Rutgers Epistemology Conference

REC 2026

The 2026 edition of the Rutgers Epistemology Conference will take place May 1 and 2 at The Heldrich. The REC is a pre-read conference. The papers will be posted here.

The Speakers will be:

And the commentators:

Registration

There is no registration fee for the conference, but please notify Adrian Liu, the conference manager, if you plan to attend by sending an email to rutgersepistemologyconference@gmail.com. There will be a conference dinner on Friday and a lunch on Saturday and we hope that everyone participates in the meals. Participation in meals will cost $100 total if you are faculty and postdocs and $70 total if you are a graduate student or an undergraduate. You can pay for the meals via e-check (if you have a bank account in the US) or credit card otherwise. If you do have a US bank account, we ask that you use the e-check option to help us with the associated fees. In either case, you can use this link to pay. When you visit that link, you will be asked to enter your email address and then click on the verification link you will receive. If you prefer, you can send a physical check addressed to Adrian Liu; Rutgers Epistemology Conference; 106 Somerset St, 5th Floor; New Brunswick, NJ 08901. Everyone signed up for conference meals by April 15 will be listed as a participant on the conference website.

Where to stay

All sessions will be held at The Heldrich Hotel. A limited number of reduced-priced rooms are available to those attending the conference. The reduced rate is $169 per night for a single or double room. You can reserve a room here. Please note that although the website does not register the right rate, you will be charged on checkout for the correct rate.

If you are a graduate student or a postdoc and would like to attend the conference and stay with a Rutgers graduate student, please contact the conference manager at rutgersepistemologyconference@gmail.com. We will try to provide all graduate students and postdocs a place to stay, but we cannot make any promises.

How to get there

Plane & Train: If you are flying, it is best to fly into Newark Airport. It is about 25 miles from The Heldrich. The best way to get from the airport to New Brunswick is via NJ Transit. The train stops at the airport and it is a 25 min train ride from the airport to New Brunswick. When you arrive at Newark Airport, follow the signs to the monorail “airtrain”. The airtrain will take you to the NJ transit train stop. Trains run from Newark Airport to New Brunswick about every half hour. A oneway ticket Newark Airport – New Brunswick is about $20. You can buy tickets at the vending machines at the Newark Airport train station or on the mobile app NJ Transit. The Heldrich is a 5 min walk from the New Brunswick train station.

Train: The best way to get to New Brunswick from New York or Philadelphia is via NJ Transit. The Heldrich is a 5 min walk from the New Brunswick train station.

Young Epistemologist Prize

The Rutgers Epistemology Conference invites submissions to the Young Epistemologist Prize. The author of the prize-winning essay will present it at the Rutgers Epistemology Conference and it will be published in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. The winner of the prize will receive an award of $1,000 and all travel and accommodation expenses connected with attending the conference will be covered.

To be eligible for the Young Epistemologist Prize (YEP) 2026, a person must have a Ph.D. obtained by the time of the submission of the paper but not earlier than six years prior to the date of the conference. For the Rutgers Epistemology Conference 2026, the Ph.D. must have been awarded between May 1, 2016 and November 10, 2025.

Submission Requirements

The essay may be in any area of epistemology.
The essay must be limited to 6,000 words (including the footnotes but not the bibliography), must be prepared for blind-refereeing, and it must include a word count as well as the date of the author’s Ph.D. directly after the title of the paper.
By submitting the essay, the author agrees

to present the paper at the Rutgers Epistemology Conference, ii) to have it posted on the conference webpage
to have it published in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
not to submit it to another publication venue prior to February 25, 2026.

If a paper is co-authored, all authors need to satisfy the submission requirements and the prize will be split between the co-authors.

The winner of the prize will be announced by February 25, 2026.

Submission Instructions

To submit to the, please send your paper in anonymized PDF format by 11:59pm EST on November 10th, 2025, to rutgersepistemologyconference@gmail.com.

The subject line of the email must be “YEP Submission: [title of paper]”
The submission must be limited to 6,000 words (including the footnotes but not the bibliography), must be prepared for blind-refereeing, and it must include a word count as well as the date of the author’s Ph.D. directly after the title of the paper.
Please include your name and institutional affiliation in the body of the email. No cover letter is required.

Speakers

Robert Audi, Juan Comesaña, Christopher Kelp (YEP), Jennifer Lackey, Gillian Russell, Miriam Schoenfield (YEP), Roger White.

Commentators

Alex Byrne, Jane Friedman, Kathrin Gluer, Peter Graham.

2019

Speakers

Alex Byrne, Anil Gupta, Jonathan Kvanvig, Maria Lasonen-Aarnio, Susanna Rinard, Alex Worsnip (YEP).

Commentators

2022

Speakers

Jeremy Fantl, Jane Friedman, Kathrin Glüer & Åsa Wikforss, Peter Graham, Thomas Kelly, Mona Simion (YEP).

Commentators

Michael Hannon, Pamela Hieronymi, Matthew McGrath, Sarah Paul, Declan Smithies.

2024

Speakers

Analisa Coliva, Adam Elga, Timothy Kearl & Christopher Willard-Kyle (YEP), Mark Schroeder, Julia Staffel.

Commentators

Eleonora Cresto, Sven Rosenkrans, Nicolas Silins, Michael Titelbaum