The call for abstracts is now open for the three-day international conference "Open Topics in Philosophy of Physics".
The conference is hosted by the Centre of Philosophy of the University of Lisbon and will take place from Monday 12 to Wednesday 14 of June 2023.
The proposed contributed talks should address a relevant topic within the foundations, philosophy or metaphysics of physics, broadly conceived. Examples of topics which are of interest for the conference are (but not limited to) the following:
Foundations and philosophy of quantum mechanics
Metaphysics of quantum mechanics
Interpretation and open problems in quantum field theory
Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics
Time's arrow and the nature of time in physics
Philosophy of space-time (general relativity, quantum gravity)
Submissions from PhD students, early postdocs and young researchers are especially welcome. Each contributed talk will be allocated a slot of 30 minutes, including discussion.
Submission procedure
Abstracts of maximum 600 words (including bibliography) should be submitted through the following submission link
The deadline for submitting the abstracts is April 10th, 2023.
The notification of acceptance for the selected contributed talks will be communicated by April 30th, 2023.
For any information or further queries about the conference, please contact the organizer (Davide Romano) at the following email address: davide.romano@edu.ulisboa.pt