MCMP – Philosophy of Physics
By MCMP Team
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Description
Mathematical Philosophy - the application of logical and mathematical methods in philosophy - is about to experience a tremendous boom in various areas of philosophy. At the new Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, which is funded mostly by the German Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, philosophical research will be carried out mathematically, that is, by means of methods that are very close to those used by the scientists. The purpose of doing philosophy in this way is not to reduce philosophy to mathematics or to natural science in any sense; rather mathematics is applied in order to derive philosophical conclusions from philosophical assumptions, just as in physics mathematical methods are used to derive physical predictions from physical laws. Nor is the idea of mathematical philosophy to dismiss any of the ancient questions of philosophy as irrelevant or senseless: although modern mathematical philosophy owes a lot to the heritage of the Vienna and Berlin Circles of Logical Empiricism, unlike the Logical Empiricists most mathematical philosophers today are driven by the same traditional questions about truth, knowledge, rationality, the nature of objects, morality, and the like, which were driving the classical philosophers, and no area of traditional philosophy is taken to be intrinsically misguided or confused anymore. It is just that some of the traditional questions of philosophy can be made much clearer and much more precise in logical-mathematical terms, for some of these questions answers can be given by means of mathematical proofs or models, and on this basis new and more concrete philosophical questions emerge. This may then lead to philosophical progress, and ultimately that is the goal of the Center.
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| 1 | VideoPhysics without Fundamental Time | Carlo Rovelli (Aix-Marseille) gives a talk at the Workshop on the Problem of Time in Perspective (3-4 July, 2015) titled "Physics without Fundamental Time". Abstract: Rivers of ink have flown on the basic conceptual structure of quantum gravity -a theor | 7/8/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 2 | VideoFacets of Time in Physics | Kurt Sundermeyer (FU Berlin/MPIWG) gives a talk at the Workshop on the Problem of Time in Perspective (3-4 July, 2015) titled "Facets of Time in Physics". Abstract: In an attempt to understand slogans such as "The End Of Time", "Forget About Time", "Tim | 7/7/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 3 | VideoThe Gravitational Arrow of Time | Tim A. Koslowski (Brunswick) gives a talk at the Workshop on the Problem of Time in Perspective (3-4 July, 2015) titled "The Gravitational Arrow of Time". Abstract: The arrow of time appears to always to point in one direction (i.e. we can clearly tell | 7/7/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 4 | VideoFirst-Class Constraints, Gauge, and the Wheeler-DeWitt Equation | Oliver Pooley (Oxford) gives a talk at the Workshop on the Problem of Time in Perspective (3-4 July, 2015) titled "First-Class Constraints, Gauge, and the Wheeler-DeWitt Equation". Abstract: Recently, Pitts (2014) has argued that the claim that first-cl | 7/7/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 5 | VideoChanging Observables in Canonical General Relativity from Hamiltonian-Lagrangian Equivalence | J. Brian Pitts (Cambridge) gives a talk at the Workshop on the Problem of Time in Perspective (3-4 July, 2015) titled "Changing Observables in Canonical General Relativity from Hamiltonian-Lagrangian Equivalence". Abstract: Is change missing in classica | 7/7/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 6 | VideoConstraints, Dirac Observables and Chaos | Philipp Hoehn (Perimeter Institute) gives a talk at the Workshop on the Problem of Time in Perspective (3-4 July, 2015) titled "Constraints, Dirac Observables and Chaos". Abstract: I will discuss fundamental challenges to the standard relational paradig | 7/7/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 7 | VideoThe Consistent Boundary Formulation | Bianca Dittrich (Perimeter Institute) gives a talk at the Workshop on the Problem of Time in Perspective (3-4 July, 2015) titled "The Consistent Boundary Formulation". Abstract: I will introduce the consistent boundary formulation which allows to expres | 7/7/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 8 | VideoIn Favour of a Schrödinger Evolution of the Universe | Sean Gryb (Radboud) gives a talk at the Workshop on the Problem of Time in Perspective (3-4 July, 2015) titled "In Favour of a Schrödinger Evolution of the Universe". Abstract: In the canonical formulation of reparametrization invariant systems, time e | 7/7/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 9 | VideoTimeless Quantum Mechanics in Configuration Space: an Outsider View | Henrique Gomes (Perimeter Institute) gives a talk at the Workshop on the Problem of Time in Perspective (3-4 July, 2015) titled "Timeless Quantum Mechanics in Configuration Space: an Outsider View". Abstract: In this talk, I will explore a timeless inte | 7/6/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 10 | VideoDiscrete Time in Quantum Gravity | Francesca Vidotto (Radboud) gives a talk at the Workshop on the Problem of Time in Perspective (3-4 July, 2015) titled "Discrete Time in Quantum Gravity". Abstract: We study the quantization of geometry in the presence of a cosmological constant, using | 7/6/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 11 | VideoThe Intrinsic Hamilton-Jacobi Dynamics of General Relativity and its Implications for the Semi-Classical Emergence of Time | Donald Salisbury (Austin) gives a talk at the Workshop on the Problem of Time in Perspective (3-4 July, 2015) titled "The Intrinsic Hamilton-Jacobi Dynamics of General Relativity and its Implications for the Semi-Classical Emergence of Time". Abstract: | 7/6/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 12 | VideoA Categorial Approach to Relativistic Locality | Miklós Rédei (LSE) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium (13 May, 2015) titled "A Categorial Approach to Relativistic Locality". Abstract: In the talk relativistic locality of a probabilistic physical theory is interpreted as an interconnected web of pr | 5/18/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 13 | VideoBayesian Perspectives on the Higgs Search | Richard Dawid (MCMP) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium (29 April, 2015) titled "Bayesian Perspectives on the Higgs Search". Abstract: The history of the Higgs discovery is characterized by a specific constellation: trust in the existence of a Higgs pa | 5/4/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 14 | VideoBest Possible Worlds and Random Walks: The Principle of Least Action as a Thought Experiment | Michael Stöltzner (South Carolina) gives a talk at the Irvine-Munich Workshop on the Foundations of Classical and Quantum Field Theories (14 December, 2014) titled "Best Possible Worlds and Random Walks: The Principle of Least Action as a Thought Exper | 2/20/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 15 | VideoQBism and the Born rule | Rüdiger Schack (Royal Holloway London) gives a talk at the Workshop on Quantum Computation, Quantum Information, and the Exact Sciences (30-31 January, 2015) titled "QBism and the Born rule". Abstract: By adopting a strictly personalist approach to pro | 2/3/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 16 | VideoQuantum Information: Conceptual and Ontological Aspects | Chris Timpson (Brasenose College, Oxford) gives a talk at the Workshop on Quantum Computation, Quantum Information, and the Exact Sciences (30-31 January, 2015) titled "Quantum Information: Conceptual and Ontological Aspects". Abstract: In this talk I w | 2/3/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 17 | VideoDualities | Elena Castellani (Florence) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium (28 January, 2015) titled "Dualities". Abstract: Dualities are a key, intriguing ingredient in mathematics, logic and physics. This talk is concerned with physical dualities, in particular | 2/3/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 18 | VideoCorpuscular Structure of Geometry | Gia Dvali (LMU-MPI & NYU) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium (14 January, 2015) titled "Corpuscular structure of geometry". Abstract: We review some recent ideas on quantum-corpuscular structure of gravitational metric backgrounds, such as black holes | 1/15/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 19 | VideoA Trope Bundle Interpretation of Algebraic Quantum Field Theory | Meinard Kuhlmann (Mainz) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium (10 December, 2014) titled "A Trope Bundle Interpretation of Algebraic Quantum Field Theory". Abstract: Algebraic quantum field theory (AQFT) is a conceptually lucid reformulation of the conve | 12/22/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 20 | VideoFiber Bundles, Yang-Mills Theory, and General Relativity | James Weatherall (UC Irvine) gives a talk at the Irvine-Munich Workshop on the Foundations of Classical and Quantum Field Theories (14 December) titled "Fiber Bundles, Yang-Mills Theory, and General Relativity". Abstract: I articulate and discuss a geom | 12/22/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 21 | VideoClassical Field Theory and Intertheoretic Reduction | Samuel Fletcher (MCMP/LMU) gives a talk at the Irvine-Munich Workshop on the Foundations of Classical and Quantum Field Theories (14 December, 2014) titled "Classical Field Theory and Intertheoretic Reduction". Abstract: In 1986, Ehlers set out a progra | 12/22/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 22 | VideoOn Fiber Bundle and Holonomy Interpretations of Yang-Mills Theories | Sarita Rosenstock (UC Irvine) gives a talk at the Irvine-Munich Workshop on the Foundations of Classical and Quantum Field Theories (14 December, 2014) titled "On Fiber Bundle and Holonomy Interpretations of Yang-Mills Theories". Abstract: In the philos | 12/22/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 23 | VideoRelativistic Quantum Particles the Feynman Way | Brian Padden (MCMP/LMU) gives a talk at the Irvine-Munich Workshop on the Foundations of Classical and Quantum Field Theories (14 December, 2014) titled "Relativistic Quantum Particles the Feynman Way". Abstract: It is often believed, especially in ligh | 12/22/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 24 | VideoUnitary Inequivalence in Classical Systems | Ben Feintzeig (UC Irvine) gives a talk at the Irvine-Munich Workshop on the Foundations of Classical and Quantum Field Theories (14 December, 2014) titled "Unitary Inequivalence in Classical Systems". Abstract: I provide an algebraic formulation of clas | 12/22/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 25 | VideoA New Prescription for the Quantization of Refoliation Invariant Field Theories | Karim Thebault (MCMP/LMU) gives a talk at the Irvine-Munich Workshop on the Foundations of Classical and Quantum Field Theories (14 December, 2014) titled "A New Prescription for the Quantization of Refoliation Invariant Field Theories". Abstract: Imagi | 12/22/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 26 | VideoQBism: A Subjective Way to Take Ontic Indeterminism Seriously | Christopher Fuchs (MPQ Garching) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium (20 November, 2014) titled "QBism: A Subjective Way to Take Ontic Indeterminism Seriously". Abstract: The term QBism, invented in 2009, initially stood for Quantum Bayesianism, a view | 12/2/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 27 | VideoThe Primitive Ontology of Quantum Physics | Michael Esfeld (Lausanne) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium (26 November, 2014) titled "The Primitive Ontology of Quantum Physics". Abstract: In this talk, I will first recall the arguments why we need what is known as a primitive ontology of quantum | 12/2/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 28 | VideoReduction and the Ontology of Physical Theories | Tim Maudlin (NYU) meets Sebastian Lutz (MCMP/LMU) in a joint session on "Reduction and the Ontology of Physical Theories" at the MCMP workshop "Bridges 2014" (2 and 3 Sept, 2014, German House, New York City). The 2-day trans-continental meeting in mathe | 9/3/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 29 | VideoShape Dynamics | Tim A. Koslowski (New Brunswick) gives a talk at the Mini-Workshop on the Foundations of Shape Dynamics (23 June, 2014) titled "Shape Dynamics". Abstract: Based on the introduction to shape dynamics by Sean Gryb, I will discuss the question: "Given that | 6/27/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 30 | VideoAn Introduction to Shape Dynamics: a New Perspective on Quantum Gravity | Sean Gryb (Nijmegen) gives a talk at the Mini-Workshop on the Foundations of Shape Dynamics (23 June, 2014) titled "An Introduction to Shape Dynamics: a New Perspective on Quantum Gravity". Abstract: Shape Dynamics is a theory of gravity where the funda | 6/24/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 31 | VideoAgainst Dogma: Locality, Conditionalisation, and Collapse in Relativistic Quantum Mechanics | Thomas Pashby (Pittsburgh) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium (28 May, 2014) titled "Against Dogma: Locality, Conditionalisation, and Collapse in Relativistic Quantum Mechanics". Abstract: I argue here against the widespread view (due to David Malament | 5/30/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 32 | VideoHow to Bite the Bullet of Quidditism - Why a Standard Argument against Categoricalism in Physics Fails | Andreas Barrels (Bonn) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium (7 May, 2014) titled "How to Bite the Bullet of Quidditism - Why a Standard Argument against Categoricalism in Physics Fails". Abstract: Categoricalism is the statement that fundamental properti | 5/8/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 33 | VideoNew Work on the Problem of Time | Oliver Pooley (Oxford) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium (22 January, 2014) titled "New Work on the Problem of Time". Abstract: A central aspect of the "Problem of Time" in canonical general relativity is the result of applying to the theory Dirac's s | 2/20/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 34 | VideoAre Classical Black Holes Hot or Cold? | Erik Curiel (MCMP/LMU) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium (18 December, 2013) titled "Are Classical Black Holes Hot or Cold?". Abstract: In the early 1970s it is was realized that there is a striking formal analogy between the so-called laws of black-h | 12/27/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 35 | VideoThe Bohmian challenge | Heinz-Jürgen Schmidt (Osnabrück) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium (27 November, 2013) titled "The Bohmian challenge". Abstract: The Bohmian extension of quantum theory claims to solve the measurement problem by re-establishing, in some sense, the c | 12/27/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 36 | VideoEmergent spacetime in condensed matter analogues of general relativity | Karen Crowther (Sydney) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium (13 November, 2013) titled "Emergent spacetime in condensed matter analogues of general relativity". Abstract: It has been claimed, based on a few different lines of reasoning, that the notion | 11/17/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 37 | VideoGravity. An exercise in quantization | Igor Khavkine (Utrecht) gives a talk at the MCMP workshop "Quantum Gravity in Perspective" (31 May-1 June, 2013) titled "Gravity. An exercise in quantization". Abstract: The quantization of General Relativity (GR) is an old and chellenging prob- lem tha | 10/30/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 38 | VideoThe (philosophy of the) Higgs | Michael Krämer (RWTH Aachen) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium (23 October, 2013) titled "The (philosophy of the) Higgs". Abstract: I will review the physics of the Large hadron Collider LHC, including the recent the discovery of a Higgs particle, an | 10/25/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 39 | VideoA Dynamical Origin of the Arrow of Time | Julian Barbour (Oxford) gives an evening lecture at the 17th UK and European Meeting on the Foundations of Physics (29-31 July, 2013) titled "A Dynamical Origin of the Arrow of Time". | 8/26/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 40 | VideoThings happen, they just happen in a partial order | Fay Dowker (Imperial College London) gives a talk at the 17th UK and European Meeting on the Foundations of Physics (29-31 July, 2013) titled "Things happen, they just happen in a partial order". Abstract: In causal set quantum gravity spacetime is hypo | 8/26/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 41 | VideoAgainst the Gravity/Inertia split? | Dennis Lehmkuhl (Wuppertal) and Oliver Pooley (Oxford) give a talk in the colloquium "On the Split Between Gravity and Inertia in Different Spacetime Theories" at the 17th UK and European Meeting on the Foundations of Physics (29-31 July, 2013) titled " | 8/26/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 42 | VideoThe Gravity-Inertia split in Newtonian and Relativistic Contexts | Eleanor Knox (London) gives a talk in the colloquium "On the Split Between Gravity and Inertia in Different Spacetime Theories" at the 17th UK and European Meeting on the Foundations of Physics (29-31 July, 2013) titled "The Gravity-Inertia split in New | 8/26/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 43 | VideoInertia and the Conformal-Projective Decomposition for Nordström-Einstein-Fokker, Massive Scalar, Einstein, and Massive Spin 2 Gravities | J. Brian Pitts (Cambridge) gives a talk in the colloquium "On the Split Between Gravity and Inertia in Different Spacetime Theories" at the 17th UK and European Meeting on the Foundations of Physics (29-31 July, 2013) titled "Inertia and the Conformal-P | 8/26/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 44 | VideoOn Causal Explanations of Quantum Correlations | Robert Spekkens (Perimeter Institute) gives a talk at the 17th UK and European Meeting on the Foundations of Physics (29-31 July, 2013) titled "On Causal Explanations of Quantum Correlations". Abstract: If correlation does not imply causation, then what | 8/26/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 45 | VideoBarbour's Shape Space as an Ontology for Gravity | Sean Gryb (Radboud) gives a talk in the colloquium "Journeys in Platonia: Celebrating 50 Years Since The End of Time" at the 17th UK and European Meeting on the Foundations of Physics (29-31 July, 2013) titled "Barbour's Shape Space as an Ontology for G | 8/14/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 46 | VideoKendall’s Shape Statistics as a Classical Realization of Barbour-type Timeless Records Theory Approach to Quantum Gravity | Edward Anderson (Paris Diderot and Cambridge) gives a talk in the colloquium "Journeys in Platonia: Celebrating 50 Years Since The End of Time" at the 17th UK and European Meeting on the Foundations of Physics (29-31 July, 2013) titled "Kendall’s Shap | 8/14/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 47 | VideoLeibniz, Mach and Barbour | Harvey Brown (Oxford) gives a talk in the colloquium "Journeys in Platonia: Celebrating 50 Years Since The End of Time" at the 17th UK and European Meeting on the Foundations of Physics (29-31 July, 2013) titled "Leibniz, Mach and Barbour". Abstract: My | 8/14/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 48 | VideoFrom the microscopic to the macroscopic world | Jean Bricmont (Université catholique de Louvain) gives a talk at the 17th UK and European Meeting on the Foundations of Physics (29-31 July, 2013) titled "From the microscopic to the macroscopic world". Abstract: The derivation of the laws describing t | 8/14/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 49 | VideoThe Neglect of Fluctuations in the Thermodynamics of Computation | John D. Norton (Pittsburgh) gives a talk at the 17th UK and European Meeting on the Foundations of Physics (29-31 July, 2013) titled "The Neglect of Fluctuations in the Thermodynamics of Computation". Abstract: The thermodynamics of computation assumes | 8/14/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 50 | VideoInertial Motion, Explanation, and the Foundations of Classical Spacetime Theories | James Owen Weatherall (California) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium (19 July, 2013) titled "Inertial Motion, Explanation, and the Foundations of Classical Spacetime Theories". Abstract: There is an influential view in physics and philosophy of physic | 7/23/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 51 | VideoFeynman Diagrams as Models | Michael Stöltzner (South Carolina) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium (17 July, 2013) titled "Feynman Diagrams as Models". Abstract: While Feynman considered his diagrams as pictorial representation of (real and virtual) physical processes, Dyson took | 7/23/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 52 | VideoDualities and the Physical Content of Theories | Dean Rickles (Sydney) gives a talk at the MCMP workshop "Quantum Gravity in Perspective" (31 May-1 June, 2013) titled "Dualities and Physical Content". Abstract: A duality expresses a reltionship between a pair of putatively distinct physical theories. | 6/11/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 53 | VideoComment on Dean Rickles' "Dualities and the Physical Content of Theories" | Ioan Muntean (Fort Wayne) comments on Dean Rickles' "Dualities and the Physical Content of Theories" at the MCMP workshop "Quantum Gravity in Perspective" (31 May-1 June, 2013). | 6/11/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 54 | VideoComment on Daniele Oriti's "Dissappearance and Emergence of Space and Time in Quantum Gravity" | Karen Crowther (Sydney) comments on Daniele Oriti's "Dissappearance and Emergence of Space and Time in Quantum Gravity" at the MCMP workshop "Quantum Gravity in Perspective" (31 May-1 June, 2013). | 6/11/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 55 | VideoDisappearance and Emergence of Space and Time in Quantum Gravity | Daniele Oriti (Potsdam) gives a talk at the MCMP workshop "Quantum Gravity in Perspective" (31 May-1 June, 2013) titled "Disappearance and Emergence of Space and Time in Quantum Gravity". Abstract: We recall the hints for the disappearance of continuum | 6/11/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 56 | VideoString Theory and Scientific Realism | Richard Dawid (Vienna) gives a talk at the MCMP workshop "Quantum Gravity in Perspective" (31 May-1 June, 2013) titled "String Theory and Scientific Realism". Abstract: T-duality, which is an important feature of string theory, implies that the string s | 6/11/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 57 | VideoComment on Richard Dawid's "String Theory and Scientific Realism" | Radin Dardashti (MCMP/LMU) comments on Richard Dawid's "String Theory and Scientific Realism" at the MCMP workshop "Quantum Gravity in Perspective" (31 May-1 June, 2013). | 6/11/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 58 | VideoTime Remains | Karim Thébault (MCMP/LMU) gives a talk at the MCMP Workshop "Quantum Gravity in Perspective" (31 May-1 June, 2013) titled "Time Remains". Abstract: Even classically, it is not entirely clear how one should understand the implications of general covaria | 6/11/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 59 | VideoReal Change Happens in Hamiltonian General Relativity; Just Ask the Lagrangian (about Time-like Killing Vectors, First-Class Constraints and Observables) | J. Brian Pitts (Cambridge) gives a talk at the MCMP workshop "Quantum Gravity in Perspective" (31 May-1 June, 2013) titled "Real Change Happens in Hamiltonian General Relativity; Just Ask the Lagrangian (about Time-like Killing Vectors, First-Class Cons | 6/11/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 60 | VideoTime and space in causal set theory | Christian Wüthrich (San Diego) gives a talk at the MCMP workshop "Quantum Gravity in Perspective" (31 May-1 June, 2013) titled "Time and space in causal set theory". Abstract: Causal set theory offers an elegant and philosophically rich, though admitte | 6/11/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 61 | VideoEinstein's approach to Quantum Gravity | Dennis Lehmkuhl (Wuppertal) gives a talk at the MCMP workshop "Quantum Gravity in Perspective" (31 May-1 June, 2013) titled "Einstein's approach to Quantum Gravity". Abstract: It is common knowledge that despite being a pioneer of the early quantum theo | 6/11/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 62 | VideoThe "Shut up and Calculate" Approach to Quantum Gravity | Robert Helling (LMU) gives a talk at the MCMP workshop "Quantum Gravity in Perspective" (31 May-1 June, 2013) titled "The "Shut up and Calculate" Approach to Quantum Gravity". Abstract: Quantum mechanics would have never been developed requiring to firs | 6/11/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 63 | VideoQuantum Geometrodynamics: whence, whither? | Claus Kiefer (Cologne) gives a talk at the MCMP workshop "Quantum Gravity in Perspective" (31 May-1 June, 2013) titled "Quantum Geometrodynamics: whence, whither?". Abstract: Quantum geometrodynamics is canonical quantum gravity with the three-metric as | 6/11/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 64 | VideoBohmian Mechanics, speakable quantum physics | Detlef Dürr (LMU) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium (23 January, 2013) titled "Bohmian Mechanics, speakable quantum physics". Abstract: I introduce Bohmian Mechanics, which is a theory of particles in motion. The law of motion is not classical, i.e. | 1/24/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 65 | VideoQuantisation as a guide to ontic structure | Karim Thébault (MCMP/LMU) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium (9 January, 2013) titled "Quantisation as a guide to ontic structure". Abstract: The ontic structural realist stance is motivated by a desire to do philosophical justice to the success of sc | 1/10/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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