Stephan Leuenberger 

'Varieties of totality’, Thursday, December 16 at 6.00 pm (CET). 

The MAP (Master in Philosophy) at USI (Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano) is pleased to announce the second of the Lugano Philosophy Colloquia of the Academic Year, titled ‘Varieties of totality’. 

The guest speaker is: 

Stephan Leuenberger (University of Glasgow and visiting professor at USI)

The talk is chaired by: 

Damiano Costa (USI)

Date: 

Thursday, December 16 at 6.00pm (CET)

Location: 

The talk will be held on Zoom and it will be streamed on USI Master in Philosophy Facebook page. It will be also held in person for the philosophy students of the USI. 

To partecipate: 

Please write an email to amm.map@usi.chor send a message to our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/usimap)

The abstract of the talk: 

Sometimes, we want a description not just to be true, but also comprehensive - the whole truth, in some sense. I will argue that different senses of comprehensiveness can be elucidated using the resources of modal logic, understood broadly. Specifically, I will define a variety of what we may call "totality operators" and discuss their relationships and their applications in metaphysics. 

More information available on the Facebook event page: (https://www.facebook.com/events/491648262188228?ref=newsfeed)

The talk is part of the Lugano Philosophy Colloquia - a series of events organised by:

- Master in Philosophy at USI

- Ratio – Philosophical Association

- Istituto di Studi Filosofici, Lugano

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We look forward to your presence!

Thank you.