General Relativity and Time Travel: A lunchtime discussion with Sara Bernstein, Nic Teh, and Dominic Dold (Fields Institute)

General Relativity and Time Travel: A lunchtime discussion with Sara Bernstein, Nic Teh, and Dominic Dold (Fields Institute)

Join us for lunch as we discuss topics at the intersection of the metaphysics of time travel, the philosophy of physics literature on time machines, and mathematical General Relativity.

All are invited, but we request that you sign up (and specify any dietary restrictions) by Sept 29 at https://goo.gl/forms/BWKKOH4EDCo6H5KJ3

Schedule: 

12pm Buffet Lunch
12:20 Sara introduces the metaphysics of time travel
12:50 Nic and Dominic introduce Earman et al's work on time machines
1:20 Discussion

Sponsorship: This activity is sponsored by ISLA and the Philosophy Department.