We are pleased to announce a talk by Nora Boyd (Siena College): Observation and Intervention are Irrelevant to Empirical Science, on 9 December 2020, at 18:15 Geneva time (17:15 UTC), via zoom. Find full details at https://beyondspacetime.net/about/space-and-time-after-quantum-gravity/speakers/. Hope to see you there!
Or follow our YouTube livestream: https://www.youtube.com/c/BeyondspacetimeNet
Abstract: The inflationary scenario has become the paradigm of early universe cosmology. However, recently challenges have been raised as to whether the scenario can be compatible with fundamental physics. I will review the inflationary scenario, introduce the challenges (Swampland Criteria and Trans-Planckian Censorship Conjecture (TCC)), and show that there are alternatives to inflation which are in agreement with current observations, and also satisfy both the swampland criteria and the TCC.
Zoom Meeting ID: 915 9958 6401
Password: 599357
https://unige.zoom.us/j/91599586401?pwd=MmZHelhVVjJ2cmVUUzJMMUVWenhTdz09
Or livestream on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/BeyondspacetimeNet
Call for Applications:
JUNIOR FELLOWSHIP in PHILOSOPHY OF PHYSICS
University of Geneva
The Geneva Symmetry Group at the University of Geneva’s Department of Philosophy solicits applications for a six-months junior visiting fellowship for advanced PhD students, starting 1 August 2020 or as soon as possible thereafter. The position is funded by the John Templeton Foundation grant `Cosmology Beyond Spacetime’.
Continue reading Call for applications: Junior Fellowship in philosophy of physics, Geneva
We have uploaded two new videos of Fay Dowker’s public talk “Past, Present and Future: The Science of Time” she gave in Geneva on 17 May 2018 to our YouTube channel. The video exists in both English as well as in French (her talk was originally held in English, the introduction partly in French and partly in English).
I would like to draw your attention to the following public talk, which is organized by the “service de communication” of the University of Geneva, with the support of the Geneva Symmetry Group (https://genevasymmetrygroup.wordpress.com/):
Thursday, 17 May 2018, 18h30, Uni Dufour (room will be advertised):
Fay Dowker, Professor of Theoretical Physics, Imperial College London:
Past, Present and Future: The Science of Time
(The talk will be in English, with simultaneous translation into French.)
(Dedicated to the memory of Professor Stephen Hawking)
Opening of the conference by Professor Christian Wüthrich, Geneva Symmetry Group, Department of Philosophy, Geneva
For more information (with an abstract in English), please visit https://www.unige.ch/public/actualites/2018/la-science-du-temps/
Videos of the talks by Adam Koberinski and Rawad El Skaf have now been posted to our YouTube channel.
The videos of the December talks in Geneva by Karen Crowther and Vincent Lam have just been posted to our YouTube channel. Please visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_VhTJBl6Mpmfjj5q832rjg to find them! We apologize for the poor sound quality in the Crowther video.
We’re very happy to announce our two prize winners of the 2017-18 essay prize. As always, the papers are being made available on the philsci archive.
• Adam Koberinski (Western): Problems with the cosmological constant problem
• David Wallace (Southern California): Why black hole information loss is paradoxical
Congratulations!
Call for Applications:
JUNIOR VISITING FELLOWSHIPS in PHILOSOPHY OF QUANTUM GRAVITY
University of Geneva
The philosophy of physics group at the Department of Philosophy in Geneva (the Geneva Symmetry Group) solicits applications for short- to medium-term junior visiting fellowships for advanced PhD students and recent PhDs, to visit the group anytime between now and June 2018. The fellowships are funded by the John Templeton Foundation grant ‘Space and Time after Quantum Gravity’.
Continue reading Call for Applications: Junior Visiting Fellowship to visit Geneva
The videos of our conference, which was held near Geneva 27-30 June 2017, are now available on our YouTube channel on their separate playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVzK6UpZmNq3UwRcBtgkRs0xXFug6PjVK
