Livestream https://youtu.be/b24YKw_6Th4 Series: Urban Metabolism Speaker: Nicola Bertoldi (UCLouvain) Title: "The concept of urban metabolism: A tool for understanding humanity’s agency over nature in times of global ecological changes?" Abstract Against the backdrop of growing concerns about humanity’s contribution to global ecological changes, the concepts of urban and social metabolism are gaining prominence in sustainability… Continue reading CEFISES Seminar: Nicola Bertoldi, “The concept of urban metabolism: A tool for understanding humanity’s agency over nature in times of global ecological changes?”

Livestream  https://youtu.be/nf9f6Dl1PzI Series: Metametaphysics Speaker: Stephen Barker (Nottingham University) Title: "Global Expressivism and 2nd-Order Nihilism" Abstract I sketch a metasemantic approach to language that I call global expressivism (GE). GE is a specific kind of generalization to ethical expressivism to all sectors of discourse. I argue that acceptance of GE has metaontological consequences. It implies… Continue reading CEFISES Seminar: Stephen Barker, “Global Expressivism and 2nd-Order Nihilism”

Livestream https://youtu.be/NhDjGI2gDBQ Series: Work-In-Progress Speaker: Julien Tricard (UCLouvain) Title: "Fixed points: on the ontological nature of measurement units"