Katherine Everitt: "Reality is Incomplete"

Abstract

What are the limits of space? Does the universe go on and on forever? How could philosophers possibly contribute to what seems like such 
a brute, empirical question? This precise question of reality's limits is intimately tied to incompletion. From Gödel to quantum physics, the incompletion of reality has proven to tread debates in mathematical and empirical fields alike. What does it mean to make the leap between admitting our knowledge of reality is incomplete to arguing that reality itself is fractured, half-filled-in, and constitutively at a lack? We will explore the works of Hegel, particularly his naturalistic and logical incursions, to answer this question. I argue that incompletion is actually 
an optimistic assessment, as this guarantees an open world bursting with potentiality. My line of argumentation will closely follow the most grounding aspect of reality: that it is spatial.

Snacks and refreshments will be served during the event.

All interested are heartily welcome to attend the talk!