8:00 – 9:00 REGISTRATION
9:00 – 9:10 WELCOME
Kai Nordlund Vice Rector, University of Helsinki, FI
Paavo Pylkkänen University of Helsinki, FI
Avril Styrman University of Helsinki, FI
TOPIC 1 INTERPRETING THE QUANTUM THEORY
9:10 – 9:40 Paavo Pylkkänen University of Helsinki, FI
Quantum Theory and Reality: The Philosophical Options
9:40 – 10:10 Bert Kappen Radboud University, NL
Solving the measurement problem in the context of open quantum systems
10:10 – 10:40 Tarja Kallio-Tamminen Physics Foundations Society, FI
The Content of Planck’s Constant: What does the connection between Planck’s quantum and Maxwell’s equations reveal?
10:40 – 10:50 BREAK
10:50 – 11:50 KEYNOTE David Wallace University of Pittsburgh, USA
The sky is blue, and other reasons there is no underdetermination in quantum theory
11:50 – 13:00 LUNCH BREAK
13:00 – 14:00 Basil Hiley University College London, UK
An algebraic approach to quantum theory
14:00 – 14:30 Petri Lievonen Screen.io, FI
TBA
14:30 – 14:50 COFFEE BREAK 20 MINUTES
14:50 – 15:20 Vikram Athalye Cummins College Pune, IN
On the Pursuit of Universal Consistency: Interpreting Physics as Reality
15:20 – 15:50 Marja-Liisa Kakkuri-Knuuttila Aalto University, FI
Energy as the Basis of a Unified Theory of Physics: Neo-Aristotelian Reflections
15:50 – 16:00 BREAK 10 MINUTES
16:00 – 18:00 CONTRIBUTED TALKS:
16:00 – 16:15 Michael Silberstein & Mark Stuckey Elizabethtown College, USA
Unifying Relativity and Quantum Mechanics via Adynamical Global Constraints
16:15 – 16:30 Ovidiu Cristinel Stoica Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering Bucharest, RO
The Underdeterminacy of the Correspondence Between Operators and Their Physical Meaning in Structural Realism
16:30 – 16:45 Jørn Kløvfjell Mjelva University of Oslo, NO
Hypersurface-dependent State Descriptions in Relativistic Collapse Theories
16:45 – 17:00 Enrico Maresca Universities of Florence and Pisa, IT
Noncommutative Geometry and Spacetime: An Historical Reconstruction
17:00 – 17:15 Gerd Krizek, Institute of Digital Sciences Linz, AT & Flavio Del Santo University of Geneva, CH
Against the “nightmare of a mechanically determined universe": Why Bohm was never a Bohmian
17:15 – 17:30 Ada Köprülüler & Özgür Aydin Boğaziçi University Istanbul, TR
Could Entropy be the Missing Link in David Bohm’s Metaphysics?
17:30 – 17:45 José Alejandro Fernández Cuesta Complutense University of Madrid, Michele Piazzai Carlos III University of Madrid & Umberto Rivieccio National University of Distance Education, ES
Quantum Formalism Outside Physics: From Quantum Logics to Quantum Cognition
17:45 – 18:00 Jamie Gilchrist Bristol University, UK
Metaphysical Coherentism and Quantum Entanglement
18:00 – 20:00 POSTER SESSION WITH SALAD AND DRINKS
TOPIC 2 DYNAMICAL APPROACHES TO RELATIVITY
9:00 – 9:45 Martín Lopéz Corredoira Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, ES
Alternative cosmologies
9:45 – 10:45 Tuomo Suntola Physics Foundations Society, FI
The Dynamic Universe (DU)
10:45 – 11:05 COFFEE BREAK 20 MINUTES
11:05 – 12:00 Michal Krizek Czech Academy of Sciences Prague, CZ
Infrared measurements of the JWST suggest that our dynamic universe is spatially closed
12:00 – 13:00 LUNCH BREAK
13:00 – 14:00 KEYNOTE Silvia de Bianchi Università degli Studi di Milano, IT
The Quest for a Unified Theory: Incompleteness and Progress in Physics
14:00 – 14:45 Avril Styrman University of Helsinki, FI
Evaluation of Theories and Methodologies: Relativistic Physics vs. the Dynamic Universe
14:45 – 15:05 COFFEE BREAK 20 MIN
15:05 – 15:50 Karen Crowther University of Oslo, NO
Quantum Gravity
15:50 – 16:00 BREAK 10 MIN
16:00 – 18:00 CONTRIBUTED PAPERS:
16:00 – 16:15 Siddhart Muthukrishnan University of Pittsburgh, USA
Unpacking Black Hole Complementarity
16:15 – 16:30 Álvaro Mozota Frauca Autonomous University of Barcelona, ES
Quantum Cosmology and the Age of the Universe
16:30 – 16:45 Anastasiia Lazutkina University of Wuppertal, DE
Meta-empirical theory assessment in contemporary cosmology: The MOND and dark matter debates
16:45 – 17:00 Juha Himanka University of Lapland, FI
Husserl and Einstein on Earth and Ether
17:00 – 17:15 Alexander Niederklapfer London School of Economics, UK
What is Fundamental in Fundamental Physics?
17:15 – 17:30 Petri Turunen, Ilkka Pättiniemi & Johan Hietanen University of Helsinki and The Helsinki Circle, FI
On the Very Idea of an Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
17:30 – 17:45 Ilkka Pättiniemi The Helsinki Circle, FI
Frank on Physics and Reality
17:45 – 18:00 Tuomas Pernu University of East Finland, FI
Is There Causation in Physics?
18:15 – 19:45 UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI RECEPTION
Main building of the University of Helsinki, room CHRISTINA (U2085), address Unioninkatu 34, 2nd floor.
TOPIC 3 METAPHYSICS, QUANTUM THEORY AND APPLICATIONS TO NEW DOMAINS
9:00 – 9:40 Tuomas Tahko Bristol University, UK
Mapping the Space of Scientific Possibility
9:40 – 10:10 Marilu Chiofalo University of Pisa, IT
A Quantum Toolbox for Neurobiological Sensory Systems
10:10 – 10:40 Ron Chrisley University of Sussex, UK
Quantum-like Models of Perception
10:40 – 11:00 COFFEE BREAK 20 MINUTES
11:00 – 12:00 KEYNOTE Tim Palmer University of Oxford, UK
The Singular Role of Infinity in Quantum Physics: Towards a Rational Theory of Quantum Mechanics
12:00 – 13:00 LUNCH BREAK
13:00 – 13:40 Hans Liljenström Agora for Biosystems, SWE
Can Physics and Neuroscience Allow for Free Will?
13:40 – 15:10 FINAL PANEL DISCUSSION
15:10 – 15:30 COFFEE BREAK 20 MINUTES
15:30 – 17:45 CONTRIBUTED PAPERS:
15:30 – 15:45 Margarida Hermida King’s College London, UK
From Quantum Tunnelling to Sex
15:45 – 16:00 Alessandra Pulga University of Groningen, NL
A Framework for Free Will within a Quantum Universe
16:00 – 16:15 Bixin Guo University of Pittsburgh, USA
Next Best Thing—What Can Quantum Mechanics Tell Us About the Fundamental Ontology of the World?
16:15 – 16:30 Sami Tayub Bristol University, UK
How van Fraassen inadvertently showed that Metaphysics can be Tested: Lessons from Bell’s Theorem
16:30 – 16:45 Anton Sverdlikov University of Wuppertal, DE
Event Structural Realism
16:45 – 17:00 Saara Wuokko University of Helsinki, FI
Retrocausality and Perspectivism
17:00 – 17:15 Christabel Cane University College London, UK
The Problem(s) of Temporary Intrinsics
17:15 – 17:30 Luca Gasparinetti Università della Svizzera Italiana, CH
Time, Causation and Quantum Gravity: a First Assessment
17:30 – 17:45 Tannaz Najafi Universities of Lisbon, PT and Geneva, CH
Becoming and the Illegitimate Child of Substantivalism and Relationalism
Optional: Conference dinner