There’s a new journal in town: Experimental Philosophy. Founded by Editors-in-Chief Alex Wiegmann, Ivar Hannikainen, and Pascale Willemsen, run by Managing Editor Nikolai Shurakov, and supported by a broad team of Section Editors, it’s a journal dedicated entirely to, well, experimental philosophy. The editors write: Experimental Philosophy is an open-access journal founded to enable authors…
Author: Alexander Max Bauer
Workshop: “XPHI UK Work in Progress Workshop Series”
James Andow and Eugen Fischer have announced the first talks for this season’s “XPHI UK Work in Progress Workshop Series.” Talks will be held on Microsoft Teams. Anyone interested in joining can email james.andow@manchester.ac.uk. November 26, 16:00–18:00 (UTC±0) December 10, 16:00–18:00 (UTC±0) January 14, 16:00–18:00 (UTC±0)
Job: “Experimental argument analysis” (Norwich, UK)
The University of East Anglia is hiring a Research Associate to work from January 8 to June 30, 2026, on a research project in experimental philosophy. Applications are possible until November 25. The job announcement reads:
Talk: “Philosophical Arguments Can Boost Charitable Giving” (Eric Schwitzgebel and Kirstan Brodie)
On Thursday, October 30, the first talk in the Experimental Philosophy Journal Series will take place on Zoom. Celso de Oliveira Vieira, Alex Wiegmann, and Rodrigo Díaz write: We are pleased to invite you to the first talk in the Experimental Philosophy Journal Series, the new journal dedicated to X-Phi. In this session, Eric Schwitzgebel…
Call: “The Fifth Annual Formal and Experimental Philosophy Workshop”
Lake Forest College’s philosophy department is hosting “The Fifth Annual Formal and Experimental Philosophy Workshop” (FAX5), which will take place from March 20 to 21, 2026. Abstracts for posters can be submitted until October 10. The call reads: The Fifth Annual Formal and Experimental Philosophy Workshop (FAX5) at Lake Forest College brings together philosophers who…
Call: “Valence Asymmetries”
The Valence Asymmetries project, led by Isidora Stojanovic at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, is looking for expressions of interest from people who would like to join. The call reads:
Hot Off The Press: “Empirical Studies on Questions of Need-Based Distributive Justice”
In “Empirical Studies on Questions of Need-Based Distributive Justice” (the English translation of last year’s “Empirische Studien zu Fragen der Bedarfsgerechtigkeit”), I recap a series of vignette studies that examine the role that needs play in dealing with problems of distributive justice. As I summarised in last year’s post: Literature Bauer, Alexander Max, Frauke Meyer,…
Call: “Valence Asymmetries”
Isidora Stojanovic, Lorenza D’Angelo, Morgan Moyer, and Michelle Stankovic organizing a conference on “Valence Asymmetries,” which will take place at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra from March 19 to 20, 2026. Abstracts for presentations can be submitted until September 30. The call reads: The Valence Asymmetries ERC team is happy to announce that it will be…
Talk: “Intentionality and Discrimination” (Nicole Gotzner and Kevin Reuter)
On Tuesday, October 2, the XPRAG Wine Gatherings welcome Nicole Gotzner and Kevin Reuter to talk about “Intentionality and Discrimination” on Zoom. Kevin writes: Experimental Pragmatics (XPrag) and Experimental Philosophy (XPhi) share a common vision: whenever our assumptions can be empirically tested against the world, we should rise to the occasion. On October 2nd, 2025, don’t…
Call: “Folk Epistemology”
Mirko Farina, Artur Karimov, Anna Sakharova, Mikhail Khort, Daniel Lavrishchev, Vladislav Stasenko, and Natalia Khairullina are organizing a conference on “Folk Epistemology – Exploring Everyday Conceptions of Knowledge,” which will take place at the Kazan Federal University from October 24 to 25. The conference will be hybrid, featuring a dedicated online section in English. Abstracts…