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Today 5 Nov

Talk: Title TBA

Online Society for the Study of Ethics and Animals (SSEA)

SSEA Online Colloquium Series

Zachary Ferguson (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Topics: Applied Ethics

Tomorrow 6 Nov

Talk: Meta-philosophical Crossbreeding: A New Framework for Mapping the Austrian Tradition of Philosophy

OnlineThe Institute of Philosophy and Psychology of the Romanian Academy

The Online Research Seminars of the Institute of Philosophy and Psychology of the Romanian Academy

Johannes Brandl (University of Salzburg)

Topics: 19th Century Philosophy, European Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Miscellaneous

Tomorrow 6 Nov

Talk: How to Ground Semantics in Higher-Order Metaphysics

OnlineFaculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw, Poland

Sign-Language-Reality Seminar Colloquia

Edward Zalta (Stanford University)

Topics: Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language, Logic and Philosophy of Logic

7 Nov

Talk: Nature with and against spirit: the absolute idealist view

HybridDepartment of Philosophy and Monash Bioethics Centre, Monash University

Monash University Philosophy and Bioethics Seminar Series

Sebastian Stein (Heidelberg University)

Topics: General

7 Nov

Talk: We Are Accidents: Accidentality in Mexican Philosophy

Philosophy Department, CSU Long Beach

Carlos Alberto Sanchez (San Jose State University)

Manuel Vargas (University of California, San Diego)

Topics: Philosophy of the Americas, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

7 Nov

Talk: Philosophy of science of decision making - Aliya Rumana (Nov 7)

OnlineInstitute of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, University of Porto

Aliya Rumana (University of Texas at El Paso)

Topics: General Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Social Science

7 Nov

Talk: Lunchtime Talk – Joe McCaffrey - Functional Localization in Flux

HybridThe Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh

Lunch Time Talk at the Center for Philosophy of Science

Joseph McCaffrey (University of Pittsburgh)

Topics: General

7 Nov

Talk: Powerful Animals

OnlineUniversity of Surrey Centre for Law and Philosophy

Legal Philosophy Trident Seminar Series

Ariel Zylberman (University At Albany (SUNY))

Topics: Meta-Ethics, Normative Ethics, Philosophy of Law

11 Nov

Talk: Masterclass on ‘Conceptual Engineering as a Method for Moral Analysis in Education’

OnlineSchool of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh

Foundations and Methods of Moral Analysis in Education

Mark Pinder (Open University (UK))

Sally Moore (Ohio State University)

Winston C. Thompson

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

11 Nov

Talk: David Barack - Neural Doctrines

HybridThe Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh

Lunchtime Talk at the Center for Philosophy of Science

David Barack

Topics: General

13 Nov

Talk: Analogia e principi delle sostanze sensibili in Metafisica Λ 4–5

HybridDepartment of Philosophy, Communication and Performing Arts, Università degli Studi Roma Tre

Conferenze Work-In-Progress - GR3AT Gruppo Roma 3 storia della filosofia AnTica

Lorenzo Zemolin (Università degli Studi Roma Tre)

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy

13 Nov

Talk: Who doesn’t believe in conspiracy theories?

OnlineCenter for International Philosophy, Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai

Center of International Philosophy International Speaker Series, Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai

Melina Tsapos (Lund University)

Topics: Epistemology

14 Nov

Talk: Empowerment Gain as Causal Learning, Causal Learning as Empowerment Gain: A bridge between Bayesian causal hypothesis testing and reinforcement learning

HybridMonash Centre for Consciousness and Contemplative Studies, Monash University

M3CS Research Seminar

Alison Gopnik (University of California, Berkeley)

Topics: Philosophy of Cognitive Science

14 Nov

Talk: In Potency and in Actuality: A Discussion of Dialectical and Psychological Aspects of Plotinus’ Philosophy of Mind

OnlineInstitute of Philosophy and Technology

IPT Talk Series 2025 - 2026

Gabriel Martino (Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA))

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Philosophical Traditions

14 Nov

Talk: Jonathan Fuller - What’s in a diagnosis? Towards a philosophy of diagnostic medicine

HybridThe Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh

The Center for Philosophy of Science's 66th Annual Lecture Series

Jonathan Fuller (University of Pittsburgh)

Topics: General

17 Nov

Conference: Evento de lançamento do livro - "As colônias de formigas são conscientes? Mentes coletivas e Implicações filosóficas" / Book Launch Event - "Are Ant Colonies Conscious? Collective Minds and Philosophical Implications"

OnlinePrograma de Pós-Graduação em Filosofia (PPG-Filosofia), Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso

Collective Consciousness

Anderson Fonseca (Universidade Federal do Ceará)

Eric Schwitzgebel (University of California, Riverside)

Sophie R. Nelson (New York University)

Luke Roelofs (University of Texas at Arlington)

Maria Luiza Iennaco (University of São Paulo)

José Carlos Camillo (Universidade Federal de Goiás)

Robert D. Rupert (University of Colorado, Boulder)

Daniel Friedman (Stanford University)

Topics: Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Cognitive Science

17 Nov

Talk: Derogatory Speech: Conversations, Hearers, and Listeners

OnlineSTAL network

STAL seminar

Claire Horisk (University of Missouri, Columbia)

Topics: Philosophy of Language

18 Nov

Talk: Kate Finley - Mechanisms & Machine Metaphors in Psychiatry

HybridThe Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh

Lunchtime Talk at the Center for Philosophy of Science

Kate Finley

Topics: General

20 Nov

Talk: Lisa Herzog: The Democratic Marketplace

OnlineEthics Institute, Utrecht University

Visions for the Future Speaker Series

Lisa Maria Herzog (University of Groningen)

Julie L. Rose (Dartmouth College)

Tom Parr (University of Essex)

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

21 Nov

Talk: When this chef says pot: The importance of the speaker's identity in understanding ambiguous words

OnlineMind, Language and Action Group / Institute of Philosophy / Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Porto

Polysemy in the Evaluative Sphere

Marina Ortega (University of the Basque Country)

Topics: Philosophy of Language

21 Nov

Talk: Samuel Schindler - On the Limits of AI-driven Discovery in Science

OnlineThe Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh

Featured Former Fellow Lunch Time Talk

Samuel Schindler (Aarhus University)

Topics: General

22 Nov

Talk: What is Precision Psychotherapy?

OnlinePhilosophy of Science Association

PSA Around the World

Adrian Kind (Charité – Berlin University of Medicine)

Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Cognitive Science

1 Dec

Talk: Barry Maguire: Socialism and the Collective Ownership of the Means of Production

OnlineEthics Institute, Utrecht University

Visions for the Future Speaker Series

Barry Maguire (University of Edinburgh)

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

2 Dec

Talk: Lucy Mason - Methodological Intersubjectivity

HybridThe Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh

Lunchtime Talk at the Center for Philosophy of Science

Lucy Mason (University of Pittsburgh)

Topics: General

11 Dec

Talk: Fighting Fair: A Sense of Fairness in Animals

Online Society for the Study of Ethics and Animals (SSEA)

SSEA Online Colloquium Series

Angela Bischof

Topics: Applied Ethics

22 Jan 2026

Talk: Hermeneutic Calvinball versus modest digital humanities in philosophical interpretation

OnlineUniversidad de Sevilla

Cultural Analytics and Digital Approaches in Philosophy

Mark Alfano (Macquarie University)

Topics: General

28 Jan 2026

Talk: Wie wissen das Psychiater*innen?

HybridDepartment of Philosophy, University of Cologne

Cologne Lectures in New Humanities

Adrian Kind (Charité – Berlin University of Medicine)

Topics: General

27 Feb 2026

Talk: Serife Tekin - Reconfiguring Stability in Psychiatry: Spraying the Self

HybridThe Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh

Lunch Time Talk at the Center for Philosophy of Science

Şerife Tekin (State University of New York (SUNY))

Topics: General

8 Apr 2026

Talk: Remaking Liberalism

OnlineDavid H. Kellogg Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, Virginia Tech

2026 PPE Distinguished Public Lecture

Daron Acemoglu

Topics: General

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