Workshop on the History and Philosophy of Quantum Field Theory (June 26, 2025)
The workshop is intended to address recent issues in the history and philosophy of quantum field theory at the occasion of Michael Miller’s visit from the University of Toronto (June 23 – June 29, 2025). The event will take place from 9:00 to 18:00.
More information is available here.
Program:
9:00 – 10:15
Alexander Blum (MPIWG/MCMP, LMU Munich) “Should we worry about the renormalization constants being infinite? Julian Schwinger and his school on the UV behavior of QED, 1953-1965”
10:30 – 11:45
Sébastien Rivat (MCMP, LMU Munich): “Unifying the non-fundamental: Steve Weinberg’s early path toward effective theories (1957-1965)”
13:45 – 15:00
James Fraser (IHPST, Paris): “Perspectives on the divergence of perturbation theory”
15:15 – 16:30
John Dougherty (MCMP, LMU Munich): “What is the philosophical problem with gauge theories?”
16:45 – 18:00
Michael Miller (Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto): “Epistemic and semantic effective realism”
Venue:
LMU Munich
Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1
Room M 210 (CEPP library)
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