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Alessandro Torza @atorza.bsky.social · 27d

** Deadline: September 15 **👇

Alessandro Torza @atorza.bsky.social · Sep 1

Last Call for Abstracts

2nd Parma Workshop in Analytic and Scientific Metaphysics

Submission deadline: 15th September

Info: philevents.org/event/show/1...

2nd Parma Workshop in Analytic and Scientific Metaphysics

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Alessandro Torza @atorza.bsky.social · 28d

Coming up: 8th Parma Workshop on Semantics and Pragmatics.

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Alessandro Torza @atorza.bsky.social · Sep 8

A ★★★★½ review of Gods of Mexico (2022)

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...

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Alessandro Torza @atorza.bsky.social · Sep 1

Last Call for Abstracts

2nd Parma Workshop in Analytic and Scientific Metaphysics

Submission deadline: 15th September

Info: philevents.org/event/show/1...

2nd Parma Workshop in Analytic and Scientific Metaphysics

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Alessandro Torza @atorza.bsky.social · Aug 21

Is the Principle of Sufficient Reason just a useful heuristic? (Grounding intensifies.)

Alessandro Torza @atorza.bsky.social · Aug 14

American society in the 21st century is a dystopia. But why is it so? ...

A ★★★★ review of Eddington (2025)

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...

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Alessandro Torza @atorza.bsky.social · Aug 5

A radical reform of education could be the answer, but what shape and form it would have is anyone’s guess. 3/3

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Alessandro Torza @atorza.bsky.social · Aug 5

Education is by many seen instrumentally as a ticket to the job market, and if there is no job market, there might be just not enough motivation at the individual level to undertake college or even graduate school. 2/3

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Alessandro Torza @atorza.bsky.social · Aug 5

My 2 cent: humans might end up looking for meaning in some of the old places. Religion, which has been gradually pushed to the margins of our post-Enlightment society, might make a comeback—not only because it is comforting, but also because it is typically set aside as a result of education. 1/3

ChatGPT and the Meaning of Life: Guest Post by Harvey Lederman

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 …

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📌Framed Moments
Workshop: Quantum Indeterminacy
3-5 July, 2025

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Alessandro Torza @atorza.bsky.social · Jul 12

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.

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A ★★½ review of When the Light Breaks (2024)

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...

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Alessandro Torza @atorza.bsky.social · Jun 15

After a workshop on essence, nothing like a FINE coffee.

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Alessandro Torza @atorza.bsky.social · Jun 4

A ★★★½ review of April (2024)

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...

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Alessandro Torza @atorza.bsky.social · Jun 4

Or come back to Europe?

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Alessandro Torza @atorza.bsky.social · Jun 2

A ★★★½ review of Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)

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

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Alessandro Torza @atorza.bsky.social · May 28

CFA: 2nd Parma Workshop in Analytic and Scientific Metaphysics
December 15-16, 2025
University of Parma (Italy)

Invited Speakers:
Claudio Calosi (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
Catharine Diehl (Leiden University)
Carl Hoefer (University of Barcelona)

Submission guidelines 👇

2nd Parma Workshop in Analytic and Scientific Metaphysics

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...

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Alessandro Torza @atorza.bsky.social · May 27

Coming up:

Alessandro Torza @atorza.bsky.social · May 21

In or around Lisbon over the next couple of days? Come say hi!

Updated schedule: sites.google.com/view/indeter...

Website of the INDIS project - Events

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...

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Alessandro Torza @atorza.bsky.social · May 18

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 references, other than a few obvious ones.

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A ★★½ review of Caught by the Tides (2024)

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...

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Alessandro Torza @atorza.bsky.social · May 14

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

A ★★★½ review of Warfare (2025)

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

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Alessandro Torza @atorza.bsky.social · May 14

I got an invitation to contribute to the Journal of Atmospheric Science Research. Too bad I only deal in the supra-celestial.

Alessandro Torza @atorza.bsky.social · May 8

When I was a kid, the future sounded badass, like HAL from 2001 Space Odyssey. But, to my outmost dismay, even Siri has started uptalking.

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Alessandro Torza @atorza.bsky.social · May 7

EU law and philosophy.

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Alessandro Torza @atorza.bsky.social · May 7

And here's another upcoming workshop on indeterminacy, this time in St Andrews.

www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/...

Metaphysical Indeterminacy ConferenceMetaphysical Indeterminacy Conference – Arche

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