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A comprehensive examination of the nature of knowledge lies at the heart of TRUST, a major four-year research project launched this year by the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences in partnership with the University of Hradec Králové and the Institute of Computer Science of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The project will pursue two main lines of inquiry: how technology shapes what we understand as scientific knowledge, and the conditions and means through which the public engages with that knowledge. It will encompass twelve areas of research, bringing together perspectives from the philosophy of science, theories of rationality, technology, communication, and the social sciences.

Starting this year, the Institute of Philosophy will host two foreign researchers whose projects have succeeded in the prestigious scheme Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships. Over 10,000 applications were submitted in the call, which aims to support excellent projects by top scientists. In the Czech Republic, 25 projects at 11 institutions were supported. This is a great result for the Institute of Philosophy, confirming its place among the most prestigious Czech research institutions. Details…

Overview of current deadlines and detailed information for submitting contributions to upcoming workshops and conferences.

May 23, 2025 | Workshop Politics of Counter Catastrophe: Reconfiguring Freedom for the Future with Wendy Brown and Eva von Redecker (Prague). Deadline for submissions: March 2, 2025.

June 1–7, 2025 | Visegrad Environmental Philosophy Summer School 2025. Deadline for submissions: March 7, 2025.

June 2–3, 2025 | Workshop Ernst Mach Workshop XIII 2025: Conscious AI? Functionalism and its Alternatives (Prague). Deadline for submissions: February 28, 2025.

November 6–22, 2025 | Online Conference PSA Around the World 2025. Deadline for submissions: March 1, 2025.

Veselé Vánoce a šťastný nový rok 2025 přeje Filosofický ústav AV ČR, v. v. i.L‘Institut de philosophie de l‘Académie des sciences de la République tchèque vous souhaite un joyeux NoëlL‘Institut de philosophie de l‘Académie des sciences de la République tchèque vous souhaite un joyeux Noëlet une bonne année 2025…

On 16-20 September, the intensive seminar September School in Medieval Studies took place in Prague, Wittenberg and Leipzig, with 15 PhD students from 7 European countries and the USA. Under the guidance of Dr. Pavel Soukup, Dr. Václav Žůrek (both CMS FLU) and Prof. Christian Jaser (University of Kassel), they focused on polemical communication in the late medieval and early modern periods. The seminar was organized in cooperation with the platform GWZOpragueFLU, Leibniz-Institut für Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Europa (GWZO), Universität Kassel and Sächsische Akademie der…

Knowledge in an Age of Distrust and the Role of Science in the Contemporary World

Ethics of Genetic Engineering and a Probe into Unexplored Historical Sources: Institute of Philosophy Attracts Top International Researchers

Current calls for paper submissions

Call for Applications: Support of postdoctoral researchers at the Institute of Philosophy, CAS

The Prestigious Neuron Prize for Promising Scientists was Awarded to Ota Pavlíček from the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences

Professor Alex Taek-Gwang Lee as a Guest of the Institute of Philosophy

PF 2025

Why still read Thomas Aquinas today

Platform GWZO Prague FLÚ connected doctoral students from Europe and the USA

Shimon Sakaguchi´s talk online