Summer school: The Ontology of Physics. Call for applications

[Karim Thébault]

Call for applications

3rd International Summer School in Philosophy of Physics: The Ontology of
Physics

Saig (Black Forest), Germany, 20-25 July 2015

Organized by the Department of Philosophy of the University of Lausanne,
the Department of Mathematics of Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich and
the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy

Supported by the Volkswagen Stiftung

Topics:

ï     Philosophical introduction to ontology

ï     The ontology of classical and quantum physics

ï     The ontology of quantum field theory

ï     Entanglement and the quantum measurement problem

ï     The ontology of space and time

ï     The ontological status of laws of nature

Speakers:

Jeff Barrett (Philosophy, Irvine)

Claus Beisbart (Philosophy, Bern)

Dirk Deckert (Mathematics, Munich)

Detlef D¸rr (Mathematics, Munich)

Michael Esfeld (Philosophy, Lausanne)

Shelly Goldstein (Mathematics, Rutgers)

Anna Marmodoro (Philosophy, Oxford)

Tim Maudlin (Philosophy, New York University)

Christian W¸thrich (Philosophy, San Diego / Geneva)

Nino ZanghÏ (Physics, Genova)

Audience:

PhD students in physics or philosophy, master students who envisage doing a
PhD in physics or the philosophy of physics, general public being
acquainted with the subject at least at master level

Fees:

EUR 650 includes accommodation in single room with private bathroom, full
board and tuition; a reduced fee of EUR 180 is available for graduate
students without the possibility of financial support from their
institutions. Furthermore, a very limited number of travel grants may be
available.


For further information, see https://sites.google.com/site/isspp2015/,
follow http://takingupspacetime.wordpress.com<
http://takingupspacetime.wordpress.com/>, or contact Mario.Hubert at unil.ch
<mailto:Mario.Hubert at unil.ch>
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