The way we answer questions about what there is crucially depends on the language and the logic in which they are framed. This entry introduces the or…

The Italian art exhibition is set to host Russia for the first time since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Metaphysical indeterminacy (MI) is indeterminacy originating in the nonrepresentational world. I develop a theory of MI in terms of objective chance with a number of attractive features: it provides ...

Timothy Williamson has advanced two central hypotheses about counterfactual conditionals. The first holds that necessity can be defined in counterfactual terms. The second states that we follow a heur...

The University of Notre Dame has been awarded a $50.8 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to support the DELTA Network: Faith-Based Ethical Formatio...

A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.

December 15 Polo Didattico di via Kennedy, Aula K11 9.50 - 10.00 Introduction 10.00 - 11.20 Claudio Calosi (Ca’ Foscari Venezia): Presence and Absence 11.20 - 11.30 Break 11.30 - 12.50 Cristia...

There is a standard, 'humanistic' style of shooting documentaries about people and cultures in this day and age that foregrounds, and empathizes with, individuals. The recipe is straightforward: under...

American society in the 21st century is a dystopia. But why is it so? Ari Aster gives us his diagnosis: the average Joe, here embodied in sheriff Joe Cross of a small New Mexico town, is manipulated b...

Scott Aaronson’s Brief Foreword: Harvey Lederman is a distinguished analytic philosopher who moved from Princeton to UT Austin a few years ago. Since his arrival, he’s become one of my …

The impossibility of grieving publicly in the face of a secret can be a harrowing experience. These are the premises, which I thought were interesting and introduced in a most compelling way. Unfortun...

Dea Kulumbegashvili's sophomore feature shines in the cinematography department, as did her debut. So, props to DP Arseni Khachaturan. On the other hand, the amazing opening and arresting imagery fail...

When it comes to using scissors, the film editor could have learned a thing or two from Jeanne Dielman.

Call for Abstracts 2nd Parma Workshop in Analytic and Scientific Metaphysics Dates: December 15-16, 2025 Venue: University of Parma (Italy) All scholars are invited to submit an abstract for presentat...

We'll organize two workshops which will bring team-members and collaboration partners to the University of Lisbon. First Workshop: Thursday 22 May 2025 - Friday 23 May 2025, University of Lisbon - Mo...

A Frankenstein of old (analog) and new (digital) footage, narratively too thin to not be tedious, and with too much show-don't-tell for non-Chinese viewers to pick up on the trail of cultural referenc...

Everybody gangsta until the neighbor knocks on the door. Honor to the people of Iraq.

We'll organize two workshops which will bring team-members and collaboration partners to the University of Lisbon. First Workshop: Thursday 22 May 2025 - Friday 23 May 2025, University of Lisbon - Mo...

I'm old enough to remember when the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival used to be the place to showcase daring and unusual work, mostly by young directors. Souleymane's Story, the l...

Cambridge Core - Epistemology and Metaphysics - Neo-Aristotelian Metaphysics

Guest Editor:  Prof. Jonathan Tallant (Nottingham) Deadline for Submissions: June 30, 2026 Scope 2026 marks forty years since the publication of David L

Welcome to the website of the project Indeterminacy in Science!

Overfitting and Heuristics in Philosophy Timothy Williamson’s Overfitting and Heuristics in Philosophy (OUP, 2024) presents new methodological challenges to philosophical debates. In t...

The 2025 Conference of the Society for the Metaphysics of Science will be held at USI in Lugano, Switzerland, 30 June through 2 July.

France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched

Welcome to the Metaphysical Issue! This is how I like to consider it, given that its three major parts are each devoted to as many important topics within current metaphysical research. The first part...

A terminal ill man becomes a cross-dresser in order to cheat Death. Limits of empathy in his small Russian village are tested, as friends and family turn on him, and he becomes everyone's punching bag...