I am currently a third-year PhD Candidate in Philosophy at Syracuse University. Before completing my BA (2020) and MA (2022) in Philosophy at the University of Italian Switzerland, I grew up in Gaeta, Italy. My full CV is here.
I mainly focus on metaphysics, the philosophy of language, and ethics.
You can find my recent talks and information about my teaching below. My email is anantoni@syr.edu.
Recent Talks:
- “Material Plenitude for Fineans”
2024 Annual Toronto Graduate Philosophy Conference, Toronto, 18 October 2024. Abstract. Slides.
After Fine's Essence and Modality (1994), several metaphysicians reject accounts of essential properties in purely modal terms, and, as a result, there is a philosophical tradition born on those ashes that spells out the notion of the essence in terms of objects' identity. I propose to give an account of Material Plentitude---every material object coincides with an abundance of other objects---in terms of Finean essence. If my attempt is successful, metaphysicians who have Plenitudinist tendencies but reject an analysis of essence in purely modal terms while preferring the Finean account of essence can finally participate in the debate without giving up their core beliefs about essentiality.
Teaching:
