Foundations of Physics @Harvard

Mini-Workshop on Structural Realism

Tuesday, February 16, 2021
12:00pm (noon)–4:00pm (East Coast time)

[Registration Form]

• This is a free Zoom event (no registration fee)
• The meeting ID and password will be shared with those who register
• Each talk will be 45 minutes, followed by 15 minutes for questions
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• You can visit the YouTube channel here

Questions or comments: Jacob Barandes, firstname_lastname(at)harvard.edu (organizer)

11:45–12:00
Informal introductions

12:00–1:00
“What is Ontic Structural Realism?”
James Ladyman – University of Bristol
Video (YouTube)

1:00–2:00
“Structuralism as a Stance”
Kerry McKenzie – University of California, San Diego
Video (YouTube), Slides (PDF)

2:00–3:00
“Generalized Probabilistic Theories as Structural Realism”
Emily Adlam – Rotman Institute, University of Western Ontario
Video (YouTube), Slides (PDF)

3:00–4:00
Open discussion
Video (YouTube)

Participants

Shannon Abelson, Emily Adlam (speaker), Abdullah Afzal, Matthias Albrecht, Holly Andersen, Guido Bacciagaluppi, Dave Baker, Jacob Barandes (organizer), Adam Becker, Charles Bédard, Federico Benitez, Joseph Berkovitz, Max Binkle, Clara Bradley, Jean Bricmont, Samuel Buckley-Bonanno, Maya Burhanpurkar, Maura Burke, Jeremy Butterfield, Sean Carroll, Eric Cavalcanti, Eddy Keming Chen, Konner Childers, Ana-Maria Cretu, Michael Cuffaro, William Cunningham, Irene D'Amico, Heather Demarest, Pedro Ruas Dieguez, Foad Dizadji-Bahmani, John Earman, Alexander Ehmann, Nina Emery, Johannes Fankhauser, Matt Farr, Benjamin Feintzeig, Branden Fitelson, Janet Folina, Alex Franklin, James Fraser, David Freeborn, Markus Frembs, Steven French, Amanda Gefter, Marian Gilton, Henrique Gomes, Daniel Grimmer, Vesselin Gueorguiev, Bixin Guo, Ned Hall, Richard Healey, Thijs Hemme, Guy Hetzroni, Mina Himwich, Rosana Hinojosa, Carl Hoefer, David Hofmann, Gianluca Introzzi, Jenann Ismael, Gregg Jaeger, Mahmoud Jalloh, Xiaohe Jia, David Kagan, Dima Krioukov, Aaron Kruk, James Ladyman (speaker), Vincent Lam, Laurie Letertre, Barry Loewer, Joanna Luc, Patrick Magee, Emilia Margoni, Tiago Martinelli, Vera Matarese, Tim Maudlin, Logan McCarty, Kerry McKenzie (speaker), Alexander Meehan, Ryan Miller, Damon Moley, F. A. Muller, Markus Müller, George Musser, Siddharth Muthukrishnan, Wayne Myrvold, Pedro Naranjo, Charlie Nation, Alyssa Ney, Makinde Ogunnaike, Ismael Lucas Paiva, Michele Paolini Paoletti, Lydia Patton, Harrison Payne, Fleur Petit, Francisco Pipa, Tomasz Placek, Josh Quirke, Ana Raclariu, Michele Reilly, Michael Ridley, Sam Rijken, Sebastien Rivat, Katie Robertson, Pascal Rodríguez Warnier, Jerome Romagosa, Davide Romano, Carlo Rovelli, Robert Rynasiewicz, Jonathan Schonfeld, John Sipe, Zachary Stanley, Jeremy Steeger, Ward Struyve, Scott Sturgeon, Noel Swanson, Anicet Tibau Vidal, Lev Vaidman, Alice van Helden, Antonio Vassallo, Francesca Vidotto, Lilian von Bressensdorf, Hamza Waseem, James Owen Weatherall, Isaac Wilhelm, Al Wilson, Benjamin Zayton, Snow Xueyin Zhang

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Mini-Workshop on Structural Realism

Tuesday, February 16, 202112:00pm (noon)–4:00pm (East Coast time)

[Registration Form]

11:45–12:00Informal introductions

12:00–1:00“What is Ontic Structural Realism?”James Ladyman – University of BristolVideo (YouTube)

1:00–2:00“Structuralism as a Stance”Kerry McKenzie – University of California, San DiegoVideo (YouTube), Slides (PDF)

2:00–3:00“Generalized Probabilistic Theories as Structural Realism”Emily Adlam – Rotman Institute, University of Western OntarioVideo (YouTube), Slides (PDF)