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Hybrid Representations

HR   |   2025 / 2026

The reading group of the project New Paths in the Philosophy of Hybrid Representations restarts in October 2025.

The first term of 2025-2026 is dedicated to recent work on philosophy of language in connection with AI, propaganda, and conspiracy theories.

The second term of 2025-2026 is dedicated to hate speech, thick terms, and dual-character concepts.

Unless otherwise indicated, we meet every other week on Fridays at 13:00 (local time) online via zoom. We invite the authors of papers to join us for discussion, whenever possible

SESSIONS:

  • 1st Session: Una Stojnić (Princeton), “Meaning in chatbots”

Una Stojnić, “Meaning in chatbots” (work in progress)

17 October 2025, 13:30, via zoom

  • 2nd Session: Anna Ichino (Milan), “The Imagination View of Conspiracy Attitudes”

Anna Ichino, “The Imagination View of Conspiracy Attitudes”, forthcoming in Research Handbook on Conspiracy Theories, edited by Melina Tsapos and David Coady, Edwar Elgars Publishing; forthcoming 2026

24 October 2025, via zoom

  • 3rd Session: Stefan Rinner (Duisburg-Essen), “Scorekeeping in a Therapeutic Language Game”

Stefan Rinner, “Scorekeeping in a therapeutic language game”, Philosophy, 99 (2024)

14 November 2025, via zoom

  • 4th Session: Megan Hyska (Northwestern), “The Politics of Past and Future: Synthetic Media, Showing, and Telling”

Megan Hyska, “The politics of past and future: synthetic media, showing, and telling” Phil. Studies. 182:137–158 (2025)

5 December 2025, via zoom