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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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New YouTube channel: Geneva Symmetry Group

We are very pleased to announce that the Geneva Symmetry Group, an interest group in the philosophy of physics run by Christian Wüthrich at the University of Geneva, has a new YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5EPAB4VpUkSxW-Zo6zCu5w We will post videos of our … Continue reading

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Talk: Robert Brandenberger

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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Talks: Alexander Blum and Stefano Furlan

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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Talks: Flavia Padovani

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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Talk this week: Nadja El Kassar

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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Talks: Laura Felline

Laura Felline ( Rome 3) 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, … Continue reading

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