Chair:
Hans Halvorson, Department of Philosophy, Princeton University, United States
Keynote Speaker:
John Baez, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Riverside,
United States
Speakers:
Časlav Brukner, Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Austria; Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna
Jeffrey Bub, Department of Philosophy, University of Maryland, College Park,
United States
Bob Coecke, Computing Laboratory, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Andreas Döring, Theoretical Physics Group, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Lucien Hardy, Institute for Quantum Computing, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo (Ontario), Canada
Simon B. Kochen, Department of Mathematics, Princeton University, United States
Nicolaas P. (Klaas) Landsman, Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics, and Particle Physics, Department of Science, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Miklós Rédei, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
Stephen J.Summers, Department of Mathematics, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States
Other Participants:
Online Discussant and Book Contributor: Jeremy N. Butterfield, Trinity College, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Online Discussant and Book Contributor: Hans F. de Groote, Institut für Analysis und Mathematische Physik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Online Discussant and Book Contributor: Christopher J. Isham, Theoretical Physics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
Special Guests:
Freeman J. Dyson, Professor Emeritus, School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, United States
Peter Woit, Department of Mathematics, Columbia University, New York,
United States
ORGANIZERS
Convener:
Charles L. Harper, Jr., Senior Vice President, John Templeton Foundation, Philadelphia, United States
Program Developer:
Hyung S. Choi, President, Innovative Research & Programs, Inc., Drexel Hill, PA, United States
Presymposium Discussion Papers: Available to Symposium Participants Only
John Baez
Spans in Quantum Theory
Caslav Brukner (with Anton Zeilinger)
Quantum Physics and the Finiteness Of Information
Jeffrey Bub
Von Neumann on Probability in Quantum Mechanics
Bob Coecke
The Logic of Quantum Mechanics – Take II
Andreas Döring (with Chris Isham)
Topos Theory in the Foundations of Physics
Lucien Hardy
An Operational Framework for a Theory of Quantum Gravity
Simon B. Kochen
Nicolaas P. (Klaas) Landsman
The Principle of General Tovariance
Miklós Rédei
Operational Independence of Quantum Systems
Stephen J. Summers
Yet More Ado About Nothing: The Remarkable Relativistic Vacuum State
