[PhilPhys] Fwd: R&Q2017: Scientific Realism and the Quantum :: Leeds, Sept 12-13 2017

[Juha Saatsi]

2nd CALL FOR PARTICIPATION



SCIENTIFIC REALISM AND THE QUANTUM – R&Q2017



School of Philosophy, Religion, and History of Science

University of Leeds



12-13 September 2017



http://arts.leeds.ac.uk/raq/events/scientific-realism-and-
the-quantum-final-conference/





KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Doreen Fraser (Waterloo)

Carl Hoefer (Barcelona)

Adrian Kent (Cambridge)

Alyssa Ney (UC Davis)

David Wallace (USC)



The conference is part of ARHC-funded Scientific Realism and the Quantum
project.



*The conference is free, but places are limited!*



To register email Juha Saatsi: J.T.Saatsi at leeds.ac.uk





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This conference brings together philosophy of quantum physics and the
scientific realism debate in general philosophy of science. The focus is on
epistemological issues of scientific (anti-)realism regarding the nature
and limits of our knowledge and understanding of quantum physics and
phenomena. This exemplifies a growing trend in the realism debate to study
such epistemological issues more ‘locally’ in relation to the details of
particular scientific theories.



FOR FULL DETAILS AND ABSTRACTS, SEE THE CONFERENCE WEBPAGE!



*12. September 2017    *



13:00 – 14:00  Lunch


14:00 – 15:15  *Alyssa Ney* (UC Davis) *The Fundamentality
of Quantum Theories*


Coffee


15:30 – 16:45  *David Wallace* (USC)  *Quantum Mechanics as a Theory
Framework*


Tea


17:00 – 18:15  *Adrian Kent* (Cambridge) *TBA*


19:00 –                        Drinks and Dinner



*13. September 2017*



09:30 – 10:45  *Carl Hoefer* (Barcelona) *Quantum natural kinds: like
atoms, or phlogiston?*


Coffee


11:00 – 11:45  *Raffael Krismer* (Vienna) *Pragmatism, Realism, and Quantum
Mechanics*


11:45 – 12:30  *Mauro Dorato* (Roma Tre) *Is Healey’s pragmatist approach
compatible with physicalism?*


Lunch


13:30 – 14:15  *Matthias Egg* (Bern) *Metaphysical Underdetermination in QM
and QFT*


14:20 – 15:05  *Joshua Rosaler* (RWTH Aachen) *Branching, Scientific
Realism, and the Set Selection Problem*


15:10 – 15:55  *Diego Romero Maltrana* and *Pablo Acuna* (PUCV) *Quantum
Mechanics as a Framework Theory*


Tea


16:15 – 17:30  *Doreen Fraser* (Waterloo) *The non-miraculous success of
formal analogies in quantum theories*


17:30 – 17:45  *George Musser*: Concluding thoughts


18:00 –                        Close. Drinks.
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