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Reminder: Trans*Formations: Gender Euphoria?! 7.6.2026

by Initiative to Support Women in Academic Philosophy

Dear all! We are very happy to remind you of the grand finale of our Trans*Formations talk and workshop series for this semester, which will take place next Sunday! For those of you who don't know: Trans*Formations is an event series organized by students of the University of Vienna which showcases recent strands in trans* theorizing and philosophizing. On June 7th, 2026, we will host an all-day event under the title _Gender Euphoria?!_. Be ready for a program spanning talks, performances, music acts, food, a space for shared discussions, and a little screening! With contributions by: Eric A. Stanley [1] (Berkeley), মm. [2] (Spicer Mixers/ Struma & Iodine), Faris Cuchi Gezahegn [3] (House of Guramayle), Quill Kukla [4] (Georgetown University/ Leibniz Universität Hannover), Luce deLire [5] (Berlin), Tris Hedges [6] (Kopenhagen), Kristin Jackson Lerch [7] (Wien), Fremde Spucke [8] (Wien), and the safer*space collective (Wien). The music program will be headlined by GATAFIERA [9], and Yarx [10], মm. [2] and Pink Pulse will play DJ sets. There will also be pop-up tables by the feminist book shop Chicklit [11] and the queerfeminist shop Queer My Pleasure! [12] An hour of the afternoon will be live-broadcasted on the independent Radio Channell Radio Orange, [13] and we will record the whole program to make it available later on at Vienna REC [14]. We want to thank the Bundesvertretung der Österreichischen Hochschüler_innenschaft (ÖH) [15] & ÖH Uni Wien [16] as well as BaGru Gender Studies [17] and the Vienna Doctoral School of Philosophy [18] for their financial support! Start: 13:00 End: 22:00 Location: Studio Walls, [19] Löhrgasse 9, 1-3, 1150 Vienna More info on the contributors can be found here [20]! Looking forward to seeing you at the event! With all the best, the Trans*Formations Orga Team and UpSalon - A Salon for Underrepresented Philosophers [21] P.S.: Attached, you find a poster! Links: ------ [1] https://gws.berkeley.edu/people/eric-stanley [2] https://unsafeandsounds.com/discourse-author/%e0%a6%aem/ [3] https://brut-wien.at/de/Kuenstler-innen/Gezahegn-Faris-Cuchi [4] https://www.quillrkukla.xyz/ [5] https://getaphilosopher.com/ [6] https://trishedges.com/ [7] https://vorbrenner.at/en/program/ebbe-flut [8] https://www.instagram.com/fremdespucke/ [9] https://www.instagram.com/gatafieramode/?hl=de [10] https://soundcloud.com/yarxn [11] https://www.chicklit.at/ [12] https://queermypleasure.at/ [13] https://o94.at/ [14] https://o94.at/programm/sendereihen/vienna-rec [15] https://www.oeh.ac.at/ [16] https://oeh.univie.ac.at/ [17] https://oeh.univie.ac.at/stv/gender-studies [18] https://vd-philosophy.univie.ac.at/ [19] https://www.studiowalls.at/ [20] https://upsalon.univie.ac.at/events/detail/news/transformations-gender-euph… [21] https://upsalon.univie.ac.at/

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IVC Talk: Pedro Del Valle-Inclan (IVC Fellow, Scuola Normale Superiore Pisa) on "Carnap's Problem: Rules, Models, and Meaning", May 28, 4.45 pm

by Zarah Weiss

Dear all, our next speaker in the Philosophy of Science Colloquium organized by the Institute Vienna Circle is Pedro Del Valle-Inclan (IVC Fellow, Scuola Normale Superiore Pisa), who will give a talk on May 28, 4.45-6.15 pm. All are welcome! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Philosophy of Science Colloquium TALK: **Pedro Del Valle-Inclan (IVC Fellow, Scuola Normale Superiore Pisa)* Carnap's Problem: Rules, Models, and Meaning Philosophy of Science Colloquium The Institute Vienna Circle holds a Philosophy of Science Colloquium with talks by our present fellows. * Date:* 28/05/2026 * Time:* 16h45 * Venue:* New Institute Building (NIG), Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien, HS 3C * Abstract:* In his /Formalization of Logic /(1943) Carnap pointed out that there are non-normal interpretations of classical logic: non-standard interpretations of the connectives and quantifiers that are consistent with the classical consequence relation of a language. Different ways around the problem have been proposed. In a recent paper, Bonnay and Westerst˚ahl argue that the key to a solution is imposing restrictions on the type of interpretation we take into account. More precisely, they claim that if we restrict attention to interpretations that are (a) compositional, (b) non-trivial and (c) in the case of the quantifiers, invariant under permutations of the domain, Carnap’s Problem is avoided. This paper has two goals. The first is to show that Bonnay and Westerst˚ahl’s solution to Carnap’s Problem doesn’t work. The second is to argue that something similar to their proposal seems to do the job. The problems with Bonnay and Westerst˚ahl’s approach trace back to issues concerning the (un)definability of subsets of the domain of first-order structures, as well as to the compositionality of first-order languages. After expanding on these problems, I’ll propose a way to modify Bonnay and Westerst˚ahl’s account and solve Carnap’s Problem.

5 days, 10 hours

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Phänomenologische Forschungen - Vortrag und Workshop mit Andrzej Gniazdowski (Warschau)

by Georg Harfensteller

Liebe Kolleg:innen, wir möchten Sie herzlich zur nächsten Veranstaltung der Reihe „Phänomenologische Forschungen“ einladen: *Vortrag und Workshop mit Andrzej Gniazdowski (Warschau):* *Do. 28.5.2026, 18:30, 3D, NIG* VORTRAG - "Die Phänomenologie des Staates. Eine kritisch-historische Einführung" *Fr. 29.5.2026, 9:00–13:00, 3D, NIG* WORKSHOP zu Texten von Andrzej Gniazdowski, Klaus Held und Thomas Szanto. Texte zum Workshop finden Sie auf Moodle, schreiben Sie sich dafür gerne hier <https://phaenomenologie.univie.ac.at/forschung/newslettermoodle/> ein. Weitere Informationen zu Veranstaltungen des *Forschungskreises Phänomenologie* finden Sie auf unserer Website <https://phaenomenologie.univie.ac.at/> sowie auf Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/forschungskreisphaenomenologie/>. Mit besten Grüßen, Michael Staudigl, Gerhard Unterthurner, Georg Harfensteller [image: csm_PhaeForsch_SS_26_1.1_41d218b106.png]

6 days, 4 hours

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Conference, Ancient and Late Antique Philosophy in Byzantium, Vienna, Μay 28-29 2026

by George Karamanolis

Dear colleagues, I would like to inform you about a conference on Byzantine Philosophy that takes place at the end of the week in Vienna. Please see the attached poster. Best wishes, George -- Univ.-Prof. Dr. George Karamanolis Institut für Philosophie Vizedekan für Lehre, Fakultät für Philosophie und Bildungswissenschaft Zimmer: D0308 1010 Wien, Universitätsstraße 7 (NIG) T: +43-1-4277-46476 eFax: +43-1-4277-846476 https://antikephilosophie.univie.ac.at

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Herzliche Einladung zur Buchpräsentation "Ideale der Menschlichkeit - von der Sprengkraft des Austrohumanismus"

by Sonja Fiala

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren! Herzliche Einladung zur Buchpräsentation "Ideale der Menschlichkeit - von der Sprengkraft des Austrohumanismus" am 09. Juni 2026 um 18:00h im Lesesaal der FB Philosophie und Psychologie. Im Anschluss laden wir zu Brot und Wein. Weitere Informationen zur Veranstaltung: https://bibliothek.univie.ac.at/events/008807.html Liebe Grüße Sonja Fiala [cid:image002.png@01DCE84D.6D63B8D0] OR Mag. Sonja Fiala Leiterin der Fachbibliothek Philosophie und Psychologie https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5492-8934 https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/persons/sonja-fiala/ Universität Wien Universitätsbibliothek Fachbibliothek Philosophie und Psychologie Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien T: +43-1-4277-15079 sonja.fiala(a)univie.ac.at<mailto:sonja.fiala@univie.ac.at> https://bibliothek.univie.ac.at/fb-philosophie-psychologie/ [cid:image001.png@01DCE84C.E0430780]

1 week, 5 days

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IVC Talk: Iulian Danut Toader (IVC) on "Conservatism as a Norm of Scientific Practice", March 19, 4.45 pm

by Zarah Weiss

Dear all, our next speaker in the Philosophy of Science Colloquium organized by the Institute Vienna Circle is Iulian Danut Toader (IVC), who will give a talk on March 19, 4.45-6.15 pm. All are welcome! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Philosophy of Science Colloquium TALK: Iulian Danut Toader (IVC)* Conservatism as a Norm of Scientific Practice Philosophy of Science Colloquium The Institute Vienna Circle holds a Philosophy of Science Colloquium with talks by our present fellows. * Date:* 19/03/2026 * Time:* 16h45 * Venue:* New Institute Building (NIG), Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien, HS 3C * Abstract:* Contemporary scientists extol the virtues of conservatism, the view that advocates the preservation of the theoretical status quo and castigates everything beyond this as unfounded speculation. More generally, conservatives emphasize that science has been almost always cumulative, and scientific progress has been almost always made through evolution, rather than revolution. They further suggest that contemporary science should be cumulative, and that it should make progress through evolution, rather than revolution. In this talk, I provide a brief historical-conceptual analysis of conservatism as a norm that urges us to preserve the theoretical status quo, extend its intended domain of resiliency to the furthest extent possible, and only allow changes if we have stronger reasons to accept some theoretical alternative. I then focus on a specific expression of conservatism - the so-called principle of permanence - which has been extremely influential since mid-19th century in both mathematics and physics, in an attempt to determine, more precisely, the kinds of normativity that conservatism is thought to have.

1 week, 5 days

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Trans*Formations: Gender Euphoria?! - June 7th, 2026

by Initiative to Support Women in Academic Philosophy

Dear all! We are very happy to invite you to the grand finale of our Trans*Formations talk and workshop series for this semester! For those of you who don't know: Trans*Formations is an event series organized by students of the University of Vienna which showcases recent strands in trans* theorizing and philosophizing. Please save the date: On June 7th, 2026, we will host an all-day event under the title _Gender Euphoria?!_. Be ready for a program spanning talks, performances, music acts, food, a space for shared discussions, and a little screening! With contributions by: Eric A. Stanley [1] (Berkeley), মm. [2] (Spicer Mixers/ Struma & Iodine), Faris Cuchi Gezahegn [3] (House of Guramayle), Quill Kukla [4] (Georgetown University/ Leibniz Universität Hannover), Luce deLire [5] (Berlin), Tris Hedges [6] (Kopenhagen), Kristin Jackson Lerch [7] (Wien), Fremde Spucke [8] (Wien), and the safer*space collective (Wien). The music program will be headlined by GATAFIERA [9], and Yarx [10], মm. [2] and Pink Pulse will play DJ sets. There will also be pop-up tables by the feminist book shop Chicklit [11] and the queerfeminist shop Queer My Pleasure, [12] and, of course, FOOD! An hour of the afternoon will be live-broadcasted on the independent Radio Channell Radio Orange, [13] and we will record the whole program to make it available later on at Vienna REC [14]. We want to thank the Bundesvertretung der Österreichischen Hochschüler_innenschaft (ÖH) [15] & ÖH Uni Wien [16] as well as BaGru Gender Studies [17] and the VDP for their financial support! Start: 13:00 End: 22:00 Location: Studio Walls, [18] Löhrgasse 9, 1-3, 1150 Vienna More info on the contributors can be found here [19]! Looking forward to seeing you at the event! With all the best, the Trans*Formations Orga Team and UpSalon - A Salon for Underrepresented Philosophers [20] P.S.: Attached, you find a poster! Links: ------ [1] https://gws.berkeley.edu/people/eric-stanley [2] https://unsafeandsounds.com/discourse-author/%e0%a6%aem/ [3] https://brut-wien.at/de/Kuenstler-innen/Gezahegn-Faris-Cuchi [4] https://www.quillrkukla.xyz/ [5] https://getaphilosopher.com/ [6] https://trishedges.com/ [7] https://vorbrenner.at/en/program/ebbe-flut [8] https://www.instagram.com/fremdespucke/ [9] https://www.instagram.com/gatafieramode/?hl=de [10] https://soundcloud.com/yarxn [11] https://www.chicklit.at/ [12] https://queermypleasure.at/ [13] https://o94.at/ [14] https://o94.at/programm/sendereihen/vienna-rec [15] https://www.oeh.ac.at/ [16] https://oeh.univie.ac.at/ [17] https://oeh.univie.ac.at/stv/gender-studies [18] https://www.studiowalls.at/ [19] https://upsalon.univie.ac.at/events/detail/news/transformations-gender-euph… [20] https://upsalon.univie.ac.at/

1 week, 5 days

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WSG: Ricardo Alcocer Urueta, "A morphosyntactic construal of "being" as understood by Plato and Aristotle" (26. 05.)

by Laura Grestenberger

Sehr geehrte Kolleginnen und Kollegen, Ich würde Sie gerne auf den Vortrag von Dr. Ricardo Alcocer Urueta (Universität Wien, Institut für Philosophie) hinweisen, der kommende Woche in der Vortragsreihe der Wiener Sprachgesellschaft stattfindet: Titel: "A morphosyntactic construal of "being" as understood by Plato and Aristotle" Datum & Uhrzeit: Dienstag, 26.05., 18.00h Ort: Institut für Sprachwissenschaft, Sensengasse 3A, Hörsaal 1 (1. OG) Es gibt diesmal auch die Möglichkeit, online via Zoom dabei zu sein: https://univienna.zoom.us/j/61491797180?pwd=bHRaamebodpqCuOM4Lnh2WgnczqTD6.1 Meeting-ID: 614 9179 7180 Kenncode: 098246 Das Abstract finden Sie weiter unten im Anhang und auf der Homepage der WSG: https://wsg.univie.ac.at/veranstaltungen/ricardo-alcocer-urueta-a-morphosyn… Interessierte sind herzlich willkommen! Mit besten Grüßen, Laura Grestenberger ---------------------- A morphosyntactic construal of "being" as understood by Plato and Aristotle Abstract: The expression of the classical concept of being in philosophy, articulated through the Indo-European verbal copula par excellence (BE), operates at a syntactic level that transcends the distinctions that led Frege, Russell, Wittgenstein, and others to regard this verb as ambiguous. My presentation connects “being”, as understood by Plato and Aristotle, with the morphosyntactic structures of Classical Greek. As a technical term in classical Greek philosophy, εἰμί ‘am’ (≈ BE) did not convey a predicate or part of a predicate, but grammatical categories marked on Classical Greek verbs. However, Plato and Aristotle did not see εἰμί as an inflectional support morpheme entirely devoid of semantic content. Since εἰμί remained unmarked for certain features operating above the predicate level throughout its grammaticalization, Plato and Aristotle, as Classical Greek speakers, believed that it constituted (what we could describe as) a default predication structure that need not be associated with an event in the strict sense. -- Ass.-Prof. Dr. Laura Grestenberger Universität Wien, Inst. für Sprachwissenschaft / University of Vienna, Dept. of Linguistics PI, EVOCAT (ERC-CoG, evocat.univie.ac.at) lauragrestenberger.com Wiener Sprachgesellschaft, wsg.univie.ac.at The PIE Women's Collective, pie-collective.com

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Call for Papers - Myth and the More-than-Human Community in the Twenty-First Century – Vienna, 8–9 October 2026

by Lukas Geiszler

Dear colleagues, I would like to draw your attention to a Call for Papers that may be of interest to those working at the intersection of philosophy, religious studies, political theory, and more-than-human ecology. The workshop /Myth and the More-than-Human Community in the Twenty-First Century/ will take place on 8–9 October 2026 at the University of Vienna, with keynote lectures by Prof. Vanessa Lemm and Prof. Laurens ten Kate. The workshop asks whether community — and more-than-human community in particular — can be conceived as anything other than a myth. It places the constitutive ambivalence of myth at the centre of its inquiry: myth as ideological fiction on the one hand, and as a primordial, potentially non-hierarchical form of world-disclosure on the other. Topics include inter-species relations, ecological entanglements, becoming-animal, sovereignty and immunisation, and relational and Indigenous ontologies. Theoretical reference points include Derrida, Nancy, Latour, Haraway, and Nietzschean and post-Nietzschean critiques of humanism. Find the full CfP attached. Contributions may take the form of individual papers (20 minutes, followed by 30 minutes of discussion). Proposals should include the presenter’s name, paper title, full contact details, an abstract of 500 words, and a brief biographical note — submitted as a single PDF file. Deadline: 17 July 2026 Contact: myth.community(a)lists.univie.ac.at Website: https://phaenomenologie.univie.ac.at/forschung/myth-community/ Please feel free to share this call in your networks. Best wishes, Lukas Geiszler

1 week, 5 days

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Buchsymposium mit Jan Völker zu Philosophie und Raumfahrt am 21. Mai in NIG 2H ab 14.00

by Miguel de la Riva

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, Ralf Gisinger und ich möchten Sie herzlich zu einem Buchsymposium zu Philosophie und Raumfahrt am 21. Mai in NIG 2H ab 14.00 einladen. In einem fachübergreifenden Workshop möchten wir mit Jan Völker über seinen 2025 bei Matthes & Seitz erschienenen Essay "Ein Weltall des Kapitals: Die Überwindung der terrestrischen Vernunft" diskutieren. Völker ist seit dem Wintersemester Professor an der Abteilung für Philosophie der Universität für angewandte Kunst. Sie finden im Anhang das Plakat zur Veranstaltung sowie hier nun auch ein detailliertes Programm: 14.00 -- 14.10 Begrüßung 14.10 - 14.30 Prof Dr. Jan Völker (Abteilung für Philosophie, Universität für angewandte Kunst) "Jenseits des Weltbildes: Philosophie und Raumfahrt" 14.30 -- 15.15 Miguel de la Riva (Institut für Philosophie) "Von 'Earthrise' zu 'Earthset': Wie Fotografien der Erde aus dem All das Weltbild veränderten" 15.15 -- 15.30 Kaffeepause 15.30 -- 16.15 Prof Dr. Alexandra Ganser (Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik) "Outer Space, Otherwise: Epistemologien der Weltraumbetrachtung" 16.15 -- 17.00 Ralf Gisinger (Institut für Philosophie) "Zwischen Geo- und Weltraumphilosophie: Kritik(en) der planetarisch- terrestrischen Vernunft" 17.00 --17.15 Kaffeepause 17.15 -- 18.00 Assoz. Prof. Dr. Nina Klimburg-Witjes (Institut für Wissenschafts- und Technikforschung, ERC-Projekt „FutureSpace“) "Topographien der Erde-Weltraum Beziehungen: Governance, Imaginationen und Soziomaterialität" 18.00 -- 18.30 Schlussdiskussion Mit besten Grüßen Miguel de la Riva & Ralf Gisinger -- Miguel de la Riva, M.A. Wissenschaftlicher Projektmitarbeiter Institut für Philosophie Universität Wien https://bsky.app/profile/m-de-la-riva.bsky.social

1 week, 5 days

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Invitation_Inhabiting Data: Objects, Tools, and Frameworks in Post-Genomic Biology_May 22, 2026, Department of Philosophy – University of Vienna

by Florian Kolowrat

Dear colleagues, we cordially invite all of you to following event: *Inhabiting Data: Objects, Tools, and Frameworks in Post-Genomic Biology* May 22, 2026 Department of Philosophy – University of Vienna Room 3a (Room D0312, 3rd floor) Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Vienna Organized by: Univ.-Prof. Tarja Knuuttila and Dr. Gregor Paul Greslehner (Department of Philosophy – University of Vienna) Speakers: Robert Meunier (ICI Berlin), Gregor Paul Greslehner (University of Vienna), Patrick Ferree (University of Copenhagen) and Kevin Purkhauser (University of Vienna) For registration: please send an email to florian.kolowrat(a)univie.ac.at We look forward to your participation and to engaging discussions! With kind regards Florian Kolowrat -- *Florian Kolowrat * Universität Wien | University of Vienna Institut für Philosophie | Department of Philosophy Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien | Vienna Organisational Assistant to Univ.-Prof. Mag. Mag. Dr. Georg Schiemer Department of Philosophy – University of Vienna Organisational Assistant to Univ.-Prof. Tarja Knuuttila, MSc M.Soc.Sc PhD Department of Philosophy – University of Vienna Mail: Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien E-Mail: florian.kolowrat(a)univie.ac.at Phone: +43-1-4277-46461 Web: https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/ person.html?id=53614 <https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/person.html?id=53614>

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Call for Papers “Experimenting Philosophy of Religion: Altering Politics, Ecology and Aesthetics in Transition”: 21 - 23 October 2026 at the University of Vienna

by Marco Fiorletta

Dear colleagues, we are pleased to invite submissions for the conference “Experimenting Philosophy of Religion: Altering Politics, Ecology and Aesthetics in Transition”, which will take place from 21–23 October 2026 at the University of Vienna. The conference explores “experimenting philosophy of religion” as a field, method, and performative mode of exchange. It aims to engage with pressing contemporary challenges—particularly in politics, ecology, and aesthetics—by fostering exploratory, unconventional, and interdisciplinary approaches. While the focus lies on philosophy of religion, contributions from related disciplines such as sociology, political science, and cultural studies, artistic and other related disciplines are very welcome. We especially welcome contributions that work with innovative methods, address marginal questions, or challenge established disciplinary boundaries. The conference is structured around three thematic panels: * Politics & Society * Ecology & Nature * Arts & Aesthetics Early career researchers are particularly encouraged to apply. Presentations will be 20 minutes long, followed by a response and discussion. Submission details and guidelines in the full Call for Papers can be found here<https://vdtr.univie.ac.at/activities/public-events>. Deadline for submissions: 5 June 2026 Notification of acceptance: 30 June 2026 Please send submissions to: xphilrel.2026(a)univie.ac.at<mailto:xphilrel.2026@univie.ac.at> If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at any time. We look forward to your contributions. With best regards, Christian Faber & Marco Fiorletta

3 weeks, 3 days

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Reminder: Trans*Formations Talk Jane Russell, KC

by Initiative to Support Women in Academic Philosophy

Dear All, this is a reminder for the next Trans*Formations Event at the Philosophy Institute. For those who do not know the series: This talk and workshop series organized by a bunch of people from the Philosophy Department (BA, MA and PhD) provides insights into recent developments in trans* philosophizing. Thanks to the Vienna Doctoral School of Philosophy (VDP) [1] and queer@hochschulen [2] for their financial support! In the next talk, Jane Russell KC (Lawyer from London) will discuss her experiences with contemporary cases in UK law that deal with rights of trans* people. She will give insight into her practice, and reflect on anti-trans* presuppositions and British terfism that become evident in these court cases. The event will be in English! When: 15.5.2026, 16:00-17:30 Where: HS 3A, NIG (Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien) Trans* Exclusion in UK Courts A Talk by Jane Russell KC As a lawyer, Jane Russell KC has represented the interests of the British trans* community in some of the most high profile cases of the past decade: Bailey v Stonewall and Garden Court (2022), involving the co-founder of the prominent anti-trans lobbying group LGB Alliance; Forstater v CGD (2019), involving the founder of Sex Matters, and which established that "gender critical views" are protected as a 'philosophical belief' under the Equality Act 2010; recently, Peggie vs Fife Health Board and Dr. B Upton (2025), which considered whether a nurse had been subject to discrimination by virtue of being expected to share a changing room with a trans* colleague. With her legal expertise and personal insights into the fight for trans* rights inside the courtroom, Jane Russell is ideally placed to shed light on how powerful groups use the law to target trans* people, and how trans* rights can be protected by the court. There will be drinks & snacks and a Q&A after the talk! We are especially happy if those join the talk who are versed in the legal situation of trans* people in Austria, so we can have a fruitful discussion on similarities, differences, and possible strategies for action. But: no prior legal knowledge required!!! Please register here [3] and forward to everyone who could be interested! Looking forward to seeing you at the talk! The Trans*Formations Team and UPSalon - A Salon for Underrepresented Philosophers Links: ------ [1] https://vd-philosophy.univie.ac.at/ [2] https://queer-at-hochschulen.org/ [3] https://urise.univie.ac.at/mod/booking/optionview.php?optionid=2719&cmi…

3 weeks, 4 days

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Invitation: Conference,"The Formal Turn: Formalism in Mathematics and Logic at the Turn of the 20th Century", June 8 – 10, 2026, Department of Philosophy

by Florian Kolowrat

Dear colleagues, we cordially invite all of you to following event: Conference "The Formal Turn: Formalism in Mathematics and Logic at the Turn of the 20th Century" June 8 – 10, 2026 <https://formalism.phl.univie.ac.at/events/the-formal-turn-formalism-in-math…> Department of Philosophy – University of Vienna Room 3a (D0312), 3rd floor, Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Vienna <https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/i_philosophie/Orient…> Organized by: Georg Schiemer and Richard Lawrence, University of Vienna, ERC Project: “The Formal Turn – The Emergence of Formalism in Twentieth-Century Thought” (GA No 101044114). Confirmed Speakers: Richard Lawrence (University of Vienna), Rachel Boddy (IUSS Pavia), David Waszek (École Normale Supérieure, Paris), Georg Schiemer (University of Vienna), Joan Bertran-San-Millán (Complutense University of Madrid), Paola Cantù (Aix-Marseille Université), Mirja Hartimo (University of Helsinki), Dirk Schlimm (McGill University), Moritz Bodner (University of Vienna), Iulian Toader (University of Vienna), Alberto Naibo (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, IHPST), Antonio Piccolomini (University of Tübingen), Christoph Limbeck Lilienau (Institute Vienna Circle, University of Vienna), Marianna Antonutti (University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, IHPST), Ansten Klev (Czech Academy of Sciences), Richard Zach (University of Calgary). Registration: If you would like to attend the conference, please send an email to Florian Kolowrat florian.kolowrat(a)univie.ac.at Deadline for registration: June 4, 2026. We look forward to your participation and to engaging discussions! With kind regards Florian Kolowrat -- *Florian Kolowrat * Universität Wien | University of Vienna Institut für Philosophie | Department of Philosophy Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien | Vienna Organisational Assistant to Univ.-Prof. Mag. Mag. Dr. Georg Schiemer Department of Philosophy – University of Vienna Organisational Assistant to Univ.-Prof. Tarja Knuuttila, MSc M.Soc.Sc PhD Department of Philosophy – University of Vienna Mail: Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien E-Mail: florian.kolowrat(a)univie.ac.at Phone: +43-1-4277-46461 Web: https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/ person.html?id=53614 <https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/person.html?id=53614>

3 weeks, 4 days

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Knowledge in Crisis Conference in July

by Melanie Rasl

Dear All, we are pleased to invite you to the conference *Knowledge in Crisis: Knowledge, Power and Social Life* *1–3 July 2026* *University of Vienna - Sky Lounge* How can epistemology help us to better understand and overcome the crisis of knowledge? The aim of this conference is to showcase cutting edge work on knowledge: its nature and norms as well as its social and political dimensions. We want to foster exchange between different approaches to knowledge and the crisis it finds itself in. At the heart of the crisis of knowledge are philosophical problems about the relationship between knowledge, truth, science, ethics and politics—and ultimately our relationship to reality itself. For more information, including the full program and registration details, please visit this website: Conference 2026 <https://www.knowledgeconference.at/home> Best regards, FWF Cluster of Excellence - Knowledge in Crisis Institut für Philosophie | Department of Philosophy Universität Wien | University of Vienna E-Mail: kic.philosophie(a)univie.ac.at

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Invitation: Between You & Me. A Workshop on interpersonal ethics 18.5.-19.5.

by Anni Räty

Dear all, I am pleased to announce a two-day workshop on interpersonal ethics taking place on May 18th and 19th in Vienna. Our speakers include Monika Betzler (LMU Munich), Sam Dishaw (UC Louvain), Fabienne Peter (Warwick), Jonas Vandieken (LMU Munich) and Quinn White (Harvard). Location: KiC offices at Hörlgasse 6/8 Date: 18.5.-19.5. Please see the attached poster and schedule of talks for more details. The event is open to all, but registration (free of charge) is required. You can register for the workshop here: https://forms.gle/4J8bcMBviB5CNop29 See our Philevents announcements here: https://philevents.org/event/show/148029 Best wishes, Anni -- Dr. Anni Räty, PhD BA University Assistant in Philosophy University of Vienna they/them

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Bonitz Lecture 2026, Prof. Voula Tsouna, University of California Santa Barbara

by George Karamanolis

Liebe alle, am Donnerstag, den 7.5.2026, ab 17:00 Uhr findet die diesjährige Herrmann Bonitz Lecture im Hörsaal 21 (Hauptgebäude Universität, Universitätsring 1) statt. Vortragende ist diesmal Frau Prof. VOULA TSOUNA (University of California Santa Barbara) mit dem Thema: The Two Worlds Problem Revisited. A new interpretation of the philosopher‘s rule in Plato‘s Republic. Am darauf folgenden Freitag, 8.5.2026, findet von 10-12 Uhr ein Workshop mit Frau Prof. Tsouna statt zum Thema "Anticipatory concepts in Epicureanism and Stoicism", im Seminarraum der Fachbereichsbibliothek des Institutes für Klassische Philologie, Mittel- und Neulatein. Alle sind herzlich willkommen! Mit besten Grüßen, George Karamanolis -- Univ.-Prof. Dr. George Karamanolis Institut für Philosophie Vizedekan für Lehre, Fakultät für Philosophie und Bildungswissenschaft Zimmer: D0308 1010 Wien, Universitätsstraße 7 (NIG) T: +43-1-4277-46476 eFax: +43-1-4277-846476 https://antikephilosophie.univie.ac.at

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Open Call for Applications: PhD and Postdoc positions in UnAxiMa: Uncovering the Axioms of Mathematics

by Georg Schiemer

Open Call for Applications - PhD and Postdoc positions in UnAxiMa: Uncovering the Axioms of Mathematics The FWF Emerging Fields project UnAxiMa (Uncovering the Axioms of Mathematics) is offering up to 12 postdoc positions and up to 12 PhD positions at TU Wien and the University of Vienna, Austria. The goal of the 5-year project is to explore the axioms of mathematics taking into account aspects of mathematical logic (in particular, set theory, computability theory, and reverse mathematics), complexity theory, automated theorem proving, and philosophy. The project is jointly led by six principal investigators: Juan P. Aguilera (TU Wien), Vera Fischer (University of Vienna), Laura Kovács (TU Wien), Sandra Müller (TU Wien), Michael Pinsker (TU Wien), and Georg Schiemer (University of Vienna). UnAxiMa is looking for highly motivated and creative candidates, and in particular encourage female researchers to apply. The applicants should have a strong background in at least one of the following fields: mathematical logic, theoretical computer science, universal algebra, or philosophy of mathematics. For the PhD positions the requirements are a Master's degree or equivalent in mathematics, computer science, or philosophy. For the postdoc positions the requirements are a PhD or equivalent in mathematics, computer science, or philosophy. Successful candidates will be based at either TU Wien or University of Vienna, but will collaborate with all of the 18-30 team members intensively. Dates: Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled. For full consideration, we encourage applications by May 22nd, 2026. Successful applicants will start in October 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter, but not later than October 2027. The duration of the positions will be up to 4 years (for PhD positions) and 3 years (for postdoc positions), with initial contracts offered for one year, and prolongation subject to evaluation. The positions carry no teaching load; however, participation in teaching might be arranged if desired. There is sufficient funding for conference and research exchange trips. Online interviews are planned for June 15th–17th, 2026. Documents: Applicants will be required to submit: a motivation letter, CV (including list of publications, if applicable), a statement of research experience and interests (2 pages maximum). In the case of the PhD positions, a transcript of records as well as a copy of the Master's thesis should be included if available (otherwise, any other written work such as a draft or Bachelor's thesis are welcome). Contact details for two references who have agreed to provide recommendation letters if contacted by UnAxiMa. How to apply: Applications should be submitted through EasyChair via the following link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=unaxima26 Informal inquiries about these posts may be directed to Professor Michael Pinsker, chair of the Hiring Committee, at jobs(a)unaxima.com <mailto:jobs@unaxima.com>.

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Einladung zur FöP am 13. Mai 2026 / Invitation to the FöP on 13 May 2026

by Isabel Maria Seelmann

Liebe alle, gerne laden wir zur nächsten Fakultätsöffentlichen Präsentation von Dissertationsprojekten (FöP) ein. Die Veranstaltung findet am Mittwoch, den 13. Mai 2026, um 13:15 Uhr im Seminarraum 3A (NIG, 3. Stock) statt. PROGRAMM: 13:15 Alicia Wach, BA MA MSc Internally Conflicted Group Agents: Coherence, Interference, and Responsibility Betreuung: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hans Bernhard Schmid 13:45 María Carolina Berrutti Bartesaghi, BA BA MA Praising Constituted Group Agents Betreuung: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hans Bernhard Schmid 14:15 Jeanne Pang, BA MA Gender Non-conformity and Structural Epistemic Wrongs Betreuung: Univ.-Prof. Paulina Sliwa, PhD 14:45 Mag. phil. Anthony Hauninger, BA Vom Wesen des Leidens und seiner Bewältigung Philosophisch-anthropologische Hermeneutik bei ausgewählten europäischen und buddhistischen Denkern Betreuung: Univ.-Doz. Mag. Mag. Dr. Hisaki Hashi Im Anschluss an die Präsentationen wird es ein Catering geben, das von der Vienna Doctoral School of Philosophy (VDP) organisiert wird. Die FöP ist eine öffentliche Veranstaltung. Die Einladung kann gerne geteilt werden. Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Teilnahme! Mit besten Grüßen Univ.-Prof. Dr. Benjamin Schnieder Studienprogrammleitung Doktoratsstudium Philosophie *** Dear all, We warmly invite you to the upcoming Public Faculty Presentation of Dissertation Projects (FöP). The event will take place on Wednesday, 13 May 2026, at 1:15 p.m., in Seminar Room 3A (NIG, 3rd floor). PROGRAMME: 1:15 p.m. Alicia Wach, BA MA MSc Internally Conflicted Group Agents: Coherence, Interference, and Responsibility Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hans Bernhard Schmid 1:45 p.m. María Carolina Berrutti Bartesaghi, BA BA MA Praising Constituted Group Agents Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hans Bernhard Schmid 2:15 p.m. Jeanne Pang, BA MA Gender Non-conformity and Structural Epistemic Wrongs Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Paulina Sliwa, PhD 2:45 p.m. Mag. phil. Anthony Hauninger, BA Vom Wesen des Leidens und seiner Bewältigung Philosophisch-anthropologische Hermeneutik bei ausgewählten europäischen und buddhistischen Denkern Supervisor: Univ.-Doz. Mag. Mag. Dr. Hisaki Hashi A buffet reception will follow the presentations, kindly supported by the Vienna Doctoral School of Philosophy (VDP). We look forward to your participation! Please feel free to share this invitation with anyone who may be interested. Best wishes, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Benjamin Schnieder Director of the Doctoral Program in Philosophy

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[REMINDER] Workshop - Philosophy: What and How? - University of Vienna, May 7-8

by Mani Rashtipour

This is a kind reminder of the upcoming workshop: Philosophy: What and How? A workshop on the nature, aims, and methods of philosophy. Views on what philosophy is and how it should be done vary widely. Is philosophy concerned with reality or with our concepts used for grasping aspects of reality? Does philosophy use a priori or empirical methods? What is the role of intuitions? And of the method of cases? What are philosophers trying to find out? Is Philosophy a descriptive or a normative discipline, or both? Key information: Dates: May 7–8, 2026, 09:00–18:00. Venue: Sky Lounge (DG), Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, 1090 Wien, Austria Here is a list of speakers and titles: Max Kölbel Philosophy as Conceptual Engagement Yaokun Fu The Arrovian Impossibility Theorem in Metaphysical Theory Choice Sophie Veigl Beyond Method? Philosophy of Science Between Analysis and Activities Elijah Chudnoff Intuition and Philosophical Progress Matti Eklund The Parochial, the Universal and the Alien Asya Passinsky Ameliorative Metaphysics Eric Wallace Idealisation and Overfitting Alice van't Hoff Choosing Metalanguages Edouard Machery Arguments won't help Registration and more details: https://philosophywhatandhow.phl.univie.ac.at/ Registration is required but free of charge, and all are welcome. (registration form on the bottom of the page). This workshop is supported by the PACE (pace.phl.univie.ac.at/) and KiC (www.knowledgeincrisis.com/) projects.

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Trans*Formations: 15.5. with Jane Russell KC

by Initiative to Support Women in Academic Philosophy

Dear All, we want to cordially invite you to the May Trans*Formations Event at the Philosophy Institute. For those who do not know the series: This talk and workshop series organized by a bunch of people from the Philosophy Department (BA, MA and PhD) provides insights into recent developments in trans* philosophizing. Thanks to the Vienna Doctoral School of Philosophy (VDP) [1] and queer@hochschulen [2] for their financial support! In the next talk, Jane Russell KC (Lawyer from London) will discuss her experiences with contemporary cases in UK law that deal with rights of trans* people. She will give insight into her practice, and reflect on anti-trans* presuppositions and British terfism that become evident in these court cases. The event will be in English! When: 15.5.2026, 16:00-17:30 Where: HS 3A, NIG (Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien) Trans* Exclusion in UK Courts A Talk by Jane Russell KC As a lawyer, Jane Russell KC has represented the interests of the British trans* community in some of the most high profile cases of the past decade: Bailey v Stonewall and Garden Court (2022), involving the co-founder of the prominent anti-trans lobbying group LGB Alliance; Forstater v CGD (2019), involving the founder of Sex Matters, and which established that "gender critical views" are protected as a 'philosophical belief' under the Equality Act 2010; recently, Peggie vs Fife Health Board and Dr. B Upton (2025), which considered whether a nurse had been subject to discrimination by virtue of being expected to share a changing room with a trans* colleague. With her legal expertise and personal insights into the fight for trans* rights inside the courtroom, Jane Russell is ideally placed to shed light on how powerful groups use the law to target trans* people, and how trans* rights can be protected by the court. There will be drinks & snacks and a Q&A after the talk! We are especially happy if those join the talk who are versed in the legal situation of trans* people in Austria, so we can have a fruitful discussion on similarities, differences, and possible strategies for action. But: no prior legal knowledge required!!! Please register here [3] and forward to everyone who could be interested! Looking forward to seeing you at the talk! The Trans*Formations Team and UPSalon - A Salon for Underrepresented Philosophers P.S.: Attached, you find a poster - you can also print it and hang at your own department! Links: ------ [1] https://vd-philosophy.univie.ac.at/ [2] https://queer-at-hochschulen.org/ [3] https://urise.univie.ac.at/mod/booking/optionview.php?optionid=2719&cmi…

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UpSalon Stammtisch: TODAY

by Initiative to Support Women in Academic Philosophy

Dear all, this is a reminder for the next UPSalon Stammtisch, which will take place today, Tuesday, 28.4.2026, 19:00 at Café Weingartner (Goldschlagstraße 6). UPSalon are a group of students, doctoral and post-doctoral researchers at the department of philosophy; the initiative aims at creating a space and community in Vienna where underrepresented philosophers - such as women, trans, inter and non-binary persons, BIPOC, socioeconomically disadvantaged people, queer people, and people with disabilities - can connect on a regular basis at events and informal gatherings. We are looking forward to resuming the conversations we had at our last meeting in March, and are happy about new people who want to join. We also want to remind you that our second event of next semester, the Trans*Formations talk by Luana Pesarini, will take place on Thursday, 30.4., 18:00-19:30 at HS 3A, NIG. Please find the event description below and the poster attached. Due to the high demand of seats for Luana's talk, there is also the possibility to attend online! Please find all details below :) Looking forward to seeing you later or at the talk! With all the best, UPSalon ------- Dear All, we want to cordially invite you to the next Trans*Formations Event at the Philosophy Institute. For those who do not know the series: This talk and workshop series organized by a bunch of people from the Philosophy Department (BA, MA and PhD) provides insights into recent developments in trans* philosophizing. Thanks to the Vienna Doctoral School of Philosophy (VDP) [1] and queer@hochschulen [2] for their financial support! In the next talk, Luana Pesarini (Goethe Universität Frankfurt) will discuss historical and contemporary theories of the neural basis of transness, and the presuppositions these studies rely on, from a trans/feminist science studies perspective. The next Event will be in English! When & Where: Thursday, 30.4.2026 - 18:00-19:30 at HS 3A, NIG (Universitätsstraße 7) The Trans Brain? History and Current Hypotheses on the Neural Basis of Transness Abstract: Against the background of contemporary debates about the supposed natural basis of sex/gender and the intersection of neurodivergence and transness, the lecture will turn to the history and contemporary theories of the neural basis of transness. Contemporary trans brain hypotheses rest on a whole array of presuppositions: The assumption that brains have a sex/gender; that this brain sex/gender can stand in opposition to the sex assigned at birth; that brain sex/gender develops in response to hormonal changes; that this development has a temporal threshold; and that one can discern transness from a trans-sexed/gendered brain - all of these conveyed through imaging technologies. To fan out the presuppositions that fuel contemporary theories of the neural basis of transness, the lecture will trace its history through the lens of trans/feminist science studies. Starting from theories about the natural bisexuality and plasticity of mammals and their eugenic interpretations at the beginning of the 20th century (Eugen Steinach, Paul Kammerer), the lecture will move through the early hypotheses about the neural basis of transness in the post-Second World War inception of trans medicine in the US (John Money, Robert Stoller, Harry Benjamin), to the first neuroimaging studies on transness in the 1990s and early 2000s, to finish with the neurodevelopmental hypothesis of transness in contemporary neuroscience and a discussion of its impacts on the lives of trans people. Neuronal explanations of transness certainly do not carry the same weight in the debates about the natural basis of sex/gender and transness as chromosomal explanations. Incidents such as the International Chess Federation's ban of trans women from the women's category, the European Society of Endocrinology's considerations about brain scans as "a useful tool for earlier identification of transgenderism in young people," and calls from neuroscientists to intervene in and prevent the development of transness in the brain nevertheless illustrate the current and potentially future power of such explanations over the lives of trans people. Bio: Luana Pesarini is a philosophy-trained sociologist specializing in feminist science and technology studies, theories of materiality, and trans feminism. She is currently working as a doctoral researcher in the German Research Foundation-funded RTG "Fixing Futures. Technologies of Anticipation in Contemporary Societies" at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany. There will be a Q&A after the talk, as well as snacks and drinks! Please also save the date for the next Trans*Formations Events: A talk on Law and Gender by UK barrister Jane Russell on 15.5., and a full-day event with a focus on Gender Euphoria on 7.6. with, among others, talks by Prof. Quill Kukla (Georgetown University) and Prof. Eric A. Stanley (University of California, Berkeley). We are thankful to our previous Trans*Formations speakers: Luce deLire [3], Alyosxa Tudor [4], Eric Llaveria Caselles [5], Emelia Stanley, [6] Emma Heaney [7], Juliana Gleeson, [8] Gen Eickers & Sigmond Richli [9], Jonah I. Garde [10] and Anna Klieber [11]! Registration is Closed, but there is now a possibility to participate online! [12] Details: An Zoom-Meeting teilnehmen https://uni-frankfurt.zoom-x.de/j/65405421347?pwd=mVSyD4mDM77eOYaiYJNXRNXPn… Meeting-ID: 654 0542 1347 Kenncode: 711888 https://uni-frankfurt.zoom-x.de/meetings/65405421347/invitations?signature=… We are looking forward to seeing you at the event, and happy if you forward this invitation to others who might be interested! With all the best, the Trans*Formations Team & UPSalon - A Salon for Underrepresented Philosophers Thema: Trans*Formations - The Trans Brain? Zeit: 30. Apr. 2026 06:00 PM Wien An Zoom-Meeting teilnehmen https://uni-frankfurt.zoom-x.de/j/65405421347?pwd=mVSyD4mDM77eOYaiYJNXRNXPn… Meeting-ID: 654 0542 1347 Kenncode: 711888 Beitreten - So geht's https://uni-frankfurt.zoom-x.de/meetings/65405421347/invitations?signature=… Links: ------ [1] https://vd-philosophy.univie.ac.at/ [2] https://queer-at-hochschulen.org/ [3] https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/en/news-events/nachrichten-news-events/det… [4] https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/news-events/nachrichten-news-events/detail… [5] https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/news-events/nachrichten-news-events/detail… [6] https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/news-events/nachrichten-news-events/detail… [7] https://lists.philo.at/hyperkitty/list/news@lists.philo.at/thread/GIUSVC6TO… [8] https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/news-events/nachrichten-news-events/detail… [9] https://urise.univie.ac.at/mod/booking/optionview.php?cmid=293&optionid… [10] https://lists.philo.at/hyperkitty/list/news@lists.philo.at/thread/ZUJBVRNM7… [11] https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/news-events/nachrichten-news-events/detail… [12] https://urise.univie.ac.at/mod/booking/optionview.php?optionid=2617&cmi…

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Phänomenologische Forschungen - Vortrag und Workshop mit Hilge Landweer (Berlin): "Kritische Phänomenologie des Mutes - Feministische und migrantische Perspektiven"

by Georg Harfensteller

Liebe Kolleg:innen, wir möchten Sie herzlich zur nächsten Veranstaltung der Reihe „Phänomenologische Forschungen“ einladen: *Vortrag und Workshop mit Hilge Landweer (Berlin):* * Mi. 29.4.2026, 18:00, 3D, NIG* VORTRAG - "Kritische Phänomenologie des Mutes - Feministische und migrantische Perspektiven" *Do. 30.4.2026, 9:00–13:00, 3A, NIG * WORKSHOP zu Texten von Gail Weiss, Ann V. Murphy, Gayle Salamon, Sara Ahmed, Lisa Guenther und Alia Al Saji Texte zum Workshop finden Sie auf Moodle, schreiben Sie sich dafür gerne hier <https://phaenomenologie.univie.ac.at/forschung/newslettermoodle/> ein. Weitere Informationen zu Veranstaltungen des *Forschungskreises Phänomenologie* finden Sie auf unserer Website <https://phaenomenologie.univie.ac.at/> sowie auf Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/forschungskreisphaenomenologie/>. *Diese Veranstaltungen sind eine Kooperation mit der Fachsektion für Integrative Gestalttherapie des ÖAGG. Ergänzend dazu findet eine psychotherapeutische Selbsterfahrungsgruppe der Fachsektion statt. Nähere Informationen im beiliegenden Dokument!* Mit besten Grüßen, Michael Staudigl, Gerhard Unterthurner, Georg Harfensteller [image: csm_PhaeForsch_SS_26_1.1_41d218b106.png]

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Ausschreibung: Senior Lecturer für Ethik mit Schwerpunkt angewandter Ethik

by philosophie＠univie.ac.at

Guten Tag! wir möchten Sie über folgende aktuelle Jobausschreibung am Institut für Philosophie der Universität Wien informieren: Senior Lecturer für Ethik mit Schwerpunkt angewandter Ethik (5439) Link zur Ausschreibung: <https://jobs.univie.ac.at/job-invite/5439/> https://jobs.univie.ac.at/job-invite/5439/ NEUE Bewerbungsfrist: 04.05.2026 Wir laden alle Interessierten herzlich dazu ein, sich für diese Position zu bewerben. Bitte leiten Sie diese Information auch an potenziell interessierte Personen in Ihrem Umfeld weiter. Vielen Dank im Voraus für Ihre Unterstützung! Mit freundlichen Grüßen Katherina Krobath -- Institutskoordination Dipl.-Ing. Katherina Geneviève Krobath, BEd Andreas Wintersperger, MA <mailto:philosophie@univie.ac.at> philosophie(a)univie.ac.at +43(1)4277 46401 Institut für Philosophie Universitätsstraße 7, Raum A316 1010 Wien <https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/> https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/

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27.4 - Gastvortrag + Workshop by Maria Robaszkiewicz

by Georg Harfensteller

<<english below>> Liebe Kolleg:innen, Wir möchten Sie herzlich zu dem ersten Gastvortrag + anschließendem Workshop der Reihe „Werkstatt Phänomenologie“ einladen. Montag, *27.4.2026*, um *16:45*, Hörsaal 3B im NIG:Maria Robaszkiewicz - On Men* and Birds: Anthropogenic Wasteful Noise in Times of Rapid Species Extinction Der anschließende Workshop widmet sich dem Thema Migration. Texte dafür finden Sie auf unserem Moodle, für den Sie sich hier <https://phaenomenologie.univie.ac.at/forschung/newslettermoodle/> einschreiben können. Weitere Informationen zu Veranstaltungen der Werkstatt Phänomenologie finden Sie auf unserer Website <https://phaenomenologie.univie.ac.at/forschung/werkstatt-phaenomenologie/> sowie auf Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/forschungskreisphaenomenologie/>. Mit besten Grüßen, Team Werkstatt Phänomenologie <<english>> Dear colleagues, We would like to warmly invite you to the first guest lecture followed by a workshop in the “Werkstatt Phänomenologie” series. *Monday, 27 April 2026, at 16:45, Lecture Hall 3B at the NIG:* Maria Robaszkiewicz – On Men* and Birds: Anthropogenic Wasteful Noise in Times of Rapid Species Extinction The subsequent workshop will focus on the topic of migration. You can find the relevant texts on our Moodle, where you can also enroll here <https://phaenomenologie.univie.ac.at/forschung/newslettermoodle/>. Further information about events in the Werkstatt Phänomenologie series can be found on our website <https://phaenomenologie.univie.ac.at/forschung/werkstatt-phaenomenologie/> as well as on Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/forschungskreisphaenomenologie/>. With best regards, The Werkstatt Phänomenologie team [image: MARIA ROBASZKIEWICZ_27.4.36.png] Abstract: There is always a certain purposefulness of natural sounds: the sound of breaking waves manifest the conditions on the sea, the sound of striking thunder marks the dangers of a storm, birds’ singing is their way of communication. These sounds make worldly sense as they inform all perceptible beings about their surroundings, about the momentary conditions of the world. Accordingly, sounds of nature are limited in scope (an assertion that may be challenged by environments such as native jungle, though a different register of perception could be expected there), to the extent that when we happen to be in spaces empty of anthropogenic sounds, our experience might be very close to an experience of silence. Humans, on the contrary, produce a lot of noise polluting our earthly surroundings. This noise is often wasteful; it doesn’t communicate anything specific that we need for a better orientation in the world. Continuous passing of cars in front of my window, the monotonous noise of a machine, the drilling and hammering of endless construction sites consume time repeating the same futile message over and over again. In Anthropocene, it is not only noise that is wasteful this way: it’s also light, energy water or oxygen. Through the continuous decrease of, especially animal, diversity, human noise becomes hegemonial. In urban spaces, the declining presence of singing, cawing and quacking birds constitutes perhaps the most noticeable change in this respect, one of the reasons for which is anthropogenic harm to birds’ migratory routes. I argue that phenomenology as an attentive style of thinking helps us to notice the scale of the problem, which is the condition of possibility for action and change. In doing this, I reach to different ecophenomenological readings of Merleau-Ponty, ecophenomenologies of sound, and descriptive studies of birds’ migration.

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Talk on "being" in Plato and Aristotle

by Max Kölbel

From: Ricardo Alcocer Urueta <ricardo.alcocer.urueta(a)univie.ac.at <mailto:ricardo.alcocer.urueta@univie.ac.at>> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2026 8:13 PM To: Subject: A morphosyntactic construal of "being" as understood by Plato and Aristotle Dear Colleagues, On May 26, I will be presenting at the Wiener Sprachgesellschaft. The title of my presentation is “A morphosyntactic construal of ‘being’ as understood by Plato and Aristotle”. The abstract of the presentation, along with the date and location details, can be found here: https://wsg.univie.ac.at/veranstaltungen/ricardo-alcocer-urueta-a-morphosyn… <https://wsg.univie.ac.at/veranstaltungen/ricardo-alcocer-urueta-a-morphosyn…>. Muchos saludos, Ricardo -- Dr. Ricardo Alcocer Urueta, Lic. Lic. M.Phil. ––––––––––––––––––––– Max Kölbel Institutsvorstand Head of Department Professur für analytische Philosophie und Sprachphilosophie Chair of Analytic Philosophy and Philosophy of Language Philosophy as Conceptual Engagement (PACE), FWF doc.funds project https://pace.phl.univie.ac.at/ "Knowledge in Crisis”, FWF Cluster of Excellence project https://www.knowledgeincrisis.com/ Institut für Philosophie Universität Wien Universitätsstraße 7 (NIG) 1010 Wien Austria Tel: +43 1 4277 46470 max.koelbel(a)univie.ac.at

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Ausschreibung: Senior Lecturer für Ethik mit Schwerpunkt angewandter Ethik

by philosophie＠univie.ac.at

Guten Tag! wir möchten Sie über folgende aktuelle Jobausschreibung am Institut für Philosophie der Universität Wien informieren: Senior Lecturer für Ethik mit Schwerpunkt angewandter Ethik (5439) Link zur Ausschreibung: <https://jobs.univie.ac.at/job-invite/5439/> https://jobs.univie.ac.at/job-invite/5439/ Bewerbungsfrist: 30.04.2026 Wir laden alle Interessierten herzlich dazu ein, sich für diese Position zu bewerben. Bitte leiten Sie diese Information auch an potenziell interessierte Personen in Ihrem Umfeld weiter. Vielen Dank im Voraus für Ihre Unterstützung! Mit freundlichen Grüßen Katherina Krobath -- Institutskoordination Dipl.-Ing. Katherina Geneviève Krobath, BEd Andreas Wintersperger, MA <mailto:philosophie@univie.ac.at> philosophie(a)univie.ac.at +43(1)4277 46401 Institut für Philosophie Universitätsstraße 7, Raum A316 1010 Wien <https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/> https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/

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Next UPSalon Stammtisch: 28.4.2026

by Initiative to Support Women in Academic Philosophy

Dear all, we hope that you had a great start into the new semester! We are happy to announce the date, time and venue for the next UPSalon Stammtisch: Tuesday, 28.4.2026, 19:00 at Café Weingartner (Goldschlagstraße 6). UPSalon are a group of students, doctoral and post-doctoral researchers at the department of philosophy; the initiative aims at creating a space and community in Vienna where underrepresented philosophers - such as women, trans, inter and non-binary persons, BIPOC, socioeconomically disadvantaged people, queer people, and people with disabilities - can connect on a regular basis at events and informal gatherings. We are looking forward to resuming the conversations we had at our last meeting in March, and are happy about new people who want to join. We also want to remind you that our second event of next semester, the Trans*Formations talk by Luana Pesarini, will take place on Thursday, 30.4., 18:00-19:30 at HS 3A, NIG. Please find the event description below and the poster attached. Looking forward to seeing you there too! With all the best, UPSalon ------- Dear All, we want to cordially invite you to the next Trans*Formations Event at the Philosophy Institute. For those who do not know the series: This talk and workshop series organized by a bunch of people from the Philosophy Department (BA, MA and PhD) provides insights into recent developments in trans* philosophizing. Thanks to the Vienna Doctoral School of Philosophy (VDP) [1] and queer@hochschulen [2] for their financial support! In the next talk, Luana Pesarini (Goethe Universität Frankfurt) will discuss historical and contemporary theories of the neural basis of transness, and the presuppositions these studies rely on, from a trans/feminist science studies perspective. The next Event will be in English! When & Where: Thursday, 30.4.2026 - 18:00-19:30 at HS 3A, NIG (Universitätsstraße 7) The Trans Brain? History and Current Hypotheses on the Neural Basis of Transness Abstract: Against the background of contemporary debates about the supposed natural basis of sex/gender and the intersection of neurodivergence and transness, the lecture will turn to the history and contemporary theories of the neural basis of transness. Contemporary trans brain hypotheses rest on a whole array of presuppositions: The assumption that brains have a sex/gender; that this brain sex/gender can stand in opposition to the sex assigned at birth; that brain sex/gender develops in response to hormonal changes; that this development has a temporal threshold; and that one can discern transness from a trans-sexed/gendered brain - all of these conveyed through imaging technologies. To fan out the presuppositions that fuel contemporary theories of the neural basis of transness, the lecture will trace its history through the lens of trans/feminist science studies. Starting from theories about the natural bisexuality and plasticity of mammals and their eugenic interpretations at the beginning of the 20th century (Eugen Steinach, Paul Kammerer), the lecture will move through the early hypotheses about the neural basis of transness in the post-Second World War inception of trans medicine in the US (John Money, Robert Stoller, Harry Benjamin), to the first neuroimaging studies on transness in the 1990s and early 2000s, to finish with the neurodevelopmental hypothesis of transness in contemporary neuroscience and a discussion of its impacts on the lives of trans people. Neuronal explanations of transness certainly do not carry the same weight in the debates about the natural basis of sex/gender and transness as chromosomal explanations. Incidents such as the International Chess Federation's ban of trans women from the women's category, the European Society of Endocrinology's considerations about brain scans as "a useful tool for earlier identification of transgenderism in young people," and calls from neuroscientists to intervene in and prevent the development of transness in the brain nevertheless illustrate the current and potentially future power of such explanations over the lives of trans people. Bio: Luana Pesarini is a philosophy-trained sociologist specializing in feminist science and technology studies, theories of materiality, and trans feminism. She is currently working as a doctoral researcher in the German Research Foundation-funded RTG "Fixing Futures. Technologies of Anticipation in Contemporary Societies" at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany. There will be a Q&A after the talk, as well as snacks and drinks! Please also save the date for the next Trans*Formations Events: A talk on Law and Gender by UK barrister Jane Russell on 15.5., and a full-day event with a focus on Gender Euphoria on 7.6. with, among others, talks by Prof. Quill Kukla (Georgetown University) and Prof. Eric A. Stanley (University of California, Berkeley). We are thankful to our previous Trans*Formations speakers: Luce deLire [3], Alyosxa Tudor [4], Eric Llaveria Caselles [5], Emelia Stanley, [6] Emma Heaney [7], Juliana Gleeson, [8] Gen Eickers & Sigmond Richli [9], Jonah I. Garde [10] and Anna Klieber [11]! Please register here!! [12] We are looking forward to seeing you at the event, and happy if you forward this invitation to others who might be interested! With all the best, the Trans*Formations Team & UPSalon - A Salon for Underrepresented Philosophers Links: ------ [1] https://vd-philosophy.univie.ac.at/ [2] https://queer-at-hochschulen.org/ [3] https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/en/news-events/nachrichten-news-events/det… [4] https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/news-events/nachrichten-news-events/detail… [5] https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/news-events/nachrichten-news-events/detail… [6] https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/news-events/nachrichten-news-events/detail… [7] https://lists.philo.at/hyperkitty/list/news@lists.philo.at/thread/GIUSVC6TO… [8] https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/news-events/nachrichten-news-events/detail… [9] https://urise.univie.ac.at/mod/booking/optionview.php?cmid=293&optionid… [10] https://lists.philo.at/hyperkitty/list/news@lists.philo.at/thread/ZUJBVRNM7… [11] https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/news-events/nachrichten-news-events/detail… [12] https://urise.univie.ac.at/mod/booking/optionview.php?optionid=2617&cmi…

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Einladung zur Infoveranstaltung "Philosophische Praxis" - Freitag, 8. Mai 2026, 17.30 Uhr

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Guten Tag! Wir möchten Sie über die folgende Veranstaltung informieren: ++++ Einladung zur Infoveranstaltung Philosophische Praxis Wann: Freitag, 8. Mai 2026, 17.30 Uhr Format: online Anmeldung: Bitte per Mail an philosophischepraxis(a)univie.ac.at <mailto:philosophischepraxis@univie.ac.at> Was ist der Universitätslehrgang Philosophische Praxis? Philosophische Praxis verbindet Reflexion mit konkretem Handeln. Im Universitätslehrgang entwickeln Sie die Fähigkeit, Gespräche zu führen, die Orientierung schaffen und Denkprozesse vertiefen. Sie arbeiten mit theoretischen Grundlagen und praxisnahen Methoden, führen Dialoge mit Einzelpersonen und Gruppen und setzen sich mit Haltungen auseinander, die professionelles Handeln leiten. Sie begegnen Lehrenden, die öffentliche philosophische Diskussion prägen und lernen unterschiedliche Zugänge zu philosophischer Praxis kennen. In einem eigenen Projekt erproben Sie Ihren persönlichen Zugang und erweitern fachliche Kompetenzen, die in Beratung, Bildung, Kunst und Kultur und verwandten professionellen Kontexten gefragt sind. Weitere Informationen <https://postgraduatecenter.at/weiterbildungsprogramme/bildung-soziales/phil osophische-praxis/> Informieren Sie sich über den Universitätslehrgang bei unserem Event am 8. Mai und nutzen Sie die Gelegenheit, Ihre Fragen direkt an wissenschaftliche Leiterin, Ass.-Prof. Dr. Donata Romizi, M.A, zu stellen! Agnes Raschauer, Bakk. MA (sie/ihr; she/her) Program Management Universitätslehrgang Philosophische Praxis Universität Wien Postgraduate Center Campus der Universität Wien Spitalgasse 2, Hof 1, 1090 Wien T +43-1-4277-10838 M +43-664-817-6683 <mailto:philosophischepraxis@univie.ac.at> philosophischepraxis(a)univie.ac.at <http://www.postgraduatecenter.at/philosophischepraxis> www.postgraduatecenter.at/philosophischepraxis <http://facebook.com/postgraduatecenter> <https://www.instagram.com/postgraduatecenter.univie/> <https://www.youtube.com/PostgraduateVienna> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/postgraduatecenter/> <https://massmailer.univie.ac.at/site/postgraduatecenter/108pgc/subscribe/ar ticle/119.html> » Möchten Sie unseren Newsletter erhalten? Hier geht's zur Anmeldung! <http://www.postgraduatecenter.at/philosophischepraxis>

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Job advertisement: University Assistant Praedoc in the research area of Philosophy of Media and Technology (ID 5539)

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Dear Sir or Madam, We would like to inform you about the following current job opening at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Vienna: University Assistant Praedoc, in the research area of Philosophy of Media and Technology (ID 5539) Link to the job posting: https://jobs.univie.ac.at/job-invite/5539/ We warmly invite all interested individuals to apply for this position. We would also greatly appreciate it if you could share this information with potentially interested individuals in your network. Thank you in advance for your support! Kind regards, Katherina Krobath -- Institutskoordination Dipl.-Ing. Katherina Geneviève Krobath, BEd Andreas Wintersperger, MA <mailto:philosophie@univie.ac.at> philosophie(a)univie.ac.at +43(1)4277 46401 Institut für Philosophie Universitätsstraße 7, Raum A316 1010 Wien <https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/> https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/

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DO. 23.04., KoPhil-Vortragsabend

by Dr. HASHI Hisaki

S.g. Damen udn Herren, liebe Kollegen/innen, Im Folgenden eine Information über den bevorstehende KoPhil-Vortagsabend in Zusammenarbeit mit Herrn Prof. Karamanolis. Vortrag mit Diskussion von Leopold Spindelberger (Dr. med.) zum Thema: Taoismus und Naturwissenschaft Versuch einer Synthese DO. 23. April 2026, 18:30 20:15 Institut für Philosophie der Universität Wien, HS 3D 1010 Wien, Universitätsstr. 7 (NIG) Eintritt frei Näheres im Attachment Interessierte werden herzlich eingeladen Mit freundlichen Grüßen KoPhil-Präsidium www.kophil.at <http://www.kophil.at>

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Gal Ben Porath, "The kinematics of indeterminism" - Physics meets Philosophy

by Sebastian Horvat

Dear all, You are hereby invited to the next "Physics meets Philosophy" talk (organized in cooperation with the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information) by Gal Ben Porath (University of Bonn) Title: The kinematics of indeterminism (see abstract below) Date: April 24th (Friday) Time: 11:00-12:30 Location: IQOQI Seminar room (Boltzmanngasse 3, 2nd floor) Zoom link (for those that cannot join in person): https://univienna.zoom.us/j/61334139090?pwd=OHqUQNmVwbfI9d7b80Z7k2cCXJiXNS.1 Abstract: Discussions of determinism and indeterminism of physical theories usually focus on properties of dynamical laws (e.g., uniqueness of solution). This is perfectly adequate in all the usual cases. However, when considering speculative models that seek to introduce fundamental indeterminism into physics, such discussions are unsatisfying. The unusual ontological roles attributed to indeterministic changes by the authors of such models, require them to have unusual kinematical features. I will examine these desired roles and point to their problematic nature. I will then suggest recognizing the occurrence of jump discontinuities as the distinguishing feature of indeterministic kinematics and explore some consequences of such a recognition. For more information on "Physics meets Philosophy", see https://sites.google.com/view/physphilvienna Best wishes Sebastian

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Ausschreibung: externe Lehre für 2026/27 / call for external teaching for 2026/27

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Guten Tag, untenstehend möchten wir Sie über folgende Ausschreibung informieren: --- Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, wir möchten Sie darüber informieren, dass die Ausschreibung für die externe Lehre im Studienjahr 2026/27 ab sofort auf unserer Website verfügbar ist. Alle relevanten Informationen zur Bewerbung, zu den Rahmenbedingungen sowie zu den einzureichenden Unterlagen finden Sie unter folgendem Link: <https://ssc-phil.univie.ac.at/lehre/externe-lehre/> https://ssc-phil.univie.ac.at/lehre/externe-lehre/ Wir laden alle Interessierten herzlich ein, sich zu bewerben, und freuen uns über Ihre Einreichungen. Für Rückfragen stehen wir Ihnen gerne über <mailto:philosophie.spl@univie.ac.at> philosophie.spl(a)univie.ac.at zur Verfügung. Freundliche Grüße Ihr SPL/ SSC Philosophie Team ___ Dear Sir or Madam, We would like to inform you that the call for external teaching for the 2026/27 academic year is now available on our website. All relevant information regarding the application, the general conditions, and the required documents can be found on the external teaching page: https://ssc-phil.univie.ac.at/lehre/externe-lehre/ We warmly invite all interested applicants to apply and look forward to receiving your submissions. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us via philosophie.spl(a)univie.ac.at <mailto:philosophie.spl@univie.ac.at> . Kind regards, Your SPL/ SSC Philosophy Team --- Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Andreas Wintersperger -- Institutskoordination Dipl.-Ing. Katherina Geneviève Krobath, BEd Andreas Wintersperger, MA <mailto:philosophie@univie.ac.at> philosophie(a)univie.ac.at +43(1)4277 46401 Institut für Philosophie Universitätsstraße 7, Raum A316 1010 Wien <https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/> https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/

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14.04 - Werkstatt Phänomenologie

by Georg Harfensteller

Liebe Kolleg:innen, wir möchten Sie herzlich zur nächsten Veranstaltung der Reihe „Werkstatt Phänomenologie“ einladen: Di., *14.04.26*, um *18:30*, Hörsaal 3D im NIG:Claudia Ploner - Eine Phänomenologie der Beute (Abstract) <https://phaenomenologie.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/p_phaenomenologi…>Michael Messer - Der Fette und ein Männerbusen - Beiträge zu einer kritischen Phänomenologie der Fettheit. (Abstract) <https://phaenomenologie.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/p_phaenomenologi…> Weitere Informationen zu Veranstaltungen der Werkstatt Phänomenologie finden Sie auf unserer Website <https://phaenomenologie.univie.ac.at/forschung/werkstatt-phaenomenologie/> sowie auf Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/forschungskreisphaenomenologie/>. Mit besten Grüßen, Team Werkstatt Phänomenologie [image: Werkstatt SS26.png]

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Workshop “Arbitrariness and Vagueness in the Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics” – Vienna, April 13-14

by Ludovica Conti

Dear all, we are very glad to announce the workshop “Arbitrariness and Vagueness in the Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics” that will take place at the Department of Philosophy – University of Vienna, Lecture Room 3A 3rd floor, Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Vienna, from 13th to 14th April. Virtual Venue: https://univienna.zoom.us/j/68366932623?pwd=YMMs9KbxerhR8oFaNQMiKHdmc3vP0e.1 Confirmed speakers: Pablo Dopico (University of Konstanz), Leon Horsten (University of Konstanz), Andrea Iacona (University of Turin), Hannes Leitgeb (LMU Munich), Friederike Moltmann (CNRS), Matteo Plebani (University of Turin), Fabian Pregel (University of Vienna), Lorenzo Rossi (University of Turin), Pedro Teixeira Yago (SNS Pisa), Elia Zardini (Complutense University of Madrid). More information can be found on the event’s web-page, available at this link: https://sites.google.com/view/arbitrarinessandvagueness/home-page . The workshop is jointly organised by Leon Horsten (University of Konstanz) and the AG Horsten research group, as well as Ludovica Conti (University of Vienna), ESPRIT programme "The Logic of Abstraction", Austrian Science Fund (FWF), DOI: 10.55776/ESP210 For further information, please write to ag-horsten(a)uni-konstanz.de <mailto:ag-horsten@uni-konstanz.de> or to ludovica.conti(a)univie.ac.at <mailto:ludovica.conti@univie.ac.at> . Hope to see you there! Leon Horsten and Ludovica Conti

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Workshop Announcement - Philosophy: What and How? (Vienna, May 7-8)

by Mani Rashtipour

Workshop announcement Philosophy: What and How? A workshop on the nature, aims, and methods of philosophy. Views on what philosophy is and how it should be done vary widely. Is philosophy concerned with reality or with our concepts used for grasping aspects of reality? Does philosophy use a priori or empirical methods? What is the role of intuitions? And of the method of cases? What are philosophers trying to find out? Is Philosophy a descriptive or a normative discipline, or both? Key information: Dates: May 7–8, 2026, 09:00–18:00. Venue: Sky Lounge (DG), Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, 1090 Wien, Austria Here is a list of speakers and titles: Max Kölbel Philosophy as Conceptual Engagement Yaokun Fu The Arrovian Impossibility Theorem in Metaphysical Theory Choice Sophie Veigl Beyond Method? Philosophy of Science Between Analysis and Activities Elijah Chudnoff Intuition and Philosophical Progress Matti Eklund The Parochial, the Universal and the Alien Asya Passinsky Ameliorative Metaphysics Eric Wallace Idealisation and Overfitting Alice van't Hoff Choosing Metalanguages Edouard Machery Arguments won't help Registration and more details: https://philosophywhatandhow.phl.univie.ac.at/ Registration is required but free of charge, and all are welcome. (registration form on the bottom of the page). This workshop is supported by the PACE (pace.phl.univie.ac.at/) and KiC (www.knowledgeincrisis.com/) projects.

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Buchsymposium mit Jan Völker zu Philosophie und Raumfahrt am 21. Mai in NIG 2H

by Miguel de la Riva

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, während Artemis 2 nach der Umkreisung des Mondes zur Erde zurückfliegt möchten Ralf Gisinger und ich Sie herzlich zu einem Buchsymposium zu Philosophie und Raumfahrt am 21. Mai in NIG 2H einladen. In einem fachübergreifenden Workshop möchten wir mit Jan Völker über seinen 2025 bei Matthes & Seitz erschienenen Essay "Ein Weltall des Kapitals: Die Überwindung der terrestrischen Vernunft" diskutieren. Völker ist seit dem Wintersemester Professor an der Abteilung für Philosophie der Universität für angewandte Kunst. Sie finden im Anhang das Plakat zur Veranstaltung, ein detaillierteres Programm werden wir im Mai vor der Veranstaltung aussenden. PHILOSOPHIE UND RAUMFAHRT Symposium zu Jan Völkers Buch "Ein Weltall des Kapitals: Die Überwindung der terrestrischen Vernunft" (2025) Donnerstag, 21. Mai 2026, 14.00 – 18.30, NIG 2H Die Raumfahrt hat das Verständnis der Stellung des Menschen im Kosmos unwiderruflich verändert. Gagarin und Sputnik, Mondlandung und Erdfotografien waren wichtige Themen der Philosophie ihrer Zeit. Heute erlebt der Griff nach Mond und Sternen unter den Vorzeichen von kommerzieller Verwertbarkeit, neuer geopolitischer Rivalitäten und ökologischer Krisen eine Renaissance. In seinem neuen Essay wirft Jan Völker die Frage auf, ob sich damit der Abschied von einer terrestrischen Vernunft und dem Bild der Erde als unersetzlicher Heimstatt des Menschen ankündigt. Wir diskutieren darüber in einem fachübergreifenden Workshop, zu dem alle herzlich eingeladen sind. Vortragende: -- Prof. Dr. Alexandra Ganser, Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik -- Ralf Gisinger, Institut für Philosophie -- Assoz. Prof. Dr. Nina Klimburg-Witjes, Institut für Wissenschafts- und Technikforschung, ERC-Projekt „FutureSpace“ -- Miguel de la Riva, Institut für Philosophie -- Prof. Dr. Jan Völker, Abteilung für Philosophie, Universität für angewandte Kunst Mit besten Grüßen Miguel de la Riva & Ralf Gisinger -- Miguel de la Riva, M.A. Wissenschaftlicher Projektmitarbeiter Institut für Philosophie Universität Wien https://bsky.app/profile/m-de-la-riva.bsky.social

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Trans*Formations Talk Luana Pesarini, 30.4. 2026

by Flora Löffelmann

Dear All, please save the date for the next Trans*Formations Event at the Philosophy Institute. For those who do not know the series: This talk and workshop series organized by a bunch of people from the Philosophy Department (BA, MA and PhD) provides insights into recent developments in trans* philosophizing. Thanks to the Vienna Doctoral School of Philosophy (VDP) [1] and queer@hochschulen [2] for their financial support! In the next talk, Luana Pesarini (Goethe Universität Frankfurt) will discuss historical and contemporary theories of the neural basis of transness, and the presuppositions these studies rely on, from a trans/feminist science studies perspective. The next Event will be in English! When & Where: Thursday, 30.4.2026 - 18:00-19:30 at HS 3A, NIG (Universitätsstraße 7) The Trans Brain? History and Current Hypotheses on the Neural Basis of Transness Abstract: Against the background of contemporary debates about the supposed natural basis of sex/gender and the intersection of neurodivergence and transness, the lecture will turn to the history and contemporary theories of the neural basis of transness. Contemporary trans brain hypotheses rest on a whole array of presuppositions: The assumption that brains have a sex/gender; that this brain sex/gender can stand in opposition to the sex assigned at birth; that brain sex/gender develops in response to hormonal changes; that this development has a temporal threshold; and that one can discern transness from a trans-sexed/gendered brain - all of these conveyed through imaging technologies. To fan out the presuppositions that fuel contemporary theories of the neural basis of transness, the lecture will trace its history through the lens of trans/feminist science studies. Starting from theories about the natural bisexuality and plasticity of mammals and their eugenic interpretations at the beginning of the 20th century (Eugen Steinach, Paul Kammerer), the lecture will move through the early hypotheses about the neural basis of transness in the post-Second World War inception of trans medicine in the US (John Money, Robert Stoller, Harry Benjamin), to the first neuroimaging studies on transness in the 1990s and early 2000s, to finish with the neurodevelopmental hypothesis of transness in contemporary neuroscience and a discussion of its impacts on the lives of trans people. Neuronal explanations of transness certainly do not carry the same weight in the debates about the natural basis of sex/gender and transness as chromosomal explanations. Incidents such as the International Chess Federation's ban of trans women from the women's category, the European Society of Endocrinology's considerations about brain scans as "a useful tool for earlier identification of transgenderism in young people," and calls from neuroscientists to intervene in and prevent the development of transness in the brain nevertheless illustrate the current and potentially future power of such explanations over the lives of trans people. Bio: Luana Pesarini is a philosophy-trained sociologist specializing in feminist science and technology studies, theories of materiality, and trans feminism. She is currently working as a doctoral researcher in the German Research Foundation-funded RTG "Fixing Futures. Technologies of Anticipation in Contemporary Societies" at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany. There will be a Q&A after the talk, as well as snacks and drinks! Please also save the date for the next Trans*Formations Events: A talk on Law and Gender by UK barrister Jane Russell on 15.5., and a full-day event with a focus on Gender Euphoria on 7.6. with, among others, talks by Quill Kukla (Georgetown University) and Eric A. Stanley (University of California, Berkeley). We are thankful to our previous Trans*Formations speakers: Luce deLire [3], Alyosxa Tudor [4], Eric Llaveria Caselles [5], Emelia Stanley, [6] Emma Heaney [7], Juliana Gleeson, [8] Gen Eickers & Sigmond Richli [9], Jonah I. Garde [10] and Anna Klieber [11]! We are looking forward to seeing you at the event, and happy if you forward this invitation and the attached poster to others who might be interested! With all the best, the Trans*Formations Team Links: ------ [1] https://vd-philosophy.univie.ac.at/ [2] https://queer-at-hochschulen.org/ [3] https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/en/news-events/nachrichten-news-events/det… [4] https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/news-events/nachrichten-news-events/detail… [5] https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/news-events/nachrichten-news-events/detail… [6] https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/news-events/nachrichten-news-events/detail… [7] https://lists.philo.at/hyperkitty/list/news@lists.philo.at/thread/GIUSVC6TO… [8] https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/news-events/nachrichten-news-events/detail… [9] https://urise.univie.ac.at/mod/booking/optionview.php?cmid=293&optionid… [10] https://lists.philo.at/hyperkitty/list/news@lists.philo.at/thread/ZUJBVRNM7… [11] https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/news-events/nachrichten-news-events/detail…

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TEAP - Alice van’t Hoff “Against higher-order unrestrictedness”, 10 April 2026

by Ludovica Conti

Dear all, we are pleased to announce the fourth talk in our TEAP seminar series <https://sites.google.com/view/themeseap>. The talk is scheduled for Friday, April 10, 11:00-13:00 (CEST), at the following link: https://univienna.zoom.us/j/68312177521?pwd=fdYFFrcK1hg3Qw7GH2nCNVTIdV26rs.1 (ID riunione: 683 1217 7521 Codice d’accesso: 722203) Alice van’t Hoff (University of Vienna) – Against higher-order unrestrictedness Generality absolutists argue that it is possible to quantify absolutely unrestrictedly over everything that there is. A challenge to their view arises if we take seriously the possibility of genuinely higher-order quantification. An influential proposal, first put forward by Timothy Williamson, however, suggests that to conclude on this basis against generality absolutism would be premature. Williamson's claim is that higher-order quantification in our object language is only a threat to generality absolutism if we, misleadingly, adopt a first-order metalanguage. I argue, though, that this approach is subject to a counter-example: intuitively, quantification in many-sorted languages need not be absolutely general. Yet both higher-order and many-sorted systems may involve multiple distinct quantifiers and there are, I claim, no differences of the kind relevant to a quantifier's unrestrictedness that distinguish these two versions of quantifier pluralism. This suggests, contra Williamson and others, that higher-order quantification is a threat to generality absolutism, at least insofar as we take quantification of this kind ontologically seriously. Hope to see you online! Michele Contente, Ludovica Conti and Caterina Sisti

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Workshop - Resisting Othering

by Elise Coquereau-Saouma

Dear colleagues, We cordially invite you all to the workshop *Resisting Othering. Reimagining the Self-Other Relationship Globally*, taking place on 9-10th April 2026. Address: Department of Philosophy, Room 3D, NIG, Universitätsstraße 7 You can find the description and program below, and the details here: https://phaenomenologie.univie.ac.at/forschung/othering/ Registration is not necessary. Best regards, Elise Coquereau-Saouma and Michael Staudigl (Organisation) _____ Description: Otherness is still most often conceived in distinction from the self, as in the figure of the foreigner or the barbarian—the other of my culture. The other thus serves, through a play of resemblance and difference, to delineate who I am and to which societies, communities, cultures, and groups I belong, notably by contrast and opposition. This space between self and other easily takes on an exclusionary value, sometimes with radical consequences: the pariah, the untouchable, or, likewise, the refugee camps behind barbed wire at the border. This binary between self and other can be politically exploited to set different societies, religions, or communal groups against each other. It can also serve as a justification for the exploitation of nature. It can manifest in less visible and less extreme, but no less problematic, examples of othering processes. In this workshop, we aim to question what makes the exclusion of others possible, starting from the very conception of alterity that underpins our models of exclusion. In other words, the goal is to develop conceptual alternatives to these processes of othering. While much of the philosophical literature addressing these issues has emerged from Western traditions, non-Western models of alterity can offer significant and as yet underexplored contributions to these questions. These approaches, rooted in diverse local contexts and practices, may often be more attuned to the specific forms of exclusion and othering encountered in those societies, and thus provide conceptual resources that cannot simply be replaced by universalizing Western frameworks. Accordingly, this workshop seeks not only critical analyses of exclusionary practices, but above all positive theories of relation to the other—approaches that move beyond the binary of self and other and ground new models for thinking alterity. We invite contributions that articulate such alternative frameworks, whether through concepts of nondualism, interdependence, relational ontology, or other traditions of thought that resist the reduction of alterity to opposition. Our aim is to foster a space for proposals that do not merely critique, but actively reimagine the self’s relation to the other, drawing on the richness of non-Western traditions to shape a genuinely global theory of alterity relevant for our time. _____ Program: 9 April 9:00–10:00 “I am Thou” and “I with Others = We”: Nondualism Debated in Ramchandra Gandhi and N. V. Banerjee’s Philosophies Elise Coquereau-Saouma, University of Vienna 10:00–11:00 The I, the Other and the Thou in Mutual Self-Negation: A Phenomenological Account of Intersubjectivity in Nishida Kitarō’s Philosophy of Basho Georg Harfensteller, University of Vienna 11:30–12:30 The Self–Other Relationship in African Philosophy: Ubuntu and Igwebuike in Comparison Emmanuel Ossai, Lancaster University 14:00–15:00 From Universal Compassion to Alienation: Contrasting Models of Self–Other Relations in Early and Later Jain Philosophy Dimitry Shevchenko, Hebrew University 15:00–16:00 Is India Civilized? Rethinking the Self–Other Relationship with William Archer (1856–1924), John Woodroffe (1865–1936), and Aurobindo Ghose (1872–1950) Pawel Odyniec, Karlstad University 16:30–17:30 Having the Savage: On Matters of Self, Other, and How to Humanise Our Monsters Manu Sharma, University of Vienna 10 April 9:00–10:00 “The Empire Strikes Back”: Notes on Barbarians, Cannibals, and Terrorists Michael Staudigl, University of Vienna 10:00–11:00 Othering as Experiential Maladaptation: A Phenomenological Account Sergio Pérez-Gatica, University of Tübingen 11:30–12:30 Relational Thinking? On the Challenges of Relational Epistemologies Anke Graness, Hildesheim University 14:00–15:00 Philosophy as Resistant Praxis: Buddhist Perspectives Fabien Muller, Tampere University 15:00–16:00 Agency as Relationally Emergent: Defending Confucian Role Ethics against Collectivist Misreadings Thomas Moore, Sheffield University 16:30–17:30 Imagining an-other: On the Figure of Otherness in Global Romanticism Michael Zangerl, University of Vienna

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Summer School on Trust & Cooperation (Vienna, 13-17 July, 2026): Call for Participation - Deadline April 14

by Eva Saskia Titia Erika Hijlkema

Trust & Cooperation - Vienna Summer School 2026 Accepting applications until April 14! Confirmed instructors: Leah Henderson [1] (University of Groningen), Benjamin McMyler [2] (University of Minnesota), Kieran Oberman [3] (The London School of Economics and Political Science), Guest speakers: Keith Harris [4] (University of Vienna) more to be confirmed! dates: July 13-July 17, 2026 deadline: April 14, 2026 (see below for further details) location: Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG), Universitätstrasse 7, 1010 Wien, Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna [5], Austria Call for Participation Over the course of five days participants will have the opportunity to engage with renowned experts in discussions on the topic of trust and cooperation on the interpersonal and institutional level, as well as within the contexts of climate change and immigration. Trust and cooperation have become front and center issues in today's world. The nature of global challenges - from refugees seeking asylum to the ecological crises of climate change and biodiversity loss - renders cooperation ever more crucial to overcoming them. Key questions revolve around the nature of trust and the nature of cooperation respectively, as well as around the relationship between trust and cooperation, intersecting the fields of social and political philosophy, as well as applied ethics and political epistemology. We welcome applications from PhD students (prioritized), advanced MA students and postdoctoral researchers in philosophy and related disciplines. Participants will explore current research in these fields, attend keynote lectures, thematic discussions and interactive workshops, as well as present their own work, and receive valuable feedback from invited scholars. The goal of this Summer School is to provide doctoral students with direct access to leading researchers whose work--whether directly or indirectly--relates to these themes. Application & Fees We welcome applications from PhD students (prioritized), advanced MA students and postdoctoral researchers in philosophy and related disciplines. Two modes of participation are possible: 1) attendance, 2) presentation - if they would also like to give a presentation. To apply for participation, please send the following documents to Joachim Raich (joachim.raich(a)univie.ac.at [6]): * Curriculum Vitae (max. 2 pages) * Statement of Purpose (no longer than 1 page), explaining the relevance of the summer school to your study, research, teaching and/or other professional work. * Statement of Financial Aid (optional). We can offer limited partial financial support (including the coverage of the school fees) to the participants whose home institutions cannot cover their expenses. We therefore ask the applicants who wish to be considered for funding to briefly describe their situation in the statement. * Abstract (optional; max. 250 words). If you would like to present your work at the summer school, please send us a short abstract of your presentation. The presentations should be related in a significant manner to the themes of trust and/or cooperation (from any philosophical perspective) and should be about 20 minutes long to leave enough time for discussions. Since the number of slots for student presentations is limited, this will help us decide on how to allocate them. The maximum number of participants at the summer school will be 25. Full attendance is worth 4 ECTS. The summer school fee is 75 Euros. The fee includes the student union fee of 25 Euros, which is required by Austrian law to register at the University of Vienna and to receive a certificate of completion of the summer school. Please, submit your application by April 14, 23.59 CET. Contact Email: joachim.raich(a)univie.ac.at [6] We will notify you of the decision by end of April. Diversity Statement We strongly encourage applications from members of disadvantaged and underrepresented groups. Organizing Committee Chiara Dankl Ali Emre Benli Eva Hijlkema Joachim Raich The VDP Summer School 2026 is funded by the Vienna Doctoral School of Philosophy (University of Vienna). Visit the website for more information! [7] Links: ------ [1] https://lhenderson.org/ [2] https://philpeople.org/profiles/benjamin-mcmyler [3] https://www.lse.ac.uk/people/kieran-oberman [4] https://www.knowledgeincrisis.com/people/keith-harris [5] https://www.univie.ac.at/en [6] http://webmail2016.univie.ac.at/./#NOP [7] https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/news-events/nachrichten-news-events/detail…

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Save the Date: Trans*Formations Talk Luana Pesarini, 30.4.2026

by Initiative to Support Women in Academic Philosophy

Dear All, please save the date for the next Trans*Formations Event at the Philosophy Institute. For those who do not know the series: This talk and workshop series organized by a bunch of people from the Philosophy Department (BA, MA and PhD) provides insights into recent developments in trans* philosophizing. Thanks to the Vienna Doctoral School of Philosophy (VDP) [1] and queer@hochschulen [2] for their financial support! In the next talk, Luana Pesarini (Goethe Universität Frankfurt) will discuss historical and contemporary theories of the neural basis of transness, and the presuppositions these studies rely on, from a trans/feminist science studies perspective. The next Event will be in English! When & Where: Thursday, 30.5.2026 - 18:00-19:30 at HS 3A, NIG (Universitätsstraße 7) The Trans Brain? History and Current Hypotheses on the Neural Basis of Transness Abstract: Against the background of contemporary debates about the supposed natural basis of sex/gender and the intersection of neurodivergence and transness, the lecture will turn to the history and contemporary theories of the neural basis of transness. Contemporary trans brain hypotheses rest on a whole array of presuppositions: The assumption that brains have a sex/gender; that this brain sex/gender can stand in opposition to the sex assigned at birth; that brain sex/gender develops in response to hormonal changes; that this development has a temporal threshold; and that one can discern transness from a trans-sexed/gendered brain - all of these conveyed through imaging technologies. To fan out the presuppositions that fuel contemporary theories of the neural basis of transness, the lecture will trace its history through the lens of trans/feminist science studies. Starting from theories about the natural bisexuality and plasticity of mammals and their eugenic interpretations at the beginning of the 20th century (Eugen Steinach, Paul Kammerer), the lecture will move through the early hypotheses about the neural basis of transness in the post-Second World War inception of trans medicine in the US (John Money, Robert Stoller, Harry Benjamin), to the first neuroimaging studies on transness in the 1990s and early 2000s, to finish with the neurodevelopmental hypothesis of transness in contemporary neuroscience and a discussion of its impacts on the lives of trans people. Neuronal explanations of transness certainly do not carry the same weight in the debates about the natural basis of sex/gender and transness as chromosomal explanations. Incidents such as the International Chess Federation's ban of trans women from the women's category, the European Society of Endocrinology's considerations about brain scans as "a useful tool for earlier identification of transgenderism in young people," and calls from neuroscientists to intervene in and prevent the development of transness in the brain nevertheless illustrate the current and potentially future power of such explanations over the lives of trans people. Bio: Luana Pesarini is a philosophy-trained sociologist specializing in feminist science and technology studies, theories of materiality, and trans feminism. She is currently working as a doctoral researcher in the German Research Foundation-funded RTG "Fixing Futures. Technologies of Anticipation in Contemporary Societies" at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany. There will be a Q&A after the talk, as well as snacks and drinks! Please also save the date for the next Trans*Formations Events: A talk on Law and Gender by UK barrister Jane Russell on 15.5., and a full-day event with a focus on Gender Euphoria on 7.6. with, among others, talks by Quill Kukla (Georgetown University) and Eric A. Stanley (University of California, Berkeley). We are thankful to our previous Trans*Formations speakers: Luce deLire [3], Alyosxa Tudor [4], Eric Llaveria Caselles [5], Emelia Stanley, [6] Emma Heaney [7], Juliana Gleeson, [8] Gen Eickers & Sigmond Richli [9], Jonah I. Garde [10] and Anna Klieber [11]! We are looking forward to seeing you at the event, and happy if you forward this invitation and the attached poster to others who might be interested! With all the best, the Trans*Formations Team & UPSalon - A Salon for Underrepresented Philosophers Links: ------ [1] https://vd-philosophy.univie.ac.at/ [2] https://queer-at-hochschulen.org/ [3] https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/en/news-events/nachrichten-news-events/det… [4] https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/news-events/nachrichten-news-events/detail… [5] https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/news-events/nachrichten-news-events/detail… [6] https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/news-events/nachrichten-news-events/detail… [7] https://lists.philo.at/hyperkitty/list/news@lists.philo.at/thread/GIUSVC6TO… [8] https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/news-events/nachrichten-news-events/detail… [9] https://urise.univie.ac.at/mod/booking/optionview.php?cmid=293&optionid… [10] https://lists.philo.at/hyperkitty/list/news@lists.philo.at/thread/ZUJBVRNM7… [11] https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/news-events/nachrichten-news-events/detail…

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Writing Evening Session on March 30

by Vienna Doctoral School of Philosophy

Dear all, The VDP is hosting an additional writing evening session on 30 March. Postdoctoral researchers, PhD students and late MA students are welcome to join. The evening will consist of four 50-minute writing sessions, with short breaks in between for socialising over snacks. Please bring your own laptops and/or other writing essentials. When: 14:00–18:00 Where: Room 3A, NiG, Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Vienna Information about other dates is at https://urise.univie.ac.at/mod/booking/optionview.php?optionid=2578&cmid=29… Best regards, Raphael Aybar

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FW: Änderungsmeldung: KoPhil-Vortrag am DO. 26.03. u. Semesterprogramm 2026S

by philosophie＠univie.ac.at

Guten Tag, Untenstehend möchten wir Sie über folgende Veranstaltungsänderung informieren: S.g. Damen und Herren, liebe Kollegen/innen, Wegen einer unvermeidlichen Terminkollision kann der Gastvortragsgeber, Prof. Dr. Schröder nicht nach Wen ausreisen. Der Vortrag wird jedoch ONLINE gehalten. Der HS mit der Uhrzeit bleibt: DO. 26.03.2026, 18:30 -20:15, HS 3D Anbei das korrigierte Programm einschließlich der Semestervorschau. MfG KoPhil-Präsidium www.kophil.at <http://www.kophil.at> From: philosophie(a)univie.ac.at <mailto:philosophie@univie.ac.at> <philosophie(a)univie.ac.at <mailto:philosophie@univie.ac.at> > Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2026 4:32 PM To: news(a)lists.philo.at <mailto:news@lists.philo.at> Cc: 'George Karamanolis' <george.karamanolis(a)univie.ac.at <mailto:george.karamanolis@univie.ac.at> >; 'hisaki hashi' <hisaki.hashi(a)univie.ac.at <mailto:hisaki.hashi@univie.ac.at> > Subject: [News] KoPhil-Vortrag am DO. 26.03. u. Semesterprogramm 2026S Guten Tag! Wir möchten Sie über die folgende Veranstaltung informieren: -- S.g. Damen und Herren. Liebe Kollegen/innen, Im Folgenden eine Ankündigung über den KoPhil-Vortragsabend in Zusammenarbeit mit Herrn Prof. Karamanolis. Datum u. Ort: DO. 26.03.2026, 18:30, HS 3D Institut für Philosophie der Universität Wien 1010 Wien, Universitätsstr. 7 (NIG), 3. Stock Gastvortrag von: Lucian Hartmit Schröder (Prof. Dr., Europa-Universität) zum Thema Die Unverfügbarkeit von Gesundheit: Resonanz als Grundbegriff einer integralen Medizin Näheres unter <http://www.kophil-at> www.kophil-at “Aktuelle Termine” ANHANG: Programm des Vortragsabend am 26.03.2026 KoPhil Semesterprogramm 2026S Interessierte werden herzlich eingeladen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen KoPhil-Präsidium <http://www.kophil.at> www.kophil.at

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Invitation: talk by Prof. Giuseppe Longo, Directeur de Recherches Emeritus, CNRS - Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris_March 26, 2026

by Florian Kolowrat

Dear colleagues, We cordially invite all of you to a talk by Prof. Giuseppe Longo, Directeur de Recherches Emeritus, CNRS - Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris. Former “Professore Ordinario di Informatica”, Università di Pisa, Italy. Date: March 26, 2026 at 17:30 Venue: Seminarraum 3a (D0312) Department of Philosophy, Universitätsstraße 7, A-1010 Vienna Title: Models of Emergence in Physics vs Theories of Novelty Production in Biology Abstract: Several notion of ‘‘emergence’’ have been proposed in physics. They mostly concern the emergence of new structures and forms (morphogenesis). From Turing and Thom’s analysis of morphogenesis to self-organization in far from equilibrium thermodynamics and Parisi’s networks, a few types of emerging phenomena in complex systems will be recalled. Then the difference will be stressed with “novelty production” in biology. In Darwinian evolution, in particular, the conceptual (and possibly mathematical) frames require the construction of new perspectives, due to the nature of the intended observables and their historical specificity. The issue of “unification” with the many theories of inert matter involved in the understanding of biology will be hinted, by setting bridges and proposing conceptual dualities. This talk is organized by Prof. Dr. Tarja Knuuttila. We look forward to your participation and to engaging discussions! With kind regards Florian Kolowrat -- *Florian Kolowrat *KgbU0UP0l8ByOdbG.png Universität Wien | University of Vienna Institut für Philosophie | Department of Philosophy Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien | Vienna Organisational Assistant to Univ.-Prof. Mag. Mag. Dr. Georg Schiemer Department of Philosophy – University of Vienna Organisational Assistant to Univ.-Prof. Tarja Knuuttila, MSc M.Soc.Sc PhD Department of Philosophy – University of Vienna Mail: Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien E-Mail:florian.kolowrat@univie.ac.at Phone: +43-1-4277-46461 Web:https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/ person.html?id=53614 <https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/person.html?id=53614>

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Phänomenologische Forschungen - Vortrag und Workshop mit Narzissa Helfritzsch: "Grazie. Wenn sich das Leben als erwünscht erlebt"

by Georg Harfensteller

Liebe Kolleg:innen, wir möchten Sie herzlich zur nächsten Veranstaltung der Reihe „Phänomenologische Forschungen“ einladen: *Vortrag und Workshop mit Narzissa Helfritzsch (Wien)* *Mi., 25.3.2026, 18:30 Uhr, HS 3D, NIG* VORTRAG: Narzissa Helfritzsch - "Grazie. Wenn sich das Leben als erwünscht erlebt" *Do., 26.3.2026, 9:00-13:00 Uhr, Sitzungssaal Dekanat der Katholisch-Theologische Fakultät, Universitätsring 1, 1010 Wien, Stiege 8, 2. Stock* WORKSHOP zu den Texten von Sartre, Ahmed und Kopenawa Texte zum Workshop finden Sie auf Moodle, schreiben Sie sich dafür gerne hier <https://phaenomenologie.univie.ac.at/forschung/newslettermoodle/> ein. Weitere Informationen zu Veranstaltungen des *Forschungskreises Phänomenologie* finden Sie auf unserer Website <https://phaenomenologie.univie.ac.at/> sowie auf Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/forschungskreisphaenomenologie/>. Mit besten Grüßen, Michael Staudigl, Gerhard Unterthurner, Georg Harfensteller [image: Narzissa Einzelplakat.png]

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Wittgen=steine talk this Friday

by Martin Kusch

Dear All, The next talk in the "Wittgenstein=steine" series is this Friday (June 13th) at 3pm in room NIG 3D. The speaker is Konstantin Deininger, and his title is: _"On the Material and Formal Aspects of (Moral) Certainty"_. Abstract: Does morality have a binding character in the sense that chains of justification come to an end? In this talk, I will affirm this question and argue that we can plausibly distinguish between formal and material aspects of moral certainty. As a starting point, I will interpret Wittgenstein's idea of "bedrock," introduced in §217 of the Philosophical Investigations, as standing for the end of a chain of reasoning. In doing so, I align with certain Wittgensteinian interpreters who maintain that some chains of moral reasoning end with certainty. However, I will arrive at deviating conclusions by demonstrating that different kinds of moral certainties function in different ways. Wittgensteinian scholars such as Cora Diamond and Nigel Pleasants correctly identify the formal aspect of moral certainty, showing that some propositions resist justification and doubt. However, the candidates for formal certainties they propose do not fully satisfy the criteria of certainty. This, I argue, is due to their failure to adequately distinguish between the formal and material aspects of certainty. Material certainties, such as Diamond's "slavery is unjust and insupportable" or Pleasants' "killing is wrong," remain intelligible to some extent and are thus subject to justification and doubt. Still, these propositions function as regress stoppers by putting an end to the chain of reasoning--but they do not mark the boundary of the unintelligible as formal certainties do. Drawing on Wittgenstein's later writings, I will argue that only formal certainties--which I refer to as transcendental certainties--are entirely exempt from justification and doubt. I identify the principle "equals are to be treated equally" as a plausible candidate for transcendental certainty. This certainty is foundational to moral reasoning and enables moral thought. I illustrate its role through debates on justice in animal ethics. Everybody welcome! Best wishes from the organizers, Esther Heinrich-Ramharter Anja Weiberg Martin Kusch

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KoPhil-Vortrag am DO. 26.03. u. Semesterprogramm 2026S

by philosophie＠univie.ac.at

Guten Tag! Wir möchten Sie über die folgende Veranstaltung informieren: -- S.g. Damen und Herren. Liebe Kollegen/innen, Im Folgenden eine Ankündigung über den KoPhil-Vortragsabend in Zusammenarbeit mit Herrn Prof. Karamanolis. Datum u. Ort: DO. 26.03.2026, 18:30, HS 3D Institut für Philosophie der Universität Wien 1010 Wien, Universitätsstr. 7 (NIG), 3. Stock Gastvortrag von: Lucian Hartmit Schröder (Prof. Dr., Europa-Universität) zum Thema Die Unverfügbarkeit von Gesundheit: Resonanz als Grundbegriff einer integralen Medizin Näheres unter <http://www.kophil-at> www.kophil-at Aktuelle Termine ANHANG: Programm des Vortragsabend am 26.03.2026 KoPhil Semesterprogramm 2026S Interessierte werden herzlich eingeladen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen KoPhil-Präsidium <http://www.kophil.at> www.kophil.at

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24.03 - Werkstatt Phänomenologie

by Georg Harfensteller

Liebe Kolleg:innen, wir möchten Sie herzlich zur nächsten Veranstaltung der Reihe „Werkstatt Phänomenologie“ einladen: Di., *24.03.26*, um *18:30*, Hörsaal 3D im NIG: *Michał Maczuga* - Edmund Husserl's Notion of Disturbance Texte zum Kolloquium finden Sie auf Moodle, schreiben Sie sich dafür gerne hier <https://phaenomenologie.univie.ac.at/forschung/newslettermoodle/> ein. Weitere Informationen zu Veranstaltungen der Werkstatt Phänomenologie finden Sie auf unserer Website <https://phaenomenologie.univie.ac.at/forschung/werkstatt-phaenomenologie/> sowie auf Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/forschungskreisphaenomenologie/>. Mit besten Grüßen, Team Werkstatt Phänomenologie [image: Werkstatt SS26.png]

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Einladung zur FöP am 18. März 2026 / Invitation to the FöP on March 18, 2026

by Isabel Maria Seelmann

Liebe alle, wir laden herzlich zur nächsten Fakultätsöffentlichen Präsentation von Dissertationsprojekten (FöP) ein. Die Veranstaltung findet am Mittwoch, den 18. März 2026, um 13:15 Uhr im Seminarraum 3A (NIG, 3. Stock) statt. Im Anschluss an die Präsentationen besteht Gelegenheit zu einem gemeinsamen Austausch bei einem Buffet. Das Catering wird mit freundlicher Unterstützung der Vienna Doctoral School of Philosophy (VDP) <https://vd-philosophy.univie.ac.at/> ermöglicht. Programm: 13:15 Uhr Eva Hijlkema, BSc MA The Concept of Benevolence in Neoliberal Capitalism Betreuung: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Angela Kallhoff 13:45 Uhr Joachim Raich, MA MSc A Political Ethics of Ecological Grief Betreuung: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Angela Kallhoff 14:15 Uhr Caterina Mazziotti, MA Freedom and Taxes in Favor of the Poor in Kant’s Doctrine of Right Betreuung: Assoz. Prof. Felix Pinkert, MLitt PhD Wir freuen uns sehr auf Ihre Teilnahme! Die FöP ist eine öffentliche Veranstaltung. Die Einladung kann gerne geteilt werden. Mit herzlichen Grüßen Univ.-Prof. Dr. Benjamin Schnieder Studienprogrammleitung Doktoratsstudium Philosophie *** Dear all, We warmly invite you to the upcoming Public Faculty Presentation of Dissertation Projects (FöP). The event will take place on Wednesday, 18 March 2026, at 1:15 p.m., in Seminar Room 3A (NIG, 3rd floor). A buffet reception will follow the presentations. The catering is kindly supported by the Vienna Doctoral School of Philosophy (VDP) <https://vd-philosophy.univie.ac.at/>. Programme: 1.15 p.m. Eva Hijlkema, BSc MA The Concept of Benevolence in Neoliberal Capitalism Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Angela Kallhoff 1.45 p.m. Joachim Raich, MA MSc A Political Ethics of Ecological Grief Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Angela Kallhoff 2.15 p.m. Caterina Mazziotti, MA Freedom and Taxes in Favor of the Poor in Kant’s Doctrine of Right Supervisor: Assoz. Prof. Felix Pinkert, MLitt PhD We are very much looking forward to your participation! Please feel free to share this invitation with anyone who may be interested. With best wishes, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Benjamin Schnieder Director of the Doctoral Program in Philosophy

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