{"id":1907,"date":"2025-08-29T11:40:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T09:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss\/?p=1907"},"modified":"2025-10-30T15:07:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T14:07:15","slug":"call-for-applications-8th-weekend-seminar-philosophy-of-physics-apply-by-15-sep-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss\/2025\/08\/29\/call-for-applications-8th-weekend-seminar-philosophy-of-physics-apply-by-15-sep-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Applications: 8th Weekend Seminar \u201cPhilosophy of Physics\u201d (apply by 15 Sep 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are pleased to announce the <strong>8th annual weekend seminar<\/strong> on the &#8220;Philosophy of Physics&#8221;, taking place in T\u00fcbingen from <strong>24-26<\/strong> <strong>October 2025<\/strong>. This year\u2019s theme is <strong>\u201cInformation\u201d<\/strong>, and the event is made possible thanks to the generous support of the <strong>T\u00fcbingen Forum for the Study of Scientific Cultures<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This seminar aims to introduce students to key topics and approaches in the philosophy of physics &#8211; both intellectually and as an academic field &#8211; with a particular focus this year on the concept of information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Program Highlights include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Keynote lectures by leading scholars:\n<ul>\n<li><em>Prof. Christopher Timpson<\/em> (Oxford) on the concept of information in quantum theory<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Prof. Javier Anta<\/em> (Seville) on the philosophy of information<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Dr. Saaskhi Dulani<\/em> (Johns Hopkins) on the black hole information paradox<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Guided small-group discussions based on selected readings (e.g. <em>\u201cIt from Bit\u201d<\/em>, <em>Quantum Resource Theories<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A panel discussion on <em>\u201cWhat is the Philosophy of Physics?\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond the formal program, the seminar offers a unique opportunity for interdisciplinary exchange and engaging conversations among like-minded peers in an open and collaborative environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Who can apply?<\/strong><br>Applications are welcome from students of all disciplines, especially those in <strong>physics and philosophy<\/strong>.<br>Accommodation costs and part of the travel expenses can be covered by the organizers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Registration Deadline:<\/strong> <strong><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">15 September 2025<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Register here: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/framaforms.org\/bewerbungsformular-wochenendseminar-physik-und-information-tubingen-24-26102025-1753258840\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bewerbungsformular<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contact: <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:seminar@philosophiederphysik.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">seminar@philosophiederphysik.de<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>More information: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.philosophiederphysik.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.philosophiederphysik.de<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!selectors.core.file.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/poster-2025-2.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of poster-2025-2.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-e2d2797e-08eb-467b-8930-be119abef564\" href=\"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/poster-2025-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">poster-2025-2<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are pleased to announce the <strong>8th annual weekend seminar<\/strong> on the &#8220;Philosophy of Physics&#8221;, taking place in T\u00fcbingen from <strong>24-26<\/strong> <strong>October 2025<\/strong>. This year\u2019s theme is <strong>\u201cInformation\u201d<\/strong>, and the event is made possible thanks to the generous support of the <strong>T\u00fcbingen Forum for the Study of Scientific Cultures<\/strong>. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss\/2025\/08\/29\/call-for-applications-8th-weekend-seminar-philosophy-of-physics-apply-by-15-sep-2025\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[227,225],"tags":[231,233],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1907"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1907"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1910,"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1907\/revisions\/1910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}