23 May 2025

The Higher Seminar for Philosophy and Applied Ethics is the main platform for presenting research that is currently being undertaken by members of our group or by external guests.

If you are interested in presenting your work at the Higher Seminar or if you want to be notified about the program, please contact Harald Wiltsche.

The presentations are usually 45-60 minutes long, followed by an extensive Q&A.

Anyone interested in philosophical questions is welcome!

Program Spring 2025

The program will be constantly updated.

January 29, 2025: Olle Risberg, Uppsala universitet, "The Nature of Good Reasoning"

March 19, 2025: Vuko Andric, LiU, "When do individual moral duties seem to be grounded in collective moral duties?"

April 1, 2025: Joar Björk, LiU, "What’s the point in talking? – On the value(s) of physician-patient communication"

May 14, 2025: Mattias Arvola, LiU, "Phenomenology and Pragmatics in Technology"

May 28, 2025: Heath Williams, Notre Dame, "The Future of Phenomenology and Explanation: A Forward Looking Prospectus"

June 18, 2025: Björn Lundgren, Erlangen: "What is informational autonomy?"

To receive more information (venue, abstract etc.), please contact Harald Wiltsche to be added to the e-mail distribution list.

Program Fall 2025

August 20, 2025: Jennifer Whyte, Duke, "Waismann says only fools rush in: The Open-Texture Mechanism in Conceptual Engineering"

September 3, 2025: Noah Stemeroff, Bristol, "Heisenberg on Goethe and the Future of Physics"

October 1, 2025: Hamid Taieb, HU Berlin, "The Philosophy of Attention: Past and Present"

October 15, 2025: Paula Guertler, Center for Environmental and Technology Ethics, "The Capability to Aspire and the Use of AI by Public Institutions"

November 5, 2025: Joe Roussos, Institute for Future Studies, "Managing disagreement between expert advisors in crisis policymaking"

December 3, 2025: Tom Ziemke, LiU, "The Role of Intentionality in Human-Robot Interaction"

The Philosophy and Applied Ethics Research Environment