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.
James Read – Title TBC
4:30pm, Thursday 21st May @ K2.40 (King’s building, KCL Strand Campus)
Katie Robertson – Title TBC
Autumn term 2020, King’s College London
More details soon
