AJ Cotnoir @acotnoir.bsky.social · 31/08/2026This one's pretty niche! It's about how to make the mereological structure of objects and their locations match, if we think objects can be multiply located. Forthcoming in the new (open access) /Philosophical Logic/. Preprint here: philpapers.org/rec/COTHMWphilpapers.org 160
AJ Cotnoir @acotnoir.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Giulia Schirripa and I wrote a paper called "Vague Mereology and Borderline Connections" which is now forthcoming in PPR. We have been working on it for 2.5 years and I am really proud of the result, which is here for anyone who'd like to take a look! philpapers.org/rec/COTVMAphilpapers.org 040
Reposted by AJ CotnoirYale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Online Book Symposium June 25 11 AM EST slu.zoom.us/j/9753172748... on The Oxford Handbook of Omnipresence / edited by Anna Marmodoro, Damiano Migliorin & Ben Page global.oup.com/academic/pro... @acotnoir.bsky.social @drdreicito.bsky.social 011
AJ Cotnoir @acotnoir.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Looking to hire another 2-year Postdoc for the Unity Project! AOS in Metaphysics, Social Ontology, or Formal Ontology. Apply here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRA671/r... (Also please share widely, thanks) 185
Reposted by AJ CotnoirFranz Berto @franzberto.bsky.social · 09/07/2025At @standrewsphil.bsky.social we have now appointed -- hold your hats -- Jennifer Saul, Amie Thomasson, and Stephen Gardiner as Professorial Fellows: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/philosophy/n... PFs have part-time appointments to carry out research with us, participate in conferences, supervise PhDs. 0124
AJ Cotnoir @acotnoir.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Finally available for purchase! There is a lot of good stuff in here. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...academic.oup.comThe Oxford Handbook of OmnipresenceAbstract. That something may be ‘present’ or ‘located’ at or in every place is a view that many thinkers, past and present, have held. Typically omnipresen 000
AJ Cotnoir @acotnoir.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Looking forward to this! www.unige.ch/lettres/phil... 181
AJ Cotnoir @acotnoir.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Deadline in a week! Feel free to share, and get in touch if you're thinking about applying. 010
AJ Cotnoir @acotnoir.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Metaphysical Indeterminacy Conference University of St Andrews, 17-18 June 2025 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS! See official webpage: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/... 0124
Reposted by AJ CotnoirMeg Gottschall @megottschall.bsky.social · 13/02/2025I’m organizing a conference for philosophy graduate students—The 14th Annual Arché Graduate Conference! This will be a great opportunity for students to present their work, network, and spend some time on the charming Scottish coastal town, St Andrews! Please share with your network. #philsky 03527
AJ Cotnoir @acotnoir.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Forthcoming in RSL: Imagination, Mereotopology, and Topic Expansion philpapers.org/archive/ZGNI... Thanks to Aybuke Ozgun for all the hard work (and patience!) on this one.philpapers.org 020
Reposted by AJ CotnoirThe Journal of Philosophy @jrnlofphil.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Now online: Jens Timmermann: Kant's Will at the Crossroads: An Essay on the Failings of Practical Rationality - Lucy Allais - The Journal of Philosophy (Philosophy Documentation Center) www.pdcnet.org/jphil/conten... #philsky #Philosophy #PhilosophySkypdcnet.orgJens Timmermann: Kant's Will at the Crossroads: An Essay on the Failings of Practical Rationality - Volume 121, Issue 9, September 2024 043
AJ Cotnoir @acotnoir.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Deadline for this has been extended to 28 February. Please share widely, thanks! 097
AJ Cotnoir @acotnoir.bsky.social · 26/12/20242-year Research Fellowship for my EPSRC-funded Unity Project at the Arché: Philosophical Research Centre. Looking for a metaphysician with background in philosophy of science, cognitive science, or formal ontology. Apply here (deadline 31 January): www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... 143
AJ Cotnoir @acotnoir.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Spoiler alert: treating nothing as if it were a thing gets you into contradictions. 030
AJ Cotnoir @acotnoir.bsky.social · 25/11/2024We had Graham Priest in the Unity Seminar today talking about 'The Paradox at the Boundary of Everything'. 100
AJ Cotnoir @acotnoir.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Ah yes, reminds me of the "Metaphysical" section of the bookstore. 000
AJ Cotnoir @acotnoir.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Great to see this coming out in print! My contribution is the final chapter, and I'm really happy with the way it turned out. I develop a new theory of omnipresence, compatible with doctrines of divine simplicity and (virtually) all mereological harmony principles. global.oup.com/academic/pro... 051
AJ Cotnoir @acotnoir.bsky.social · 18/11/2024We are living in the golden age of optical illusions. 010
