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Associate Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science @unipr, cinephile, apostate. ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ

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LMU Munich Metaphysics Colloquium
David Papineau (Kings College London)
'Causal Inference and the Metaphysics of Causation'
22.10.2025, 16:00 to 18:00, in LudwigstraรŸe 31, Room 021

21.10.2025 14:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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2nd Parma Workshop in Analytic and Scientific Metaphysics December 15 Polo Didattico di via Kennedy, Aula K11 9.50 - 10.00 Introduction 10.00 - 11.20 Claudio Calosi (Ca’ Foscari Venezia): Presence and Absence 11.20 - 11.30 Break 11.30 - 12.50 Cristia...

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2nd Parma Workshop in Analytic and Scientific Metaphysics
December 15-16, 2025

Program & abstracts now available at the link below.
Save the date!

philevents.org/event/show/1...

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** Deadline: September 15 **๐Ÿ‘‡

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Coming up: 8th Parma Workshop on Semantics and Pragmatics.

10.09.2025 10:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…ยฝ review of Gods of Mexico (2022) There is a standard, 'humanistic' style of shooting documentaries about people and cultures in this day and age that foregrounds, and empathizes with, individuals. The recipe is straightforward: under...
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2nd Parma Workshop in Analytic and Scientific Metaphysics

Last Call for Abstracts

2nd Parma Workshop in Analytic and Scientific Metaphysics

Submission deadline: 15th September

Info: philevents.org/event/show/1...

01.09.2025 10:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Is the Principle of Sufficient Reason just a useful heuristic? (Grounding intensifies.)

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A โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜… review of Eddington (2025) American society in the 21st century is a dystopia. But why is it so? Ari Aster gives us his diagnosis: the average Joe, here embodied in sheriff Joe Cross of a small New Mexico town, is manipulated b...

American society in the 21st century is a dystopia. But why is it so? ...

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A radical reform of education could be the answer, but what shape and form it would have is anyoneโ€™s guess. 3/3

@harveylederman.bsky.social

05.08.2025 17:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Education is by many seen instrumentally as a ticket to the job market, and if there is no job market, there might be just not enough motivation at the individual level to undertake college or even graduate school. 2/3

05.08.2025 17:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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ChatGPT and the Meaning of Life: Guest Post by Harvey Lederman Scott Aaronsonโ€™s Brief Foreword: Harvey Lederman is a distinguished analytic philosopher who moved from Princeton to UT Austin a few years ago. Since his arrival, heโ€™s become one of my โ€ฆ

My 2 cent: humans might end up looking for meaning in some of the old places. Religion, which has been gradually pushed to the margins of our post-Enlightment society, might make a comebackโ€”not only because it is comforting, but also because it is typically set aside as a result of education. 1/3

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๐Ÿ“ŒFramed Moments
Workshop: Quantum Indeterminacy
3-5 July, 2025

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A โ˜…โ˜…ยฝ review of When the Light Breaks (2024) The impossibility of grieving publicly in the face of a secret can be a harrowing experience. These are the premises, which I thought were interesting and introduced in a most compelling way. Unfortun...

The impossibility of grieving publicly in the face of a secret can be a harrowing experience. These are the premises, which I thought were interesting and introduced in a most compelling way.

Full review: letterboxd.com/torschau/fil...

12.07.2025 08:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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After a workshop on essence, nothing like a FINE coffee.

15.06.2025 13:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Trump vanishing Musk

Trump vanishing Musk

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A โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…ยฝ review of April (2024) Dea Kulumbegashvili's sophomore feature shines in the cinematography department, as did her debut. So, props to DP Arseni Khachaturan. On the other hand, the amazing opening and arresting imagery fail...
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Or come back to Europe?

04.06.2025 09:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…ยฝ review of Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) When it comes to using scissors, the film editor could have learned a thing or two from Jeanne Dielman.
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2nd Parma Workshop in Analytic and Scientific Metaphysics Call for Abstracts 2nd Parma Workshop in Analytic and Scientific Metaphysics Dates: December 15-16, 2025 Venue: University of Parma (Italy) All scholars are invited to submit an abstract for presentat...

CFA: 2nd Parma Workshop in Analytic and Scientific Metaphysics
December 15-16, 2025
University of Parma (Italy)

Invited Speakers:
Claudio Calosi (Caโ€™ Foscari University of Venice)
Catharine Diehl (Leiden University)
Carl Hoefer (University of Barcelona)

Submission guidelines ๐Ÿ‘‡

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Coming up:

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Website of the INDIS project - Events We'll organize two workshops which will bring team-members and collaboration partners to the University of Lisbon. First Workshop: Thursday 22 May 2025 - Friday 23 May 2025, University of Lisbon - Mo...

In or around Lisbon over the next couple of days? Come say hi!

Updated schedule: sites.google.com/view/indeter...

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A โ˜…โ˜…ยฝ review of Caught by the Tides (2024) A Frankenstein of old (analog) and new (digital) footage, narratively too thin to not be tedious, and with too much show-don't-tell for non-Chinese viewers to pick up on the trail of cultural referenc...

A Frankenstein of old (analog) and new (digital) footage, narratively too thin to not be tedious, and with too much show-don't-tell for non-Chinese viewers to pick up on the trail of cultural references, other than a few obvious ones.

Read more: boxd.it/9JtXu5

18.05.2025 19:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…ยฝ review of Warfare (2025) Everybody gangsta until the neighbor knocks on the door. Honor to the people of Iraq.

Everybody gangsta until the neighbor knocks on the door.
Honor to the people of Iraq.

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I got an invitation to contribute to the Journal of Atmospheric Science Research. Too bad I only deal in the supra-celestial.

14.05.2025 20:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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When I was a kid, the future sounded badass, like HAL from 2001 Space Odyssey. But, to my outmost dismay, even Siri has started uptalking.

08.05.2025 05:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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EU law and philosophy.

h/t @gonigonipipironi.bsky.social

07.05.2025 13:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Metaphysical Indeterminacy ConferenceMetaphysical Indeterminacy Conference โ€“ Arche

And here's another upcoming workshop on indeterminacy, this time in St Andrews.

www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/...

07.05.2025 08:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Website of the INDIS project - Events We'll organize two workshops which will bring team-members and collaboration partners to the University of Lisbon. First Workshop: Thursday 22 May 2025 - Friday 23 May 2025, University of Lisbon - Mo...

Cool workshop on indeterminacy coming up in Lisbon, organized by Robert Michels.

sites.google.com/view/indeter...

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A โ˜…โ˜…โ˜… review of Souleymane's Story (2024) I'm old enough to remember when the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival used to be the place to showcase daring and unusual work, mostly by young directors. Souleymane's Story, the l...

I'm old enough to remember when the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival used to be the place to showcase daring and unusual work, mostly by young directors.

Read more: boxd.it/9zo5Sd

01.05.2025 11:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Neo-Aristotelian Metaphysics Cambridge Core - Epistemology and Metaphysics - Neo-Aristotelian Metaphysics

Another Metaphysics Cambridge Element is out! Phil Corkum on "Neo-Aristotelian Metaphysics", freely available until 7th May. Also, this is the 30th title in the series. Just two more commissioned titles coming out before I'll conclude my term as the editor.
www.cambridge.org/core/element...

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