Spacetime and Fundamentality Friday 17th of June 2016 University of Neuchâtel 26, Avenue du Premier-Mars, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland — —-—– — Programme 9:30 – 10:45 Oliver Pooley (Oxford) – “Fundamentality and the Dynamical Approach to Relativity“ 11:00 –
9-11 June – Third IAPT Meeting
Third annual Meeting of the International Association for the Philosophy of Time June 9-11, 2016 Embassy Suites, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA — June 9 9 am – 9:50 am · A Session: Nicholas Rimell (UVA): “Reimagining the Epistemic Objection to Non-Presentist A-Theories”
31 May – TMW “Time and Emotions”
Time and Emotions Tuesday 31st of May 2016 University of Milan, Sala “Enzo Paci”, Via Festa del Perdono 7, Milan —- —– —– Programme 10:00 – 11:30 Clotilde Calabi (Milano) and Marco Santambrogio (Parma) – “Russell in Love. Emotions, Beliefs, and
17 May – Ned Markosian (Massachusetts, Amherst) — “The Dynamic Theory of Time and Time Travel to the Past”
17 May: Ned Markosian (Massachusetts, Amherst) — “The Dynamic Theory of Time and Time Travel to the Past” Sala Enzo Paci, Via Festa del Perdono 7, h. 16.30-18.30. Abstract: I argue that time travel to the past is impossible, given a certain metaphysical
12 May – TMW “Explanation within and without Metaphysics”
Explanation within and without Metaphysics Thursday 12th of May 2016 University of Milan, Sala “Enzo Paci”, Via Festa del Perdono 7, Milan — —– Programme 10:00 – 11:30 Miguel Hoeltje (Essen) – “On Two Responses to Missing-explanation-arguments” 11:30 – 11:45 Coffee break
5 May – Gottfried Vosgerau (Düsseldorf) — “The Dynamic Nature of Experience”
5 May: Gottfried Vosgerau (Düsseldorf) — “The Dynamic Nature of Experience” Sala Enzo Paci, Via Festa del Perdono 7, h. 15.00-17.00. Abstract: I will argue that all properties we perceive are dynamic in nature, since we perceive them while interacting with the
22 April – Hanoch Ben-Yami (CEU, Budapest) – “Resolving Apparent and Theoretical Puzzles in Reflections on Time”
22 April: Hanoch Ben-Yami (CEU, Budapest) – “Resolving Apparent and Theoretical Puzzles in Reflections on Time” Sala Enzo Paci, Via Festa del Perdono 7, h. 15.00-17.00. Abstract: In our reflections about time and becoming (=things happen), we have often stumbled across puzzles that
22 April 2016 – Hanoch Ben-Yami (CEU, Budapest) — “Special Relativity: Some Central Ideas and Debates”
22 April 2016: Hanoch Ben-Yami (CEU, Budapest) – “Special Relativity: Some Central Ideas and Debates” Sala Seminari, Via Festa del Perdono 7, h. 11.00-13.00. Abstract: I shall introduce some basic ideas of Einstein’s concerning temporal order and discuss their application and their
22 March – Alessandro Torza (UNAM) – “Ideology in a Desert Landscape”
22 March: Alessandro Torza (UNAM) – “Ideology in a Desert Landscape” Sala Seminari, Via Festa del Perdono 7, h. 11.00-13.00. Abstract: The fascination for desert landscapes has been a recurring theme in contemporary ontology and metaphysics. In his Writing the Book of the World,
18 March – Ulrich Meyer (Colgate) – “The Arrested Spotlight”
18 March: Ulrich Meyer (Colgate University) – “The Arrested Spotlight” Sala Seminari, Via Festa del Perdono 7, h. 15.00-17.00. Abstract: This paper argues that the moving spotlight view of the passage of time runs afoul of the principle that the present