[Philosop] Lugano Philosophy Colloquia (Hybrid)

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We are pleased to announce that on Friday, February 27 at 4.30pm (CET), Lorenzo Cocco (Warsaw University of Technology) will give a talk as part of the Lugano Philosophy Colloquia Spring 2026 organised by the Institute of Philosophy (ISFI) at USI.

This talk will take place in the Multiuso Room, Facoltà di Teologia di Lugano (USI west campus). If you are interested in joining online, please write to event...@usi.ch.

Here is the abstract of the talk:
Contemporary physical theories are platonistic in the modest sense that they assume the existence of sets and functions. I will argue that they are also Platonistic in a stronger sense. When they are not outright pythagorean, they posit pervasive correlations between the properties of physical systems and mathematical models. I give an argument that some of these correlations must be due to an interaction. The correspondence would be miraculous without any coordination, or some other noncausal explanation. An analogy with a version of the Access Problem due to Hartry Field will be examined.

For more information: https://www.ftl.usi.ch/it/feeds/15142