Future Events
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2026-08-24
Grounding Representational Content in Artificial Neural Networks
A symposium at the ECAP12 from 24 to 28 August 2026 in Madrid Recent work in the philosophy of mind and artificial intelligence (AI) asks whether the internal states of artificial neural networks, especially large language models (LLMs), can have representational content and, if so, what facts make this possible. This symposium brings together four…
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2027-02-18
Mental Disorder and Responsiveness to Reasons
February 18th and 19th 2027 Universitat de Valencia, Valencia (Spain) In recent years, there has been growing interest in understanding mental disorders through the lens of responsiveness to reasons. Several accounts suggest that impairments in this responsiveness may underlie various psychiatric conditions. This workshop brings together scholars working on these themes to discuss, in an…
Past Events
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2026-06-11
Functions and Dysfunctions in Medicine and Psychiatry
11 June, 2026 – 12 June, 2026 This two-day workshop brings together philosophers who work on naturalistic accounts of function and dysfunction, especially biological and etiological approaches, to explore how these accounts affect the nature of health and disorder in psychiatry and somatic medicine. A central aim is to clarify how function-talk can illuminate contested…
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2024-05-28
Bielefeld Workshop on Philosophy of Psychiatry 2024
Organized with David Lambert and Daniel Montero Speakers: Florence Adams (Cambridge), Sanja Dembic (Berlin), Cornelia Elke (Bielefeld), Sascha Fink (Erlangen), Anna Hagemann (Bielefeld), Jonas Hartmann (Bielefeld), David Lambert (Bielefeld), Roberta Locatelli (Tübingen), Lara Keuck (Bielefeld), Vladimir Markovic (Hannover), Daniel Montero (Hannover), Caroline Stankozi (Bochum), James Turner (Sheffield)
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2023-05-12
Mental Disorders and Modal Properties
Organized with Sanja Dembić Speakers: Kristina Engelhard (Trier), Jonathan Fuller (Pittsburgh), John T. Maier (Cambridge), Garson Leder (Milwaukee), Sophie Kikkert (Berlin), Tadeusz Zawidzki (Washington DC)
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2022-05-02
Dispositions in the Life-Sciences. Contemporary and Historical Perspectives
Organized with with Kristina Engelhard, Lorenzo Spagnesi, Marie Kaiser, María Ferreira Ruiz and Javier Suárez Díaz Speakers: Rani Lill Anjum (Ås), Christopher J. Austin (Durham), Andrea Gambarotto (Leuven), Alan Love (Minnesota), Laura Nuño de la Rosa (Madrid), James Messina (Madison), Gil Santos (Lisbon), Davide Vecchi (Lisbon)
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2021-09-13
Dispositions and the life-sciences – A Microworkshop
Speakers: Barbara Vetter (Berlin), Marie Kaiser (Bielefeld), Javier Suárez Díaz (Bielefeld), María Ferreira Ruiz (Bielefeld)
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2020-01-31
Biological Functions – From Zebra Stripes to Synapses
Organized with Behzad Nematipour Speakers: Justin Garson (New York), Ulrich Krohs (Münster), Joe Dewhurst (München), Peter Schulte (Zürich) and students from Münster and Bielefeld.
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2018-09-06
The Future of Teleosematics
Organized with Peter Schulte and Christian Nimtz Speakers: Marc Artiga (Valencia), Frank Hofmann (Luxemburg), Rebekka Hufendiek (Basel), Ruth Millikan (Connecticut), David Papineau (London), Nicholas Shea (London), Ulrich Stegmann (Aberdeen), Markus Wild (Basel).
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2017-09-07
Teleosemantics and the Nature of Functions
Organized with Peter Schulte and Christian Nimtz Speakers: Marc Artiga (Valencia), Javier Gonzales de Prado Salas (Madrid), Justin Garson (New York), Ulrich Krohs (Münster), Brian Leahy (Konstanz), Ema Sullivan-Bisset (Birmingham).
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2016-10-07
Teleosemantic Perspectives on Perception
Organized with Peter Schulte and Christian Nimtz Speakers: Christopher Gauker (Salzburg), Frank Hofmann (Luxemburg), Mohan Matthen (Toronto), Eva Schmidt (Saarbrucken), Markus Wild (Basel), Sergio De Souza Filho (London), Thomas Park (Glasgow/Seoul)