God, Time, Infinity

Invited Speakers

1. Andrea Bottani  (University of Bergamo, Italy)
2. Paul Clavier (École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France)
3. Riccardo Fedriga (University of Bologna, Italy)
4. Christian Kanzian (University of Innsbruck, Austria)
5. Tomasz Kakol (University of Gda?sk, Poland)
6. Srecko Kovac (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
7. Zbigniew Król (Polish Academy of Sciences and Warsaw University of Technology, Poland)
8. David Liggins (University of Manchester, UK)
9. Jason Megill   (Carroll College, USA)
10. Uwe Meixner (University of Augsburg, Germany)
11. Ludwig Neidhart (University of Augsburg, Germany)
12. Francesco Orilia (Università di Macerata, Italy)
13. Elisa Paganini  (University of Milan, Italy)
14. Roger Pouivet (University of Lorraine, France)
15. Oliver Riaudel (University of Louvain, Belgium)
16. Eleonore Stump  (Saint Louis University, USA)
17.  Alfredo Tomasetta  (University of Bergamo, Italy)
18.  Kazimierz Trzesicki (University of Bia?ystok, Poland)

P R O G R A M

The format for each paper is as follows:

– 45 minutes for paper
– 15 minutes discussion

Tuesday (22.09.2015)

09.00 – 09.10 Welcome Address

Chair: Alfredo Tomasetta 

09.10 – 10.10 Roger Pouivet (University of Lorraine, France) – Divine Timelessness and alleged God’s Personhood

10.10 – 11.10 Paul Clavier (École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France) – The Importance of Being Timeless

11.10 – 11.30 Coffee Break

Chair: Andrea Bottani

11.30 – 12.30 Christian Kanzian (University of Innsbruck, Austria) – Temporal Relations as Epiphenomena

12.30 – 13.30 Srecko Kovac (University of Zagreb, Croatia) – Concepts and Time in Religious Discourse

13.30 – 15.30 Lunch

Chair: Elisa Paganini

15.30 – 16.30 Uwe Meixner (University of Augsburg, Germany) – No Life without Time

16.30 – 17.30 Francesco Orilia  (Università di Macerata, Italy) –  Moderate Presentism

17.30 – 17.50 Coffee Break

Chair: David Liggins

17.50 – 18.50 Francesco Orilia (Università di Macerata, Italy) – The Moral Desirability of Presentism

20.00 Dinner

Wednesday (23.09.2015)

Chair: Roger Pouivet 

09.00 – 10.00 Zbigniew Król (Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland) – Basic Intuitions Concerning the Concept of Infinity in Mathematics from the Historical and Theological Point of View

10.00 – 11.00 Ludwig Neidhart (University of Augsburg, Germany) – God and Time: A defense of God’s Timelessness

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break

Chair: Srecko Kovac

11.30 – 12.30 Jason Megill (Carroll College, USA) – Temporal Logic and the Existence of God

12.30 – 13.30 Kazimierz Trzesicki (University of Bia?ystok, Poland) – In what sense God is infinite?

13.30 – 15.30 Lunch

Chair: Uwe Meixner

15.30 – 16.30 Eleonore Stump  (Saint Louis University, USA) – The Openness of God: Eternity and Free Will

16.30 – 17.30 David Liggins (University of Manchester, UK) – Infinity and Generality 

17.30 – 17.50 Coffee Break

Chair: Christian Kanzian

17.50 – 18.50 Oliver Riaudel (University of Louvain, Belgium) – Infinite of God and Its Distinction with the World, according to W. Pannenberg

20.00 Dinner

Thursday (24.09.2015)

Chair: Oliver Riaudel

9.00 – 10.00 Elisa Paganini  (University of Milan, Italy) – McTaggart, Lewis and the Problem of Temporary Intrinsics

10.00 – 11.00 Alfredo Tomasetta  (University of Bergamo, Italy) – Is Dualism Compatible with Classical Theism?

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break

Chair: Jason Megill

11.30 – 12.30 Andrea Bottani  (University of Bergamo, Italy) and Riccardo Fedriga (University of Bologna, Italy): Ockham, Plantinga and the Row of Ants

12.30 – 13.30 Tomasz Kakol (University of Gda?sk, Poland) – In Defense of Presentism and Extratemporal God

13.30 – 13.45 Closing Address

14.00 Lunch