Call for Participation: Understanding Science with LLMs? (Book Launch, 16 July, online)

The newly published volume Understanding Science with Large Language Models? Potentials for the History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science will be launched at an online event on Thursday, 16 July 2026. The volume brings together contributions on the use, limits, and implications of large language models (LLMs) for the history, philosophy, and sociology of science (HPSS), as well […]

CfA: Research Assistant, University of Bayreuth

Call for Applications University of Bayreuth, Germany research assistant (Wiss. Mitarbeiter:in) TV-L E13 (PhD or PostDoc), 50-100%, min. 2 years Deadline: July 19th Contact: lena.kaestner@uni-bayreuth.de Short Description:  The University of Bayreuth is seeking to fill a position in the field of “Responsible AI” (philosophy PhD or postdoc) as soon as possible. The position is based […]

CFP: Severity and Learning from Error (Synthese TC)

This Topical Collection examines how inquiry learns from error by focusing on a basic principle of evidence in science, statistics, medicine, law, epistemology, and day-to-day learning: a claim is not well-tested, known or epistemically warranted, if it is based on a method that makes it easy to accept, conclude or infer the claim, even if […]

Call for Participation: Lecture and Workshop with Nancy Cartwright at ISoS, Bielefeld University (07.-08.07.2026)

Dear all, The ISoS Lectures are the regular lecture series of the Institute for Studies of Science (ISoS) at Bielefeld University. This semester’s edition of the ISoS Lectures is dedicated to the topic of Scientific Concepts, bringing together contributions that reflect on the role, evolution, dynamics, and transformation of scientific concepts, as well as how concepts shape interactions between science and society. As […]

Call for abstracts: PhilML’26, 7-9 October 2026, Munich

We are pleased to announce the latest iteration of PhilML, from October7-9 2026, at the LMU Munich. https://sites.google.com/view/philmlconference/home PhilML is an annual conference dedicated to the philosophy of machinelearning. It addresses foundational epistemological, ethical, and socialquestions concerning machine learning from the perspective of analyticphilosophy. The conference welcomes both (1) work that appliesphilosophical concepts and methods […]

2nd CfR: The Epistemology of Medicine Conference, Munich, 25–26 June 2026

Dear all, we invite you to the Epistemology of Medicine Conference, supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation. The conference will take place on 25–26 June 2026 in Munich and will bring together leading philosophers to explore foundational questions in the epistemology of medicine. Please register on the […]

Call for Registration: Entity Realism Beyond Manipulation

Call for Registration: Entity Realism Beyond Manipulation Workshop 16 – 17 June 2026 Room 028, University of Bern,  Hochschulstrasse 4, 3012 Bern, Switzerland Program Tuesday, June 16 11.30 – 11.45 Welcome Address 11.45 – 12.30 Katherine Morrow, University of Oslo: 
Against Selective Antirealism About Ecological Entities 12.30 – 14.00 Lunch Break 14.00 – 14.45 Kenneth Aizawa, […]