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:
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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
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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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