[PhilPhys] Warsaw Spacetime Colloquium: Karen Crowther and Sebastian De Haro (13 November on Zoom)

[Antonio Vassallo]

(With apologies for cross-posting)

On Friday, 13 November, Karen Crowther (University of Oslo) and Sebastian
De Haro (University of Amsterdam) will give a talk entitled “The role of
singularities in the search for quantum gravity” (abstract below).

The meeting will take place online on Zoom (16:00-18:00 CET). If you have
not registered yet, you can do so by sending a message to
antonio.vassallo at pw.edu.pl.

The Colloquium is organized by the Philosophy of Physics Group
<https://icfo.ans.pw.edu.pl/en/?page_id=3168> at the International Center
for Formal Ontology (Warsaw University of Technology). The program for the
winter semester can be found here
<https://icfo.ans.pw.edu.pl/en/?page_id=3389>.

The recordings of the previous meetings are available on the ICFO's YouTube
channel
<https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM-1yNCyvJJAfiq7LDFjfYc1I5OOxhJ1A>.

ABSTRACT
Singularities in general relativity and quantum field theory (i.e., the
standard model) not only motivate the search for a more-fundamental theory
(quantum gravity), but also serve to characterise this new theory and shape
expectations of what it is to achieve. But what can singularities in
current theories tell us about new physics? We explore the different
possible interpretations of these singularities in regards to their
significance for quantum gravity. In doing so, we aim not only to gain
insight into the theory being sought, and to articulate some of the
constraints upon it, but also to better understand the nature of
fundamental physical theories more generally, and the relationships between
singularities and scientific explanation.
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