Trinity Term 2023 HAPP Seminar: Why Middle-Sized Matters: The Limits of Quantum Mechanics
Does quantum mechanics apply to everything – particles, people and planets? Does the world have a wave function?
Some philosophers believe our ‘best physics’ provides laws for where all of the microscopic matter of which everything is made ends up. In this talk, Dr Simpson will argue that such laws are context-dependent and such philosophers are looking for reality at the wrong scale. It is the middle-sized that matters…

Everyone is very welcome.
Date: 24 May 2023, 17:45 (Wednesday, 5th week, Trinity 2023)
Venue: St Cross College, St Giles OX1 3LZ
Venue Details: St Cross Room
Speaker: Dr William Simpson (St Cross HAPP Visiting Fellow)
Part of: HAPP: St Cross Centre for the History and Philosophy of Physics
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://forms.office.com/e/bKMzruKLwH
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Belinda Clark