Forthcoming Talks:
- European Philosophy of Science Association Biennial Meeting (EPSA23) in Belgrade, Serbia (20 - 23 September 2023) Talk on "On Whats and Thats in That-What and What-That Discoveries"
Selected Talks:
- Mathematics in Physics Workshop; Oslo, Norway (1.-2. June 2023) Talk on "The Role of Mathematical Structure in Theory Development"
- International Conference on Large-Scale Experiments; Karlsruhe, Germany (8.-10. Dec. 2022) Talk on "Predictions in particle physics and the future of theory assessment"
- The Fourth International Conference of the German Society for Philosophy of Science; Berlin, Germany (15.-17. Aug. 2022) Talk: On the Theory-ladenness of Theorizing
- Establishing the Philosophy of Supersymmetry Workshop; Stockholm, Sweden (23.-24. May 2022) Talk: Supersymmetry - The Solution to All Our Problems?
- History and Philosophy of Physics Research Seminar, Bonn, Germany (19. Apr. 2022) Debate: Confirmation via Analogue Simulation (with Grace Field and Niels Linnemann)
- Resummation, Evolution, Factorization Workshop, DESY, Germany (15.-19. Nov. 2021) Talk on "A Philosophical Perspective on Problems in Physics"
- Philosophy of Science Association 27th Biennial Meeting, Baltimore, USA (11.-14. Nov. 2021) Talk on "What is this Thing called Theory Space?"
- 20th European Conference on Foundations of Physics, Paris, France (28.-30. Oct. 2021) Talk on "The Rise and Fall of Scientific Problems"
- XXV. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Philosophie, Berlin, Germany (5.-9. Sept. 2021) Talk on "The Rise and Fall of Scientific Problems"
- International Symposium on Multiparticle Dynamics, DESY, Germany (15.-20. July 2021) Talk on "A Philosophical Perspective on Problems in Physics"
- The Perils of Prediction Workshop, Athens, Greece (18.-19. March2021)
Talk on “Prediction in High Energy Physics” - Annual Maxwell Society Conference, King's College London, UK (26. Feb. 2021) Talk on "How Scientific Problems Shape Theory Development"
- Warsaw Spacetime Colloquium, Warsaw, Poland (11.December2020)
Talk on “The Rise and Fall of Scientific Problems” - Conceptual and Methodological Aspects of Physics: Historical Perspectives, Utrecht, Netherlands (06. March 2020) Talk on "Understanding Problems in Physics"
- Philosophisch-Physikalisches Kolloquium Paderborn, Germany (09. January 2020) Talk on "Über die Relevanz von Unmöglichkeitsresultaten in der Physik"
- Philosophisches Café, Wuppertal (15. January 2020) Talk on "Über das Vertrauen in die Wissenschaft"
- Philosophy of Physics Research Seminar, Oxford, UK (21. November 2019) Talk on "Understanding Problems in Physics
- Beyond the Standard Model: Historical-Critical Perspectives, Florence, Italy (13.-27. October 2019)
- Forschungsseminar für Philosophie und Geschichte der Physik, Bonn (18. June 2019) Talk on "The Empirical Progress of Non-Empirical Science"
- Non-Empirical Theory Assessment Workshop, Stockholm, Sweden (6.-7. June 2019) Talk on "What is This Thing Called Theory Space"
- What Does Mathematics Tell Us About the Physical World, Prague, Czech Academy of Sciences (30-31. May 2019) Talk on "Mathematics and the Limits of Physical Possibility"
- Non-Empirical Physics from a Historical Perspective, MPIWG, Berlin, Germany (27-29. March 2019) Talk on "Can we have Scientific Progress Without Experiments?"
- Workshop Interdisziplinäres Zentrum "Machine Learning and Data Analytics", Wuppertal, Germany (28. Jan. 2019) Talk on "Ethical Problems of Autonomous Vehicles"
- Foundational Problems of Black Holes and Gravitational Radiation, Munich, Germany (20 - 21. Oct. 2018) Talk on "Testing Black Holes From Afar"
- Forschungsseminar Theoretische Philosophie, HHU Düsseldorf, Germany (6. Nov. 2018) Talk on "Theory Assessment and Development Without Experiments"
- Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, Germany (1.10.2018) Talk on "On the Use and Misuse of Non-Empirical Theory Assessment"
- Analogue Experimentation, Bristol University, UK (16 -17. July 2018) Talk on "Putting Analogue Experiments on the Methodological Map"
- Foundations of Physics; Utrecht, Netherlands (10.-13. July 2018) Talk on "What Constitutes a Problem in Physics?"
- DPG Frühjahrstagung; Berlin, Germany (15.03.2018)
Talk on "Emergent Phenomenon and their Minimimal Model Explanations in Physics and Econophysics" - Black Hole Initiative Colloquium, Harvard University (11 April 2017) Talk on "Methodological Foundations of Analogue Gravity"
- European Philosophy of Science Association Biennial Meeting (EPSA17) in Exeter (6 - 9 September 2017) Talk on "Dual Simulation and the AdS/QCD Correspondence" as part of the Symposium "Towards a Methodology of Quantum Gravity"
- Reasoning in Physics, Center for Advanced Studies, LMU Munich (12.-13. Dec. 2016) Talk on "Scientific Reasoning in Theory Space"
- Foundations of Physics, London (16.-18. July 2016) Talk on “The Epistemology of No-go Theorems“
- 6th Congress of the Sociéte de Philosophie des Sciences, Lausanne (29. June - 1. July 2016) Talk on “The Epistemology of No-go Theorems“
- UIC Seminar Talk, Chicago (17. June 2016) Talk on "Testing Theories, Theory Space and Scientific Practice"
- Five Years MCMP: Quo Vadis, Mathematical Philosophy?, Munich (2-4- June 2016) Talk on "What Are No-Go Theorems Good for?"
- Geneva Symmetry Group Seminar, Geneva (19. May 2016) Talk on "Confirmation via Analogue Simulation: A Bayesian Analysis"
- Why Trust a Theory? Reconsidering Scientific Methodology in the Light of Modern Physics, Munich (7.-9. December 2015) Talk on "Physics Without Experiments". (discussed e.g. here, here and here; video of my talk can be found here)
- European Philosophy of Science Association Meeting, Düsseldorf (23.-26. September 2015) Talk on “Non-empirical Evidence in the Case of the No Alternatives Argument.“
- 15th Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, Helsinki (3.-8. August 2015) Talk on “Non-empirical Evidence in the Case of the No Alternatives Argument.“
- 4th Tübingen Summer School in the History and Philosophy of Science: Idealizations in Physics (27.-31. July 2015) Talk on "What Do No-go Theorems in Physics Imply"
- Britisch Society for the Philosophy of Science Annual Conference, Manchester, UK (2.–3. July 2015)
Talk on “Non-empirical Evidence in the Case of the No Alternatives Argument.“ - Philosophy of Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA (6. – 8. Nov. 2014 ) Talk on “Confirmation via Analogue Simulation: What Dumbholes Could Tell Us About Gravity“
- Britisch Society for the Philosophy of Science Annual Conference, Cambridge, UK (10. – 11. July 2014)
Talk on “Confirmation via Analogue Simulation: What Dumbholes Could Tell Us About Gravity“ - Colloquium in Logic, Philosophy of Science and Philosophy, Munich, Germany (2. July 2014)
Talk on “The Distinction Between Internal and External Symmetries“ - DPG Frühjahrstagung, Berlin, Germany (17.03 - 21.03.2013)
Talk on "The Internal/External Distinction in the Light of Supersymmetry" - Foundations of Quantum Mechanics LMU-Stanford Joint Seminar (04. Nov. 2013)
Talk on “Non-Classical Probabilities, Quantum Mechanics and No-Go Theorems“ - Foundations of Physics Conference, LMU Munich (29. – 31. July 2013)
Talk on “Group Structuralism in Particle Physics“ - Reduction and Emergence in Physics, LMU Munich (21.06 – 22.06.2013) Talk on “What Dumbholes can tell us about Gravity“
- Quantum Gravity in Perspective, LMU Munich (31.05 – 01.03.2013)
Comment on Richard Dawid’s Talk “String Theory, Final Theory Claim and Scientific Realism“ - DPG Frühjahrstagung, Jena, Germany (25.02 - 01.03.2013)
Talk on "The Explanatory Capability of Physical Theories" - Formal Informal: Research Seminar on Foundations of Statistics, LMU Munich (04. Feb. 2013)
Talk on “Upper and Lower Probabilities in Quantum Mechanics” - LSE Graduate Philosophy Conference, LSE London (30. Apr. 2012)
Talk on "Explaining the Unexplainable" - Research Seminar Theoretical Philosophy, HHU Düsseldorf, Germany (24. Apr. 2012)
Talk on "On Explaining the Dimensionality of Space and Time" - DPG Frühjahrstagung, Berlin, Germany (25.-30.03.2012)
Talk on "How to Gain Insights into the Dimensionality of Space and Time"