Next Monday, May 19, 1.00-2.30 in the philosophy common room Guido Bacciagaluppi, University of Sydney, will give the following paper:
Title: Dissolving the tails problem Abstract: The spontaneous collapse (or spontaneous localisation) approach to quantum mechanics consists in making precise the notion of the 'collapse of the wave function' by suitable modification of the Schroedinger equation. This approach has been repeatedly criticised over the years for its alleged inability to fully localise (macroscopic) objects, because the wave functions that result from the collapse always have 'tails'. The strongest form of this criticism arguably arises if one adopts an Everett (many-worlds) perspective. Based on considerations of the process known as decoherence, I propose a strategy for trying to dissolve this problem. (Joint project with Max Schlosshauer.) Dr. Kristie Miller Australian Research Council Post-doctoral Fellow School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry and The Centre for Time The University of Sydney Sydney, Australia Room 411, A18 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph: (work) 02 9036 9663 Ph: (mobile) 0432 275 286 http://homepage.mac.com/centre.for.time/KristieMiller/Kristie/Home%20Page.html _______________________________________________ SydPhil mailing list [email protected] List Info: http://lists.arts.usyd.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/sydphil NEW LIST ARCHIVE: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
