Talk #22030103

Contextuality, Fine-tuning and Teleological Explanation

Emily Adlam Basic Research Community for Physics

Adlam, E. (2022). Contextuality, Fine-tuning and Teleological Explanation. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. http://pirsa.org/22030103

Adlam, Emily. Contextuality, Fine-tuning and Teleological Explanation. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Mar. 11, 2022, http://pirsa.org/22030103 

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            url = {http://pirsa.org/22030103},
            author = {Adlam, Emily},
            keywords = {Quantum Foundations},
            language = {en},
            title = {Contextuality, Fine-tuning and Teleological Explanation},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics},
            year = {2022},
            month = {mar},
            note = {Talk #22030103 see, \url{https://scitalks.ca}}
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Video URL http://pirsa.org/22030103

Abstract

In this talk I will assess various proposals for the source of the intuition that there is something problematic about contextuality, and argue that contextuality is best thought of in terms of fine-tuning. I will suggest that as with other fine-tuning problems in quantum mechanics, this behaviour can be understood as a manifestation of teleological features of physics. I will also introduce several formal mathematical frameworks that have been used to analyse contextuality and discuss how their results should be interpreted. 

 

Details

Talk Number 22030103
Speaker Profile Emily Adlam
Collection Quantum Foundations
Subject Quantum Physics
Source Repository PIRSA