Formal Approaches to Rationality and Meaning (FARM) 2

October 10-11, 2026
NYU Department of Philosophy, Room 101
5 Washington Place, New York, NY


Organized by Harvey Lederman and Matt Mandelkern (local), and Paolo Santorio, Julia Staffel, and Snow Zhang (distal), with the generous support of the New York Institute of Philosophy

FARM is a conference that aims to bring together researchers studying meaning, reasoning and rational norms. This is the second iteration of the conference; information about last year's can be found here.

Call for papers:
FARM is a submission-based conference. We welcome submission from a variety of fields, including epistemology, philosophy of language, decision theory, philosophical logic, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and metaethics. Submissions should be no more than 6,000 words and anonymized, due June 15th. A submission link will be posted soon.

Keynote Speakers:
Thomas Icard (Stanford) and another tbd

Schedule:

Saturday, October 10: TBD

Sunday, October 11: TBD

Logistics:
All are welcome, but you must register in advance to have building access and food provided. A link will be posted here closer to the time do so. You will be required to show a government ID to enter the building. We will provide lunch and coffee for everyone, plus accommodation and travel support for speakers. On Saturday we will have a dinner for speakers and commenters.