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AGPhil: Arbeitsgruppe Philosophie der Physik

AGPhil 12: Processes, Events and Time

AGPhil 12.3: Vortrag

Freitag, 25. März 2022, 12:00–12:30, AGPhil-H14

Events, structures and processes — •Hans Jürgen Pirner — Institut für Theoretische Physik, Heidelberg

What are events? To answer this question, the talk analyzes physical and mental events. A singular event like the heat catastrophe of 2003 becomes meaningful when one relates it to the evolution of the climate. Structures emerge when events repeat themselves or when the experimenter makes them repeatable. In this way, physicists discovered the standard model of elementary particles, the cosmic microwave radiation and condensates of ultracold atoms. In general, events are parts of processes i.e. chains of events as will be shown for the birth of galaxies. In the university, researchers in separate faculties investigate physics and philosophy. This talk attempts to bridge this gap. By using the concept of event one understands reality from both perspectives. The author discusses Whitehead's philosophy and gives examples of how to structure events. Phenomena in the brain or in artificial intelligence show the interaction of nature and mind. Paradoxical results in decisions and in cognition interpret the connection we are looking for. If events are fundamental, a deep insight into the interaction of nature and mind opens up.