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British Society of Aesthetics Conference – The Aesthetics of Games

GeneralMetaphysics and EpistemologyM&E, MiscellaneousValue Theory+2

The British Society of Aesthetics invites papers exploring the aesthetic dimensions of games, including narrative, space, play, procedures, and politics.

Organizer: Emily Caddick Bourne
Location: Manchester, England, United Kingdom

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CFP for publication or other deadlineAug 31, 2026

Trust and Extremism

Value TheoryApplied EthicsNormative EthicsSocial and Political Philosophy

An interdisciplinary edited collection seeks chapters examining the empirical and theoretical connections between trust, distrust, and extremism.

Organizer: Susan Dieleman

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CFP for publication or other deadlineAug 31, 2026

The Faces of Responsibility

Value TheoryNormative EthicsPhilosophy of LawSocial and Political Philosophy

Res Practica invites research articles examining moral, political, and legal responsibility and their intersections across individual, social, and institutional practices.

Organizer: Guillaume Soucy

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CFP for publication or other deadlineSep 11, 2026

Aesthetic Education and Philosophy in Schools

Metaphysics and EpistemologyEpistemologyAesthetics

The Journal of Philosophy in Schools invites extended abstracts on aesthetic education, philosophical inquiry, and the development of aesthetic experience with school-aged children.

Organizer: Rebecca Taylor

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CFP for publication or other deadlineSep 15, 2026

International Order and the Question of the Use of Force Involving Iran: Geopolitical and Legal Dimensions

Normative EthicsPhilosophy of LawSocial and Political Philosophy

JLSA invites interdisciplinary research on Iran, the use of force, international law, regional security, sanctions, multipolarity, and strategic communication.

Organizer: Fouzia Kaci

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CFP for publication or other deadlineSep 15, 2026

Religious Art and Power – Contestations and Affirmations

Metaphysics and EpistemologyPhilosophy of ReligionAestheticsSocial and Political Philosophy

Open Theology invites submissions exploring how religious art manifests, legitimizes, contests, and transforms power, authority, and agency.

Organizer: Magda Skoneczna

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CFP for publication or other deadlineSep 15, 2026

Decentering Design: Technology Through the Maintenance Lens

MetaphysicsPhilosophical TraditionsPhilosophical Traditions, MiscellaneousScience, Logic, and Mathematics+1

This volume explores how technologies are continually reproduced through maintenance, adaptation, and repair, and what this means for philosophy of technology.

Organizer: Andrea R. Gammon

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CFP for publication or other deadlineSep 15, 2026

Aesthetic Aspects of Metaphor

Philosophy of LanguageAesthetics

Itinera invites articles exploring sensory, emotional, creative, interpretive, and epistemic dimensions of metaphor in contemporary discourse and the arts.

Organizer: Alice Giuliani

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CFP for publication or other deadlineSep 20, 2026

Special Issue on the Principle of Identity of Indiscernibles

MetaphysicsScience, Logic, and MathematicsPhilosophy of MathematicsPhilosophy of Physical Science

A special issue examining the Principle of Identity of Indiscernibles, its counterexamples, modal status, and implications across metaphysics and philosophy of science.

Organizer: Raoni Arroyo

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CFP for publication or other deadlineSep 30, 2026

Hegel's Philosophy of Action

History of Western Philosophy19th Century PhilosophyMetaphysicsPhilosophy of Action

Open Philosophy invites submissions examining Hegel's account of action, intention, outcome, practical knowledge, causality, and social and political life.

Organizer: Magda Skoneczna

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CFP for publication or other deadlineSep 30, 2026

Translation - Semiotics - Music

Philosophical TraditionsContinental PhilosophyAesthetics

Studia Semiotyczne invites conceptual and empirical research connecting translation studies, musicology, and semiotics through musical texts and meaning-making.

Organizer: Dominik Dziedzic

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CFP for publication or other deadlineSep 30, 2026

The Epistemic Injustice Research Programme: Degenerative or Progressive?

Epistemology

Argumenta invites contributions examining the strengths, limitations, and future of the epistemic injustice research programme.

Organizer: Lisa Bortolotti

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CFP for publication or other deadlineOct 15, 2026

Arkete: Philosophy of Perception: Representation, Reality, and Cognitive Structure

EpistemologyMetaphysicsPhilosophy of Mind

Special issue on war at the intersection of ethics, neurobiology, and philosophy, exploring violence, cognition, emotion, and normativity through interdisciplinary, philosophically grounded research.

Organizer: Paolo Piccari

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CFP for publication or other deadlineOct 15, 2026

Ethics and Political Psychology

Philosophy of Social ScienceNormative Ethics

Public Affairs Quarterly invites normative and conceptual papers exploring connections between ethics, political psychology, and politically significant social-scientific research.

Organizer: Ryan Davis

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CFP for publication or other deadlineOct 20, 2026

Diakrisis: Yearbook of Theology and Philosophy

MetaphysicsPhilosophy of ReligionPhilosophical TraditionsContinental Philosophy

The journal Diakrisis: Yearbook of Theology and Philosophy invites submissions for its 2026 issue, dedicated to the theme Love, Conversion, and Transformation of the Self, approached from theological, philosophical, and…

Organizer: Nicolae Turcan

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CFP for publication or other deadlineOct 26, 2026

Fifth Annual Conference on Philosophy and Law

Philosophy of Law

Call for papers for a philosophy and law conference at Georgetown Law, with selected papers considered for publication in Law & Philosophy.

Organizer: The Collective Women in Legal Philosophy

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CFP for publication or other deadlineOct 30, 2026

Call for Chapters: Medically Assisted Dying for Persons with Mental IIlness: Philosophical, Ethical, and Legal Perspectives

Applied EthicsValue Theory, Miscellaneous

Call for chapters on psychiatric euthanasia and physician-assisted dying, examining philosophical, ethical, legal, clinical, and empirical perspectives.

Organizer: David Cerny

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CFP for publication or other deadlineOct 31, 2026

Oppressive Argumentation: Silencing and Oppressive Speech in Argumentation

EpistemologyPhilosophy of LanguagePhilosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality

Análisis Filosófico invites original articles on oppressive discourses, silencing, epistemic injustice, and argumentative practices, especially in Latin American contexts.

Organizer: Pyro Suarez

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CFP for publication or other deadlineNov 1, 2026

Special Issue in Honor of the 100th Anniversary of Michel Foucault's Birth

20th Century PhilosophyPhilosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality

Labyrinth invites submissions examining the continued relevance of Foucault's conception of power, including surveillance, governmentality, truth, knowledge, and digital social control.

Organizer: Yvanka B. Raynova

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CFP for publication or other deadlineDec 1, 2026

Call for Papers: Special Issue of Telos on the Russo-Ukrainian War

Philosophical Traditions, MiscellaneousPhilosophy of Law

Call for Papers: Special Issue of Telos on the Russo-Ukrainian War War and Time: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine and the Eclipse of Peace Coedited by Michael Marder and Denys Sultanhaliiev In what appears to be a peculiar…

Organizer: Adrian Pabst

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CFP for publication or other deadlineJan 1, 2027

Special Issue of The Journal of Ethics: Fate and narrative identity

MetaphysicsEuropean Philosophy

Special Issue of The Journal of Ethics: Fate and narrative identity Deadline for submission of full draft: 1 January 2027 Length of paper: 8,000-11,000 words, including footnotes but not including references at the end.

Organizer: Christopher Cowley

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CFP for publication or other deadlineJan 4, 2027

Feminist Accountability and Transformative Justice

Normative EthicsPhilosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality

Feminist Philosophy Quarterly invites submissions on accountability, complicity, solidarity, and transformative justice across interpersonal, institutional, and structural contexts.

Organizer: Amy Marvin

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CFP for publication or other deadlineJan 13, 2027

Digital determinants and ethical AI in global health

Applied Ethics

BMC Medical Ethics invites interdisciplinary research on ethical AI, digital health determinants, equity, transparency, consent, privacy, and global health.

Organizer: Jon Rueda

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CFP for publication or other deadlineJan 15, 2027

Synthese Topical Collection: Against the Grain: Developing the Prospects of Non-Naturalistic Metaphysics of Science

MetaphysicsGeneral Philosophy of Science

Call for Papers Synthese Topical Collection: Against the Grain: Developing the Prospects of Non-Naturalistic Metaphysics of Science Guest Editors: Raoni Arroyo (Federal University of Santa Catarina / CNPq, Brazil) Bruno…

Organizer: Bruno Borge

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CFP for publication or other deadlineJan 16, 2027

Phenomenological Analyses of Emotions in Their Ontological and Metaphysical Implications

History of Western Philosophy, MiscellaneousM&E, MiscellaneousValue Theory, Miscellaneous

Special issue of Discipline Filosofiche exploring phenomenological analyses of emotions, their intentionality, values, and ontological, metaphysical, moral, and social implications.

Organizer: Giuliana Mancuso

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CFP for publication or other deadlineMar 1, 2027

CFP: Mind without Inner Representation?

MetaphysicsPhilosophy of LanguagePhilosophy of Mind

CFP: Mind without Inner Representation? Psychological Discourse, Rationality, and Mental Anti-Representationalism Special Issue of Journal of Contemporary Chinese Philosophy (JCCP) Guest Editor: Rusong Huang Contact:…

Organizer: Rusong Huang

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CFP for publication or other deadlineApr 9, 2027

'Gender and Nation' Special Issue of Hypatia (43.3), Summer 2028

Philosophy of Gender, Race, and SexualityValue Theory, Miscellaneous

Hypatia invites philosophical submissions examining gender, nationalism, feminist resistance, citizenship, belonging, and intersectional structures of contemporary nation-building.

Organizer: Han Edgoose

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CFP for publication or other deadlineMay 31, 2030

Sophere - book series

19th Century Philosophy20th Century PhilosophyHistory of Western Philosophy, MiscellaneousEpistemology+10

A scholarly series exploring religious and spiritual experience through phenomenology, metaphysics, theology, psychology, and the health and social sciences.

Organizer: Olga Louchakova-Schwartz

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