Deliverables of A2

This page collects the output of project A2, "The hierarchy, fine-tuning and naturalness problem from a philosophical perspective" within the DFG Research Unit "The epistemology of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)". For the list of deliverables of project A1, see here.

Publications in refereed journals

Awards

Other publications

Invited Talks

Organization of project-related events

Contributed talks

Publications in refereed journals

• J.D. Fraser and K. Rejzner,
  "Perturbative Expansions and the Foundations of Quantum Field Theory",
  The European Physical Journal H: Historical Perspectives on Contemporary Physics 49 (2024) 10 [link]
• J.D. Fraser,
  "Infinite Scale Scepticism: Probing the Epistemology of the Limit of Infinite Degrees of Freedom and Hilbert Space Non-Uniqueness",
  British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (2023) [link]
• E. Fischer,
  "Naturalness and the Forward-Looking Justification of Scientific Principles",
  Philosophy of Science 90 (2023) 1050-1059 [link]
• E. Fischer,
  "Naturalness and the Forward-Looking Justification of Scientific Principles",
  Philosophy of Science 90 (2023) 1050-1059 [link]
• J. Rosaler,
  "Dogmas of Effective Field Theory: Scheme Dependence, Fundamental Parameters and the Many Faces of the Higgs Naturalness Principle",
  Foundation of Physics 52 (2022) 2 [link]
• J. Rosaler,
  "The Geometry of Reduction. Compound Reduction and Overlapping State Space Domains",
  Foundations of Physics 49 (2019) 1111-1149 [link]
• M.A. Carretero Sahuquillo,
  "The charm quark as a naturalness success",
  Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 68 (2019) 51-61 [link]
• J. Rosaler, R. Harlander, G. Schiemann, M.A. Carretero Sahuquillo,
  "Special Issue: Naturalness, Hierarchy, and Fine-Tuning",
  Foundations of Physics 49 (2019) 855-859 [link]
• R. Harlander and J. Rosaler,
  "Higgs Naturalness and Renormalized Parameters",
  Foundations of Physics 49 (2019) 879-897 [link]
• J. Rosaler and R. Harlander,
  "Naturalness, Wilsonian Renormalization, and "Fundamental Parameters" in Quantum Field Theory",
  Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 66 (2019) 118-134 [link]
• J. Rosaler,
  "Generalized Ehrenfest Relations, Deformation Quantization and the Geometry of Inter-Model Reduction",
  Foundations of Physics 48 (2018) 355-385 [link]

Awards

• E. Fischer,
  "Membership Junges Kolleg der Nordrhein-Westfälischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Künste" (2023) [link]

Other publications

• J. Rosaler,
  "Fine tuning is just fine",
  Nautilus (blog post) (2018) [link]

Invited talks

• J.D. Fraser,
  "Infinite Scale Scepticism: Probing the Epistemology of the Limit of Infinite Degrees of Freedom and Hilbert Space Non-Uniqueness",
  Discreteness and Precision in Physics Workshop ,
  IHPST, Paris (2024)
• R. Dardashti,
  "The Role of Mathematical Structure in Theory Development",
  Mathematics in Physics Workshop,
  Oslo, Norway (2023)
• J. D. Fraser,
  "The Many Faces of the Renormalization Group",
  Philosophy of Quantum Field Theory,
  Western University (2023)
• R. Dardashti,
  "Supersymmetry - The Solution to All Our Problems?",
  Establishing the Philosophy of Supersymmetry Workshop,
  Stockholm, Sweden (2022)
• J.D. Fraser,
  "Rigorous Approximation: The Origins of the Causal Perturbation Theory Programme",
  Approximations in Physics to Second Order: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives,
  MPIWG Berlin (2022)
• R. Dardashti,
  "A Philosophical Perspective on Problems in Physics",
  Resummation, Evolution, Factorization Workshop,
  DESY (online) (2021)
• R. Dardashti,
  "A Philosophical Perspective on Problems in Physics",
  International Symposium on Multiparticle Dynamics,
  DESY (online) (2021)
• R. Dardashti,
  "Prediction in High Energy Physics",
  The Perils of Prediction Workshop,
  Athens (online) (2021)
• R. Dardashti,
  "How Scientific Problems Shape Theory Development",
  Annual Maxwell Society Conference,
  London (online) (2021)
• J. Rosaler,
  "Dogmas of Effective Field Theory: Fundamental Parameters, Scheme Dependence and the Many Faces of the Higgs Naturalness Principle",
  Mini-Workshop on Naturalness and Renormalization,
  online (2021) [link]
• R. Dardashti,
  "The Rise and Fall of Scientific Problems",
  Warsaw Spacetime Colloquium,
  Warsaw (online) (2020)
• R. Dardashti,
  "Understanding Problems in Physics",
  Conceptual and Methodological Aspects of Physics: Historical Perspectives,
  Utrecht (2020)
• R. Dardashti,
  "Understanding Problems in Physics",
  Philosophy of Physics Research Seminar,
  Oxford (2019)

Organization of project-related events

• Workshop
  Principles in Physics, Wuppertal (2023) [link]
• Workshop
  Naturalness, Hierarchy and Fine Tuning, Aachen (2018) [link]

Contributed talks

• J.D. Fraser,
  "The Long S-matrix Programme",
  Principles in Physics Workshop,
  Wuppertal (2023)
• J. D. Fraser,
  "The Long S-matrix Programme",
  Integrated History and Philosophy of Science Conference,
  Durham (2023)
• R. Dardashti,
  "Predictions in particle physics and the future of theory assessment",
  International Conference on Large-Scale Experiments,
  Karlsruhe (2022)
• R. Dardashti,
  "On the Theory-ladenness of Theorizing",
  The Fourth International Conference of the German Society for Philosophy of Science,
  Berlin (2022)
• E. Fischer,
  "Naturalness and the Forward-Looking Justification of Scientific Principles",
  Third Irvine-London-Munich-PoliMi-Salzburg Conference in Philosophy and Foundations of Physics,
  Milano (2022) [link]
• E. Fischer,
  "Naturalness and the Heuristic Role of Scientific Principles",
  Virtual DPG Spring Meeting,
  online (2022) [link]
• R. Dardashti,
  "The Rise and Fall of Scientific Problems",
  XXV. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Philosophie,
  Berlin (2021)
• R. Dardashti,
  "What is this Thing called Theory Space?",
  Philosophy of Science Association 27th Biennial Meeting,
  Baltimore (2021)
• R. Dardashti,
  "The Rise and Fall of Scientific Problems",
  20th European Conference on Foundations of Physics,
  Paris (2021)