I recently received a grant to put together an anthology of short (under 2,000 words) philosophical articles. Unlike the pieces in “1,000 Word Philosophy,” these will not be introductory essays, but essays aimed at other scholars. I have a student working with me who is going to start by searching for pieces that have already been published in traditional philosophical journals such as Analysis. We would like to include some original pieces as well, however, so if you have an idea for such a piece, please check out the pieces already posted to the website flashphilosophy.com, draft up your piece and then send it along to me.

The Virtues and Vices of Having Children, Abstracts due 11/1/25 to [email protected]. March 13-15, 2026, Keynotes Alex Pruss and Bryan Caplan, Natalism 2026 Conference

Techné, Undergraduate Philosophy Journal, University of Illinois, Submissions due -01.31.2026-, https://technejournal.web.illinois.edu/submissions/

Special issue of Philosophical Psychology on Experimental Argument Analysis guest edited by Eugen Fischer and Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga. Deadline: April 30, 2026. 

Special issue of Philosophical Psychology on Ian Hacking and the Philosophy of Psychiatry guest edited by Şerife Tekin and Jonathan Tsou: https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/ian-hacking-philosophy-psychiatry/ Deadline 1 February 2026.

CFP: Special issue of Philosophies on interpreting the new Heidegger (texts published since 2013). Deadline: July 1, 2026.
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/philosophies/special_issues/HQADB63NN1

CALL FOR PAPERS

for a topical issue of Open Philosophy

EMBODYING THE SYSTEM: ON THE UNITY OF THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY IN FICHTE

(second call)

Open Philosophy (https://www.degruyter.com/OPPHIL) invites submissions for the topical issue “Embodying the System: On the Unity of Theoretical and Practical Philosophy in Fichte,” edited by Gregor Schäfer (University of Basel/University of London).

https://www.degruyter.com/publication/journal_key/OPPHIL/downloadAsset/OPPHIL_CFP%20Embodying%20the%20System.pdf

philoSOPHIA2026. Villanova University, Villanova, PA. April 17-18, 2026. Deadline: December 15, 2025. tiny.cc/philosophia.

Subject: Book Proposals Invited for Off the Fence: Morality, Politics and Society
 
We invite proposals for Off the Fence, a Bloomsbury book series dedicated to short, sharply argued texts in applied moral and political philosophy. With an interdisciplinary focus, the series aims to tackle real-world issues through rigorous, relevant, and accessible philosophical analysis. Possible topics might include climate crisis, work, consent, animal ethics, structural injustice, food, and fascism, but are not limited to those areas. We especially welcome proposals from writers whose identities are under-represented in philosophy publishing, including those based in the Global South and those writing within non-Western philosophical traditions.
 
If you’re working on or thinking of a project that exemplifies philosophy-in-use, we’d love to hear from you.
 
Series editors:
 
Bob Brecher ([email protected])
Arianne Shahvisi ([email protected])
Peter West-Oram ([email protected])
 
Series website: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/series/off-the-fence-morality-politics-and-society/

The University of Connecticut Humanities Institute (UCHI) invites applications for 2026–27 residential fellowships.

During this time of global change and uncertainty, UCHI seeks to mobilize the humanities as a revitalizing force for our academic communities, national conversations, and global commitments. With year-long fellowships offering a $50,000 stipend, an office, and all the benefits of a R1 university, UCHI equips scholars to engage in these crucial undertakings and hone their research in a vibrant, interdisciplinary community of fellows. Fellows enjoy the full use of UConn’s research facilities, museums, archives, and special collections, as well as easy access to Hartford, Boston, and New York City. UCHI fosters a rich intellectual environment for scholars to create, connect, and recommit to the urgency of the humanities. Fellows are expected to participate in UCHI’s scholarly events, attend our grant workshops, and are required to give a public talk.

Fellowships are open to humanities researchers, including professors, independent scholars, writers, and museum and library professionals. UCHI particularly encourages applications from scholars whose projects speak to our ongoing initiatives on artificial intelligence, environmental humanities, and social connection and isolation.

Application materials must be received by 11:59 pm (EST) on February 1, 2026.

For complete information, application, and guidelines: https://apply.interfolio.com/175405.

Science & Scientist 2025 | Considering a Hegelian Dialectical Approach to the Science and Philosophy of Biology — Online Conference Date: Saturday, December 13, 2025 — https://bviscs.org/ss2025/

CFP for Philosophy and Technology Topical Collection: Using AI tools to support ethical inquiry—Can it be done? If so, how, and what are the risks and potential benefits?

Overview:
Thus far, there has been little academic discussion on whether and, if so, how, different types of AI tools could be incorporated into ethics research, and what the risks and potential benefits are of such uses. This is perhaps surprising, given that there has been much discussion on how AI can support scientific research, as well as on how AI can be incorporated into digital humanities research projects. Furthermore, from another angle, there has been discussion on whether AI could support the moral reasoning and decision-making of individuals. And since 2022, there has been extensive coverage in popular media on how students are using generative AI within the classroom, and the various challenges that such uses pose. Nonetheless, what role AI might play in philosophy research, including ethics research, has yet to receive substantial attention.

For this topical collection, we invite submissions that address philosophical questions regarding the use of AI tools to support ethical inquiry. (We interpret ethical inquiry broadly, to incorporate normative ethics, metaethics, applied ethics, and professional ethics, such as medical ethics or research ethics. Note that the focus of this special issue is not on the use of AI in education except inasmuch as such uses advance ethics research.)
 
Relevant questions on this topic may include:
– What kinds of ethics research tasks can or cannot be supported or performed by AI tools? For instance, are there ways in which AI can help with processes of deliberation, reasoning, argumentation, evaluation, theorizing, or other activities? Or could AI be used to support one or more methods that are used (whether explicitly or implicitly) in ethics, like conceptual analysis, conceptual engineering, reflective equilibrium, argument and objection generation, thought experiment generation, casuistry, introspection, moral perception, anticipation and prospection, etc.?
– Which uses of AI tools in ethics research involve special kinds of wrongs or risks? Are particular uses especially likely to make philosophy less interesting or less valuable?
– What sorts of goods are lost when people attempt to use AI to “summarize” or “analyze” philosophical texts or literatures or to “articulate” an idea or argument?
– Are AI tools generally better suited for incorporation into processes of discovery than processes of justification? Or are there other generalizations that can be made about the kinds of AI uses within ethics research that are more likely to be fruitful or are less risky?
– Does AI have special potential to aid research in some areas of applied or professional ethics, as opposed to more fundamental areas of ethics, or metaethics?
– Might efforts to incorporate AI tools into ethics tasks help us better understand or refine the methods we use? Could philosophers use AI to develop new methods for ethics?
– If AI can support ethics research in particular ways, does this have implications for how we should think about ethics as a research field?
– Could AI systems be ethics experts, and might human ethicists have reason to defer to AI systems on some ethics questions?
 
Deadline: June 1, 2026
Editors: Philip Nickel and Elizabeth O’Neill
Manuscripts may be submitted here: https://link.springer.com/collections/hgbbichffg

Philosophy in the Wild: Year 6! A fully outdoor, low-tech conference on environmental philosophy. One of two Phil Wild events this year (second CFA forthcoming). Wolf River Refuge, Langlade, WI. July 23-26, 2026. Deadline: March 15, 2026. More info here: https://philosophywild.wixsite.com/philwild/cfawi2026

Call for Papers
VIII Novatores Workshop on Research Ethics and Integrity
Date: 14–15 April 2026
Venue: University of Salamanca
Organized by: Logic and Philosophy of Science Unit, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Aesthetics
Over recent decades, the scientific system has undergone profound changes driven by the globalization of knowledge, the digitalization of publishing processes, and growing pressure for academic productivity. These developments, however, have also brought new ethical dilemmas and serious threats to research integrity.
The proliferation of predatory journals, the rise of pay‑to‑publish models, cases of scientific fraud, plagiarism and conflicts of interest are all symptoms of a crisis of trust that affects both the scientific community and society at large. At the same time, emerging uses of artificial intelligence in the production, review and dissemination of knowledge raise unprecedented questions about authorship, transparency and responsibility in contemporary science.
The 2026 Novatores Workshop on Research Ethics and Integrity aims to provide an interdisciplinary forum for critical reflection. It seeks to bring together not only researchers and lecturers, but also editors, reviewers, research managers and science‑policy makers interested in fostering a culture of transparency, rigor and ethical responsibility at every stage of the scientific enterprise.
The event also aims to promote dialogue across disciplines, recognizing that research ethics is not merely a matter of rule‑compliance but a cornerstone of the social contract between science and society. Research integrity is an essential condition for preserving public trust, ensuring the validity of knowledge, and strengthening the legitimacy of scientific institutions.
The workshop therefore welcomes contributions that critically examine current practices, analyze relevant case studies, propose preventive strategies, and advocate for science that is more responsible, open and just.
Thematic areas. Proposals may address, among others, the following topics:
Predatory journals and publishers: detection, impact and prevention strategies.
Research integrity: good practices, ethics training and institutional culture.
Scientific ethics and social responsibility: contemporary dilemmas in the production and dissemination of knowledge.
The “pay to publish” (APC) model: ethical implications and sustainable alternatives.
Bibliometrics and impact metrics: use, misuse and effects on academic evaluation.
Replication and reproducibility crises: causes, solutions and emerging methodological standards.
Conflicts of interest and transparency in research, peer review and funding.
Plagiarism, self‑plagiarism and data manipulation: detection and prevention.
Uses of artificial intelligence in scholarly publishing: authorship, automated reviewing and emerging ethical challenges.
Scientific fraud: cases, monitoring mechanisms and institutional responses.
Speakers
Alberto Martín Martín (UGR)
Ana Bocanegra‑Valle (UCA)
Ramón Feenstra (UJI)
Abstract submission
We invite abstracts for 30‑minute presentations (followed by 10 minutes for discussion, in 40‑minute slots). Please send proposals of around 1,000 words (excluding references and prepared for blind review) to [email protected] by 6 February 2026.

The Society for Exact Philosophy (upcoming meeting in Vancouver) is extending its application deadline to Feb 16th, 2026. See https://meta.phil.ufl.edu/host/sep/meeting.html
for details.

Philosophical Counselor (Filozofski savjetnik). Zagreb, Croatia. Publication: Early June 2026. Deadline: May 4, 2026. https://savjetnik.hufp.hr

International peer-reviewed journal for philosophical practice, applied ethics, philosophy of psychotherapy, and philosophy of health. We welcome interdisciplinary submissions exploring intersections of philosophy and mental health, including (but not limited to) phenomenology of psychopathology, biomedical humanities, and metaphilosophical investigations. Deadline for the 1st Issue: 4th of May 2026.

CFP, Undergraduate Philosophy Journal: The Hemlock

The Hemlock is a student-run philosophy journal based at the University of Idaho. We are in search of original philosophical papers authored by current undergraduates. 

The Hemlock’s call for papers this year is open to any topic in philosophy. We aim to publish essays that can be read and understood by a general educated audience. Papers must be philosophical in nature and self standing. All submissions will be peer-reviewed in anonymity. Acceptance for publication will be based on the following criteria: creativity, originality, per-tinence, quality, and depth. The Hemlock would appreciate that only one paper be submitted per applicant. 

DEADLINE: March 2, 2026

Submission Procedures: 

• Word count: 750-3000 
• Double spaced 
• Font size: 12 
• Papers will be peer-reviewed anonymously (submit manuscripts with a title page including affiliation, email, and title. Please remove any identifiers from the main text of the paper that would suggest its author.) 
• Papers should be sent as an attachment to [email protected] in a Microsoft Word (.doc/.docx) or Adobe PDF format
• Any questions or concerns can be addressed to [email protected] (Max Leisinger, Editor-in-chief)

Call Special Issue: “Swan Songs: Philosophical Reflections on Death, Time, and Memory in Testament Films”, Arts. Deadline April 1, 2026. Arts | Special Issue : Swan Songs: Philosophical Reflections on Death, Time, and Memory in Testament Films

Open Philosophy (https://www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/opphil/html) invites submissions for the topical issue “Hegel’s Philosophy of Action”, edited by Bojana Jovićević (University of Ljubljana) and Gregor Schäfer (University of Basel/University of London).
https://www.degruyterbrill.com/publication/journal_key/OPPHIL/downloadAsset/OPPHIL_CFP%20Hegels_Philosophy_of_Action.pdf
Submissions will be collected from September 1 to September 30, 2026.

Philosophy in the Wild 2026–Philadelphia Area. Ridley Creek State Park, near Philadelphia, PA. Submission deadline: Monday, May 4. Decisions announced: Monday, June 1. Conference dates: August 7-9, 2026. https://philosophywild.wixsite.com/philwild/cfa-pa-2026

*Free event. Travel stipends available.*

The Gadfly Symposium – Disruptive Pedagogy in Philosophy

Eastern Washington University, Cheney WA

June 6, 2026

CFA Deadline: April 10, 2026

Join us in reimagining how philosophy can unsettle, provoke, and cultivate human flourishing in a disrupted world.

https://philevents.org/event/show/147809

Bodies in Digital Transition. King’s College London, Department of Digital Humanities, London. 8–9 September 2026. Deadline: 26 June 2026. https://digitalstudiescollective.org/bodies-in-digital-transition

Join us for the 2nd annual conference Bodies in Digital Transition presented by the DiSCo Network and funded by the AHRC CHASE Consortium. We welcome transdisciplinary and speculative work on machinic embodiment, digital and virtual materialities, AI-generated corporeality, interfaces, algorithmic processes, and the ontological and aesthetic dimensions of digital bodies.