P. James Peebles - The physicists’ philosophy of physicsP. James Peebles
1008, 10th Floor of Cathedral of Learning
University of Pittsburgh, 4200 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh 15260
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Friday, October 25 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm EDT
1008 Cathedral of Learning
Title: The physicists’ philosophy of physics
Abstract: I shall argue that the practice of research in fundamental physics follows thinking that has been standard enough for long enough to be characterized as the physicists’ philosophy. Not all physicists agree with my thinking, for two main reasons that I will discuss. I wrote the paper on which this lecture is based to work out my thinking about physics, and I am presenting this lecture to discover what real philosophers think of my interpretation of this niche philosophy.
Jim Peebles is a Nobel Prize winning physicist at Princeton who has been a central figure in cosmology.
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