Research(es) in Metaphysics

International Workshop

Research(es) in Metaphysics

Organised by

LPHS–Archives H. Poincaré

Université Nancy 2

14^th–15^th June 2007

Speakers

Sandrine Darsel

Filipe Drapeau Contim

Manuel Garcia Carpintero

Ghislain Guigon

Pascal Ludwig

Frédéric Nef

Roger Pouivet

Gonzalo Rodriguez Pereyra

Program

Thursday 14^th June

12.00—14.00	Registration, Coffee
14.00—14.10	Conference Welcome
14.10—15.20	Frédéric Nef, “Time, Independence, and Connection”
15.20—16.30	Ghislain Guigon, “Nominalism, Coextensive Properties, and Genuine Realism”
16.30—16.50	Coffee Break
16.50—18.00	Gonzalo Rodriguez Pereyra, “On the Subtraction Argument* for Metaphysical Nihilism”
20.00	Conference Dinner

Friday 15^th June

9.30—10.40	Roger Pouivet, “The Ontology of Rock”
10.40—11.00	Coffee Break
11.00—12.10	Sandrine Darsel, “Aesthetic Properties”
12.10—14.00	Lunch
14.00—15.10	Filipe Drapeau Contim, “Are There Retrospective Modal Illusions?”
15.10—16.20	Pascal Ludwig, “The Essence of Qualia”
16.20—16.50	Coffee Break
16.50—18.00	Manuel Garcia Carpintero, “Fictionalism about Fictional Entities”
18.00	Conference End

The conference program is also available here in PDF.

The abstracts are available here in PDF.

Poster

The poster of the conference will be available very soon.

Registration

People interested in attending the conference are asked to fill out the online pre-registration form.

The registration fees, not including the conference dinner on Thursday (except for the speakers), are expected to be:

- 5 euros for students,

- 10 euros for non-students.

Registration fees are payable on the first day of the conference (on site).

Those who would like to attend the conference dinner on the Thursday evening are asked to check the appropriate box on the pre-registration form.

Location

All the sessions of the conference will take place at:

Université Nancy 2

Campus Lettres et Sciences Humaines

3 place G. de Bouillon

Nancy, France

www.univ-nancy2.fr

Room G04

Travel

Anyone interested in attending the conference is asked to make their own travel arrangements.

By train

The train station is ten minutes’ walk from the Université Nancy 2. As Nancy is located at the point where the main North-South lines meet those running East-West, there are many trains going to Paris (in 3 hrs) and to other major cities in France and elsewhere in Europe.

By plane

Metz-Nancy-Lorraine airport is 22 miles from Nancy by the motorway/superhighway. There are direct links to Paris and to other major cities in France. Unfortunately, buses driving to Nancy are very expensive, and there are no trains from the Airport to Downtown Nancy. The best option is to fly to Luxembourg City and from there, to take a train to Nancy.

By car

The A31 motorway runs from the Benelux countries in the north to Spain in the south. The A4 from Nancy serves Strasbourg and Paris.

For more detailed information and for maps, click here.

Accommodation

Useful information about accommodation is available on the Hotel Search Page of the Office de tourisme de Nancy.

Access Map

Click here.

Contact

For any other queries, please contact Franck Lihoreau (Franck.Lihoreau_at_univ-nancy2.fr).