Principles in Physics

from Monday 27 March 2023 (09:00) to Wednesday 29 March 2023 (18:00)
Bergische Universität Wuppertal (O.07.24)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
27 Mar 2023
28 Mar 2023
29 Mar 2023
AM
09:00
Session (until 11:00)
09:00 Operational Theories as Structural Realism - Emily Adlam  
10:00 Quantum computers and the future of quantum physics - David DiVincenzo  
11:00 --- Coffee break ---
11:25
Session (until 12:35)
11:25 Are Physics Principles Needed to Justify Theories in Space-time & Gravity? - J. Brian Pitts  
12:00 The Meaning of Quantum Mechanics as a Principle Theory - Iulian Toader  
09:00
Session (until 11:00)
09:00 The Life Cycle of Scientific Principles - Enno Fischer (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)  
10:00 *Prinzipienfuchser*. On Einstein's Use of Principles In Physics - Marco Giovanelli  
11:00 --- Coffee break ---
11:25
Session (until 13:45)
11:25 Dreams of a Physics Without Lagrangians: The Long S-Matrix Programme - James Duncan Fraser  
12:00 Axioms as Principles: The Case of Quantum Field Theory - Michael Stöltzner (USC)  
12:35 A Functional Classification of Physical Principles, Illustrated by the Theory of Relativity - Samuel Fletcher (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)  
PM
12:40 Welcome  
13:00
Session (until 15:00)
13:00 Consistency as a principle in the search for new theory - Karen Crowther  
14:00 Which principles should we follow when developing a quantum theory of gravity? - Astrid Eichhorn  
15:00 --- Break ---
15:30
Session (until 17:50)
15:30 Covariance, Equivalence and Locality: Reconsidering The Methodological Lesson from General Relativity - Guy Hetzroni (The Open University of Israel)  
16:05 The Principle of Complete Positivity and the Open Systems View - Michael Cuffaro (Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy)  
16:40 The reverse side of the BRST coin: String-localized quantum field theory - Karl-Henning Rehren (Institute for Theoretical Physics, Göttingen University)  
17:15 Vague ideas - Márton Gömöri  
12:35 --- Lunch break ---
14:00
Session (until 16:00)
14:00 Analyticity - Alexander Blum  
15:00 tba - Andi Weiler  
16:00 --- Coffee break ---
16:25
Session (until 17:35)
16:25 Cassirer’s Theory of Physical Principles and the Route to Schrödinger’s Undulatory Mechanics - Benedetta Spigola (University of Roma Tre)  
17:00 The global principle of relativity - Jochum Van Der Bij (Albert Ludwigs Universitaet Freiburg (DE))  
19:30 --- Dinner ---