4pm - 5pm BST
Wednesday 17 May 2023
On the emergence of temporal structure in quantum cosmology
Karim Thébault and Nick Huggett, experts in the field of philosophy of physics, general philosophy of science and theoretical physics, will be the speakers of our next "Quantum Arrow of Time" seminar. Their talk will be of interest to those interested in the general topic of the emergence of time in quantum cosmology.
Free
University of Surrey
Guildford
Surrey
GU2 7XH
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If you would like to attend this seminar online, then please email Paul Bergold at p.bergold@surrey.ac.uk so the Zoom link can be provided.
Overview
We conduct a case study analysis of a proposal for the 'emergence of time' based upon consideration of three grades of 'temporal structure' within an explicit quantum cosmological model which obeys a Wheeler-DeWitt type equation without an extrinsic time parameter.
Our main focus will be issues regarding the consistency of the approximations applied and the explanatory value of the various derivations.
Our conclusion is that the model provides a self-consistent account of the emergence of chronordinal, chronometric and chronodirected structure that is also explanatory with regard to the first two structures.
Speaker
Dr Karim Thébault
Associate Professor in Philosophy of Science, University of Bristol
Biography
Karim Thébault is an Associate Professor in Philosophy of Science at the University of Bristol and gained his PhD in Philosophy at the University of Sydney. He specialises in philosophy of physics, general philosophy of science and theoretical physics.
Nick Huggett
LAS Distinguished Professor in Philosophy, University of Illinois Chicago
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