SSSPP18: Split Summer School in Philosophy of Physics University of Split Split, Croatia, July 16-21, 2018 |
Conference website | http://mapmf.pmfst.unist.hr/~sokolic/doku.php |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ssspp18 |
Abstract registration deadline | March 18, 2018 |
Submission deadline | March 18, 2018 |
Entropy is among the most important but also most perplexing concepts in physics. It is also a polymorphic concept: introduced in thermodynamics, we now find it in statistical mechanics, quantum mechanics, information theory, and black hole physics, to name just the most obvious. In this summer school, we will systematically explore the various concepts of entropy as they are used in state-of-the-art physics and evaluate their philosophical interpretations.
The summer school will consist in lectures and research talks. Participants will have the opportunity to present their work in short talks. We would like to emphasize that we are happy to accept scholars at any stage of their career (from students to senior faculty) as participants.
Submission Guidelines
Please submit a letter of motivation and a CV *in one PDF file* uploaded as 'paper'. If you would like to present a paper, please also fill in the title of the paper and enter an abstract. Otherwise, please enter 'does not apply' in those fields.
Committees
Program Committee
- Tim Maudlin (Philosophy, New York University)
- Franjo Sokolić (Physics, University of Split)
- Christian Wüthrich (Philosophy, University of Geneva)
Organizing committee
- Tim Maudlin (Philosophy, New York University)
- Franjo Sokolić (Physics, University of Split)
- Christian Wüthrich (Philosophy, University of Geneva)
Invited Speakers
- David Z Albert (Philosophy, Columbia University)
- Ivica Aviani (Physics, University of Split)
- Kevin J Coffey (Philosophy, NYU Abu Dhabi)
- Detlef Dürr (Mathematics, LMU Munich)
- Sheldon Goldstein (Mathematics, Rutgers University)
- Barry Loewer (Philosophy, Rutgers University)
- Wayne Myrvold (Philosophy, Western University)
- Aurélien Perera (Laboratory of theoretical condensed matter physics, Paris)
- Daniel Sudarsky (Physics, UNAM, Mexico City)
- Denis Sunko (Physics, Zabgreb)
- David Wallace (Philosophy, University of Southern California)
- Nino Zanghì (Theoretical Physics, University of Genova)
Contact
For further information, follow https://takingupspacetime.wordpress.com or contact christian.wuthrich@unige.ch.