Time and Timelessness in Fundamental Physics and Cosmology: Historical, Philosophical, and Mathematical Perspectives

Silvia De Bianchi is Associate Professor at the University of Milan and PI of the ERC project PROTEUS--"Paradoxes and Metaphors of Time in Early Universe(s)" (2018-2024) and of the project COSMOS. Her research interests cover the history and philosophy of modern cosmology, history and philosophy of modern physics and history of philosophy, with emphasis on Kant's work on natural science. She also works on the conceptual foundations of quantum gravity approaches, including Group Field Theory and Loop Quantum Gravity. With Claus Kiefer, she edited "Hundred Years of Gauge Theory" (Springer 2020), and edited two special issues for Studies in History and Philosophy of Science and one for HOPOS, devoted to the philosophical and mathematical underpinning of cosmology (18th-20th century).

Marco Forgione is Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Milan within the COSMOS project and before within the ERC Project PROTEUS: "Paradoxes and Metaphors of Time in Early Universe(s)". He works on instances of space-time emergence in the context of different approaches to quantum gravity. Previously, he extensively worked on the history and philosophy of quantum electrodynamics and Feynman's theorizing. His research interests focus on history and philosophy of science and philosophy of physics.

Laura Marongiu is Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Milan within the COSMOS project and before within the ERC Project PROTEUS: "Paradoxes and Metaphors of Time in Early Universe(s)". Her research interests focus on the history of philosophy and the history of mathematics and cosmology, with special emphasis on the Platonic tradition. Her previous research focused on the role of mathematics in Plato's work; she is currently working on the reception of Plato's Timaeus and on the history of mathematics and cosmology in Late Antiquity.

Silvia De Bianchi 是米蘭大學的副教授，也是 ERC 項目 PROTEUS——「早期宇宙中的時間悖論與隱喻」（2018-2024）的主要研究者，以及 COSMOS 項目的負責人。她的研究興趣涵蓋現代宇宙學的歷史與哲學、現代物理學的歷史與哲學，以及哲學史，特別強調康德在自然科學方面的著作。她還研究量子引力方法的概念基礎，包括群場理論和迴圈量子引力。她與 Claus Kiefer 合編了《百年規範理論》（Springer 2020），並為《科學歷史與哲學研究》編輯了兩期特刊，還為 HOPOS 編輯了一期，專注於宇宙學的哲學與數學基礎（18 世紀至 20 世紀）。

Marco Forgione 是米蘭大學 COSMOS 項目的博士後研究員，之前在 ERC 項目 PROTEUS：「早期宇宙中的時間悖論與隱喻」中工作。他研究不同量子引力方法中時空出現的實例。此前，他廣泛研究了量子電動力學的歷史與哲學以及費曼的理論。他的研究興趣集中在科學史與哲學以及物理學哲學上。

Laura Marongiu 是米蘭大學 COSMOS 項目的博士後研究員，之前在 ERC 項目 PROTEUS：「早期宇宙中的時間悖論與隱喻」中工作。她的研究興趣集中在哲學史以及數學和宇宙學的歷史，特別強調柏拉圖傳統。她之前的研究專注於數學在柏拉圖著作中的角色；目前她正在研究柏拉圖的《蒂邁歐斯》的接受情況，以及晚期古代的數學和宇宙學歷史。