Program

December 4th

Possibilities and Dispositions

10:30 – 11:40 Andreas Hüttemann (Universität zu Köln) – Dispositions and Conditional Metaphysical Necessity

11:55 – 13:05 Daniel Nolan (Australian National University) – Noncausal Dispositions

14:30 – 15:40 Antje Rumberg (Universität Konstanz) – Branching Time, Real Possibilities and Potentialities

Possibilities and Omissions

15:55 – 17:05 Carolina Sartorio (University of Arizona at Tuscon) – Omissions, Possibilities, and the Ability to Do Otherwise

17:20 – 18:30 Sara Bernstein (Duke University) – Omission Impossible


December 5th

Possibilities, Necessity and Laws

10:00 – 11:10 Richard Woodward (Universität Hamburg) – The Structure of Necessity

11:25 – 12:35 Siegfried Jaag (Université de Luxembourg) – Real Laws, Real Explanations and Natural Necessities

13:45 – 14:55 Steven French (University of Leeds) – Doing Away with Dispositions: Towards a Law-Based View of Modality in Science