Lugano Philosophy Colloquia. Calosi, Cecconi, Costa
Institute of Philosophy
Date: 21 February 2024
On Wednesday, February 21 at 5.30pm (CET), Room 0.5 FTL Building (USI west campus)
Claudio Calosi (UNIGE), Alessandro Cecconi (UNIGE) & Damiano Costa (USI)
A chair for Minkowski
Chaired by Cristian Mariani
Abstract: Is it possible to find ordinary objects, in a relativistic world? And if yes, to what extent and at what cost? In this paper, we discuss the problem of relativistic change and how it threatens our received view of ordinary objects. More precisely, we will show how the problem arises, given two metaphysics of persistence, i.e., 4- and 3-dimensionalism, thus generalizing a formulation due to Sattig (2015). Finally, we will assess different strategies and evaluate their costs.