[PhilPhys] CFP: How Quantum Mechanics Changed Philosophy

[Marij van Strien]

*Call for Papers*

*How Quantum Mechanics Changed Philosophy*



 *Bergische Universität Wuppertal, January 16-17, 2020*





The aim of this workshop is to explore the implications of quantum
mechanics for philosophy, both historically and in contemporary debates.
Quantum mechanics is generally regarded as a fundamental theory of nature,
and at the same time as problematic to understand. The particular issues
raised by quantum mechanics have had repercussions for the general
understanding of science as well as of the nature of reality. Many
philosophers of natural science have been particularly interested in
quantum mechanics - reflections on quantum mechanics play a role in the
philosophical work of e.g. Reichenbach, Cassirer, Popper, Kuhn, Feyerabend,
Putnam, Van Fraassen and Cartwright. At the same time, it has been argued
that in certain areas of philosophy, quantum mechanics is unjustifiably
ignored.

The workshop aims to explore the roles of reflections on quantum mechanics
in wider philosophical debates, from the early 20th century until the
present, concerning for example causality, realism, the nature of objects,
naturalism, and the very idea of what a scientific theory can look like.





*Keynote speakers*

Yemima Ben-Menahem (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Michael Esfeld (University of Lausanne)

Jan Faye (University of Copenhagen)

F. A. Muller (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

Juha Saatsi (University of Leeds)





In order to apply, please send an abstract of max. 400 words to
vanstrien at uni-wuppertal.de, by 1 November.
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