Does formalization deepen understanding?
Date: 26 October 2026 (Monday)
Time: 08:30 (CET, Basel) | 03:30 (EDT, New York) | 18:30 (AEDT, Sydney) | 15:30 (CST, Beijing)
Please note that the schedule may undergo minor adjustments prior to the conference.
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8:30-8:40 |
Opening Ceremony |
Marcin J. Schroeder |
Welcome from the Conference Chair |
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8:40-9:10 |
Contributed Presentation |
Olexii Varypaiev |
From the Unity of Science to Epistemic Defragmentation under Algorithmic Mediation |
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9:10-9:40 |
Contributed Presentation |
Lina Mandal |
From Epistemic Integration to Conceptual Intelligibility: A Metaphilosophical Account of Philosophical Unity |
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9:40-10:10 |
Contributed Presentation |
Roman Krzanowski |
Goedel's Theorem Beyond Incompleteness: Closed Algorithmic Systems and Open Living Systems |
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10:10-10:40 |
Contributed Presentation |
Francisco Salto |
Communissima or transcendental collections are not numbered |
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10:40-11:10 |
Contributed Presentation |
Marcin J. Schroeder |
From Between Epiphany and Apophany Towards Objectivization of Understanding |
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11:10-11:40 |
Contributed Presentation |
Jordi Vallverdú |
Understanding Without a Subject: Toward a Substrate-Neutral Criterion of Epistemic Comprehension |
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13:00-14:00 |
Keynote Talk |
Stephan Hartmann |
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14:00-15:00 |
Keynote Discussion |
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Does formalization deepen understanding? Models, theories, and stories in philosophy and science |
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15:00-15:30 |
Contributed Presentation |
Nora Alejandrina Schwartz |
A Unified Analysis of Innovative Scientific Practices: Nancy Nersessian's Conception of Model-Based Reasoning |
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15:30-16:00 |
Contributed Presentation |
Melanie Swan |
Galois Capsules: Computational Symmetry and the Problem of Time |
Diverse cultural traditions of understanding
Date: 27 October 2026 (Tuesday)
Time: 08:30 (CET, Basel) | 03:30 (EDT, New York) | 18:30 (AEDT, Sydney) | 15:30 (CST, Beijing)
Please note that the schedule may undergo minor adjustments prior to the conference.
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8:40-9:10 |
Contributed Presentation |
Agus F. Abdillah |
Philosophical Unity of Science through Methodological Diversity: Reconstructing Critical Rationalism in an Islamic Epistemological Framework |
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9:10-9:40 |
Contributed Presentation |
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Forgetting Form without Abandoning the Body : The Distinction between Xing (形) and Shen (身) in the Zhuangzi |
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9:40-10:10 |
Contributed Presentation |
Mamta Vijay |
Yoga as Epistemic Inquiry: Consciousness and the Integration of Knowledge |
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10:10-10:40 |
Contributed Presentation |
Mamta Vijay |
Prana as the Integrative Principle of Mind&Body Unity: Toward a Unification of Yogic and Phenomenological Modes of Inquir |
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10:40-11:10 |
Contributed Presentation |
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11:10-11:40 |
Contributed Presentation |
Antonyia Nacheva |
Unity Beyond Difference: Mystical Knowledge and Ecstatic Experience in Advaita Vedānta, Bhakti, and Sufism |
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13:00-13:30 |
Invited Talk |
Victoria S. Harrison |
Understanding Otherwise: Intercultural Philosophy and the Transformation of the Knower |
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13:30-14:00 |
Invited Talk |
Rossella Lupacchini |
At Home in the Universe. |
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14:00-15:00 |
Panel discussion |
Panelists: |
Diverse cultural traditions of understanding |
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15:00-15:30 |
Contributed Presentation |
Anil Kumar |
Technoculture as Praxis: Posthuman Theory in Action |
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15:30-16:00 |
Contributed Presentation |
Sebastian De Haro |
Towards a Theory of Technological Understanding |
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16:00-16:30 |
Roundtable Discussion： Special Issues Showcase — Celebrating 10 Years of Philosophies |
Guest Editor of Philosophies Special Issue: |
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Aesthetics as a Tool of Philosophical & Scientific Inquiry
Date: 28 October 2026 (Wednesday)
Time: 08:30 (CET, Basel) | 03:30 (EDT, New York) | 18:30 (AEDT, Sydney) | 15:30 (CST, Beijing)
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Epistemic Defragmentation: Connecting Diverse Forms of Knowing in Complex Systems |
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The material and bodily understanding of computational incomprehensibility |
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Between mathematics and physics: the quest for understanding in the context of LLMs |
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Analogy as a Fundamental Tool of Dialogical Paradigm in Philosophy: On Integrity, Attitude and Style |
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Aesthetics as a Dynamic Mode of Inquiry: From Aesthetic Objects to Processes of Experience |
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· Jerry LR Chandler |
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· Kristie Miller |
SI: Debating Temporal Ontology: The Existence of Yesterday and Tomorrow |
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The way to understanding – natural process or invented artefact
Date: 29 October 2026 (Thursday)
Time: 08:30 (CET, Basel) | 03:30 (EDT, New York) | 18:30 (AEDT, Sydney) | 15:30 (CST, Beijing)
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Understanding in the Perspective of Technological Development and AI
Date: 30 October 2026 (Friday)
Time: 08:30 (CET, Basel) | 03:30 (EDT, New York) | 18:30 (AEDT, Sydney) | 15:30 (CST, Beijing)
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On Understanding Code -- The Algebraic Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs |
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The Limits of Unification: Computational Representation and the Irreducible Other in AI Companionship |
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Bridging Epistemology, Technology, and Social Theory: Toward a Unified Philosophical Framework for Knowledge Production in the Age of AI |
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Bridging the Understanding of Reality and Language in the context of Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
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The Epistemic Mirror: Goal Attribution and the Relational Nature of AI Understanding |
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Do 21st-Century AIs Understand Imagistic Content? They Do Not (Worse: They Don’t Understand That They Don’t Understand It) |
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From Compliance to Understanding: Translating AI Regulation as an Epistemic Integration Problem |
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From Quasi-Agents to Governed Artificial Systems: Extending Chalmers through Mindful Machine Theory |
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