7th Frankfurt Metaethics Conference (FrankMeta.7)

7th Frankfurt Metaethics Conference - FrankMeta.7

20 & 21 June 2025

The Annual Frankfurt Metaethics Conference (FrankMeta) aims to offer a forum for current research in meta ethics, broadly construed, including research on topics in the philosophy of language, the philosophy of mind, metaphysics and epistemology of normativity, as well as papers on the nature of rationality, reasons, and similar topics. The conference will run over two days and provide plenty of time for discussion and exchange.

Confirmed speakers:

James Dreier (Brown)

Stephanie Leary (McGill)

Michael Smith (Princeton)

Programme

Friday, 20^th of June 2025
Room: S0.03

09.30–10.00	Registration
10.00–11.30	Pekka Väyrynen – Make it Right
11.30–11.45	Coffee break
11.45-13.15	Euan Metz – Assessing Normative Neutrality
13.15–14.30	Lunch
14.30–16.00	Mikayla Kelley & Keshav Singh – Non-naturalism without Alienation
16.00–16.15	Coffee break
16.15–17.45	Stephanie Leary – A Metaphysics-first Approach to Metaethics
19.00–	Conference Dinner – Kuli Alma (Zum-Jungen-Straße 10)

Saturday, 21^st of June 2025
Room: S0.03

09.30–11.00	Jamie Dreier – Expressivism: Semantics or Metasemantics?
11.00–11.15	Coffee break
11.15–12.45	Tobias Wilsch – Explanationism and Rational Motivation
12.45–14.00	Lunch
14.00–15.30	Bennett Eckert-Kuang – Two Concepts of Constitutive Standards
15.30–15.45	Coffee break
15.45–17.15	Michael Smith – A Neo-Humean View of Intrinsic Desire and Intrinsic Desirability

Registration

If you want to attend the FrankMeta.7 in Frankfurt, please register now. There is no conference or registration fee.

Registration

Previous Conferences

Programmes

FrankMeta.6

FrankMeta.5

FrankMeta.4

FrankMeta.3

FrankMeta.2

FrankMeta.1

Travel Directions

Using Public Transport

From Frankfurt Airport:

Take the S-Bahn train (direction: “Frankfurt Innenstadt”) to Konstablerwache station
Then take the U5 metro (direction: “Preungesheim”) to Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Cross Adickesallee directly at the traffic lights at the German National Library
The Frankfurt School Campus is diagonally opposite the German National Library on the other side of Adickesallee Street

From Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof (Central Station):

Take the S-Bahn train (direction: “Frankfurt Innenstadt”) to Konstablerwache station
Then take the U5 metro (direction: “Preungesheim”) to Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Cross Adickesallee directly at the traffic lights at the German National Library
The Frankfurt School Campus is diagonally opposite the German National Library on the other side of Adickesallee Street

From the “Zeil” shopping street in Frankfurt city centre:

From Konstablerwache station, take the U5 metro (direction: “Preungesheim”) to Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Cross Adickesallee directly at the traffic lights at the German National Library
The Frankfurt School Campus is diagonally opposite the German National Library on the other side of Adickesallee Street

From Frankfurt city centre:

From Hauptwache or Willy-Brandt Platz station, take the U1, U2, U3 or U8 metro heading north (direction: Oberursel, Bad Homburg, Riedberg, etc.) to Polizeipräsidium / Miquel-/Adickesallee station
Walk east along Adickesallee for about five minutes; the campus is on the left

RMV ticket machines

Local public transport tickets are available from ticket machines, situated at the local railway stations. Remember that you will need to purchase a ticket before boarding the train. By touching the screen, you can set the operating instructions to various languages (English, French, Italian, Spanish and Turkish). Then follow the instructions on the user screen and select the type of ticket required (single adult ticket, day ticket, short hop ticket). The ticket machines accept payment in coins and banknotes and usually also allow for cashless payment.

Travelling by Car

From the South (Airport) or North:

Take the A5 to the Nordwestkreuz junction, then take the A66 heading towards Frankfurt
Drive to the end of the motorway, then continue to follow the road (now called Miquelallee)
Miquelallee joins Adickesallee; the Frankfurt School campus is on the left
To turn left, one needs to drive straight forward at the big crossing (traffic light)
Just behind the crossing, it is possible to turn and drive back
Then, the Frankfurt School campus is on the right

From the West:

Take the A66 heading towards Frankfurt/Miquelallee until you reach the end of the motorway, then continue to follow the road (now called Miquelallee)
Miquelallee joins Adickesallee; the Frankfurt School campus is on the left
To turn left, one needs to drive straight across the big junction (traffic light)
Just behind the crossing, it is possible to turn and drive back
Then, Frankfurt School campus is on the right

From the East:

Take the A661 until you reach Exit 7 signposted “Frankfurt-Eckenheim’, then head in the direction of Frankfurt-Innenstadt
After about 4 km (2.5 miles) turn right into Adickesallee
Drive another 150 metres or so; the Frankfurt School campus is on the right after the Adickasallee traffic light / Eckenheimer Landstraße