Fwd: CFA: Graduate Workshop "Explaining Explaining" (University of Vienna)

[Joao Marcos]

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Graduate Workshop "Explaining Explaining" 2025

University of Vienna, Austria
September 1-3, 2025

We are pleased to announce the Graduate Workshop on "Explaining
Explaining" to be held in Vienna from September 1-3, 2025. The
workshop is organized under the auspices of, and funded by, the Vienna
Doctoral School of Philosophy (VDP).

THEME
Explanations recur as a constant and central theme in philosophy:
philosophers contend that in mathematics, proofs are favoured for
their explanatory values; in the sciences, theories are selected
according to explanatory virtues they exhibit; in metaphysics,
explanatory relations direct our accounts of concepts and ontological
priority; in philosophy more broadly, we offer and compare
explanations for facets of reality in order to resolve conceptual
problems.

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
Prof. Dr. Francesca Poggiolesi (CNRS, Paris)
Prof. Dr. Chiara Lisciandra (Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf)
Prof. Dr. Benjamin Schnieder (University of Vienna, Vienna)
Fourth speaker to be confirmed

SUBMISSIONS
We invite graduate students (Master and PhD) to present their original
work on topics related to the philosophy of explanation at the
workshop. That includes approaches from different areas, including but
not limited to logic, metaphysics, philosophy of science and so on.
The time allocated for each presentation is 30 minutes, including
discussion. Students from underrepresented groups are particularly
encouraged to apply to promote diversity and equity in academia.

Abstracts (up to 500 words, references not included) should be sent in
PDF file format to workshop....@gmail.com.
Please make sure to include your name, affiliation and the title of your paper.

In case you need financial support, please write a brief statement of
financial aid. We can partly fund travel/accommodation expenses.

IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline for Applications: June 1, 2025
Notification of Acceptance: June 15, 2025
Workshop: September 1-3, 2025

All information is also available at https://philevents.org/event/show/134954.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us via workshop....@gmail.com.

 

We look forward to your submissions!

 

Organizing Committee:
Benjamin Zayton, Emelia Stanley, Sofia Abelha Meirelles
Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna