1. Paris-London Mini-Conference "Philosophy, Probability and Physics" at the LSE

[Hartmann,S]

Philosophy, Probability and Physics
First LSE Mini-Conference 

Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science
London School of Economics and Political Science
Saturday 5 November 2005
Room T 206 (Lakatos Building)

Philosophy, Probability and Physics (PPP) is a series of joint mini-conferences of the Institut d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques, Paris, and the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science at the London School of Economics, which continues the joint series of seminars in Freiburg and Konstanz (see http://www.uni-konstanz.de/ppm/ppp.htm). It focuses on the philosophy of physics, the philosophy of probability and their intersection, probability and chance in physics. The mini-conferences take place in Paris and London alternately. They are organized by Guido Bacciagaluppi (Paris) and Stephan Hartmann (LSE). 


PROGRAMME

10.30-11.45 Stephan Hartmann (LSE): Contingency and Dissent in Physics: The Case of High-Temperature Superconductivity

11.45-13.00 Lefteris Farmakis (LSE): Is the Subjective Interpretation of Quantum Probabilities Really Inconsistent?

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch Break

14.00 - 15.15 Guido Bacciagaluppi (Paris): Non-Linearity, Non-Locality and Classical Correlations

15.15-16.30 Sonja Smets (Brussels and CPNSS): Towards a Logic of Quantum Entanglement

16.30- 16.45 Break

16.45-18.00 Pete Ainsworth (LSE): Can Inflation Explain the Origin of the Low Entropy of the Universe?


For further information (e.g. abstracts), visit 

http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/CPNSS/events/FirstLSEMiniConferenceonPPP.htm


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Stephan Hartmann          
http://www.stephanhartmann.org
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