Individuality, Distinguishability, and (Non-)Entanglement
Bonn, 15 – 17 March 2018
This International Workshop is organized as an event of the DFG project Individuality, Distinguishability, and Entanglement.
Speakers
Tomasz Bigaj
Jeremy Butterfield
Adam Caulton
Cord Friebe
James Ladyman
Andrea Lubberdink
F. A. Muller
Simon Saunders
Lev Vaidman
Tina Wachter
Organizers
Kian Salimkhani (University of Bonn)
Tina Wachter (University of Hannover)
Here you can find the flyer with the program and some practical information, and the abstracts.
Program
Regarding the ontology of quantum objects, there are two main views: either such objects violate Leibniz's Principle of the Identity of Indiscernibles (PII), or the PII can be saved but only in an extremely weak sense. However, based on a careful distinction between pure permutation invariance and physical entanglement matters may be interpreted very differently; particularly, one might be able to save the PII in a strong sense. In light of this new twist, we will reconsider the historical background of the debate on the PII, its logical aspects (e.g. the `labeling problem'), and the pertinent metaphysical commitments.
Thursday, March 15
9:30 – 10:30
Registration
10:30 – 10:45
Kian Salimkhani, Bonn
Welcome
10:45 – 12:00
James Ladyman, Bristol
Are Quantum Particles Individuals, Objects and/or Structures?
Lunch
14:00 – 15:15
Tina Wachter, Hannover
Back to the Roots: Leibniz's Principle in Quantum Mechanics
Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:45
Adam Caulton, Oxford
How to Russell a Fermi-Dirac
Coffee Break
17:00 – 18:15
F. A. Muller, Rotterdam
The Rise of Relationals
Friday, March 16
9:15 – 10:30
Tomasz Bigaj, Warsaw
On the Physical and Metaphysical Roots of the Symmetrization
Postulate
Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:00
Andrea Lubberdink, Utrecht
Particles and the World
Lunch
14:00 – 15:15
Simon Saunders, Oxford
Three questions about permutation symmetry
Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:45
Extended Discussion
Saturday, March 17
9:15 – 10:30
Lev Vaidman, Tel Aviv
Individuality, Distinguishability, and Non-Entanglement of a Person in the Many-Worlds Interpretation
Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:00
Jeremy Butterfield, Cambridge
States, Quantities and Permutation Symmetries (joint work with Adam Caulton)
Lunch
Practical Information
Registration
Participation is free, but limited. To register, please send an email to ksalimkhani[at]uni-bonn.de or tina.wachter[at]philos.uni-hannover.de with your name and affiliation.
Venue
Internationales Zentrum für Philosophie, Poppelsdorfer Allee 28, 53115 Bonn
Directions
From Cologne/Bonn Airport to Bonn Central Station:
Take the bus (SB 60) from the airport terminal to Bonn Central Station (“Bonn Hauptbahnhof”). It takes approximately 30 minutes.
From Düsseldorf Airport to Bonn Central Station:
Either
you take the train RE 5 to Koblenz via Bonn Central Station or you get
to Düsseldorf Central Station (“Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof”) first and then
take the IC to Offenburg via Bonn Central Station. Both takes about an
hour.
From Frankfurt Airport to Bonn Central Station:
Take the
IC directing to Cologne Central Station (“Köln Hauptbahnhof”) via Bonn
Central Station (less than two hours ride). It is also possible to take
the ICE directing to Cologne Central Station which you exit at
“Siegburg/Bonn”. From there you get on the tram 66 (STR 66) from
Siegburg Station (“Siegburg Bahnhof”) to Bonn Central Station
(approximately one hour in total).
Accommodations
Here is a non-exhaustive list of nearby hotels:
Max Hostel
Maxstr. 75, 3111 Bonn
ibis Bonn
Vorgebirgsstrasse 33, 53119 Bonn
Mozart
Mozartstr.1, 53115 Bonn
Hotel garni Löhndorf
Stockenstraße 6, 53113 Bonn
Astoria
Hausdorffstr. 105-113, 53129 Bonn
Günnewig Hotel Residence by Centro
Kaiserplatz 11, 53113 Bonn
Hilton Bonn
Berliner Freiheit 2, 53111 Bonn
Sternhotel
Markt 8, 53111 Bonn
