Talks


# = invited talks

2023

142. “Moving Down the Growing Block: Two Types of Temporal Operators” (with Sven Rosenkranz), Temporal Ontology, Macerata, November 2023.

141. “Location by Proxy”, eidos seminar, Geneva, November 2023.

140. “The Instance Theory of Location”, LanCog’s seminar series in analytic philosophy, Lisbon, November 2023.

139. “Factual Equivalence, One-Sided vs Two-Sided”, Advances in Truthmaker Semantics 1, Florence, June 2023.

138. “Factual Equivalence, One-Sided vs Two-Sided”, eidos seminar, Geneva, May 2023.

137. # “On the Puzzles of Ground”, Higher-Order Metaphysics of Ground, Hamburg, March 2023.

136. # “Obligation et Fixité”, Colloque de Recherche, Neuchâtel, March 2023.

2022

135. “Inexact Persistence”, Location, Location, Location, Geneva, October 2022.

134. # “Tips for Young Researchers to Improve Their Chances to Publish Papers in Professional Journals”, SoPhA Workshop for Young Researchers, Geneva, June 2022.

133. # “Temporal Persistence Without Exact Locations”, Second CHRONOS Workshop (online), February 2022.

2021

132. “Obligation and Fixity”, eidos seminar, November 2021.

131. # “Non-Modal Conceptions of Essence”, Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Persistence and Modality (online), October 2021.

130. # “Factual Identity vs Propositional Identity”, Explanation between Logic and Philosophy, Paris (online), September 2021.

129. “Factual Identity vs Propositional Identity”, Relevance, Explanation, and Ground Workshop, Hamburg (online), September 2021.

128. # “Non-Modal Conceptions of Essence”, Routledge Handbook of Essence Workshop, Neuchâtel (online), July 2021.

127. # “Les conceptions non modales de l’essence en métaphysique contemporaine”, Atelier du Groupe d’Études en Métaphysique, Collège de France, Paris (online), June 2021.

126. # “Factual Identity vs Propositional Identity”, Identity in Metaphysics and Philosophy of Science, Lugano (online), June 2021.

125. # “A theory of location based on the notion of entire location”, Philosophy Department Seminar, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (videoconference), April 2021.

124. # “A theory of location based on the notion of entire location”, Lingnan/HKU/NUS Online Seminar Series (videoconference), March 2021.

2020

123. # “Les multiples visages de l’identité en métaphysique”, Cycle de conférences du Groupe Genevois de Philosophie, Geneva (videoconference), November 2020.

122. “Entire Location”, eidos seminar, October 2020.

121. # “Fundamentality from Grounding and Kinds”, ECAP 10, Utrecht (videoconference), August 2020.

2019

120. “Must the Grounding Facts be Grounded?”, Basically. Fundamentality & Beyond, Neuchâtel, December 2019.

119. “The Open Future: Logic”, Time after Time Summer School, Rome, September 2019.

118. “The Open Future: Metaphysics”, Time after Time Summer School, Rome, September 2019.

117. “Grounding and Fundamentality”, eidos seminar, September 2019.

116. “Real Definition, Conceptual Analysis and Stipulative Definition”, DIAPHORA Workshop on Philosophical Methodology, Barcelona, March 2019.

2018

115. “Indeterminism and the Growing Block Theory of Time” (with Sven Rosenkranz), DIAPHORA Workshop V: Determinism and Open Choices, Neuchâtel, December 2018.

114. “Branching Time / Semantics of Tense”, Time, Time, Time Summer School, Rome, August 2018.

113. “Temporal Passage / Time Travel”, Time, Time, Time Summer School, Rome, August 2018.

112. # “Unfreezing the Spotlight: Tense Realism and Temporal Passage”, Ontoformat Metaphysical Seminar, Milan, June 2018.

111. # “En faveur de l’hyper-essentialisme”, La philosophie moderne. Enjeux historiques et systématiques – Journée d’étude en l’honneur de Richard Glauser, Neuchâtel, June 2018.

110. “Unfreezing the Spotlight”, eidos seminar, April 2018.

109. # “Truthmaker Semantics and Beyond”, Séminaire de recherche du Département de linguistique, Geneva, March 2018.

108. “Le concept d’identité au cœur de la métaphysique”, Leçon inaugurale, Geneva, March 2018.

107. # “The Grounding of Tensed Truths”, Lecture series True and False, Zürich, February 2018.

2017

106. “The Grounding of Tensed Truths” (with Sven Rosenkranz), DIAPHORA Mid-Term Conference, Barcelona, December 2017.

105. “Indeterminism and the Growing Block Theory of Time”, Indeterminism, at the Crossroad of Philosophy and Physics, Geneva, November 2017.

104. “Tense Realism in Relativistic Spacetime”, Quodlibeta, Geneva, October 2017.

103. # “Real Definitions”, Essentialism – Old and New, Berlin, September 2017.

102. “Tense Realism in Relativistic Spacetime”, Colloque de Recherche, Neuchâtel, May 2017.

2016

101. # “Essence as Generalised Identity and Real Definition”, Metaphysics of Entanglement Invited Speakers Talks, Oxford, October 2016.

100. “Real Definitions”, Ground, Essence and Modality, Helsinki, June 2016.

99. # “A Logic for Relative Fundamentality (and Grounding)”, Humboldt Workshop on the History of Ground, Helsinki, June 2016.

98. # “Real Definitions”, Colloquium Series, Bern, June 2016.

2015

97. “There’s No Time Like the Present (And Yet Time Flows)”, Colloque de Recherche, Neuchâtel, November 2015.

96. “There’s No Time Like the Present (And Yet Time Flows)”, Seminar of Invited Speakers, Master in Cognitive Science, Neuchâtel, October 2015.

95. “The Formalities of Representational Grounding”, Logical and Metaphysical Perspectives on Grounding, Osnabrück, September 2015.

94. # “Generic Identity and Its Uses”, The Metaphysics of Properties and Relations, Bergamo, July 2015.

93. # “New Thoughts on Grounding and Factual Equivalence”, Truth and Grounds, Ascona (Switzerland), May 2015.

92. # “On the Logic of Factual Equivalence”, Logic and Information ST 2015, Münchenwiler (Switzerland), March 2015.

91. # “Qu’est-ce que le Röstigraben ?”, Aristote chez les Helvètes : Cycle de conférences en philosophie et métaphysique contemporaine, Neuchâtel, February 2015.

2014

90. “Identity and Ground”, Colloque de Recherche, Neuchâtel, November 2014.

89. # “Identity, Essence and Ground (and More)”, Centre for Metaphysics and Mind, Leeds, October 2014.

88. “Le concept de fondation et certaines de ses applications”, Leçon inaugurale, Neuchâtel, September 2014.

87. # Dialectica lecture: “Identity, Essence and Ground”, ECAP 8, Bucarest, August 2014.

86. “Nothing to Come”, Experience and Reality, Ovronnaz, June 2014.

85. # “On the Impure Logic of Conceptualistic Ground”, Recent Work on the Logic of Ground, Oslo, June 2014.

84. # “Identity, Essence, Modality and Ground”, Meaning and Modality, Oslo, June 2014.

83. # “On the Impure Logic of Conceptualistic Ground”, Necessary Connections, Glasgow, May 2014.

82. # “More on the Reduction of Necessity to Essence”, Monday Colloquium, Fribourg, April 2014.

81. “Nouvelles considérations sur l’idée d’une réduction de la nécessité à l’essence”, Colloque de recherche, Neuchâtel, March 2014.

80. # Comments on Ted Sider’s “Scientific Properties”, Metaphysics Workshop, White Stallion Ranch, Tucson, January 2014.

2013

79. # “Grounding, Entailment and Levels of Reality”, Proofs That and Proofs Why, IHPST, Paris, November 2013.

78. “Jean Nicod et la géométrie du monde sensible”, Colloque de recherche, Neuchâtel, October 2013.

77. # “Jean Nicod and the Geometry of the Sensible World”, The Geometry of the Visual Field, Fribourg, October 2013.

76. # “Living on the Brink, or Welcome Back, Growing Block!” (with Sven Rosenkranz), PERSP workshop on the As and Bs in the Philosophy of Time, Barcelona, September 2013.

75. # “Grounding, Entailment and Levels of Reality”, Groundedness in Semantics and Beyond, Oslo, August 2013.

74. # “Realism about tense: Escaping Fine’s trilemma”, Kit Fine Conference, Varano Borghi (Italy), July / August 2013.

73. # “Grounding, Entailment and Levels of Reality”, Kit Fine Conference, Varano Borghi (Italy), July / August 2013.

72. # “Living at the Present Moment”, LanCog Seminar Series, Lisbon, May 2013.

71. “La théorie de l’univers-bloc en expansion est-elle cohérente ?”, Colloque de recherche, Neuchâtel, May 2013.

70. # “Living at the Present Moment”, Cycle de conférences PhilEAs, University of Geneva, March 2013.

2012

69. # “À propos de deux types importants d’explications en philosophie”, Rencontre philosophique romande, Neuchâtel, December 2012.

68. # “Logical Grounds”, Departmental Talks, Philosophisches Seminar, Tübingen, November 2012.

67. # “Logical Grounds”, Colloquium in Mathematical Philosophy, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, LMU, November 2012.

66. # “Logical Grounds”, Institutskolloquium, Philosophisches Seminar, Hamburg, October 2012.

65. # “La logique formelle et la philosophie”, Workshop de méthodologie : Réflexion sur les outils de la philosophie, Geneva, October 2012.

64. “Le concept de fondation au cœur de la logique”, Colloque de recherche, Neuchâtel, October 2012.

63. # “How to Reduce Modality to Essence”, PETAF Modality Workshop, University of Stockholm, June 2012.

62. # “How to Reduce Modality to Essence”, Metaphysics, Meaning and Modality: Themes from Kit Fine, University of Bucharest / Cumpatu-Sinaia, May 2012.

61. # “Logical Grounds”, Logic Tea, ILLC, Amsterdam, March 2012.

60. # “How to Reduce Modality to Essence”, Philosophical Society Talks, Oxford, February 2012.

59. # “How to Reduce Modality to Essence”, The Logic and Metaphysics of Essence, Lugano, January 2012.

2011

58. # “Realism about tense: Escaping Fine’s trilemma”, PETAF Midterm Conference, Aberdeen, December 2011.

57. # “Modal Logic from a Philosopher’s Perspective”, SGSLPS conference on Philosophical Modal Logic, Geneva, October 2011.

56. # “From Grounding to Truth-Making”, PERSP Metaphysics Seminar, University of Barcelona, May 2011.

55. # “Metaphysical Grounds and Essence”, Grounding and Modality Workshop, University of Glasgow, April 2011.

54. # “Metaphysical Grounds and Essence”, Ontological Dependence Workshop, University of Bristol, February 2011.

53. # “Metaphysical Grounds and Essence”, Research Colloquium, Goethe Universität Frankfurt, February 2011.

2010

52. # “Des faits éternels dans un univers changeant”, Colloque de recherche, Neuchâtel, October 2010.

51. “Because – Sentential Connective or Relational Predicate?”, discussion with P. Keller and K. Mulligan, Workshop on Contingentism, Geneva, September 2010.

50. # “A “classical” tempo-modal logic for future contingents”, Causes and Tenses: Formal Perspectives, Krakow, September 2010.

49. # “Non-Proxy Reductions of Eternalist Discourse”, First International Conference on Metaphysical Logic, São Paulo, August 2010.

48. # “Non-Proxy Reductions of Eternalist Discourse”, PALMYR IX, ILLC, Amsterdam, June 2010.

47. # “Les faits”, Repenser les faits, Grenoble (France), April 2010.

46. “Grounding and Truth-Functions”, Grounding, Explanation and Dependence, Geneva, March 2010.

45. # “Maybe Doomsday, Maybe Not: The Open Future Reconceived” (with Sven Rosenkranz), IInd Workshop on Vagueness and Metaphysics, Barcelona, January 2010.

2009

44. # “On the Reduction of Necessity to Essence”, 16th eidos workshop, Geneva, November 2009.

43. # Comments on Andrea Borghini’s “One more reason not to tense the copula”, Vth Latin Meeting in analytic philosophy, L’Aquila, September 2009.

42. “The Logic of Doomsday Indeterminism”, SOPHA 2009 (Colloque de la Société de Philosophie Analytique), Geneva, September 2009.

41. # “The Formalities of Grounding”, Methodological Issues in Contemporary Analytic Philosophy, Ghent (Belgium), April 2009.

40. # “La distinction passé-présent-futur, le passage du temps et l’indétermination du futur”, Société Romande de Philosophie, Geneva, March 2009.

2008

39. Comments on Jan Almäng “Temporal Gestalten and the Nature of Time Consciousness”, 12th eidos workshop, Geneva, December 2008.

38. # “Metaphysical Grounds”, PALMYR VII, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, October 2008.

37. # “As Time Goes By” (with Sven Rosenkranz), Current Issues in Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Language, Phlox Inaugural Workshop, Humboldt University of Berlin, September 2008.

36. “Tensed Facts and the Semantics for Tensed and Tenseless Discourse” (with Sven Rosenkranz), ECAP 6, Krakow, August 2008.

2007

35. # “A Novel Metaphysics of Time” (with Sven Rosenkranz), Cycle de conférences PhilEAs, University of Geneva, December 2007.

34. “How to be an Ordinary Actualist (or an Ordinary Presentist)”, LOGOS seminar, University of Barcelona, May 2007.

33. “Necessity is Truth in Virtue of the Nature of all Things”, 3rd Barcelona-Geneva Meeting, University of Geneva, May 2007.

32. # “De la difficulté d’être un actualiste ordinaire”, Cycle de conférences PhilEAs, University of Geneva, March 2007.

2006

31. “L’existence nécessaire et le principe de Brouwer”, SOPHA 2006 (Colloque de la Société de Philosophie Analytique), Aix-en-Provence (France), September 2006.

30. “Necessary Existence and the Brouwerian Principle”, ENFA 3, University of Lisbon, June 2006.

2005

29. “A Radical Solution to the Modal Problem of Coincidence”, LOGOS seminar, University of Barcelona, December 2005.

28. “The Best Four-Dimensionalist Solution to the Modal Problem of Coincidence”, Research Seminar, University of Geneva, November 2005.

27. # “Modality, Quantification, and Many Vlach-Operators”, 3rd Meeting of the VCS, University of Bern, October 2005.

26. “Descartes’ Temporal Parts”, ECAP05, University of Lisbon, August 2005.

25. # “Descartes’ Temporal Parts”, IIIrd Latin Meeting in analytic philosophy, Valencia, June 2005.

24. # “(Finean) Essence and (Priorean) Modality”, Fine philosophy – the philosophy of Kit Fine, University of Geneva, June 2005.

23. “Les parties temporelles de Descartes”, Research Seminar, University of Geneva, April 2005.

22. # “Descartes’ Temporal Parts”, SUNY at Buffalo (NY, USA), February 2005.

2004

21. “Generic Essence”, 27th International Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg (Austria), August 2004.

20. # Comments on Achille Varzi “Change, Temporal Parts and the Argument from Vagueness”, Surviving Through Change, A Philosophical Workshop, Bergamo (Italy), July 2004.

19. “Generic Essence”, Summer School in Metaphysics, University of Geneva, June 2004.

18. Comments on Philipp Keller’s “No Relations”, 1st Barcelona-Geneva Meeting, University of Barcelona, May 2004.

17. “Neale and the Slingshot”, Summer School in Metaphysics, University of Geneva, April 2004.

16. # “Semantics for Analytic Containment”, Seminar for Swiss PhD Students and Young Researchers in Logic, University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland), March 2004.

15. “On Neale on the Slingshot”, Graduate Students Seminar, University of Barcelona, Jan-Feb 2004.

2003

14. # “Generic Essence”, Modality Workshop, Arché research group at St. Andrews (UK), December 2003.

13. “Deux manières de perdurer”, SOPHA 2003 (Colloque de la Société de Philosophie Analytique), University of Montréal and UQAM, September 2003.

12. # “The 3D Way of Perduring”, Les catégories : le temps et l’espace dans la philosophie moderne et contemporaine, University of Geneva, June 2003.

11. “Parties temporelles et extension temporelle”, Graduate Students Seminar, University of Geneva, June 2003.

2002

10. “Husserl on Foundation”, Colloquium Formal Concepts, University of Geneva, November 2002.

9. “Les substances”, Graduate Students Seminar, University of Geneva, June 2002.

2001

8. “Logical Dependence and Independence in the Tractatus”, 24th International Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg (Austria), August 2001.

7. “Essence et modalité priorienne”, Graduate Students Seminar, University of Geneva, March 2001.

6. “Dépendance existentielle”, Graduate Students Seminar, University of Geneva, February 2001.

2000

5. # “Dépendance existentielle, fondation et objets composés”, Méréologie et modalités. Aspects critiques et développements, University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland), October 2000.

4. “Simple Three-valued Modal logics”, AiML 2000 (Advances in Modal Logic), University of Leipzig (Germany), October 2000.

3. “Conditions nécessaires”, SOPHA 2000 (Colloque de la Société de Philosophie Analytique), University of Brest (France), September 2000.

2. “Simple Three-valued Modal logics”, ESSLLI 2000 (European Summer School for Logic, Language and Information), University of Birmingham (UK), August 2000.

1997

1. “La vision sans la profondeur”, SOPHA 1997 (Colloque de la Société de Philosophie Analytique), University of Caen (France), May 1997.