Associate Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science @unipr, cinephile, apostate. 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇺🇸 🇪🇺https://bsky.app/profile/atorza.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/atorza.bsky.social/post/3mt5jqueurk2bEinstein si è fermato a Eboli. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Aug 2026 20:39 +0000at://did:plc:b6e362fwy3jv6wtny6br2of5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt5jqueurk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/atorza.bsky.social/post/3mr5bpvpz7s2oPleased to announce the program for the joint Mid-Term Conference of the Italian Society for Analytic Philosophy (SIFA) and the Association of Analytic Metaphysics in the Italian-Speaking World (AMAMI): www.amami-philo.com/programme-2/21 Jul 2026 07:25 +0000at://did:plc:b6e362fwy3jv6wtny6br2of5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5bpvpz7s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/atorza.bsky.social/post/3mopqdarpk22cThe International Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics (3rd edition) is out, and with it my entry ‘Language in the Ontology Room’. The text is behind a paywall, but let me know if you wish to have a copy. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/chapter/referencework/abs/pii/B978032395504100237420 Jun 2026 11:18 +0000at://did:plc:b6e362fwy3jv6wtny6br2of5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mopqdarpk22chttps://bsky.app/profile/atorza.bsky.social/post/3mncpz4bys226In or around Parma? I have a plan for you. Info: https://philevents.org/event/show/15058502 Jun 2026 13:43 +0000at://did:plc:b6e362fwy3jv6wtny6br2of5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mncpz4bys226https://bsky.app/profile/atorza.bsky.social/post/3mkfo6cg4us27Join me in boycotting the Biennale. No to the normalization of rogue countries (and that includes not just Russia and Israel, but the US as well.) https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-cut-venice-biennale-funding-russia-participation-kaja-kallas/26 Apr 2026 13:32 +0000at://did:plc:b6e362fwy3jv6wtny6br2of5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfo6cg4us27https://bsky.app/profile/atorza.bsky.social/post/3mjeoqowcvk2hI stepped in in defense of Pope Leo on X, formerly known as Twitter (how could I not?), and this is what I woke up to. Fortunately he already took it down.13 Apr 2026 10:45 +0000at://did:plc:b6e362fwy3jv6wtny6br2of5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjeoqowcvk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/atorza.bsky.social/post/3mdppgytblc25If you too are worried about the unsettled future of Greenland, I have a new paper for you. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nous.7003031 Jan 2026 11:25 +0000at://did:plc:b6e362fwy3jv6wtny6br2of5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdppgytblc25https://bsky.app/profile/atorza.bsky.social/post/3mdfz56jxzk2hPaper alert: https://www.argumenta.org/article/does-williamsons-suppositional-heuristic-have-a-problem-with-counterpossibles/27 Jan 2026 14:52 +0000at://did:plc:b6e362fwy3jv6wtny6br2of5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdfz56jxzk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/atorza.bsky.social/post/3mashzdnlnk2hUnder His eye. https://news.nd.edu/news/notre-dame-receives-50-million-grant-from-lilly-endowment-for-the-delta-network-a-faith-based-approach-to-ai-ethics/25 Dec 2025 09:35 +0000at://did:plc:b6e362fwy3jv6wtny6br2of5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mashzdnlnk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/atorza.bsky.social/post/3m5bwdn3sbs24https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/11/federal-judge-resignation-trump/684845/ I have known Judge Mark Wolff through my wife, to whom he has long been a friend and mentor. He is also the guy who kindly agreed to officiate our wedding in 2012—just the three of us in his office overlooking Boston Harbor.10 Nov 2025 15:20 +0000at://did:plc:b6e362fwy3jv6wtny6br2of5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5bwdn3sbs24https://bsky.app/profile/atorza.bsky.social/post/3m46omrymgk2o🚨 2nd Parma Workshop in Analytic and Scientific Metaphysics December 15-16, 2025 Program & abstracts now available at the link below. Save the date! https://philevents.org/event/show/13666127 Oct 2025 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:b6e362fwy3jv6wtny6br2of5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m46omrymgk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/atorza.bsky.social/post/3lykiflwk5224** Deadline: September 15 **👇 [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Sep 2025 09:59 +0000at://did:plc:b6e362fwy3jv6wtny6br2of5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lykiflwk5224https://bsky.app/profile/atorza.bsky.social/post/3lyi2hxwcsk2uComing up: 8th Parma Workshop on Semantics and Pragmatics.10 Sep 2025 10:44 +0000at://did:plc:b6e362fwy3jv6wtny6br2of5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyi2hxwcsk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/atorza.bsky.social/post/3lycrdke3bs23 https://letterboxd.com/torschau/film/gods-of-mexico/1/08 Sep 2025 08:17 +0000at://did:plc:b6e362fwy3jv6wtny6br2of5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lycrdke3bs23https://bsky.app/profile/atorza.bsky.social/post/3lxreh72ia22aLast Call for Abstracts 2nd Parma Workshop in Analytic and Scientific Metaphysics Submission deadline: 15th September Info: https://philevents.org/event/show/13666101 Sep 2025 10:12 +0000at://did:plc:b6e362fwy3jv6wtny6br2of5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxreh72ia22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/atorza.bsky.social/post/3lww5dbanrc2zIs the Principle of Sufficient Reason just a useful heuristic? (Grounding intensifies.)21 Aug 2025 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:b6e362fwy3jv6wtny6br2of5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lww5dbanrc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/atorza.bsky.social/post/3lwdtmmxls22mAmerican society in the 21st century is a dystopia. But why is it so? ... https://letterboxd.com/torschau/film/eddington/?fbclid=IwY2xjawMKcjFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHn_1QQBg7_YexrkBrY5pQO2szZ5_sJ3RzQ_d38ZtlfoqOuQfC_57k2CI81rK_aem_M-w2Dv0zu5S65H2TsacMyA14 Aug 2025 07:41 +0000at://did:plc:b6e362fwy3jv6wtny6br2of5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwdtmmxls22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/atorza.bsky.social/post/3lvoattnrns2vMy 2 cent: humans might end up looking for meaning in some of the old places. Religion, which has been gradually pushed to the margins of our post-Enlightment society, might make a comeback—not only because it is comforting, but also because it is typically set aside as a result of education. 1/3 https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=903005 Aug 2025 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:b6e362fwy3jv6wtny6br2of5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvoattnrns2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/atorza.bsky.social/post/3ltqxehrpv22jThe impossibility of grieving publicly in the face of a secret can be a harrowing experience. These are the premises, which I thought were interesting and introduced in a most compelling way. Full review: https://letterboxd.com/torschau/film/when-the-light-breaks/12 Jul 2025 08:37 +0000at://did:plc:b6e362fwy3jv6wtny6br2of5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltqxehrpv22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/atorza.bsky.social/post/3lrnkyf3oos2yAfter a workshop on essence, nothing like a FINE coffee.15 Jun 2025 13:27 +0000at://did:plc:b6e362fwy3jv6wtny6br2of5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrnkyf3oos2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/atorza.bsky.social/post/3lqsntlda2s2w https://letterboxd.com/torschau/film/april-2024-1/04 Jun 2025 20:36 +0000at://did:plc:b6e362fwy3jv6wtny6br2of5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqsntlda2s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/atorza.bsky.social/post/3lqm5lvcnls2k https://boxd.it/9SgkuF02 Jun 2025 06:29 +0000at://did:plc:b6e362fwy3jv6wtny6br2of5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqm5lvcnls2khttps://bsky.app/profile/atorza.bsky.social/post/3lqajouxmck25CFA: 2nd Parma Workshop in Analytic and Scientific Metaphysics December 15-16, 2025 University of Parma (Italy) Invited Speakers: Claudio Calosi (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) Catharine Diehl (Leiden University) Carl Hoefer (University of Barcelona) Submission guidelines 👇 https://philevents.org/event/show/136665?fbclid=IwY2xjawKkC7hleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETBEVFgwbGdkUVlxYUhNQWl4AR6bxsMdjiKM4A67mXlYdu53LmkpjOPvaqcudXF5_fPA5xYI7ikCBG5Gf5qLeA_aem_EG9lD83r4HoStB2lEBQp3w28 May 2025 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:b6e362fwy3jv6wtny6br2of5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqajouxmck25https://bsky.app/profile/atorza.bsky.social/post/3lq4wzirwlk26Coming up:27 May 2025 05:22 +0000at://did:plc:b6e362fwy3jv6wtny6br2of5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq4wzirwlk26