
Matthew Hallgarth\, Ph.D. (Tarleton State University) will deliver two Ben Arbour Memorial Lectures addressing central issues at the intersection of ethics and philosophy of religion.
Dr. Matthew W. Hallgarth is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Tarleton State University and a retired Air Force officer. On active duty he taught philosophy for several years at the Air Force Academy. He earned his PhD in Philosophy from the University of Florida in 2003. At Tarleton\, Dr. Hallgarth teaches philosophy courses for the honors college\, manages the curriculum\, assessment\, and course rotation schedule. He has numerous service commitments to Tarleton and the Stephenville community. He is developing a &ldquo\;leadership and humanities&rdquo\; course for Tarleton&rsquo\;s Corps of Cadets and a medical ethics course for Tarleton&rsquo\;s new health professions college. His interests are ethical theory\, political theory\, world religions\, philosophy of religion\, and applied ethics\, not necessarily in that order.
In addition\, a call for papers is being extended to professional philosophers\, professionals working in philosophy of religion or ethics\, students of philosophy\, and scholars or students in any field intersecting religion and ethical theory. Proposals on the conference theme are especially welcome\, including&mdash\;but not limited to&mdash\;topics such as moral theology\, virtue ethics and religion\, divine command theory\, religious responses to moral disagreement\, applied ethics and religious belief\, moral responsibility\, justice\, and the ethical implications of religious practice. While proposals related to the conference theme will be given special consideration\, any proposal on a topic related to the philosophy of religion will be considered.
Proposals should be 250&ndash\;350 words and must be submitted no later than March 13\, 2026. Proposals may be submitted to Greg Trickett at gtrickett@wc.edu. Presentations will be limited to a 45-minute time frame (approximately 30 minutes for presentation and 15 minutes for Q&\;A). Presenters are encouraged to submit a full version of their paper for consideration in a possible published volume.
Conference registration for Weatherford College faculty\, staff\, and students is free\, though registration is still required (Weatherford College registrants may be asked to present a school ID at the registration table). Registration for non-Weatherford attendees is $40. You can register HERE. In addition to paper presentations and plenary sessions\, the conference will conclude with a Q&\;A dinner featuring the keynote speaker and select presenters. The dinner will be held at a local restaurant and will be self-pay. \;For more information (including a conference schedule once it is finalized) see the conference webpage HERE!
Hostile epistemic environments
\nThe proliferation of bullshit\, disinformation\, conspiracy theories\, pseudoscience and pseudotherapies\, post-truth\, fake news\, deepfakes\, denialism\, infodemics\, and propaganda is often cited as a force of social\, cultural\, and political significance. Presumably\, these phenomena in our discursive environment create obstacles\, impediments\, or traps to obtaining knowledge and understanding through the apt exercise of our cognitive abilities.
\nWhether conceived as the result of unprecedented innovations or as a manifestation of deep-rooted human practices\, nowadays these phenomena are unsettling both due to their scale and the magnitude of their consequences. Their presumed effects include mass manipulation\, widespread uncertainty\, the erosion of institutions\, the breakdown of social trust\, polarization and radicalization\, among other similarly alarming phenomena.
\nIn this special issue\, we invite researchers to submit contributions exploring how to conceptualize these phenomena\, what theoretical perspectives are productive in addressing them\, how widespread they are and how significant are their consequences\, what kinds of epistemic challenges and harms they produce\, and how we can counter or face them. Interdisciplinary approaches from diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives are welcome.
\nFor inquiries about this special issue\, please contact the Guest editors:
\nNancy Abigail Nuñ\;ez Herná\;ndez (841877@pcpuma.acatlan.unam.mx)
\nMario Gensollen Mendoza (mario.gensollen@edu.uaa.mx)
\nMarc Jimé\;nez Rolland (mjrolland@izt.uam.mx)
\nDeadline: April 10\, 2026
\nhttps://esdi.uaem.mx/index.php/esdi/about/submissions \;
\nestudiosdeldiscurso@uaem.mx \; \;
\nEntornos episté\;micos hostiles
\nEs innegable la importancia social\, cultural y polí\;tica que actualmente se atribuye a la proliferació\;n de charlatanerí\;a (bullshit)\, desinformació\;n\, teorí\;as de la conspiració\;n\, pseudociencias y pseudoterapias\, posverdad\, &lsquo\;noticias falsas&rsquo\; (fake news)\, ultrafalsos (deepfakes)\, negacionismo\, infodemia y propaganda. Presumiblemente\, estos fenó\;menos en nuestro entorno discursivo crean obstá\;culos\, impedimentos o trampas para la obtenció\;n de conocimiento y comprensió\;n mediante el apto ejercicio de nuestras capacidades cognitivas.
\nYa sea que se conciban como resultado de innovaciones iné\;ditas o bien como manifestació\;n de prá\;cticas humanas muy arraigadas\, hoy en dí\;a resultan desconcertantes tanto por su escala como por la magnitud de sus consecuencias. Entre sus presuntos efectos se encuentran la manipulació\;n masiva\, la incertidumbre generalizada\, la erosió\;n de las instituciones\, la ruptura de la confianza social\, la polarizació\;n y la radicalizació\;n\, entre otros similarmente alarmantes.
\nEn este nú\;mero especial\, se invita a investigadoras e investigadores a enviar contribuciones que exploren có\;mo conceptualizar estos fenó\;menos\, desde qué\; perspectivas teó\;ricas resulta productivo enfocarlos\, qué\; tan extendidos se encuentran y qué\; tan significativas son sus consecuencias\, cuá\;les son las clases de desafí\;os y dañ\;os episté\;micos que producen\, y có\;mo podemos contrarrestarlos o enfrentarlos. Son bienvenidas aproximaciones interdisciplinarias desde diversas perspectivas teó\;ricas y metodoló\;gicas.
\nPara consultas sobre este nú\;mero especial\, comuní\;quese con los Editores invitados:
\nNancy Abigail Nuñ\;ez Herná\;ndez \;(841877@pcpuma.acatlan.unam.mx)
\nMario Gensollen Mendoza \;(mario.gensollen@edu.uaa.mx)
\nMarc Jimé\;nez Rolland \;(mjrolland@izt.uam.mx)
\nFecha lí\;mite de recepció\;n de artí\;culos: 10 de abril de 2026
\nhttps://esdi.uaem.mx/index.php/esdi/about/submissions \;
\nestudiosdeldiscurso@uaem.mx \; \;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260405T150834Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260410T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260410T170000 SUMMARY:The Gadfly Symposium - Disruptive Pedagogies in Philosophy UID:20260405T225936Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:Eastern Washington University\, Cheney\, United States\, 99004 DESCRIPTION:Call for Proposals
The Gadfly Symposium: Disruptive Pedagogies in Philosophy
Saturday June 6\, 2026 | Host: Eastern Washington University | Venue: EWU Cheney Campus
Hosted by Eastern Washington University\, The Gadfly Symposium invites proposals for presentations\, workshops\, and collaborative teaching demonstrations exploring innovative and disruptive pedagogical techniques in the teaching of philosophy broadly construed. Thanks to generous support from the Jeffers W. Chertok Memorial Endowed Professorship\, the Gadfly Symposium is fully funded. There is no fee to register\, and lunch will be provided to all registered attendees.
\nThis year&rsquo\;s theme\, &ldquo\;Disruptive Pedagogy and the Pursuit of Human Flourishing\,&rdquo\; calls educators\, scholars\, and practitioners to reimagine how the pursuit of human flourishing might be preserved in a time when much of what once sustained it has been automated\, outsourced\, or declared obsolete?
\nFor the purposes of this program\, disruptive pedagogy refers to teaching that unsettles default assumptions about knowledge\, authority\, technology\, and learning. We welcome broad interpretations of disruption&mdash\;including engaged pedagogy\, transgressive pedagogy\, inquiry-based learning\, and student-centered learning&mdash\;as frameworks for rethinking how philosophical inquiry across traditions\, periods\, and subfields can provoke deeper self-reflection\, civic engagement\, and moral imagination among students.
\nWe encourage submissions from those teaching any area of philosophy\, including (but not limited to) ethics\, social and political philosophy\, philosophy of mind\, philosophy of science\, non-Western and global philosophies\, applied philosophy\, and interdisciplinary contexts. Proposals engaging diverse philosophical traditions\, contemporary issues\, or novel classroom practices are especially welcome.
\nDisruptive pedagogy\, in this spirit\, is not only a mode of innovation in teaching but also a practice of resistance&mdash\;a way to challenge and disrupt systems that limit access to knowledge\, constrain critical inquiry\, and undergird hierarchical structures.
\nPreference will be given to proposals that:
\n·\; Integrate digital technologies\, such as social media\, generative AI\, or immersive learning environments\, in pedagogically creative ways.
\nAND/OR
\n·\; Demonstrate how disruptive pedagogy can dismantle barriers and decenter authority in ways consistent with the Socratic spirit of inquiry&mdash\;challenging assumptions\, cultivating curiosity\, and fostering philosophical dialogue across differences.
\nSubmission Guidelines:
\n·\; Travel stipends are available for presenters traveling from outside Washington and Idaho.
\n·\; Abstracts (500 words) should clearly describe the project&rsquo\;s objectives\, pedagogical approach\, and relevance to the symposium theme.
\n·\; Include bio\, affiliation information\, and any technical requirements. (100 words max)
\n·\; Send proposals to ckirby@ewu.edu by April 10\, 2026.
\n·\; Notifications of acceptance will be sent by April 17\, 2026.
ORGANIZER;CN=Christopher C. Kirby: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260405T150834Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260411T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260411T170000 SUMMARY:APA Pacific Public Session: Being Trans in Philosophy Zine Reading + Launch Party UID:20260405T225937Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:BEING TRANS IN PHILOSOPHY ZINE READING + LAUNCH PARTY @ APA Pacific
\nFree-to-Stream Public Session | No Registration Required
\nSaturday\, April 11\, 2026\, noon&ndash\;2pm PT (click for your local time)
\nZoom link (to be posted under &ldquo\;Public Sessions&rdquo\;)
\nChair:
\nNaomi Scheman (University of Minnesota)
\nSpeakers:
\nDing (Barnard College) and Willow Starr (Cornell University)\, &ldquo\;Binding It Together: Collages of Philosophy in Transition\,&rdquo\; editors&rsquo\; introduction
\nImogen Sullivan (Independent Scholar)\, &ldquo\;In Philosophy but Outside the University: Another Trans Philosopher Leaves the Ivory Tower&rdquo\;
\nAlex Adamson (Babson College)\, &ldquo\;Teaching while Trans&rdquo\;
\nErin Beeghly (University of Utah)\, &ldquo\;A Parent&rsquo\;s Lament&rdquo\;
\nEmmie Malone (San José\; State University)\, &ldquo\;A Phenomenology of Lions&rdquo\;
\nAmy Marvin (Hamilton College)\, &ldquo\;Hack Philosophy&rdquo\;
\nroshni junia thangavelu truax (University of California\, Berkeley)\, &ldquo\;Problem Case&rdquo\;
\nPerry Zurn (American University)\, &ldquo\;Dis/orientations&rdquo\;
\nOur thanks to Jenn Wang for organizing the session!
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260405T150834Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T170000 SUMMARY:Ohio Philosophical Association 2026 Annual Meeting UID:20260405T225938Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:1216 Sunbury Road\, Columbus\, United States\, 43219 DESCRIPTION:The 2026 Annual Meeting of the Ohio Philosophical Association will take place on April 11\, 2026 at Ohio Dominican University. \; \;
\nThe \;keynote address \;will be given by Angela Potochnik\, \;Professor of Philosophy\, Chair of the Philosophy Department\, and Founding Director of the Center for Public Engagement with Science at the \;University of Cincinnati.
\nYou can find the \;call for papers \;here: \;https://philevents.org/event/show/139914.
\nFor information regarding \;registration\, please email \;secretary@ohiophilosophy.org.
\nFor more information about the Ohio Philosophical Association\, please visit https://ohiophilosophy.org/.
ORGANIZER;CN=Jonathan Spelman;CN=Christopher Pincock;CN=Amy White: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260405T150834Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260411T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260411T170000 SUMMARY:The Marshall Institute Undergraduate Conference - Spring 2026 UID:20260405T225939Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:America/Detroit LOCATION:Fordham University\, Bronx\, United States\, 10458 DESCRIPTION:Submit a Paper\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the 2026 Undergraduate Conference -\n\n\nConference Date: APRIL 11\, 2026\n\nFordham University - Rose Hill Campus
\n441 East Fordham Road\, \;
\nBronx\, NY\, 10458 \;
\nMcShane Campus Center Rm 112
\nMain Entrance Parking:
\n2691 Southern Boulevard\, \;
\nBronx\, NY\, 10458 \;
\n\n\n\n\n\nTopic: Telos &\; Happiness\n\nThe Marshall Institute for Ethical Thought &\; Action is inviting Undergraduate-Students to submit a paper on the topic\, Telos &\; Happiness. Paper submissions will be competitive&mdash\;papers submitted will be reviewed\, then selected to present. At the Conference (04/11)\, students' whose papers are selected will present on the theme of Telos &\; Happiness. \;
\nPaper Submission Deadline for Review is March 21\, 2026.
\nInvited guests and the audience are welcomed to ask questions and engage \;with the presenters. This event is a great opportunity for UG-Students to develop their Academic Writing and Public Speaking skills. \;
\n\n\n\n\n\nPrompt:\n\nStudents should try and answer a question they have on the topic within 5-7 pages. Some examples of questions may look like:
\n1. What is happiness?
\n2. Is virtue necessary for happiness?
\n3. Is an ethical life necessary to be happy?
\n4. What is the purpose of the human person?
\n5. Can a man be happy in this life? \;
\nNote: these are only suggested questions\; the question the student chooses to answer is up to them\, as long as it fits with the theme.
\n\n\n\n\n\nPaper Submission Deadline: MARCH 21\, 2026\n\nSubmit all papers to \;nicholasb@ethics-institute.org \;
\nPlease reach us at \;stephanieh@ethics-insitute.org \;if you have any questions
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n ORGANIZER;CN=Stephanie Havens: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260405T150834Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T170000 SUMMARY:2026 Graduate Conference AI and Emotions UID:20260405T225940Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:1400 washington Ave \, Albany\, United States\, 12222 DESCRIPTION:This is the 18th annual Graduate Student Conference. The theme is \;Emotions and AI\, broadly construed. The event is free and open to the public. Breakfast and lunch will be served. \;RSVPs are not required\, but are appreciated for planning purposes.
ORGANIZER;CN=M. Hasin;CN=Merve Erkal: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260405T150834Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260412T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260412T090000 SUMMARY:American Philosophical Quarterly (SI: Values in Science) UID:20260405T225941Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Call For Papers: There Is No Such Thing as Science
\nAmerican Philosophical Quarterly (Special Issue)
\nGuest Editors:
\nBennett Holman (Yonsei University)
\n&\;
\nTorsten Wilholt (University of Hannover)
\nIn the philosophy of science\, efforts to move beyond the value-free ideal have been underway for decades\, and the &ldquo\;New Demarcation Problem&rdquo\; may have played a role in intensifying the debate about suitable replacements. And yet\, not all of the recent developments are pulling in the same direction. \; For example\, there has been significant development in the philosophical accounts of political legitimacy and the importance of publicly endorsed values. \; But at the same time there have been persuasive arguments provided in favor of the need for partisan science. \; Similarly\, while new arguments have been offered in favor of avoiding an incorporation of values where possible\, there are also compelling arguments that in many cases this will not be desirable. And so on.
\nIn our focus paper of this special issue\, we will revisit the task of determining where and how the line between epistemic distortion and management of epistemic risk (what we have called the New Demarcation Problem) is to be drawn. \; We now argue that either there is no single line to be drawn or\, if there is\, the most productive step forward for the current debate would be to step away from attempting to produce a single replacement for the value-free ideal. But our call for a plurality of ideals is not unconstrained. \; In the focus piece of the special issue we argue that the appropriate ideal depends on the &ldquo\;job&rdquo\; envisioned for science in some particular context. \; We illustrate the potential of this account by returning to the case study from the New Demarcation Problem. Here we show how considering the job science was tasked with in the Upper Klamath Lakes case study resolves the dispute between the Fish and Wildlife Services and National Research Council. \;
\nOur goal for the special issue is to invite philosophers to explore how\, and at what level\, we can meaningfully articulate coherent jobs for science. \; We believe a finer-grained consideration of what jobs we want science to do can help us develop accounts of what science must be like in order to be so employed. \; Accordingly\, for the special issue\, we are primarily interested in soliciting a variety of fine-grained analyses that articulates some job for science and what replacement ideal is superior to value-freedom for that job (or why for some job\, the value-free ideal should be retained). \; \;
\nHere are some examples of &ldquo\;jobs&rdquo\; for science that may fruitfully be distinguished from one another:
\nTo advance knowledge through curiosity-driven inquiry
\nTo inform and support regulatory decision-making
\nTo generate knowledge essential for technological innovation
\nTo pursue knowledge collaboratively with local communities
\nTo produce knowledge that addresses epistemic injustices and meets the needs of particular groups
\nTo provide guidance and expertise for policy deliberation
\nThese are just examples -- we are open to other &ldquo\;jobs&rdquo\; or a completely different way of categorization. We would also welcome a critique of this philosophical project.
\nExtended Submission deadline (Soft): March 15th 2026. (Hard) April 12th
\nReviews will begin March 15th\, all abstracts received by April 12th will be reviewed and receive equal consideration.
\nInterested parties should submit a 500 word abstract. \; Six submissions will be invited to contribute a paper to a special issue of American Philosophical Quarterly. \; \;
\nPlease direct any questions\, abstract submissions\, or requests for a draft of the focus article to:
\nBennett Holman (bholman@yonsei.ac.kr)
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260405T150834Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20260412T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20260412T234500 SUMMARY:Moral Progress and Moral Change UID:20260405T225942Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/Belgrade LOCATION:Ulica grada Vukovara 54\, Zagreb\, Croatia\, 10000 DESCRIPTION:We are very pleased to announce that the Summer School \;&lsquo\;Moral Progress and Moral Change&rsquo\; \;will take place from \;June 16 &ndash\; 18 2026 \;at the \;Institute of Philosophy in Zagreb.
\nThe program is designed for a maximum of 20 PhD candidates\, advanced MA students\, or early career researchers working in the philosophy of moral progress and moral change broadly construed. Our summer school will encompass debates about the normative criteria of moral progress\, the empirical case for ongoing moral regress\, the relationship between social identities and social norm change\, and the relationship between technological and moral change.
\nThe summer school will feature keynotes from:
\n&bull\; Agnes Tam (University of Calgary)
\n&bull\; Victor Kumar (Boston University)
\n&bull\; John Danaher (University of Galway)
\nIn addition to keynote lectures and student presentations\, we will also have a few presentations on moral progress and moral change from scholars in the regional research community. However\, our key focus is on allowing plenty of time for participants to discuss issues related to the philosophy of moral progress and moral change and make fruitful research connections among a group of scholars with related interests.
\nHow to apply: Our program has space for a limited number of student presentations (20 mins talk\, followed by 10 mins Q&\;A). If you would like to present at the Summer School\, please send an anonymised abstract of up to 500 words to Mia Biturajac at \;mbiturajac@ifzg.hr \;by \;12 April 2026. In the body of your email\, please include your name and your institution. Note that it is not necessary to present in order to attend.
\nIf you have any additional questions\, you can also contact Mia via the email address above.
\nThe attendance fee is \;&euro\;100. Our three-day program will include lunch each day\, and a dinner one evening to which all participants are invited.
\nThis Summer School is supported by the Institute of Philosophy\, and by the Croatian Science Foundation-funded projects \;MoPIC \;and \;AIAJ.
\nBest wishes from the Summer School Organising Committee\, Mia Biturajac\, Charlie Blunden\, Petar Bodlović\, Nino Kadić\, Marco Tassella\, Monika Zeba
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