Spacetime Functionalism holds that spacetime is spacetime by virtue of the role it plays with respect to other physics. It promises to help with certain interpretational puzzles, including some of those arising in quantum gravity. But the exact kind of functionalism involved, the extent to which it is helpful and the role itself are all contested. This conference aims to make progress on these questions.
Keynote Speakers:
Christian Wuthrich (Geneva)
David Albert (Columbia)
Tushar Menon (Cambridge)
Dave Baker (Michigan Ann Arbor)
Eleanor Knox (King’s College London)
Jim Weatherall (UC Irvine)
Katie Robertson (Birmingham)
Call for Abstracts
Workshop Title: Measuring the Human: New developments in the epistemology of measurement in the human sciences
Date of Workshop: 10-11 July 2023.
Venue: Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge
Organizers: Eran Tal (McGill University), Alessandra Basso (University of Cambridge), and Cristian Larroulet Philippi (University of Cambridge)
Sponsors: Canada Research Chairs Program (via McGill University), Ann Johnson Institute for Science, Technology and Society.
