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A student-led organization which aims to support professional work in analytic philosophy. It is based at the University of Vienna and was founded in 2009.

The Vienna Forum for Analytic Philosophy aims to support professional work in analytic philosophy. Our principle objective is to intensify research, exchange and discussion among students and scholars. For this purpose we organize regular meetings, lectures, workshops and conferences and foster national and international contact with individuals and groups interested in analytic philosophy. The Vienna Forum for Analytic Philosophy provides a platform for work committed to an analytical approach in areas including philosophy of language and logic, philosophy of mathematics, epistemology and philosophy of mind.

15/09/2026

15th WFAP Graduate Conference ❤️‍🔥

The Armchair on Trial: A Graduate Conference on Philosophical Methodology. 🤓

Huge thanks to everyone involved — it was an absolute blast!

Warmly, Piet
(Outgoing Secretary, Vienna Forum for Analytic Philosophy)

08/07/2026

Tomorrow!!!! 🥳

19/06/2026

The Armchair on Trial ❗️
A Graduate Conference on Philosophical Methodology

How should philosophy be done? From the armchair, empirically, something in between?

Join us in Vienna (July 9–11, 2026) for three days of discussion on philosophical methodology, featuring keynote talks by Hilary Kornblith (UMass), Jennifer Nagel (Toronto), and Christian Nimtz (Bielefeld).

📍 2i + 2H, Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna
🎓 Open to everyone
✅ No registration required (except for social events)

The program and more information can be found on our website!

04/06/2026

🚨 SPECIAL Forum Session Alert 🚨

This week, there will be no reading. Instead, we are attending the “What Are We Even Doing? Metaphilosophical Conversations II” event I am co-organizing for UPSalon (a salon for underrepresented philosophers at the University of Vienna’s philosophy institute). Join us for an engaging conversation featuring three wonderful guests — you won’t want to miss it! 💥

It will take place:

📅 When? Friday, 05.06.2026, 5 - 7 PM
📍 Where? Hörsaal 3D, Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG)

Very much looking forward! 💖

Best, Piet (Secretary)

27/05/2026

🚨 Forum Session Alert 🚨

This week, we’ll be reading a text by Martin Kusch and Robin McKenna entitled “Kornblith, Naturalism, Relativism” (2025). It is a chapter from the book “Kornblith And His Critics”. This reading is especially relevant as it connects nicely with our discussions from last week and engages directly with the work of Hilary Kornblith, one of the keynote speakers for our conference on July 9–11. Hence, don’t miss out on this one! 💥

📅 When? Friday, 29.05.2026, 18:30
📍 Where? Hörsaal 2H, Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG)

See you there! 💖

Best, Piet (Secretary)

20/05/2026

🚨 Forum Session Alert 🚨

Tomorrow, we will host a discussion session with Prof. Martin Kusch, who has kindly agreed to tell us a little bit about his sociological approach to philosophy and engage with our questions.

📅 When? Thursday, 21.05.2026, 15:00
📍 Where? Hörsaal 3D, Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG)

This discussion session will replace our regular Friday session for the week, so we will not meet on May 22nd.

Do feel free to forward this information to anyone who may be interested in joining us!

Looking forward! 💖

13/05/2026

🚨 Forum Session Alert 🚨

During this week’s session, we’ll be reading two texts by Prof. Martin Kusch! 💥

1. “The Sociology of Philosophical Knowledge Revisited: Relativism, Scepticism, Reductionism” (2018)
2. “Integrated Philosophy and Sociology of Science: The Example of the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge” (2025)

Together, they amount to just under 30 pages of reading. We will spend the session this Friday (May 15th) working through the papers. We will also develop some follow-up questions to ask Prof. Kusch in a discussion session on:

📅 When? Thursday, 21.05.2026, 15:00
📍 Where? Hörsaal 3D, Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG)

In this disscussion session, Prof. Kusch has kindly agreed to tell us a little bit about his sociological approach to philosophy and to engage with our questions. This discussion session will also replace our regular Friday session for the week, so we will not meet on May 22nd.

As per usual, our session this week will take place:

📅 When? Friday, 15.05.2026, 18:30
📍 Where? Hörsaal 2H, Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG)

Do feel free to forward this information to anyone who may be interested in joining us!

See you there! 💖

Warmly, Piet (Secretary)

07/05/2026

🚨 Forum Session Alert 🚨

During this week’s session, we’ll be reading a text co-authored by one of our keynotes, Christian Nimtz. 💥

The text is a manuscript, so we have been asked to send it out to people individually upon request, rather than over the entire mailinglist. Please send Veronika an e-mail ([email protected]) if you would like to attend this week’s session and receive the text. Don’t hesitate to do this as late as Friday afternoon.

📅 When? Friday, 08.05.2026, 18:30
📍 Where? Hörsaal 2H, Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG)

Looking forward! 💖

Warmly, Piet (Secretary)

22/04/2026

🚨 Forum Session Alert 🚨

During this week’s session, we’ll be reading a text by Sally Haslanger entitled “What Knowledge Is and What It Ought to Be: Feminist Values and Normative Epistemology”. It is chapter 12 from her book “Resisting Reality: Social Construction and Social Critique” (2012). 💥

📅 When? Friday, 24.04.2026, 18:30
📍 Where? Hörsaal 2H, Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG)

See you there! 💖

Warmly, Piet (Secretary)

16/04/2026

🚨 Forum Session Alert 🚨

During this week’s session, we will be discussing a shorter text by Frank Jackson. It is chapter two “The Role of Conceptual Analysis” from his book “From Metaphysics to Ethics: A Defence of Conceptual Analysis” (2000). 💥

📅 When? Friday, 17.04.2026, 18:30
📍 Where? Hörsaal 2H, Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG)

Looking forward! 💖

Warmly, Piet (Secretary)

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