Mathematics, Physics and
Philosophy
in the Interpretations of
Relativity Theory
Budapest
7-9. September 2007.
The President of the International Organizing
Committee is
Dr. Laszlo Szekely,
Institute for
Philosophical Research, Hungarian
Academy of Sciences, Budapest
The Committee includes:
Dr. J.
Czerniawski, Institute of Philosophy, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
Dr. M.C.
Duffy, University of Sunderland, Sunderland, United Kingdom
Dr. L.
Kostro, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland.
Dr. L.
Ropolyi, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary
Dr P. Rowlands,
University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Dr L.
Szekely, Institute for Philosophical
Research, Hung. Ac. of Sci. Budapest,
Hungary.
Dr. H.L.
Szoecs, Berzsenyi College, Hungary
Dr. M.
Wegener, University of Arhus, Arhus, Denmark.
Conference-coordinator: L. Szekely,
Postal Address: Institute for Philosophical Research
P.O. Box 594, Budapest-62, Hungary, 1398
E-mail:
Sz_L@ludens.elte.hu
GENERAL OBJECTIVES OF THE
CONFERENCE
The
objective of the conference is to deliberate the mathematical, physical and
philosophical elements of different understandings of Relativity Theory; the
physical and philosophical arguments and commitments shaping its
interpretations, including its applications, especially those in relativistic
cosmology and relativistic quantum theory. The organizing committee is open for
examination of recent advantages in the interpretational problems of Relativity
Theory, as well as, for analysis of the cultural, ideological and philosophical
factors that have roles in its evolution, and development of the modern
physical world view determined to a considerable extent by that theory. The
conference intends to review the fruitfulness of orthodox Relativity, as developed
from the Einstein-Minkowski formulation, and to suggest how history and
philosophy of science clarify the relationship between the accepted
relativistic formal structure and the various physical interpretations
associated with it.
While the
organizing committee encourages critical investigations and welcomes both
Einsteinian and non-Einsteinian (Lorentzian, etc.) approaches, including the recently proposed ether-type theories,
it is assumed that the received formal structure of the theory is valid and
anti-relativistic papers will not be accepted. Metaphysical consideration
connected to Relativity Theory may be included into the program only if it
definitely contributes to the clarification of the mathematical, physical and
philosophical aspects of the theory and is kept closely related to science.
The meeting
was initiated by Professor Duffy, the establisher and organizer of the regular
meetings on the Physical Interpretation of Relativity Theory (PIRT) in London,
and should contribute to the series of PIRT meetings by discussing the usual
PIRT themes with a special emphasis on the philosophical aspects but not
excluding mathematical and physical approaches. The organizing committee
equally waits for contributions by mathematicians, physicists and philosophers
and hopes that the meeting will give opportunity to establish communication
among researchers of the region and those of other parts of the world working in this field.
The standard
length of an address will be 30 minutes but there will be provision for longer
contributions by invited speakers (circa 40
minutes) and shorter contributions (circa 20 minutes).
DEADLINES
Please indicate your intention to participate in the meeting to the conference co-ordinator as early as
possible.
If you want to deliver a
paper, please submit an abstract of 2000-4000 characters length to the
conference-coordinator by 30 April. The International Organizing Committee will
pre-select the papers to be delivered at the meeting on the basis of the
submitted abstracts. The full text versions of pre-selected papers should be
submitted by June 15. (If you can’t finish your paper by this deadline, please
contact the organizing committee.) The final decision on the conference program
will be made on the basis of full text versions and the organizing committee
reserves the right to refuse contributions, if their full text versions will be
considered inappropriate.
REGISTRATION
Those
wishing to participate in the meeting are requested to
submit a completed registration form to the conference-coordinator and to pay a
registration fee.
Registration
fee for participants: 110 Euros before June 30, 130 Euros after this date, for
accompanying persons, 55 and 65 Euros, respectively.
The
registration fee should be paid with bank transfer in Euros, US Dollars or GB
Pounds to the bank account of the conference (see below) or with cash at the
conference site.
The participation fee covers the rental of
conference facilities, conference materials, coffee breaks and refreshments.
When the
registration fee arrives on the account, participants will receive a
certificate via e-mail and, on request, they also will be provided with a
formal, printed invoice corresponding to the rules of EU and Hungary.
To those
who have transferred the registration fee but whose papers the Organizing
Committee does not accept, the fee will be retransferred, should they decide
not to attend the meeting.
The registration fee should be paid in EURO,
GBP or USD.
THE BANK ACCOUNT OF THE CONFERENCE
Payment with Bank Transfer is to be made to
Bank Name: Budapest Bank (a Member of the General Electric Money Bank)
SWIFT CODE: BUDAHUHB
ACCOUNT NUMBER: IBAN: HU82
10103056-49473400-01000000
Bank’s address (if necessary): HU-1173
Budapest, Pesti ut 159-163., Hungary
Account’s
name (beneficiary): Zephyrus Kft.
Address of
beneficiary (if necessary): HU-1174 Budapest, Szabadsag 56.
In the
comment field please give your name and indicate the conference title
(“PIRT-Budapest” or “Int.-s of R. T.”,
or something like).
CONFERENCE
VENUE
The lectures will take place at the campus of
the Faculty of Science of Eötvös University,
on the bank of the river Danube, South of the historical centre of Budapest, in
the Eötvös Lecture Room (Building Block
North, ground floor 083) Address: 1117 Budapest, XI., Pázmány Péter sétány 1/a.
(See the map and the satellite
image on the last page of this announcement.)
ACCOMODATION
The registration fee does not include
accommodation. On request the organizers will help you to book room in a
student hostel (dormitory) or in a hotel (see
below).
ENQUIRIES
All
enquiries, and completed registration forms, together with
abstracts should be sent to:
Conference Co-ordinator: Dr. L. Szekely
Postal Address:
Institute for
Philosophical Research
P.O. Box 594,
Budapest-62, Hungary, 1398
E-mail:
Sz_L@ludens.elte.hu
The preferred communication
is the e-mail communication sent to the electronic address indicated above.
Please submit your abstract and paper to this address as attachment in
Doc format of MsWord
for Windows or RTF (Rich Text Format),
if possible.
If you prefer to post your
paper at the conference web site in PDF or HTML format, please send also a copy
in one of these formats.
WEBSITE
The address of the conference web site:
http://www.phil-inst.hu/PIRT_Budapest or http://www.phil-inst.hu/PIRT.Budapest
Information will be posted at this web site address
devoted to:
Information Bulletins
Brochure and Registration Forms
Abstracts of submitted papers included in the programme
The texts of papers included in the
programme.
Lists of participants.
The Meeting Timetable.
Submissions to the
website should be sent to the Conference-Coordinator, Dr. Laszlo Szekely.
Colleagues
who do not have e-mail facilities or word processors should submit material in
clear copy by ordinary post or by fax.
They should also indicate their need to receive information circulars by
post or fax rather than by e-mail.
Materials (Brochures, etc.) will be posted to anyone who requires paper
copies.
Offers and Advice for Accommodation
The
conference organizers offer the participants accommodation in the student homes
(dormitories) of Technical University close to the conference site at reasonable
prices.
Accommodation
in the student homes is for twin rooms at 24-32 Euros/night. If you share your
room with another participant, you need pay only 12-16 Euros. If you don’t want
to share your room, you must pay the whole price. Several rooms have private
shower or bath, but in most cases baths are on the floor. It can’t be
guaranteed that rooms with private bath will be available, but the organizers
will attempt to book rooms of this kind. Please consider that the number of
available rooms is limited so if you want to book this possibility, you should
send your request to the conference-coordinator as early as possible. Note:
breakfast is not included with this accommodation.
There are
also several hotel-like twin rooms in the guesthouse of Technical University of
Budapest for 60-70 Euros/night.
If you want
to reserve an accommodation in a hotel, we recommend the historical
Hotel
Gellert (gellert.reservation@danubiusgroup.com), approx. 1 km (a 15 minute walk)
from the conference site. Hotel Gellert offers single rooms for 80-90
Euros/night. We also recommend the Hotel Ibis Centrum (single rooms for 70-80
Euros/night), Hotel Mercure Duna (single and double rooms for 100-120
Euros/night) and the Hotel Mercure
Korona (only double and twin rooms for 160-180 Euros/night) on the other side
of the Danube in the downtown area.
Please note that early September is high season
for conferences in Budapest and there may be a shortage of hotel rooms; early
booking is therefore highly recommended.
Close to the conference site there is a university dining room and cafe where participants can have breakfast and other meals for reasonable prices. Of course, one can find other restaurants in the vicinity, too.
Several
hotel links:
http://www.budapesthotelreservation.hu/
http://www.danubiushotels.com/gellert
http://www.accorhotels.com/accorhotels/index.html
(Mercure Korona, HOTEL CODE: 1765)
http://www.accorhotels.com/accorhotels/index.html
(Mercure Duna, HOTEL CODE: 2065)
http://www.ibishotel.com/ibis/fichehotel/gb/ibi/2078/fiche_hotel.shtml
(Hotel Ibis)
See
the registration form on the next page.
Registration Form
Please save
this form, complete it and send back to the Conference-Coordinator via e-mail
in Ms WORD for Windows or RTF format or via ordinary mail in hard copy.
Section A:
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
NAME:
(Prof/Dr/Mr/Ms)
FIRST NAMES:
ADDRESS
(Professional/Academic):
POSTAL CODE:
ADDRESS FOR
CONFERENCE COMMUNICATION (if different from above):
POSTAL CODE:
TELEPHONE NUMBER: FAX
NUMBER:
E-MAIL ADDRESS:
ACCOMPANYING
PERSONS (Number):
(Names/Initials)
REGISTRATION
FEES
Number of
Participants at (each) : EUROs
Number of
Accompanying Persons at (each) : EUROs
TOTAL :
Note: Delegates
are reminded that payment should be in EUROS, POUNDS STERLING or US
DOLLARS.
Date:
Signature
If you request
help with respect to accommodation, please see the B section of this form on
the next page.
Section B: ACCOMMODATION
Section B is to be completed only by those wishing to
reserve accommodation in the student homes (dormitories) of Technical
University or asking the organizers to assist them in hotel reservation. It
will be assumed that those delegates not completing this section will be making
their own arrangements with respect to accommodation.
Please delete or
strike out inappropriate answers:
I want to reserve
accommodation in a student home near to conference site and
-
I accept to share
the room with another participant
-
I want to reserve
the room only for myself
-
I will arrive at
the meeting with other participants and we will share the rooms among ourselves
I request the
help of the organisers to book a hotel room in the category
-
from 70 to 110 EURO/rooms/nights (single or double/twin rooms) or
- from 160 to 210
EURO/rooms/nights (twin or double rooms).
The number of
rooms to be reserved:
The number of
persons for whom the rooms should be reserved:
ARRIVAL DATE
_______________ (Approximate time of
arrival if known)
DEPARTURE DATE
____________ (Approximate departure
time if known)
NUMBER OF NIGHTS
FOR WHICH ACCOMMODATION IS REQUIRED:
ANY SPECIAL
REQUIREMENTS? (Ground Floor/Shared Room), please state
If you complete
the Accommodation section of this form, it will be made a preliminary
reservation for you. The price of accommodation should be transferred directly
to the hotel or (in the case of dormitory rooms) to the conference account
given above.
Date:
Signature
1.
Conference Site 2. Hotel Gellért (Gellért Square) 3. Hotel Ibis 4. Hotel Mercure Korona (Kálvin Square) 5. Hotel Mercure Danube (Boráros Square) SH
Student Homes of Technical TU Technical University of Budapest (The „Műegyetem”) BELVÁROS: Downtown VÁR: Castle
University
The Satellite Image of the Conference Site
1. Conference Site
2. Hotel Gellért (Gellért Square)
3. Hotel Ibis
4. Hotel Mercure Korona (Kálvin Square)
5. Hotel Mercure Danube (Boráros Square)
SH Student
Homes of Technical
University
TU Technical University of Budapest
(The „Műegyetem”)
BELVÁROS: Downtown
VÁR: Castle