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Rethinking Metaphysics

Workshop and discussions on Prof Amie Thomasson's new book, "Rethinking Metaphysics"

5/3/2025
9:45 am – 5:00 pm
Leslie Humanities Center Seminar Room
Intended Audience(s): Public
Categories: Arts and Sciences, Lectures & Seminars

A workshop on Amie Thomasson's new book, Rethinking Metaphysics, on Friday May 2 and Saturday May 3.

 

Invited discussants:

  • Gideon Rosen (Princeton) 
  • Arc Kocurek (UCSD) 
  • Jessica Heine (MIT)
  • Alejandro Pérez Carballo (UMass-Amherst) 

 

Friday May 2: Leslie Center Seminar Room
9:45: General welcoming remarks, David Plunkett and Amie Thomasson

10:00-11:00: General remarks by Arc Kocurek and Jessica Heine (10-15 min each), with 5-10min response by Amie Thomasson, then Q+A

11:30-12:30 General remarks by 2 commentators (Gideon Rosen and Alejandro Pérez Carballo) (10- 15 min each), with 5-10min response by Amie Thomasson, then Q+A

BREAK

2:30-4: Chapters 1-5

Saturday May 3: Leslie Center Seminar Room
10:00-11:30 Chapters 6-7 

BREAK

1:30-3:30: Chapters 8-10

4:00-5:00: Concluding reflections, general discussion 

 

Organized by David Plunkett. Funded by the Dartmouth Philosophy Department and the Leslie Center for the Humanities

Note: copies of the book available for order from OUP, or on OUP online. Link to Dartmouth Library OUP online: https://doi-org.dartmouth.idm.oclc.org/10.1093/9780197787830.001.0001

 

For more information, contact:
Prof David Plunkett
philosophy@dartmouth.edu
Permanent URL to this event: https://philosophy.dartmouth.edu/events/event?event=77838

Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.