100 years of General Relativity: On the foundations of spacetime theories

[Wolfgang Pietsch]

At the occasion of the centenary of the general theory of relativity, The
Working Group “Philosophy of Physics” (AGPhil) of the German Physical
Society (DPG) invites submissions for a conference entitled “100 years of
General Relativity: On the foundations of spacetime theories”. Papers
focusing on the conceptual and historical foundations of general relativity
and other spacetime theories are especially welcome. 

The conference will take place at the Technical University Berlin from March
18 to 20, 2015, and will be part of the Annual Meeting of the DPG. The
AGPhil hosts a joint plenary talk and a joint symposium with the DPG
sections for gravitation, history of physics, and theoretical and
mathematical physics; all of these will also organise additional workshops
and conferences at the TU Berlin during the annual meeting.  

The keynote speakers of the AGPhil conference will be Harvey Brown, Diana
Buchwald, Craig Callender, Marco Giovanelli, Oliver Pooley, Juergen Renn and
Tilman Sauer. 

Although submissions on any topic in the philosophy of physics are possible,
contributions addressing the foundations of spacetime theories are
especially welcome. If you would like to present a paper, please submit an
abstract of about 200 words by January 4, 2015, using the online-form at
https://www.dpg-tagung.de/b15/submission.html . 

We look forward to seeing you in Berlin!

Best regards,
Meinard Kuhlmann, Dennis Lehmkuhl and Wolfgang Pietsch

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Dr. Wolfgang Pietsch
Lehrstuhl für Philosophie und Wissenschaftstheorie 
Munich Center for Technology in Society 
Technische Universität München
Arcisstr. 21
D-80333 München, Germany
Tel.: +49 (0)89 . 289 – 25366