Quantum Universe Colloquium - The Cement of the (Quantum) Universe: Philosophical Theories of Causation and Their Physical Applications

by Thomas Kroedel (UHH)

Tuesday 6 Dec 2022, 16:00 → 17:00 Europe/Berlin

Zoom (DESY Hamburg)

We say (or presuppose) that one event caused another all the time. Yet the nature of causation has been a matter of philosophical controversy for centuries. In the talk, I introduce two main approaches to causation: the view that causation is difference-making and the view that causation is the transfer of a conserved quantity. I discuss how these approaches fare vis-à-vis certain tricky cases, including cases of quantum entanglement.

 

Zoom link:

https://desy.zoom.us/j/99616528733

Meeting ID: 996 1652 8733
Meeting Password: 733220

 

For the slides please contact: thomas.kroedel@uni-hamburg.de

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QUcolloquium_Kroedel_06Dec2022.pdf