C4A: Foundational challenges in cosmological studies of black holes, Bonn, 14th May 2024

Foundational challenges in cosmological studies of black holes
14th May 2024
University of Bonn

With the emergence of new observational windows, black holes are increasingly used in constraining cosmological theories. This workshop aims to address the major foundational and methodological challenges in cosmological studies of black holes: What are the methodological principles of these searches? What should we expect from future observations? How do long-standing research programs look from the new vantage points? What foundational lessons can be drawn from cosmological studies of new physics? The workshop will facilitate a multi-disciplinary perspective on the cosmological implications of black holes, by bringing together contributions from theoretical physics, astronomy, and the philosophy of physics.

Fourth Irvine-London-Munich-PoliMi-Salzburg Conference in Philosophy and Foundations of Physics

Dates: June 10-11 2024  

Venue: King’s College London Strand Campus (London, UK)

Organizing committee: John Dougherty (LMU), Alexander Franklin (KCL), Eleanor Knox (KCL), Patricia Palacios (Salzburg), Bryan Roberts (LSE), Giovanni Valente (PoliMi),  Jim Weatherall (Irvine)

Call for Abstracts: 

CFP: Ninth Annual Conference of the International Association for the Philosophy of Time (IAPT)

The International Association for Philosophy of Time (IAPT) is pleased to announce its 9th annual conference to be held at the Institute of Philosophy at Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI) in Lugano, Switzerland, on 24th–28th June 2024.

The 5-day conference will include 13 keynote speakers, two symposia as well as 24 slots for selected speakers. Talks will deal with any aspect pertaining to the philosophy of time, broadly construed.

The list of invited speakers includes: Craig Callender, Fabrice Correia, Nina Emery, Kit Fine, Jenann Ismael, Tim Maudlin, Kristie Miller, Laurie Paul, Oliver Pooley, Thomas Sattig, Daniel Sudarsky, Emily Thomas, Christian Wüthrich.

Call for Abstracts: the organisers request submissions of high-quality abstracts (500 words max.) of papers on the philosophy of time, broadly construed, suitable for 40-minute presentations. Abstracts should be prepared for blind review and submitted by email (as a .docx or .pdf file) to iapt9lugano@gmail.com by 31st January 2024, 12.00 pm (noon) GMT. The submission email should include your name, institutional affiliation, and the title of the paper (in the body of the email). Successful applicants will be notified and the full programme confirmed in April.

https://www.iapt9.usi.ch

CFA for Workshop “Quantum Gravity” at the annual DPG Meeting, Berlin, 18-22 March 2024

The Working Group “Philosophy of Physics” (AGPhil) of the German Physical Society (DPG) invites submissions for its annual workshop. Contributions on any topic in philosophy of physics are welcome; the focus, however, will be on the topic of quantum gravity. The workshop takes place 18-22 March 2024 at the TU Berlin and will be part of the Annual Meeting of the DPG (https://berlin24.dpg-tagungen.de/).

The following Invited Speakers have confirmed thus far:

Call for papers: Perspectivism and Quantum Mechanics

Perspectivism and Quantum Mechanics

Topical Collection in Foundations of Physics

Guest Editors: Philipp Berghofer (University of Graz) & Mahdi Khalili (University of Graz)

Topical Collection Summary:

CFP: Philosophy of Physics Society at the Pacific APA (2024)

The Philosophy of Physics Society invites submissions of abstracts (300–500 words, not including references) for our group meeting at the Pacific APA in Portland (OR), March 20–23, 2024. Accepted submissions will be given a 30-minute presentation time. To submit, please fill out the form at the below link by October 1, 2023.  Send questions to Sam Fletcher at scfletch@umn.edu.

https://forms.gle/YDWY4aQTfdosmVjT9

CfP: Philosophy of Experiment

As part of Establishing the Nordic Network for Philosophy of Physics, a workshop on Philosophy of Experiment will be hosted at Stockholm University on November 16 and 17, 2023.

Empirical constraints are essential in scientific theory development and assessment, with experiment being the quintessential arbiter of science. However, in much of cutting-edge theoretical physics (especially high-energy physics, astrophysics and cosmology), conclusive experiments are hard to come by. The analysis of experimental results and the assessment of their epistemic significance has often come to rely on a multi-layered embedding in wider conceptual reasoning.

CFP: Synthese topical collection ‘Establishing the philosophy of supersymmetry’

(Guest editors: Richard Dawid, Siska De Baerdemaeker, and Tushar Menon)

Supersymmetry has, for the last forty years, been a central feature of theoretical physics, especially in the efforts to reconcile the Standard Model of particle physics, our best quantum theory of matter, and General Relativity, our best theory of gravitation. On the one hand, it has strongly influenced conceptual thinking in fundamental physics. On the other, recent debates on the prospects of low energy supersymmetry in light of its non-discovery at the LHC raise interesting epistemological questions. Yet supersymmetry has remained almost entirely ignored by philosophers of physics. The primary goal of this topical collection is to help establish the philosophy of supersymmetry as a research discipline. We invite contributions that address the history and philosophy of supersymmetry, broadly construed. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

CFP: LMP Graduate Conference at Western, 17-18 May 2023

The 22nd annual Philosophy of Logic, Mathematics, and Physics (LMP) Graduate Conference will take place on May 17-18, 2023. We are pleased to announce that Jenann Ismael (Johns Hopkins University) will be giving the keynote address.

Call for Papers: Graduate students who have not yet defended their PhD thesis are invited to submit papers on any topic in philosophy of logic, philosophy of mathematics, and philosophy of physics. Papers in philosophy of physics will be considered for the Annual Clifton Memorial book prize. The contest will be adjudicated by philosophy of physics faculty members at Western.

CFP: ‘Emergence and Time’, Braga, 3-5 July 2023

The First International Colloquium: ‘Emergence and Time’

The Catholic University of Portugal announces a call for papers for the First International Colloquium: ‘Emergence and Time,’ to be held at the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences of the Catholic University of Portugal (Universidade Católica – Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências Sociais) in Braga, Portugal, July 3-5, 2023