Reduction and Emergence in Physics
Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) Research Focus Reduction and Emergence (LMU)
English - November 13, 2013 19:00 - 44 minutes - 678 MB Video - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingPhilosophy Society & Culture scientific philosophy scientific theory agent-based models prospect theory intertheoretic relations physicalism non-reductive monism synthetic plasticity explanation physics Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
[Lect.] Matter is composed of small elementary particles whose behavior is predicted very accurately by modern physics. This has led to the suggestion that the fundamental theories of physics are ‘theories of everything’, since in principle they describe the evolution of all matter in the universe. But does the behavior of molecules, magnets and proteins really reduce to that of quarks, gluons and electrons? It often rather seems that the phenomena that occur at larger scales and with more complex systems are genuinely novel and hence emergent. We will examine these philosophical questions and draw philosophical morals with regard to the nature of modeling from the debate. | Center for Advanced Studies: 13.11.2013 | Speakers: Dr. Sebastian Lutz, Dr. Karim Thébault | Moderation: Prof. Dr. Stephan Hartmann