Latest Past Events

Foundations of Quantum Field Theory: 2023 Annual Philosophy of Physics Conference

Room 1170 - Western Interdisciplinary Research Building Western Interdisciplinary Research Building, London

This year's workshop will explore four broad philosophical issues that are specific to QFT. QFT is the theory that combines the special theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. There is consensus that the unification of these two theories necessitates the use of a mathematical framework based on fields. One issue that this raises is [...]

QISS 2022: Quantum Information and Quantum Gravity Conference

CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION The Quantum Information Structure of Spacetime (QISS) interdisciplinary initiative in Quantum Information and Quantum Gravity is announcing its first large conference, QISS 2022, to be held at Western University, in London, Ontario, Canada, the week of 6 - 10 June 2022. The main aim of the conference will be to [...]

Self-locating Uncertainty in the Cosmological Multiverse Workshop

Virtual (register for Zoom link)

Several issues in cosmology have increasingly raised concerns about self-locating uncertainty.  It seems to many that to understand how the universe originated and how it is, we need to better understand how to think about where we are in it, or where we should expect ourselves to be.  On one hand, considerations of self-locating [...]