Item MW0002660 - 09/06/06 - 11/06/06 Second international conference on the ontology of spacetime, Concordia University, Montreal: 09/06/06 Joy Christian: Heraclitean generalization of special relativity / Ludwik Kostro: Ultrareferential physical spacetime conceived as a new ether; the opinion of Albert Einstein / 10/06/06: John Earman: Why branching spacetime is a bad idea / Robert DiSalle: Spacetime onology after general relativity; metaphysics vs methodological legacies / Christopher Smeenk: Gravitational energy & substantivalism / Ken Peacock: Quantum mechanics and the open future / 11/06/06: Jonathan Bain: Condensed matter physics and the nature of spacetime / Tomasz Bigaj: EPR, counterfactuals & relation between quantum mechanics & relativity / Ioan Muntean: Unification and explanation in Kaluza-Klein formalism / Andrew Wayne: Spacetime relationalism & classical fields / Bradford Skow: Extrinsic temporal metries / Vincent Lam: Singular structure & the nature of spacetime

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09/06/06 - 11/06/06 Second international conference on the ontology of spacetime, Concordia University, Montreal: 09/06/06 Joy Christian: Heraclitean generalization of special relativity / Ludwik Kostro: Ultrareferential physical spacetime conceived as a new ether; the opinion of Albert Einstein / 10/06/06: John Earman: Why branching spacetime is a bad idea / Robert DiSalle: Spacetime onology after general relativity; metaphysics vs methodological legacies / Christopher Smeenk: Gravitational energy & substantivalism / Ken Peacock: Quantum mechanics and the open future / 11/06/06: Jonathan Bain: Condensed matter physics and the nature of spacetime / Tomasz Bigaj: EPR, counterfactuals & relation between quantum mechanics & relativity / Ioan Muntean: Unification and explanation in Kaluza-Klein formalism / Andrew Wayne: Spacetime relationalism & classical fields / Bradford Skow: Extrinsic temporal metries / Vincent Lam: Singular structure & the nature of spacetime

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Christian, Joy

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Kostro, Ludwik

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Earman, John
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American philosopher

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DiSalle, Robert

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Smeenk, Christopher

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philosopher

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Peacock, Kent

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Bain, Jonathan

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Bigaj, Tomasz

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Muntean, Ioan

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Wayne, Andrew

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Skow, Bradford

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Lam, Vincent

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