Lugano Philosophy Colloquia (Hybrid)
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We are pleased to announce that on Friday, April 4 at 5.30pm (CET), Hans Halvorson (Princeton) will give the talk Reduction redux as part of the Lugano Philosophy Colloquia Spring 2025 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:
To his list of perennial philosophical questions, Kant might have added: can everything be reduced to the microphysical basis? I return to this question with, hopefully, wisdom gained from a hundred years of trying to make that claim precise, and of arguing about whether it is true. I take two focal points for discussion: (1) the worry (or hope!) that quantum physics shows reductionism to be false, and (2) the hope (or worry!) that new formal insights can save reductionism.
For more information: https://www.ftl.usi.ch/it/feeds/14907
2 months
Call for Participation: Workshop “Theoretical Equivalence and Related Topics”
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Università della Svizzera italiana
Invites participation to the following workshop:
Theoretical Equivalence and Related Topics
8th April 2025
Rooms SI004 and SI006, Black Building, West Campus
Lugano
Speakers
Hans Halvorson (Princeton University)
Neil Dewar (Cambridge University)
Øystein Linnebo (University of Oslo)
Tim Button (University College London)
Lorenzo Lorenzetti (Università della Svizzera italiana)
Léon Probst (Università della Svizzera italiana)
Joshua Babic (Università della Svizzera italiana)
Andrea Salvador (Università della Svizzera italiana)
For online attendance please write to Joshua.babic(a)usi.ch<mailto:Joshua.babic@usi.ch>
Organisers: Institute of Philosophy (ISFI), SNSF Project “Equivalence in metaphysics”.
PhilEvents Link: https://philevents.org/event/show/133466
For further info: Joshua.babic(a)usi.ch<mailto:Joshua.babic@usi.ch> or visit https://sites.google.com/view/equivalence-in-metaphysics/workshop
2 months, 1 week
Reminder: "Lugano Philosophy Colloquia"
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We are pleased to announce that on Friday, March 21 at 5.30pm (CET), Francesca Boccuni (Vita-Salute San Raffaele) will give the talk Forever Young: A Hundred Years of (Frege’s) Abstractionism as part of the Lugano Philosophy Colloquia Spring 2025 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:
Famously, Frege’s logicist programme for the foundations of mathematics, based on higher-order logic and abstraction principles, was doomed to failure due to inconsistency. Nonetheless, the legacy of his inquiry was not lost: A hundred years after Frege’s passing, the debate around his philosophy of mathematics is still vigorous, and investigation into the roots of the inconsistency of his programme has prompted alternative ways to use Fregean abstractions for foundational purposes. In this talk, we will explore Frege’s Logicism, its inconsistency, and several possible solutions proposed in the most recent logico-philosophical debate.
For more information: https://www.ftl.usi.ch/it/feeds/14907
2 months, 1 week
Master in Philosophy (USI, Switzerland)
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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>
2 months, 2 weeks
Lugano Philosophy Colloquia (Hybrid)
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We are pleased to announce that on Friday, March 21 at 5.30pm (CET), Francesca Boccuni (Vita-Salute San Raffaele) will give the talk Forever Young: A Hundred Years of (Frege’s) Abstractionism as part of the Lugano Philosophy Colloquia Spring 2025 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:
Famously, Frege’s logicist programme for the foundations of mathematics, based on higher-order logic and abstraction principles, was doomed to failure due to inconsistency. Nonetheless, the legacy of his inquiry was not lost: A hundred years after Frege’s passing, the debate around his philosophy of mathematics is still vigorous, and investigation into the roots of the inconsistency of his programme has prompted alternative ways to use Fregean abstractions for foundational purposes. In this talk, we will explore Frege’s Logicism, its inconsistency, and several possible solutions proposed in the most recent logico-philosophical debate.
For more information: https://www.ftl.usi.ch/it/feeds/14907
2 months, 2 weeks
Reminder: "Lugano Philosophy Colloquia"
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We are pleased to announce that on Friday, March 14 at 5.30pm (CET), Giuliano Torrengo (Milan) will give the talk One experience after another as part of the Lugano Philosophy Colloquia Spring 2025 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:
In this talk, I scrutinize the phenomenology of having one experience after another and distinguishing it from other temporal experiences such as change, duration, and the passage of time. I then argue that even though the flow of experience is often described as smooth, we do not experience the temporal dimension as a continuous series of locations. This gives us reasons to believe that experience is not just discontinuous, but also constituted by disunified flows.
For more information: https://www.ftl.usi.ch/it/feeds/14907
2 months, 2 weeks
Lugano Philosophy Colloquia (Hybrid)
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We are pleased to announce that on Friday, March 14 at 5.30pm (CET), Giuliano Torrengo (Milan) will give the talk One experience after another as part of the Lugano Philosophy Colloquia Spring 2025 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:
In this talk, I scrutinize the phenomenology of having one experience after another and distinguishing it from other temporal experiences such as change, duration, and the passage of time. I then argue that even though the flow of experience is often described as smooth, we do not experience the temporal dimension as a continuous series of locations. This gives us reasons to believe that experience is not just discontinuous, but also constituted by disunified flows.
For more information: https://www.ftl.usi.ch/it/feeds/14907
2 months, 3 weeks