Space-time and the Wave Function

II PERSP Workshop on Space-time and the Wave Function

Barcelona, 22–23 May, 2014.

Venue: Seminari de Filosofia. Faculty of Philosophy, Universitat de Barcelona, (C/Montalegre 6, Barcelona. Fourth floor. Here: http://goo.gl/maps/K4jQ5)

Organiser: Albert Solé (UAB-UB) ([email protected])

+ info: http://pagines.uab.cat/psts/wavefunction2

Programme

THURSDAY 22

9:50 – 10:00       Welcome - Albert Solé (UAB-UB)

10:00 – 11:15     Jenann Ismael (U. of Arizona)

“Space-time and quantum mechanics: a discussion of Bohm’s fishtank”

11.15 – 11.45     Coffee break

11:45 – 13:00      Wayne Myrvold (Rotman Institute)

“What is the wave function?"

13:00 – 15:15     Lunch

15:15 – 16:30      Nino Zanghì (U. of Genova)

“The meaning of the wave function from a Bohmian perspective”

16:30 – 17:00     Coffee break

17:00 – 18:15      Matthias Egg  (U. of Lausanne)

"Primitive Ontology and the Wave Function in the GRW Matter Density Theory"

FRIDAY 23

10:00 – 11:15     David Wallace (Oxford)

"What's Wrong with Wave Function Realism"

11.15 – 11.45     Coffee break

11:45 – 13:00     Simon Saunders (Oxford)

“The emergence of individuals from quantum indistinguishables”

13:00 – 15:15     Lunch

15:15 – 16:30     Arthur Fine (U. of Washington)

“No go theorems and the “reality” of the wave function”

16:30 – 17:30     Round Table/Final discussion

21:00      Workshop dinner

* Registration is free, but required. If you plan to attend, you must register by May 15 with Chiara Panizza at [email protected]. Please use subject line "wave function workshop - registration".