[PhilPhys] Warsaw Spacetime Colloquium: Carl Hoefer (20 May on Zoom)

[Antonio Vassallo]

(With apologies for cross-posting)

On Friday, 20 May, Carl Hoefer (ICREA and University of Barcelona) will
give a talk titled "Much Ado About Nothing: The Dubious Roles of Points in
the Metaphysics of Spacetime" (abstract below).

The meeting will be online on Zoom (17:00-19:00 CEST). If you have not
registered yet, you can do so here <https://forms.gle/qpb8vVjtrF4y2nZ76>.

The Colloquium is organized by the Philosophy of Physics Group
<https://ans.pw.edu.pl/Nauka/Zespoly-badawcze/Philosophy-of-Physics-Group>
at the Faculty of Administration and Social Sciences, Warsaw University of
Technology.

The videos of the previous meetings are available on YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM-1yNCyvJJC0KUgEqXTsFA38luoSiqXo>.

You can address any inquiry to antonio.vassallo at pw.edu.pl.

ABSTRACT
In a new generation of work on the Hole argument and the right way to
formulate substantivalism, the tiniest things of all continue to play an
outsized role. In my talk, I will discuss some of the mischiefs that
philosophers cause with points, and then offer some reflections on how we
might try to re-think the issues.
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