Ratio Workshop: Location, Grounding, and Mereology

February 2-3, 2026

The “Location, Grounding, and Mereology” workshop focuses on three core topics in contemporary formal metaphysics: mereology, theories of location, and grounding. Through contributions of leading international scholars, the event seeks to foster new research directions on fundamental philosophical issues.

Speakers
Claudio Calosi (University of Venice)
Christabel Cane (University College London)
Fabrice Correia (University of Geneva)
Damiano Costa (FTL, USI)
Aaron Cotnoir (University of St Andrews)
Cody Gilmore (University of California, Davis)
Alessandro Giordani (Catholic University of Milan)
Jacopo Giraldo (University of Padua)
Shieva Kleinschmidt (University of Southern California)
Francisca Silva (University of St Andrews)
Gabriel Uzquiano (University of Southern California)
Achille Varzi (Columbia University)

Moderators
Dani Alnashi (USI)
Elena Padoan (USI)
Satbhav Voleti (USI)
Maoyuan Zhu (USI)

Place
Room 1.3 (Monday) / Room Multiuso (Tuesday) 
Facoltà di Teologia
USI Campus Ovest
Via Buffi 13, Lugano

Organisation
Ratio Association
Institute of Philosophy (FTL)

Informations and registrations
[email protected]