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2026 Bergen-Oslo Graduate Conference in Philosophy

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This is the first graduate conference in philosophy organized in collaboration by the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas at the University of Oslo (UiO) and the Department of Philosophy at the University of Bergen (ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´). The purpose of the conference is to give PhD students in philosophy at ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´ and UiO an opportunity to present and receive feedback on their work, regardless of area and tradition, and to promote collaboration between the philosophical communities at ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´ and UiO.

Preliminary Programme

Thursday the 23rd of April 2026

09:00-09:15 Introduction

09:15-09:55 Alice Yijing Yang (Oslo): Between the Life and the Soul: Where Do the Nutritive Soul and the Life of Plants Stand?

10:00-10:40 Sverre Hertzberg (Oslo): Moral Vice, Ignorance and Moral Responsibility

10:40-10:55 Break

10:55-11:35 Audun Syltevik (Bergen): Why Ethical Theory Should Not Guide (as Much as It Could)

11:35-12:15 Peder Skjelbred (Oslo): Does Death’s Intrinsic Badness Ground the Critical Level?

12:15-13:30 Lunch

13:30-14:10 Sjur Sandvik Strøm (Oslo): From Radical Democrats to Sleeping Sovereigns? J.G. Fichte on Citizen Participation and Political Representation

14:15-14:55 Eirik Tangeraas Lygre (Oslo): Economists or Ecologists? Expertise, Democracy, and Interdisciplinary Climate Governance

14:55-15:10 Break

15:10-16:25 Keynote speaker: Hilary Greaves (Oxford): Consequentialist Explanation for Everyone

 

Friday the 24th of April 2026

09:00-09:15 Introduction

09:15-09:55 Julie Lauvsland (Oslo): The Value of Generative Definitions for the Foundations of Mathematics

10:00-10:40 Sofie Vaas (Oslo): A Countable Indeterminate Universe of Sets

10:40-10:55 Break

10:55-11:35 Alessandro Giglia (Oslo): On the Equivalence Between Potentialism and Actualism

11:35-12:15 Gioia Susanna (Oslo): Feferman on the Indeterminacy of the Continuum Hypothesis

12:15-13:30 Lunch

13:30-14:10 Ying Yao (Oslo): The Intrinsic Value of Attention

14:15-14:55 André Eilertsen (Bergen): Imprecise Epistemic Value in Epistemic Utility Theory for Categorical Belief

Funding

The conference is funded by the Bergen University Fund and the Minorities and Philosophy chapter at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Bergen.

Organizers

The conference is organized by  (University of Oslo) and Torfinn Huvenes (University of Bergen).

Registration

Registration is not needed for people with an affiliation to the University of Bergen. People who are not affiliated with the University of Bergen should send an email to Torfinn Huvenes (torfinn.huvenes@uib.no) if they would like to attend the workshop.

Contact person

Torfinn Huvenes