Philosophy of Physics Bristol

The Philosophy of Physics group runs a regular seminar in partnership with the Centre for Science and Philosophy.

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We are proud to be part of the Bristol-London-Oxford-Cambrdige consortium that runs a termly seminar series and a yearly graduate workshop.

Online participation in the philosophy of physics seminar is possible. If interested, please email rami.jreige@bristol.ac.uk.

Upcoming Events

Past Events

9 July 2025 // Agents and Quantum Time Workshop

10 June 2025 // The Epistemology of Experimental Discovery Workshop

20 May 2025 // Pascal Warnier (Western) // Physics and Information // 3pm Cotham House G2

30 April 2025 // Anastasiia Lazutkina (Wuppertal) // Evidence in cosmology: how galaxies became complicated // 4pm Cotham House G2

12 March 2025 // Bethany Terris (Paris-Saclay) // What do weak values reveal? // 3pm Cotham House G2

22 March 2025 // Quantum Investigations Workshop

26 March 2025 // Dean Rickles (Sydney) // The Metaphysical Implications of an Ontology of Information // 4pm Cotham House G2

2 April 2025 // Dean Rickles (Sydney) // The Physics and Philosophy of Information // 4pm Cotham House G2

26 February 2025 // David Wallace (Pittsburgh) // Learning to Represent

12 February 2025 // Sarwar Ahmed (Wuppertal) // Inference to the Source: The Case of Observing a Binary Black Hole Merger

5 February 2025 // Guido Bacciagaluppi (Utrecht) // Unscrambling Subjective and Epistemic Probabilities

17 December 2024 // Simon Saunders (Oxford) // Imprecise Probability and Quantum Indeterminacy

9 July 2024 // Lev Vaidman (Tel Aviv) // Transfer of Quantum Information in Teleportation

30 – 31 August 2024 // Integrated History and Philosophy of Science Workshop

15 May 2024 // Nick Huggett (UIC) // Ways of Branch-Making: Locality in the Many Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Theory

21 February 2024 // Lucy Mason (King’s College London) // Emergence in the Information Framework // 5-6.30 PM Cotham House G2

6 March 2024 // Jonte Hance (Hiroshima) // Contextuality, Coherences, and Quantum Cheshire Cats // 5-6.30 PM Cotham House G2

7 February 2024 // Giulia Rubino (Bristol) // Indefinite quantum causality: an experimental perspective // 5-6.30 PM Cotham House G2

30 January 2024 // Caspar Jacobs (Leiden) // Stating Maths-First Realism, or: How to Say Things with Models // 4-5.30 PM Physics Building 3.34

12 December 2023 // Nicola Bamonti (Scuola Normale Superiore) // What is a reference frame in General Relativity // 4-5.30 PM Cotham House G2

29 November 2023 // Tushar Menon (Dianoia Institute ACU) // The Inferentialist Guide to Scientific Realism // 4-5.30 PM Cotham House G2

22 November 2023 // Henrique Gomes (Oxford) // The Many-instants interpretation of quantum mechanics // 4-5.30 PM Cotham House G2

15 November 2023 // Antonis Antoniou (Bonn) // Making sense of Laws Initial Conditions in Cosmology // 4-5.30 PM Cotham House G2

1 November 2023 // Dominic Ryder (LSE) // The Idealization Paradox in Hawking Radiation // 4-5.30 PM Cotham House G2