Hermann Weyl and the Philosophy of the 'New Physics'

December 10, 2014 - December 11, 2014
Université de Paris 7 Diderot

Paris
France

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Hermann Weyl and the Philosophy of the 'New Physics' within the framework of the ERC PROJECT PHILOSOPHY OF CANONICAL QUANTUM GRAVITY
DECEMBER 10-11, 2014 
UNIVERSITY PARIS 7-DIDEROT
Organizers:  Gabriel Catren and Silvia De Bianchi     Confirmed speakers John L Bell (Western University – Ontario), Julien Bernard (Zukunftskolleg – Konstanz),
Gabriel Catren (SPHERE, Université Paris Diderot - CNRS), Silvia De Bianchi (Autonomous Univ. of Barcelona),  Christophe Eckes (Université de Nancy), Jeremy Gray (Open University – London), 
Carlos Lobo (Collège International de Philosophie – Paris), Dominique Pradelle (Univ. Paris-Sorbonne), 
Thomas Ryckman (Stanford University), Erhard Scholz (Wuppertal University), 
Norman Sieroka (ETH Zurich).
PROGRAMME

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 10 

9:00 Registration open 
Session I 
09:30 - 10:30  Norman Sieroka (ETH Zurich): 
Surface aspects and surrogative reasoning: dual descriptions in Weyl and Leibniz. 

Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00  Gabriel Catren (SPHERE, Université Paris Diderot - CNRS,  ERC Project Philosophy of Canonical Quantum Gravity):
In Weyl’s Footsteps: Towards a Group-Theoretical Ontology for Quantum Systems.
12:00 - 13:00 
John L Bell (Western University – Ontario): 
Hermann Weyl’s Views on the Foundations of Mathematics and Physics as Informed by his Philosophical Outlook. 
Lunch
Session II 
14:30 - 15:30  Dominique Pradelle (Univ. Paris-Sorbonne): 
tba
15:30 - 16:30 
Carlos Lobo (Collège International de Philosophie – Paris): 
Relativity and intersubjectivity in Weyl’s philosophy.    Coffee Break
17:00 - 18:00 
Christophe Eckes (University of Nancy): 
Apriorism and holism in Weyl’s works in mathematical physics. 
Conference–Dinner

THURSDAY DECEMBER 11
Session III 
09:30 - 10:30  Erhard Scholz (Wuppertal University): 
Weyl’s search for a difference between ’physical’ and ’mathematical automorphisms’ of physical theories. 

Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00  Thomas Ryckman (Stanford University): 
Weyl and the New Physics of Cosmological Speculation. 
Lunch
Session IV 14:30 - 15:30 
Jeremy Gray (Open University – London): 
Weyl in America. 
Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:00 
Silvia De Bianchi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona): 
Weyl’s “Levels of Infinity” (1930).    17:00 - 18:00 
Julien Bernard (Zukunftskolleg – Konstanz): 
Weyl’s Interpretations on Riemann and Helmholtz-Lie’s Problems of Space. 
Wine reception

For further information, please visit the website
http://www.sphere.univ-paris-diderot.fr/spip.php?article1399&lang=en

To register, please send an email to  [email protected]

This workshop has received funding from the Evert Willem Beth Foundation and the European Research Council under the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013 Grant Agreement N° 263523, ERC Project PhiloQuantumGravity).

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