Event

Sep 1, 2021
Bridging the Variety of Research—From Physics and Cosmology via Brain Research to Philosophy of Science

A workshop on the occasion of awarding the honorary doctorate to Hanoch Gutfreund by the Freie Universität Berlin.


Session 1—Physics and Brain Research

  • 10:00 Greeting by Jürgen Renn
  • 10:15 Haim Sompolinsky (remote): Is Intelligence a Self-Organized Phenomenon?
    • 10:45 break


Session 2—Cosmology, Astrophysics and our Common Future

  • 11:00 Reem Sari: The Centers of Galaxies: Supermassive Black Holes and Their Extreme Surroundings
  • 11:30 Thibault Damour (remote): The Two-Body Problem in General Relativity
    • 10 min break
  • 12:10 Bernard Schutz (remote): Science as a Public Good
  • 12:40 Alexander Blum: Einstein’s Second-Biggest Blunder
    • 13:10 lunch break


Session 3—History and Philosophy of Science

  • 14:10 Yemima Ben-Menahem (remote): Causation—Not What you Thought
  • 14:40 Rivka Feldhay: Migrating Knowledge and the Mobility of Ideas
    • 10 min break
  • 15:20 Tilman Sauer: Einstein's Working Sheets
  • 15:50 Michel Janssen (remote): Einstein-Besso Manuscript on the Perihelion Motion of Mercury
    • 16:20 break


Conclusion
Christoph Markschies
 

Chairs
Jürgen Renn
Martin Weinelt

Address
Harnack-Haus, 14195 Berlin, Germany
Room
Goethe Room
Contact and Registration

Join the workshop on Zoom:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89763410611?pwd=ckFlKzIzcFFoWXJjUWZMejhmMDVmUT09 

Meeting-ID: 897 6341 0611 

Identification code: 01092021 

2021-09-01T10:00:00SAVE IN I-CAL 2021-09-01 10:00:00 2021-09-01 17:00:00 Bridging the Variety of Research—From Physics and Cosmology via Brain Research to Philosophy of Science A workshop on the occasion of awarding the honorary doctorate to Hanoch Gutfreund by the Freie Universität Berlin. Session 1—Physics and Brain Research 10:00 Greeting by Jürgen Renn 10:15 Haim Sompolinsky (remote): Is Intelligence a Self-Organized Phenomenon? 10:45 break Session 2—Cosmology, Astrophysics and our Common Future 11:00 Reem Sari: The Centers of Galaxies: Supermassive Black Holes and Their Extreme Surroundings 11:30 Thibault Damour (remote): The Two-Body Problem in General Relativity 10 min break 12:10 Bernard Schutz (remote): Science as a Public Good 12:40 Alexander Blum: Einstein’s Second-Biggest Blunder 13:10 lunch break Session 3—History and Philosophy of Science 14:10 Yemima Ben-Menahem (remote): Causation—Not What you Thought 14:40 Rivka Feldhay: Migrating Knowledge and the Mobility of Ideas 10 min break 15:20 Tilman Sauer: Einstein's Working Sheets 15:50 Michel Janssen (remote): Einstein-Besso Manuscript on the Perihelion Motion of Mercury 16:20 break Conclusion Christoph Markschies   Chairs Jürgen Renn Martin Weinelt Harnack-Haus, 14195 Berlin, Germany Goethe Room Jürgen Renn Jürgen Renn Europe/Berlin public