First H&PC2022 – Conference in History and Philosophy of Cosmology at the University of Milan
12-17 September 2022
Università degli Studi di Milano Via Festa del Perdono 7, Milan
PROGRAM
Monday, 12 September
12:00 – 14:00 Registration
14:00 – 14:15 Welcome and Introduction
14:15 – 15:30 Martin Bojowald (Penn State) “The cycles of bouncing cosmology”
Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:15 Michela Massimi (University of Edinburgh) “The explanatory role of dark matter”
17:30 – 19:00 Book Symposium
Laura Follesa (Autonomous University of Barcelona)
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling: Sullo spirito della filosofia platonica.
Il Timeo di Platone: Commento manoscritto del 1794
(Series: Filosofia/Scienza n. 33)
Milan: Mimesis, 2022
Discussants: Elena Polledri (University of Udine), Filippo Forcignanò (University of Milan), Federico Maria Petrucci (University of Turin)
Moderator: Silvia De Bianchi (University of Milan)
Tuesday, 13 September
10:00 – 11:15 Daniele Oriti (LMU Munich) “Cosmology as quantum gravity hydrodynamics, hydrodynamics as cosmology”
Coffee Break
11:45 – 13:00 Miguel Angel Granada (University of Barcelona) “Heart, centre of the world and principle of motion: from Aristotle to Kepler”
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Working group meetings
14:30 – 16:00 GROUP I
16:00 – 17:30 GROUP II
17:30 – 19:00 GROUP III
Wednesday, 14 September
10:00 – 11:15 David W. Pankenier (Lehigh University) “Chinese Astronomy and Cosmology: a tour d’horizon in Five Chapters”
Coffee Break
11:45-13:00 Alexander Vilenkin (Tufts University) “Eternal inflation and the beginning of the universe”
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Working group meetings
14:30 – 16:00 GROUP I
16:00 – 17:30 GROUP II
17:30 – 19:00 GROUP III
Thursday, 15 September
10:00 – 11:15 Barbara Sattler (RUB Bochum) “The mathematisation of the universe – Its beginnings with Plato’s Timaeus“
Coffee Break
11:45 – 13:00 Chris Smeenk (Western University) “The Aim and Structure of Cosmological Theory”
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Working group meetings
14:30 – 16:00 GROUP I
16:00 – 17:30 GROUP II
17:30 – 19:00 GROUP III
Conference Dinner
Friday, 16 September
Working group meetings
9:30 – 11:00 GROUP I
11:00 – 12:30 GROUP II
12:30 – 14:00 GROUP III
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14:00 – 15:15 Niccolò Guicciardini (University of Milan) “Newton’s Hypotheses in the Proof of the Copernican System”
15:30 – 16 :45 Gabrielle Vail (UNC – Chapel Hill) “Cosmology and Creation Stories from the Northern Maya Lowlands”
Coffee Break
17:15 – 18:30 Susan Milbrath (University of Florida) “The Mesoamerican Venus Cult of the Feathered Serpent in Historical Context”
Saturday, 17 September
9:30-10:15 Panel Group I – presentation of results
10:15-11:00 Panel Group II – presentation of results
Coffee Break
11:30-12:15 Panel Group III – presentation of results
12:15-13:00 Launch of the Digital Archive “Timaeus and Its Legacy” (PROTEUS Research Team)
Room: Sala Crociera
Università degli Studi di Milano
Via Festa del Perdono 7, Milan
The conference will be streamed via Zoom, to register please contact silvia.debianchi@unimi.it
