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Michael Stöltzner, "Signatures and Phenomena: Some philosophical lessons from contemporary particle physics" - Physics meets Philosophy

by Sebastian Horvat

Dear all, You are hereby invited to the next "Physics meets Philosophy" talk by Michael Stöltzner (University of South Carolina) Title: Signatures and Phenomena: Some philosophical lessons from contemporary particle physics (see abstract below) Date: May 26th (Monday) Time: 15:30-17:00 Location: IQOQI Seminar room (Boltzmanngasse 3, 2nd floor) Zoom link (for those that cannot join in person): https://univienna.zoom.us/j/62321955598?pwd=oX0i21x3Jb1MBiYESdG1JwZ7NkP4Se.1 Abstract: We argue that the concept of signatures, which is prominently used in particle physics measurements, albeit widely neglected by philosophers, represents an important complement to the much-discussed concept of phenomena – not only in physics. By considering phenomena and signatures as steps of experimental inquiry, we argue that signatures are the final step of the measurement process and phenomena are the first step in the theoretical interpretation. (Based on a forthcoming paper with Peter Mättig, Bonn) For more information on "Physics meets Philosophy", see https://sites.google.com/view/physphilvienna Best wishes Sebastian

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Einladung: FöP am 4. Juni 2025 / Invitation: FöP on June 4, 2025

by vdsphilo20

Liebe alle, wir laden herzlich zur nächsten Fakultätsöffentlichen Präsentation von Dissertationsprojekten der Philosophie (FöP) ein. Am Mittwoch, den 4. Juni 2025 präsentieren drei Kandidat*innen ihre Dissertationsvorhaben im Hörsaal 2G (NIG, 2. Stock). Im Anschluss an die Präsentationen laden wir zu einem Austausch bei Sekt und Sushi ein. Programm: 13:15 Uhr Boda Liu, BA MA Das Leib-Ich: Reflexionen aus der Perspektive der generativen Phänomenologie Betreuung: Mag. Dr. Michael Staudigl, Privatdoz. 13:45 Uhr Eric Archambault, MA Essays on Aristotle and philosophy of mathematics Betreuung: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Mag. Dr. Georg Schiemer 14:15 Uhr Peter Schneider, BA MA Morbide Faszination. Zum persönlichen und theoretischen Verhältnis von Georges Bataille und Simone Weil Betreuung: Assoz. Prof. Mag. Mag. Dr. Dr. Esther Heinrich, Privatdoz. Wir freuen uns sehr auf Ihre Teilnahme! Die Einladung kann gerne mit interessierten Personen geteilt werden. Mit herzlichen Grüßen Univ.-Prof. Dr. Arne Holger Moritz Studienprogrammleitung Doktoratsstudium Philosophie (SPL 43) *** Dear all, We warmly invite you to the next Public Faculty Presentation of Dissertation Projects in Philosophy (FöP). On Wednesday, June 4, 2025 at 1:15 p.m. in Lecture Hall 2G (NIG, 2nd floor), three candidates will present their dissertation projects. Following the presentations, we once again invite you to join us for a reception with sparkling wine and sushi. Programme: 1:15 p.m. Boda Liu, BA MA Das Leib-Ich: Reflexionen aus der Perspektive der generativen Phänomenologie Supervisor: Mag. Dr. Michael Staudigl, Privatdoz. 1:45 p.m. Eric Archambault, MA Essays on Aristotle and philosophy of mathematics Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Mag. Dr. Georg Schiemer 2:15 p.m. Peter Schneider, BA MA Morbide Faszination. Zum persönlichen und theoretischen Verhältnis von Georges Bataille und Simone Weil Supervisor: Assoz. Prof. Mag. Mag. Dr. Dr. Esther Heinrich, Privatdoz. We are very much looking forward to your participation! Feel free to share this invitation with anyone who might be interested. With best wishes, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Arne Holger Moritz Director of the Doctoral Program in Philosophy (SPL 43)

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Invitation THINKING NATURE - Lecture

by Ralf Gisinger

Dear all, We are happy to invite you to a lecture that is part of the new event series THINKING NATURE [1]that will take place at the Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna, 2025-2026 (more information below), organised by Eva-Maria Aigner and Ralf Gisinger. The first lecture will take place on Friday, June 6, 6-8pm_,_ online and in a hybrid setting, Room 3A (NIG): Philippe Lynes (Durham University): "Anecological Dwelling: Derrida, Heidegger, Blanchot" Abstract: In the second year of his _The Thing _seminar (1976), Jacques Derrida undertakes a comparative analysis of Martin Heidegger's "Building, Dwelling, Thinking" with the literary work of Maurice Blanchot. For Derrida, if Heidegger's bridge signals a gathering of two shores, a gathering wherein mortals may learn to properly dwell in saving the earth, the bridge for Blanchot would hint at an infinite distancing of the two shores, a devastation that knows no salvation. This interplay of the economical and the aneconomical, _the ecological and the anecological_ would organize all of Derrida's readings of Heidegger and Blanchot almost twenty years later in the _Secret et témoignage _seminars. In unfolding these readings, we will ask what it might mean, in reconsidering the relations and non-relations between thinking and nature, to dwell _anecologically? _Might the anecological open onto a new thinking that leaves nature to its secrecy _without us?_ Bio: Philippe Lynes' research situates itself at the intersections of the environmental humanities, continental philosophy and ecocriticism. He has held an Addison Wheeler Fellowship with the Institute of Advanced Study and the Department of English Studies at Durham University. He was a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University, and held the Fulbright Canada Visiting Research Chair in Environmental Humanities at the University of California, Irvine. Lynes is the author of the two-volume _Dearth: Deconstruction after Speculative Realism_, forthcoming with Northwestern University Press in 2025 and 2026, and _Futures of Life Death on Earth: Derrida's General Ecology_ (Rowman & Littlefield International, 2018). He is co-editor (with Matthias Fritsch and David Wood) of _Eco-Deconstruction: Derrida and Environmental Philosophy_, (Fordham University Press, 2018) and (with Timothy Clark) of the _Oxford Literary Review_ special issue "What Might Eco-Deconstruction Be?" (2023) Lynes is also a translator and editor of French philosophy and literature, notably of the work of Jacques Derrida and Maurice Blanchot. He is associate editor of the journal _Derrida Today_, and one of the lead editors of Blanchot's literary estate. He is currently working on two books, _Ecologies of Emptiness_, on the Kyoto School, and an introductory book on _The_ _Environmental Posthumanities_. There will be two short responses to the lecture by Eva-Maria Aigner and Noemi Call (both University of Vienna). We will send out the zoom-link closer to the lecture. Here you find more information about the event series: THINKING NATURE [1] University of Vienna, 2025-2026 Poststructuralism has long been accused of a general indifference to questions of materiality and natural philosophy. From this perspective, and in light of the urgent philosophical problem of the looming climate crisis, poststructuralist theory does not seem ideally suited to contribute to the question of nature. In recent years, however, numerous authors have shown how poststructuralist theories can be made fruitful in ecology, geo-philosophy or a philosophy of nature. The lecture series, organised and curated by Eva-Maria Aigner and Ralf Gisinger (Research Group "Poststructuralism, Gender Theory, Psychoanalysis"), brings together some of the most intriguing contemporary theorists in this field who will be invited to the Department of Philosophy Vienna to give their philosophical perspectives on "Thinking Nature" in the Anthropocene. Events 2025 Philippe Lynes (Durham University) _June 6_, 18:00-20:00, online. Live-Streaming and Responses in Room 3A (NIG) Didier Debaise (Université Libre Bruxelles) _October 16_, Keynote, 18:30 (Lecture Room 3A (NIG), on-site/hybrid) _October 17_, Workshop, 10:00-16:00 (Lecture Room 3A (NIG), on-site/hybrid) Claire Colebrook (Penn State University) _November 21_, 10:00-12:00, online. Live-Streaming and Responses in Room 3A (NIG) Organised by Ralf Gisinger and Eva-Maria Aigner Funded by the Vienna Doctoral School of Philosophy Research Group "Poststructuralism, Gender Theory, Psychoanalysis" Registration and Information: ralf.gisinger(a)univie.ac.at eva-maria.aigner(a)univie.ac.at poststrukturalismus.univie.ac.at [2] Links: ------ [1] https://poststrukturalismus.univie.ac.at/veranstaltungen/thinking-nature-ev… [2] https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpoststru…

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GAP Infomail 22/2025

by Martin Kusch

Wir sind um die Verbreitung der unten stehenden Informationen gebeten worden. Wenn Sie selbst einen Beitrag zur GAP-Info-Mail haben, können Sie uns diesen unter Info-Mail-Portal [1] zukommen lassen. Beiträge, die uns bis Freitag, 10 Uhr erreichen, werden per GAP-Info-Mail am darauffolgenden Montag verschickt - Beiträge, die uns danach erreichen, entsprechend eine Woche später. (1) Stellenausschreibung (PAIR Centre, Erlangen, Deadline: 26.05.2025) Visiting Fellow (m/w/d) | 1-3 Monate (2) Stellenausschreibung (Mainz, Deadline: 01.06.2025) Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter:in (m/w/d) 100 | A 13 LBesG (Unbefristet) (3) Stellenausschreibung (Konstanz, Deadline: 08.06.2025) Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter:in (m/w/d) 100 | TV-L E13 (Drei Jahre) (4) Stellenausschreibung (Luxembourg, Deadline: 20.06.2025) Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter:in (Postdoc) (m/w/d) 100 | 3 years (5) Stellenausschreibung (Göttingen, Deadline: 20.06.2025) Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter:in (m/w/d) (6) Stellenausschreibung (Dresden, Deadline: 30.06.2025) Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter:in (m/w/d) 65 | E 13 TV-L (3 Jahre) (7) Veranstaltungsankündigung (Online (Zoom)), 26.05.2025, 13:00 Uhr - 26.05.2025, 14:00 Uhr Sonstige: Lunchtalk-Reihe des DFG-Netzwerks "Methoden Praktischer Ethik" (8) Veranstaltungsankündigung (Berlin), 26.05.2025, 14:00 Uhr - 26.05.2025, 16:00 Uhr Sonstige: Book Launch: Gen Eickers: Scripts and Social Cognition (9) Veranstaltungsankündigung (Berlin), 03.07.2025 - 04.07.2025 Workshop: Political Dimensions of Open-Mindedness (1) Stellenausschreibung (PAIR Centre, Erlangen, Deadline: 26.05.2025) Visiting Fellow (m/w/d) | 1-3 Monate The Centre for Philosophy and AI Research [2] (PAIR) at Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg [3], Germany, is inviting applications for payed PAIR Visiting Fellowships for 1 to 3 months (between October 2025 to October 2026). The deadline for the next round has been adjusted to the 26th of May, followed by another round for the 15th of September 2025 (for the period April 2026 to April 2027). If you decide to apply, please consult the full announcement here: https://www.pair.fau.eu/visit-pair/ Both junior and senior researchers can apply for PAIR Visiting Fellowships: - Junior Fellowship: Stipend of 1.500--2.500 EUR per month + 500 EUR lump sum for travel support. - Senior Fellowship: Stipend of 2.500--3000 EUR per month + 500 EUR lump sum for travel support. (The lower bound applies if you also have a salary or similar income from a position elsewhere; the higher bound applies if the fellowship will be your only source of income for this period.) To apply, please send a single PDF with the following 3 parts to pair-jobs(a)fau.de: 1. a short motivation letter (1.5 pages max), which indicates: 1a. when do you intend to come to PAIR; 1b. what you intend to work on while at PAIR; 1c. how your research relates to the aims of PAIR or the research of its members; 2 a CV with a list of publications, and 3. a sample of writing that the applicant considers their best work, and PAIR was founded in 2022 with support from a prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Professorship for Vincent C. Müller at the University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU, est. 1743). We intend to set the agenda in the philosophy and ethics of AI, through publications, events, structures, and visible activities. We aim to generate intellectual progress that can have a deep impact towards a better society. Our centre encourages interdisciplinary work and involves excellent people with a background in philosophy, cognitive sciences, neurosciences, social sciences, political science, and computer sciences. Informal but targeted inquiries can be sent to the Director of Research (sascha.fink(a)fau.de) or the Head Director of PAIR (vincent.c.mueller(a)fau.de). We look forward to your applications. Kontaktadresse: pair-jobs(a)fau.de URL zum Call: https://www.pair.fau.eu/visit-pair/ Bewerbungsfrist: 26.05.2025 (2) Stellenausschreibung (Mainz, Deadline: 01.06.2025) Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter:in (m/w/d) 100 | A 13 LBesG (Unbefristet) Unbefristete Stelle als Akademische*r Rat / Rätin (m/w/d) als wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in an der Kant-Forschungsstelle des Philosophischen Seminars der Johannes Gutenberg Universität: https://stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de//HPv3.Jobs/jgu//stellenangebot/47188/577… [4] Kontaktadresse: kpollok(a)uni-mainz.de URL zum Call: https://stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de//HPv3.Jobs/jgu//stellen ... [5] Bewerbungsfrist: 01.06.2025 (3) Stellenausschreibung (Konstanz, Deadline: 08.06.2025) Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter:in (m/w/d) 100 | TV-L E13 (Drei Jahre) Akademische*r Mitarbeiter*in (w/m/d) (Vollzeit, E 13 TV-L) Kennziffer 2025/111. In der Arbeitsgruppe Theoretische Philosophie (Prof. Dr. Thomas Müller) am Fachbereich Philosophie der Universität Konstanz ist zum 1. Oktober 2025 eine Stelle als Akademische*r Mitarbeiter*in befristet auf drei Jahre zu besetzen. Die Universität Konstanz ist eine von elf Exzellenzuniversitäten in Deutschland und wird seit 2007 in der Exzellenzinitiative und deren Nachfolgeprogramm, der Exzellenzstrategie des Bundes und der Länder, gefördert. Die Stelle dient der weiteren wissenschaftlichen Qualifikation nach der Promotion und bietet die Möglichkeit zur eigenständigen Forschung im Bereich der Theoretischen Philosophie. Aktuelle Forschungsschwerpunkte der Arbeitsgruppe sind Wissenschaftsphilosophie, Metaphysik und Handlungstheorie; es bestehen zudem interdisziplinäre Kooperationen. Die Mitarbeiter*in soll dieses Profil sinnvoll ergänzen; sowohl ein systematischer als auch ein historischer Schwerpunkt sind möglich. Ihre Aufgaben * Eigenständige Forschung zur weiteren wissenschaftlichen Qualifikation nach der Promotion * Lehre im Umfang von 4 LVS auf Deutsch und auf Englisch * Ggf. Betreuung von B.A.- und M.A.-Arbeiten * Mitarbeit in der akademischen Selbstverwaltung * Mitarbeit an Forschungsprojekten und anderen Aktivitäten der Arbeitsgruppe Ihr Profil * Abgeschlossenes Hochschulstudium (Master/Diplom) in Philosophie oder einem anderen einschlägigen Fach * Eine exzellente einschlägige Promotion * Sehr gute deutsche und englische Sprachkenntnisse * Interesse und Neugierde am wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten * Erfahrungen in der interdisziplinären Arbeit sind willkommen Wir bieten Ihnen * Ein offenes und motiviertes, international orientiertes Forschungsumfeld * Die Möglichkeit zur Habilitation * Die Arbeit in einer traumhaft schönen Umgebung * Eingruppierung nach den tariflichen Bestimmungen des TV-L (je nach persönlichen Voraussetzungen bis Entgeltgruppe 13 TV-L) Weitere Auskünfte erteilt Prof. Dr. Thomas Müller, Thomas.Mueller(a)uni-konstanz.de. Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Bewerbung mit den üblichen Unterlagen (kurzes Anschreiben, Lebenslauf, ggf. Übersicht über Lehrerfahrung, Schriftenverzeichnis, Abschlusszeugnisse, ein writing sample von max. 30 Seiten) bis zum 08.06.2025 über unser Online-Bewerbungsportal. Die Universität Konstanz engagiert sich für Gleichstellung, Diversity sowie die Vereinbarkeit von Beruf und Familie. Sie strebt eine Erhöhung des Anteils von Frauen in Forschung und Lehre an und unterstützt Dual Career-Paare (uni.kn/dcc). Menschen mit einer Schwerbehinderung werden bei entsprechender Eignung vorrangig eingestellt (sbv(a)uni-konstanz.de, +49 7531 88-4016). Kontaktadresse: Thomas.Mueller(a)uni-konstanz.de URL zum Call: https://stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/8825c21c7e5cbd1 ... [6] Bewerbungsfrist: 08.06.2025 (4) Stellenausschreibung (Luxembourg, Deadline: 20.06.2025) Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter:in (Postdoc) (m/w/d) 100 | 3 years The University of Luxembourg is advertising for a Post-Doctoral researcher in Philosophy of Mind/Epistemology as part of the AHRC & FNR funded project The Role of Cognitive Experience in Decision and Action, an international collaboration between the University of Liverpool and the University of Luxembourg. This is a 36 month fixed-term position. Another Post-Doctoral researcher position will soon be advertised at the University of Liverpool. Each position must be applied for separately through the official recruitment portals of each university. But we encourage all qualified candidates to apply for both positions if they are happy to be based in either Liverpool or Luxembourg. Your profile * Excellent Ph.D. degree in Philosophy with an AOS in Philosophy of Mind (including philosophy of cognitive science or philosophy of AI) or Epistemology (including social epistemology) broadly construed * Experience of carrying out academic research, and discussing and presenting this research * A proven track-record (appropriate to career stage) of publishing in academic journals * Able to present ideas in a professional academic setting and in a public-facing capacity * Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of French, German or Luxembourgish may be considered an asset but is not essential for the position. _Desirable:_ * A proven track-record (appropriate to career stage) of publishing in public-facing outlets * Experience and strong interest in online sociality and online behaviour, social media analytics, consumption of online information and misinformation * Participation in outreach or public engagement initiatives * Creative and innovative ideas regarding outreach and public engagement * Genuinely value making philosophical ideas accessible outside academia How to apply _Applications should include:_ * Motivation letter (max. two pages) outlining how you fit the criteria for the position * Curriculum vitae * Writing sample: either a published journal article or an excerpt from PhD/unpublished draft paper (in which case no longer than 8000 words) * Copies of diplomas * Names and contact details of two academic referees Early application is highly encouraged, as the applications will be processed upon reception. To ensure full consideration candidates should apply by 20/06/2025 ONLINE formally through the HR system [7]. Applications by Email will not be considered. _General information:_ * Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract 36 Month * Work Hours: Full Time 40.0 Hours per Week * Location: Campus Belval * Planned Start Date: 1st September 2025 * Internal Title: Postdoctoral researcher * Job Reference: UOL07374 The yearly gross salary for every Postdoctoral Researcher at the UL is EUR 85176 (full time). Please contact Dr Thomas Raleigh if you have any questions about the role or your suitability: thomas.raleigh(a)uni.lu The official Job advert and online application portal is here [8]. Kontaktadresse: thomas.raleigh(a)uni.lu Bewerbungsfrist: 20.06.2025 (5) Stellenausschreibung (Göttingen, Deadline: 20.06.2025) Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter:in (m/w/d) Am Philosophischen Seminar der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen ist zum 01.10.2025 eine Stelle als wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (w/m/d) in Teilzeit mit 50 v.H. der regelmäßigen wöchentlichen Arbeitszeit (zzt. 19,9 Stunden/Woche) befristet für die Dauer von 3 Jahren bis zum 30.09.2028 zu besetzen. Die Entgeltzahlung erfolgt nach Entgeltgruppe 13 TV-L. Die Stelle befindet sich an der Professur für Theoretische Philosophie (Prof. Dr. Christian Beyer). Ihre Aufgaben * Mitwirkung in der Lehre gem. LVVO, z. Zt. im Umfang von 2 Lehrverpflichtungsstunden * Mitwirkung bei der Leistungsprüfung (Prüfungsbeisitz), ggf. Unterstützung bei der Organisation von Fachtagungen und der Formulierung von Forschungsanträgen sowie der Vorbereitung von Publikationen Ihr Profil * Schwerpunkt im Bereich Sprachphilosophie, Erkenntnistheorie, Philosophie des Geistes / der Person bzw. Husserl im Kontext der analytischen Philosophie * abgeschlossene wissenschaftliche Hochschulausbildung (Master, Magister) * sehr gute Deutsch- und Englischkenntnisse in Wort und Schrift * Neben dem erwähnten fachlichen Schwerpunkt gehören die Qualität des Promotionsvorhabens und der bisherigen Veröffentlichungen sowie Lehrerfahrung/didaktische Fähigkeiten zu den Auswahlkriterien. Die Stelle soll der Qualifizierung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses dienen und bietet die Möglichkeit zur Promotion. Die Universität Göttingen strebt in den Bereichen, in denen Frauen unterrepräsentiert sind, eine Erhöhung des Frauenanteils an und fordert daher qualifizierte Frauen nachdrücklich zur Bewerbung auf. Sie versteht sich als familienfreundliche Hochschule und fördert die Vereinbarkeit von Wissenschaft/Beruf und Familie. Die Universität hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, mehr schwerbehinderte Menschen zu beschäftigen. Bewerbungen Schwerbehinderter erhalten bei gleicher Qualifikation den Vorzug. Bewerbungen mit den üblichen Unterlagen (Anschreiben, Zeugnisse, Abschlussurkunde und Lebenslauf inkl. Publikationsliste sowie Übersicht über bisher unterrichtete Lehrveranstaltungen), Kurzbeschreibung des Promotionsvorhabens sowie einem repräsentativen Text (Aufsatz, Auszug aus Qualifikationsschrift o.ä.) von maximal 20 Seiten Länge werden bis zum 20.06.2025 ausschließlich in elektronischer Form, erbeten an maren.merder(a)uni-goettingen.de. Bitte bündeln Sie alle Unterlagen in einer PDF-Datei. Für Rückfragen steht Ihnen Frau Maren Merder, Telefon:0551-39-24776, E-Mail: maren.merder(a)uni-goettingen.de zur Verfügung. Bewerbungsfrist: 20.06.2025 (6) Stellenausschreibung (Dresden, Deadline: 30.06.2025) Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter:in (m/w/d) 65 | E 13 TV-L (3 Jahre) At TUD Dresden University of Technology the Junior Professorship in Philosophy of Science (Jun.-Prof. Enno Fischer) offers a position as Research Associate (m/f/x) in Philosophy of Science / Philosophy of Physics (subject to personal qualification employees are remunerated according to salary group E 13 TV-L) starting at the earliest possible date. The position is limited to 3 years as part of the DFG project "Progress through Principles: An Epistemology of Foundational Assumptions Guiding Contemporary Physics". The period of employment is governed by the Fixed Term Research Contracts Act (Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz - WissZeitVG). The position comprises 65% of the full-time weekly hours. The position offers the chance to obtain further academic qualification (usually PhD). The Project examines the heuristic role of guiding principles in foundational physics. Further information about the project is available at https://tu-dresden.de/gsw/phil/iphil/phisci/forschung?set_language=en. Tasks: * academic collaboration in the mentioned research project * project coordination and support for project management * independent research in philosophy of science and philosophy of physics in the mentioned field of study Requirements: * completed university degree (M.A./M.Sc. level) in philosophy or physics * proficiency in English or German * teamwork, communication skills, and initiative * Interest in interdisciplinary work. For inquiries, please contact Jun.-Prof. Enno Fischer: enno.fischer(a)tu-dresden.de. TUD strives to employ more women in academia and research. We therefore expressly encourage women to apply. The University is a certified family-friendly university. We welcome applications from candidates with disabilities. If multiple candidates prove to be equally qualified, those with disabilities or with equivalent status pursuant to the German Social Code IX (SGB IX) will receive priority for employment. Please submit your application including a detailed motivation letter (max. 2 pages), curriculum vitae, copies of certificates, work sample (max. 5000 words), project outline (max. 2 pages) and contact details of two persons who would be willing to provide academic references (all documents in German or English) by June 30, 2025 (stamped arrival date of the university central mail service or the time stamp on the email server of TUD applies), preferably via the TUD SecureMail Portal https://securemail.tu-dresden.de by sending it as a single pdf file to enno.fischer(a)tu-dresden.de or to: TU Dresden, Juniorprofessur für Wissenschaftstheorie, Herrn Jun.-Prof. Enno Fischer, Helmholtzstr. 10, 01069 Dresden, Germany. Please submit copies only, as your application will not be returned to you. Expenses incurred in attending interviews cannot be reimbursed. The full job announcement is here: https://www.verw.tu-dresden.de/StellAus/stelle.asp?id=12139&⟨=en&style=cms2 Kontaktadresse: enno.fischer(a)tu-dresden.de URL zum Call: https://www.verw.tu-dresden.de/StellAus/stelle.asp?id=1213 ... [9] Bewerbungsfrist: 30.06.2025 (7) Veranstaltungsankündigung (Online (Zoom)), 26.05.2025, 13:00 Uhr - 26.05.2025, 14:00 Uhr Sonstige: Lunchtalk-Reihe des DFG-Netzwerks "Methoden Praktischer Ethik" Lunchtalk-Reihe des DFG-Netzwerks "Methoden Praktischer Ethik [10]" Interessierte sind herzlich eingeladen, zuzuhören und mitzudiskutieren. _Zweiter Lunchtalk: Montag, 26. Mai 2025, 13:00 - 14:00 Uhr: _ Prof. Dr. Chris Neuhäuser (Dortmund): _„Achtung und Selbstachtung: Zur Verteidigung der Abhängigkeitsthese"_. _Abstract_: Viele Theoretiker:innen gehen davon aus, dass Selbstachtung von Achtung abhängt. Dabei soll es sich zudem nicht nur um eine psychologische Abhängigkeit handeln, die sich auch minimieren ließe. Vielmehr soll diese Abhängigkeit in irgendeinem Sinne konstitutiv sein. Genau das wird jedoch von einigen stoisch inspirierten Theoretiker:innen in Frage gestellt. Für eine Politik der Anerkennung hat diese Diskussion offensichtlich erhebliche Folgen, weil von der jeweiligen Position abhängt, welche politischen Maßnahmen zur Stärkung der Selbstachtung (als vielleicht wichtigstem Grundgut, wie Rawls schreibt) geeignet sind. Der Vortrag verfolgt zwei Ziele: Erstens argumentiere ich gegen die Skeptiker:innen für eine konstitutive Abhängigkeit der Selbstachtung von Achtung. Zweitens soll deutlich werden, dass Antworten auf solche grundlegenden Fragen der praktischen Philosophie weitreichende politische Folgen haben können, also immer schon „angewandt" sind. _Teilnahmelink_ (Zoom): Link [11] Meeting-ID: 666 4933 1283 Passwort: 552740 Schnelleinwahl mobil +496938980596,,66649331283#,,#,552740# Deutschland _Nächster Termin_ der Lunchtalk-Reihe zum Vormerken: * Freitag, 27. Juni 2025, 13:00 Uhr: Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Andrei Poama (Leiden) Modus: Online-Veranstaltung Veranstaltungs-URL: https://methodennetzwerk.de/aktivitaten/ Kontaktadresse: norbert.paulo(a)gmail.com (8) Veranstaltungsankündigung (Berlin), 26.05.2025, 14:00 Uhr - 26.05.2025, 16:00 Uhr Sonstige: Book Launch: Gen Eickers: Scripts and Social Cognition Book Launch: Gen Eickers: "Scripts and Social Cognition: How We Interact with Others" (Routledge, 2025) May 26, 2025 2 - 4pm (CET) TU Berlin, Room: H2051 Registration for Zoom: gen.eickers(a)uni-osnabrueck.de _Commentators: _ * Quill Kukla (Leibniz Universität Hannover / Georgetown University) * Rebekka Hufendiek (Universität Ulm) 14.00: Room Open 14.15 -14.20: Welcome: Axel Gelfert 14.20 - 14.40: Brief Sketch of the Book and Background: Gen Eickers 14.40 - 15.00: Comment 1: Rebekka Hufendiek 15.00 - 15.20: Comment 2: Quill Kukla 15.20 - 16.00: Panel Discussion Modus: Hybridveranstaltung Veranstaltungs-URL: https://philevents.org/event/show/135945 Kontaktadresse: gen.eickers(a)uni-osnabrueck.de (9) Veranstaltungsankündigung (Berlin), 03.07.2025 - 04.07.2025 Workshop: Political Dimensions of Open-Mindedness Open-mindedness - the willingness to engage with new ideas and give them serious consideration - seems to be a core virtue of democratic citizens. Indeed, many pathologies of contemporary politics - from an increasingly hostile public discourse to phenomena like filter bubbles and epistemic injustice - can be described as (originating in) some form of narrow or even closed-mindedness. Yet, while there is an ongoing debate around the nature and norms of open-mindedness in virtue epistemology (concerned with our ability to acquire true beliefs about the world), the distinctly political dimensions of open-mindedness remain undertheorized. The aim of this workshop is to make up for this gap from different philosophical perspectives and in relation to various issues. Participants: Jack Kwong, Romy Jaster, Hein Duijf, Katrin Flikschuh, Monika Betzler, Wayne Riggs, Isabel Kaeslin, Jakob Huber, Dominik Balg. The workshop program is available here [12]. To participate, please register with jakob.huber(a)fu-berlin.de until June 1st. Modus: Präsenzveranstaltung Veranstaltungs-URL: https://democratic-hope.net/news/ Kontaktadresse: jakob.huber(a)fu-berlin.de Anmeldefrist: 01.06.2025 -- Links: ------ [1] https://infomail.gap-im-netz.de [2] https://www.pair.fau.eu/ [3] https://www.fau.eu/ [4] https://stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de/HPv3.Jobs/jgu/stellenangebot/47188/57742 [5] https://stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de//HPv3.Jobs/jgu//stellenangebot/47188/577… [6] https://stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/8825c21c7e5cbd17cbbbc8fc590397b6… [7] https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Frecruitme… [8] https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Frecruitme… [9] https://www.verw.tu-dresden.de/StellAus/stelle.asp?id=12139&lang=en&amp… [10] https://methodennetzwerk.de/ [11] https://ruhr-uni-bochum.zoom-x.de/j/66649331283?pwd=MVXuSjBvoUWLprwnNb2rGf8… [12] https://democratic-hope.net/news/

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[REMINDER] Talk by Quassim Cassam this Wednesday (1pm - 2.30pm) in HS 3A, NIG

by Veronika Lassl

Dear all, this is to remind you that Quassim Cassam is giving a talk entitled "How To Be a Political Epistemologist" to which the WFAP warmly invites you. When? This Wednesday, 1pm - 2.30pm Where? HS 3A, NIG, Universitätsstraße 1, 1010 Vienna Abstract: One of the fastest growing areas of philosophy today is political epistemology. In my lecture, I will discuss the extent to which its leading figures operate in an epistemic bubble or echo chamber. I will draw on Kusch's conception of a sociology of philosophical knowledge to investigate the background assumptions, concerns, ideologies, and master narratives of mainstream political epistemologists. I will propose a class-based analysis of political epistemology and explore the suggestion that this field's major preoccupations are essentially the preoccupations of what Musa Al-Gharbi calls 'symbolic capitalists'. I will conclude with a plea for a more diverse and self-critical approach to political epistemology. We are looking forward to seeing you there! Best, Veronika Lassl Acting Chair - Vienna Forum for Analytic Philosophy (WFAP) wfap.philo.at

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Mini workshop on AI and computing — 20.05.2025

by VD Philosophy

Dear VDP members, Please find information on the workshop on AI and computing, organized by the Philosophy of Science Group. Date: 20.05.2025 Lecture Room 3D (Room D0316, 3rd floor) Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Vienna Organized by: Univ.-Prof. Tarja Knuuttila 17:00 -18:00 Dr. Nick Wiggershaus (University of Lille) Computational Artifacts and the Problem of Creation As computer science integrates principles from logic, engineering, and physics, the ontological status of its core entities, such as computer programs, remains contested. Programs are often characterized as hybrids that have a "dual nature." In attempts to untangle such hybrids, philosophers of computing have applied the concept of 'technical artifact' (combining teleological function and physical structure) to computing. While productive, it overlooks a notorious problem from the philosophy of art: the Problem of Creation, which asks how abstract objects like musical works or novels can be brought into existence through concrete human activity. I argue that, like repeatable artworks, computational artifacts have different representational modes (e.g., symbolic, mathematical, diagrammatic) and implementational media (e.g., ink on paper, chalk on a whiteboard, electrical signals, punched cards, etc.). Just as a novel or a musical work is not identical to any one performance or copy, a computer program persists across implementations. This invites a philosophical conundrum: How can programmers create abstract objects that are not located in space or time? By appropriating solutions to the Problem of Creation, we gain alternative ways to characterize the ontological status of programs and other computing objects. I conclude by exploring whether we can understand computational artifacts as abstract technical artifacts. 18:15-19:15 Dr. Laura Savolainen (University of Helsinki) Emperor's New Crowds: "Untrustworthy" Workers and "Ground Truth" Ground-truth datasets are supposed to nail down facts about the "world" represented by data, so that machine learning models trained on them will behave reliably in that same world. Yet when annotation is outsourced to platform workers whom engineers do not know, and often mistrust, how is such reliability achieved or even imagined? Based on 27 interviews with machine learning researchers and practitioners, this paper investigates how ground-truth datasets are stabilised when 1) annotators are positioned as unreliable non-experts, 2) recognised domain experts are prohibitively expensive, and 3) the platform architecture itself suppresses deliberation, feedback, and learning. Given these constraints, I illustrate ground-truthing as a canny, iterative practice shaped by task design choices, aggregation methods, disciplinary conventions, and the affective politics of trusting data supplied by unknown workers. Rather than reflecting the world, the resulting datasets operationalize narrowly bounded problem formulations that satisfy performance goals 'well enough' for downstream modelling. By analysing the epistemic hierarchies, organizational constraints and judgment calls embedded in these pipelines, the discussion offers a concrete case for re-evaluating realist assumptions about data, evidence, and representation in contemporary AI research. Moreover, the analysis opens normative space for re-imagining data pipelines around more transparent authority structures and richer human feedback for more reliable processes and outputs. If you wish to join via zoom, please find it below: https://univienna.zoom.us/j/61325403480?pwd=csc5Ipp2tkz9MjwbvFioVELyphZW6u.1 Best, Raphael -- MSc. Mag. Raphael Aybar, BA Scientific Coordinator Vienna Doctoral School of Philosophy University of Vienna Universitätsstraße 7, B0301 1010 Wien +43-1-4277-46020 https://vd-philosophy.univie.ac.at/ vd.philosophy(a)univie.ac.at raphael.aybar(a)univie.ac.at

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Ausschreibung: Universitätsassistent*in Praedoc, im Forschungsbereich Antike Philosophie (3932) -I- Job advertisement: University Assistant Praedoc, in the research area of Ancient Philosophy (3932)

by Raphael Gustavo Aybar Valdivia

Guten Tag! wir möchten Sie über folgende aktuelle Jobausschreibung am Institut für Philosophie der Universität Wien informieren: Universitätsassistent*in Praedoc, im Forschungsbereich Antike Philosophie (3932) Link zur Ausschreibung: https://jobs.univie.ac.at/job-invite/3932/ 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 -- 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 Ancient Philosophy (3932) Link to the job posting: https://jobs.univie.ac.at/job-invite/3932/ [1] 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 philosophie(a)univie.ac.at +43(1)4277 46401 Institut für Philosophie Universitätsstraße 7, Raum A316 1010 Wien https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/ [2] Links: ------ [1] https://jobs.univie.ac.at/job-invite/3932/ [2] https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/ _______________________________________________ Intern mailing list -- intern(a)lists.philo.at To unsubscribe send an email to intern-leave(a)lists.philo.at -- MSc. Mag. Raphael Aybar, BA Scientific Coordinator Vienna Doctoral School of Philosophy University of Vienna Universitätsstraße 7, B0301 1010 Wien +43-1-4277-46020 https://vd-philosophy.univie.ac.at/ vd.philosophy(a)univie.ac.at raphael.aybar(a)univie.ac.at

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Fwd: Mini workshop on AI and computing 20.05. 17:00 - 19:15, NIG 3D

by Vienna Doctoral School of Philosophy

The Philosophy of Science Group at the Department of Philosophy cordially invites you to this mini workshop. (Please note that the order of the presentations has changed.) Best, Tarja Knuuttila * * *Mini workshop on AI and computing — 20.05.2025* Lecture Room 3D (Room D0316, 3rd floor) Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Vienna Organized by: Univ.-Prof. Tarja Knuuttila 17:00 -18:00 Dr. Nick Wiggershaus (University of Lille) * * *Computational Artifacts and the Problem of Creation* As computer science integrates principles from logic, engineering, and physics, the ontological status of its core entities, such as computer programs, remains contested. Programs are often characterized as hybrids that have a “dual nature.” In attempts to untangle such hybrids, philosophers of computing have applied the concept of ‘technical artifact’ (combining teleological function and physical structure) to computing. While productive, it overlooks a notorious problem from the philosophy of art: the /Problem of Creation/, which asks how abstract objects like musical works or novels can be brought into existence through concrete human activity. I argue that, like repeatable artworks, computational artifacts have different representational modes (e.g., symbolic, mathematical, diagrammatic) and implementational media (e.g., ink on paper, chalk on a whiteboard, electrical signals, punched cards, etc.). Just as a novel or a musical work is not identical to any one performance or copy, a computer program persists across implementations. This invites a philosophical conundrum: How can programmers /create /abstract objects that are not located in space or time? By appropriating solutions to the Problem of Creation, we gain alternative ways to characterize the ontological status of programs and other computing objects. I conclude by exploring whether we can understand computational artifacts as /abstract /technical artifacts. 18:15-19:15 Dr. Laura Savolainen (University of Helsinki) *Emperor’s New Crowds: “Untrustworthy” Workers and “Ground Truth”* Ground-truth datasets are supposed to nail down facts about the “world” represented by data, so that machine learning models trained on them will behave reliably in that same world. Yet when annotation is outsourced to platform workers whom engineers do not know, and often mistrust, how is such reliability achieved or even imagined? Based on 27 interviews with machine learning researchers and practitioners, this paper investigates how ground-truth datasets are stabilised when 1) annotators are positioned as unreliable non-experts, 2) recognised domain experts are prohibitively expensive, and 3) the platform architecture itself suppresses deliberation, feedback, and learning. Given these constraints, I illustrate ground-truthing as a canny, iterative practice shaped by task design choices, aggregation methods, disciplinary conventions, and the affective politics of trusting data supplied by unknown workers. Rather than reflecting the world, the resulting datasets operationalize narrowly bounded problem formulations that satisfy performance goals ‘well enough’ for downstream modelling. By analysing the epistemic hierarchies, organizational constraints and judgment calls embedded in these pipelines, the discussion offers a concrete case for re-evaluating realist assumptions about data, evidence, and representation in contemporary AI research. Moreover, the analysis opens normative space for re-imagining data pipelines around more transparent authority structures and richer human feedback for more reliable processes and outputs.

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Trans*Formations: Upcoming Workshop and Talk with Prof. Emma Heaney (NYU)

by Vienna Doctoral School of Philosophy

Dear all, I am excited to invite you to the next installments of the Trans*Formations series at the Department of Philosophy! This series of talks and workshops, supported by the Vienna Doctoral School of Philosophy, provides insights into recent developments in trans theorizing. This time, we will be joined by Prof. Emma Heaney, who is a Clinical Assistant Professor and Faculty Advisor for Experimental Writing at New York University (US). She will give both a workshop (25 participants, booking required) and a public talk that everyone is welcome to! Please find all the info below and in the flyers attached to this mail, and disseminate to all who might be interested! *Trans*Formations Workshop: **On the Cisness of the Bourgeoisie: A Workshop with Professor Emma Heaney* *25.6.2025, 18:00 - 19:30, HS 3A (NIG, 3rd Floor)* This workshop will consider recently published and forthcoming work by American scholar of Trans Studies and Comparative Literature: Emma Heaney. Participants will read the introduction to Heaney’s recently published edited collection,/Feminism Against Cisness/ <https://www.dukeupress.edu/feminism-against-cisness>, an interview <https://pinko.online/web/on-the-cisness-of-the-bourgeoisie> with feminist theorist Sophie Lewis (/Full Surrogacy Now/, /Abolish the Family/, /Enemy Feminisms/), and a forthcoming interview that addresses questions of historical and linguistic translation in decentering Anglophone texts (and histories of Western Europe and the United States) in queer and trans theory. The historical focus on this workshop is tracing the itinerary of transness and cisness in medicalization of sex and sexuality from the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century. Theoretical questions focus on the definition of sex, the status of the feminine in regard to sex distinctions in the foliations of the twentieth century, and the imposition of cisness as an ideology that obfuscates the understanding of sex on both the experiential and the political level. To join the workshop, please sign up via e-mail to flora.loeffelmann(a)univie.ac.at <mailto:flora.loeffelmann@univie.ac.at>. You will then be sent the workshop material! Participants are expected to read the material before the workshop so a productive discussion can be ensured. Thanks to the support of queer@hochschulen <https://queer-at-hochschulen.org/>, there is a also a limited number of travel stipends available for university students from other Austrian universities. Please indicate in your sign-up mail if you would like to apply for one! The workshop will be in English with ÖGS translation. *Trans*Formations Talk: **Provincializing Cisness* *26.6.2025, 19:30 - 21:00, HS 3A (NIG, 3rd Floor)* Most examinations of sex and gender in the academy take bourgeois national histories of North America and Western Europe as their frame of reference. In the histories of Germany, the UK, France, and the United States, doctors and state bureaucracies incorporated sexual and gendered social practices into a taxonomy of identities (or even species, as Foucault puts it,) beginning in the mid-nineteenth century. However, in many sex-gender systems, including those of the proletarian neighborhoods of these nations' metropoles, the assumptions that formed expert orderings did not apply. This lecture surveys the non-cis vernacular categories that ordered these sex-gender systems. The relation between race/class and cisness means that there is no absolute geography to this story. Drawing on source material from Indigenous Americas to the South Asian subcontinent and from the working-class neighborhoods of Kansas City to the courts of Nigerian nobility, the talk will be attuned to a range of sex-gender systems that do not accord with the categories produced by the Euro- American bourgeois in order to, as the title suggests, reveal the provincial status of cisness. The talk will be in English with ÖGS translation. I want to thank the VDP <https://vd-philosophy.univie.ac.at/>, the Culture & Equality Unit <https://personalwesen.univie.ac.at/en/culture-equality/> of the University of Vienna, queer@hochschulen <https://queer-at-hochschulen.org/>, and ACCESTECH / TU Wien <https://www.experiencing-access.eu/de/news/> for their financial support. Bio: Emma Heaney is a scholar and teacher of feminist theory, comparative literature, and trans studies. Her first book, /The New Woman: Literary Modernism, Queer Theory, and the Trans Feminine Allegory /(Northwestern 2017) is a study of the prominence of the medicalized figure of trans femininity in works of twentieth-century literature and philosophy. Her edited collection /Feminism Against Cisness /(Duke 2024) gathers essays that demonstrate the nature and potential of feminist thought unobscured by the counterrevolutionary mystification of assigned sex. /This Watery Place: Four Essays on Gestation ––– /a political and phenomenological report from the gestational sensorium against cisness, capital, and genocide ––– is forthcoming from Pluto Press in November 2025. Her current book project is a sequel edited collection that draws on the work of scholars from many disciplines and areas of geographical and historical focus to reveal the provincial nature of the ideology of cisness. Forthcoming essays theorize the emergence of the trans-gay distinction in the twentieth century via literary representations. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the XE program at New York University, where she serves as faculty advisor for the Advanced Certificate in Experimental Writing. With all the best wishes and hoping to see many of you at the events, Flora Löffelmann, MA MA Pronouns: they/them (for more info see: https://www.mypronouns.org/what-and-why/ <https://www.mypronouns.org/what-and-why/>) Happy about a gender neutral "hello"! Department of Philosophy at University of Vienna

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Fwd: GAP Infomail 21/2025

by Martin Kusch

Wir sind um die Verbreitung der unten stehenden Informationen gebeten worden. Wenn Sie selbst einen Beitrag zur GAP-Info-Mail haben, können Sie uns diesen unter Info-Mail-Portal [1] zukommen lassen. Beiträge, die uns bis Freitag, 10 Uhr erreichen, werden per GAP-Info-Mail am darauffolgenden Montag verschickt - Beiträge, die uns danach erreichen, entsprechend eine Woche später. (1) Stellenausschreibung (Beer Sheva and Berlin, Deadline: 29.05.2025) PhD-Fellowship (m/w/d) 100 | 4 (2) Stellenausschreibung (Bremen, Deadline: 06.06.2025) Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter:in (Doktorand:in) (m/w/d) 50 | TVL E-13 (Drei Jahre) (3) Call for Papers (Wien, Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien, Austria (Hörsaal 2H), Deadline: 17.05.2025) Sonstige (studentische Veranstaltung): Genetic Pain Surgery Animal Disenhancement in the Context of Genome Editing (4) Call for Papers (Graz University, Deadline: 18.05.2025) Konferenz: AI Assertion (5) Call for Papers (Flensburg, Deadline: 31.07.2025) Workshop: 2. SWIP Doktorand:innen-Workhop für FLINTA*-Personen (6) Call for Papers (Bielefeld, Deadline: 15.09.2025) Workshop: 10th Bielefeld-Southampton-Berlin Normativity Workshop (BiSoBer 2025) (7) Call for Papers (Sonderband, Deadline: 31.07.2025) Synthese: Gatekeeping in Science (8) Call for Papers (Sonderband, Deadline: 15.10.2025) Synthese: Agency and Free Will in an Indeterministic World (9) Veranstaltungsankündigung (University of Lisbon), 22.05.2025 - 23.05.2025 Workshop: First Workshop of the Indeterminacy in Science project (10) Veranstaltungsankündigung (Fribourg), 23.05.2025 - 24.05.2025 Workshop: Aristotle's Methods of Philosophical Inquiry (11) Veranstaltungsankündigung (Greifswald), 27.05.2025 - 27.05.2025 Sonstige: Kant's moral philosophy - beyond the straw man (12) Veranstaltungsankündigung (Online), 04.06.2025, 16:00 Uhr - 04.06.2025, 17:30 Uhr Kolloquium: Philosophieren mit KI? - Large Language Models und Philosophiezeitschriften (13) Veranstaltungsankündigung (Bochum), 10.06.2025 - 11.06.2025 Workshop: Evaluating Artificial Consciousness (14) Veranstaltungsankündigung (Bern), 12.06.2025 - 13.06.2025 Workshop: Schaber on Requests (15) Veranstaltungsankündigung (Frankfurt am Main), 20.06.2025 - 21.06.2025 Konferenz: FrankMeta.7 (1) Stellenausschreibung (Beer Sheva and Berlin, Deadline: 29.05.2025) PhD-Fellowship (m/w/d) 100 | 4 Dear colleagues We--Nir Fresco and Beate Krickel - are seeking a Ph.D. student in philosophy of cognitive science to work on a project centred broadly on computational, representational, and/or mechanistic explanation in cognitive science, neuroscience, and/or cognitive robotics. The Ph.D.-position is fully funded for four years. The successful candidate will enroll in the Ph.D. programme at the Department of Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Neither living in Beer Sheva nor proficiency in Hebrew is required. The successful candidate will be supervised by both, Fresco (BGU) and Krickel (TU Berlin). The project will include a long research stay (approximately a year) at TU Berlin and a joint-PhD (cotutelle) is planned. Starting date: October 2025 The initial deadline for applications is 29 May, 2025. However, applications will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Candidates should have a Master's degree in philosophy and some background in psychology, computer science, robotics, or biology. The main selection criteria are scientific excellence, suitability for the research project, and passion for research in philosophy. A complete application should consist of * a cover letter describing the candidate's background and the fit for pursuing a PhD in the area of interest (see questions below); * a short description of the planned PhD-project (1 page); * a CV; * a transcript of records (showing course titles and grades); * a list of scholars who could provide a reference; * a short writing sample (e.g., a chapter of the Master's thesis, a conference paper, or a published paper). The following (non-exhaustive) list includes possible questions of interest: * When does a physical computing system miscompute and can present accounts of computation explain this phenomenon? * Given that computation and representation are very often intertwined in describing cognitive and artificial systems, should cases of misrepresentation be explained as the result of miscomputation or, rather, the other way around? * How does approximation in Bayesian cognitive science differ from, and relate to, miscomputation? * Do cognitive explanations that use the notion of miscomputation assume mind-independent, or rather perspectival and pragmatic, notions of computation and representation? * Are there coherent, unified concepts of 'representation' and/or 'computation' that can justify their theoretical role in both computer science and engineering, as well as in the computational sciences of mind and brain? * Can mechanistic explanations in cognitive science be simultaneously representational? (in other words, do representational explanations violate the constraints of mechanistic explanation?) * Can there be a non-representational account of computation that does justice to the explanatory practices of cognitive science? * What role does the mechanistic/computational/representational distinction or connection play in AI and cognitive robotics? * Can mechanistic/computational/representational explanatory models from cognitive (neuro-)science provide blueprints for building smart robots? * Do AI systems or smart robots make use of representations in the same way as biological systems? Please send us the application via email to nfresco-at-bgu-dot-ac-dot-il and beate-dot-krickel-at-tu-berlin-dot-de. Regards, Nir Fresco https://ben-gurion.theopenscholar.com/nir-fresco Beate Krickel https://www.tu.berlin/en/philkognition Bewerbungsfrist: 29.05.2025 (2) Stellenausschreibung (Bremen, Deadline: 06.06.2025) Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter:in (Doktorand:in) (m/w/d) 50 | TVL E-13 (Drei Jahre) The Institute of Philosophy at the University of Bremen is looking to fill two positions associated with the working group of practical philosophy (Prof. Dr. Gabriel Wollner), beginning August 1, 2025 at the earliest or as soon as possible thereafter, as: PhD Student / Research Assistant (f/m/d) / Paygrade 13-TVL with 50% of weekly working hours (19.6 hours) for a fixed term of three years in the area of practical philosophy. Candidate Profile * Above-average academic degree (Master Degree/University Diploma) in philosophy (with a focus on practical philosophy) or a related discipline combined with very good knowledge of practical philosophy * Expertise in other disciplines relevant to the candidate's research project, such as political science, sociology or economics is an advantage * Very good knowledge of English * Strong organizational skills and ability to work in a team Tasks * Teaching in practical philosophy (2hrs per week/1 seminar per semester) * Contribution to research, in particular through participation in research projects of the professorship * Own scientific project in the context of a doctorate in the field of practical philosophy (especially political philosophy, social philosophy, moral philosophy or action theory) * Other university tasks, such as participation in academic self-administration Further details and how to apply * The university is family-friendly, diverse and sees itself as an international university. We therefore welcome all applicants: regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social background, religion/belief, disability, age, sexual orientation and identity. * As the University of Bremen intends to increase the proportion of female employees in science, women are particularly encouraged to apply. * Disabled persons with essentially equal professional and personal qualifications will be given priority when applying. * For general questions about the advertised position, please contact: Prof. Dr. Gabriel Wollner (wollner(a)uni-bremen.de). * Please enclose a CV, copies of degree certificates/transcripts, a description of your research interests and PhD project, two writing samples (e.g. seminar papers, BA or MA theses) and the names of two referees with your application. * Please send your application with your complete documents to the following address, quoting the reference number A155-25 until June 6, 2025 as a PDF file by unencrypted electronic mail to: philosek(a)uni-bremen.de or by post to: University of Bremen Institute of Philosophy Prof. Dr. Gabriel Wollner Postfach 33 04 40 28334 Bremen * For the full and official job descriptions and details in English and German, please see: https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/university/the-university-as-an-employer/job-v… [2] https://www.uni-bremen.de/universitaet/die-uni-als-arbeitgeber/offene-stell… Kontaktadresse: wollner(a)uni-bremen.de URL zum Call: https://www.uni-bremen.de/universitaet/die-uni-als-arbeitg ... [3] Bewerbungsfrist: 06.06.2025 (3) Call for Papers (Wien, Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien, Austria (Hörsaal 2H), Deadline: 17.05.2025) Sonstige (studentische Veranstaltung): Genetic Pain Surgery Animal Disenhancement in the Context of Genome Editing 14 May 2025, 17:00 - 19:00 Wien, Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien, Austria (Hörsaal 2H) The advent of CRISPR/Cas9 and other modern gene-editing technologies has opened up unprecedented possibilities for modifying research animals. Following this technological progress, the possibility of genetically disenhancing animals' ability to feel pain and pain-related suffering (hereafter referred to as "GPD" for genetic pain disenhancement) is currently being discussed as an innovative and potentially powerful solution to mitigate the ethical challenges of animal research, farm animal husbandry, and, ultimately, the suffering of wild animals. The idea of altering research animals and livestock to enable specific uses by humans emerged during the 1980s and 1990s. The fundamental concept is to adapt the phenotype of an animal so that it is better suited to life in the (otherwise harmful) conditions associated with specific uses, such as animal experimentation or meat production. With reference to the latest biotechnological developments and the advancement of genome-editing methods, Dr Samuel Camenzind's lecture will address the current state of research and address ethical and philosophical, that have not received sufficient attention in the current debate. Modus: Präsenzveranstaltung Veranstaltungs-URL: https://www.viennaanimalstudies.com/event-details/genetic- ... [4] Kontaktadresse: samuel.camenzind(a)univie.ac.at Bewerbungsfrist: 17.05.2025 (4) Call for Papers (Graz University, Deadline: 18.05.2025) Konferenz: AI Assertion AI ASSERTION Perspectives from Philosophy, Cognitive Science, Linguistics & HCI INVITED SPEAKERS Mark Alfano (Macquarie University) Jean-François Bonnefon (Toulouse School of Economics) Ophelia Deroy (LMU Munich) Edouard Machery (Pittsburgh University) Bertram Malle (Brown University) Saskia Nagel (RWTH Aachen) TOPIC We are organizing a conference on questions related to AI assertion (or AI "testimony"). The topic will be addressed from the perspectives of philosophy, cognitive science, linguistics and human-computer interaction. Key questions include, though are not limited to the following: * Can LLMs (such as ChatGPT) make assertions? * Are our normative expectations towards AI interlocutors similar to those which govern linguistic human-human interaction? * If they differ, what are the norms of AI assertion? * Can artificial agents make "dark moves" in linguistic communication (e.g. lie, bullshit, deceive etc.), or do those require a full-fledged human agent? * Who is responsible for shortcomings in linguistic AI-human communication? * How do our normative expectations towards AI assertors interact with our dispositions to trust and rely on them? * Does the concept of trust make sense in linguistic human-AI interaction? Detailed information is available here: www.talkingtobots.net [5] SUBMISSION Please send an anonymized abstract of 500 words (not including references) in PDF format to ai.assertion.graz(a)gmail.com. A strong connection to the topic is required. All submissions will be reviewed double-blind by the organizing team. Successful submissions will either be accepted as short presentations or posters. DATES Submission of abstracts: May 18 2025 Decisions announced: May 21 2025 Conference: June 22-23, Pre-conference dinner June 21. CONTACT The conference is organized by Prof. Markus Kneer and Dr. Miklos Kurthy. For questions, please contact mikloskurthy(a)gmail.com. Modus: Präsenzveranstaltung Veranstaltungszeitraum: 22.06.2025 - 23.06.2025 Veranstaltungs-URL: https://philevents.org/event/show/135777 URL zum Call: http://www.talkingtobots.com Kontaktadresse: ai.assertion.graz(a)gmail.com Bewerbungsfrist: 18.05.2025 (5) Call for Papers (Flensburg, Deadline: 31.07.2025) Workshop: 2. SWIP Doktorand:innen-Workhop für FLINTA*-Personen 2. SWIP Doktorand:innen-Workshop für Frauen, Lesben, inter, nicht-binäre, trans und agender Personen (FLINTA*) Organisiert von Anne Reichold und Adriana Pavić für SWIP Germany e.V., findet statt am 27./28.11.2025 an der Europa-Universität Flensburg. Nach wie vor sind Frauen auf den oberen Karrierestufen der akademischen Philosophie in Deutschland unterrepräsentiert und dies gilt auch für FLINTA* - Personen, auch wenn statistische Erhebungen hierzu noch ausstehen. SWIP Germany e.V. organisiert den zweiten Doktorand:innen-Workshop für diese Personengruppen. Im Rahmen des Workshops erhalten die Vortragenden inhaltliches Feedback zu ihren Projekten und zudem die Gelegenheit, sich mit anderen Promovierenden zu vernetzen und sich über philosophische Fragen genauso wie über organisatorische Aspekte des Promovierens auszutauschen. Ziel der Veranstaltung ist, in kooperativem Klima gemeinsam zu philosophieren, sich zu vernetzen und sich gemeinsam über die nächsten akademischen Schritte auszutauschen. Ablauf: * Zeit: 27.11.25 ca. 9.00 bis 28.11.2025 ca. 14 Uhr * Ort: Europa-Universität Flensburg * Zielgruppe: Frauen, Lesben, inter, nicht-binäre, trans und agender (FLINTA*) Personen in allen Phasen ihrer Promotion im Fach Philosophie * Geplant sind acht Vortragsslots. Die Vorträge sollen nicht länger als 20 Minuten sein und werden gefolgt von ca. 30 Minuten Diskussion. * Diskussionssprachen während des Workshops sind Deutsch und ggf. Englisch, Präsentationen auf Deutsch oder Englisch möglich. Bewerbung: * Bitte bewerben Sie sich mit einer Skizze Ihres Promotionsprojektes und einem Motivationsschreiben. Die Projektskizze soll max. 1000 Wörter umfassen und auf Deutsch oder Englisch verfasst sein; das Motivationsschreiben soll max. 600 Wörter umfassen und deutlich machen, was Sie sich von Ihrer Teilnahme am Workshop erhoffen. Bitte speichern Sie beide Dokumente in einem PDF und senden dieses an _swipgermany(a)gmail.com_ * Willkommen sind Promotionsprojekte sowohl aus der praktischen als auch der theoretischen Philosophie. Einreichungen aus unterschiedlichen philosophischen Traditionen (analytische Philosophie, Phänomenologie, Kontinentalphilosophie, Kritische Theorie, Geschichte der Philosophie etc.) sind explizit erwünscht! * Einsendeschluss Bewerbung: 31.7.2025 * Rückmeldung: Bis Ende August 2025 * Einsendeschluss für die fertigen Präsentationen: 21.11.2025 * Für alle ausgewählten Teilnehmer:innen werden Reise- (Bahnfahrt 2. Klasse) und Unterbringungskosten (2 Nächte) während des Workshops übernommen. Modus: Präsenzveranstaltung Veranstaltungszeitraum: 27.11.2025 - 28.11.2025 Bewerbungsfrist: 31.07.2025 (6) Call for Papers (Bielefeld, Deadline: 15.09.2025) Workshop: 10th Bielefeld-Southampton-Berlin Normativity Workshop (BiSoBer 2025) Keynote speakers: John Skorupski (St. Andrews), Sarah Stroud (UNC Chapel Hill) This workshop will bring together philosophers working on normativity. We invite submissions on practical, epistemic, and other forms of normativity, on foundational problems of moral philosophy, and on reasons, rationality, and value. Our primary aim is to provide a forum for lively and constructive exchange amongst philosophers currently working in the field. There are eight slots for contributed papers. Please submit an abstract (800-1500 words, prepared for blind review) by 15 September 2025 as a pdf file to: bisober[at]uni-bielefeld[dot]de Authors of accepted papers will be notified by 15 October 2025. Papers should be suitable for a 30-minute presentation. The Bielefeld-Southampton-Berlin (BiSoBer) Normativity Workshop, formerly known as Humboldt-Southampton Normativity Conference, is the tenth edition in a series of annual workshops, alternating between Humboldt University in Berlin, Southampton University, and, starting in 2025, Bielefeld University. Organisers: Dmitry Ananiev, Singa Behrens, Benjamin Kiesewetter, Shane Ward, Marie Wegener, Department of Philosophy, Bielefeld University, Germany. Modus: Präsenzveranstaltung Veranstaltungszeitraum: 11.12.2025 - 12.12.2025 Kontaktadresse: bisober(a)uni-bielefeld.de Bewerbungsfrist: 15.09.2025 (7) Call for Papers (Sonderband, Deadline: 31.07.2025) Synthese: Gatekeeping in Science The topical collection, co-edited by Katherine Dormandy (Innsbruck) and Erick Winsberg (South Florida, Cambridge), concerns gatekeeping in science. Science, which we may understand broadly as the natural, social and human sciences, depends on gatekeeping to maintain its epistemic credentials. It must keep out pretenders while remaining porous to outside-the-box insights and to criticisms of its own shibboleths. Overly lenient or overly strict gatekeeping can get science in trouble - we might let in racist biology, or keep out the next Einstein. Yet gatekeeping in science is far from straightforward, with many issues needing philosophical elucidation. One is that gatekeeping, like science itself, is a human activity and thus vulnerable to groupthink, prestige bias, and careerism, as well as to the influence of ideologies, or problematic background assumptions or conceptual frameworks. Political and financial pressures are also well documented risks. Another issue is the difficulty in solving the demarcation problem, which, though an expression of science's creativity and flexibility, makes science vulnerable to unprincipled gatekeeping. A third issue is that it is natural to leave gatekeeping to individual scientific disciplines since they surely know best what they are doing - but it is unclear whether object-level expertise translates to the meta-level competencies needed to gatekeep effectively. And this raises the additional concern that interdisciplinary researchers are vulnerable to weak links among poorly gatekeeping collaborators. Fourth, individual disciplines and research programs in their current form result largely from contingent historical processes; we cannot take for granted that gatekeeping worked smoothly to get them there, raising questions about the scientific status they currently enjoy. And bad gatekeeping has social upshots, both for science and the broader public. For example, accusations of pseudoscience and disinformation, even when made in good faith by established scientists, can be weaponized to shut down the very debate on which scientific integrity depends. In this way and others, bad gatekeeping can damage public trust in science, perhaps in some cases deservedly. And bad gatekeeping can have wide-reaching practical consequences - not just in areas such as the natural sciences that feed technology or medical development, but also in areas such as the humanities that shape thought and ideology. A list of sample topics can be found here: https://link.springer.com/collections/dijeggebce?sv1=affiliate&sv_campaign_… For further information, please contact the guest editor(s): Katherine Dormandy: katherine.dormandy(a)uibk.ac.at Eric Winsberg: Ew652(a)cam.ac.uk The deadline for submissions is: 31 July 2025 URL zum Call: https://link.springer.com/collections/dijeggebce?sv1=affil ... [6] Kontaktadresse: katherine.dormandy(a)uibk.ac.at Bewerbungsfrist: 31.07.2025 (8) Call for Papers (Sonderband, Deadline: 15.10.2025) Synthese: Agency and Free Will in an Indeterministic World CfP _Agency and Free Will in an Indeterministic World: New Perspectives from Philosophy, Biology and Neuroscience_ Topical Collection in _Synthese. An International Journal for Epistemology, Methodology and Philosophy of Science_ Guest Editor: Anne Sophie Meincke, University of Vienna The philosophical debate about free will has long been concerned with whether free will is compatible with the deterministic laws of classical physics. The truth of universal determinism is commonly taken for granted also by those who judge free will to be incompatible with determinism and conclude from this that free will is illusory. Indeed, scepticism about free will is on the rise, fuelled additionally by claims from biology and neuroscience that our genes determine who we are and how we behave, or that we are passive bystanders to the decisions made by our brains. Given this intellectual landscape, it is not surprising that libertarian conceptions of free will have remained a minority position to date. Turning its back on determinism and famously having been accused by Peter F. Strawson of subscribing to an 'obscure and panicky metaphysics', libertarianism about free will is still widely dismissed as inconsistent with a scientific worldview. This topical collection aims to take a fresh look at libertarianism and, more broadly, to explore the prospects for robust notions of agency and free will under indeterminism that do not run counter to science but may even be scientifically grounded. Could there be something like scientific libertarianism? What would it entail? Addressing these questions is timely, given the mounting evidence that our world is indeed indeterministic. As far as physics is concerned, the indeterminacy of quantum behaviour poses a well-known threat to the idea of universal determinism. But also recent developments in biology, such as epigenetics, the noticeable shift from gene-centred to organism-centred theories of evolution and the rediscovery of organisms as agents, challenge biological versions of determinism, especially genetic determinism. At the same time, neuroscientists, such as Björn Brembs, Kevin Mitchell and Peter U. Tse, are disputing the popular narrative that neuroscience has disproved free will, instead providing evidence for indeterministic neural mechanisms that support libertarian free will. This call for papers invites philosophers (working, e.g., in metaphysics, the philosophy of mind and action and the philosophy of biology) as well as philosophically-interested biologists and neuroscientists to present their visions of what it means to be an agent with free will in an indeterministic world. A scientifically grounded account of an ontologically robust, libertarian notion of free will can only be achieved through a collaborative effort across disciplines. Therefore, this topical collection brings together cutting-edge work from all three perspectives in the hope of fostering a productive interdisciplinary dialogue that breaks new ground in the understanding of free will. The topical collection is associated with the interdisciplinary conference "Free Will: New Perspectives from Philosophy, Biology and Neuroscience" [7], taking place at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria, on 11 and 12 June 2025. The complete text of the CfP, including a list of appropriate topics for submission, is available here [8]. The deadline for submissions is 15th October 2025. I am looking forward to your submissions. URL zum Call: https://link.springer.com/collections/cjjciagiei Kontaktadresse: anne.sophie.meincke(a)univie.ac.at Bewerbungsfrist: 15.10.2025 (9) Veranstaltungsankündigung (University of Lisbon), 22.05.2025 - 23.05.2025 Workshop: First Workshop of the Indeterminacy in Science project Indeterminacy in Science - First Workshop Location: Room B112.C, Faculdade de Letras, University of Lisbon Thursday 22 May 2025 * 11:00-12:30 Lisa Vogt (University of Geneva): How Should Humeans Deal With Tied Best Systems? * 12:30-14:00 Lunch break - Brunch buffet at the Uni * 14:00-15:30 Andrea Oldofredi (LanCog, University of Lisbon): Entanglement Indeterminacy: A Lesson from Relativistic Quantum Mechanics * 15:30-15:45 Coffee break * 15:45-17:15 Vera Hoffmann-Kolss (University of Bern): A Supervaluationist Theory of Causal Indeterminacy * 17:30-18:30 INDIS project team meeting * 20:00 Conference dinner Friday 23 May 2025 * 11:00-12:30 Jonas Werner (University of Bern): Metaphysical Indeterminacy on the Cheap? * 12:30-14:00 Lunch break - Brunch buffet at the Uni * 14:00-15:30 Alessandro Torza (University of Parma): From Chance to Metaphysical Indeterminacy * 15:30-15:45 Coffee break * 15:45 End of conference/potential bonus talk Attendance of the talks is free, all are welcome. This is an in-person only event. Please register by sending an e-mail with subject "First INDIS workshop registration" to:robert.michels@edu.ulisboa.pt Organization: Robert Michels (robert.michels(a)edu.ulisboa.pt) Project Indeterminacy in Science: https://sites.google.com/view/indeterminacy/ LanCog, Centre of Philosophy, Universidade de Lisboa: https://cful.letras.ulisboa.pt/lancog/ Sponsored by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT). Modus: Präsenzveranstaltung Veranstaltungs-URL: https://sites.google.com/view/indeterminacy/events Kontaktadresse: robert.michels(a)edu.ulisboa.pt Anmeldefrist: 20.05.2025 (10) Veranstaltungsankündigung (Fribourg), 23.05.2025 - 24.05.2025 Workshop: Aristotle's Methods of Philosophical Inquiry CONFERENCE ARISTOTLE'S METHODS OF PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY 23-24 MAY 2025 Organisation: * Nevim Borçin * Béatrice Lienemann FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2025: Location: Espace Güggi-MIS 08 0101, University of Fribourg 08:45 - 09:15: _Registration_ 09:15 - 09:30: Béatrice Lienemann (University of Fribourg) _Welcome & Introduction_ 09:30 -10:30: Nevim Borçin (University of Fribourg) _Aristotle on Philosophising with Aporiai _ 10:30 - 11:30: Joseph Bjelde (Humboldt University Berlin) _The puzzle of Topics 8.3 & The task of 8.5_ 11:30 - 11:50: Coffee Break 11:50 - 12:50: Giulio Di Basilio (Goethe University Frankfurt) _Ethical Enquiry in Aristotle's Eudemian Ethics: Argument & Observation _ 12:50 - 14:30: Lunch Break 14:30 - 15:30: Christof Rapp (LMU Munich) _Eleven Shades of Dialectic. On the Variety of Non-Demonstrative Methods in Aristotle _ 15:30 - 16:30: Ronja Hildebrandt (TU Dortmund) _Ethics and Rhetoric in Aristotle's Protrepticus_ 16:30 - 16:50: Coffee Break 16:50 - 17:50: Thornton Lockwood (Quinnipiac University) _The puzzling nature of Nicomachean Ethics Book 5_ 19:30 - 22:00: Conference Dinner SATURDAY, 24 MAY 2025 Location: Laure Dupraz MIS 11 2 102 24.05, University of Fribourg 09:00- 10:00: Dorothea Frede (University of Hamburg) Keynote Address: _All Teaching and All Learning Proceeds From Preexisting Knowledge_ 10:00 - 11:00: Giulia Bonasio (Durham University) _Aristotle on Protagoras' dictum: a case study of the endoxic method_ 11:00 - 11:20: Coffee Break 11:20 - 12:20: Lucas Angioni (University of Campas) _Commensurate Universality in Aristotle's Posterior Analytics (what ties Book I and Book II together)_ 12:20 - 14:30: Lunch Break 14:30 - 15:30: Paolo Crivelli (University of Notre Dame) _Aristotle's Strategy for a Defense of the Principle of Non-Contradiction _ 15:30 - 15:50 Coffee Break 15:50 - 16:50: Pieter Sjoerd Hasper (University of Hamburg) _Aristotle's Scientific Methodology: Explanation by Composition from Principles_ Modus: Präsenzveranstaltung Veranstaltungs-URL: https://www.unifr.ch/philosophie/fr/actualites-et-evenemen ... [9] Kontaktadresse: nevim.borcin(a)unifr.ch (11) Veranstaltungsankündigung (Greifswald), 27.05.2025 - 27.05.2025 Sonstige: Kant's moral philosophy - beyond the straw man Vortrag: The Empowering Conception of Humanity Uhrzeit: 18:15 Ort: Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald und online URL: https://www.wiko-greifswald.de/programm/digitale-veranstaltungen/zugang-zum… Öffentlicher Abendvortrag von Professorin Carla Bagnoli, Ph. D. (Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia/Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) im Rahmen der internationalen Fachtagung „Kant's moral philosophy - beyond the straw man" (27-28 Mai 2025, Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald). In Kant's view, progress towards the realization of the moral ideal begins with the individual radical change of mind, but it ultimately depends on the human capacity to form collectives driven by shared rational norms. This is an empowering conception of humanity, which can be appreciated in contrast to two views. First, differently than the habituation theory, it acknowledges that changes in habits may be instrumental to achieving the necessary varieties of shared action, but they are not sufficient to sustain individual and collective commitment to the moral ideal and must be held in check by reason. Second, it shows that grace is theoretically and practically untenable. The collective pursuit of the moral ideal requires a complex institutional organization of rational agency, structured by appropriate legal frameworks. Faith and hope are distinct practical attitudes key to sustain the complex varieties of individual, social and institutional agency that allow for the full realization of the moral ideal. By considering them disjunctively, we gain a convincing explanation of the dynamics of inner moral change and its agentive impact, the role of corporative agency recruited to resist the propensity to evil, and the distinctive ways in which ethical and religious congregations are vulnerable to heteronomy. Carla Bagnoli is a Full Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, where she also coordinates the Ph.D. program in "Religions, Cultures, and Societies." She has held visiting positions at prestigious institutions such as All Souls College, University of Oxford, and the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. Her research focuses on philosophy of agency, moral epistemology, and Kantian constructivism, with a particular interest in practical reasoning and responsibility. Among her numerous publications, her recent book _Ethical Constructivism_ (Cambridge University Press, 2022) explores the foundations of moral normativity. Moderation: Professor Dr. Micha H. Werner Modus: Hybridveranstaltung Veranstaltungs-URL: https://www.wiko-greifswald.de/programm/allgemeines/verans ... [10] Kontaktadresse: charlotte.gauckler(a)uni-greifswald.de (12) Veranstaltungsankündigung (Online), 04.06.2025, 16:00 Uhr - 04.06.2025, 17:30 Uhr Kolloquium: Philosophieren mit KI? - Large Language Models und Philosophiezeitschriften Philosophieren mit KI? - Large Language Models und Philosophiezeitschriften 4. Juni 2025, 16.00-17.30 online via Zoom Link: https://tu-berlin.zoom-x.de/j/69026773422?pwd=V197wXSTAcPyDrn7vQoFbZx29vyay… Es diskutieren: Suzana Alpsancar (Paderborn), Martin Hähnel (Bremen), Luise Müller (FU Berlin), Karoline Reinhardt (Passau), Moderation: Birgit Beck (TU Berlin) KI und insbesondere Large Language Models (LLMs) wie ChatGPT oder Gemini werden bereits jetzt vielfach im wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten eingesetzt. Gerade für die Philosophie, für die das Lesen und Verfassen von Texten zentral ist, werden sie zur Herausforderung, in der Lehre genauso wie in der Forschung. Das betrifft auch das wissenschaftliche Publizieren in Fachzeitschriften. Diese Veranstaltung will sich einigen der damit verbundenen Fragen widmen: Inwiefern können LLMs den wissenschaftlichen Schreibprozess unterstützen oder gar ersetzen? Wie sollten Zeitschriften und Herausgeber:innen darauf reagieren - mit Verboten, Kennzeichnungspflichten oder affirmativ den Einsatz von LLMs befürworten? Wie geht die scientific community mit Texten um, die ganz oder teils von LLMs geschrieben wurden - schadet die Angabe der Verwendung dieser Technologien der Reputation der Autor:innen oder der Zeitschriften, die diese Texte veröffentlichen? Wird durch den Einsatz von LLMs die intellektuelle Autonomie von Autor:innen infrage gestellt? Zudem wird diskutiert, ob LLMs als Werkzeuge zur Vereinfachung des Peer-Review-Prozesses fungieren können und ob dies die Qualität und Objektivität von Begutachtungen - positiv wie negativ - beeinflussen könnte. Weitere Fragestellungen betreffen die Zukunft wissenschaftlicher Publikationen: Verändert sich durch den Einsatz von LLMs die Struktur von Philosophiezeitschriften? Besteht die Gefahr, dass traditionelle Methoden des Philosophierens in den Hintergrund rücken? Welche neuen Ungerechtigkeiten könnten LLMs und ihr Einsatz hervorbringen und wo könnte ihr Einsatz helfen, bestehende zu reduzieren? Was geht verloren, wenn LLMs großflächig in der Produktion fachphilosophischer Aufsätze eingesetzt werden, was kann dadurch gewonnen werden? Wie können ethische und rechtliche Herausforderungen, wie beispielsweise das Risiko von Plagiaten oder die Sicherstellung der Urheberschaft, aber auch Falschbeschuldigungen und Unsicherheiten bezüglich des Einsatzes von LLMs, adressiert werden? Modus: Online-Veranstaltung Veranstaltungs-URL: https://www.praktische-philosophie.org/zfpp/announcement/v ... [11] (13) Veranstaltungsankündigung (Bochum), 10.06.2025 - 11.06.2025 Workshop: Evaluating Artificial Consciousness The workshop will take place on the 10th & 11th of June 2025, at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. Remote attendance will be possible. If you intend to attend in person, please register until 31 May: https://eac-2025.sciencesconf.org/?lang=en For remote attendance, no registration is required. A zoom link and the schedule will soon be available here: https://artificialconsciousness.philosophy-cognition.com/ The problem of artificial consciousness will be discussed from multiple perspectives, including metaphysical, epistemological, and ethical perspectives. Invited speakers: Patrick Butlin, Joanna Bryson, Leonard Dung, Michele Farisco, François Kammerer, Johannes Kleiner, Lucia Melloni, Winnie Street. Among others, talks at this workshop will discuss the following questions: * How can the science of consciousness contribute to evaluating the possibility of consciousness in artificial systems? * How can we evaluate the strength of evidence for consciousness in artificial systems? * How can we evaluate to what extent artificial systems have agency? * How are consciousness and agency related to moral status? * Specifically: what moral significance (if any) does phenomenal consciousness have? * To what extent, and how, should considerations about AI welfare inform policy decisions? After the workshop, a separate call for papers for a special issue on the workshop's topic will be launched. All speakers are welcome to submit a manuscript version of their talk to the special issue. The issue will be published in the diamond open access journal Philosophy and the Mind Sciences (PhiMiSci; https://philosophymindscience.org). Funding for the workshop is provided by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) - project number 514161146 [12]. Modus: Hybridveranstaltung Veranstaltungs-URL: https://artificialconsciousness.philosophy-cognition.com/ Kontaktadresse: wanja.wiese(a)rub.de Anmeldefrist: 31.05.2025 (14) Veranstaltungsankündigung (Bern), 12.06.2025 - 13.06.2025 Workshop: Schaber on Requests The Institute of Philosophy in Bern is hosting a workshop with Peter Schaber (University of Zurich) on his forthcoming book _Requests as Reasons. A philosophical account_. The workshop takes place at the University of Bern, Switzerland, on 12-13 June. It will be an in-person event and feature comments by * Susanne Boshammer (Osnabrück University) * Micha Gläser (University of Cologne) * Dan Khokhar (New York University) * Jennifer Page (City University of New York) * Danny Weltman (Ashoka University) Organiser: Andreas Müller (University of Bern). If you would like to attend, please write to ws.request.bern(a)gmail.com before 1 June. Modus: Präsenzveranstaltung Kontaktadresse: ws.request.bern(a)gmail.com Anmeldefrist: 01.06.2025 (15) Veranstaltungsankündigung (Frankfurt am Main), 20.06.2025 - 21.06.2025 Konferenz: FrankMeta.7 Call for Registration: FrankMeta.7 - 7th Annual Frankfurt Metaethics Conference Frankfurt School of Finance & Management Frankfurt, Germany 20th & 21st of June 2025 *************************************************** Registration for FrankMeta.7 is now open. _Programme_ Friday, 20th of June 09.30 - 10.00 Registration 10.00 - 11.30 Pekka Väyrynen - _Make it Right_ _11.30 - 11.45 Coffee break_ 11.45 - 13.15 Euan Metz - _Assessing Normative Neutrality_ _13.15 - 14.30 Lunch_ 14.30 - 16.00 Mikayla Kelley & Keshav Singh - _Non-naturalism without Alienation_ _16.00 - 16.15 Coffee break_ 16.15 - 17.45 Stephanie Leary - _A Metaphysics-first Approach to Metaethics_ 19.00 - _Conference Dinner_ Saturday, 21st of June 09.30 - 11.00 Jamie Dreier - _Expressivism: Semantics or Metasemantics?_ _11.00 - 11.15 Coffee break_ 11.15 - 12.45 Tobias Wilsch - _Explanationism and Rational Motivation_ _12.45 - 14.00 Lunch_ 14.00 - 15.30 Bennett Eckert-Kuang - _Two Concepts of Constitutive Standards_ _15.30 - 15.45 Coffee break_ 15.45 - 17.15 Michael Smith _- A Neo-Humean View of Intrinsic Desire and Intrinsic Desirability_ To register, please visit our website (https://www.frankfurt-school.de/home/research/conferences-workshops/fmc). There is no registration or conference fee. As the spaces available are limited, please book as soon as possible. Registration closes on the 13th of June. On the website, you will also find further information regarding travel directions and accommodation. If you have any further questions, please direct any enquiries to s.koehler(a)fs.de. Organisers: Derek Baker (Frankfurt, d.baker(a)fs.de) Sebastian Köhler (Frankfurt, s.koehler(a)fs.de) Christine Tiefensee (Frankfurt, c.tiefensee(a)fs.de) Modus: Präsenzveranstaltung Veranstaltungs-URL: https://www.frankfurt-school.de/home/research/conferences- ... 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