Irvine-Munich Workshop on the Foundations of Classical and Quantum Field Theories

December 14, 2014
Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, LMU Munich

ground floor, room E21
Ludwigstr. 31
München
Germany

Speakers:

Erik Curiel
MCMP, LMU Munich
Benjamin Feintzeig
University of California, Irvine
Samuel Fletcher
MCMP, LMU Munich
Brian Padden
MCMP, LMU Munich
Sarita Rosenstock
University of California, Irvine
Michael Stoeltzner
University of South Carolina
University of Bristol
Karim Thébault
MCMP, LMU Munich
James Weatherall
University of California, Irvine

Organisers:

Samuel Fletcher
MCMP, LMU Munich
Karim Thébault
MCMP, LMU Munich

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Since its introduction in the nineteenth century, the concept of a field as an independent physical entity has become central to modern physics. Many highly successful classical theories, most notably electromagnetism and gravitation, were reformulated along field-theoretic lines, leading to advances in the understanding of their respective subject matters as well as enriching knowledge of field theory itself. The great development of these classical field theories influenced the founders of quantum mechanics, with the subsequent formulation of quantum field theories providing molds from which the Standard Model of particle physics has been cast. Yet the profound difficulties of finding a quantum field theory that incorporates gravitation have forced physicists and philosophers to confront the foundations of field theory with more scrutiny. While the multifaceted nature of the difficulties with quantum field theory may have reopened inquiry into classical field theories in hopes of finding potent analogies, this study has developed a rich life of its own. This workshop brings together communities of researchers working from different viewpoints on the foundations of both classical and quantum field theory.

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