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Dear colleagues,

the 15th year of the annual conference Young Philosophy 2018 for PhD students and young researchers will take place on 18-19.2018 at the Institute of Philosophy (conference venue: Klemensova Street 19, Bratislava). If you have any questions please feel free to contact us at our e-mail address mladafilozofia@gmail.com or at Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mladafilozofia/.

We are happy to announce that our keynote speakers Joseph Cohen and Raphael-Zagury Orly for continental philosophy section, Frederik Heraldsen for analytic section.

Separate sections will consist of the following fields:
social and political philosophy, history of philosophy, analytic philosophy, continental philosophy

Organizing committee
Daniela Glavaničová, Alžbeta Kuchtová, Zuzana Zelinová, Irakli Chedia

Young philosophy 2018

Filozofický ústav SAV, Klemensova 19, Bratislava

Thursday, 18. October 2018 to Friday, 19. October 2018

Call for abstracts

Application form

Extended deadline: 16th September 2018! Since some of you have asked for a deadline extension, we've agreed to give you more time. We look forward to meeting you in Bratislava!

Institute of Philosophy of Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava
kindly invites you to the 15th annual international conference

Young Philosophy 2018

for Ph.D. students and early career researchers.

The conference will take place at the Institute of Philosophy on the 18th and 19th of October 2018

Previous conferences proceedings

Filozofia - Current Issue

Sýkora, P. Modern Return to Aristotle: Hylomorphic versus Historical Essences

Abstract: Anti-essentialism is a consensus in biology. Nevertheless, attempts to restore essentialism not only in philosophy of science, but also in philosophy of biology have begun to appear...

Tomašovičová, J. New Forms of Life? Philosophical Reflections on Synthetic Biology

Abstract: The contribution´s focus is primarily on ontological and anthropological issues which appear in a new research field, namely synthetic biology. Since one of the objectives of the...

Odorčák, J. Neuro Administrative Devices and Personal Autonomy

Abstract: The article deals with the relationship between a neuro administrative device and personal autonomy. As a rule, neuro administrative devices are supposed to endanger personal...

Rozemberg, A. Past Lives of John Locke: Moral Responsibility and the Memory Criterion of Personal Identity

Abstract: One of the John Locke´s most controversial claims is that we should not be held responsible for the deeds of which we genuinely have no recollection as performed. We are only...

Čana, T. Dummett on the Circularity in the Argumentation

Abstract: This paper deals with the distinction between two roles of a deductive argument in the communication: explanatory and suasive. The distinction was hinted out by...

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Organon F - Current Issue

Lee, J. Kripkean Essentialist Argument and Its Generalization

Abstract: In this paper I examine the argument by H. Beebee and N. Sabbarton-Leary that Brian Ellis’s scientific essentialism is based on the “abuse” of the necessary a posteriori. I...

Marton, P. Truths, Facts, and Liars

Abstract: A Moderate Anti-realist (MAR) approach to truth and meaning, built around the concept of knowability, will be introduced and argued for in this essay. Our starting point...

Posłajko, K. - Grabarczyk, P. Inferentialism without Normativity

Abstract: In this paper we argue that inferentialist approach to meaning does not, by itself, show that meaning is normative in a prescriptive sense, and that the constitutive rules argument...

Krchňák, D. Reflected View on the Personal Afterlife

Abstract: In this paper, I try to argue that, from the methodological position of reflected equilibrium, it seems to be reasonable to build a theory of personal identity that enables a person...

Negru, T. Self-organization, Autopoiesis, Free-energy Principle and Autonomy

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to extend the discussion on the free-energy principle (FEP), from the predictive coding theory, which is an explanatory theory of the brain, to the problem...

Zámečník, L. Mathematical Models as Abstractions

Abstract: The paper concerns a contemporary problem emerging in philosophy of science about the explanatory status of mathematical models as abstractions. The starting point lies in the...

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