International Conference on Philosophy and Meaning in Life

 

7th International Conference on Philosophy and Meaning in Life

June 25-27, 2025 (In person)
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Keynote speakers:
TBA
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6th International Conference on Philosophy and Meaning in Life

June 17-19, 2024 (In person + online)
University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Keynote speakers:
Tatjana Schnell (MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society)
James Tartaglia (Keele University)
Kieran Setiya (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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5th International Conference on Philosophy and Meaning in Life

June 28-30, 2023 (Online)
Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Keynote speakers:
Frances Kamm (Rutgers University)
Aribiah David Attoe (University of Witwatersrand)
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4th International Conference on Philosophy and Meaning in Life

January 17-19, 2022 (Online)
University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
Keynote speakers:
Berit Brogaard (University of Miami)
Cheshire Calhoun (Arizona State University)
Guy Kahane (Oxford University)
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3rd International Conference on Philosophy and Meaning in Life

July 21-23, 2020 (Online)
University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Keynote speakers:
Lisa Bortolotti (University of Birmingham)
Masahiro Morioka (Waseda University)
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2nd International Conference on Philosophy and Meaning in Life

October 7-9, 2019
Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
Keynote speakers:
Rivka Weinberg (Scripps College)
Yujin Nagasawa (University of Birmingham)
Thaddeus Metz (University of Johannesburg)
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1st International Conference on Philosophy and Meaning in Life

August 20-21, 2018
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Keynote speakers:
Thaddeus Metz (University of Johannesburg)
Masahiro Morioka (Waseda University)
David Benatar (University of Cape Town)

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Steering Committee (February 2022-)

Kiki Berk (Southern New Hampshire University)
Nobuo Kurata (Hokkaido University)
Iddo Landau (University of Haifa)
Thaddeus Metz (University of Pretoria)
Masahiro Morioka (Waseda University)
Tatsuya Murayama (Tohoku University)
Yujin Nagasawa (University of Oklahoma)
Rivka Weinberg (Scripps College)

Email: morioka[a]waseda.jp