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About wuthrich

I am a philosopher of physics at the University of Geneva.

Talk: Robert Brandenberger

Posted on November 5, 2020

Beyond Spacetime and the Geneva Symmetry Group are happy to present an online talk by Robert Brandenberger: Wednesday, 11 November 2020, at 18:15 over zoom: Robert Brandenberger (McGill University): Is inflationary cosmology consistent with fundamental physics? Please find the abstract … Continue reading →

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Talk: Louis Vervoort

Posted on October 5, 2020

The Geneva Symmetry Group is happy to present an online talk by Louis Vervoort: Thursday, 8 October 2020, at 16:15 over ZOOM: Louis Vervoort (University of Tyumen): The hypothesis of “hidden variables” as a unifying principle in physics Please find … Continue reading →

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Talk: Erik Curiel

Posted on April 28, 2020

Beyond Spacetime and the Geneva Symmetry Group are happy to present an online talk by Erik Curiel next week: Thursday, 30 April 2020, at 16:15 over ZOOM: Erik Curiel (LMU Munich): On the mathematical, physical, and conceptual cogency of quantum … Continue reading →

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Talks: Alexander Blum and Stefano Furlan

Posted on March 2, 2020

The Geneva Symmetry group is happy to present a week with two talks, a more formal one by Alexander Blum (Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Berlin) and an informal seminar by Stefano Furlan (Geneva and Max Planck … Continue reading →

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Call for applications: Junior fellowship in philosophy of physics, Geneva

Posted on February 6, 2020

Call for Applications: JUNIOR FELLOWSHIP in PHILOSOPHY OF PHYSICS University of Geneva The Geneva Symmetry Group at the University of Geneva’s Department of Philosophy solicits applications for a six-months junior visiting fellowship for advanced PhD students, starting 1 August 2020 … Continue reading →

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Call for applications: Research Assistant (12.5%) in project ‘Cosmology Beyond Spacetime’

Posted on January 24, 2020

The Geneva Symmetry Group at the University of Geneva’s Department of Philosophy solicits applications for a 3-year position as research assistant (12.5%), starting as soon as possible. The position is funded by the John Templeton Foundation grant ‘Cosmology Beyond Spacetime’. … Continue reading →

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Talks: Juliusz Doboszewski

Posted on December 16, 2019

Juliusz Doboszewski (Bonn) will be visiting the Geneva Symmetry Group (GSG) this week. The GSG is happy to present two talks by him, a more formal talk on Wednesday, and an informal seminar on Thursday (abstracts below): Wednesday, 18 December … Continue reading →

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Talks: Flavia Padovani

Posted on November 22, 2019

Flavia Padovani (Drexel University) will be visiting the Geneva Symmetry Group (GSG) next week. The GSG is happy to present two talks by her, a more formal talk on Wednesday, and an informal seminar on Thursday (abstracts below): Wednesday, 27 … Continue reading →

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Guest seminar: Vincent Lam

Posted on November 18, 2019

The MA seminar in Epistemology of Science taught by Baptiste Le Bihan and Christian Wüthrich will host a guest speaker this week: Vincent Lam (Bern) He will be discussing structural model errors as they arise in nonlinear models. As preparation, … Continue reading →

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Talk this week: Nadja El Kassar

Posted on October 21, 2019

Nadja El Kassar (University of Zurich/ ETH Zurich) will be visiting the Geneva Centre for Philosophy of Science this week. We are happy to present her talk this Wednesday (abstract below): Wednesday, 23 October 2019, at 18:15 in Room L208 … Continue reading →

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