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New Directions in the Foundations of Physics
Camera di Commercio, Viterbo, Italy
May 27–29, 2022
Sponsored by IQOQI-Vienna (Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Vienna), the John Templeton Foundation, the Descartes Centre at the University of Utrecht, and the Johns Hopkins University Philosophy Department.
Friday, May 27
Morning Session
Quantum/Gravity Analogues
Chair :
MICHAEL KIESSLING
Mathematics, Rutgers |
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9:30 - 10:50
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Hydrodynamic Quantum Analogs and the Misinference of Nonlocality |
JOHN BUSH
Applied Mathematics
MIT |
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10:50 - 11:10
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Coffee Break |
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11:10 - 12:30
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The Latest Frontier in Analogue Gravity—New Roles for Analogue Experiments |
GRACE FIELD
HPS
Cambridge University |
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12:30 - 3:30 pm
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Lunch |
Afternoon Session
Quantum Thermodynamics
Chair :
SIMON SAUNDERS
Philosophy, Oxford |
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3:30 - 4:50
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How Objective is Thermodynamics?
(based on joint work with Carina Prunkl) |
KATIE ROBERTSON
Philosophy
University of Birmingham |
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4:50 - 5:10
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Coffee Break |
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5:10 - 6:30
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Thermodynamics as a Resource Theory, With an Application to Landauer's Principle |
WAYNE MYRVOLD
Philosophy
University of Western Ontario |
| 7:30 pm |
Dinner |
Saturday, May 28
Morning Session
Generalized Probabilistic Theories and Quantum Mechanics
Chair :
VERONIKA BAUMANN
IQOQI, Vienna |
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9:30 - 10:50
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Nonclassicality as Generalized Contextuality (and only a little more) |
RAVI KUNJWAL
Quantum Information
Free University Brussels
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10:50 - 11:10
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Coffee Break |
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11:10 - 12:30
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The Operational Choi-Jamiolkowski Isomorphism |
EMILY ADLAM
Rotman Institute
University of Western Ontario
Lecture sponsored by Foundations of Physics |
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12:30 - 3:30 pm
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Lunch |
Afternoon Session
Universality
Chair :
STEPHAN HARTMANN
Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy |
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3:30 - 4:50
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Emergence, Reduction and Critical Phase Transitions
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PATRICIA PALACIOS
Philosophy
University of Salzburg
Lecture sponsored by Foundations of Physics |
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4:50 - 5:10
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Coffee Break |
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5:10 - 6:30
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Explaining Universality: Infinite Limit Systems in the Renormalization Group Method
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JINGYI WU
LPS
U California, Irvine |
| 7:30 pm |
Dinner |
Sunday, May 29
Morning Session
Space, Time, and Gravity
Chair :
EMILIA MARGONI
Philosophy, University of Florence |
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9:30 - 10:50
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Losing track of the Spacetime-Matter Distinction in Astronomy and Cosmology
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NIELS MARTENS
History and Philosophy of Physics
Bonn University |
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10:50 - 11:10
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Coffee Break |
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11:10 - 12:30
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Cosmology as Quantum Gravity Hydrodynamics, in the Sky and in the Lab |
DANIELE ORITI
Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics
Ludwig Maximilians U, Munich |
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Discussants include: Pablo Acuña (Philosophy, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile), Chris Arledge (Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University), Guido Bacciagaluppi (HPS, Utrecht), Veronika Baumann (IQOQI, Vienna), Joseph Berkovitz (HPS, University of Toronto), Harvey Brown (Philosophy, Oxford), Caslav Brukner (IQOQI, Vienna), Elise Crull (Philosophy, City College New York), Michael Cuffaro (Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy), Michael Dascal (Fidelity Center for Applied Technology, Dublin), Rob DiSalle (Philosophy, University of Western Ontario), Mauro Dorato (Philosophy, Università degli Studi Roma Tre), Pete Evans (School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, University of Queensland), Laura Felline (Independent Scholar), Thomas Galley (Perimeter Institute), Alexei Grinbaum (CEA-Saclay, France), Stephan Hartmann (Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy), Meir Hemmo (Philosophy, Haifa University), Ruth Kastner (Philosophy, University of Maryland), Adrian Kent (DAMTP, Cambridge), Michael Kiessling (Mathematics, Rutgers), James Ladyman (Philosophy, University of Bristol), Lorenzo Maccone (Physics, University of Pavia), Emilia Margoni (Philosophy, University of Florence), James Mattingly (Philosophy, Georgetown University), Tim Maudlin (Philosophy, NYU), Fred Muller (Philosophy, Erasmus University, Rotterdam), Matthew Pusey (Mathematics, University of York), Pascal Rodriguez (HPS, Utrecht), Rob Rynasiewicz (Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University), Karim Thébault (Philosophy, University of Bristol), Simon Saunders (Philosophy, Oxford University), David Schmid (Quantum Technologies, University of Gdansk), Lev Vaidman (Physics, Tel Aviv University), Giovanni Valente (Polytechnic University, Milan), Louis Vervoort (School of Advanced Studies, University of Tyumen, Russia), Manus Visser (Theoretical Physics, University of Geneva), David Wallace (HPS, University of Pittsburgh), James Weatherall (Logic and Philosophy of Science, UC-Irvine), Victoria Wright (ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology).
The number of participants is limited by available seating, so we regret that participation is by invitation only.
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