Philosophy of Logic, Mathematics, and Physics Graduate Conference
June 24-25, 2021
With Keynote Address from James Owen Weatherall (University of California, Irvine)
“On Stuff: The Field Concept in Classical and Quantum Physics”
June 24, 2021
| 10:00 am (EDT) | Nikki Weststeijn (University of Amsterdam) | “Wigner’s Friend and Relational Quantum Mechanics” |
| 11:00 am | Break | |
| 11:15 am | Collin McCullough-Benner (University of Leeds) | “Applying Unrigorous Mathematics: Path Integrals in Quantum Theory” |
| 12:15 am | Lunch | |
| 1:15 pm | Bixin Guo (University of Pittsburgh), | “Ontology-first vs. Theory-first Approach to Reduction: A Case Study from Statistical Mechanics” |
| 2:15 pm | Break | |
| 2:30 pm | Kevin Kadowaki (University of California, Irvine) | “Verification, Validation, etc.” |
| 3:30 pm | Break | |
| 3:45 pm | Keynote Address: James Owen Weatherall (University of California, Irvine) | “On Stuff: The Field Concept in Classical and Quantum Physics” |
June 25, 2021
| 10:00 am | Caspar Jacobs (University of Oxford) | “Comparativist Theories or Conspiracy Theories: The No Miracles Argument against Comparativism” |
| 11:00 am | Break | |
| 11:15 am | Qiu Lin (Duke University) | “Euler against Newtonian Gravity: ‘A Crude Hypothesis’?” |
| 12:15 am | Lunch | |
| 1:15 pm | Femke Kuiling (University of Minnesota) | “Why Einstein May Have Good Reason to Oppose the Geometrization of Gravity in General Relativity” |
| 2:15 pm | Break | |
| 2:30 pm | Chanwoo Lee (University of California, Davis) | “Intertranslatability and ground-equivalence between logics” |
| 3:45 pm | Awarding of the Robert K. Clifton Memorial Book Prize | Winner: Bixin Guo |
The LMP Graduate Conference is supported by the Rotman Institute of Philosophy and Western University’s Department of Philosophy.
Organizers
Martin Zelko (chair), Dimitrios Athanasiou, Thomas De Saegher, Yichen Luo, Todd Nagel, and Andrew Tweedie.