Mini-Workshop on Infinities and Idealizations in Physics
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
12:00pm (noon)–4:00pm (East Coast time)
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• 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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Questions or comments: Jacob Barandes, firstname_lastname(at)harvard.edu (organizer)
11:45–12:00
Informal introductions
12:00–1:00
“The Paradox of Infinite Limits: A Realist Response”
Patricia Palacios – University of Salzburg
Video (YouTube)
1:00–2:00
“Scientific Understanding, Modal Reasoning, and (Infinite) Idealization”
Elay Shech – Auburn University
Video (YouTube)
2:00–3:00
“Emergence, Explanation, and (Infinite) Idealization”
Samuel Fletcher – University of Minnesota
Video (YouTube)
3:00–4:00
Open discussion
Video (YouTube)
Participants
Emily Adlam, Dave Baker, Jacob Barandes (organizer), Charles Bédard, India Bhalla-Ladd, Clara Bradley, Samuel Buckley-Bonanno, Jeremy Butterfield, Sean Carroll, Kade Cicchela, Karen Crowther, Elise Crull, Michael Cuffaro, Maaneli Derakhshani, Juliusz Doboszewski, John Earman, Rawad El Skaf, Jamee Elder, Johannes Fankhauser, Benjamin Feintzeig, Samuel Fletcher (speaker), Janet Folina, David Freeborn, Jan Głowacki, Henrique Gomes, Mina Himwich, Rosana Hinojosa, David Hofmann, Nick Huggett, Josh Hunt, Jenann Ismael, Thomas Jorna, David Kagan, Nikitas Koutoupes, Samuel Kuypers, Klaas Landsman, Barry Loewer, Joanna Luc, Yichen Luo, Tiago Martinelli, Logan McCarty, Kerry McKenzie, Alexander Meehan, Ryan Miller, Chris Mitsch, Damon Moley, F. A. Muller, George Musser, Wayne Myrvold, Nuriya Nurgalieva, Makinde Ogunnaike, Patricia Palacios (speaker), Fleur Petit, Felipe Portales Oliva, Josh Quirke, Ana Raclariu, Sam Rijken, Sebastien Rivat, Pascal Rodríguez Warnier, Daniel Rohrlich, Jerome Romagosa, Hassaan Saleem, Carlos Gerardo Sanjuan Ciepielewski, Chip Sebens, Elay Shech (speaker), Chris Smeenk, Giovanni Sommazzi, Jeremy Steeger, Noel Swanson, Qiaochu (Sapphire) Tang, Lev Vaidman, Tein van der Lugt, Alice van Helden, Kadri Vihvelin, Niranjana Warrier, Al Wilson, Jingyi Wu, Carlos Zapata-Carratala, Snow Xueyin Zhang