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Pedro Merlussi

Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
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  • Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
    Department of Philosophy
    Assistant Professor
Durham University
Department of Philosophy
PhD, 2018
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Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
0000-0003-4729-1143
Areas of Specialization
Metaphysics
General Philosophy of Science
Areas of Interest
Metaphysics
Laws of Nature
Free Will
Regularity and Best Systems Theories of Laws
Ceteris Paribus Laws
Humeanism and Nonhumeanism about Laws
Dispositional Theories of Laws
Natural Properties
Dispositional and Categorical Properties
Metaphysics and Epistemology
Dispositions and Powers
Conditional Analyses
Masked Dispositions
Powers
Anti-Realism about Laws
Laws as Relations between Universals
Modality and Laws of Nature
Nomological Necessity
Special Science Laws
Causation and Laws of Nature
De Re Modality
Possible World Semantics
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  • The 2026 LanCog Summer Metaphysics Workshop
    LanCog, Centre of Philosophy, University of Lisbon
    June 22 - 24, 2026

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  • II Encontro Nacional de Filosofia no Amapá / I Encontro Nacional Investigação Filosófica
    Grupo de Pesquisa Investigação Filosófica, Universidade Federal do Amapá
    November 16 - 21, 2020
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