IAP 2001 Activity

Time Travel: Philosophy and Physics Adam Elga No enrollment limit, no advance sign up Participants welcome at individual sessions (series) Travel in time and hyper-time! Try to change the past - and fail! Manipulate spacetime! This series of lectures will prepare novice time travellers for some of the philosophical and physics-related issues they will encounter during their journeys. Lectures are independent, but attendees should check the class web page for an optional reading list and for the latest version of the schedule, as it is subject to change. Web: http://mit.edu/adam/www/timetravel Contact: Adam Elga, E39-338, x3-2526, adam@mit.edu Sponsor: Linguistics and Philosophy Some Paradoxes of Time Travel Tyler Doggett and Bernhard Nickel "Some Paradoxes of Time Travel" presented by Tyler Doggett "Who Wants to Time Travel, Anyway?" presented by Bernhard Nickel Tue Jan 16, 02-04:00pm, 37-212 When Mischievous Idiots Travel in Time Adam Elga Wed Jan 17, 02pm-04:00am, 37-212 The Gödel Universe, A Cosmic Time Machine Edward Keyes Thu Jan 18, 02-04:00pm, 37-212 Loops, Branches, and Parallel Worlds: Varieties of Time Travel Andy Egan Fri Jan 19, 02-04:00pm, 37-212 Kant, Mill, and Wells: Time Travel and Ethics Roxanne Fay Mon Jan 22, 02-04:00pm, 37-212 Time Travel or Not Edward Farhi Time Travel and Topology Douglas Kutach Thu Jan 25, 02-04:00pm, 37-212 How to Fight with Your Younger Self Elizabeth Harman Fri Jan 26, 02-04:00pm, 37-212 Causation, Chance, and Time Travel Ned Hall Mon Jan 29, 02-04:00pm, 37-212 Latest update: 18-Jan-2001

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