
The conference "Empiricism and Metaphysics: 70 Years of Wilfrid Sellars’ Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind" took place
From March 12 to 13, the conference "Empiricism and Metaphysics: 70 Years of Wilfrid Sellars' Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind" was held.

Konstantin Frolov spoke on “Formal Philosophy for a Normative Realist”
On March 4, the 114th meeting of the research and theoretical seminar “Formal Philosophy” took place.

A philosophical disputation between Viktoria Denisova and the Ambassador of Mexico, philosopher Eduardo Villegas Megías
Viktoria Denisova engaged in a philosophical disputation with the Ambassador of Mexico, the philosopher Dr. Eduardo Villegas Megías, concerning the works of the Dutch historian and philosopher Johan Huizinga.

Elia Zardini's talk "The Bearers of Logical Consequence"
The 113th meeting of the research seminar "Formal Philosophy" took place on February 25.

Vitaliy Dolgorukov's talk "Dictators and Ultrafilters: Arrow's and Fishburn's Theorems as Corollaries of the Kirman–Sondermann Result"
The 109th session of the "Formal Philosophy" seminar was held on January 28.

The Joint Russian-Brazilian Colloquium “Inferential Knowledge about Fictions: How We Infer, and How Far These Inferences Go”
On January 20, 2026, the IL LLFP, in collaboration with the Department of Philosophy of the Ural Institute for the Humanities at the Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin and the Centre for Logic, Epistemology and the History of Science at the University of Campinas, held the Russian-Brazilian Colloquium “Inferential Knowledge about Fictions: How We Infer, and How Far These Inferences Go.”
An article by Mikhail Smirnov has been published in the journal Manuscrito
An article "Attitudinal objects and referential interpretation for performative utterances" by Mikhail Smirnov has been published in the journal Manuscrito.

Mikhail Smirnov's Presentation at the International Congress of Logic "UNILOG-8" (Cusco, Peru)
On December 9, research fellow of the IL LLFP Mikhail Smirnov delivered a presentation at the international congress of logic UNILOG-8, held in the city of Cusco, Peru. The presentation on the topic "Frege as a Cartesian" took place as part of the workshop "Frege and Beyond," dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Gottlob Frege's death.
Results of the Student Research Work Competition
Congratulations to the research assistants and their academic supervisors on winning the Student Research Competition!

Vera Shumilina presented on "The Peircean theory of scientific explanation: from three types of reasoning to the typology of scientific explanations."
On December 17, the 107th meeting of the "Formal Philosophy" theoretical research seminar took place.
