Formal Metaphysics Workshop 2026

March 20, 2026
Institute of Philosophy

Woburn Suite, G22/26, Ground Floor, Senate House
Senate House, Malet Street
London WC1E 7HU
United Kingdom

Sponsor(s):

  • UCL
  • St John's College, University of Oxford
  • The Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London

Speakers:

Nottingham University
King's College London
Oxford University
University of St. Andrews

Organisers:

University College London
University College London
University of Oxford

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This is the second in a projected series of workshops on formal methods in metaphysics, and other related fields. The goal is to provide a forum where the community working in this area can exchange ideas and get to know one another.

1100-1105: Introductory remarks/welcome

1105-1220: Mark Jago

1220-1330: lunch (provided)

1330-1445: Jessica Leech

1445-1510: break

1510-1625: Christopher Masterman: Composition, Relations, and Classical Mereology

1625-1645: break

1645-1800: Ofra Magidor: How to be (or not to be) a B-theorist

Updates to the schedule will be posted here as they become available.

Registration is required. If you would like participate, please register here: https://philosophy.sas.ac.uk/news-events/events/formal-metaphysics-workshop-2026

If you would like to come for dinner (at your own expense) after the workshop, please email Peter Fritz ([email protected]).

The workshop is organised by Andreas Ditter, Peter Fritz, and Nicholas K Jones.

Location: the Woburn Suite G22/26 on the ground floor of Senate House, University of London.

Information about the first workshop in this series can be found here: https://philevents.org/event/show/131258

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March 13, 2026, 9:00am BST

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