[PhilPhys] Cosmology Beyond Spacetime Seminar Series at the Center for Philosophy of Science

[Center for Philosophy of Science]

The Center for Philosophy of Science is hosting an online seminar series, Cosmology Beyond Spacetime.  We welcome your participation.  More information can be found below.

Theories of quantum gravity suggest that classical spacetime may not be fundamental, but only arise as higher order phenomena. What implications does such a possibility have for cosmology, which generally assumes the classical framework of general relativity? Such implications are in part physical, as one expects new physics to play a role in Planckian scales, for instance in the early universe. But they are also conceptual and methodological. How does the physics of a whole universe relate to the physics of its parts? What reasoning is involved in drawing inferences for the early universe and the physics of the very small, from observation of the current universe? In regimes in which classical spacetime breaks down, how are observables, laws, or indeed dynamics to be understood — and what of the universe ‘before’ the Big Bang?

In the seminar, leading philosophers and physicists will address these questions from the point of view of a range of approaches to quantum gravity.

The seminar is a collaboration between The Center for Philosophy of Science, and the Cosmology Beyond Spacetime project funded by the John Templeton Foundation.

WEDNESDAYS 10:15 AM – 12:00 PM EST

Talks in this series will be held in Zoom webinar format and pre-registration is REQUIRED.  You may register for all talks, or just a few.

REGISTER HERE:  https://pitt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BYAmu_RxTeCCSU7JXYk_Ig<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpitt.us13.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3Dc5a42887760a9f6f1690bfee5%26id%3D6c45cfa171%26e%3D471d260e64&data=04%7C01%7Cpittcntr%40pitt.edu%7Cfeffb6545d4947e4546408d8c4862ff7%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C637475427888308769%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=3HwZGVlVjGlIypAM2OxczZlnITyAgbL9DRchuhHo35g%3D&reserved=0>

Speakers

Feb 3:  Nick Huggett, University of Illinois at Chicago, Senior Visiting Fellow at The Center

Feb 10:  Christian Wüthrich, University of Geneva

Feb 17: Francesca Vidotto, Western University

Feb 24: Lee Smolin, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

March 3:  Christopher Smeenk, Western University

March 10:  Fay Dowker, Imperial College London

Center for Philosophy of Science

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA USA

Inquiries:  pittcntr at pitt.edu

Website:  https://www.centerphilsci.pitt.edu<https://www.centerphilsci.pitt.edu/>
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