Kian Salimkhani
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (postdoctoral researcher)
Research Areas
Philosophy of Physics (especially philosophy of spacetime and quantum gravity)
General Philosophy of Science (methodology, unification)
Metaphysics (fundamentality, philosophy of time)
Curriculum Vitae
Akademischer Werdegang
Seit Juni 2020
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (PostDoc), Universität zu Köln
2020
Promotion (PhD) in Philosophie, Universität Bonn
5/2018
Junior Visiting Fellowship in Philosophy of Quantum Gravity, Université de Genève
2017 – 2020
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Universität Bonn
2016
M.A. Philosophie, Universität Bonn
2014 – 2017
Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft am Institut für Philosophie und am Physikalischen Institut, Universität Bonn
2012
M.Sc. Physik, Universität Bonn
2009
B.Sc. Physik, Universität Bonn
Publications
Articles
Friebe, C., Salimkhani, K., and Wachter, T. (Eds): Introduction: Individuality, Distinguishability, and (Non-)Entanglement. Journal for General Philosophy of Science. 2021.
Salimkhani, K.: ‘The dynamical approach to spin-2 gravity’. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 72, 2020, pp. 29–45.
Salimkhani, K.: ‘Explaining unification in physics internally’. Synthese, 2019.
Salimkhani, K.: ‘Quantum Gravity: A Dogma of Unification?’. In: A. Christian, D. Hommen, N. Retzlaff and G. Schurz (Eds.), Philosophy of Science – Between the Natural Sciences, the Social Sciences, and the Humanities, European Studies in Philosophy of Science, Vol. 9. Cham: Springer, 2018, pp. 23–41.
Salimkhani, K., Tattersall, J., and Moortgat-Pick, G.: ‘CP Violating Effects in Stop Decay’. In: Helmholtz Alliance Linear Collider Forum, “Proceedings of the Workshops Hamburg, Munich, Hamburg 2010–2012”, Hamburg, DESY, 2013, pp. 445–449.
Edited Issues
Friebe, C., Salimkhani, K., and Wachter, T. (Eds): Special Issue on Individuality, Distinguishability, and (Non-)Entanglement. Journal for General Philosophy of Science. Forthcoming.
Selected Presentations
2021
9/2021 Von der Vielheit zur Einheit (invited), Forschungskolloquium Einheit–Vielheit, Bonn
9/2021 Interpreting spacetime away, Symposium “The many problems of spacetime emergence”, 8th Biennial Conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA 2021), Turin (online)
5/2021 Interpreting spacetime away (invited). Möbius Seminars on Philosophy of Science, Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université de Paris (online)
3/2021 Vereinheitlichung in der Physik (invited), Blockseminar 'Theorienentstehung und -entwicklung', Universität Bremen (online)
1/2021 A dynamical perspective on the arrow of time, Philosophy of Time Society at the 2021 Eastern Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association (APA), New York City (online due to SARS-CoV2)
2020
10/2020 The dynamical approach to spin-2 gravity (invited), Philosophy of Physics Seminar, University of Oxford
7/2020 The dynamical approach to spin-2 gravity, British Society for the Philosophy of Science Annual Conference (BSPS 2020), Kent; cancelled due to SARS-CoV2
7/2020 The dynamical approach to spin-2 gravity, Foundations 2020, Paris; postponed due to SARS-CoV2
2019
12/2019 The dynamical approach to spin-2 gravity (invited), History and Philosophy of Physics Research Seminar, Universität Bonn
11/2019 The Constructivist's Programme and the Problem of Pregeometry, 5th Annual Conference of the Society for the Metaphysics of Science, Toronto
9/2019 The Constructivist's Programme and the Problem of Pregeometry, 7th Biennial Conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA 2019), Genève
9/2019 Commentary on Niels Martens, ‘Dark matter = modified gravity? Scrutinising the spacetime-matter distinction through the modified gravity/dark matter lens’, Oxford-Notre Dame-Bonn Workshop on the Foundations of Spacetime Theories, University of Oxford
7/2019 The Constructivist's Programme and the Problem of Pregeometry, British Society for the Philosophy of Science Annual Conference (BSPS 2019), Durham (Poster)
2/2019 How Physics Practice Employs the ‘Physical Possible’, Symposium “Modality in Physics”, Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftsphilosophie, Third International Conference (GWP.2019), Köln
2018
5/2018 On Pregeometry (invited), Chicago-Geneva Beyond Spacetime Seminar, Université de Genève
2017
10/2017 Constraining Inductive Metaphysical Inferences by Help of Internal Unification, 3rd Annual Conference of the Society for the Metaphysics of Science, New York City
9/2017 Explaining Unification in Physics, XXIV. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Philosophie, Berlin
9/2017 Einstein's Principle of Equivalence and the Fundamentality of Spacetime, Symposium “Promoting the Field View of General Relativity: New Insights From Spin-2, Emergent Gravity, and the Dynamical Approach”, 6th Biennial Conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA 2017), Exeter
8/2017 Explaining Unification in Physics Internally, European Congress of Analytic Philosophy (ECAP 9), München
7/2017 Einstein's Principle of Equivalence and the Fundamentality of Spacetime, British Society for the Philosophy of Science Annual Conference (BSPS 2017), Edinburgh
6/2017 Commentary on Simon Friederich, ‘The asymptotic safety scenario for quantum gravity – a methodological appraisal’, Conference on the Philosophical Foundations of Quantum Gravity, Celigny
6/2017 Explaining Unification in Physics Internally, Triennial International Conference of the Italian Society for Logic and Philosophy of Science (SILFS 2017), Bologna
2016
12/2016 On Realism and Intertheory Relations within Unification Attempts in Modern Physics, Symposium “Scientific Realism and Intertheory Relations in Physics: Classical Physics, Quantum Physics, and Space Time Theories”, Third International Conference on Philosophy of Science: Contemporary Issues (ICPOS), Lisboa
3/2016 Quantum Gravity: An Ideology of Unification?, Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftsphilosophie, Second International Conference (GWP.2016), Düsseldorf
2/2016 The Notion and Practice of Unification in Modern Physics, Frühjahrstagung 2016 der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft, Hamburg
Organized Workshops etc.
Workshops
3/2018 Properties and Laws in the Light of Inductive Metaphysics, Düsseldorf, Co-Organizer (w/ Andreas Bartels, Vera Hoffmann-Kolss, Siegfried Jaag, and Markus Schrenk)
3/2018 Individuality, Distinguishability, and (Non-)Entanglement, Bonn, Organizer (w/ Tina Wachter)
10/2017 Spacetime: Fundamental or Emergent?, Bonn, Organizer (w/ Andreas Bartels)
Symposia
2/2019 Modality in Physics, Symposium at GWP.2019, Köln, Convenor (w/ Andreas Bartels and Niels Linnemann)
9/2017 Promoting the Field View of General Relativity: New Insights From Spin-2, Emergent Gravity, and the Dynamical Approach, Symposium at EPSA17, Exeter, Convenor (w/ Niels Linnemann)
Undergraduate Workshops/Schools
12/2021 3. Wochenendseminar zur Einführung in die „Philosophie der Physik“. Thema: Philosophie der Zeit, Köln/Online, Organizer (w/ Niels Linnemann) – BEWERBUNGEN BIS 31. OKTOBER 2021
12/2020 2. Wochenendseminar zur Einführung in die „Philosophie der Physik“. Thema: Philosophie der Quantenmechanik, Bremen/Online, Organizer (w/ Niels Linnemann)
12/2018 1. Wochenendseminar zur Einführung in die „Philosophie der Physik“. Thema: Philosophie der Raumzeit, Bonn, Organizer (w/ Niels Linnemann)
Aktuelle Lehrveranstaltungen
Wintersemester 2021/22
Wissenschaftstheoretische Grundlagen zur Corona-Pandemie, Do 14-16, online