[PhilPhys] Spacetime Functionalism workshop, Geneva March 1-2

[Karen Crowther]

SPACETIME FUNCTIONALISM WORKSHOP

University of Geneva, March 1 -- 2

A reminder that all are welcome to attend our workshop on Spacetime
Functionalism, happening this week!

Please refer to the website, particularly the venue map:
https://spacetimefunctionalism.wordpress.com/

Contact karen.crowther at unige.ch or niels.linnemann at unige.ch if you have any
questions.

Organisers:

Karen Crowther

Niels Linnemann

Christian Wüthrich



*PROGRAM*
*Thursday 01.03.2018:*

Salle A208, Aile Jura (Uni-Bastions), Rue de Candolle 5.

9:30 – 9:45 Bienvenue

9:50 – 10:50 Eleanor Knox

10:50 – 11:10 Coffee break

11:10 – 12:10 Vincent Lam: Ontological and epistemological aspects of
spacetime functionalism in quantum gravity?

12:10 – 14:00 Lunch at Uni Dufour

Change of room (!): Salle B111, Uni-Bastions, Rue de Candolle 5.

14:00 – 15:00 Tushar Menon: On the function of spacetime

15:05 – 16:05 Baptiste Le Bihan: Spacetime Functionalism: No Hard Problem
of Spacetime?

16:05 – 16:25 Coffee break

16:25 – 17:25 Rasmus Jaksland: The Versatility of Spacetime

19:00 Restaurant L’italia


*Friday 02.03.2018:*


Salle B111, Uni-Bastions, Rue de Candolle 5.

9:30 – 10:30 Joanna Luc: What spacetime does?

10:35 – 11:35 Patrick Dürr: The Geometric Approach to Spacetime — A
Functionalist

Rehabilitation

11:35 – 11:55 Coffee break

11:55 – 12:55 Michael Esfeld: Functionalism: reduction instead of emergence

12:55 – 14:50 Lunch at Uni Dufour

14:50 – 15:50Carlos Barcelo: Emergent gravity: pursuing an idea

15:50 – 16:10 Coffee break

16:10 – 17:10 James Read: Euclidean spacetime functionalism? And other
puzzles.

17:15 – 18:00 Round table
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