INTERDISCIPLINARY SYMPOSIUM PHILOSOPHY AND PHYSICS

(UN)CONCEIVED ALTERNATIVES

Underdetermination of Scientific Theories between Philosophy and Physics

Friday, December 18 to Saturday, December 19 2009,

Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematical Physics
Boltzmanngasse 9, A-1090 Vienna.

The symposium aims at bringing physicists and philosophers of science into discussion about their perspectives on the question of underdetermination.

The symposium is jointly organized by:

• The Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematical Physics
• Quantum Optics, Quantum Nanophysics & Quantuminformation of the Faculty of Physics Vienna
• The Institute Vienna Circle
• The Institute of Philosophy of the University of Vienna
  

 The symposium is jointly sponsored by:

• ID, Interdisziplinäres Dialogforum der Universität Wien
• Quantum Optics, Quantum Nanophysics & Quantuminformation of the Faculty of Physics Vienna
• The Institute of Philosophy of the University of Vienna
• The Institute Vienna Circle