The three-way duel
The late great Martin Gardner once posed this puzzle. Suppose you’re involved in a duel with two other people. You (Person A) shoot first, followed Person B, followed by Person…
Read moreCPT: The ‘Intuitive’ Approach
Khriplovich and Lamoreaux (1997, §2) suggest a very interesting argument that CPT provides the correct notion of “complete reversal” in physics. The background assumption is that “complete reversal” should have…
Read moreEven more philosophy of physics conferences, Summer 2010
If you know about the usual summer conferences and are still looking for more: Hannover: Philosophy of Physics in Germany – Current State and Perspectives (11-12 Jun 2010). If you…
Read moreOverheard at New Directions in Foundations of Physics ’10
If you missed New Directions in Foundations of Physics conference earlier this month, here are a few memorable one-liners. You’ll notice that many are from Bill Unruh, who seemed to…
Read moreAn argument for hidden variables
Detlef Dürr, Shelly Goldstein, and Nino Zanchí once gave a very interesting argument for hidden variables. I’ll give their argument a careful reconstruction. But first, here’s what they say. According…
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