‘From Logic to Nihilism’ Pub Lecture
February 20 at 18:00 – 21:00
Dr. Catharine Diehl will give a pub-lecture with topic ‘From Logic to Nihilism’ on February 20th, 18:00-21:00, at Café De Vergulde Kruik.
In this talk, Dr. Diehl will discuss a view in metaphysics called ontological nihilism. Both common sense and most metaphysical theories hold that the world contains objects of all sorts—from microphysical particles through tables and chairs and all the way to galaxies and black holes. Ontological nihilism, however, claims that this ordinary picture goes wrong is a central way: reality is not composed of objects at all. Instead, reality consists in non-objectual states. After motivating this view, she will discuss what kind of language and logic would be suitable for capturing the ontological nihilist’s picture of reality.
We hope you are as excited about this pub lecture as we are and look forward to seeing you there!