European Society for Analytic Philosophy

European Society for Analytic Philosophy is a learned society devoted to promoting analytic philosophy across Europe, connecting researchers, teachers, and students in the tradition associated with figures linked to Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Gottlob Frege, G.E. Moore, Willard Van Orman Quine, Saul Kripke, David Lewis, Hilary Putnam, Donald Davidson and Elizabeth Anscombe. The society fosters exchanges among members associated with institutions such as University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Humboldt University of Berlin, Sorbonne University, University of Amsterdam, University of Warsaw, University of Barcelona, Scuola Normale Superiore, KU Leuven and University of Vienna.

History

The society originated in the early 1990s following initiatives by scholars attending meetings connected to International Congress of Philosophy, World Congress of Philosophy, Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association, Institut International de Philosophie and conferences at Helsinki University and Trento. Founding figures included academics affiliated with London School of Economics, University College London, Universität München, University of St Andrews, University of Edinburgh, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and University of Milan. Early governance drew on models from American Philosophical Association, Royal Institute of Philosophy and Philosophical Society of England while engaging with networks around European University Institute, Central European University, École Normale Supérieure, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences and Institut Jean Nicod.

Purpose and Activities

The society aims to promote research and teaching influenced by traditions linked to John Austin (philosopher), Rudolf Carnap, A.J. Ayer, P.F. Strawson, Peter Strawson, Michael Dummett, Richard Wollheim, Timothy Williamson, Alasdair MacIntyre, Martha Nussbaum and Thomas Nagel. Activities include organizing events similar to those run by European Consortium for Political Research, Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, Society for Exact Philosophy and collaborations with departments at University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Columbia University, Princeton University, Yale University, Harvard University for visiting lectures and workshops. The society facilitates thematic working groups in areas overlapping with research at Institute for Advanced Study, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and European Research Council projects.

Conferences and Events

Annual conferences rotate through host institutions such as University of Oslo, University of Stockholm, Charles University, Jagiellonian University, Trinity College Dublin, University of Zurich, University of Helsinki, University of Tartu, Eötvös Loránd University and University of Lisbon. Program committees often include scholars affiliated with St. Petersburg State University, Moscow State University, Tel Aviv University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of Toronto, Australian National University, National University of Singapore, Peking University, Tsinghua University and Seoul National University. Special symposia have addressed topics connected to work by Frank Ramsey, C.I. Lewis, Ernest Nagel, Nelson Goodman, W.V. Quine, R.M. Hare, Iris Murdoch, John Rawls, Robert Nozick, Jürgen Habermas, Charles Taylor, Graham Priest, Kit Fine and Thierry Keller. Joint meetings have been held with organizations such as European Philosophical Society, International Federation of Philosophical Societies, British Society for Philosophy of Science and American Philosophical Association regional groups.

Membership and Governance

Membership comprises individual scholars, graduate students and institutional representatives from bodies like Academia Europaea, British Academy, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Austrian Academy of Sciences, French Academy of Moral and Political Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Governance features an elected board with positions comparable to those in European Molecular Biology Organization, European Mathematical Society, Association for Symbolic Logic and Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, including roles of President, Secretary, Treasurer and regional representatives for areas encompassing Iberian Peninsula, Balkans, Nordic countries, Central Europe and Eastern Europe. Advisory committees draw members from institutions such as Princeton University, University of Michigan, New York University, University of California, Berkeley, Columbia University, University of Chicago and foundations like Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Publications and Awards

The society promotes publications in venues including Mind (journal), The Philosophical Review, Journal of Philosophy, Philosophical Studies, Synthese, Noûs, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Analysis (journal), Australasian Journal of Philosophy, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, European Journal of Philosophy and edited volumes in series from Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Routledge, Springer, De Gruyter and Bloomsbury Academic. It endorses awards and lectures named after figures such as Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Gottlob Frege, G.E. Moore and Michael Dummett, and supports early-career prizes comparable to those administered by Royal Society of Arts and fellowships modeled on Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions and Leverhulme Trust schemes. The society maintains outreach via newsletters, online archives, and collaborations with publishing initiatives at Open Book Publishers and repositories like PhilPapers, JSTOR and Project MUSE.

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