Warsaw Spacetime Colloquium #13 - Vincent Lam and Daniele Oriti (2022/05/06)
Channel: International Center for Formal Ontology
Date: 2022-05-08

Title: The Laws of Quantum Gravity

Chair: Antonio Vassallo

Abstract: Several approaches in quantum gravity suggest radical revisions of the standard notion of spacetime, and even its disappearance from the fundamental level of description. We discuss traditional conceptions of laws of nature in the light of these new suggestions about spacetime, and why they become untenable, and we indicate some possible ways to characterize the laws of nature in this quantum gravity context. 
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The Colloquium's goal is to provide a window into the state-of-the-art in the foundations of spacetime physics. It brings together top-level philosophers and physicists willing to share their current research with an international audience. The Colloquium is organized by the Philosophy of Physics Group at the International Center for Formal Ontology, Faculty of Administration and Social Sciences, Warsaw University of Technology.