Call for Applications:
SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATOR
in the project ‘To and Fro: Scientific Metaphysics at Physics’s Frontiers’
University of Geneva
The Department of Philosophy in Geneva solicits applications for a three-year research position (‘collaborateur scientifique’), starting 1 January 2017 or as soon as possible thereafter. The position is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation grant ‘To and Fro: Scientific Metaphysics at Physics’s Frontiers’.
The Geneva Symmetry Group, Beyond Spacetime, and the Space and Time After Quantum Gravity Project are happy to present
Tatyana Shestakova (Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don):
Could the Copenhagen interpretation be useful for our understanding of Quantum Cosmology?
Wednesday, 5 October, 18:00 (note the new starting time!)
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The Geneva Symmetry Group, Beyond Spacetime, and the Space and Time After Quantum Gravity Project are happy to present
Joshua Norton (American University Beirut):
Incubating a future metaphysics: quantum gravity
Wednesday, 21 September, 18:00 (note the new starting time!)
Room L107 at 2, Rue De-Candolle
Anyone who wishes to attend this talk is welcome. The talk will be 2 Einsteins (out of 5).
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The Geneva Symmetry Group, Beyond Spacetime, and the Space and Time After Quantum Gravity Project are happy to present
Francesca Vidotto (Nijmegen):
How classical spacetime emerges in Loop Quantum Gravity
Wednesday, 11 May, 16:15
Room L107 at 2, Rue De-Candolle
Anyone who wishes to attend this talk is welcome. The talk will be 4 Einsteins (out of 5).
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The Geneva Symmetry Group, Beyond Spacetime, and the Space and Time After Quantum Gravity Project are happy to present
Giuliano Torrengo (Milan):
The experience of the passage of time
Thursday, 14 April, 16:15
Room B002, Uni Bastions
Anyone who wishes to attend this talk is welcome. The talk will be 1 Einstein (out of 5).
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The Geneva Symmetry Group, Beyond Spacetime, and the Space and Time After Quantum Gravity Project are happy to present
Oliver Pooley (Oxford):
Relativity and the Growing Block
Wednesday, 13 April, 16:15
2, Rue De-Candolle, Room L107 [Map: http://www.openstreetmap.org/]
Anyone who wishes to attend this talk is welcome. The talk will be 3 Einsteins (out of 5).
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The Geneva Symmetry Group, Beyond Spacetime, and the Space and Time After Quantum Gravity Project are happy to present
Jonathan Dorsey (Texas Tech):
Defining the Physical
Wednesday, 23 March, 16:15
2, Rue De-Candolle, Room L107 [Map: http://www.openstreetmap.org/]
Anyone who wishes to attend this talk is welcome. The talk will be 2 Einsteins (out of 5).
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Where Philosophers of Physics Meet
