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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh invites you to join us for our Lunch Time Talk. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Attend in person, Room 1117 on the 11th floor of the Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh or<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>visit our live stream on YouTube at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg</a>. <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>LTT – Adam Koberinski<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Friday, March 31st @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Title: Renormalization group explanations in particle physics<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Abstract: Despite the highly analogous forms that renormalization group methods take in particle physics and condensed matter physics, there are key modal differences between these domains. This leads to different types of explanatory aims in particle physics. Rather than explaining universality, the renormalization group is used to explain why renormalizable theories are successful despite the unimportance of renormalizability, lowest upper bounds on continued success of the Standard Model, and insensitivity to counterfactual variation. I critically examine whether the renormalization group can underwrite a form of prospective realism in particle physics.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Spacetime Functionalism Conference<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cathedral of Learning 1008 10th Floor, April 1st-2nd<br><br>Spacetime Functionalism holds that spacetime is spacetime by virtue of the role it plays with respect to other physics. It promises to help with certain interpretational puzzles, including some of those arising in quantum gravity. But the exact kind of functionalism involved, the extent to which it is helpful and the role itself are all contested. This conference aims to make progress on these questions.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Speakers:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Christian Wuthrich (Geneva)<br>David Albert (Columbia)<br>Tushar Menon (Cambridge)<br>Dave Baker (Michigan Ann Arbor)<br>Eleanor Knox (King’s College London)<br>Jim Weatherall (UC Irvine)<br>Katie Robertson (Birmingham)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please Register Here: <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1RnR1EwQzhBakOMQ--heOFUFLbgQgDOiX0xz7nKMQRaA/edit">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1RnR1EwQzhBakOMQ--heOFUFLbgQgDOiX0xz7nKMQRaA/edit</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Will not be streamed but some lectures will appear on the site after the conference.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>