A termly research seminar on philosophy of physics, hosted at King’s College London.
All are welcome to all events! If you plan to come to any of the events or would like more information, email Alex Franklin.
POSTPONED:
Emily Adlam – Spooky Action at a Temporal Distance
New Date TBC
Abstract: Since the discovery of Bell’s theorem, the physics community has come to take seriously the possibility that the universe might contain physical processes which are spatially nonlocal, but there has been no such revolution with regard to the possibility of temporally nonlocal processes. In this talk, I argue that the assumption of temporal locality is actively limiting progress in the field of quantum foundations. I investigate the origins of the assumption, arguing that it has arisen for historical and pragmatic reasons rather than good scientific ones, then explain why temporal locality is in tension with relativity and review some recent results which cast doubt on its validity.
Katie Robertson – Title TBC
Autumn term 2020, King’s College London
More details soon
PAST TALKS
James Read – Newtonian Equivalence Principles
21st May
Abstract: I present a unified framework for understanding equivalence principles in spacetime theories, applicable to both relativistic and Newtonian contexts. This builds on prior work by Knox (2014) and Lehmkuhl (forthcoming).
Knox, E. (2014). Newtonian spacetime structure in light of the equivalence principle. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 65(4), 863-880.
Lehmkuhl, D. The Equivalence Principle(s). Forthcoming in The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Physics, edited by E. Knox and A. Wilson.
