Relativistic Causality in Quantum Field Theory and General Relativity
Friday - Sunday, 5-7 April 2013
Center for Philosophy of Science
817 Cathedral of Learning
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA USA
Friday Afternoon
3:30 |
Gathering and Introduction |
3:45 - 5:30 |
Jeremy Butterfield, University of Cambridge, "Distinguishing varieties of causality" |
Saturday Morning
9:00 |
breakfast |
9:30 |
John Manchak, University of Washington, Seattle, "Time Machines: Some Recent Work" |
11:00 |
coffee break |
11:30 |
Bob Geroch, University of Chicago, "Faster than Light?" |
1:00 |
lunch on your own |
Saturday Afternoon
2:30 |
Hans Halvorson, Princeton University, "Locality conditions as universal properties"
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4:00 |
coffee break |
4:30 - 6:00 |
Miklos Redei, London School of Economics, "Interdependence of independence, dependence and locality in local relativistic quantum field theory" |
Sunday Morning
10:30 |
Round table in room 1001 CL of the Philosophy Department |
3:00 |
adjourn |
Organizing Committee
John Earman (University of Pittsburgh)
Giovanni Valente (University of Pittsburgh)
Jim Weatherall (UC Irvine)
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