PERSP Space & Time Workshop on the Open Future

Barcelona, 1-2 December 2011

Some of the questions that will be addressed in the workshop include:

-What does it mean to claim that the future is open?
-Are future contingent statements like "There will be a sea battle tomorrow" now true or false?
-Is the claim that future contingents are now true or false compatible with the claim that the future is open?
-What is the relation between future contingents and future ontology?
-What metaphysical picture is required in order to make sense of the claim that the future is open? Multiple, branching futures? A ‘thin red line’? Metaphysical indeterminacy? Presentism?

Confirmed Speakers:


Corine Besson, Merton College, Oxford

Craig Bourne, University of Hertfordshire
Emily Caddick, Newnham College, Cambridge
Joseph Diekemper, Queens University Belfast
Antony Eagle, Exeter College, Oxford
Graeme A. Forbes, Sheffield University
Anandi Hattiangadi, St. Hilda's College, Oxford
Ned Markosian, Western Washington University
Meghan Sullivan, University of Notre Dame
Robbie Williams, University of Leeds

The workshop will have a 'read-ahead' format and papers will be circulated in advance. Those interested in attending should contact persp.management@gmail.com

Organized by Dan López de Sa & Stephan Torre, sponsored by PERSP.

For further information please visit here.