Series: Work-in-Progress Speaker: Florian Marion (UCLouvain) Title: “Special Relativity from a Meta-Ontological Point of View: A Defence of External Relativism” Abstract Abstract: Metaphysicians who are aware of modern physics usually follow Putnam (1967) in arguing that Special Theory of Relativity is incompatible with the view that what exists is only what exists now or presently.… Continue reading CEFISES Seminar: Florian Marion, “Special Relativity from a Meta-Ontological Point of View: A Defence of External Relativism”

Series: OLOFOS Speaker: Alexandre Francq (Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne - Institut Gustave Roussy) Title: "The Haunting Specter of Complexity; the Pluralist Metaphysical Crutch" Abstract Broadly defined, Scientific pluralism holds that a plurality of models, theories, and methods is not merely useful but often necessary for understanding complex phenomena. Few would deny the success of this pluralist… Continue reading CEFISES Seminar: Alexandre Francq, “The Haunting Specter of Complexity; the Pluralist Metaphysical Crutch”

Series: MEPHISTO (MEtaphysics and PHIlosophy of Science: Transcendental Orientations) Speaker: Michel Bitbol (CNRS/Archives Husserl, École normale supérieure)