15th
Conference
of the
Italian Society
or Analytic Philosophy
Who is Afraid of Philosophy?
New Challenges for Contemporary Society
September 7-9, 2023
University of Eastern Piedmont
Palazzo Borsalino, via Cavour 84, Alessandria, Italy
Conference will begin on 7 September in the morning
and end on 9 September in the late afternoon.

Plenary Speakers
- Ophelia Deroy (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
- John Dupré (University of Exeter)
- Elisabetta Galeotti (University of Eastern Piedmont; lecture sponsored by Politeia)
- Christian List (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
Keynote Speakers
- Aesthetics: John Kulvicki (Dartmouth College)
- Epistemology and Philosophy of Science: Roman Frigg (LSE)
- History of Philosophy: Riccardo Chiaradonna (Roma Tre University)
- Metaphysics: Jeroen Smid (University of Amsterdam; sponsored by the Catholic University of Milan)
- Moral Philosophy: Hanno Sauer (Utrecht University)
- Philosophy of Action: Lucy O’Brien (University College London) – O’Brien Handout SIFA
- Philosophy of Language: Laura Caponetto (University of Cambridge)
- Social Epistemology: Quassim Cassam (University of Warwick; sponsored by ECSE )
- FilMat Symposium on Formal Methods: Greg Restall (University of St Andrews) [TBC]
- Special Topic Symposium “Law and Philosophy”: Patricia Mindus (Uppsala University)
The conference program is here
Childcare
Childcare facilities will be provided. Those who are interested should send an email—containing “SIFA CHILDCARE” in the subject-line—to sifaconference2023@gmail.com by August 1, 2023. Please note that the service will not be launched unless the required minimum number of children is reached
Steering committee
Camilla Barbieri (University of Eastern Piedmont), Marta Benenti (University of Eastern Piedmont), Margherita Benzi (University of Eastern Piedmont), Enrico Biale (University of Eastern Piedmont), Michele Bocchiola (Université de Genève), Sofia Bonicalzi (University Roma Tre), Massimiliano Carrara (University of Padua), Carlo Burelli (University of Eastern Piedmont), Ciro De Florio (Catholic University of Milan), Massimo Dell’Utri (University of Sassari), Samuele Iaquinto (University of Eastern Piedmont), Antonio Lizzadri (Catholic University of Milan), Emiliano Loria (University of Eastern Piedmont), Cristina Meini (University of Eastern Piedmont), Davide Pala (University of Eastern Piedmont), Pietro Perconti (University of Messina), Martina Rosola (University of Eastern Piedmont), Pietro Salis (University of Cagliari), Laura Santi Amantini (University of Eastern Piedmont), Giovanni Tuzet (Bocconi University), Maria Silvia Vaccarezza (University of Genoa), Luca Zanetti (IUSS Pavia), Gloria Zuccarelli (University of Eastern Piedmont).
