Dear all,
[with apologies for cross-posting]
The Lichtenberg Group for History and Philosophy of Physics at the
University of Bonn [ https://www.history-and-philosophy-of-physics.com/ ]
invites everyone to the Bonn History and Philosophy of Physics Research
Seminar. The schedule for the summer term is as follows:
9th April - Karim Thébault (University of Bristol), Decoherence and
Probability
30th April - Jürgen Renn (Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology), David
Bohm‘s lectures on quantum theory and dialectical materialism
7th May - student presentations: Frauke Stoll, Gianni Klesen, Kartik
Tiwari, format: TBD
14th May - workshop Foundational challenges in cosmological studies of
black holes, format: hybrid, all-day long. Invited speakers: Antonia
Frassino, Kristen Lackeos, Jamee Elder, Erik Curiel, and a number of
contributed talks. Full schedule will be soon accessible on
https://www.history-and-philosophy-of-physics.com/events.html , please
register separately by end of April. Organized by Antonis Antoniou and
Juliusz Doboszewski, funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG
Project "Inductive Metaphysics".
28th May - Robert Rynasiewicz (John Hopkins University)
4th June - Jan Michel (University of Düsseldorf), Can machines make
scientific discoveries?
11th June - Tushar Menon, The inferentialist guide to quantum mechanics
18th June - Alexander Reutlinger (Munich Center for Mathematical
Philosophy, LMU Munich), Articulating Invariantism. Revisiting the
Counterfactual Independence Account of Scientific Objectivity, format:
in-person only
25th June - Jonathan Fay (Hertz fellow; University of Bristol), On the
Reissner-Sciama hypothesis: Relative motion and the necessary existence of
gravitation
2nd July, Alex Mathie (Hertz fellow; MCMP LMU Munich), Against
‘Interactionalism’ about Black Hole Thermodynamics
9th July, Abhay Ashtekar (Physics Department, Penn State, US and Perimeter
Institute, Canada), Einstein’s Universe and the Quantum
The seminar takes place on Tuesdays, 14:15-15:45 local Bonn time (CEST), in
seminar room 1.070 of the Institute of Philosophy (in the main university
building at Am Hof 1); everyone is always welcome to join in person.
Apart from talks explicitly listed as in-person only, this seminar is
hybrid - joining on Zoom will be possible. Zoom links and reminders will be
announced via hpp@listen.uni-bonn.de. Subscribing to this list is possible
here: https://listen.uni-bonn.de/wws/info/hpp .
The most up to date schedule and the abstracts can (very soon) be found on:
https://www.history-and-philosophy-of-physics.com/events.html
all the best,
Dennis Lehmkuhl, Juliusz Doboszewski, Nurida Boddenberg
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