Conferences, Workshops and Talks
- “Determinate Indeterminateness” (in a symposium with C. Calosi, F. Cariani. L. Letertre , C. Mariani, A. Torza). 11ᵀᴴ European Congress of Analytic Philosophy. University of Vienna. August, 21-25, 2023.
- TBA. 100 Years of Matter Waves: Conference to Commemorate the 100th Anniversary of de Broglie’s Founding Papers. Paris, July 3-5, 2023.
- “What is It Like to be a Relativistic GRW Theory? Or: Quantum Mechanics and Relativity, Still in Conflict After All These Years.” IX International Workshop on Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information: Quantum Mechanics and the Notion of Theory. Online. June 22-23, 2023.
- “What is It Like to be a Relativistic GRW Theory? Or: Quantum Mechanics and Relativity, Still in Conflict After All These Years.” ECR Project Proteus Seminar. Online. April 27th, 2023.
- “Spontaneous Localization Theories: Quantum Philosophy between History and Physics.” Deux Journées d’histoire et épistémologie des fondements de la mécanique quantique. Université de Paris Cité- Département de Physique, Paris, France. April, 14-15, 2023.
- “Time for Pancakes” International Workshop ‘The arrow of time: from local systems to the whole universe’. Buenos Aires, Argentina. February 21-24, 2023. Video
- “Naturalness with a Humean Face?” 3rd Chilean Conference on the Philosophy of Physics. Santiago, Chile. December 14-17, 2022
- “Many-worlds and Scientific Realism.” The Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics: Current Status and Relation to Other Interpretations. Tel-Aviv University. October 18-24, 2022. Video
- “Wave-functionalism.” Workshop: 70 years of Bohm’s pilot-wave theory. University of Lisbon. Lisbon, Portugal. October 12th, 2022.
- “Freedom from the Quantum?” Free Will and Physics Workshop, Rutgers. May 11,12, 2022. Video
- Comments on Nina Emery and Gabrielle Kerbel’s “Configuration Space Realism and Fundamentality.” Pacific APA meeting. April 13-16, 2022.
- “Wave-functionalism.” Dartmouth College Philosophy Colloquium. October 22nd, 2021.
- “Wave-functionalism.” Statistical and Quantum Mechanics: Reconsidering their Foundations on the Basis of New Cutting-edge Experiments and Theoretical Models. Gran Sasso Science Institute, L’Aquila (Italy). September 20-24, 2021. Online meeting. Video.
- “Naturalness from a Humean Perspective” Sixth Annual Conference of the Society for the Metaphysics of Science. September 1-4,2021. Online meeting.
- “What if? Speculations about the Best of All Possible Quantum Worlds.” International Conference in Advances in Pilot Wave Theories. July 26-30, 2021. Online meeting. Video
- “Quantum Scientific Realism. Or How Everyone Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Quantum Mechanics.” VII International Workshop on Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information: Quantum Ontology and Metaphysics. April 15-16 and 22-23, 2021. Online meeting. Video
- Comments on Alyssa Ney’s Book “The World in the Wave Function.” Pacific APA, online. April 6, 2021. Online meeting.
- “Quantum Scientific Realism. Or How Everyone Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Quantum Mechanics.” Quantum Engineering Grenoble, Quantum Foundations Seminars, Institut Néel, March 19, 2021. Online meeting. Video; draft
- “The Wavefunction is as the Wavefunction Does” Harvard Foundations of Physics Mini-Workshop on the Meaning of the Wave Function. June 15, 2020. Video.
- “Quantum Realism?” Radcliff Workshop: The Bridge between Quantum Theory and Reality. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. June 7-9, 2020 – cancelled due to COVID-19
- “Why Scientific Realists Should Reject the Second Dogma of Quantum Mechanics.” Conference on Quantum, Probability, and Logic. Jerusalem, May 25-27, 2020 – cancelled due to COVID-19
- “The Wavefunction is as the Wavefunction Does.” Central APA, Chicago, February 26-29, 2020.
- “Typicality, Probability, and Explanation between Deterministic and Indeterministic Theories” Rutgers Workshop on Probability. October 26-27, 2019. Video
- “Time and Pancakes” The International Association for the Philosophy of Time (IAPT) 6th Annual Conference. University of Colorado. Boulder, CO. June 24-26, 2019.
- Comments on Benjamin Neeser’s “The Language of Persistence”. The International Association for the Philosophy of Time (IAPT) 6th Annual Conference. University of Colorado. Boulder, CO. June 24-26, 2019.
- “Tipicità e derivazione delle leggi microscopiche” Conference “Mettere ordine al mondo: prospettive logiche ed epistemologiche su scienza, natura, società” (‘Ordering the world: Logical and epistemological perspectives on science, nature and society’ ) Ca’ Foscari University, Venice (Italy). May 30, 2019.
- “Quantum Non-Locality and Special Relativity: Peaceful Coexistence?” Philosophy of Physics Workshop in celebration of Jon Jarrett’s contributions. University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN. April 5th, 2019.
- “Quantum Mechanics between History, Physics and Philosophy”. NIU Physics Department Colloquium, October 26, 2018.
- “The Wave Function is What the Wave Function Does.” International Workshop on “The Meaning of the Wave Function.” Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China. October 12-14, 2018.
- “Some Remarks on Explanation in Statistical Mechanics”. Foundations 2018, July 10-13, 2018, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
- “Some Remarks on Explanation in Statistical Mechanics”. 11th MuST Conference “Models of Explanation”, Turin, Italy. June 11-13, 2018.
- “Fundamental Objects without Fundamental Properties” Fundamentality in Physics and Metaphysics Workshop, University of Geneva, Switzerland. May 29-30, 2018.
- “Free Will in a Quantum World?” International Conference on Quanta and Mind. San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA. April 10-11, 2018.
- “Quantum Mechanics, Time and Ontology.” Philosophy of Time Society at the APA Pacific Division, San Diego, CA. March 28-March 31, 2018.
- “Determinism, Indeterminism and the Statistical Postulate.” 118th Statistical Mechanics Conference, Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ. December 17-19, 2017.
- “Towards a Structuralist Elimination of Properties.” Rutgers Workshop on Structural Realism and Metaphysics of Science. Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ. May 18-19 2017.
- “Scientific Realism and the Quantum.” APA Pacific Division, Seattle, WA. April 2017.
- Comments on Olin Robus’ paper: “Putnam, Stein, and Space-Time: What Can Science Do for Philosophy?” APA Central Division, Kansas City, MO. March 2017.
- “Structural Realism, Laws of Nature, and Fundamental Properties.” Symposium on Radical Ontic Structural Realism. APA Eastern Division. Baltimore, MD. January 4-7 2017 (invited).
- “Scientific Realism and Primitive Ontology.” Philosophy of Science Association (PSA). Atlanta, GE. November 3-5, 2016.
- “Laws of Nature, Fundamental Properties and Ontology.” Midwest Annual Workshop in Metaphysics (MAWM). University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Lincoln, NE. October 14-15, 2016 (invited).
- “Scientific Realism and Primitive Ontology.” Society of Philosophy of Science (Société de philosophie des science, SPS). University of Lausanne (Switzerland). June 29-July 1, 2016.
- Comments on Jason Turner’s paper: “Everettian Quantum Mechanics and Evil.” Rutgers Mini-Conference on Multiverse, Theodicy, and Fine-Tuning. Rutgers University. June 10-111, 2016.
- Comments on Hans Halvorson’s paper: “A Probability Problem in the Fine-Tuning Argument.” Rutgers Mini-Conference on Multiverse, Theodicy, and Fine-Tuning. Rutgers University. June 10-11, 2016.
- “What Does Quantum Mechanics tell us about Time?” Department of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. April 10, 2015 (invited).
- “Physical Theories and Primitive Ontology: a Primer.” First i-Workshop on the Meaning of the Wave Function. October 20-26, 2014.
- “The Paradox of Deterministic Probabilities” Indiana Philosophical Association. Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne, IN. October 16-17, 2014.
- “Quantum Mechanics and Paradigm Shifts.” Topoi Conference on the Metaphysics of Quantum Mechanics. Oxford University. Oxford (UK). October 2-3, 2014.
- “Maxwell’s Paradox: On the Metaphysics of Classical Electrodynamics and its Time-Reversal Invariance.” Society of Philosophy of Science (Société de philosophie des sciences, SPS). University of Lille 1 and University of Lille 3 (France). June 25-27, 2014.
- “Quantum Mechanics and Paradigm Shifts.” Italian Society of Logic and Philosophy of Science (Societa’ Italiana di Logica e Filosofia della Scienza, SILFS). University of Rome III, Rome (Italy). June 18-20, 2014.
- “What does Quantum Mechanics Tell us about Time?” Philosophy of Time Society. Gargnano, BS (Italy). May 11-14, 2014.
- “What does Quantum Mechanics Tell us about Time?”Quantum Time. Center for Philosophy of Science, Pittsburgh, PA. March 28-29, 2014.
- “Quantum Mechanics and Paradigm Shifts.”Annual International Conference on Philosophy. Athens (Greece). May 26-29, 2014.
- “Quantum Mechanics and Paradigm Shifts.”Israeli Society for History and Philosophy of Science (ISHPS). Jerusalem (Israel). December 22, 2013.
- “Primitive Ontology and Laws of Nature.”Bridging Metaphysics and Philosophy of Physics. University of Rochester. Rochester, NY. September 13 and 14, 2013.
- “Pandora’s Cat: The Story of the Cat that was Neither Dead nor Alive.” Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society brown bag lunch series, Northern Illinois University. Dekalb, IL. January 30, 2013 (invited).
- “Maxwell’s Paradox: On the Metaphysics of Classical Electrodynamics and its Time-Reversal Invariance.” Philosophy of Science Association (PSA). San Diego, CA. November 15-17, 2012.
- “On the Metaphysics of Classical Electrodynamics and its Time-Reversal Invariance.’‘ Illinois Philosophical Association. Northern Illinois University., Dekalb, IL. November 18-19, 2011.
- “Is the Classical-Quantum Transition truly an example of a Kuhnian Revolution?”Midwest Workshop in Philosophy of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (PHILOSTEM 2). Fort Wayne, IN. November 10-12, 2011.
- “On the Metaphysics of Classical Electrodynamics and its Time-Reversal Invariance.”Northwest Philosophy Conference. Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR. November 3-5, 2011.
- “On the Metaphysics of Classical Electrodynamics and its Time-Reversal Invariance.” Boulder Conference on the Philosophy and History of Science. Boulder, CO. September 22-25, 2011.
- “Is Quantum Mechanics a Kuhnian Revolution?” Quantum Theory without Observers Conference. Sexten, BZ (Italy). July 24-August 8, 2011.
- “What does Quantum Mechanics Tell us about Time?”Italian Society of Logic and Philosophy of Science (SILFS). Bergamo (Italy). December 15-17, 2010.
- “Do Particles Have Free Will?” Illinois and Indiana Philosophical Association. Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL. November 5-6, 2010.
- “Some Remark on Wave Function Monism.” Boulder Conference on the History and Philosophy of Science. Boulder, CO. October 22-24, 2010.
- “Do Particles Have Free Will?”Central State Philosophical Association. Detroit, MI. September 23-25, 2010.
- “Primitive Ontology and the Structure of Fundamental Physical Theories.” What is Quantum Theory? Sexten, BZ (Italy). August 2-11, 2010.
- Comments on Alyssa Ney’s paper “Quantum Mechanics and Three-dimensional Space.” Philosophical Issues in Cosmology, Quantum Theory, and Time. Rutgers Center for Philosophy and the Sciences and the Philosophy Department, New Brunswick, NJ. April 16-18, 2010.
- “On Wave Function Monism in Spontaneous Collapse Theories.” Philosophy of Physics Colloquium. Department of Philosophy, University of Illinois at Chicago. Chicago, IL. March 31, 2010 (invited).
- Comments on Christopher Pynes’s paper: “The Mistake in Monty Fall.” Illinois Philosophical Association. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL. October 23-24, 2009.
- Comments on Gregory Landini’s paper “Facts About the Slingshot.” Central State Philosophical Association, Dekalb, IL. October 9-10, 2009.
- “Galileo and the Scientific Method.” Northern Illinois University, CLAS, Department of Physics and Department of History conference on New Ideas in History and Science: Galileo. Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL. February 6, 2009.
- “On Wave Function Monism is Spontaneous Collapse Theories.” Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Indiana University at Bloomington, IN. January 30, 2009 (invited).
- “What does Quantum Mechanics tell us about Time?”Iowa Philosophical Society, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, IA. October 18, 2008.
- Comments on Gregory Landini’s paper: “Yablo’s Paradox and Russellian Propositions.” Central States Philosophical Association. St. Paul, MN. September 26-27, 2008.
- Comments on Brad Skow’s paper: “Why Does Time Pass?” Bellingham Summer Philosophy Conference. Bellingham,WA. August 3-7, 2008.
- “What Does Quantum Mechanics Tell us about Time?” Philosophy Department, University of Macerata, Macerata (Italy). May 28, 2008 (invited).
- Comments on Jeffrey Dunn’s paper: “Counterfactual Dependence, Thermodynamics, and the Special Sciences.” APA Central Division. Chicago, IL. April 17-20, 2008.
- Comments on Cian Dorr’s paper: “Quantum Mechanics and Space.” Metaphysics and Physics Conference. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. October 26-8, 2007.
- “Primitive Ontology and the Structure of Fundamental Physical Theories.” Quantum Reality: Ontology, Probability, Relativity. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. October 7-9, 2007.
- “On the Common Structure of Quantum Theories without Observers.”Philosophy of Physics Colloquium, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. March 21, 2007 (invited).
- “Pandora’s Cat: On the Common Structure of Bohmian Mechanics and the Ghirardi-Rimini-Weber Theory.” Philosophy Department, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN. February 28, 2007.
- “Pandora’s Cat: On the Common Structure of Bohmian Mechanics and the Ghirardi-Rimini-Weber Theory.” Philosophy Department, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL. February 1,2007.
- “Pandora’s Cat: On the Common Structure of Bohmian Mechanics and the Ghirardi-Rimini-Weber Theory.” Philosophy Department, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY. January 26,2007.
- “Pandora’s Cat: On the Common Structure of Bohmian Mechanics and the Ghirardi-Rimini-Weber Theory.” Philosophy Department, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. January 22, 2007.
- “Pandora’s Cat: On the Common Structure of Bohmian Mechanics and the Ghirardi-Rimini-Weber Theory.” Philosophy Department, Yeshiva College, New York, NY. December 29, 2006.
- “Pandora’s Cat: On Bohmian Mechanics and GRW theory.” Italian Society of History of Physics and Astronomy. Rome (Italy). June 15-17, 2006.
- “On the Structure of Fundamental Physical Theory: The Notion of Primitive Ontology.” Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities. Honolulu, HI. January 13- 16, 2005.
- “On the Importance of the Notion of Primitive Ontology.” Second School on the Foundations of Physical Theories, Urbino (Italy). July 5-9, 2004.
- “Seven Steps toward the Classical World.” Mysteries, Puzzles and Paradoxes in Quantum Mechanics. Gargnano, BS (Italy). August 27-September 1, 2001.
- “Decoherence and the Classical Limit of Quantum Mechanics.” Quantum Structures V. Cesena and Cesenatico (Italy). March 31- April 3, 2001.
- “Heavy Ions Reactions at Low Energy.” Italian Society of Physics (Societa’ Italiana di Fisica, SIF). Como (Italy). June 1997.
Chair
- Metaphysics session on fundamental structure and categories. Central APA Meeting, Chicago, IL. February 17-19, 2012.
- Symposium on the paper “Causation, Association, and Confirmation.” Pacific APA Meeting, San Diego, CA. April 20-23, 2011.
Discussant
- Northeastern Foundations of Quantum Mechanics seminar, Boston, MA. May 13th, 2022.
- New Directions in the Foundations of Physics Conference. Viterbo, Italy. June 8-10, 2018.
- Rutgers-Columbia Workshop on Metaphysics of Science: Quantum Field Theories. Rutgers, New Brunswick, New Jersey. May 17-18, 2018.
- Society for the Metaphysics of Science Conference, New York City, NY. October 5-7, 2017.
- 14th New Direction in the Foundations of Physics Conference, Washington DC. April 24-26, 2015.
- Metaphysics Meets Philosophy of Physics in Rochester. University of Rochester, Rochester, NY. September 12-13, 2014.
- 9th New Direction in the Foundations of Physics Conference, Washington DC. April 30-May 2, 2010.
- Quantum Mechanics and the Nature of Physical Reality Conference, Sexten, BZ (Italy). July 22-25, 2009.
- Philosophical Foundations of Statistical Mechanics Workshop, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. May 13-15, 2009.
- 8th New Direction in the Foundations of Physics Conference, Washington DC. May 1-3, 2009.
- Philosophy of Gauge Theory Workshop. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. April 18-19, 2009.
- Illinois Philosophical Association Meeting, Dekalb, IL. November 7-8, 2008.
- 7th New Direction in the Foundations of Physics Conference, College Park, MD. April 25-27, 2008.
- 6th New Direction in the Foundations of Physics Conference, College Park, MD. April 25-27, 2007.
- Philosophy of Physics: Descrying the World in Physics Summer School, Central European University, Budapest (Hungary). July 3- 14, 2006.
- 4th New Direction in the Foundations of Physics Conference, College Park, MD, April 29-May 1, 2005.
- Descrying the World in Physics Conference, Rutgers University and Columbia University, New Brunswick, NJ and New York, NY. April 21-23, 2005.
- Quantum Theories without Observers II Conference, Bielefeld (Germany). February 2-6, 2004.
- ISI Foundation’s Quantum Computing Euro-Workshop, Turin (Italy). February 2000.
- Chance in Physics: Foundations and Perspectives Conference, Ischia, NA (Italy). November 29-December 3, 1999.
- National Seminar in Theoretical Physics, Parma (Italy). August 30-September 10, 1999.
- 8th International Conference on Nuclear reaction Mechanism, Varenna, CO (Italy). June 4-9, 1997.
Publications in Physics
- “Observation of the Doppler Broad and Shift of the Gamma Lines of residues Produced in the interaction of 400 MeV 12C Ions with 63Cu.” In: “Proceedings of the International Conference on Nuclear Physics,” Berkeley, CA (2001) – (with E. Gadioli, et al.).
- “Angular Distributions and Forward Recoil Range Distributions of the Residues Created in the Interaction of 12C and 16O ions with 103Rh.” Nuclear Physics A 641: 271-296 (1998) – (with E. Gadioli, et al.).
- “Low Linear Momentum and Energy Transfer Reactions in the Interaction of 12C with 103Rh.” In: “Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Heavy Nucleon Reaction,” Paris, France (1998) – (with E. Gadioli et al.).
- “The Interaction of 12C and 16O with 103Rh.” Acta Physica Hungarica New Series: Heavy Ion Physics 7 (now European Physical Journal A: Hadrons & Nuclei): 275-287, (1998) – (with E. Gadioli, et al.).
- “Excitation Functions, Angular Momentum and Recoil Range Distributions of Residues Created in Heavy-Ion Reactions.” In: “Proceedings of the South African Institute of Physics National Conference,” Cape Town, South Africa (1998) – (with E. Gadioli, et al.).
- “Spectra of Alpha Particles Emitted in the Interaction of 12C with 93Nb.” NAC Annual Report (1998) – (with M. Cavinato, et al.).
- “A Comprehensive Study of the Interaction of 12C with 103Rh up to 33 MeV/nucleon.” In: E. Gadioli (ed.), “Ricerca Scientifica ed Educazione Permanente,” Suppl. 111: 171-181 (1997) – (with E. Gadioli, et al.).
- “Comprehensive Study of the Reaction of 12C with 103Rh up to 33 MeV/nucleon.” Physics Letters B 394: 29-36, (1997) – (with E. Gadioli, et al.).
- “Study of the Interaction of 12C and 16O with 103Rh.” NAC Annual Report (1997) – (with E. Gadioli, et al.).
- “Comprehensive Study of the Interaction of 12C with Nuclei.” In: G. Giardina, G. Fazio, M. Lattuada (eds.), “Large Scale Collective Motion of Atomic Nuclei.” World Scientific (1996) – (with E. Gadioli, et al.).