Category: Talks SOPhiA

Leon Isenmann University of Potsdam For some time now, discussions in anglophone metaphysics have been dominated by the explication and application of a notion called metaphysical grounding: a kind of non-causal metaphysical explanation relation exhibiting certain formal characteristics. In this vein, Brian Epstein (2015) introduces grounding into the realm of social ontology as a tool…

Sonja Riegler University of Vienna Current theorizing on ignorance in feminist, political epistemology stresses that ignorance is more than just a gap in knowledge. Rather, these accounts consider ignorance to be a “substantive epistemic practice” that can serve purposes of domination (Alcoff 2007, Mills 1997 & 2007). I am sympathetic towards the aims of substantive-practice…

Adrián Solís Universitat de Barcelona, LOGOS, BIAP Contemporary hylomorphism is usually applied to material objects, considering they are compounds of two different entities: form and matter. Nonetheless, some contemporary hylomorphists consider their doctrine could be extended to actions (Evnine (2016) and Fine (1982; 2023)) they consider the actions are a sort of events that are…

Luca Gasparinetti University of Italian Switzerland The main tenet of hylomorphism is that concrete particular objects are compounds of matter and form. So far, hylomorphism has mostly been applied in the context of biology, and at most chemistry, to explain the nature of complex objects. On the other hand, very little attention has been given…

Panagiotis-Alexandros Duskos Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz The subject of this talk is the philosophical investigation of complex systems. Attempts are made to show that there are two well-known behaviors of complex systems in the broadest sense – simplicity and sophistication. One speaks of simple behavior when general statements that can be easily reproduced are possible.…