Wednesday, 11/7/2018, 7 – 8:30 p.m. PST
O'Hara Philosophy of Physics Lecture Series
Explaining Spacetime
Nick Huggett LAS Distinguished Professor of Philosophy The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
Physics generally takes space and time for granted in its explanations: the arrangements and motions of atoms explain the mechanical properties of solids, gases, and liquids; the quantum interactions of matter and light explain the behavior of atoms; and even the geometry of spacetime explains the motions of the planets according to…