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<div class="">Please find below a short description of the
workshop “<i class="">Rethinking Foundations of Physics 2018”</i>
which will be held in a beautiful setting in the Austrian Alps
in March 2018. The call for applications is open until <u>January
14, 2018</u>. Detailed information on the workshop and on
how to apply may be found on the website: </div>
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<div class="">Please feel free to pass the information on to
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<div class="">Best wishes,</div>
<div class="">Johannes Kleiner<br>
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<div style="text-align: center;" class=""><b class=""><font
class="" size="5">Rethinking Foundations of Physics 2018<br>
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class="" size="5">Saturday March 17 - Saturday March 24 <br>
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class="" size="3">Traditional conferences and
subject-specific workshops offer little room for having
in-depth discussions about the foundations of physics in an
open, creative and </font><span style="font-size: medium;"
class="">speculative way. Since the first meeting in 2013,
this workshop has offered a platform for engaging in such
discussions.</span></p>
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class="" size="3">The workshop centers on discussions in
small groups. The aim of these is to reveal implicit
assumptions in physics, to clarify the conceptual core of
its guiding ideas and to explore new ways of thinking about
problems in basic research. Ideally, the workshop thus
bridges the gap between deep critical thinking and creative
brainstorming. To lay the ground for these sessions, there
will be talks given by the participants.</font></p>
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class="" size="3">The following general questions convey the
spirit of the workshop and may serve as guidelines for more
specific subjects of the discussion sessions:</font></p>
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- Which new mathematical developments could be relevant
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class="" size="3">The workshop is aimed at PhD students and
Postdocs in physics, mathematics and philosophy.
Participants are not required to have substantial knowledge
in all modern physical theories, nor do they have to be
currently working on basic research questions. We look
forward to applications from people who are passionate about
conceptual questions, open to other fields and, most
importantly, eager to engage in deep discussions. <br>
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class="" size="3"><font class="" size="3"><b class="">The
deadline for applications is January 14, 2018</b>. </font><font
class="" size="3"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"></span>In
light of the focus on discussions, instead of applying
with an abstract for a talk centered around achieved
results, applicants have to apply with a foundational
question and argue why one should care about this
question. You may find all the details on how to apply on
the <a href="https://rethinking-workshop.org/" class="">website
of the workshop</a>.</font></font></p>
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Johannes Kleiner<br>
Institute for Theoretical Physics<br>
Leibniz University of Hannover<br>
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<a href="https://jkleiner.de/">jkleiner.de</a><br>
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