BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:researchseminars.org CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:researchseminars.org BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Antonio Vassallo (Warsaw University of Technology) DTSTART:20250926T153000Z DTEND:20250926T163000Z DTSTAMP:20260422T171848Z UID:CompMath/19 DESCRIPTION:Title: Rethinking Reality without Space and Time\nby Antonio Vassallo (Wars aw University of Technology) as part of Relatorium seminar\n\n\nAbstract\n This talk explores a Leibnizian/Machian perspective on physics in which sp ace\, time\, and intrinsic properties are not fundamental\, but emergent f rom an underlying web of relations. Drawing on the framework of Pure Shape Dynamics and the metaphysics of self-subsisting structures\, I will argue that physical reality can be fully described without appealing to externa l backgrounds or absolute quantities. Instead\, what persists are evolving patterns of relational quantities that together form a coherent\, self-co ntained structure. This shift not only reframes familiar concepts like ide ntity\, locality\, and entanglement\, but also invites us to reconsider th e ontological status of temporality itself as a product of internal perspe ctive within an undivided whole.\n\nSpeaker bio: Antonio Vassallo is Assis tant Professor at the Warsaw University of Technology. His research lies a t the intersection of philosophy and fundamental physics\, with a focus on relational approaches to space\, time\, and quantum theory. He holds a MS c in physics from the University of Catania and a PhD in philosophy from t he Universities of Lausanne and Warsaw. He has held research positions in Switzerland\, Spain\, and Poland. Among his publications is the edited vol ume "The Foundations of Spacetime Physics: Philosophical Perspectives" (Ro utledge\, 2022).\n\nModerator: This talk is moderated by Ted Theodosopoulo s. Ted is a mathematician who\, after working for years in academia and in dustry\, transitioned to teaching at the pre-college level sixteen years a go\, the last eight at Nueva\, where he teaches math and economics. Ted’ s research background is in the area of interacting stochastic systems\, w ith particular applications in biology and economics.\n LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/CompMath/19/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR