Philosophy of Dark Matter Workshop

PHILOSOPHY OF DARK MATTER WORKSHOP

29-30 March 2021

Online – via Zoom

Registration deadline: 22 March

Further info & registration: https://www.lhc-epistemologie.uni-wuppertal.de/events/events/phil-dm.html

SPEAKERS:

Simon Allzén (Stockholm)

“Dark matter, evidence, and theory confirmation”

Antonis Antoniou (Bristol)

“Reliability, informativeness and sensitivity in dark matter observation”

Siska de Baerdemaeker (Stockholm)

“Exploratory observations with stellar streams”

Niels Martens (Bonn/Aachen)

“Dark matter realism”

Helen Meskhidze (Irvine)

“(What) Do we learn from code comparisons? A case study of implementations of self-interacting dark matter”

Robert Rynasiewicz (Johns Hopkins)

“Dark matter and referential handles”

William L. Vanderburgh (San Bernardino)

“Multi-messenger metaphysics: Evidence and inference in astrophysics and cosmology”

PANEL:

Siska de Baerdemaeker (Stockholm)

Melissa Jacquart (Cincinnati)

Christopher Smeenk (London, ON)

Adán Sus (Valladolid)

For further questions, please contact the organizer, Niels Martens, at [email protected]