From July 9 to 11, 2026, the Vienna Forum for Analytic Philosophy (WFAP) will host its 15th annual graduate conference, titled “The Armchair on Trial – A Graduate Conference on Philosophical Methodology.” Hilary Kornblith, Jennifer Nagel, and Christian Nimtz are confirmed as keynote speakers. Proposals for presentations can be submitted until February 28, 2026. The…
Call: “Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Linguistic Justice”
On September 8, 2026, the satellite workshop “Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Linguistic Justice” will accompany the 6th European Experimental Philosophy Conference at the University of Cagliari, Italy. Proposals for talks can be submitted until May 1, 2026. The call reads: The Conference will be accompanied by a Satellite Workshop on “Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Linguistic Justice” (IPLJ),…
Call: “6th European Experimental Philosophy Conference”
From September 9 to 11, 2026, the 6th European Experimental Philosophy Conference will take place at the University of Cagliari, Italy. Barbara Konat, Masaharu Mizumoto, Shaun Nichols, and Francesca Panzeri are confirmed as keynote speakers. Note that there’s a separate call for a satellite workshop on “Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Linguistic Justice,” that will be held…
Talk: “Ethics in the Lab” (Pascale Willemsen)
On Monday, February 23, 17:00–17:45 (UTC+1), Pascale Willemsen will give her inaugural lecture on “Ethics in the Lab – Experimental Philosophy between Is and Ought” at the University of Zurich. It will be livestreamed via Vimeo. A few days later, it will also be made available in the archive.
Talk: “Normality and Norms” (Josh Knobe)
The Center for Philosophy and the Health Sciences at Aarhus University is hosting a lecture by Joshua Knobe. It will take place on Thursday, January 29, 15:15–16:45 (UTC+1) via Zoom. The abstract reads: The notion of normality plays a role in the way people understand many different scientifically important concepts. For example, normality figures in people’s…
Call: “Theory and Practice After the Practice Turn”
On April 17, 2026, the Research Center Normative Orders at Goethe University Frankfurt will host an online workshop titled “Theory and Practice After the Practice Turn – Where Social Theory and Empirical Philosophy Meet.” Proposals for contributions can be submitted until February 14. The call reads:
Hot Off The Press: “Health and Disease”
With “Health and Disease,” Somogy Varga, Andrew James Latham, and Edouard Machery deliver a deep dive into Experimental Philosophy of Medicine. The summary reads: The concepts of health and disease are fundamental to medical research, healthcare, and public health, and philosophers have long sought to clarify their meaning and implications. Increasingly, it is suggested that…
Hot Off The Press: “The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts”
In “The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts,” Matt Lindauer argues for a strong connection between philosophical theory and its real-world applicability, also drawing on moral psychology and adjacent fields. The book’s summary reads: Can philosophical concepts do real work in improving our world? Should we, when evaluating competing understandings of concepts like “justice,” “empowerment,” and “solidarity,”…
Hot Off The Press: “Indirect Freedom”
Andrew James Latham published a book on indirect compatibilism, a new compatibilist account of free will that also takes into account experimental philosophy and cognitive neuroscience. The summary reads: This book advances a new kind of compatibilist account of free will: indirect compatibilism. It is the first sustained philosophical analysis of the idea that the…
Talk: “Expressivity Cross-Linguistically” (Xavier Villalba)
On Monday, December 15, from 14:30–16:00 (UTC+1), the “Slurring Terms Across Languages” (STAL) network will present Xavier Villalba’s talk “Expressivity Cross-Linguistically – A Corpus Study of Expressive and Evaluative Adjectives in Romance and Germanic” as part of the STAL seminar series. The abstract reads: In this presentation, I argue that pure expressive adjectives (such as…