Dear all, This Wednesday at the HPS Philosophy Workshop, Simon Friederich (Wuppertal University) will give a talk entitled "The paradoxes of quantum theory: solving vs. dissolving".
As usual, the meeting takes place 1-2pm, in Seminar Room 1 in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Free School Lane. All are welcome. Abstract: The paradoxes of measurement and non-locality are widely regarded as the most important difficulties in the foundations of quantum theory. In this talk, I first give an introduction to these paradoxes by explaining how they arise in a standard reading of the quantum theoretical formalism. I then classify the responses to them which interpreters have developed as solutions on the one hand---rejecting one of the assumptions required to derive the paradoxes as wrong---and dissolutions on the other---rejecting one of these assumptions as being based on mistaken conceptual presuppositions. An example of an account which aims at a dissolution in that sense is outlined and discussed. Best wishes, Vashka _____________________________________________________ Sent by the CamPhilEvents mailing list. To unsubscribe or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents Posts are archived here: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEventsArchive
