Conference Calendar
(See also PhilEvents in (and around) Scotland.)
Recent Events
SPA 2023 Annual Conference on the theme “Naturalism” plus AGM
University of Edinburgh (Bayes Centre – G.03)
7th-8th of December
- Speakers include Jennifer Corns (Glasgow), Alex Douglas (St Andrews), and Katie Robertson (Stirling) plus a discussion panel with Debbie Roberts (Edinburgh), Michael Wheeler (Stirling) and Jo Wolff (Edinburgh). Full programme here.
Neutrality and Neutralism Workshop
- Website here
- Arché Research Centre, University of St Andrews
- November 30th – December 1st 2023
- Venue: School II, United College, St Salvator’s Quad, St Andrews, KY169AL
Social Ontology Conference (16-19 August, Stockholm)
- Call for Abstracts
SPA Annual General Meeting 2022
Dundee
Thursday 8th of December (in Dalhousie 1S10, Building 1, Second Floor, Room 10)
- Launch event for ACE (Analytic-Continental Encounters) – St. Andrews and Dundee
- 4.00 pm – 6.00pm Graham Priest – Nothingness and the limits of thought/language
- 6.00 pm – 7.30 pm Drinks at DCA
Friday 9th of December (in Dalhousie 1S03, Building 1, Second floor, Room 3)
- 09.30 – 11:00 Walter Pedrali – The Labyrinth of Norms. Temporal Externalism and Marxist Ethics
- 11.00 – 11.15 Break – Coffee and Tea
- 11.15 – 12:45 Graham Priest – Social Atomism and its Problems—Metaphysical and Political
- 12.45 – 14:00 Break
- 14:00 – 15:30 AGM of the Scots Philosophical Association
- 15.30 – 16:00 Break – Coffee and Tea
- 16:00 – 17:30 Amelie Berger-Soraruff – Challenging Innovation in Philosophy of Technology and Design
SPA Annual General Meeting 2022
Glasgow
Friday 14th January 2022 (via Zoom)
- 09:30 – 11:00 Jennifer Smalligan Marusic
- 11:00 – 1115 Break
- 11:15 – 12:45 Stephanie Rennick
- 12:45 – 14:00 Break
- 14:00 – 15:30 AGM of the Scots Philosophical Association
- 15;30 – 16:00 Break
- 16:00 – 17:30 Elizabeth Barnes
Aberdeen
4th-5th May 2020 – Workshop on Social Media and Public Pedagogy
St Andrews
17th-19th April 2020 – Conference on General Philosophy: “3rd Annual CEPPA Graduate Conference“
29th-30th April 2020 – Workshop on History of Philosophy: “Theories of Paradox in the Middle Ages“
Edinburgh
7th-8th May 2020 – Seminar on History of Philosophy: “Scottish Seminary in Early Modern Philosophy XI“
18th-19th June 2020 – Seminar on Moral Philosophy: “Kant and Epistemic Norms” (Details forthcoming)
Recent event at Edinburgh
4th-6th November 2019 – Interdisciplinary Conference: “Timescales of Life and Mind“
Recent Events at Stirling
13th September 2019 – Symposium on human rights: “Themes from Gilbert’s Rights and Demands”
9th-10th October 2019 – Workshop on rationality: “Transformative Experience: theoretical and applied challenges“
Recent Events at Glasgow
28th June 2019 – Workshop on Philosophy of Perception: “Autonomy and Immersive Technology”
3rd August 2019 – Conference on Philosophy of Perception: “Perception: Epistemology and Mind“
17th-18th December 2019 – Conference on Epistemology: “The Origins and Legacy of Quine’s Naturalism“
Recent Events at St. Andrews
18th-19th April 2019 – Conference on Eleatics: “New trends in the Study of Eleatism“
15th-16th June 2019 – Conference on Epistemology: “Epistemic Breakthroughs“
13th-14th September 2019 – Conference on Moral Philosophy: “The Early Critique of Kant’s Moral Philosophy“
11th-12th October 2019 – Conference on Ancient Philosophy: “The Soul In Ancient Philosophy“
2nd November 2019 – Conference on Philosophy of Education: “Philosophy in Schools“
3rd December 2019 – Symposium on Moral Philosophy: “Kant’s ‘Supposed Right to Lie”“