We invite contributions to the metaphilosophical discussion of the philosophical unity in the methodological and thematic diversity of inquiries as a way to facilitate understanding of reality. The theme of unity includes questions about the methods of its achievement, the adequacy of the present philosophical methodology, and the possibility of its enrichment by new mathematical, statistical, or computational methods. The complete conference announcement file is attached for further reference here.

We invite structured extended abstracts of presented works to be submitted by 30 June 2026. We welcome your submissions of extended abstracts prepared as explained below to: https://sciforum.net/user/submission/create/1628.

More details of the submission procedure can be found in the Instruction for Authors.

The extended abstracts of 300-500 words in English should include:
1. The title of the presentation;
2. Intended format of presentation (oral, poster, or either) – the number of accepted oral presentations will be limited, so the choice means a preference that may not be accepted;
3. Names and affiliations of all authors;
4. Name and email address of the contact author;
5. A succinct description of the content of the work (as it is an extended abstract, it can include references);
6. Short explanation of the philosophical issues addressed in the work.

The journal Philosophies invites contributions to its upcoming Second International Online Conference, “Philosophical Unity of the Diverse Forms of Inquiry,” to be held on October 26-30, 2026. This event has a broader theme than the First International Conference of the journal Philosophies “Intelligent Inquiry into Intelligence” held in 2025 (The 1st International Online Conference of the Journal Philosophies - Intelligent Inquiry into Intelligence-Contributing to the 2025 IS4SI Summit), but it can be considered a continuation of its very successful predecessor. Not only does its design follow the same main features, such as the focus on engagement in interaction involving invited speakers, panelists, and the audience, ample time for moderated discussions, and early dissemination of materials presenting all contributions, allowing all participants to prepare for exchanges of views and opinions. Its theme, From Ontic Unity to Epistemic Defragmentation, directs the attention of the philosophical community to the facilitation of understanding in epistemic processes through the integration of inquiries and possibly by the enrichment of philosophy by new methods. Naturally, understanding presupposes some form of intelligence and can be placed in the sequence intelligence – rationality – understanding. However, its relation to knowledge is much more complex, and even the status of the steps in this sequence is debatable. Are these distinctions a matter of quality or degree?

The theme of the Second Conference is more general and metaphilosophical in its call for reflection on the role of philosophy in searching for a unified view of reality derived from various forms of inquiry, and overcoming the barriers created by differences in their methodological tools. The First Conference had a similar objective of searching for the common ground, but in a more restricted context of the study of intelligence. Now, we invite contributions with reflections on a more general subject of the role of philosophy in integrating studies in more diverse contexts, of course, including the study of intelligence as one of them.

All accepted extended abstracts will be displayed on the website of the Conference. Proceeding papers (5-8 pages) developed from accepted extended abstracts can be published without APC but based on peer review in the Proceedings after the Conference. More extensive works without any limit of volume developed from these contributions may be published in Philosophies after the usual peer review carried out by the journal with a 20% discounted APC.

More details of publication can be found in the Publication Opportunities.

Proceedings submission deadline: 30 December 2026

Manuscripts for the proceedings issue must be formatted as follows:
Title;
Full author names;
Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses;
Abstract;
Keywords;
Introduction;
Methods;
Results and Discussion;
Conclusions;
Acknowledgements;
References.

Please click HERE to submit your proceeding paper to the Proceedings.
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