Note the unusual location for this seminar! Series: Explanatory Inference Abstract: The notion of grounding is usually conceived as an objective and explanatory relation. It connects two relata if one—the ground—determines or explains the other—the consequence. In the contemporary literature on grounding, much effort has been devoted to logically characterise the formal aspects of grounding,… Continue reading CEFISES Seminar: Francesco Genco, « The Grounds of Quantified Sentences: A Bolzanian Solution to the Paradoxes of Grounding »

Series: Life and Cognition This talk is also financed by the HYBRIDA Project, which gratefully acknowledges the support of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101006012. Abstract: Stem cells play a critical role in the development, daily renewal, and reparation/regeneration of tissues. They are also involved in various… Continue reading CEFISES Seminar: Lucie Laplane, « Stem Cell: Between Philosophy and Biology »

Series: Metaphysics of Science This talk will take place on Zoom. Please e-mail the organizer (see below) for the link if you would like to attend! The debates on the conventionality of simultaneity and the dimensionality of the world have been central to the philosophy of special relativity. The former debate was sparked by Einstein… Continue reading CEFISES Seminar: Pieter Thyssen, “Conventionality and Reality in Special Relativity”