Causation in Physics
30.5.2019
20:00
Eilat Hall, The Federmann Center for the Study of Rationality, Edmund Safra Campus, Givaat Ram, Jerusalem
Prof. Dr. Mathias Frisch
Institut für Philosophie
Leibniz Universität Hannover
According to a long and distinguished tradition, there is no room for causal notions in fundamental physics. In this talk I will critically engage with this tradition by examining several ways in which paradigmatically causal thinking does feature prominently in physical theorizing.
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