Dear all,

the Vienna Forum for Analytic Philosophy (WFAP) is delighted to invite you to attend The Armchair on Trial: A Graduate Conference on Philosophical Methodology, taking place from July 9–11, 2026 at the Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna.

This year's annual WFAP graduate conference brings together early-career and established researchers to explore the question: How should philosophy be done?

A central theme of the conference is the debate between traditional "armchair" approaches and empirically informed methodologies. The conference will feature discussions on naturalistic and experimental methods alongside more traditional philosophical approaches, including thought experiments, conceptual analysis, conceptual engineering, and formal methods. Together, these contributions will examine both the promises and the challenges of different ways of doing philosophy.

Keynote Speakers
We are especially pleased to welcome our keynote speakers:

• HILARY KORNBLITH (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
• JENNIFER NAGEL (University of Toronto)
• CHRISTIAN NIMTZ (University of Bielefeld)

Venue
Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna
Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG), 2nd Floor
Rooms 2i & 2H
Universitätsstraße 7
1010 Vienna, Austria

Dates
July 9–11, 2026

Format
The conference will take place in person and is open to everyone. Registration is only required to participate in the social events (e.g. dinners). For more information on the program and the conference, visit: https://wfap.philo.at/conferences/armchair-on-trial/

For further questions, please contact: Veronika Lassl (veronika.lassl@univie.ac.at)