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The Metaphysics of Totality University of Glasgow, 30-31 March 2017 Thursday 30th [9-9.30: coffee] 9.30-11: Aaron Cotnoir & Bruno Jacinto (St Andrews) – A Formal Semantics for the Theory of Embodiments 11.15-12.45: Stephan Leuenberger (Glasgow) – Totality Operators and Metaphysical Defaults [lunch] 2.15-3.45: Anna-Sofia Maurin (Gothenburg) – Regress and Metaphysical Explanation 4-5.30: Louis deRosset (Vermont) – The Metaphysical Transparency of Truth [7: dinner] Friday 31st [9-9.30: coffee] 9.30-11: Philipp Blum (Lucerne) – Every Thing is Positive 11.15-12.45: Naomi Thompson (Southampton) – Fictionalism about Grounding [lunch] 2.15-3.45: Bruno Whittle (Glasgow) – Mathematical Anti-Realism and Explanatory Structure 4-5.30: Alexander Skiles (NYU) – Existence and Second-Order Quantification [7: dinner] All talks will be in the Reid Room, of 69 Oakfield Avenue. Abstracts are available at: http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/humanities/research/philosophyresearch/researchprojects/thewholetruth/workshopthemetaphysicsoftotality/ Everyone is welcome to attend (without charge). But if you plan to come, please let us know by writing to: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> This workshop is part of the AHRC funded project The Whole Truth. For more information about the project, please see: http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/humanities/research/philosophyresearch/researchprojects/thewholetruth/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit the SPPA website at http://www.societies.stir.ac.uk/sppa/index.html