The Reception of General Relativity Among British Physicists and Mathematicians, 1915-1930
Sanchez-Ron discussions contemporary reactions to Einstein’s theories, both among mathematicians and physicists, and among philosophers.
Philosophy
Einstein and Eindeutigkeit: A Neglected Theme in the Philosophical Background to General Relativity
Howard places Einstein’s philosophy of sciences in its historical context, describing his (Einstein’s) principle of ‘Eindeutigkeit’.
General Relativity and Portugal
Da Costa Leite discusses physics as a social, cultural and ideological phenomenon, with particular focus on Portugal.
Euler, Maxwell, Grothendieck and the nature of space
Lawvere examines the ideas of toposes and generalised spaces for the geometric insight into reality that they provide.
General discussion session
Michael Wright chairs a discussion with conference attendees about ideals apparent in Grothendieck’s work, including geometry, logic, and the philosophy of generalisation.
My trip to “Noether” Dame
(I can’t believe that, for the whole two days I was there, I didn’t hear a single person make this pun even once…) At the start of October, the Archive Trust dispatched me to London. My mission was record to a conference on The Philosophy and Physics of Emmy Noether, at the University of Notre …
Interview – FW Lawvere on Philosophy of Physics
Interview with FW Lawvere on the topic of Philosophy of Physics
Exact Title TBA when pairing of records from 1977 document boxes with recordings enable this information to be retrieved. But Subject of Talk is Some Recent Developments in Twistor Theory.
Lecture with Michael Atiyah on the topic of Philosophy of Physics