8th HPP-NL Workshop (Utrecht)

The 8th History and Philosophy of Physics in the Netherlands (HPP-NL) workshop will take place in Utrecht on Monday, 30th of November from 13:00 to 18:00 (walk-in from 12:30), followed by an optional dinner. This edition will feature talks by NL-based historians and philosophers of physics; Caspar Jacobs, Mor Lumbroso, Luca Forgiarini, Sanne Vergouwen, Thijs Latten, and Klaas Landsman. Additionally, the workshop will close with a mock fishbowl debate on the thesis “History of Physics is irrelevant for Philosophy of Physics.” The debate is moderated by Hieke Huistra, with Niels Martens as (mock) proponent and Jeroen van Dongen as opponent.

Date and Time: Monday, 30th of November, 13:00-18:00 (walk-in from 12:30), followed by an optional dinner.
Venue: Utrecht University Science Park, Hijmans van den Bergh Building, Room 4.33
Registration: Please fill in this form to register for the workshop. Registration is open until Monday, the 23rd of November.

Organised by Marina Passaro, Niels Martens & Luuk Kuiper. For any questions or inquiries, feel free to reach out to <n.c.m.martens@uu.nl> and <m.passaro@uu.nl>.

Time Speaker Title
12:30-13:00 Walk-in & Coffee
13:00-13:30 Caspar Jacobs (LU) Why must the laws be dimensionally homogeneous?
13:30-14:00 Mor Lumbroso (UU) In Light of Life: History and Polarity Behind Bohr’s Creative Reasoning
14:00-14:30 Luca Forgiarini (UU) TBA
14:30-15:00 Coffee Break
15:00-15:30 Sanne Vergouwen (UU) TBA
15:30-16:00 Thijs Latten (TUD) The Ontology of Engineering a Quantum Computer
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
16:30-17:00 Klaas Landsman (RU) TBA
17:00-17:45 (Mock) Proponent:
Niels Martens (UU)
Opponent:
Jeroen van Dongen (UvA)
Moderator:
Hieke Huistra (UU)
Mock Fishbowl Debate:
“History of Physics is irrelevant for Philosophy of Physics”
17:45-18:00 Updates & Announcements in the HPP-NL community
Dinner around 18:30 in the city centre