Laws of Nature: Their Nature and Knowability - 2010

12 talks

May 20, 2010 - May 22, 2010

C10001

Collection Type Conference/School

Source Repository PIRSA

Description Laws of Nature: Their Nature and Knowability

Displaying 1 - 12 of 12

Laws, counterfactuals, fine-tuning and measurement

John Roberts University of North Carolina - Chapel Hll

May 20, 2010

PIRSA:10050050
What can we know of the world?

May 20, 2010

PIRSA:10050051
Cosmological laws

Chris Smeenk Western University

May 20, 2010

PIRSA:10050052
Laws and time in cosmology
- Lee Smolin Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
- Roberto Mangabeira Unger Harvard University
May 20, 2010

PIRSA:10050053
The role of order in natural law

Kevin Knuth State University of New York (SUNY)

May 21, 2010

PIRSA:10050054
The common symmetries underlying quantum theory, probability theory, and number systems

Philip Goyal State University of New York (SUNY)

May 21, 2010

PIRSA:10050055
Law without law: entropic dynamics

Ariel Caticha State University of New York (SUNY)

May 21, 2010

PIRSA:10050056
Epistemology and the laws of nature

David Wolpert NASA Ames Research Center

May 21, 2010

PIRSA:10050057
How does simplicity help science find true laws?

Kevin Kelly Carnegie Mellon University

May 21, 2010

PIRSA:10050058
Cosmological constant problem: rethinking quantum and gravity

Niayesh Afshordi University of Waterloo

May 22, 2010

PIRSA:10050059
The case for geometry

Julian Barbour University of Oxford

May 22, 2010

PIRSA:10050060
Discussion on: The limits of mathematical description

Steve Weinstein University of Waterloo

May 22, 2010

PIRSA:10050061

Title	Speaker(s)	Date	Talk Type	Info
Laws, counterfactuals, fine-tuning and measurement	John Roberts	2010-05-20	Conference	View details
What can we know of the world?		2010-05-20	Conference	View details
Cosmological laws	Chris Smeenk	2010-05-20	Conference	View details
Laws and time in cosmology	Lee Smolin, Roberto Mangabeira Unger	2010-05-20	Conference	View details
The role of order in natural law	Kevin Knuth	2010-05-21	Conference	View details
The common symmetries underlying quantum theory, probability theory, and number systems	Philip Goyal	2010-05-21	Conference	View details
Law without law: entropic dynamics	Ariel Caticha	2010-05-21	Conference	View details
Epistemology and the laws of nature	David Wolpert	2010-05-21	Conference	View details
How does simplicity help science find true laws?	Kevin Kelly	2010-05-21	Conference	View details
Cosmological constant problem: rethinking quantum and gravity	Niayesh Afshordi	2010-05-22	Conference	View details
The case for geometry	Julian Barbour	2010-05-22	Conference	View details
Discussion on: The limits of mathematical description	Steve Weinstein	2010-05-22	Conference	View details