Alessandro Torza
@atorza.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science @unipr, cinephile, apostate. 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇺🇸 🇪🇺
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A Chancy Theory of Metaphysical Indeterminacy
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 ...
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If you too are worried about the unsettled future of Greenland, I have a new paper for you.
Reposted by Alessandro Torza
🔷 Program Committee SMS 2026.
Chair: C. Calosi.
Members: E. Adlam, S. Baron, E. Casetta, S. Dulani, S. Fletcher, F. Guala, S. Leonelli, L. Letrêtre, L. Lorenzetti, C. Mariani, R. Michels, M. Miller, U. Meyer, M. Nathan, A. Ney, V. Seifert, A. Torza, J. Wilson.
See you in Toronto! 🚀
Chair: C. Calosi.
Members: E. Adlam, S. Baron, E. Casetta, S. Dulani, S. Fletcher, F. Guala, S. Leonelli, L. Letrêtre, L. Lorenzetti, C. Mariani, R. Michels, M. Miller, U. Meyer, M. Nathan, A. Ney, V. Seifert, A. Torza, J. Wilson.
See you in Toronto! 🚀
January 29, 2026 at 12:12 PM
🔷 Program Committee SMS 2026.
Chair: C. Calosi.
Members: E. Adlam, S. Baron, E. Casetta, S. Dulani, S. Fletcher, F. Guala, S. Leonelli, L. Letrêtre, L. Lorenzetti, C. Mariani, R. Michels, M. Miller, U. Meyer, M. Nathan, A. Ney, V. Seifert, A. Torza, J. Wilson.
See you in Toronto! 🚀
Chair: C. Calosi.
Members: E. Adlam, S. Baron, E. Casetta, S. Dulani, S. Fletcher, F. Guala, S. Leonelli, L. Letrêtre, L. Lorenzetti, C. Mariani, R. Michels, M. Miller, U. Meyer, M. Nathan, A. Ney, V. Seifert, A. Torza, J. Wilson.
See you in Toronto! 🚀
If you too are worried about the unsettled future of Greenland, I have a new paper for you.
A Chancy Theory of Metaphysical Indeterminacy
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 ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 31, 2026 at 11:25 AM
If you too are worried about the unsettled future of Greenland, I have a new paper for you.
Paper alert:
Does Williamson’s Suppositional Heuristic Have a Problem with Counterpossibles? - Argumenta - Journal of Analytic Philosophy
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...
www.argumenta.org
January 27, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Paper alert:
Under His eye.
Notre Dame receives $50 million grant from Lilly Endowment for the DELTA Network, a faith-based approach to AI ethics
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...
news.nd.edu
December 25, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Under His eye.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
I have known Judge Mark Wolff through my wife, to whom he has long been a friend and mentor. He is also the guy who kindly agreed to officiate our wedding in 2012—just the three of us in his office overlooking Boston Harbor.
I have known Judge Mark Wolff through my wife, to whom he has long been a friend and mentor. He is also the guy who kindly agreed to officiate our wedding in 2012—just the three of us in his office overlooking Boston Harbor.
Why I Am Resigning
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
I have known Judge Mark Wolff through my wife, to whom he has long been a friend and mentor. He is also the guy who kindly agreed to officiate our wedding in 2012—just the three of us in his office overlooking Boston Harbor.
I have known Judge Mark Wolff through my wife, to whom he has long been a friend and mentor. He is also the guy who kindly agreed to officiate our wedding in 2012—just the three of us in his office overlooking Boston Harbor.
Reposted by Alessandro Torza
LMU Munich Metaphysics Colloquium
David Papineau (Kings College London)
'Causal Inference and the Metaphysics of Causation'
22.10.2025, 16:00 to 18:00, in Ludwigstraße 31, Room 021
David Papineau (Kings College London)
'Causal Inference and the Metaphysics of Causation'
22.10.2025, 16:00 to 18:00, in Ludwigstraße 31, Room 021
October 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
LMU Munich Metaphysics Colloquium
David Papineau (Kings College London)
'Causal Inference and the Metaphysics of Causation'
22.10.2025, 16:00 to 18:00, in Ludwigstraße 31, Room 021
David Papineau (Kings College London)
'Causal Inference and the Metaphysics of Causation'
22.10.2025, 16:00 to 18:00, in Ludwigstraße 31, Room 021
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2nd Parma Workshop in Analytic and Scientific Metaphysics
December 15-16, 2025
Program & abstracts now available at the link below.
Save the date!
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2nd Parma Workshop in Analytic and Scientific Metaphysics
December 15-16, 2025
Program & abstracts now available at the link below.
Save the date!
philevents.org/event/show/1...
2nd Parma Workshop in Analytic and Scientific Metaphysics
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...
philevents.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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2nd Parma Workshop in Analytic and Scientific Metaphysics
December 15-16, 2025
Program & abstracts now available at the link below.
Save the date!
philevents.org/event/show/1...
2nd Parma Workshop in Analytic and Scientific Metaphysics
December 15-16, 2025
Program & abstracts now available at the link below.
Save the date!
philevents.org/event/show/1...
** Deadline: September 15 **👇
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
Submission deadline: 15th September
Info: philevents.org/event/show/1...
2nd Parma Workshop in Analytic and Scientific Metaphysics
philevents.org
September 11, 2025 at 9:59 AM
** Deadline: September 15 **👇
Coming up: 8th Parma Workshop on Semantics and Pragmatics.
September 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Coming up: 8th Parma Workshop on Semantics and Pragmatics.
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
Submission deadline: 15th September
Info: philevents.org/event/show/1...
2nd Parma Workshop in Analytic and Scientific Metaphysics
philevents.org
September 1, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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
Submission deadline: 15th September
Info: philevents.org/event/show/1...
Is the Principle of Sufficient Reason just a useful heuristic? (Grounding intensifies.)
August 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Is the Principle of Sufficient Reason just a useful heuristic? (Grounding intensifies.)
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...
letterboxd.com
August 14, 2025 at 7:41 AM
American society in the 21st century is a dystopia. But why is it so? ...
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 …
scottaaronson.blog
August 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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
Reposted by Alessandro Torza
📌Framed Moments
Workshop: Quantum Indeterminacy
3-5 July, 2025
Workshop: Quantum Indeterminacy
3-5 July, 2025
July 14, 2025 at 9:46 AM
📌Framed Moments
Workshop: Quantum Indeterminacy
3-5 July, 2025
Workshop: Quantum Indeterminacy
3-5 July, 2025
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.
Full review: letterboxd.com/torschau/fil...
Full review: letterboxd.com/torschau/fil...
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...
letterboxd.com
July 12, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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.
Full review: letterboxd.com/torschau/fil...
Full review: letterboxd.com/torschau/fil...
After a workshop on essence, nothing like a FINE coffee.
June 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
After a workshop on essence, nothing like a FINE coffee.
Reposted by Alessandro Torza
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 👇
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...
philevents.org
May 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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 👇
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 👇
In or around Lisbon over the next couple of days? Come say hi!
Updated schedule: sites.google.com/view/indeter...
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...
sites.google.com
May 21, 2025 at 7:05 AM
In or around Lisbon over the next couple of days? Come say hi!
Updated schedule: sites.google.com/view/indeter...
Updated schedule: sites.google.com/view/indeter...
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.
Read more: boxd.it/9JtXu5
Read more: boxd.it/9JtXu5
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...
boxd.it
May 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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.
Read more: boxd.it/9JtXu5
Read more: boxd.it/9JtXu5
Everybody gangsta until the neighbor knocks on the door.
Honor to the people of Iraq.
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.
boxd.it
May 14, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Everybody gangsta until the neighbor knocks on the door.
Honor to the people of Iraq.
Honor to the people of Iraq.