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).
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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