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Quantum gravity: Physics & philosophy
International Workshop, October 24–27, 2017, Institut des hautes études scientifiques (IHES), Bure-sur-Yvette.
Organisation: Gabriel Catren (CNRS, SPHERE, ERC project PhiloQuantum Gravity), Thibault Damour (IHES), Elie During (Univ. Paris Ouest Nanterre, Laboratoire IRePh), Federico Zalamea (CNRS, SPHERE, ERC project PhiloQuantum Gravity).
New Spaces in Mathematics and Physics. Formal and Philosophical Reflections
International Workshop, September 28– October 2, 2015, Institute Henri Poincaré, Paris.
Organisation: Gabriel Catren (CNRS, SPHERE, ERC Project PhiloQuantum) et Mathieu Anel (CNRS, ERC Project PhiloQuantum).
Philosophical perspectives on the relationship between physics and mathematics
Workshop, March 30 2015, Paris.
Organisation : Gabriel Catren (CNRS, SPHERE, projet ERC Philosophie de la Gravitation quantique canonique).
Hermann Weyl and the ’new physics’
International Workshop, December 10-11 2014, Paris
Organisation : Gabriel Catren (CNRS, SPHERE, ERC Project PhiloQuantum Gravity) and Silvia De Bianchi (Univ. of Barcelona).
Workshop on Entanglement
International Workshop, November 28-29 2014, Paris.
Organisation: Pierre Uzan (SPHERE), Gabriel Catren (CNRS, SPHERE, Project PhiloQuantum Gravity) and Roberto Angeloni (BMC SPHERE)..
Workshop on the theory of homotopy type
November 13 2014, Paris.
Organisation : Gabriel Catren and Mathieu Anel (CNRS, ERC Project Project PhiloQuantum Gravity and SPHERE)..
GUESTS & MEMBERS : TALKS AT THE UNIVERSITY PARIS DIDEROT
Marc Lachièze-Rey
From multisymplectic to symplectic and back. December 7 décembre, 2016, University Paris Diderot.
Elie During
Identity, Existence, Persistence. November 12, 2015, University Paris Diderot.
Patrick Iglesias-Zemmour
Moment Maps in Diffeology. September 9, 2014, University Paris Diderot.
Jorge Zanelli
For 2+1 Black Hole with SU(2) hair . September 9, 2014, University Paris Diderot.
Roberto Angeloni
For a neo-Kantian interpretation of Niels Bohr’s philosophy of physics. June 11, 2014, Université Paris Diderot.
Edward Anderson
What Mathematics comes out of the Problem of Time in Quantum Gravity? May 12, 2014, Université Paris Diderot.
Alan Garbarz (Post-doctoral
position, Dpt of Exact and natural sciences, University of Buenos
Aires –UBA)
A review on the relation between GR in three dimensions and Virasoro coadjoint orbits. January 13, 2014, University Paris Diderot.
Sylvain Cabanacq (University Paris Diderot)
La théorie des espèces de structures d’Ehresmann, entre géométrie différentielle et théorie des catégories. December 2, 2013, University Paris Diderot.
Gaston Giribet (Univ. of Buenos Aires)
Gravity and gauge theories from dimensionally extended topological invariants" . November 18, 2013, University Paris Diderot
Fernando Zalamea (Pr, Univ. Nationale of Columbia)
Formes, structures et représentations triadiques chez Peirce (1839-1914) : un réseau mathématique/philosophique/sémiotique/physi(ologi)que des réseaux de la connaissance. October 16, 2013, University Paris Diderot
Tapio Salminem (post-doc, Centre de Physique Theorique de Luminy)
Rovelli’s Relational Quantum Mechanics. December 14, 2012, University Paris Diderot
MEMBERS OF THE PROJECT : WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCES
2017
- M. Anel, Promenade avec la règle de trois. Pythagore, Saussure, Einstein…, Conférence “Les muses de Saint-Jean”, Saint-Jean Tromilon, France, July 19, 2017.
- F. Zalamea, La diferencia entre la mecánica clásica y la mecánica cuántica vista a través del doble rol de los observables, Instituto Universitario de Matemática Pura y Aplicada (IUMPA), Polytechnical University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain, May 16, 2017.
- F. Zalamea, Which mathematical structures best capture the differences between classical and quantum kinematics?, Department of Mathematics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany, March 9, 2017.
- M. Anel, Pourquoi les infini-catégories sont-elles utiles?, Séminaire “Catégories supérieures, polygraphes, homotopie”, IRIF, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France, February 3, 2017.
- J. Page, Indétermination quantique et indiscernabilité galoisienne: formulation entropique, workshop “Compléxité, désordre”, Institut Henri Poincaré, Paris, France, January 17, 2017.
2016
- J. Page, La théorie de Galois de Grothendieck pour les K-algèbres étales, working group on Galoisian cohomology, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France, May 26, 2016.
- M. Anel, La syntaxe des types d’homologie, Séminare de Philosophie et Mathématiques de la rue d’Ulm, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France, April 18, 2016.
- F. Zalamea, Thinking the difference between Classical and Quantum Mechanics through the role of observables, Doctoral School PhD Students Day, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France, May 25, 2016.
- J. Page, Une interprétation monadique de la descente galoisienne, working group on Galoisian cohomology, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France, April 20, 2016.
- F. Zalamea, Comparing classical and quantum kinematics through the double role of properties, Workshop “Rethinking foundations of physics, 2016”, Dorfgastein, Austria, March 12, 2016.
2015
- M. Anel, Toposes are commutative rings, Workshop “Topos à l’IHES”, Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques, Bures-sur-Yvette, France, November 25, 2015.
- J. Page, Panorama des problèmes d’une approche contemporaine dialectique des théories de Galois, Seventh French Meeting on Philosophy of Mathematics, IHPST, Paris, France, November 6, 2015.
- F. Zalamea, Characterizing the difference between classical and quantum kinematics, Day Study in History and Philosophy of Physics, Laboratoire SPHERE (UMR 7219), Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France, November 4, 2015.
- J. Page, Histoire conceptuelle des théories de Galois, Workshop “Epistémologie Historique: commencements et enjeux actuels”, Université Paris 1 -* Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France, May 22, 2015.
- G. Catren, On quantum indeterminacy as a form of symmetry reduction, Graduate School of Information Science, Nagoya University, Japan, May 14, 2015.
- M. Anel, Catégories supérieurs et catégories stables, Workshop “Théories des catégories, dynamiques anciennes et nouvelles”, Laboratoire SPHERE (UMR 7219), Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France, May 6, 2015.
- J. Page, La montée vers l’ “absolu” galoisien(ne), de Platon à Lawvere (II), Seminar “Philosophy and Mathematical-Physics”, Laboratoire SPHERE (UMR 7219), Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France, March 2, 2015.
- M. Anel, Au-delà des idées de Grothendieck, Workshop “Vision de l’espace: hommage à Alexander Grothendieck”, Université de Montréal, Canada, February 21, 2015.
- J. Page, La montée vers l’ “absolu” galoisien(ne), de Platon à Lawvere (I), Seminar “Philosophy and Mathematical-Physics”, Laboratoire SPHERE (UMR 7219), Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France, February 16, 2015.
2014
- F. Zalamea, Physical systems as representations of geometries, XXVII International Summer School in Philosophy of Physics, Laboratoire SPHERE, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France, September 19 2015.
- G. Catren, On the relation between gauge and phase symmetries, XIV International Symposium Frontiers of Fundamental Physics (FFP14), Université d’Aix-Marseille, Marseille, France, July 14-18 2014.
- D. Vey, From Dirac heuristic approach to the multisymplectic general framework: the observables in the physical theories, Annual Congress of the Société Française d’Histoire des Sciences et des Techniques (SFHST), Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France, April 28, 2014.
- F. Zalamea, Histoire à rebours de la géométrisation de la mécanique, Annual Congress of the Société Française d’Histoire des Sciences et des Techniques (SFHST), Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France, April 28, 2014.
- G. Catren, La estructura del espacio-tiempo a la luz de las geometrías de Cartan, Workshop “The Geometric Structure of the Space-Time”, Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio (CONICET) -* Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentine, March 27-28, 2014.
- G. Catren, A Portrait of Non-Constrained Mechanics as a Generalized Gauge Theory, Workshop “Philosophy of Mechanics: Mathematical Foundations”, Laboratoire SPHERE (UMR 7219), Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France, February 12-14, 2014.
- F. Zalamea, Sur la structure interne de l’objet physique quelconque en mécanique, Seminar of the PhD Students in History and Philosophy of Science, Laboratoire SPHERE (UMR 7219), Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France, January 30, 2014.
- G. Catren, Ontologie Quantique et Théorie des Groupes, Seminar "Histoire et Philosophie de la Physique", Laboratoire SPHERE (UMR 7219), Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France, January 28, 2014.
- G. Catren, On Cartan Connections and the Geometric Structure of Space-Time, Workshop “Approaches to Quantum Gravity”, Université Blaise-Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France, January 06-10, 2014.
2013
- J. Page and G. Catren, On the Galoisian Structure of the Heisenberg Indeterminacy Principle, Workshop “Whither Quantum Structures? Quantum Logic in the XXIth Century”, Center Leo Apostel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium, November 30 -* December 1,, 2013.
- G. Catren, Towards a Group-Theoretical Interpretation of Mechanics, Workshop “Geometry and Physics II, International Fall Workshop”, Institute Henri Poincaré (IHP), Paris, France, November 28-29,, 2013.
- F. Zalamea, Peut-on comprendre la mécanique quantique sans avoir recours à l’expérience ?, Seminar of the Research Group "Cosmologie et Gravitation", Laboratoire APC, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France, September 30,, 2013.
- F. Holik and G. Catren, Quantum Probabilities and Non Distributive Lattices, Foundations of Physics, 2013, The 17th UK and European Meeting, Munich, Germany, July 31,, 2013.
- G. Catren, Towards a Group-Theoretical Quantum Ontology, Seminar “Philosophie et Physique” (organized by A. Afriat, A. de Saint-Ours, and E. During), Laboratoire SPHERE (UMR 7219), Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France, June 28,, 2013.
- G. Catren, Quantum Ontology in the Light of Geometric Quantization and Gauge Theories, Seminar "Philosophie et Mathématiques" (organized by P. Cartier, P. Lochak, G. Longo, J. Merker, J. Petitot, D. Rabouin, and J.-J Szczeciniarz), Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France, June 10,, 2013.
- G. Catren, On Cartan Geometries in Gravitational Physics, Ecole thématique CNRS Jeunes Chercheurs “Mathématiques et Philosophie Contemporaines”, Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse (UMR 5219) -* Laboratoire SPHERE (UMR 7219), Saint-Flour, France, June 3-7,, 2013.
- J. Page, La structure galoisienne abélienne du principe d’indétermination (harmonique) de Heisenberg, Seminar "Philosophie et Mathématiques" (organized by P. Cartier, P. Lochak, G. Longo, J. Merker, J. Petitot, D. Rabouin, and J.-J Szczeciniarz), Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, May 27,, 2013.
- J. Page and G. Catren, Conceptual Links Between Galoisian Indiscernibility and Heisenberg Indeterminacy Principle, UNILOG -* 4th World Congress on Universal Logic, Workshop on Logical Quantum Structures, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro , Brazil, April 1-7,, 2013.
- G. Catren, Quantum Ontology in the Light of Gauge Theories, UNILOG -* 4th World Congress on Universal Logic, Workshop on Logical Quantum Structures, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 1-7,, 2013.
- G. Catren, On Cartan Geometries in Gravitational Physics, Seminar “Histoires de Géométries” (organised by D. Flament), Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (FMSH), Paris, France, February 11,, 2013.
- G. Catren, Philosophie de la Gravitation Canonique, Presentation of the ERC Project “Philosophy of Canonical Quantum Gravity”, Laboratoire SPHERE (UMR 7219), Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France, January 25,, 2013.
- J. Page, Recherches de liens conceptuels entre l’ambiguïté galoisienne des équations polynomiales et le principe d’incertitude de Heisenberg de la mécanique quantique, Seminar of the PhD Students in Philosophy of Mathematics, Laboratoire SPHERE (UMR 7219), Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France, January 5, 2013.
2012
- G. Catren, On Cartan Geometries and the Formulation of a Gravitational Gauge Principle, Workshop “Reflections on Space, Time and their Quantum Nature”, Albert Einstein Institute (AEI), Golm, Germany, November 26-28, 2012.
- G. Catren, Sobre las conexiones de Cartan y su relevancia en física, Seminar of Algebraic Geometry (organized by F. Cukierman), Department of Mathematics, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentine, November 2, 2012.
- G. Catren, A Portrait of the Object as a Disclosing Eidos, Workshop The Matter of Contradiction/Ungrounding the Object, Centre International d’Art et du Paysage de l’île de Vassivière, France, September 9, 2012.
- G. Catren, La mécanique quantique à la lumière des théories de jauge,, Seminar “Physique et Philosophie” organised by A. Afriat, A. de Saint-Ours, and E. During), Laboratoire SPHERE (UMR 7219), Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France, May 5, 2012.
Quantum gravity: physics & philosophy
International Workshop
October 24–27, 2017, Institut des hautes études scientifiques (IHES), Bure-sur-Yvette. Organisation: Organisation: G. Catren (CNRS, SPHERE, ERC project PhiloQuantum Gravity), T. Damour (IHES), E. During (Univ. Paris Ouest Nanterre, Laboratoire IRePh), F. Zalamea (CNRS, SPHERE, ERC project PhiloQuantum Gravity).
New Spaces for Mathematics and Physics. Formal and Philosophical Reflections
International Workshop
September 28 to October 2, 2015, Institutte Henri Poincaré, Paris. Organisation: G. Catren & M. Anel, (CNRS, ERC project PhiloQuantum)
Philosophical perspectives on the relationship between physics and mathematics
March 30 2015, University Paris Diderot. Organisation : Gabriel Catren (CNRS, SPHERE & projet ERC Philosophie de la Gravitation Quantique Canonique), in the context of the ERC Project PhiloQuantum Gravity.
Workshop Hermann Weyl and the philosophy of the ’new physics’
December 10–11 2014, Paris. Organisation: Gabriel Catren (CNRS, SPHERE and ERC Project Philosophy of Canonical Quantum Gravity) and Silvia De Bianchi (Univ. Barcelona), in the context of the ERC Project Philosophy of Canonical Quantum Gravity.
On the Notion of Identification in Physics and Mathematics
November 13 2014, Paris. Organisation : Gabriel Catren (CNRS, SPHERE), in the context of the ERC Project PhiloquantumGravity.