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Lorenzo Lorenzetti

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Postdoc at USI, Lugano | Bristol PhD | Philosophy of physics, philosophy of science, and metaphysics | https://lorenzolorenzetti.net/

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Lorenzo Lorenzetti @lorenzolorenzetti.bsky.social · 24d

It’s been great to organise this workshop, and I really enjoyed participating and presenting my co-authored work on Newtonian spacetime and simultaneity. Thanks to all the speakers and everyone who attended! #philsci #philsky

ISFI - Institute of Philosophy (Lugano) @isfi-lugano.bsky.social · Sep 8

Check out the upcoming workshop "Metaphysics of Cosmology" (Sep. 10-12, Lugano) organised by Lorenzo Lorenzetti.

For more info:
www.ftl.usi.ch/it/feeds/15032
[email protected].

Lorenzo Lorenzetti @lorenzolorenzetti.bsky.social · May 22

#philsci #philsky

Lorenzo Lorenzetti @lorenzolorenzetti.bsky.social · May 22

Confirmed speakers: James Read, Oliver Pooley, James Owen Weatherall, Karim Thebault, Silvia de Bianchi, Henrique Gomes, Cody Gilmore, Eleanor March, Antonis Antoniou, Nicola Bamonti.

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Lorenzo Lorenzetti @lorenzolorenzetti.bsky.social · May 22

The conference will take place on September 10-12. We invite submissions of abstracts for presentation, especially focused on the implications of cosmology and relativity on the nature of spacetime and the interrelationship between space, time, and spacetime.

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Lorenzo Lorenzetti @lorenzolorenzetti.bsky.social · May 22

CFP: 'The Metaphysics of Cosmology'.
I'm organising a conference this September in Lugano on metaphysical issues arising from contemporary physical theories of cosmology and spacetime. The deadline to submit an abstract is June 7. (Funding available) philevents.org/event/show/1...

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Margherita Moro @marghemoro.bsky.social · May 5

For anyone who might be interested, I’m sharing this workshop that Ratio has been organising at USI. The focus will be on metaphysical and epistemological problems in quantum mechanics. Find the plan and abstracts at the link below!

www.usi.ch/en/feeds/31385

#philosophy #quantummechanics #lugano

Ratio Workshop: Metaphysical and Epistemological Perspectives on Quantum Theory

Date and time: Saturday, June 28th. From 9:30am to 5pm. The Workshop “Metaphysical and Epistemological Perspectives on Quantum Theory” will focus on philosophical questions arising within fundamenta...

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Lorenzo Lorenzetti @lorenzolorenzetti.bsky.social · Apr 13

Tomorrow (Monday) I'm giving an online talk at the @bhi-harvard.bsky.social with Antonis Antoniou. We'll explore the validity of Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) through the lens of limiting reduction, and discuss what MOND can teach us about limiting reduction #philsci

Black Hole Initiative @bhi-harvard.bsky.social · Apr 10

Join us on 04.14.25, at 9:30 am, for guest speakers Antonis Antoniou from the National and Kapodistrian and Lorenzo Lorenzetti from Università della Svizzera Italiana

#bhi #blackholeinitiative #blackhole #bhifoundationsseminar #AntonisAntoniou #HarvardUniversity #LorenzoLorenzetti #NUKUA #usiu

Lorenzo Lorenzetti @lorenzolorenzetti.bsky.social · Mar 24

This morning I had the chance to speak on the Swiss radio (RSI) about free will and what physics has to say about it — a preview of tonight's public lecture in Lugano. I’ll have to tell them the hard truth about free will, and that even quantum physics can’t save us www.usi.ch/en/feeds/31056

Conferenze pubbliche: Fisico Arbitrio.

Fisico Arbitrio. Tre serate fra fisica e filosofia su libertà, necessità e casualità. Ogni incontro vedrà discutere un filosofo con Cesare Alfieri, fisico con dottorato ETH Zurigo. Per motivi organizz...

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Lorenzo Lorenzetti @lorenzolorenzetti.bsky.social · Mar 20

My paper "Making Sense of Gravitational Thermodynamics" is now out in Philosophy of Physics — it covers the disputed applicability of thermodynamics to systems like star clusters, displaying unconventional thermodynamic & statistical behaviour philosophyofphysics.lse.ac.uk/articles/10.... #philsci

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Lorenzo Lorenzetti @lorenzolorenzetti.bsky.social · Feb 19

#philsci #philsky

Lorenzo Lorenzetti @lorenzolorenzetti.bsky.social · Feb 19

I'm co-editing a Synthese special issue on the relationship between traditional, naturalistic, and social metaphysics, called "The Aims and Methodologies of Contemporary Metaphysics". Check out the CFP below if you work on meta-metaphysics! The deadline is September 30th

Tommaso Soriani @tommasosoriani.bsky.social · Feb 19

Happy to share that @lorenzolorenzetti.bsky.social, @pyr0s.bsky.social, and I will be editing a forthcoming topical collection in Synthese, titled The Aims and Methodologies of Contemporary Metaphysics.

CfP at this link: link.springer.com/collections/...

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The Aims and Methodologies of Contemporary Metaphysics

Synthese Topical Collection “The Aims and Methodologies of Contemporary Metaphysics” Guest editors: Lorenzo Lorenzetti (USI, Lugano), Pyro Suarez (Bristol), ...

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