18th KMC: The Limits of Physics and Cosmology (2014)
The conference took place on 8–9 May 2014.
The 18th Krakow Methodological Conference: The Limits of Physics and Cosmology was a part of the research project The Limits of Scientific Explanation funded by the John Templeton Foundation and conducted by the Copernicus Center for Interdisciplinary Studies.
Programme:
Thursday, May 8 |
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| 8:55 | Opening of the Conference |
| 9:00 – 9:50 | Bernard Carr Metacosmology and the Limits of Science /abstract/ |
| 9:50 – 10:40 | John Barrow Uncertainties and Impossibilities in Cosmology |
| 10:40 – 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 – 11:50 | Malcolm A.H. MacCallum Bounds on Physics and Cosmology /abstract/ |
| 11:50 – 12:40 | Marco Bersanelli Exploring the Limits of Space-Time /abstract/ |
| 12:40 – 14:30 | Lunch break |
| 14:30 – 15:20 | Mairi Sakellariadou Unweaving the Fabric of the Universe /abstract/ |
| 15:20 – 16:10 | Andrzej Sitarz Noncommutativity and Singularities /abstract/ |
| 16:10 – 16:30 | Coffee break |
| 16:30 – 17:20 | Nicolas Franco Noncommutative Geometry, Lorentzian Structures and Causality /abstract/ |
| 17:20 – 18:00 | John Madore On the Use Noncommutative Geometry and its Relation to General Relativity /abstract/ |
Friday, May 9 |
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| 9:00 – 9:50 | Marek Demiański Probing the Dark Energy /abstract/ |
| 9:50 – 10:40 | Boudewijn Roukema Simplicity in Cosmology /abstract/ |
| 10:40 – 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 – 11:50 | Leszek Sokołowski Recovering Gravity Theory from Cosmological Observations? /abstract/ |
| 11:50 – 12:40 | Krzysztof Meissner Conformal Standard Model /abstract/ |
| 12:40 – 14:30 | Lunch break |
| 14:30 – 15:20 | Mariusz Dąbrowski Are the Singularities Limits of Cosmology? /abstract/ |
| 15:20 – 16:10 | Sebastian Szybka The Limits of Mathematical Notation /abstract/ |
| 16:10 – 16:30 | Coffee break |
| 16:30 – 17:20 | Michał Heller Field of Rationality and Category Theory /abstract/ |
More info can be found on the conference website.