Chères et chers collègues, Pour rappel, Javier Cumpa (Université complutense de Madrid) donnera une conférence au Collège de France le 17 mai prochain, dans le cadre des activités de la chaire de Métaphysique et de Philosophie de la Connaissance du Professeur Claudine Tiercelin.
La rencontre aura lieu à 14h, en salle 2, au RDC du bâtiment principal du Collège de France (11 place Marcelin Berthelot, 75005 Paris). *Javier Cumpa* "*Naturalistic Neutralism*" *Abstract *: According to Universalism, properties are universals because there is a certain fundamental tie that makes properties capable of being shareable by more than one thing. On the opposing side, Particularism is the view that properties are particulars due to the existence of a fundamental tie that makes properties incapable of being shared. In this paper I argue, first, that universality and particularity can characterize a property if and only if there is a universalist or a particularist fundamental tie, and, second, that it is unclear that these should be the fundamental ties that connect ordinary and scientific properties to their respective bearers. Then I develop an alternative approach to properties and the fundamental tie, which is neutralist because it dispenses with universality and particularity as features of properties,and naturalist because it naturalizes the possession of properties by replacing metaphysical fundamental ties with a scientific one, in particular, a physical process. I show how this approach improves our understanding of properties and instantiation. Entrée libre, sans inscription préalable, dans la limite des places disponibles. -- No attachments (even text) are allowed -- -- Type: image/jpeg -- File: Logo CDF Signature.jpg -- Pour toute question, la FAQ de la liste se trouve ici: https://www.vidal-rosset.net/
