Book Manuscript Workshop

Nick Stang (Toronto), How is Metaphysics Possible? A Critique of Analytic Reason

May 20, 2026 

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM - Coffee and pastries

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM - Session 1

"The Semantic Possibility of Metaphysics" (Ch. 1)

10:30 AM -10:45 AM - Break

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM - Session 2

"The Epistemic Possibility of Metaphysics" (Ch. 2)

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM - Lunch 

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM - Session 3

"Deflating Metaphysics" (Ch. 4)

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM - Break

3:15 - 4:45 PM - Session 4

"How is Transcendental Philosophy Possible?" (Ch. 12)

Invited commentators-at-large

Christopher Benzenberg (Notre Dame Philosophy)

Maya Krishnan (UChicago Philosophy)

T.A. Pendlebury (UChicago Philosophy)

Organization

Karl von der Luft (UChicago Social Thought, Philosophy)

Sponsors

The John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought and the Department of Philosophy