Renée Smith and Emily McGill prepare an edited volume with the working title “Philosophers on Philosophy – What is philosophy, how is philosophy done, and why do philosophy?” Abstracts for chapters can be submitted until October 3. The call reads:
Call: “Moral Epistemology and Social Progress”
Antonio Gaitán Torres and Hugo Viciana organize a workshop on “Moral Epistemology and Social Progress – Experimental and Philosophical Perspectives,” which will take place at the Universidad de Sevilla from November 4 to 5. Abstracts for presentations can be submitted until September 17. The call reads: This focused workshop explores the intersection of empirical research…
Hackathon: “Data-Driven Methods in Philosophy”
Gregor Bös and Max Noichl organize a hackathon on “Data-Driven Methods in Philosophy,” which will take place in Utrech from October 16 to 18. Before and after, hybrid meetings will also take place. Their announcement reads: Computational methods have transformed academic research, including in the humanities. Philosophers have been comparatively slow to adopt them, but…
Workshop: “Data-Driven Methods for Philosophy”
Gregor Bös and Max Noichl organize the Satellite workshop “Data-Driven Methods for Philosophy” at this year’s conference of the Gesellschaft für Analytische Philosophie (GAP). The workshop will take place at the University of Düsseldorf from September 12 to 13. Their announcement reads: Computational methods have revolutionized most fields of academic research, including the humanities. More…
Call: “Laws Many Users”
Alex Davies and Nikolai Shurakov organize a conference on “Law’s Many Users – Legal Interpretation Within and Beyond Legal Institutions,” which will take place at the University of Tartu from November 12 to 14. Abstracts for presentations can be submitted until August 12. The call reads:
Call: “Experimental Argument Analysis”
Eugen Fischer and Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga are preparing a special issue on “Experimental Argument Analysis – Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Verbal Reasoning” in Philosophical Psychology. Manuscripts can be submitted until April 30, 2026. The call reads:
Call: “XPHI UK Work in Progress Workshop Series”
The “XPHI UK Work in Progress Workshop Series,” organized by James Andow and Eugen Fischer, continues. Anyone interested in presenting something can contact the organizers. They write: 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…
Conference: “Basel-Oxford-NUS BioXPhi Summit”
The 2025 “Basel-Oxford-NUS BioXPhi Summit,” organized by Tenzin Wangmo, Brian D. Earp, Carme Isern, Christian Rodriguez Perez, Emilian Mihailov, Ivar Rodriguez Hannikainen, and Kathryn Francis, will take place from June 26 to 27 at the University of Basel, Switzerland. The program consists of 15 talks and seven posters, framed by two keynotes. June 26, 8:30–17:30…
Experimenting With Guesses
A five-horse race is about to start. The probabilities that each horse will win are: Can you guess who will win? There are several reasonable guesses you could make. For example, “Ajax” is a good guess, but “Ajax or Benji or Cody” is fine too. But some guesses, like “Cody or Ember,” are terrible. What…
Priming Effects Are Fake, but Framing Effects Are Real
A few decades ago, it was pretty common to mush together priming effects and framing effects and see them as two closely connected parts of a single Bigger Truth about the human mind. Of course, everyone understood that the effects themselves were a bit different, but one common view was that they were providing evidence…