Conference Agenda

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23.21 U1.46
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W01: Climate Ethics Under Conditions of Increasing Non-Compliance
9:00am - 6:30pm
23.21 U1.44
Location: 23.21 U1.44
It is not just the climate that is changing. The political environment in which humanity’s response to the climate crisis is decided is changing as well. The assumption that, by and large, we are entering a period in which the severity of the problem will become more widely acknowledged and the will to act collectively and decisively will ultimately emerge, has become less certain over the last...
Abstract\r\nIt is not just the climate that is changing. The political environment in which humanity’s response to the climate crisis is decided is changing as well. The assumption that, by and large, we are entering a period in which the severity of the problem will become more widely acknowledged and the will to act collectively and decisively will ultimately emerge, has become less certain...
W05: Functional Explanation in the Philosophy of Language
9:40am - 6:40pm
23.21 U1.46
Location: 23.21 U1.46
The workshop brings together researchers in the philosophy of language and linguistics to focus on the role that the attribution of functions to linguistic entities such as concepts (e.g. concepts of race and gender), speech acts, linguistic systems (e.g. modal and moral language), or language as a whole can play in settling debates in the philosophy of language.
Abstract\r\nThe workshop brings together researchers in the philosophy of language and linguistics to focus on the role that the attribution of functions to linguistic entities such as concepts (e.g. concepts of race and gender), speech acts, linguistic systems (e.g. modal and moral language), or language as a whole can play in settling debates in the philosophy of language.\r\n\r\nProgram\r\n\r\n...

Linguistic Functions and Conceptual Engineering

Amie Thomasson

Dartmouth College, United States of America


The Power of Grammatical Metaphor: A Metafunctional Perspective

Miriam Taverniers

Ghent University, Belgium


Do Spiders Threaten Each Other? Toward a Cross-Species Theory of Illocutionary Acts

Jorge Bonet Gomez

University of Wollongong, Australia


Fixing (or Ameliorating?) the Social Function of Praise

Jules Holroyd

University of Sheffield, United Kingdom


Deception and Social Repair

Eliot Michaelson

King's College London, United Kingdom

W09.1: Data-Driven Methods for Philosophy
9:00am - 6:00pm
23.21 U1.72
Location: 23.21 U1.72
Computational methods have revolutionized most fields of academic research, including the humanities. More recently, they have also been put to use in the philosophy of science, history of philosophy, and metaphilosophy. In this satellite workshop, we discuss techniques from the digital humanities, network science and artificial intelligence research that can support the study of philosophical...
Participation Information\r\nDear participants in the GAP satellite workshop,\r\n \r\nIn this satellite workshop, we will rely on Google Colab notebooks. This service is free but requires a Google account, which you can set up in advance. If you already use Google Drive or have a Gmail account, you are all set.\r\n \r\nYou can find a basic overview of Google Colab here: https://colab.research.goog...

Using Network Analysis in Integrated History and Philosophy of Science

Catherine Herfeld

Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany


edhiphy.org: Mention-Networks for the history of analytic philosophy (of science)

Gregor E. Bös

Tilburg University, Netherlands, The


Computational History and Philosophy of Science

Adrian Wüthrich

Technische Universität Berlin, Germany


Patterns, pathways & surprises: Introduction to OpenAlex Mapper

Maximilian Noichl

Utrecht University, Germany

W08: New Work on Metaphysical Indeterminacy
10:00am - 3:30pm
23.21 U1.73
Location: 23.21 U1.73
The received view in analytic philosophy used to be that only our representations of the world can be indeterminate. The aim of this workshop is to showcase and offer a forum for the discussion of cutting edge work on this topic.
Abstract\r\nThe received view in analytic philosophy used to be that only our representations of the world can be indeterminate. As Bertrand Russell put it: “Apart from representation, whether cognitive or mechanical, there can be no such thing as vagueness or precision”. Fuelled by a number of earlier pioneering papers which questioned this orthodoxy and put the topic on the table and a recent...

Metaphysical Indeterminacy of Spatiotemporal Relations

Laurie Letertre

Ludwig Maximilian universitat, Germany


A Supervaluationist Theory of Causal Indeterminacy

Vera Hoffmann Kolss

University of Bern, Switzerland


Dimensions, Degrees, Indeterminacy

Claudio Calosi

Ca'Foscari University Venice, Italy

W03.1: Similarity after Carnap - Perspectives from Philosophy and Cognitive Science
9:00am - 5:45pm
23.21 U1.75
Location: 23.21 U1.75
In his Aufbau programme, Carnap sought to provide a formally rigorous account of how property concepts—and ultimately scientific theories—can be constructed on the basis of similarity, particularly through a procedure he called quasi-analysis. Goodman famously challenged the viability of this method, later even claiming that the appeal to similarity is inherently problematic. This workshop aims...
Abstract\r\nIn his Aufbau programme, Carnap sought to provide a formally rigorous account of how property concepts—and ultimately scientific theories—can be constructed on the basis of similarity, particularly through a procedure he called quasi-analysis. Goodman famously challenged the viability of this method, later even claiming that the appeal to similarity is inherently problematic. As a...

A representational generalization of Carnap’s quasi-analysis for Goodman’s interpretation of the AUFBAU as a theory of mapping scientific knowledge (online)

Thomas Mormann

independent, Japan


Similarity, Direct Measurements, Conceptual Spaces and Kolmogorov-Chaitin complexity for scientific theory selection and induction

Luigi Scorzato

Accenture, Switzerland


What Carnap’s Aufbau can do for conceptual spaces (online)

Javier Belastegui

University of the Basque Country, Spain


Sameness and Similarity (online)

Karin Enflo

Umeå University, Sweden


Similarity and probability in generalisation

Nina Poth

Radboud University, Netherlands, The


The Role of Similarity in Carnap's Program of an Inductive Logic

Christian J. Feldbacher-Escamilla

University of Cologne, Germany


Structuring Qualities: From Carnap's Quasi-analysis to Quality Space Theory

Daniel Mario Weger

Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany


The Limited Place in Cognitive Space (online)

Ulrike Hahn1, C. Hodgetts2

1: Birkbeck College, University of London, United Kingdom; 2: Royal Holloway, University of London

W02.1: Explanation and the “practical turn" in philosophy of mathematics – an interdisciplinary perspective
10:15am - 5:15pm
23.21 U1.76
Deborah Kant, Eva Müller-Hill
Location: 23.21 U1.76
Session Chair: Deborah Kant
Session Chair: Eva Müller-Hill
The practical turn in the philosophy of mathematics shifts the focus from traditional foundational questions to the actual practice of mathematics, opening new avenues for interdisciplinary engagement. One such field is mathematics education, where overlaps emerge particularly in epistemological questions—for example, the nature and role of explanation. This workshop aims to provide a forum for...
Abstract\r\nThe practical turn in the philosophy of mathematics shifts the focus from traditional foundational questions to the actual practice of mathematics, opening new avenues for interdisciplinary engagement. One such field is mathematics education, where overlaps emerge particularly in epistemological questions—for example, the nature and role of explanation.\r\n\r\nOver the past decades...

Collective understanding in mathematics

Bart Van Kerkhove

Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium


Characterizing consensus and disagreement in mathematical practice

Deniz Sarikaya

Universität zu Lübeck / Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Germany


‘Mathematical explanation’ from an enactivist perspective

David Reid

Univeristy of Agder, Norway


Mathematics as Explanation and Scientific Understanding – Kantian Foundations, Abduction, and Cognitive Intelligibility

Lorenzo Magnani

University of Pavia, Italy


The Practical Turn: ITPs and the Essence of Mathematical Explanation

Gila Hanna

University of Toronto, Canada

W07: Hoffnung, Verzweiflung und Zeitbezug
9:00am - 4:30pm
23.21 U1.93
Location: 23.21 U1.93
Dieser Workshop befasst sich mit Hoffnung, Verzweiflung und deren Zeitbezug. Menschliches Handeln ist konstitutiv auf eine kontingente Zukunft gerichtet, die man nie ganz in der Hand hat. Zu dieser Unverfügbarkeit kann man sich hoffend oder verzweifelnd verhalten, selten auch indifferent. Der Workshop will Natur und normative Dimension dieser Einstellungen thematisieren.
Abstract\r\nDieser Workshop befasst sich mit Hoffnung, Verzweiflung und deren Zeitbezug. Menschliches Handeln ist konstitutiv auf eine kontingente Zukunft gerichtet, die man nie ganz in der Hand hat. Zu dieser Unverfügbarkeit kann man sich hoffend oder verzweifelnd verhalten, selten auch indifferent. Der Workshop will Natur und normative Dimension dieser Einstellungen thematisieren, einschließlich...

Hoffnung als ethischer Standard

Claudia Blöser

Universität zu Köln, Germany


Shaping Our Mental Lives: Hope, Despair and Attention

Dorothea Debus

FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany


Was ist eine Verzweiflungstat?

Jakob Huber

Freie Universität Berlin, Germany


Die Epistemologie des Möglichen: Hoffnung als moralische Ressource

Regina Schidel

Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Germany


No Need to Despair over the Standard Problem for the Standard Theory of Hope

Andreas Mueller

Goethe University

W04: The Situated Mind: Perception, Experience, and Imagination
8:30am - 6:00pm
23.21 U1.95
Location: 23.21 U1.95
Is situated cognition well-equipped to illuminate the full diversity of our mental phenomena? This workshop will critically probe this question by evaluating whether the notion of a situated mind can be beneficially applied to various mental domains.
Abstract\r\nIs situated cognition well-equipped to illuminate the full diversity of our mental phenomena? This workshop will critically probe this question by evaluating whether the notion of a situated mind can be beneficially applied to various mental domains. Our particular focus will be on what are traditionally assumed to be “inner” cognitive phenomena, which are often thought to be...

How to Imagine the Impossible

Amy Kind

Claremont McKenna College, United States of America


Expertise-By-Experience in Psychiatry as Attuned Responsiveness

Roy Dings

Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands, The


Practices of Imagining

Erik Myin

University of Antwerp, Belgium


Freeing Imagination from the Image: An Argument Against Imagery Essentialism from Aphantasia

Christian O. Scholz

Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany


Mind Wandering as Spontaneous Agency

Yizhi Li

Ruhr University Bochum, Germany


Rethinking the Conceptual Model of Imagination

Sofia Pedrini

Ruhr University Bochum, Germany


Depersonalisation as an Existential Boundary Situation

Kirill Leshchinskii

Osnabrück University, Germany

W10: Mehr als Brieffreundinnen: Wie historische Philosophinnen in systematische Philosophielehre integriert werden können
9:45am - 5:30pm
23.21 U1.97
Location: 23.21 U1.97
How can we systematically integrate texts by historical women philosophers into university teaching? This question will be addressed in a full-day workshop as part of the GAP.12 Congress in Düsseldorf. We will present innovative teaching formats and materials that aim at increasing the visibility of women in philosophy. These include information materials created by the BMFTR joint project, a...
More than pen pals: How to integrate historical women philosophers into systematic philosophy teaching\r\n\r\n\r\nGAP satellite workshop as part of the BMFTR joint project ‘Iconoclasm – Increasing the visibility of women philosophers and establishing new role models’\r\n\r\n\r\nHybrid Event (for information on how to access the workshop online, please contact the workshop organizers)\r\n\r\n\r\nWo...

Teaching Philosophy of Mind as Philosophy of Education: Introducing 17th Century Women into History of Philosophy

Lisa Shapiro

McGill University, Canada


Teaching Women into the History of Early Analytic Philosophy

Frederique Janssen-Lauret

University of Manchester, United Kingdom