GAP.12

Pathways
to Truth

September 8–11, 2025

From September 8 to 11, 2025, the Society for Analytic Philosophy (GAP) will host its twelfth international congress (GAP.12) at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. The theme of the congress is “Pathways to Truth”.

At GAP.12, there will be sections with peer-reviewed papers as usual, providing a comprehensive forum for all areas of analytic philosophy. The submission period will begin in autumn 2024 and end in early 2025. Submissions will be made through the ConfTool online system, and we will use the Conference4me mobile app for the navigation through GAP.12. We look forward to welcoming you in Düsseldorf!

Keynote Speakers

Opening Lecture: Quill R Kukla
Erkenntnis Lecture: Erasmus Mayr
Closing Lecture: Gillian Russell

Frege-Award Winner

Hannes Leitgeb (LMU Munich) will receive the Frege-Award in 2025. The prize will be awarded at the GAP.12 congress. Hannes Leitgeb is being recognised for his outstanding and internationally influential work in the fields of epistemology, logic, and philosophy of science.

The laudation will be delivered by Volker Halbach (University of Oxford). A colloquium in honor of the laureate will follow, featuring Hannes Leitgeb, Volker Halbach, Maria Lasonen-Aarnio (Helsinki), and Richard Pettigrew (Bristol).

Colloquia

• The Structure of Scientific Discoveries
  Organisation: Andreas Bartels (University of Bonn), Jan Michel (HHU Düsseldorf).
• Epistemische Kompetenzen (in German)
  Organisation: Bettina Bussmann (University of Salzburg), David Lanius (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology).
• The Ethics of Science Communication in Democratic Societies – The Challenge of Epistemic Trespassing
  Organisation: Rico Hauswald (TU Dresden), Pedro Schmechting (TU Dresden).
• Moral Understanding Through Reflective Equilibrium
  Organisation: Norbert Paulo (LMU Munich).
• Tarskian Themes in Language and Logic
  Organisation: Sebastian Speitel (University of Bonn) und Erik Stei (Utrecht University).
• Reconceptualizing Empathy
  Organisation: Maja Griem (Ruhr University Bochum), Albert Newen (Ruhr University Bochum).
• Progress in Philosophy – Meta-philosophical and Historical Issues
  Organisation: Johannes Brandl (University of Salzburg).
• Abilities and Their Limits
  Organisation: Nathaniel Baron-Schmitt (FU Berlin), Barbara Vetter (FU Berlin).
• Pathways to Falsity
  Organisation: Heinrich Wansing (Ruhr University Bochum).

Book Symposia

• Tobias Wilsch (University of Tübingen), The Sources of Necessity: Essence, Laws, and Logic, Oxford (Oxford University Press), forthcoming.
• Sebastian Schmidt (University of Zurich), Responsibility for Rationality: Foundations of an Ethics of Mind, London (Routledge), 2024.
• Luise Müller (FU Berlin), The Right to Punish: Political Authority and International Criminal Justice, Cambridge (Cambridge University Press), 2024.

Fachpolitische Foren

Please note that these Forums on Higher Education Policy Issues in Academic Philosophy are among the very few German-speaking program items at GAP.12.

• Die Verantwortung der Fachphilosophie für das Lehramt
  Organisation: Anne Burkard (University of Göttingen), Almut von Wedelstaedt (Bielefeld University).
• Die neue (In-)Transparenz
  Organisation: Klaus Erlach (Fraunhofer IPA Stuttgart), Nicola Mößner (Leibniz University Hannover).
• Analytische Philosophie diverser gestalten
  Organisation: Sara Ayhan (Ruhr University Bochum), Gen Eickers (University of Bayreuth), Jasmin Trächtler (TU Dortmund), Elmarie Venter (Ruhr University Bochum), Jessica Struchhold (TU Dortmund)

Preliminary Programme

About the painting “Hauptweg und Nebenwege”

Contact

Kongressbüro GAP.12
Prof. Dr. Markus Schrenk
Institute for Philosophy
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Building 24.53, Office 01.94
Universitätsstr. 1
40225 Düsseldorf
Germany
info@gap12.de

Our Sponsors

Thank you to our sponsors for their generous support in making this event possible!