Art der Ankündigung: Veranstaltung

Organizers:

Dr. Stefan Fischer & Prof. Dr. Jacob Rosenthal

Topic:

Does morality have a point or function, and if so, what is it? Can we learn anything about the nature of morality by asking for its point? And what, if anything, would a point of morality imply for normative ethics and metaethics? The aim of the conference is to bring together moral philosophers who work in a broadly „Humean“ tradition and in a broadly „Kantian“ tradition, and who currently tackle these and related questions in their writings. 

Invited Speakers:

• Carla Bagnoli (Modena and Reggio Emilia)
• David Copp (Davis)
• Sebastian Köhler (Frankfurt)
• Jimmy Lenman (Sheffield)
• Ida Miczke (Warsaw)
• Herlinde Pauer-Studer (Vienna)
• Tilla Resheff (Duisburg-Essen)
• Nick Smyth (Fordham)

Program:

Day 1 (Thursday, 5 June)

9:20-9:30: Welcome/Introduction (Fischer/Rosenthal)

9:30–10:45: David Copp: Does Morality Have a Point?

11:00–12:15: Jimmy Lenman: Improving the World

-Lunch Break-

13:30–14:45: Sebastian Köhler: Functions for Expressivists 

15:00–16:15: Tilla Resheff: The Function of Morality within Evolutionary Moral Realism

16:30–17:45: Stefan Fischer: The Point of Morality and the Autonomy of Normative Ethics

Day 2 (Friday, 6 June)

9:30–10:45: Carla Bagnoli: Morality as a Peculiar Institution

11:00–12:15: Herlinde Pauer-Studer: The Relational Resources of Kants Practical Philosophy

-Lunch Break-

13:30–14:45: Jacob Rosenthal: Morality as Deriving from Mutual Recognition

15:00–16:15: Ida Miczke: Should Morality be Action-Guiding?

16:30–17:45: Nick Smyth: What is the Function of Morality in the Digital Age?

All abstracts as well as the workshop program as a pdf-file can be found here.

Participation is free, but we kindly ask you to register in advance (stefan.fischer@uni-konstanz.de; jacob.rosenthal@uni-konstanz.de).

The Philosophy of Emotion Essen Lab (PhEEL) is delighted to announce its fifth workshop, „Emotions: Evaluative Seemings or Responses to Value“. The event will be held at University Duisburg-Essen (Essen, Germany) on May 22nd 2025. The format will involve extensive discussion of pre-read papers and commentaries.

Speakers: Jean Moritz Müller (Tübingen) and Brandon Yip (Singapore)

Program:

10:00-12:00: Brandon Yip „Honing the Haptics of the Heart. A New 

Defence of the Perceptual Theory of Emotion“

14:00-16:00: Jean-Moritz Müller „The Reactive Character of Fear“

Room: ‚Casino‘ UDE Essen-campus

The workshop is organized by Hichem Naar and Neil Roughley.

 

For further information and registration, please send an email to Hichem Naar (hm.naar@gmail.com) with your name and affiliation. All registered participants will receive the papers to be pre-read. 

Lunchtalk-Reihe des DFG-Netzwerks “Methoden Praktischer Ethik” 

Interessierte sind herzlich eingeladen, zuzuhören und mitzudiskutieren.

Erster Lunchtalk: Freitag, 25. April 2025, 13:00 – 14:00 Uhr: 

Prof. Dr. Susanne Hahn (Düsseldorf): „Zwischen Orientierungserwartung und Wertneutralität – Was kann ethische Expertise (nicht) leisten?“.

Abstract: An die (angewandte) Ethik gestellte Orientierungserwartungen, die sich beispielsweise auch in Institutionen wie dem Nationalen Ethikrat niederschlagen, geben Anlass zur Frage, worin ethische Expertise besteht und was sie berechtigterweise leisten kann. Im Vortrag wird dafür plädiert, Philosophinnen nicht als Werterkenntnis-Spezialisten, sondern als Expertinnen für den argumentativen Umgang mit Normen zu betrachten. Worin besteht diese Expertise und welche Konsequenzen hat dies für den Umgang mit Orientierungserwartungen?

Teilnahmelink (Zoom): Link

Meeting-ID: 666 4933 1283 Passwort: 552740

Schnelleinwahl mobil +496938980596,,66649331283#,,#,552740# Deutschland

Nächste Termine der Lunchtalk-Reihe zum Vormerken:

• Montag, 26. Mai 2025, 13:00 Uhr: Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Chris Neuhäuser (Dortmund)
• Freitag, 27. Juni 2025, 13:00 Uhr: Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Andrei Poama (Leiden)

Book Launch und Symposium zu Wolfgang Künne, Bernard Bolzano. Seine Zeit und sein Leben, sein Werk und seine Wirkung

Montag, 19. Mai 2025, 14 c.t. – 18 h, Warburghaus, Heilwigstr. 116, 20249 Hamburg. Alle willkommen.

Programm:

14.15 Begrüßung (Peter Niesen)

14.20 Bolzanos utilitaristische Ethik (Wolfgang Künne)

15.15 Künnes Bolzanos Logik (Arianna Betti)

15.45 Kaffeepause

16.15 Künnes Bolzanos Konzeption der Lüge (Emanuel Viebahn)

16.45 Künnes Bolzanos Moralphilosophie (Markus Stepanians)

17.15 Künnes Bolzanos Rechts- und Staatsphilosophie (Peter Niesen)

17.45 h Ende der Veranstaltung

Tagung Humans of Late Capitalism. Subjektivierungsformen und die Aktualität Kritischer Theorie.

Kapitalismus erscheint uns als etwas Äußerliches. Die gesellschaftliche Produktion ist kapitalistisch organisiert ebenso wie die Weise, wie in unserer Gesellschaft Waren verteilt werden. Betrifft uns Kapitalismus aber nicht auf eine viel grundlegendere Art? Bedingt er, wie wir als Individuen denken, fühlen, handeln und begehren? Formt er die Beziehungen, in denen wir mit anderen und unserer Umwelt stehen? Diese Fragen sollen im Rahmen der Tagung unter dem Schlagwort der spätkapitalistischen Subjektivierung in den Blick genommen werden. Diskutiert werden sie mithilfe der methodischen und begrifflichen Mittel der Kritischen Theorie und in einem interdisziplinären Austausch zwischen Philosophie, Soziologie und Psychologie. Zudem werden sie nicht abstrakt, sondern konkret thematisiert – einerseits anhand der Phänomene kapitalistischer Prägung von persönlichen Beziehungen und Arbeitsformen und andererseits mit Blick auf den wiedererstarkten Autoritarismus sowie unseren Umgang mit der Klimakrise. Leitend ist dabei wiederum die Frage, wie sich diese Phänomene spätkapitalistischer Subjektivierung mithilfe der Begriffe und Methoden Kritischer Theorie erfassen und kritisieren lassen.

Mit Beiträgen von Anna Rosa Ostern, Alexandra Colligs, Ina Braune, Virgina Kimey Pflücke, Ricarda Biemüller, Christine Kirchhoff, Joachim Renn und Fiona Kalkstein

Die Teilnahme ist kostenlos. Wir bitten um Registrierung per E-Mail an Jonas.Zorn@tu-dortmund.de

Call for Registration: Truth and Meaning in Mathematics Conference

Date: June 25-27, 2025

Location: Reykjavík, Iceland (In-Person)

Homepage: https://sites.google.com/view/truthinmath/

We invite you to join us for the Truth and Meaning in Mathematics conference, exploring the philosophical foundations of mathematical truth and meaning. Among the topics discussed are:

– The objectivity and nature of mathematical truth

– Formal systems and their role in capturing mathematical meaning

– The relationship between mathematical practice and philosophical theory

– Platonism vs. nominalism in mathematics

– The role of logic in mathematical proofs and truth

– The metaphysical status of mathematical objects

– The interpretation of infinity and paradoxes in mathematics

Invited Speakers:

   Sorin Bangu (University of Bergen)

   Hanoch Ben-Yami (Central European University)

   Silvia De Toffoli (Scuola Universitaria Superiore IUSS Pavia)

   Jordi Fairhurst Chilton (Universitat de les Illes Balears)

   Andrea Guardo (University of Milan)

   Casper Storm Hansen

   José Antonio Perez-Escobar (UNED)

   Matteo Plebani (University of Turin)

   Andrei Rodin (University of Lorraine, Archives Henri-Poincaré and Loria) [TBC]

Registration Deadline: May 1, 2025

Please register via this Google form: https://forms.gle/B6vE4sCQN61V3sWS8

or by emailing asgeirberg@hi.is and deniz.sarikaya@vub.be with your name and affiliation.

Do not book any traveling arrangement before we confirm your slot, space is very limited.

Organizers:

Ásgeir Berg Matthíasson (University of Iceland) & Deniz Sarikaya (Universität zu Lübeck & Vrije Universiteit Brussels).

we are pleased to announce the following book symposium on Roman Frigg’s (2022) monograph „Models and Theories – A Philosophical Inquiry „. This symposium honours Roman Frigg’s comprehensive contribution to the philosophy of science by inviting commentary from contemporary scholars to explore implications for current issues in metaphysics, epistemology, history of philosophy, and other areas. Short presentations are followed by a discussion.

 

The event will take place on the 03. – 04.05.2025 at the University of Potsdam, Campus Neues Palais. Information on the conference schedule and precise location on campus can be found on our website. 

Alternatively, see our PhilEvents-page.

Confirmed participants:

Daian Bica

Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Roman Frigg

London School of Economics

David Hommen

Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Leon Isenmann

Universität Potsdam

Ludger Jansen

PTH Brixen College

Felipe Morales Carbonell

University of Chile

Alice Murphy

LMU Munich

Lydia Patton

Virginia Tech

Luz Christopher Seiberth

Universität Potsdam

Sophie Veigl

University of Vienna

Ioannis Votsis

Northeastern University London

Andreas Wolfsteiner

Hochschule Osnabrück

Dilek Yargan

Rostock University

Attendance is free of charge. If you would like to attend or have any further questions, please notify us via email at: 

leon.isenmann[at]uni-potsdam.de

seiberth[at]uni-potsdam.de

 

We look forward to welcoming you in Potsdam. 

 

All the best, 

Madara Vaserberga

Leon Isenmann

Luz Christopher Seiberth

 

Thank you to the University of Potsdam & German Society of Philosophy DGPhil for funding this event.

Date: June 3–5, 2025

Location: Center for Ethics and Philosophy in Practice (Room M210 in LMU Munich’s Main Building)

Main Speaker: David Enoch (University of Oxford & Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Commentators: Dorothea Gädeke (Free University of Berlin), Rae Langton (University of Cambridge), Robert Simpson (University College London)

More Information: https://www.zepp.uni-muenchen.de/veranstaltungenlehre/munichlectures/2025/index.html

Registration: https://eveeno.com/MLE25

We are delighted to announce The 4th Munich Lectures in Ethics, to be held from June 3–5, 2025 at LMU Munich’s Center for Ethics and Philosophy in Practice. Under the title “Autonomy, Consent, Liberalism,” David Enoch—Professor of the Philosophy of Law and Fellow of Balliol College at the University of Oxford, as well as Rodney Blackman Chair in the Philosophy of Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem—will present three lectures exploring the nature and value of autonomy, the complexities of consent, and a bold reimagining of liberalism. Following each lecture, a distinguished commentator will offer a response, with ample time for open discussion.

As in previous years, The Munich Lectures in Ethics will be published by Oxford University Press, edited by Laura Valentini and overseen by series editor Monika Betzler. Previous speakers in the series include Philip Kitcher (2019), Baroness Onora O’Neill (2021), and Susan Wolf (2023).

Below is the schedule as planned; please note that minor adjustments remain possible.

Program

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

6:00 pm – Welcoming Address (Laura Valentini)

6:15 pm – Lecture I by David Enoch: Why Isn’t (Purely) Epistemic Autonomy of Value?

7:00 pm – Comment I: Robert Simpson

7:20 pm – Response by David Enoch & Open Discussion

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

6:00 pm – Lecture II by David Enoch: A (Somewhat) Unified Theory of Flawed Consent

6:40 pm – Comment II: Rae Langton

7:00 pm – Response by David Enoch & Open Discussion

Thursday, June 5, 2025

6:00 pm – Lecture III by David Enoch: Shameless Liberalism: A Vision

6:40 pm – Comment III: Dorothea Gädeke

7:00 pm – Response by David Enoch & Open Discussion

We look forward to an engaging three-day event that will bring together philosophers, legal scholars, political theorists, and an interested public audience. For more information and to register, please visit our website (above) or write to zepp@lmu.de.

We hope to welcome you to Munich in June 2025!

Democracy in Crisis: Tocqueville’s Theory of Democracy and Its Relevance in the Age of (Global) De-Democratization

Liberal democracy is in crisis worldwide. Not only in comparatively young democracies but also in time-honored ones such as the US, the foundations of liberal, constitutional democracy are crumbling.

As early as the 19th century, Tocqueville presented a groundbreaking theory of democracy, examining both its bright and dark sides as a form of society and government in America and Europe. While current political theory – especially radical democratic theory – focuses on criticism of liberal democracy and its swan song, we aim to revive Tocqueville’s theory of democracy and use it in four systematic panels to ask whether liberal democracy can be saved rather than abandoned.

Our goal is to build a bridge between an analysis of the current phenomena of the democratic crisis and the reconstruction of the central elements of Tocqueville’s theory.

To attend the international conference please send an email to ricarda.wuensch@ur.de before the 15th of May 2025.

Organizers: Dr. Sarah Rebecca Strömel; Prof. Dr. Eva Helene Odzuck

Location: Haus der Begegnung, Hinter der Grieb 8, 93047 Regensburg

Conference website: http://go.ur.de/tocqueville

Für einige Early Career Scholars aus dem In- und Ausland, die ohne eigenen Vortrag an der Tagung teilnehmen wollen, kann auf Antrag und nach Verfügbarkeit auch ein Zuschuss zu den Reisekosten gewährt werden. Für eine entsprechende Unterstützung senden Sie bitte vor der Tagung eine Email mit kurzem Motivationsschreiben, CV und der Höhe der erwarteten Reisekosten an (sarah.stroemel@ur.de) und (eva.odzuck@ur.de). 

Call for Registration:

Reasons and the Structure of Normativity

Speakers:

Maria Alvarez (King’s College London)

Rüdiger Bittner (Bielefeld University)

John Brunero (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)

Jonathan Dancy (University of Texas, Austin)

Ulrike Heuer (University College London)

Antti Kauppinen (University of Helsinki)

Benjamin Kiesewetter (Bielefeld University)

Susanne Mantel (Heidelberg University)

Conor McHugh (University of Southampton)

Shane Ward (Bielefeld University)

Dates and Location:

The conference will be held at Bielefeld University in Bielefeld, Germany, from June 11th to June 13th as an in-person event, with no online participation available. It will begin on the evening of June 11 with a keynote talk by Jonathan Dancy. All other talks will be held on June 12th and 13th.

Summary:

The aim of this conference is to explore the interrelations between different normative properties and different hypotheses about what ultimately unifies them, with a particular focus on whether these properties can be understood in terms of reasons. The talks and discussions will examine the connections between reasons, value, obligation, justification, ought, fittingness, and other key normative notions central to different philosophical subfields, including ethics, epistemology, and the philosophy of emotions. These discussions will have implications for the reasons first program and aspire to improve our understanding of the nature of the normative.

The conference is organized by Benjamin Kiesewetter and Shane Ward (Department of Philosophy, Bielefeld University) as part of the ERC-funded project REASONS F1RST – The Structure of Normativity. For more details on this project, please visit the following link: https://thestructureofnormativity.net/

How to Register:

Registration is now open. To register, please send an email to normativity@uni-bielefeld.de

The deadline to register is 1 June 2025.

Please direct all inquiries to shane.ward@uni-bielefeld.de