The Young Network for Wittgensteinian Philosophy is comprised by a global community of young philosophers, students, and enthusiasts devoted to exploring and advancing the works of Ludwig Wittgenstein - one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. 

This conference is the second physical meeting of the Young Network for Wittgensteinian Philosophy and it will take place from 30 September to 02 October 2025 at the Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia in Venice (Italy).

The aim of the conference is to focus on Wittgenstein's thought-provoking ideas spanning language, logic, mind, mathematics, and culture to demonstrate its application to a variety of philosophical issues. Whether you're fascinated by his Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, the Philosophical Investigations, or his significant contributions to the philosophy of mind and language, this conference provides an enriching environment to further analyze into these complex explorations. Together, we can push the boundaries of understanding and illuminate the complexities of our shared human experience through the lens of Wittgenstein's enduring wisdom. 

The deadline for submissions was June 15, 2025. Authors must submit a title and a 500 word abstract on a Wittgensteinian topic of their liking. All authors received a decision notification by July 15, 2025. 

The conference is held strictly in person. For online talks, just participate in the colloquium of the YNWP.

30 September – 02 October 2025

30 September, 9.45 a.m. – 6.30 p.m., Aula Berengo (Ca’ Foscari main building)

 9.45 a.m.-10.00 a.m. Openings. Roberta Dreon (Ca’ Foscari University Venice)

Chair: Jordi Fairhurst Chilton (Universitat de les Illes Balears)

10.00 a.m.-11.00 a.m. Hanne Appelqvist (University of Helsinki), Wittgenstein on the Ineffability of God

11.00 a.m.-11.30 a.m. Coffee break.

11.30 a.m.-12.10 p.m. Swithin Thomas (Central European University, Vienna), A dilemma for Wittgenstein's philosophy of religion

12.10 p.m.-12.50 p.m. Geraldine Ng (King’s College London), Williams's Wittgensteinianism

12.50 p.m.-1.30 p.m. Muhammad Zulnoorain (University of Vienna), Philosophical Disagreement in Ethics and the Therapeutic Endeavor

01.30 p.m.-3.00 p.m. Lunch break.

Chair: Deniz Sarikaya (Universität zu Lübeck, Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

 3.00 p.m.-3.40 p.m. Giulia Marcobello (University of Turin), Wittgenstein as a Kantian philosopher: the relationship between aesthetics and metaphilosophy

 3.40 p.m.-4.20 p.m. Ekaterine Gamrekelashvili (Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Ken Walker International University, Tbilisi), Ludwig Wittgenstein‘s “On Certainty” for AI

4.20 p.m.- 5.00 p.m. Coffe break.

5.00 p.m.-5.40 p.m. Damla Belemir Aydin (Central European University, Vienna), Family Resemblance and the Metaphysics of Gender

5.40 p.m.-6.20 p.m. Chun Cai (University of Southampton), Applying Wittgenstein’s methods: To what extent can randomly generated pieces be regarded as  music?

01 October, 10.00 a.m.-6.30 p.m., Aula Mazzariol (Malcanton-Marcorà)

Chair: José Antonio Pérez-Escobar (UNED)

10.00 a.m.-11.00 a.m. Ben-Yami Hanoch (Central European University, Vienna), Wittgenstein on Nonsense

11.00 a.m.-11.30 a.m. Coffe break.

11.30 a.m.-12.10 p.m. Nicola Gianola (University of Rome Tor Vergata), Possibility sive Necessity: Wittgenstein on Logical and Physical Possibility

12.10 p.m.-12.50 p.m. Zhao Fan (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Philosophizing with Turing: Revisiting Wittgenstein on Contradictions

12.50 p.m.-1.30 p.m. Paul Hasselkuß (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf), Wittgenstein on Family Resemblance and Open Texture

01.30 p.m.-3.00 p.m. Lunch break.

Chair: Alice Morelli (Ca’ Foscari University Venice)

 3.00 p.m.-3.40 p.m. David Schoute (University of Antwerp), Wittgenstein’s use of diagrams in clarifying psychological grammar

 3.40 p.m.-4.20 p.m. Arturo Vazquez (University of Southampton), Psychological Language, Machine Behaviour and Intelligence

 4.20 p.m.-5.00 p.m. Coffe break.

 5.00 p.m.-5.40 p.m. Amartaya Gupta (University College London), In Defence of the Resolute Reading: The Problem of “Nonsensicality Inference”

 5.40 p.m.-6.20 p.m. Francesco Zucchini (Sapienza University of Rome), “And what lies on the other side of the limit will simply be nonsense”: Two Conceptions of Limits and Nonsense in the Tractatus

02 October, 10.00 a.m.-5.00 p.m., Aula Mazzariol (Malcanton-Marcorà)

Chair: Jordi Fairhurst Chilton (Universitat de les Illes Balears)

10.00 a.m.-11.00 a.m. Hans-Johann Glock (Universität zu Zürich), Was Wittgenstein a Rulesian?

11.00 a.m.-11.30 a.m. Coffe break. 

11.30 a.m.-12.10 p.m. Isacco Zampini (Ca’ Foscari University Venice), Comparing Aesthetic and Religious Discourse in Late Wittgenstein's Thought: Usefulness and Limits of this Analogy 

12.10 p.m.-12.50 p.m. Antoni Łukasik (University of Warsaw), Wittgenstein and the Homo Mensura Doctrine: A Prologue to Rule-Following Applications in AI Agencies 

12.50 p.m.-1.30 p.m. Natalia Tomashpolskaia (Independent researcher), Wittgenstein, Heidegger, Husserl – criticism of scientism, civilization and the idea of progres 

1.30 p.m.-3.00 p.m. Lunch break.

Chair: Alice Morelli (Ca’ Foscari University Venice) 

3.00-3.40 p.m. Marcello Di Massa (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa), Wittgenstein's Humour as a Philosophical Method and Perspective 

3.40 p.m.-4.20 p.m. Lisa Paravan (University of Trento), Hinges and the Zetetic 

4.20 p.m. Closing remarks.