Field Theories
1-2 April 2016
Center for Philosophy of Science
817 Cathedral of Learning
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA USA
Advance registration is appreciated, but not required.
To register for this conference, please email pittcntr@pitt.edu
Friday, April 1
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Afternoon Session Chair: Giovanni Valente |
2:45 |
Jim Weatherall (UC Irvine), “On the Field Concept in Classical Physics" |
4:15 |
Coffee Break |
4:35 |
Lena Zuchowski (U of Salzburg), “On Electromagnetic Consistency” |
Saturday, April 2
9:00 |
Breakfast |
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Morning Session Chair: Nora Boyd |
9:30 |
John D. Norton (U of Pittsburgh), “The Field Theoretic Origins of General Relativity” |
11:00 |
Coffee Break |
11:20 |
Eleanor Knox (King’s College London), "Symmetries, Fields, and the Function of Spacetime" |
12:50 |
Lunch (on your own)
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Afternoon Session Chair: John D. Norton |
2:45 |
Laura Ruetsche (U of Michigan), “Parish the Thought: The Problem of Parochial Observables Revisited” |
4:15 |
Coffee Break |
4:35 |
Robert M. Wald (U of Chicago), “Discrete or Continuous?: What Modern Physics Has to Say on This Issue” |
6:05 |
Adjourn |
Sponsor:
Center for Philosophy of Science
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