[APOLOGIES FOR THE REPETITION -- FIXING A BROKEN LINK IN THE FIRST POST] [forwarding on behalf of the organizers] The University of Urbino is glad to announce the workshop:____ ____ *A New Perspective on the Paradoxes of Modern Physics*____ ____ July the 2^nd , 15.00 Rome time zone (CEST/GMT+2) on Google Meet. *Program:*____ 15.00-16.30 Alexander Afriat (Université de Bretagne Occidentale)- /Kottler’s qualitative electromagnetism/____ 16.30-16.45 Break____ 16.45-18.15 Erik Curiel (Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Black Hole Initiative) - /Semi-Classical Gravity as Effective Field Theory and the Information-Loss Paradox/____ 18.15-18.30 Break____ 18.30-20.00 Enrico Cinti (University of Urbino, University of Geneva) & Marco Sanchioni (University of Urbino) - /Complementar//ity Lost and Regained: ER=EPR vs Firewalls/____ ____ *Alexander Afriat *- /Kottler’s qualitative electromagnetism/____ *Abstract*: The hole argument, symmetries, gauge freedom, gauge fixing, surplus structure, topology, determinism & Cauchy-well-posedness, general covariance are central themes of modern philosophy of physics. It would be wrong to say they can all be /traced back/ to the obscure Kottler; but they’re all there, in some form or other—if one’s prepared to look hard enough. Kottler views field theories (like electromagnetism) as fundamentally qualitative, in other words ‘deformable.’ The deformability and underdetermination are overcome by the electromagnetic constitutive relations, which give metric rigidity to otherwise shapeless fields, thus allowing them to propagate deterministically.____ ____ *Erik Curiel* - /Semi-Classical Gravity as Effective Field Theory and the Information-Loss Paradox/____ *Abstract:*____ I analyze the structure and content of the Information-Loss Paradox, explaining what exactly the apparently problematic proposition is at its heart and what assumptions are required for deriving it. I then discuss what bearing a resolution of the paradox could have on attempts to formulate a theory of quantum gravity, in light of the fact that the framework of semi-classical gravity, in which the paradox is derived, is merely an effective field theory. I discuss two different ways one might treat semi-classical gravity as an effective field theory, and analyze the different possible consequences for each on the paradox. I conclude that the paradox is not necessarily problematic, though for reasons quite different from those of physicists such as Unruh and Wald and philosophers such as Maudlin, who come to a similar conclusion.____ ____ *Enrico Cinti* & *Marco Sanchioni* - /Complementar//ity Lost and Regained: ER=EPR vs Firewalls/____ *Abstract:*____ Hawking's black hole information paradox has been one of the most studied topics in the foundations of black holes. In its most modern form, the information paradox has evolved into the firewall paradox, which threatens the consistency of the description of the interior of the black hole given by black hole complementarity. In this talk, we study the conceptual foundations of the firewall paradox, and identify its most problematic assumption. Then, we look at how the ER=EPR conjecture makes a resolution of the firewall paradox possible, in the context of the eternal AdS black hole and its generalisations. The upshot of our analysis is that this resolution, however, comes at a price: bulk semiclassical locality is lost.____ ____ ____ The workshop is free to attend and everybody is welcome. Nonetheless, registration is mandatory. To register, complete the form at: https://forms.gle/NsBxb6wK2Rk8We8c6 You will receive information concerning how to sign up to google meet and to attend the workshop in due time. For further information, please, send an email to: a.corti1@campus.uniurb.it <mailto:a.corti1@campus.uniurb.it> ____ We look forward to “see’’ you at the workshop,____ ____ The organizers - Enrico Cinti, Alberto Corti & Vincenzo Fano.____ --____ Alberto Corti PhD Student____ Department of Philosophy, University of Geneva____ 5, rue de Candolle____ CH-1211 Genève 4____ ____ Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Urbino Via Timoteo Viti 10, I-61029 Urbino / / / / /------------------------/ /Giuseppe Sergioli/ / / Associate Professor// /*University of Cagliari*/ Via Is Mirrionis 1, 09123 Cagliari - Italy. Tel.:+39-070-6757113 <tel:%2B39-070-6757113> Fax: +39-070-6757120 <tel:%2B39-070-6757120> Web page: http://people.unica.it/giuseppesergioli/curriculum/ Scholar: https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=mIFHnOUAAAAJ&hl=en