Summer School: The Nature of Entropy - Arrow of Time

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From: Dustin Lazarovici <dustin.l...@UNIL.CH>

We are accepting applications for the summer school

 

The Nature of Entropy II – Arrow of Time

 

that will take place August 1^st – August 6^th, 2022, at the Vollmar Academy in Kochel am See, Germany (about one hour from Munich).

 

Description: Why is there an arrow of time in a universe guided, on the fundamental level, by time-symmetric microscopic laws? What role does entropy play in explaining the difference between past and future? And is the passage of time real, or just a stubborn illusion? The interdisciplinary summer school wants to tackle these questions head-on. By bringing together young researchers, graduate students, and internationally acclaimed experts working on statistical mechanics, quantum foundations, and the philosophy of science, we will investigate the nature of time in light of modern physics.

 

The tentative list of speakers includes: David Albert (Columbia), Julian Barbour, Jean Bricmont (UCLouvain), Dirk Deckert (LMU München), Michael Esfeld (UNIL), Sheldon Goldstein (Rutgers), Jenann Ismael (Columbia), Barry Loewer (Rutgers), Tim Maudlin (NYU), Peter Pickl (Tübingen), Ward Struyve (KU Leuven), Nino Zanghì (Genova)

 

Further information and the application form can be found on our website: https://philphys.net/entropy2/

 

 

 

 

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Dr. ès L. Dr. rer. nat. Dustin Lazarovici

Université de Lausanne
Faculté des lettres
Section de philosophie
1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

Office: Anthropole 5086 (UNIL-Dorigny) 

 

https://dustinlazarovici.com