Center for Philosophy of Science
1008 Cathedral of Learning
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA USA
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PROGRAM (subject to change)
Friday, April 12
1008 CL
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Afternoon Session Chair: Porter Williams (USC) |
2:00 |
Arianna Borelli (Leuphana):
"The Interplay of Theory and Experiment in Early High Energy Physics and the Transformation of the Notion of Particle"
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3:20 |
Coffee Break |
4:10 |
Arthur Jaffe (Harvard):
"Reflection Positivity Then and Now” |
5:30 |
Adjourn |
Saturday, April 13
1008 CL
9:30 |
Breakfast |
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Morning Session Chair: Jennifer Whyte (Pitt HPS) |
10:15 |
Anthony Duncan (Pittsburgh):
"The Apparently Thermal Origins of Quantum Field Theory" |
11:20 |
Coffee Break |
11:50 |
Kerry McKenzie (UC San Diego):
"What’s Essential to a Quantum Field"
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1:10 |
Lunch (On Your Own) |
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Afternoon Session Chair: Michael Miller (Toronto) |
2:30 |
David Wallace (University of Southern California):
"Naturalness and Emergence" |
3:50 |
Coffee Break |
4:20 |
Adjourn |
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