[PhilPhys] Call for Abstracts -- International Conference "Open Topics in Philosophy of Physics"

[Davide Romano]

The *Centre of Philosophy *of the *University of Lisbon* invites to submit
abstracts for contributed talks to be presented at the international
conference *Open Topics in Philosophy of Physics*. The conference will take
place from Monday 12 to Wednesday 14 of June 2013 and will discuss a
variety of open topics in the foundations, philosophy and metaphysics of
physics, with a special focus on quantum mechanics, philosophy of
space-time and statistical mechanics.



*Invited speakers*: Craig Callender (San Diego), Elena Castellani
(Florence), Mario Hubert (American University of Cairo), Emilia Margoni
(Florence & Geneva), Andrea Oldofredi (Lisbon), Patricia Palacios
(Salzburg), Bryan Roberts (LSE), Giovanni Valente (Polytechnic University
of Milan), Alastair Wilson (Birmingham), David Yates (Lisbon).



*Call for abstracts*

Submissions of proposals for contributed talks should address a relevant
topic within the foundations, philosophy or metaphysics of physics, broadly
conceived. Examples of topics which are of interest for the conference are
(but not limited to) the following:

·      Foundations and philosophy of quantum mechanics

·      Metaphysics of quantum mechanics

·      Interpretation and open problems in quantum field theory

·      Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics

·      Time's arrow and the nature of time in physics

·      Philosophy of space-time (general relativity, quantum gravity)

Submissions from PhD students, early postdocs and young researchers are
especially welcome. Each contributed talk will be allocated a slot of 30
minutes, including discussion.


*Submission procedure*

Abstracts of maximum 600 words (including bibliography) should be submitted
through the following submission link
<https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/5823/submitter>

·      The deadline for submitting the abstracts is *April 10th, 2023.*

·      The notification of acceptance for the selected contributed talks
will be communicated by *April 30th, 2023. *



For any information or further queries about the conference, please contact
the organizer (Davide Romano) at the following email address:
davide.romano at edu.ulisboa.pt



Updated information about the conference can be found at the following
conference
website <https://sites.google.com/view/open-topics/home>.

PhilEvents webpage <https://philevents.org/event/show/108941>


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Davide Romano, PhD
FCT Junior Researcher
Centre of Philosophy
University of Lisbon
https://cful.letras.ulisboa.pt/people/davide-romano/
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