Hi everyone, This week's speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is David Glick, (University of California, Davis)
The title of the talk is "Quantum location is not indeterminate location". Here is an abstract for the talk: It has been argued that quantum mechanics provides the best case for thinking there is genuine metaphysical indeterminacy. In particular, it seems that the locations of quantum systems are indeterminate in a way that doesn’t depend on our representational or epistemic limitations. In this paper, I draw on concepts from the metaphysics of location to dispel this impression. Using quantum versions of exact and weak location I distinguish two accounts of quantum location: the spanner view and the inexact location view. Each account requires the rejection of an intuitive locative principle, but I argue that neither gives rise to metaphysical indeterminacy. The seminar will take place at 3:30pm on Wednesday Sep 18 in the Philosophy Seminar Room (N494). Enquiries about the seminar series can be directed to ryan....@sydney.edu.au Ryan Cox Associate Lecturer in Philosophy Discipline of Philosophy School of Humanities University of Sydney ryan....@sydney.edu.au
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