Call for participation: online CHSTM group on History and Philosophy of Contemporary Theoretical Physics
The Consortium working group on History and Philosophy of Contemporary Theoretical Physics will resume its virtual monthly meetings for the new academic year. New members are welcome. This year, we will focus on two main themes within the history and philosophy of physics:
- Development and Interpretation of Classical Field Theory
- Symmetry and Symmetry Breaking in Quantum Field Theory
Every second Wednesday of the month, the group will host a scholar whose work aligns with one of these themes. Each meeting will feature a reading selection that includes a secondary source authored by the guest scholar, along with a selection of relevant primary sources. The primary aim of this working group is to foster a network of scholars engaged in the history and philosophy of modern physics, facilitating discussions on both historical and research papers.
In our first meeting on October 9 2024 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm CEST (9:30 am to 11:00 am EDT), we will host Giora Hon (University of Haifa) to discuss his paper with Bernard Goldstein “Interpretation in Electrodynamics, Atomic Theory, and Quantum Mechanics”, together with Maxwell’s paper “Faraday”. Further invited expert guests include Michel Janssen (University of Minnesota) and Donald Salisbury (Austin College) together with Kurt Sundermayer, with more to be announced.
The papers and the Zoom link are available (after short registration) in the group website: https://www.chstm.org/content/history-and-philosophy-contemporary-theoretical-physics-0
Hope to see you there,
Guy (together with Noah Stemeroff (Uni Bonn) and Bernadette Lessel (MPIWG, Berlin)).
(theQMP.com often reposts conferences, etc. that are related to the quantum measurement problem. This is a repost of a call for participation sent to PhilPhys Mail Group.)