BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260604T212711Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20120426T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20120427T180000 SUMMARY:Powerful Qualities: A Workshop with John Heil UID:20260606T182928Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Oxford\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:

This two day workshop will explore the metaphysics of powers by engaging with the recent work of \;John Heil \;on this topic. Heil's theory of powerful qualities will be investigated with particular attention to understanding how it compares with Power Structuralism\, and what is distinctive in each theory. The workshop will include talks by John Heil\, \;Anna \;Marmodoro and Alexander Kelly\, and will also allow ample time for discussion of any issue from John Heil's work.


Schedule

Thursday 26th of April \;

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4-5pm Q&\;A session with John Heil about his own work and that of C.B. Martin

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5-6:30pm David Yates (King's College London) \;

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`Pure Powers and Powerful Qualities'

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Commentator: Alastair Wilson\; Chair: Alexander Kelly

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6:30pm Drinks

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Friday 27th of April

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9:30-11am Anna Marmodoro (University of Oxford) \;

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`Aristotelian Powers at Work: \; Reciprocity without Symmetry in Causation' \;

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Commentator: \; Erasmus Mayer\; Chair: \; Donnchadh O Conaill \;

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11-11:30 coffee break

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11:30am-1pm Jonathan Lowe (Durham University)

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`Powers: \; Single- or Multi- Track?'

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Commentator: \; Nick Jones\; Chair: \; Sam Coleman \;

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1-2pm lunch (free sandwich lunch in college)

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2-3:30pm John Heil (Washington University in St. Louis)

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`Real Modalities' \;

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Commentator: \; Valdi Ingthorsson\; Chair: \; Josh Parsons \;

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3:30 tea/coffee

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Registration is free but it would be helpful if you could email \;powers@philosophy.ox.ac.uk \;if you plan to attend.

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