Talk: Viktoria Kabel

The Geneva Symmetry Group is happy to announce a talk by Viktoria Kabel (Vienna) this coming week. Her talk (abstract below) will be on

Wednesday, 10 May 2023, in Room L208 (Landolt), 16:15-17:45:

Viktoria Kabel (Vienna): Quantum Symmetries for Spacetimes in Superposition

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Talk: Flavio Del Santo and Nicolas Gisin

The Geneva Symmetry Group and the Metaphysics of Quantum Objects project are happy to announce a talk by Flavio del Santo and Nicolas Gisin (UNIGE) this coming week. Their talk (abstracts below) will be on Wednesday, 26 April 2023, in Room L208 (Landolt), 16:15-17:45:

Flavio del Santo and Nicolas Gisin (UNIGE): Potential realism: A realistic and indeterministic physics based on propensities

Talks: Nick Huggett and Erik Curiel

The Beyond Spacetime project and the Geneva Symmetry Group are happy to announce a talk by Nick Huggett (University of Illinois, Chicago), who has been visiting the department for a month, and two talks by Erik Curiel (LMU Munich), who will be visiting this coming week. 

Talks: Claus Kiefer and Lorenzo Lorenzetti

The Beyond Spacetime project and the Geneva Symmetry Group are happy to announce a double-header of talks by Claus Kiefer (University of Cologne) and Lorenzo Lorenzetti (University of Bristol), who will be visiting this coming week. The formal talks (abstracts below) will be on

Wednesday, 8 March 2023, in Room L208 (Landolt):

• 16:15-17:00: Lorenzo Lorenzetti (Bristol): Two forms of functional reductionism in physics
• 17:00-18:30: Claus Kiefer (Cologne): Origin of irreversibility in the universe

Extended Deadline: Open positions in philosophy of physics at Geneva

Open positions in philosophy of physics: Scientific Collaborator and PhD Fellowship – Geneva Symmetry Group, Department of Philosophy, University of Geneva

[Please note the extended deadline, the new starting date, and the new application procedure for the position of scientific collaborator]

The Department of Philosophy, University of Geneva invites applications for two positions for Christian Wüthrich’s new SNSF‐funded project PHILOSOPHY BEYOND STANDARD PHYSICS:

– one 4-year Scientific Collaborator (100%), and
– one 4-year PhD Fellowship.

The project will be housed at the Geneva Symmetry Group, which is part of the Department of Philosophy of the University of Geneva (https://genevasymmetrygroup.wordpress.com/).

Open positions in philosophy of physics: Scientific Collaborator and PhD Fellowship – Geneva Symmetry Group

The Department of Philosophy, University of Geneva invites applications for two positions for Christian Wüthrich’s new SNSF‐funded project PHILOSOPHY BEYOND STANDARD PHYSICS:

– one 4-year Scientific Collaborator (100%), and
– one 4-year PhD Fellowship.

The project will be housed at the Geneva Symmetry Group, which is part of the Department of Philosophy of the University of Geneva (https://genevasymmetrygroup.wordpress.com/).

The positions will start on 1 September 2022 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Talk this week: Siska de Baerdemaeker

The Beyond Spacetime project and the Geneva Symmetry Group are happy to announce a talk and a seminar this week by Siska de Baerdemaeker (University of Stockholm), who will be visiting this week. The formal talk (abstract below) will be on

Wednesday, 8 December 2021, at 18:15 in Room L208 (Landolt):
Siska de Baerdemaeker (Stockholm): How not to confirm MOND

In terms of technical difficulty, this talk rates 3/5 Einsteins.

Talk: Charlotte Zito

The Geneva Symmetry group is happy to present a talk by Charlotte Zito (USI):

Wednesday, 24 November 2021, at 16:15 in Room L208 (Landolt):

Charlotte Zito (USI): String theory and trope theory: a hypothesis for the interpretation of the properties postulated by physics

Abstract: String theory postulates a universe made of strings: small filaments which, through their vibration, determine the characteristic properties of the particles included within the standard model such as spin, mass and electric charge. Trope theory on the other hand is a metaphysical approach that describes properties as concrete particular entities and is the main opponent of universalism, that on the contrary describes properties as abstract universal entities. The main purpose of this talk is to investigate whether the tropist approach is suited to interpret the properties of the particles described by string theory by considering the relation between objects and the geometry of spacetime.

Anyone who wishes to attend is welcome.

New Philosophy of Physics Society

We are delighted to announce that we are in the advanced stages of the foundation of a Philosophy of Physics Society which is going to be created to support the international community of researchers and students in the field of philosophy of physics and administer a journal entitled Philosophy of Physics which would be published on an open access basis (without publication charges).

CFA: ‘Cosmology Beyond Spacetime’ Summer Institute, 27 June – 2 July 2021

POSTPONED TO 2022. MORE INFORMATION IN LATE 2021.

Call for Applications:

International Summer Institute in Philosophy of Physics on the PHILOSOPHY OF COSMOLOGY and the PHILOSOPHY OF QUANTUM GRAVITY

Hosted by the University of Geneva-University of Illinois at Chicago Cosmology Beyond Spacetime project

Hotel Le Crêt, Morzine, France
27 June – 2 July 2021

Further information, when available, at http://beyondspacetime.net/2021summerinstitute/.