Art der Ankündigung: Call for Paper (Veranstaltung)

Dear all,

We are pleased to announce that we will hold a workshop on Climate Ethics on November 17 and 18, 2025 at the University of Heidelberg (Germany), organized by Prof. Susanne Mantel and Dr. Rutger Lazou, and seek to fill additional slots by this call for abstracts.

Given that some of the dangerous effects of climate change are already occurring today, the ethical questions that arise from this are becoming increasingly urgent. In this workshop, we aim to bring together scholars working on the moral dimensions of climate change and their implications for our actions and policies. The following people have already confirmed: Laura García-Portela (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Lukas Meyer (University Graz), Ivo Wallimann-Helmer (University Fribourg), and Anna Wienhues (KU Leuven). We would like to fill further slots by this call for abstracts, at least half of them with early career researchers.

Relevant topics include, but are not limited to: What is a fair mitigation target? Is it justified to use geoengineering as a tool for mitigation? How should the remaining permissible carbon budget be distributed? What are the responsibilities of individuals, corporations, and states in responding to climate change? How does the non-compliance of others affect our duties? What is a fair distribution of adaptation costs? What duties exist to compensate for climate-related losses and damages? What is owed to the losers of the energy transition?

Abstracts of about 300 words for presentations of about 30′ should be sent to rutger.lazou@uni-heidelberg.de, latest on September 10, 2025, and will be blindly reviewed. Please include your name and institutional affiliation in the email and attach the document with the abstract without your personal data. Accepted talks will be informed before September 15, 2025. Unfortunately, we do not have funding to cover full travel and hotel costs but may be able to provide at least partial refunds for early career researchers.

Non-presenting attendees are also more than welcome. Please register before November 3, 2025 by email to rutger.lazou@uni-heidelberg.de. There is no registration fee.

For further information, don’t hesitate to contact us.

Best regards,

Rutger Lazou & Susanne Mantel

Stipendien

„Die Presse“ und das Philosophicum Lech vergeben jährlich u.a. mit Unterstützung der Hilti Foundation 20 Stipendien.

Auch für das 28. Philosophicum Lech zum Thema „Abenteuer. Lob der Unverfügbarkeit“, das vom 23. bis 28. September 2025 in Lech am Arlberg stattfindet, werden wieder 20 Stipendien vergeben.

 

Zielgruppe und Zielsetzung

Die Stipendien richten sich vorrangig an Studierende (Bachelor, Master und Doktorat) der Philosophie, Kultur-, Gesellschafts- und Naturwissenschaften, die auch an der Schnittstelle von Wissenschaft und Öffentlichkeit interessiert sind. Das Philosophicum Lech will insbesondere auch jungen Menschen die Chance bieten, an den Debatten unserer Zeit zu partizipieren, sich an Diskussionen zu beteiligen, wissenschaftliche und publizistische Kontakte zu knüpfen und so auch Anregungen für eigene akademische Abschlussarbeiten oder wissenschaftlich-essayistische Publikationen zu gewinnen. Eines der Stipendien wird traditionell als Preis für den ersten Platz der Philosophieolympiade Österreich vergeben. Die restlichen Stipendien werden im Rahmen eines Essay-Wettbewerbs zum Jahresthema ausgewählt.

Leistungen

Das Stipendium beinhaltet die An- und Abreise, sechs Nächtigungen mit Frühstück und die kostenlose Teilnahme am Symposion, den Philosophicum Dialogen, dem philosophisch-literarischen Vorabend und allen Abendveranstaltungen.

Bewerbung

Neben den üblichen Bewerbungsunterlagen wie Lebenslauf, Studienerfolg, etc. werden die Bewerber:innen aufgefordert, einen Essay im Umfang von 5000 bis 6000 Zeichen zum Thema ein Gedanke zu „Abenteuer. Lob der Unverfügbarkeit“ zu verfassen. Der Essay stellt das Hauptkriterium zur Stipendienvergabe dar. Die besten Essays werden in der Tageszeitung „Die Presse“ publiziert. Die Bewerbungsphase endet am 30. Juni 2025.

Anmeldeschluss

30. Juni 2025

Kontakt

Die Presse und Philosophicum Lech

Stipendienkoordinatorin Dr. Rebecca Mossop

stipendium@philosophicum.com

Call for Abstracts (Düsseldorf, Deadline: June 30, 2025)

Workshop: Functional Explanation in the Philosophy of Language

We are pleased to invite early-career researchers to contribute talks at the workshop „Functional Explanation in the Philosophy of Language“. The workshop takes place as a „Satellite Workshop“ right after GAP.12, the international congress of the Society for Analytic Philosophy, on September 12 at Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany.

The workshop aims to bring together researchers in the philosophy of language and linguistics to focus on the role that the attribution of functions to linguistic entities such as concepts (e.g. concepts of race and gender), linguistic systems (e.g. modal and moral language), or language as a whole can play in settling debates in the philosophy of language.

Rather than focusing on particular functional hypotheses, the goal of the workshop is to address general methodological questions on the use and usefulness of functional explanations in the philosophy of language (e.g. what grounds function attribution to a linguistic entity? What impact does the choice of concept of function have on our explanations? Which types of explananda are legitimate? How could functional explanations be more useful in theorizing about language than other types of explanation? How do paradigmatic functional explanations transfer to the study of language?).

Confirmed speakers:

• Amie L. Thomasson (Dartmouth College)
• Miriam Taverniers (Universiteit Gent)
• Eliot Michaelson (King’s College London)
• Mona Simion (University of Glasgow)
• Christoph Kelp (University of Glasgow)

We will invite up to three early-career researchers (max. three years after acquisition of PhD) to contribute talks (30 minutes presentation, 10 minutes discussion). Should you be interested, please submit two abstracts (one short abstract of 150 words, one longer abstract of 1000 words incl. references and footnotes) to functions-gap12@uni-due.de by June 30, 2025. Notifications of acceptance will be sent out come early July.

We can cover up to two nights in a hotel as well as second class travel within Europe. Unfortunately, due to budgetary restrictions, researchers traveling from outside Europe might only be eligible for partial subsidization. If you intend to travel from outside Europe and require travel funding, please indicate so in your application.

Attendance of the workshop is free of charge, but registration prior to September 10, 2025 is required. For this as well as any further questions, please contact us via functions-gap12@uni-due.de.

Organizers: Raphael van Riel (Duisburg-Essen), Kai Ploemacher (Duisburg-Essen)

2. SWIP Doktorand:innen-Workshop

für Frauen, Lesben, inter, nicht-binäre, trans und agender Personen (FLINTA*)

Organisiert von Anne Reichold und Adriana Pavić für SWIP Germany e.V.,

findet statt am 27./28.11.2025 an der Europa-Universität Flensburg.

Nach wie vor sind Frauen auf den oberen Karrierestufen der akademischen Philosophie in Deutschland unterrepräsentiert und dies gilt auch für FLINTA* – Personen, auch wenn statistische Erhebungen hierzu noch ausstehen. SWIP Germany e.V. organisiert den zweiten Doktorand:innen-Workshop für diese Personengruppen. Im Rahmen des Workshops erhalten die Vortragenden inhaltliches Feedback zu ihren Projekten und zudem die Gelegenheit, sich mit anderen Promovierenden zu vernetzen und sich über philosophische Fragen genauso wie über organisatorische Aspekte des Promovierens auszutauschen. Ziel der Veranstaltung ist, in kooperativem Klima gemeinsam zu philosophieren, sich zu vernetzen und sich gemeinsam über die nächsten akademischen Schritte auszutauschen.

Ablauf:

• Zeit: 27.11.25 ca. 9.00 bis 28.11.2025 ca. 14 Uhr

• Ort: Europa-Universität Flensburg

• Zielgruppe: Frauen, Lesben, inter, nicht-binäre, trans und agender (FLINTA*) Personen in allen Phasen ihrer Promotion im Fach Philosophie

• Geplant sind acht Vortragsslots. Die Vorträge sollen nicht länger als 20 Minuten sein und werden gefolgt von ca. 30 Minuten Diskussion.

• Diskussionssprachen während des Workshops sind Deutsch und ggf. Englisch, Präsentationen auf Deutsch oder Englisch möglich.

Bewerbung:

• Bitte bewerben Sie sich mit einer Skizze Ihres Promotionsprojektes und einem Motivationsschreiben. Die Projektskizze soll max. 1000 Wörter umfassen und auf Deutsch oder Englisch verfasst sein; das Motivationsschreiben soll max. 600 Wörter umfassen und deutlich machen, was Sie sich von Ihrer Teilnahme am Workshop erhoffen. Bitte speichern Sie beide Dokumente in einem PDF und senden dieses an

swipgermany@gmail.com

• Willkommen sind Promotionsprojekte sowohl aus der praktischen als auch der theoretischen Philosophie. Einreichungen aus unterschiedlichen philosophischen Traditionen (analytische Philosophie, Phänomenologie, Kontinentalphilosophie, Kritische Theorie, Geschichte der Philosophie etc.) sind explizit erwünscht!

• Einsendeschluss Bewerbung: 31.7.2025

• Rückmeldung: Bis Ende August 2025

• Einsendeschluss für die fertigen Präsentationen: 21.11.2025

• Für alle ausgewählten Teilnehmer:innen werden Reise- (Bahnfahrt 2. Klasse) und Unterbringungskosten (2 Nächte) während des Workshops übernommen.

Keynote speakers: John Skorupski (St. Andrews), Sarah Stroud (UNC Chapel Hill)

This workshop will bring together philosophers working on normativity. We invite submissions on practical, epistemic, and other forms of normativity, on foundational problems of moral philosophy, and on reasons, rationality, and value. Our primary aim is to provide a forum for lively and constructive exchange amongst philosophers currently working in the field.

There are eight slots for contributed papers. Please submit an abstract (800-1500 words, prepared for blind review) by 15 September 2025 as a pdf file to:

bisober[at]uni-bielefeld[dot]de

Authors of accepted papers will be notified by 15 October 2025. Papers should be suitable for a 30-minute presentation.

The Bielefeld-Southampton-Berlin (BiSoBer) Normativity Workshop, formerly known as Humboldt-Southampton Normativity Conference, is the tenth edition in a series of annual workshops, alternating between Humboldt University in Berlin, Southampton University, and, starting in 2025, Bielefeld University.

Organisers: Dmitry Ananiev, Singa Behrens, Benjamin Kiesewetter, Shane Ward, Marie Wegener, Department of Philosophy, Bielefeld University, Germany.

14 May 2025, 17:00 – 19:00

Wien, Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien, Austria (Hörsaal 2H)

The advent of CRISPR/Cas9 and other modern gene-editing technologies has opened up unprecedented possibilities for modifying research animals. Following this technological progress, the possibility of genetically disenhancing animals’ ability to feel pain and pain-related suffering (hereafter referred to as “GPD” for genetic pain disenhancement) is currently being discussed as an innovative and potentially powerful solution to mitigate the ethical challenges of animal research, farm animal husbandry, and, ultimately, the suffering of wild animals. The idea of altering research animals and livestock to enable specific uses by humans emerged during the 1980s and 1990s. The fundamental concept is to adapt the phenotype of an animal so that it is better suited to life in the (otherwise harmful) conditions associated with specific uses, such as animal experimentation or meat production. With reference to the latest biotechnological developments and the advancement of genome-editing methods, Dr Samuel Camenzind’s lecture will address the current state of research and address ethical and philosophical, that have not received sufficient attention in the current debate.

AI ASSERTION 

Perspectives from Philosophy, Cognitive Science, Linguistics & HCI

INVITED SPEAKERS

Mark Alfano (Macquarie University)

Jean-François Bonnefon (Toulouse School of Economics)

Ophelia Deroy (LMU Munich)

Edouard Machery (Pittsburgh University)

Bertram Malle (Brown University)

Saskia Nagel (RWTH Aachen)

TOPIC

We are organizing a conference on questions related to AI assertion (or AI “testimony”). The topic will be addressed from the perspectives of philosophy, cognitive science, linguistics and human-computer interaction. Key questions include, though are not limited to the following: 

• Can LLMs (such as ChatGPT) make assertions? 
• Are our normative expectations towards AI interlocutors similar to those which govern linguistic human-human interaction? 
• If they differ, what are the norms of AI assertion? 
• Can artificial agents make “dark moves” in linguistic communication (e.g. lie, bullshit, deceive etc.), or do those require a full-fledged human agent? 
• Who is responsible for shortcomings in linguistic AI-human communication? 
• How do our normative expectations towards AI assertors interact with our dispositions to trust and rely on them? 
• Does the concept of trust make sense in linguistic human-AI interaction?

Detailed information is available here: www.talkingtobots.net

SUBMISSION

Please send an anonymized abstract of 500 words (not including references) in PDF format to ai.assertion.graz@gmail.com. A strong connection to the topic is required. All submissions will be reviewed double-blind by the organizing team. Successful submissions will either be accepted as short presentations or posters. 

DATES

Submission of abstracts: May 18 2025

Decisions announced: May 21 2025

Conference: June 22-23, Pre-conference dinner June 21. 

CONTACT

The conference is organized by Prof. Markus Kneer and Dr. Miklos Kurthy. For questions, please contact mikloskurthy@gmail.com.  

CALL FOR PAPERS

The 4th International Gottlob Frege Conference will take place from 15th to 20th September 2025 in the Hanseatic town of Wismar, where the renowned mathematician and philosopher Gottlob Frege was born in 1848 and buried in 1925. This conference, held in the 100th year of his death, is  continuing a series of scientific meetings dedicated to the work of Frege and its connections to modern science. This year, the conference will focus on five key areas:

– A comparison of Frege’s logic concept with historical and modern approaches,

– Frege’s contributions to foundation of mathematics and modern developments

– Frege’s linguistic analyses and modern analytic philosophy,

– Frege’s polemics and the culture of scientific debates,

– The ongoing influence of Frege’s work in modern science.

Conference languages are German or English. We cordially invite you to attend this conference and to give a presentation on the work of Frege and its impact on modern science (45 minutes including discussion). For registration and deadlines, please visit the conference website at

              https://www.hs-wismar.de/frege-2025  or https://www.hs-wismar.de/en/frege-2025

The conference will offer presentations by top keynote speakers (cf. website), as well as opportunities for attendees to share their research through oral presentations and publish their papers in post-proceedings. The event will also provide a chance to interact with internationally recognized experts in a stimulating environment, set against the backdrop of a centuries-old UNESCO heritage site in the hometown of Frege.

A special part of the program on Friday will be dedicated to a memorial session in honour of the Frege scholar Lothar Kreiser (1934-2023). We welcome submissions that link to Kreiser’s work, and accepted submissions of this nature are likely to be scheduled on Friday.

The conference is devoted to clarifying the nature of normativity in core areas of theoretical and practical philosophy, such as philosophy of language, philosophy of action, ethics, and epistemology. The questions to be addressed include (but are not limited) to:

• Does linguistic meaning have an essentially normative dimension? Is language governed by rules? Can there be linguistic normativity without rules?
• What place do norms occupy in a morality or moral outlook? What is the relationship between norms and values? Can culpability be defined in terms of norms?
• Does knowledge or justification depend on norms? What are epistemic norms? Can they be defined instrumentally?
• What is the relation between norms and reasons for action? Are action explanations inherently normative? Is normativity a stumbling block for naturalism?

Keynote speakers  

Maria Alvarez (King’s College London) 

Hans-Johann Glock (University of Zurich) 

John Hyman (University College London) 

Severin Schroeder (University of Reading) 

Abstract Submission  

Prospective authors are invited to submit abstracts suitable for anonymous review by email to normativity@fsf.vu.lt. Abstracts should not exceed 1000 words. The deadline for submission is 25 April 2025. 

Papers based on the presented talks will be considered for publication in a special issue of Problemos, a philosophy journal run by Vilnius University Press (https://www.journals.vu.lt/problemos). Authors of the selected talks are expected, though not required, to contribute. 

Registration fees

• Students 50€
• Non-students 100€

(Registration fee covers the conference dinner; waivers might be considered) 

Important dates  

Abstract submission: 25 April 2025

Author notification: 5 May 2025

Conference: 19-20 June 2025

Papers submission for blind review: 15 September 2025 

Publication of the special issue: December 2025 

Conference Venue  

Faculty of Philosophy, Vilnius University, Universiteto street 9, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Organizers  

Mindaugas Gilaitis (Vilnius University), Živilė Pabijutaitė (Vilnius University), Paulius Rimkevičius (Vilnius University) 

Institute of Philosophy, Vilnius University 

https://www.fsf.vu.lt/en/  

Please direct all inquiries by email to mindaugas.gilaitis@fsf.vu.lt

The event is free to attend. If you intend to come to the conference as a non-speaker, please register by sending an email to normativity@fsf.vu.lt. The deadline for registration is 12 June, 2025.

Call for submissions for discussion session: Feminist Logic, Ruhr University Bochum, August 29-30, 2025

Feminist Logic is a relatively new but upcoming area of study. Work in this field sheds light on sexist (and other) biases in the area of logic. This is a very broad conception but it captures the diversity of the area of Feminist Logic. More specifically, Feminist Logic can mean…

•  … to use logical tools for feminist ends, e.g., to uncover biases in arguments or to model social hierarchies to make patriarchal structures explicit,
• … to look at the history of logic from a feminist perspective, e.g., by revealing so far disregarded contributions by female logicians and exposing exclusionary practices that led to their invisibility,
• … to consider teaching practices in logic and how those disadvantage certain underrepresented groups,
• … to devise, revise and/or argue for logical systems from a distinctly feminist perspective, e.g., certain logical systems may seem better or worse suited for formalizing feminist arguments.

This workshop aims at sharing and discussing the latest research in this area by bringing together both highly distinguished as well as early career researchers.

List of speakers:

Sara Ayhan (Ruhr University Bochum)

Roy T. Cook (University of Minnesota)

Maureen Eckert (UMass Dartmouth)

Viviane Fairbank (University of St Andrews)

Becca Kosten (University of Minnesota)

Franci Mangraviti (University of Padova)

Gillian Russell (Australian National University)

Sara L. Uckelman (Durham University)

Abstract submission for discussion session:

Next to the speakers’ presentations a discussion session is planned including short presentations (5-10 mins) focused on exploring open problems and potential research directions in Feminist Logic. We welcome proposals for presentations at this session of around 300 words to be sent to sara.ayhan@rub.de.

Members of groups that are underrepresented in logic are especially encouraged to submit.

The deadline for submission is May 18, 2025. The notification of acceptance will be sent by June 1, 2025.

Organization and contact:

Sara Ayhan (Ruhr University Bochum)

For any questions or inquiries please send a mail to: sara.ayhan@rub.de

Note that a Topical Collection in Synthese on the topic of the workshop is in preparation. The deadline for submissions of papers to the Topical Collection is October 1, 2025.

The conference is currently planned to be held as an in-person event. Passive online participation might be made possible, though, depending on the availability of the necessary technical support.