Annual Lecture Series (in-person)
Lunchtime Talks (in-person)
Conferences (in-person)
Online-Only Events
Formal and Experimental Philosophy Workshop In recent years there has been an explosion of work in both formal and experimental philosophy, as well as a growing number of researchers who are working at their intersection. This includes a broad tent of topics: the psychology of decision and moral judgment; the rationality of reasoning under uncertainty; the role of […]
GPP Final Conference KNOWLEDGE, WISDOM, AND UNDERSTANDING OCTOBER 13-15, 2022 The Geography of Philosophy Project (GPP) celebrates the conclusion of its investigation into the themes of Knowledge, Wisdom, and Understanding with a final conference discussing its themes. research, and impact. For the GPP Final Conference, the project PIs Edouard Machery, Stephen Stich, and Clark Barrett […]
The Center for the Philosophy of Science is organizing a workshop to celebrate the distinguished career of Professor James W. Woodward on November 4th and 5th 2022. This is the weekend before PSA2022 being held in Pittsburgh as well. Jim Woodward was Professor at Cal Tech for many years and moved to Pittsburgh in 2010. […]
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An Author Meets Critics Symposium on Bob Batterman's new book, A Middle Way: A Non-Fundamental Approach to Many-Body Physics. "Robert W. Batterman's monograph examines a ubiquitous methodology in physics and the science of materials that has virtually been ignored in the philosophical literature. This method focuses on mesoscale structures as a means for investigating complex […]
Spacetime Functionalism Conference Cathedral of Learning 1008, April 1st-2nd Spacetime Functionalism holds that spacetime is spacetime by virtue of the role it plays with respect to other physics. It promises to help with certain interpretational puzzles, including some of those arising in quantum gravity. But the exact kind of functionalism involved, the extent to which […]
The 2023 meeting of SPP will be held at the University of Pittsburgh on June 20-23. Registration for the conference is here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/society-for-philosophy-and-psychology-annual-meeting-2023-registration-616545753947 Registration includes an option to add a pre-conference, a banquet, sign up to be a diversity mentor/mentee. The conference will begin with a pre-conference on Memory (organized by Sarah Robins & Felipe De Brigard) on […]