BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:ILLC Website X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Amsterdam X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19700329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19701025T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/NewsandEvents/Archives/2017/newsitem/8372/3-- -5-July-2017-Conference-on-Mereology-and-Identity- Pisa-Italy DTSTAMP:20170410T140506 SUMMARY:Conference on Mereology and Identity, Pisa , Italy DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170703 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170705 LOCATION:Pisa, Italy DESCRIPTION:The contemporary debate on mereology i s largely hinged on the notion of identity. Indeed , classical mereology dictates that complex entiti es are identical if and only if they have the same proper parts. On the other hand, many scholars wh o doubt the adequacy of classical mereology point to real or fictional cases in which different whol es would have the same proper parts.  The upholder s of Composition as Identity think that identity, or a relation analogous to identity, also connects a whole with its parts. By contrast, the opponent s of Composition as Identity retort that compositi on fails to respect some pivotal principles that h olds for standard identity, such as the Indiscerni blity of Identicals, coreferentiality  or transiti vity. Finally, in the debate about Composition as Identity, the so-called Sider-Yi Collapse seems to show that some roles sometimes attributed to iden tity are incompatible with the standard characteri zation of plural identity. The conference will ho st the main scholars involved in this debate, with the purpose of encouraging innovative solutions t o various open problems. The Scuola Normale Super iore in Pisa (Italy) and the University of Padua ( Italy) have the pleasure to offer 6 bursaries (inc luding a single room in Pisa, one social dinner an d meals at the university restaurant for the durat ion of the conference) to graduate students and po stdoctoral researchers who are willing to be activ ely involved in the conference. The selected parti cipants ARE NOT expected to deliver a presentation , but to attend the lectures of the invited speake rs and raise objections and questions. Travel expe nses will not be reimbursed. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n

The contempora ry debate on mereology is largely hinged on the no tion of identity. Indeed, classical mereology dict ates that complex entities are identical if and on ly if they have the same proper parts. On the othe r hand, many scholars who doubt the adequacy of cl assical mereology point to real or fictional cases in which different wholes would have the same pro per parts.  The upholders of Composition as I dentity think that identity, or a relation analogo us to identity, also connects a whole with its par ts. By contrast, the opponents of Composition as I dentity retort that composition fails to respect s ome pivotal principles that holds for standard ide ntity, such as the Indiscerniblity of Identicals, coreferentiality  or transitivity. Finally, i n the debate about Composition as Identity, the so -called Sider-Yi Collapse seems to show that some roles sometimes attributed to identity are incompa tible with the standard characterization of plural identity.

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The conference will host th e main scholars involved in this debate, with the purpose of encouraging innovative solutions to var ious open problems.

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The Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa (Italy) and the University of P adua (Italy) have the pleasure to offer 6 bursarie s (including a single room in Pisa, one social din ner and meals at the university restaurant for the duration of the conference) to graduate students and postdoctoral researchers who are willing to be actively involved in the conference. The selected participants ARE NOT expected to deliver a presen tation, but to attend the lectures of the invited speakers and raise objections and questions. Trave l expenses will not be reimbursed.

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