Event Description

Might reality itself be indeterminate? And if so, how can we coherently theorise about it? This conference seeks to bring together researchers interested in this emerging topic and be an occasion to widen and deepen the debate around it. To reflect the interdisciplinary interest in this topic, the conference will feature contributions from traditional metaphysics, social metaphysics, and science-informed metaphysics. 

Conference program 

The conference booklet is available here.

Day 1

9.45-10 Welcome (and coffee)

10.10-10.30 Introductory remarks 

10.30-11.30 Maureen Donnelly: Distinguishing between Vague and Precise Objects

11.30-11.45 quick break

11.45-12.45 Aaron Cotnoir: Close Enough to Touch: How to Approximate Boundaries for Ordinary Objects

12.45-14.15 lunch break

14.15-15.15 King Fung Kelvin Chan: Metaphysical Indeterminacy, Social Construction, and Reasonable Pluralism 

15.15-15.30 quick break

15.30-16.30 Kevin Richardson: Fear of Social Indeterminacy

Day 2

9.15-9.30 coffee/tea

9.30-10.30 Alessandro Torza: Metaphysical Indeterminacy and Chance

10.30-10.45 Quick break

10.45-11.45 Kamil Furman: Relational Metaphysical Indeterminacy: A New Account for Lowe’s Scenario Against Evans’ Proof

11.45-12 Quick break

12-13 George Darby: ‘Quantum indeterminacy’ and Metaphysical Methodology

13-14.30 lunch break

14.30-15.30 Will Moorfoot: Rich Combinatorics

15.30-15.45 Quick break

15.45-16.45 Robert Williams: Inconceivable Indeterminacy

Sponsors: Arché Research Centre, Analysis,  Aristotelian Society, ISOS, Mind Association, Scots Philosophical Association

This event is affiliated with the Metaphysics and Logic Research Group.

Organiser: Giulia Schirripa (gs235@st-andrews.ac.uk)