Programme
Keynotes
Colloquia
- Epistemische Kompetenzen (in German) (Tue 9.00 – 12.00)
Organisation: Bettina Bussmann (University of Salzburg), David Lanius (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology). Speakers: Alexander Christian (University of Duesseldorf), Romy Jaster (HU Berlin).
- Moral Understanding Through Reflective Equilibrium (Tue 9.00 – 12.00)
Organisation: Norbert Paulo (LMU Munich). Speakers: Claus Beisbart (University of Bern), Federica Malfatti (University of Innsbruck), Folke Tersman (Uppsala University).
- The Structure of Scientific Discoveries (Tue 9.00 – 12.00)
Organisation: Andreas Bartels (University of Bonn), Jan Michel (HHU Düsseldorf). Speakers: Samantha Copeland (TU Delft), Radin Dardashti (University of Wuppertal), Mitchell Green (University of Connecticut).
- Progress in Philosophy – Meta-philosophical and Historical Issues (Wed 9.00 – 12.00)
Organisation: Johannes Brandl (University of Salzburg). Speakers: Arnauld Dewalque (University of Liège), Thomas Grundmann (University of Cologne), Insa Lawler (UNC Greensboro).
- Reconceptualizing Empathy (Wed 9.00 – 12.00)
Organisation: Maja Griem (Ruhr University Bochum), Albert Newen (Ruhr University Bochum). Speakers: Heidi Maibom (University of the Basque Country), Susanne Schmetkamp (University of the Basque Country).
- Tarskian Themes in Language and Logic (Wed 9.00 – 12.00)
Organisation: Sebastian Speitel (University of Bonn), Erik Stei (Utrecht University). Speakers: Michael Glanzberg (Rutgers University), Balthasar Grabmayr (University of Tuebingen), Gil Sagi (Haifa University).
- Abilities and Their Limits (Thu 9.00 – 12.00)
Organisation: Nathaniel Baron-Schmitt (FU Berlin), Barbara Vetter (FU Berlin).
- GWP/GAP-Colloquium: The Ethics of Science Communication in Democratic Societies – The Challenge of Epistemic Trespassing (Thu 9.00 – 12.00)
Organisation: Rico Hauswald (TU Dresden), Pedro Schmechting (TU Dresden). Speakers: Nathan Ballantyne (Arizona State University), Mikkel Gerken (University of Southern Denmark), Lisa Herzog (University of Groningen).
- Pathways to Falsity (Thu 9.00 – 12.00)
Organisation: Heinrich Wansing (Ruhr University Bochum). Speakers: Sara Ayhan (Ruhr University Bochum), Hitoshi Omori (Tohoku University), Graham Priest (City University of New York).
Book Symposia
- Responsibility for Rationality: Foundations of an Ethics of Mind (Wed 10.00 – 12.00)
Author: Sebastian Schmidt; (University of Zurich); London (Routledge), 2024. Commentators: Antti Kauppinen (University of Helsinki), Eva Schmidt (TU Dortmund). Chair: Geert Keil (HU Berlin).
- The Sources of Necessity: Essence, Laws, and Logic (Tue 10.00 – 12.00)
Author: Tobias Wilsch (University of Tübingen); Oxford (Oxford University Press), forthcoming. Commentators: Ralf Busse (University of Mainz), Barbara Vetter (FU Berlin). Chair: Stephan Schmid (University of Hamburg).
- The Right to Punish: Political Authority and International Criminal Justice (Thu 10.00 – 12.00)
Author: Luise Müller (FU Berlin); Cambridge (Cambridge University Press), 2024. Commentators: Sofie Møller (University of Cologne), Antoinette Scherz (Stockholm University). Chair: Anna Goppel (University of Bern).
Fachpolitische Foren
Please note that these Forums on Higher Education Policy Issues in Academic Philosophy are among the very few German-speaking program items at GAP.12.
- Die Verantwortung der Fachphilosophie für das Lehramt (Mon 14.00 – 16.00)
Organisation & Speakers: Anne Burkard (University of Göttingen), Almut von Wedelstaedt (Bielefeld University). Speakers: Frank Brosow (Paedagogische Hochschule Ludwigsburg), Henning Franzen (Berlin), Kirsten Meyer (HU Berlin).
- Die neue (In-)Transparenz (Mon 14.00 – 16.00)
Organisation & Speakers: Klaus Erlach (Fraunhofer IPA Stuttgart), Nicola Mößner (Leibniz University Hannover). Speakers: Bernhard Mittermaier (Forschungszentrum Juelich), Lisa-Marie Stein (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY).
- Analytische Philosophie diverser gestalten (Mon 14.00 – 16.00)
Organisation & Speakers: Sara Ayhan (Ruhr University Bochum), Gen Eickers (University of Bayreuth), Jessica Struchhold (TU Dortmund), Elmarie Venter (Ruhr University Bochum).
Satellite Workshops
- Climate Ethics Under Conditions of Increasing Non-Compliance
Organisation: Christian Baatz (Kiel University), Antonia Holland-Cunz (Kiel University), Lukas Tank (Kiel University) und Nils Wendler (Kiel University)
- Explanation and the “practical turn" in philosophy of mathematics – an interdisciplinary perspective
Organisation: Carolin Antos (Universität Konstanz), Deborah Kant (Universität Hamburg), Eva Müller-Hill (Universität zu Köln)
- Similarity after Carnap - Perspectives from Philosophy and Cognitive Science
Organisation: M. De Benedetto (LMU Munich), M. Osta-Vélez (HHU), N. Poth (Radboud University), A. Schuster (TU Dortmund), C. Strößner (RUB)
- The Situated Mind: Perception, Experience, and Imagination
Organisation: Louis Loock (Osnabrück University), Julia Wolf (RUB), Nikola Kompa (Osnabrück University), Albert Newen (RUB)
- Functional Explanation in the Philosophy of Language
Organisation: Kai Ploemacher (Universität Duisburg-Essen), Raphael van Riel (Universität Duisburg-Essen)
- Ethical Perspectives on Child Refugees
Organisation: Karoline Reinhardt (University of Passau) and Gottfried Schweiger (University of Salzburg)
- Hoffnung, Verzweiflung und Zeitbezug
Organisation: Razvan Sofroni (Universität Potsdam), Francesca Bunkenborg (Universität Göttingen), Felicitas Krämer (Universität Potsdam)
- New Work on Metaphysical Indeterminacy
Organisation: Robert Michels (University of Lisbon)
- Data-Driven Methods for Philosophy
Organisation: Gregor Bös (Tilburg University), Max Noichl (Utrecht University)
- Mehr als Brieffreundinnen: Wie historische Philosophinnen in systematische Philosophielehre integriert werden können
Organisation: Michaela Kirchhofer-Rehm (Universität Bielefeld), Ariane Schneck (Universität Bielefeld), Eva Weber-Guskar (RUB)
Asteroid Summerschool
The Asteroid Summer School, titled ‘P3: Pluralism, Pragmatism, Perspectivism,’ will take place from Monday to Friday, September 15–19, at the Haus der Universität. For details click here.
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Instructors
- Roman Frigg (LSE)
- Catherine Kendig (Michigan State University)
- Martin Kusch (Vienna)
- Mauricio Suárez (Complutense University of Madrid & Clare Hall Cambridge)
- Lecturers
- Holly Andersen (Simon Fraser University)
- Anjan Chakravartty (Miami)
- Catarina Dutilh Novaes (VU Amsterdam & St. Andrews)
- Huw Price (Cambridge)
Students’ Congress
As part of the GAP.12, the Student Council of Philosophy at Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn has convened the seventh Students’ Congress of Philosophy. The selected BA and MA philosophy students’ papers will be presented concurrently with the other open presentation slots.