Composition in Physics: Superposition and Fundamentality
University of Leeds
8th September 2016
Realism and the Quantum Workshop
9.30: Arrivals
10.00-10.40: Session 1a
Douglas Earl (Leeds), ‘On the Concepts of Superposition and Particle
Identity in Quantum Field Theories’
10.40-11.20: Session 1b
Fabio Ceravolo (Leeds), ‘What non-supervenience does not show’
11.20-11.40: Coffe
11.45-12.55: Session 2
Tom Lancaster (Durham), ‘Renormalization, quasiparticles and the Fermi
surface’
12.55-13.45: Lunch
13.50-15.00: Session 3
Brigitte Falkenburg (TU Dortmund), ‘Subatomic Particles – A Variety of
Concepts’
15.05-16.15: Session 4
Claudio Calosi (Neuchâtel), ‘Emergence, Entanglement, Monsim’
16.15-16.35: Tea
16.40-17.50: Session 5
Katherine Hawley (St Andrews), ‘Parts, Wholes, and Integration’
18.00: Finish, then drinks / dinner
*Venue:* Room G36, Baines Wing, School of PRHS, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2
9JT
*Registration* is free, but please contact Douglas Earl (prdse@leeds.ac.uk)
by Thursday 1st September if you plan to attend or have any questions about
the event.
The workshop is part of the ARHC Scientific Realism and the Quantum Project
(http://arts.leeds.ac.uk/raq/)