The SILFS Postgraduate Conference 2025 will take place in Turin on 11-13 June 2025. It is organized jointly by the Italian Society for Logic and Philosophy of Science (SILFS) and members of the Center for Logic, Language and Cognition (LLC) at the University of Turin.
The conference will feature the six keynotes listed below and two parallel sessions for contributed papers in logic and philosophy of science. Sessions will be chaired by the members of the SILFS Steering Committee. The conference language is English.
Luca Incurvati (ILLC/University of Amsterdam)
Patricia Palacios (University of Salzburg)
Massimo Pigliucci (CUNY)
Costanza Larese (Milano) / Winner of the SILFS Prize for Women in Logic and Philosophy of Science
Federico Laudisa (Trento) / Winner of the Giulio Giorello Prize in Philosophy of Science
Gianluca Paolini (Turin) and Saharon Shelah (Hebrew University Jerusalem) / Winners of the Ettore Casari Logic Prize
15 December 2025: submission window opens
15 February 2025: submission deadline
1 April 2025: notification of acceptance/rejection
1 June 2025: registration deadline
11-13 June 2025: conference
We invite submissions in logic and philosophy of science from PhD students or scholars who completed their PhD in the last 5 years. In the case of a co-authored paper, at least one of the authors must be a PhD student or a scholar who completed her/his PhD in the last 5 years; only those meeting this requirement are eligible to submit.
Submissions consist in an extended abstract of maximum 800 words, references included. Submissions must be made via the EasyChair conference management system (link below).
Submission link: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=silfspgco
The last day for making submissions is 15 February 2025.
Cristina Amoretti (University of Genoa), Francesco Bianchini (University of Bologna), Stefano Bonzio (University of Cagliari), Martina Calderisi (University of Turin), Fabrizio Calzavarini (University of Turin), Gustavo Cevolani (IMT Lucca), Ivano Ciardelli (University of Padua), Camilla Colombo (RWTH Aachen University), Vincenzo Crupi (University of Turin), Matteo De Benedetto (IMT Lucca), Silvia De Toffoli (IUSS Pavia), Sara Dellantonio (University of Trento), Vincenzo Fano (University of Urbino Carlo Bo), Francesco Genco (University of Turin), Marco Giovanelli (University of Turin), Pierluigi Graziani (University of Urbino Carlo Bo), Andrea Iacona (University of Turin), Samuele Iaquinto (University of Eastern Piedmont), Anna Ichino (University of Milan), Angelica Mezzadri (University of Turin), Eleonora Montuschi (University of Venice Ca’ Foscari), Barbara Osimani (Marche Polytechnic University), Pietro Daniel Omodeo (University of Venice Ca’ Foscari), Eugenio Petrovich (University of Turin), Giuseppe Primiero (University of Milan), Giuliano Rosella (University of Turin), Viola Schiaffonati (Polytechnic University of Milan), Andrea Sereni (IUSS Pavia), Giuseppe Sergioli (University of Cagliari), Caterina Sisti (Scuola Normale Superiore Pisa), Jan Sprenger (University of Turin), Luca Tambolo (independent researcher), Claudio Ternullo (University Babeș-Bolyai of Cluj-Napoca)
Logic (classical and non-classical)
Philosophy and Foundations of Logic and Mathematics
Philosophy and Foundations of Computing and Artificial Intelligence
Philosophical Applications of Logic and Formal Epistemology
General Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of the Life Sciences (biology, medicine, etc.)
Philosophy of the Social Sciences (economics, cognitive science, neuroscience, etc.)
Philosophy of Physics and Philosophy of Technology
Science and Technology Studies, Scientometrics, Science and Public Policy
History of Logic and Philosophy of Science
The conference will take place at the Campus Luigi Einaudi (CLE) of the University of Turin. More information about how to reach the venue can be found here.
Participants who wish to stay at a university residence should contact the organizers in March/April 2025 at silfs2025pgc@gmail.com.
60 € for speakers who are members of SILFS (this includes the conference dinner)
80 € for speakers who are no members of SILFS (again, this includes conference dinner)
Attendees who do not give a talk participate for free (they just have to pay the dinner). More information about the registration procedure will be published in spring 2025.
Any questions concerning the conference should be sent to silfs2025pgc@gmail.com.
Maria Cristina Amoretti (University of Genoa)
Martina Calderisi (University of Turin)
Vincenzo Crupi (University of Turin)
Vincenzo Fano (University of Urbino)
Pierluigi Graziani (University of Urbino)
Angelica Mezzadri (University of Turin)
Eugenio Petrovich (University of Turin)
Giuliano Rosella (University of Turin)
Caterina Sisti (Scuola Normale Pisa)
Jan Sprenger (University of Turin)
Financial support is available for a limited number of PhD students whose submission has been accepted for presentation: we can reimburse travel and accommodation expenses up to a maximum of 500 €.
Anybody interested in the scheme should (after submission) send an email to the conference organizers at silfs2025pgc@gmail.com indicating the submission number, an approximate travel budget and the availability of other forms of funding. Decisions about funding will be sent out together with the notifications of acceptance.
Unfortunately, for administrative reasons, we cannot provide financial support for postdocs.
The conference is supported by the project Educating Future Citizens (EFC), funded by the Next Generation EU / PNRR scheme. It aims at establishing a network of honors colleges and higher institutions of academic excellence. The focus is on activities for the orientation towards study and research and on advanced scientific training offered to students, PhDs, and junior scholars from Italy and abroad. The network promotes internationalization, innovation, digitalization, and sustainability through the collaboration of 8 institutions overall: IUSS Pavia, IMT Lucca, SISSA Trieste, Honors College “Carlo Urbani” at the University of Camerino, Honors College “Giacomo Leopardi” at the University of Macerata, Honors College “Ferdinando Rossi” at the University of Turin, Honors College “di Toppo Wassermann” at the University of Udine, and Collegio Internazionale Ca’ Foscari at the University of Venice.