Workshop

Bridging the Variety of Research—From Physics and Cosmology via Brain Research to Philosophy of Science

10:00 - 17:00 Uhr
Adresse
Harnack-Haus, 14195 Berlin, Germany

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

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