[PhilPhys] Summer school Physics and Philosophy of Time

[Michael-Andreas.Esfeld at unil.ch]

Summer school Physics and Philosophy of Time, 23-28 July
2013

Organized and sponsored by the Munich Center for
Mathematical Philosophy and the Chair for Philosophy of
Science in the Faculty of Humanities of the University of
Lausanne

The focus of this summer school will be to appreciate how
physics and philosophy interact to contribute to our
understanding of the nature of time. Our goal is to bring
together scholars from both areas to consider central
aspects of time as they arise in various physical theories,
as well as how traditional philosophical questions regarding
time may both motivate physical theorizing and find
themselves constrained by it. In particular, we shall
consider what statistical physics, the special and general
theories of relativity, quantum mechanics, and recent
developments in quantum gravity imply for our understanding
of (space and) time. The relevant scientific theories
consider, among many other topics, the physics of motion,
the nature of the continuum, and the geometry of flat and
curved spaces. Although the summer school will also consider
more straightforwardly philosophical issues, the primary
focus will be on the foundations of spacetime as the
philosophy of physics is concerned with.

Scientific committee:
Stephan Hartmann (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich)
Michael Esfeld (University of Lausanne)
Christian Wüthrich (University of California, San Diego)
Detlef Dürr (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich)

Invited speakers:
Claus Beisbart (University of Bern)
Gordon Belot (University of Michigan)
Mathias Frisch (University of Maryland)
Jenann Ismael (University of Arizona)
Tim Maudlin (New York University)
Nino Zanghì (University of Genova)

Public: PhD students in the intersection between physics and
philosophy, master students who envisage doing a PhD in the
philosophy of physics, general public being acquainted with
the subject at least on master level

Venue: Saig / Titisee, Black Forest, Germany, Nearest
airport: Basel (or Frankfurt or Zurich), start 23 July
evening, end 28 July after lunch

Fee: EUR 600 for PhD and master students, EUR 900 for other
participants, includes accommodation in single room with
private bathroom in good hotel (***S), full board and
tuition

Inscription: please send short letter of motivation and CV
by e-mail to mariohubert1 at googlemail.com by 1 April 2013. 

For further information, see
http://www.unil.ch/philo/page95121.html
or contact mariohubert1 at googlemail.com


Michael Esfeld
Full professor of philosophy of science
University of Lausanne, Switzerland,
http://www.unil.ch/philo/page43600.html
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