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New Directions in the Foundations of Physics
Mathematical Association of America Carriage House
1781 Church Street NW, Washington, DC
May 11 - 13, 2012
Sponsored by the University of Maryland, College Park (College of Arts and Humanities, Logic and Philosophy of Science Research Group of the Philosophy Department, Institute for Physical Science and Technology), Georgetown University (Graduate School, Georgetown College, Philosophy Department), and Johns Hopkins University Philosophy Department, with the support of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, and coordinated through the Foundations of Physics Group (University of Maryland at College Park, Johns Hopkins University, Georgetown University).
Friday, May 11
Session 1 (Morning):
Can the Quantum State be Interpreted Epistemically: I?
Chair :
JAMES MATTINGLY
Philosophy, Georgetown University |
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9:30 - 10:50
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"The quantum state cannot be interpreted statistically" |
MATTHEW PUSEY
Physics
Imperial College
London |
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10:50 - 11:10
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Coffee Break |
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11:10 - 12:30
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"Completeness of quantum theory implies that wave functions are physical
properties" |
ROGER COLBECK
Perimeter Institute
Waterloo, Canada |
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12:30 - 2:30
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Lunch |
Session 2 (Afternoon):
Can the Quantum State be Interpreted Epistemically: II?
Chair :
JEFFREY BUB
Philosophy and IPST, University of Maryland |
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2:30 - 3:30
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"TBA" |
ROB SPEKKENS
Perimeter Institute
Waterloo, Canada |
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3:30 - 4:45
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Coffee Break |
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3:45 - 4:45
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" Can the quantum state be interpreted epistemically in neo-Copenhagen approaches to quantum theory?" |
MATTHEW LEIFER
Physics
University College
London |
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4:45 - 5:45
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"TBA" |
ALLEN STAIRS
Philosophy
U Maryland |
| 7:00 - midnight |
Buffet Party |
Saturday, May 12
Session 3 (Morning):
Space and Time
Chair :
ALLEN STAIRS
Philosophy, University of Maryland |
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9:30 - 10:50
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"TBA" |
SIMON SAUNDERS
Philosophy of Physics
Oxford |
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10:50 - 11:10
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Coffee Break |
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11:10 - 12:30
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"‘Explaining’ inertial motion and the foundations of classical space-time theories" |
JAMES WEATHERALL
Logic and Philosophy of Science, UC-Irvine |
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12:30 - 2:30
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Lunch |
Session 4 (Afternoon):
Time and Quantum Mechanics: I
Chair :
ROB RYNASIEWICZ
Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University |
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2:30 - 3:50
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"The limits of correspondence: How the methods of quantum mechanics proved insufficient in electrodynamics (1925-1932)" |
CRISTOPH LEHNER,
ALEXANDER BLUM
Max Planck Institute
for the History of Science, Berlin |
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3:50 - 4:10
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Coffee Break |
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4:10 - 5:30
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"Proper time before relativity – from Fermat's Principle to the Pauli phase" |
JÜRGEN RENN,
DON SALISBURY,
ALEXANDER BLUM
Max Planck Institute
for the History of Science, Berlin |
Sunday, May 13
Session 5 (Morning):
Time and Quantum Mechanics: II
Chair :
JEFFREY BUB
Philosophy, University of Maryland |
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9:30 - 10:50
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"The past of a quantum particle" |
LEV VAIDMAN
Physics
Tel Aviv University |
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10:50 - 11:10
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Coffee Break |
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11:10 - 12:30
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"Retrocausality - what would it take?" |
HUW PRICE
Bertrand Russell
Prof of Philosophy
Cambridge;
ARC Fed Fellow
& Challis Prof
of Philosophy
U Sydney |
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Confirmed discussants include: Newshaw Bahreini (Physics, U Albany), Howard Barnum, Jonathan Barrett (Mathematics, Royal Holloway), Howard Brandt (US Army Lab), Dieter Brill (Physics, UMD), Jeffrey Bub (Philosphy and IPST, UMD), Eric Cavalcanti (Centre for Quantum Dynamics, Griffith U), William Demopoulos (Philosophy, U Western Ontario), Rob DiSalle (Philosophy, U Western Ontario), Lucas Dunlap (Philosophy, UMD), Michael Fisher (Physics and IPST, UMD), Shelley Goldstein (Mathematics, Rutgers), Philip Goyal (Physics, SUNY-Albany), Alexei Grinbaum (CEA-Saclay, SPEC/LARSIM), Genco Guralp (Philosophy, JHU), Amit Hagar (History & Phil of Science, Indiana), Richard Healey (Philosophy, U Arizona), Michel Janssen (Hist of Science, U Minnesota), Michael Jarrett (Physics, UMD), Ruth Kastner, Adrian Kent (DAMTP, Cambridge), Michael Kiessling (Mathematics, Rutgers), Fred Kronz (NSF), Paul Lopata (LPS, UMD), James Mattingly (Philosophy, Georgetown U), Tim Maudlin (Philosophy, NYU), Vishnya Maudlin (Philosophy, Rutgers), Charles Misner (Physics, UMD), Florin Moldoveanu (LPS Research Group, UMD), Alberto Montina (Perimeter Institute), Markus Mueller (Perimeter Institute), Wayne Myrvold (Philosophy, U Western Ontario), Tom Pashby (HPS, U Pittsburgh) Bryan Roberts (U Pittsburgh), Terry Rudolph (Physics, Imperial College), Rob Rynasiewicz (Philosophy, JHU), Steve Savitt (Philosophy, UBC), Michiel Seevinck (Quantum Probability Research Group, Radboud U, Nijmegen), David Wallace (Philosophy, Oxford), Ken Wharton (Physics and Astronomy, San Jose State), Adrian Wüthrich (HPS, U Pittsburgh).
The conference will take place at the Mathematical Association of America Carriage House Conference Center at 1781 Church Street NW in Washington, DC, a block from Dupont Circle. For general information about Washington, DC, see WashingtonInfo.
The number of participants is limited by available seating, so we regret that participation is by invitation only.
For further information, contact James Mattingly at jmm67@georgetown.edu.
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