THE 2025 JOINT SESSION
The 99th Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association will be held at the University of Glasgow (Cogito Epistemology Research Centre) from 11 to 13 July 2025

The Joint Session is the premier UK general philosophy conference, held annually during the summer by the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association. It has taken place at nearly every major university across the United Kingdom and in Ireland. Since 1910, the Joint Session has grown to become the largest gathering of philosophers in the country, attracting prestigious UK and international speakers working in a broad range of philosophical areas. Inaugurated by the incoming President of the Mind Association, the Joint Session includes symposia, open and postgraduate sessions, and a range of satellite conferences.

The official website for this year’s Joint Session can be found here

The Programme

University of Glasgow

Cogito Epistemology Research Centre

11 - 13 JULY 2025

Symposium I - what is social science?

Anna Alexandrova

Cambridge

Kareem Khalifa

UCLA

SYMPOSIUM II: NICKNAMES 

Therese Cory

Notre Dame

Hamid Taieb

HUB

Chair: 

Symposium IV - LOVE: LEARNING FROM HUSSERL AND BEAUVOIR

and Kate Kirkpatrick (Oxford)

Chair: 


SUnday 14TH JULY

Christoph Kelp (Glasgow)/Mona Simion (Glasgow)

Meylan (Zurich)

Raamy Majeed (Manchester) and Maeve McKeown (Groningen)

About the Joint Session

The Joint Session is the premier UK general philosophy conference, held annually during the summer by the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association.

the postgraduate session

Our programmes are planned and scheduled in advance. Once available, the dates and speakers for upcoming academic years will be posted online.

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