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Conferences & Workshops

Upcoming Presentations

Alex Moran & Anandi Hattiangadi, 'Moral Laws are Metaphysically Contingent’ (with Anandi Hattiangadi), Groningen Meta-Ethics Workshop, at Groningen, April 10, 2026.

Alex Moran, ‘Buddhism, Compassion, and No-Self’, Metaphysics, Ethics, and Philosophy of Mind in Buddhism, conference at Bilkent University,  February 20-22nd 2026.

Past Presentations
  • Alex Moran, ‘Buddhism, Compassion, and No-Self’, New Generation Research Exchange, organised by the Humane Philosophy Society in collaboration with the University of Oxford, and the University of Warsaw. Budapest, December 12 - 14, 2025.
  • Alex Moran, ‘Physicalism without Reduction’, Bilkent University, Colloquium October 2025.
  • Alex Moran, Physicalism without Reduction’, Causation, Grounding, Explanation, Shanghai, September 2025.
  • Alex Moran, ‘Primitive Temporal Qualifiers’, 10th Annual IATP conference, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, July 2025.
  • Alex Moran, ‘Mereological Nihilism and Persisting Selves’, workshop at Universidad de Santiago de Chile, July 2025.
  • Anandi Hattiangadi & Alex Moran,‘Moral Laws are Metaphysically Contingent’ (with Anandi Hattiangadi), Reductionism in Metaphysics, Meta-ethics, and the Philosophy of Mind Conference, Université de Fribourg. June 2025.
  • Anandi Hattiangadi & Alex Moran, ‘Moral Laws are Metaphysically Contingent’,Umea Metaethics Conference 2025, University of Umea, May 2025.
  • Anandi Hattiangadi & Alex Moran, ‘Moral Laws are Metaphysically Contingent’, Cyprus Metaethics Workshop 2025, University of Cyprus, May 2025.
  • Alex Moran, "Colour Illusion and Objective Looks", EXRE discussion group, Université de Fribourg, April 2025.
  • Alex Moran, ‘Colour Illusion and Visual Expanses’, Philosophy Colloquium at the Université de Fribourg, Aprl 2025.
  • Alex Moran, "Colour Illusion and Visual Expanses", Colloquium at Université de Neuchâtel, March 2025.
  • Alex Moran, ‘Colour Illusion and Visual Expanses’, Colloquium at Bilkent, February 2025.
  • Alex Moran, ‘Colour Illusion and Visual Expanses’, Colloquium at Texas A & M, February 2025.
  • Alex Moran, "The Possibility of Non-Reductive Physicalism", Metaphysics and Mind Workshop at Université de Fribourg, December 2024.
  • Alex Moran, "Fundamental Properties of Derivative Objects", Philosophy Colloquium at the Université de Fribourg, November 2024.
  • Alex Moran, "Explanatory Differences Between Relationalism and Representationalism", Graduate Seminar at Berkeley, convenor: Prof Mike Martin, November 2024..
  • Alex Moran, "Fundamental Properties of Derivative Objects", Fundamentality and Material Objects Conference, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, October 2024.
  • Alex Moran, "Threats to Materialism: Personite Puzzles", New Research Generation Exchange, Trogrir, (organised by the New Horizons for Science and Religion in Central and Eastern Europe project). September 2024.
  • Alex Moran, "Physicalism without Reduction",, Workshop: Applications of Grounding Université de Fribourg, August 2024.
  • Alex Moran, "Sensory Experience and Depictive Knowledge’", Epistemic Significance of Perceptual Consciousness Conference (Cracow), May 2024.
  • Alex Moran, "The Possibility of Non-Reductive Physicalism’", Philosophy Colloquium at the Université de Fribourg, May 2024.
  • Alex Moran, "Physicalism Without Real Definition", Colloquium at the Université de Genève. May 2024.
  • Alex Moran, "Conceivability Arguments and Metaphysical Modality", Physicalism Seminar at MIT, March 2024.
  • Alex Moran, "Contingent Grounding and Conceivability Arguments’, Princeton Metaphysics Discussion Group, March 2024.
  • Anandi Hattiangadi, “The Normativity of Meaning and Content Revisited” 13th Principia International Symposium, Florianópolis, Brazil, from August 14–17, 2023
  • Anandi Hattiangadi, “Physicalism, Intentionality and Normativity: The Explanatory Gap.” The Foundations of Representational Content, Milan, 4–5 September 2023.
  • Alex Moran, "Contingent Grounding and Conceivability Arguments’", Philosophy Colloquium at the Université de Fribourg, September 2023.
  • Alex Moran, “Phenomenal Character and Representational Properties: An Explanatory Gap’”The Foundations of Representational Content, Milan, 4–5 September 2023
  • ‘Grounding Physicalism and Conceivability Arguments’, San Jose State University, August 2023.
  • Anandi Hattiangadi, “Why Large Language Models Don't Understand Natural Language and Probably Won't Any Time Soon.” Colloquium, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 29 November 2023
  • Corine Besson and Anandi Hattiangadi, "Deductive Reasoning without Rule Following" Association of Symbolic Logic, American Philosophical Association Eastern Division, New York, 15th-18th, 2024.
  • Alex Moran, “Grounding Physicalism and the Zombie Argument”Applications of Grounding, Dublin, 13–14 July 2023
  • Anandi Hattiangadi, "The Normativity of Meaning and Content Revisited" Applications of Grounding, Dublin, 13–14 July 2023
  • Anandi Hattiangadi, “Conventionalism and the Adoption Problem” Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and Mind Association, Birkbeck College, University of London, July 7-9, 2023
  • Anandi Hattiangadi, “What ChatGPT Doesn’t Know” ChatGPT and Other Creative Rivals, Institute of Philosophy, London, 31 May – 1 June 2023
  • Alex Moran, “Visual Illusion and Objective Looks”Science of Consciousness Conference, Sicily, 22–27 May 2023
  • Anandi Hattiangadi, “Logic and Convention” 1st International Philosophy Conference in India: Mind, Reasoning, and the World, India International Center, New Delhi, 12–13 January 2023