Workshops: 'Nothing Over and Above' and 3rd Epistemology of Metaphysics Workshop\, Helsinki
\n\nEveryone is warmly welcome to these two workshops\, taking place at the University of Helsinki\, Finland\, August 30-31\, 2017.
\n\nThe venue for both events is Room 10\, &ldquo\;Metsä\;talo&rdquo\;\, Fabianinkatu 39 (third floor).
\n\n&lsquo\;Nothing Over and Above&rsquo\; (NOA) Workshop (August 30)
\n10:00 &ndash\; 11:10 John Horden: &lsquo\;Nothing Over and Above&rsquo\;: A Slippery Phrase Explained
\n11:20 &ndash\; 12:30 Olla Solomyak (Polonsky Academy for Advanced Study\, Van Leer Jerusalem Institute): A Puzzle for Grounded Facts
\n12:30 &ndash\; 14:00 Lunch
\n14:00 &ndash\; 15:10 Andrew Brenner (Notre Dame): Mereological Laws\, Ontological Innocence\, and Theory Choice
\n15:30 &ndash\; 17:00 Arianna Betti (Amsterdam\, ILLC): TBA
\n\n3rd Epistemology of Metaphysics Workshop (EMW 3) (August 31)
\n10:00 &ndash\; 11:10 Phil Corkum (Alberta): Salience and Metaphysical Explanation
\n11:20 &ndash\; 12:30 Ylwa Sjö\;lin Wirling (Gothenburg): Supporting Non-uniformism about Modal Epistemology
\n12:30 &ndash\; 14:00 Lunch
\n14:00 &ndash\; 15:10 Christopher Hauser (Rutgers): Fundamental Entities\, Fundamental Facts\, and Essences
\n15:30 &ndash\; 17:00 Alyssa Ney (UC Davis): Physics and Fundamentality
\n\n&lsquo\;Nothing Over and Above&rsquo\; (NOA) Workshop (August 30)
\nThe phrase &lsquo\;nothing over and above&rsquo\; has become a familiar one across a range of philosophical discussions. It has been used to state a core commitment of physicalism in the philosophy of mind\, and the relation which ontologically reducible entities bear to their reduction base\; it has been referred to in debates concerning facts\, mereology\, constitution and grounding. This workshop will investigate these different uses of the term in different contexts. Questions discussed include: is there a core sense in which something can be said to be nothing over and above some entity or entities\; can this sense be analysed or explained in more familiar theoretical terms\; can this term help to clarify other contested notions such as reduction\, entities being wholly distinct from each other\, entities being essentially related\, etc.\; is this term useful or can it ultimately be dispensed with?
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\n3rd Epistemology of Metaphysics Workshop (EMW 3) (August 31)
\nThe focus of this workshop is on an area of meta-metaphysics that could be termed &ldquo\;the epistemology of metaphysics&rdquo\;. On one hand\, the epistemology of metaphysics deals with topics that are well established in their own right\, such as modal epistemology. On the other hand\, it deals with topics related to the &ldquo\;toolbox&rdquo\; of metaphysics\, such as theoretical virtues and various dependence relations (realization\, ontological dependence\, grounding etc.) that connect different &ldquo\;levels&rdquo\; of reality. One pressing question is how these dependence relations relate to the notion of fundamentality. There is also a natural overlap with more epistemically oriented topics\, such as the use of intuitions and thought experiments in metaphysics and the role of a priori (armchair) methods vs. a posteriori (empirical) elements in metaphysics.
\n\nOrganizers: Donnchadh O&rsquo\;Conaill (NOA) &\; Tuomas Tahko (EMW 3)
\n\nNo registration is required\, but note that space is limited. If you&rsquo\;re coming from far away\, please let us know in advance.
\n\n\nFor general inquiries\, contact tuomas DOT tahko at the domain Helsinki DOT fi.
The events are funded by the Academy of Finland Project The Epistemology of Metaphysics.