Events list
Arche is active during semesters: (14th September – 18th December 2020, 5th April – 9th July 2021).
Upcoming Events
June 2021
1st Workshop on Identity and Individuation
This year, the University of St Andrews’ Arché Philosophical Research Centre for Logic, Language, Metaphysics, and Epistemology will host a one-day online workshop on Identity and Individuation, which will take place on the 10th of June 2021. The aim of this workshop is to bring together and promote research in the metaphysics of identity and individuation, and to draw connections with ongoing work in metaphysics, including but not limited to: the logical form and function of criteria of identity, identity…
Find out more »Workshop on Hyperintentional Metaphysics
The University of St Andrews Arché Philosophical Research Centre for Logic, Language, Metaphysics and Epistemology will be hosting a Workshop on Hyperintentional Metaphysics, which will take place on the 17th of June 2021. The aim of this Workshop is to bring together and promote research from the area of Hyperintensional Metaphysics, and to draw connections with ongoing work in Metaphysics, including (but not limited to): causation, essence, grounding, explanation, the individuation of propositions and properties, intrinsic and extrinsic properties, conditionality,…
Find out more »How Could Truth be Plural?
It has been nearly thirty years ago that Crispin Wright’s Truth and Objectivity was published, and in these thirty years alethic pluralism has established itself as a strong contender in the current debate on truth. Yet, while various intricate versions of alethic pluralism have been developed over the years, many philosophers are still hesitant to buy into the very idea that truth is plural. Our conference, “How Could Truth Possibly Be Plural?”, offers the alethic pluralist the opportunity to face…
Find out more »Integrated Information Theory: Current State and Perspectives
One of the most intriguing theories of consciousness developed during the past twenty years is the Integrated Information Theory (IIT). Its core idea is that consciousness is identical with integrated information, that is, with the amount of information a system can generate as a whole, over and above the information produced by its component parts taken independently from each other. IIT represents an articulate, interdisciplinary attempt at characterising what consciousness is and how it works in a scientifically robust way,…
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