Reminder: "Lugano Philosophy Colloquia"
by events.isfi＠usi.ch
We are pleased to announce that on Friday, November 29 at 17.30 (CET), Alain Pe-Curto (USI) will give the talk A Dilemma in Value as part of the Lugano Philosophy Colloquia Fall 2024 organised by the Institute of Philosophy (ISFI) at USI.
This hybrid talk will take place in Room Multiuso, FTL Building (USI West Campus) and online via Zoom. If you are interested in joining online, please write to events.isfi(a)usi.ch.
Here is the abstract of the talk:
I argue that either value resembles familiar natural properties or value depends on natural properties but not both.
For more information: https://www.ftl.usi.ch/it/feeds/14780
1 week, 5 days
CfA Summer School The Aim and Structure of Cosmological Theory (Lugano, Switzerland)
by events.isfi＠usi.ch
The Summer School The Aim and Structure of Cosmological Theory will take place at USI, Lugano (Switzerland) from 23 to 27 June 2025 and will be taught by Chris Smeenk (Western Ontario) and Jim Weatherall (UC Irvine).
Deadline for applications: February 15, 2025
A number of challenging questions arise in contemporary cosmology, and philosophers can contribute constructively to answering them. In what sense is cosmology a “special case,” in terms of its aims, the nature of cosmological theories, or the ability to establish theories empirically? What, if anything, constrains theorizing about the early universe or regions of space and time that are beyond our observational ken? These and other questions will be tackled at the summer school, whose organizing theme is the forthcoming book by Smeenk & Weatherall The Aim and Structure of Cosmological Theory.
How to apply: Application is open to graduate students and early career researchers. Please send a copy of your CV, a one-page motivation letter and a reference letter from a supervisor or colleague to summerschool.isfi(a)usi.ch<mailto:summerschool.isfi@usi.ch>.
Accepted participants will have the possibility to send a short abstract for consideration to present some of their research at the summer school.
More information and provisional schedule: usi.ch/cosmology<https://www.usi.ch/it/formazione/apprendimento-permanente/summer-winter-s...>
Any questions: summerschool.isfi(a)usi.ch<mailto:summerschool.isfi@usi.ch>
2 weeks, 3 days
Lugano Philosophy Colloquia (Hybrid)
by events.isfi＠usi.ch
We are pleased to announce that on Friday, November 29 at 17.30 (CET), Alain Pe-Curto (USI) will give the talk A Dilemma in Value as part of the Lugano Philosophy Colloquia Fall 2024 organised by the Institute of Philosophy (ISFI) at USI.
This hybrid talk will take place in Room Multiuso, FTL Building (USI West Campus) and online via Zoom. If you are interested in joining online, please write to events.isfi(a)usi.ch.
Here is the abstract of the talk:
I argue that either value resembles familiar natural properties or value depends on natural properties but not both.
For more information: https://www.ftl.usi.ch/it/feeds/14780
2 weeks, 3 days
Master in Philosophy (USI, Switzerland)
by events.isfi＠usi.ch
Are you passionate about metaphysics, philosophy of physics, logic, or philosophy of mind?
The Master in Philosophy (MAP) at the University of Italian Switzerland could be the best way to pursue your academic ambitions!
The MAP is a 2-year English-taught Research Master focused on preparing students for applying to the most demanding PhD Philosophy programmes worldwide.
* Small interactive classes with outstanding professors<https://www.usi.ch/en/education/master/philosophy/professors>
* Individual tutor for regular meetings, feedback, and academic guidance
* Excellent PhD placement record
* Generous merit-based scholarships and student assistant positions
For more information about the MAP, visit usi.ch/map<http://usi.ch/map> or send an email to map(a)usi.ch<mailto:map@usi.ch>
3 weeks, 3 days
Reminder: "Lugano Philosophy Colloquia"
by events.isfi＠usi.ch
We are pleased to announce that on Friday, November 15 at 17.30 (CET), Sebastian Speitel (Bonn) will give the talk Securing Arithmetical Determinacy as part of the Lugano Philosophy Colloquia Fall 2024 organised by the Institute of Philosophy (ISFI) at USI.
This hybrid talk will take place in Room Multiuso, FTL Building (USI West Campus) and online via Zoom. If you are interested in joining online, please write to events.isfi(a)usi.ch.
Here is the abstract of the talk:
The existence of non-standard models of first-order Peano-Arithmetic threatens to undermine the claim of the moderate mathematical realist that non-mysterious access to the natural number structure is possible on the basis of our best arithmetical theories. The move to logics stronger than FOL is denied to the moderate realist on the grounds that it merely shifts the indeterminacy “one level up” into the meta-theory by -- illegitimately -- assuming determinacy of the notions needed to formulate such logics. This paper argues that the challenge can be met by showing that the notion “infinitely many” is uniquely determinable in a naturalistically acceptable fashion and is thus available to the moderate realist in the formulation of a theory of arithmetic. If there is time, I will discuss how the approach can be extended to other important mathematical theories and compare it with Field's alternative proposal and the popular strategy of invoking a second-order formalism, arguing that it is more robust than either of these.
For more information: https://www.ftl.usi.ch/it/feeds/14780
3 weeks, 4 days
Lugano Philosophy Colloquia (Hybrid)
by events.isfi＠usi.ch
We are pleased to announce that on Friday, November 15 at 17.30 (CET), Sebastian Speitel (Bonn) will give the talk Securing Arithmetical Determinacy as part of the Lugano Philosophy Colloquia Fall 2024 organised by the Institute of Philosophy (ISFI) at USI.
This hybrid talk will take place in Room Multiuso, FTL Building (USI West Campus) and online via Zoom. If you are interested in joining online, please write to events.isfi(a)usi.ch.
Here is the abstract of the talk:
The existence of non-standard models of first-order Peano-Arithmetic threatens to undermine the claim of the moderate mathematical realist that non-mysterious access to the natural number structure is possible on the basis of our best arithmetical theories. The move to logics stronger than FOL is denied to the moderate realist on the grounds that it merely shifts the indeterminacy “one level up” into the meta-theory by -- illegitimately -- assuming determinacy of the notions needed to formulate such logics. This paper argues that the challenge can be met by showing that the notion “infinitely many” is uniquely determinable in a naturalistically acceptable fashion and is thus available to the moderate realist in the formulation of a theory of arithmetic. If there is time, I will discuss how the approach can be extended to other important mathematical theories and compare it with Field's alternative proposal and the popular strategy of invoking a second-order formalism, arguing that it is more robust than either of these.
For more information: https://www.ftl.usi.ch/it/feeds/14780
4 weeks, 1 day