Rutgers Philosophy Conference:

Philosophical Issues in Cosmology, Quantum Theory, and Time

The Rutgers conference, "Philosophical Issues in Cosmology, Quantum Theory, and Time," will take place April 16, 17 and 18, 2010 in the Seminar Room of Seminary 3 on College Ave Campus at the Rutgers Philosophy Department. (Parking is available between Seminary 1 and George St.)
Visiting participants will stay at the Hyatt (to get the reduced Rutgers rate, please contact Heather).
There will be a conference dinner at Zeina on April 16th (if you are not an official participant and are interested in attending the dinner, or the brunch, please contact Heather).

Printable Schedule Interactive Map Relevant Papers

Friday, April 16th:

1:00pm James Ladyman (Bristol University): "Structuralism and the Ontology of Quantum Mechanics"

Comments: Shamik Dasgupta (Princeton)

3:45pm Sean Carroll (California Institute of Technology): "Origins of Time's Arrow"

Comments: David Albert (Columbia University)

7:00pm Dinner at Zeina (official participants only)

Saturday, April 17th:

9:30am Coffee

10:00am Priya Natarajan (Yale): "Philosophical Issues in Cosmology"

Comments: Branden Fitelson (Berkeley, Rutgers)

12:30am Lunch

2:00pm Alyssa Ney (University of Rochester): "Wave Function Realism"

Comments: Valia Allori (Northern Illinois University)

4:30pm David Wallace (Oxford): "Ontology of Quantum Mechanics"

Comments: Roderich Tumulka (Rutgers)

7:00pm Dinner at various restaurants (participants, keep your receipts!)

Sunday, April 18th:

9:30am Brunch and Discussion (official participants only)

"The Ontology of Quantum Mechanics: The Present State of Play"

Shelly Goldstein (Rutgers)

Brian Greene (Columbia)

Jenann Ismael (Arizona)

Barry Loewer (Rutgers)
Tim Maudlin (Rutgers)

Nino Zanghi (University of Genoa)

For more information please contact Barry Loewer or Heather Demarest or Mike Hicks.