20 April 2026 Dynamic and Static Models of Reality Sala Martinetti – Department of Philosophy “Piero Martinetti”, University of Milan, Via Festa del Perdono 7, Milano PROGRAM Sala Martinetti, 14:00-19:00 4:00-15:00 Jonthan Tallant (Nottingham) — TBA Commentator: Donatella Donati (L’Aquila)
15 December 2025 – Stephan Leuenberger (Glasgow) – “In search of personal time”
15 December 2025 – Stephan Leuenberger (Glasgow) – “In search of personal time” Aula “Martinetti”, Via Festa del Perdono 7, h. 15:30 Abstract. The standard account of time travel takes it to be a discrepancy of personal time and external
25 March 2025 – Natalja Deng (Yonsei University) – “Letter-freedom”
25 March 2025 – Natalja Deng (Yonsei University) – “Letter-freedom” Aula “Martinetti”, Via Festa del Perdono 7, h. 14:00 Abstract. Consider a goal for philosophy of time that is distinct from, but closely related to, the goal of naturalizing it.
10 February 2025 – “The Natures of Time”
10 February 2025 The Natures of Time Aula 402 – Via Festa del Perdono 7, Milano Aula 402 – Via Festa del Perdono 7, Milano Abstracts Tina Röck (Dundee) The relative concept of time and the ultimate reality of temporalities
20 January 2025 – Daniele Cassaghi (Turin University) – “Can a retentionalist be a direct realist?”
20 January 2025 – Daniele Cassaghi (Turin University) – “Can a retentionalist be a direct realist?” Aula “Martinetti”, Via Festa del Perdono 7, h. 14:00 and Teams Abstract. The intervallic perception view (James, 1890), according to which subjects are perceptually
05 December 2024 – Ikuro Suzuki (Nihon University) – “Presentism and Persistence”
05 December 2024– Ikuro Suzuki (Nihon University) – “Presentism and Persistence” Aula “Martinetti”, Via Festa del Perdono 7, h. 14:00 Abstract. In recent publications, several authors have highlighted the difficulties presentism faces in accounting for persistence (e.g., Tallant 2018; Leininger,
06 June 2024 – Beppe Spolaore (University of Padua) – “The Varieties of Branching Time”
06 June 2024 – Beppe Spolaore (University of Padua) – “The Varieties of Branching Time” Aula “Martinetti”, Via Festa del Perdono 7, h. 11:00 Branching time (BT) frames are tree-like networks of histories (also known as possible worlds). BT frames
30 May 2024 – Adrian Kuźniar (University of Warsaw) – “Compatibilism and the concept of a law-breaking event”
30 May 2024 Adrian Kuźniar (Warsaw) — “Compatibilism and the concept of a law-breaking event” Aula “Martinetti”, Via Festa del Perdono 7, h. 16:00 In this talk, I provide and justify a broader definition of a ‘law-breaking event’ than that
7 March 2024 – Michael Nelson (University of California, Riverside) – “On the reality of tense and aspect: What is objective becoming?”
7 March 2024: Michael Nelson (University of California, Riverside) – “On the reality of tense and aspect: What is objective becoming?” Aula “Martinetti”, Via Festa del Perdono 7, h. 13:00 Verbs have tense and aspect. Tense, marking whether the described
14 March 2024 – Shira Yechimovitz (Tel Aviv University and the University of Sydney) – “The Growing Block’s Past Genesis Problem”
14 March 2024: Shira Yechimovitz (Tel Aviv University and the University of Sydney) – “The Growing Block’s Past Genesis Problem” Aula “Martinetti”, Via Festa del Perdono 7, h. 12:00 – What is past was once present. Therefore, any theory of