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New Directions in the Foundations of Physics
American Institute of Physics, College Park, April 29 - May 1, 2005
Sponsored by the University of Maryland (College Park) College of Arts and Humanities, the University of Maryland (College Park) Committee for Philosophy and the Sciences, the Johns Hopkins University Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the Johns Hopkins University Center for the History and Philosophy of Science, the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth, Georgetown College at Georgetown University, Georgetown University Graduate School, Georgetown University Philosophy Department, and co-ordinated through the Foundations of Physics Group (UMCP, UMBC, JHU, Georgetown University, and Elizabethtown College)
Friday, April 29
Session 1 (Morning): New Perspectives on Matrix Mechanics
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Chair:
HARVEY BROWN
Philosophy
Oxford |
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9:00 - 10:00
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Breakfast Buffet |
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10:00 - 11:20
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"Van Vleck and Slater on Dispersion: Two Americans and the Road to Matrix Mechanics" |
MICHEL JANSSEN
History of Science
U of Minnesota |
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11:20 - 11:40
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Coffee Break |
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11:40 - 1:00
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"Heisenberg's 'Umdeutung' Today" |
KLAAS LANDSMAN
Mathematics
U of Nijmegen |
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1:00 - 2:30
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Lunch |
Session 2 (Afternoon): Quantum Gravity |
Chair:
JAMES MATTINGLY
Philosophy
Georgetown |
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2:30 - 3:50
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"Locality Issues in Quantum Gravity" |
FOTINI MARKOPOULOU
Perimeter Institute
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3:50 - 4:10
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Coffee Break |
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4:10 - 5:30
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"Background-Independent Physics and Quantum Gravity" |
JOHN STACHEL
Physics
Boston University |
| 7:00 - 12:00 |
Party |
Saturday, April 30
Session 3 (Morning): Foundations of Quantum Mechanics: I |
Chair:
ALEX WILCE
Math Sci
Susquehanna |
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9:00 - 10:00
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Breakfast Buffet |
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10:00 - 11:20
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"The Fisher Metric and the Structure of Quantum Mechanics" |
WILLIAM WOOTTERS
Physics
Williams College |
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11:20 - 11:40
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Coffee Break |
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11:40 - 1:00
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"The Relational Blockworld" |
MARK STUCKEY
Physics
Elizabethtown College
MICHAEL SILBERSTEIN
Philosophy
Elizabethtown College
MICHAEL CIFONE
Philosophy
U of Maryland |
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1:00 - 2:30
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Lunch |
Session 4 (Afternoon): Foundations of Quantum Mechanics: II |
Chair:
JOSSI BERKOVITZ
Philosophy
U Maryland |
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2:30 - 3:50
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"Sommerfeld's Puzzling Prescription" |
HUW PRICE
Challis Prof of Philosophy
U of Sydney |
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3:50 - 4:10
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Coffee Break |
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4:10 - 5:30
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"No Reductive Physicalism, No Measurement Problem" |
HANS HALVORSON
Philosophy
Princeton |
| 6:00 - 10:00 |
Buffet Banquet, AIP |
Sunday, May 1
Session 5 (Morning): Gravity, Symmetry, and Entropy |
Chair:
GORDON BELOT
Philosophy
Pittsburgh |
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9:00 - 10:00
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Breakfast Buffet |
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10:00 - 11:20
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"Gravity and Horizon Entropy" |
TED JACOBSON
Physics
U of Maryland |
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11:20 - 11:40
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Coffee Break |
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11:40 - 1:00
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"Loop Representations and the Significance of Gauge Symmetry" |
RICHARD HEALEY
Philosophy
U of Arizona |
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1:00 - 2:30
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Lunch |
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Discussants include: Valia Allori (Philosophy, Rutgers), Howard Barnum (LANL), Jonathan Barrett (Perimeter, Canada), Jossi Berkovitz (Philosophy, UMBC), Jeffrey Bub (Philosophy, UMCP), William Demopoulos (LPS, Irvine & Philosophy, Western Ontario), Michael Fisher (Physics & IPST, UMCP), Brandon Fogel (Philosophy, Notre Dame), Mathias Frisch (Philosophy, UMCP), Chris Fuchs (Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies), Stu Gluck (Philosophy, JHU), Hilary Greaves (Philosophy, Rutgers), Lucien Hardy (Perimeter Institute, Canada), Mihaela Iftime (Math & Physics, Mass College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences), William Kallfelz (Philosophy, UMCP), Ruth Kastner (Philosophy, UMCP), Matthew Leifer (Perimeter, Canada), Boaz Leslau (Physics, Tel Aviv U), Peter Lewis (Philosophy, U Miami), David Malament (LPS, UC-Irvine), James Mattingly (Philosophy, Georgetown), Tim Maudlin (Philosophy, Rutgers), Robert MacFarland (Physics, UMCP), Zac Myers (Philosophy, UMCP), John Norton (HPS, U Pittsburgh), Dan Parker (Philosophy, UMCP), Katherine Peters (LPS, UC-Irvine), Laura Ruetsche (Philosophy, U Pittsburgh), Rob Rynasiewicz (Philosophy, JHU), Sharzad Salemi (Philosophy, UMCP), Yanhua Shih (Physics, UMBC), Steve Savitt (Philosophy, UBC), Rob Spekkens (Perimeter Institute, Canada), Allen Stairs (Philosophy, UMCP), Jeff Tollaksen (Computational Sciences, GMU), Giovanni Valente (Philosophy, UMCP), Wes Van Camp (Philosophy, UMCP).
The conference will take place at the American Institute of Physics building: the American Center for Physics, One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, a few minutes walk from the College Park metro station. For a map and directions, see directions. For general information about Washington, DC, see WashingtonInfo.
The conference is limited to 50 participants by new AIP regulations, so we regret that participation is by invitation only. We have reached capacity and are unable to accommodate requests for participation.
For further information, contact Rob Rynasiewicz at ryno@jhu.edu
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