{"id":4797,"date":"2017-10-25T11:10:10","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T10:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ffephilosophy.org\/theforum\/?p=4797"},"modified":"2021-10-19T13:13:32","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T12:13:32","slug":"parallel-universes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ffephilosophy.org\/theforum\/parallel-universes\/","title":{"rendered":"Parallel Universes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fay Dowker\/ Eleanor Knox \/ Simon Saunders<\/h3>\n

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6.30 – 8pm | 23 October 2017
\nWolfson Theatre, LSE
\nOrganized in conjunction with the British Society for the Philosophy of Science<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Is Schr\u00f6dinger\u2019s cat alive or dead? This thought experiment was devised to illustrate a fundamental puzzle in quantum mechanics. A radical solution is that the cat is both alive and dead, but in different, parallel universes. This is the \u2018many-worlds interpretation\u2019 of quantum mechanics and our panel of philosophers and physicists will discuss why it is controversial and its strange consequences.<\/p>\n

Speakers<\/strong>
\nFay Dowker<\/a><\/span>, Professor of Theoretical Physics, Imperial College London
\nEleanor Knox<\/a><\/span>, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, King’s College London
\nSimon Saunders<\/a><\/span>, Professor of Philosophy of Physics, University of Oxford<\/p>\n

Chair<\/strong>
\nJonathan Birch<\/a><\/span>, Fellow, The Forum; Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, LSE<\/p>\n

Image credit: Les Chatfield, ‘Mirror mirror<\/a><\/span>‘<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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