A Graduate Conference on Philosophical Methodology
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15th WFAP Graduate Conference
Keynote Speakers:
Hilary Kornblith (University of Massachussets Amherst)
Jennifer Nagel (University of Toronto)
Christian Nimtz (University of Bielefeld)
Topic:
This year’s annual WFAP graduate conference is devoted to debates around philosophical methodology. We aim to bring together early career and advanced researchers working on how philosophy should be done. A central concern of the conference is whether philosophy is best done from the philosophical armchair or whether it can and should be done using empirical methods. More specifically, the talks at the conference will investigate variations of naturalistic, experimental and ‘traditional’ armchair methods (e.g. formal methods, thought experiments, conceptual analysis, conceptual engineering) and the potential tensions between them.
If you wish to get a better impression of the topic, feel free to check out the WFAP’s reading circle in preparation for the conference here.
Venue:
Rooms 2i & 2H, Department of Philosophy
2nd floor in the Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG)
Universitätsstrasse 7, 1010 Vienna, Austria
Dates: July 9-11, 2026
Format:
The conference will take place in person at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Vienna. Anyone is welcome to attend the talks, no registration is required. If you wish to attend the conference dinner, please register (until 8 July) at veronika.lassl(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)univie.ac.at, or (after 8 July) at analytischesforum(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)gmail.com .
Contact:
For further questions, please contact Veronika Lassl (veronika.lassl(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)univie.ac.at).
Funding:
This event is supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) under the Clusters of Excellence program (10.55776/COE3); the Department of Philosophy at the University of Vienna; the Gesellschaft für Analytische Philosophie (GAP); the ÖH Österreich; and the ÖH IG Phil.