[PHILOS-L] CfP: Rudolf-Carnap Lectures 2026, Bochum, with L.A. Paul (Yale)

[Tobias Schlicht]

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CFP: Rudolf-Carnap-Lectures 2026
May 27-29, 2026, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany

L.A. Paul (Yale University): Transformative Experience

It’s an honor and a pleasure to announce next year’s Carnap Lecturer, Prof. L.A. Paul, who is Millstone Family Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Cognitive Science at Yale University. She is the author of Transformative Experience (OUP 2014) which received a lot of attention and initiated a whole new philosophical research program, including an entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Chan 2023). She is also the author of Causation: A User’s Guide (with Ned Hall, OUP 2013) and numerous scientific papers on topics such as subjectivity, phenomenal feel, self, and empathy, and on topics in metaphysics including causation and material constitution. Her recent work engages with knowledge in Large Language Models as well. 

We are excited that her Carnap Lectures will feature her new forthcoming work on Transformative Experience: 

Lecture 1: The Paradox of Transformation

Lecture 2 (Public): Transformative Change

Lecture 3: The Self in Time

Lecture 4: Varieties of Possibility

As always, Prof. Paul's lectures will be presented in the context of a Graduate Workshop. We welcome submissions by early career researchers from Philosophy and Cognitive Science, both PhD students and Postdocs (PhD completed in 2020 or later) on topics related to or engaging with L.A. Paul’s work.

Please submit abstracts (max. 1000 words), making thesis and argument transparent, by Email to Franzisk...@rub.de. Papers will be selected based on a blind review process. All presenters will receive financial support (travel within Germany 100 €, within Europe 200 €, outside Europe 300 €). 

Submission deadline: February 20th, 2026.

Scientific Organization: 

Tobias Schlicht & Albert Newen, Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Registration: 

Participation is free but seats are limited, so please send an email to franzisk...@rub.de by May 15th 2026.

Further information: www.pe.rub.de/carnaplectures

Prof. Dr. Tobias Schlicht

Professor for Philosophy of Consciousness and Cognition

Institute for Philosophy II

Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Universitätsstr. 150, GA3/29

44780 Bochum, Germany

www.tobiasschlicht.com

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