Giuliano Torrengo: Consciousness, multiverse and multirealization (with G. Spolaore, Padua)

Tuesday May 6 2025 @11:30 (CET)
Sala B, Edificio de Humanidades, UNED & online

Abstract
This paper explores the implications of multi-realizability and the multiverse for the ontology of consciousness. Using Parfit’s teleportation thought experiment as a starting point, we argue that consciousness cannot be confined to a single world. We propose that our sphere of influence as conscious agents extends beyond the confines of our immediate experiences, challenging traditional views on causality and the linearity of time.

Bio
Giuliano Torrengo is an Associate Professor at the Department of philosophy of the University of Milan, he is the founder and coordinator of the Centre for Philosophy of Time, a member of the LEMMings group, the PhilLAB, and the PHILTECH the University of Milan. He is part of the Advisory Board of the Centre for Time at the University of Sydney, a Research Associate of Logos at the University of Barcelona, and a Research Fellow at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He is president-elect of the Society for the Metaphysics of Science. His current focus of interest is the connection between temporal experience and the scientific image of time. In his last book (Temporal Experience: The Atomist Dynamic Model, OUP, 2024), he develops an account of temporal phenomenology that aims at being empirically plausible and compatible with our best physical theories. He is co-founder of the Association of Analytic Metaphysics in the Italian-Speaking World (AMAMI). He is vice-coordinator of the Doctoral School Human Mind and its Explanations. Language, Brain, and Reasoning – HuME.