11:45 PM - 11:45 PM Eastern
University of Pittsburgh (online)
Call for Abstracts
13th International Philosophy of Medicine Roundtable Conference (Virtual)
September 14-18, 2026
Hosted by the University of Pittsburgh
Conference Dates
September 14: Pre-conference workshop on philosophy of diagnosis
September 14: Keynote talks
September 15-18: Selected Talks
Venue
The 13th International Philosophy of Medicine Roundtable will be held online, hosted by the University of Pittsburgh Department of History and Philosophy of Science.
Keynote speakers
Lisa Sanders (Yale School of Medicine)
Gurpreet Dhaliwal (University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine)
Call for Abstracts: Main Conference Program
We welcome philosophical talks on all aspects of health and medicine, broadly construed.
Please submit a 500-word abstract to https://forms.gle/fenNHJ982oNzKW42A by March 15, 2026. Abstracts will undergo blinded review by the scientific committee. Accepted papers will be allocated a 30 min speaking slot (including Q&A).
An individual may be listed as an author on more than one abstract. However, they may only submit one abstract on which they are listed as a presenter (and may only present once in the main program)
Special issue
Presenters at the Roundtable will be invited to submit a paper version of their talk to a special section of the journal Philosophy of Medicine (https://philmed.pitt.edu). Details will be provided to presenters.
Important dates
Submission deadline: March 15, 2026
Notification of acceptance: by the end of April 2026
Conference dates: September 14-18, 2026
Contacts
Questions regarding submissions or the Roundtable generally should be directed to pmr2026@pitt.edu.
Local Organizers
Jonathan Fuller, Raphael Scholl, Laura Matthews, Sloane Wesloh, Rose Gatfield-Jeffries (University of Pittsburgh, Department of History and Philosophy of Science)
Scientific Committee
Atocha Aliseda, Rachel Ankeny, Robyn Bluhm, Giovanni Boniolo, Kirstin Borgerson (Chair), Raffalla Campaner, Jonathan Fuller, Elselijn Kingma, Maël Lemoine, Benjamin Smart (Secretary)
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