Events
Selected Talks
Lecture Series on Laws of Physics
The Simplicity of Physical Laws
Governing without a Fundamental Direction of Time: Minimal Primitivism about Laws of Nature
Strong Determinism
The Wentaculus: Density Matrix Realism Meets the Arrow of Time
Nomic Vagueness
The Cosmic Void and Non-Fundamental Facts
Time's Arrow in a Quantum Universe
Comparativism about the Mind: From Metaphysics of Quantities to the Nature of Mentality
An Intrinsic Theory of Quantum Mechanics: Progress in Field's Nominalistic Program, Part I
Our Fundamental Physical Space and the Metaphysics of the Wave Function
Space-Time Emergence: A Representational Theory
The Best Summary of the Quantum World
Our Knowledge of the Past: Some Puzzles about Time's Arrow and Self-Locating Probabilities.
Great Expectations: Introducing Surreal Decision Theory (with Daniel Rubio)
Comments on Alan Hájek's "The Revenge of Pascal, Petersburg, Pasadena, and Paul" [Slides]
Comments on Ned Hall's "Causation and the Aim of Inquiry" [Notes]
- 2022 Conference of the Society for the Metaphysics of Science Annual Conference in Bristol, UK. (chair of the program committee)
- Science Without Numbers, 40 Years Later, Nov 5-6, 2020. (co-organized with Thomas Barrett)
- UCSD Philosophy of Physics Reading Group, 2019-current. (co-organized with Craig Callender)
- Metro Area Philosophy of Science Lectures Series (MAPS). (past organizer)
- Rutgers Foundations of Probability Seminar. (co-organized with Harry Crane)
- Rutgers-Columbia Workshop on Metaphysics of Science: Quantum Field Theories, May 17-18, 2018. (co-organizer with Sebastien Rivat and Isaac Wilhelm)
- Rutgers Workshop on Structural Realism and Metaphysics of Science, May 18-19, 2017. (organizer)
- Rutgers Workshop on Multiverse, Theodicy, and Fine-Tuning, Jun 10-11, 2016. (co-organizer with Dean Zimmerman)
- Rutgers Workshop on Chinese Philosophy, Apr 13, 2018. (rapporteur)
- Rutgers Workshop on Chinese Philosophy, Apr 15, 2016 (rapporteur - summary)
Selected Talks
Lecture Series on Laws of Physics
- Wuhan University, Sep 2023
The Simplicity of Physical Laws
- Pacific APA, Apr 2023
- Simon Fraser University, Mar 2023
- Harvard Foundations of Physics Seminar, Dec 2022
- CalTech Philosophy of Physics Group, Oct 2022
- University of Western Ontario Philosophy of Physics Group, Oct 2022
Governing without a Fundamental Direction of Time: Minimal Primitivism about Laws of Nature
- CLE Permanent Seminar in Metaphysics, University of Campinas, Jul 2022
- Warsaw Spacetime Colloquium, Jun 2022
- Research Group in Metaphysic and the Geneva Symmetry Group, Oct 2021
- Metro Area Philosophy of Science Group, Oct 2021
- CalTech Philosophy of Physics Group, Oct 2021
- Metaphysics Reading Group, Rutgers University, Oct 2021
Strong Determinism
- Laws of Nature Workshop, Metro Area Philosophy of Science Group, Apr 2023
- Johns Hopkins University, Apr 2023
- University of British Columbia, Mar 2023
- UCLA, Mar 2023
- Tel Aviv Conference on the Many-Worlds Interpretation, Oct 2022
- UC Riverside, May 2022
- UC Irvine Logic and Philosophy of Science, May 2022
- Surrey University Quantum Foundations Center, Oct 2021
- California Quantum Interpretations Network, Sep 2021
The Wentaculus: Density Matrix Realism Meets the Arrow of Time
- Graduate Seminar in Philosophy of Physics, Rutgers University, Apr 2022
- Oxford University Philosophy of Physics Research Seminar, Jan 2021
- Density Matrix Realism Workshop, FraMEPhys, University of Birmingham, Nov 2020
Nomic Vagueness
- Philosophy of Science Association Biennial Meeting, Nov 2021
- Pontifical University of St. Thomas Colloquium Series, Jan 2021
- CalTech philosophy of physics reading group, May 2020
- Delta 13 Workshop on Logic, May 2020
- University of Illinois, Chicago, Feb 2020
- Columbia University Foundations of Physics Conference, Nov 2019
- Early Career Philosophy of Physics Workshop, City College of New York, May 2019
The Cosmic Void and Non-Fundamental Facts
- Central APA Symposium on "Metaphysics Without Ontology," Feb 2020
Time's Arrow in a Quantum Universe
- Mathematical Physics Seminar, University of Tübingen. Mar 2019
- Philosophy of Cosmology Session, German Physical Society. Mar 2019
- Philosophy of Time Association, Central APA. Feb 2019
- Philosophy of Science Association. Nov 2018
- Western Ontario Philosophy of Logic, Mathematics, and Physics Graduate Student Conference. Jun 2018
Comparativism about the Mind: From Metaphysics of Quantities to the Nature of Mentality
- Rutgers-Bochum Workshop in Philosophy and Cognitive Science, Bochum. Mar 2019
- 24th World Congress in Philosophy. Aug 2018
An Intrinsic Theory of Quantum Mechanics: Progress in Field's Nominalistic Program, Part I
- Bristol Center for Science and Philosophy. Sep 2016
- Pacific APA Symposium, San Diego. Mar 2018
Our Fundamental Physical Space and the Metaphysics of the Wave Function
- Beyond Spacetime Project, UIC. Mar 2016
- Central APA Symposium, Chicago. Mar 2016
Space-Time Emergence: A Representational Theory
- Philosophy of Cosmology Workshop, CUNY Graduate Center. May 2017
The Best Summary of the Quantum World
- 15th Congress of Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science (CLMPS), University of Helsinki. Aug 2015
Our Knowledge of the Past: Some Puzzles about Time's Arrow and Self-Locating Probabilities.
- Caltech HPS Seminar Series. Apr 2017
- 3rd Boulder Workshop in Formal Value Theory. Mar 2018
Great Expectations: Introducing Surreal Decision Theory (with Daniel Rubio)
- Princeton Workshop on Infinite Values. Nov 2015 (Video)
Comments on Alan Hájek's "The Revenge of Pascal, Petersburg, Pasadena, and Paul" [Slides]
- Workshop on Cognitive Values, CU Boulder. May 2017
Comments on Ned Hall's "Causation and the Aim of Inquiry" [Notes]
- Philosophy Department Colloquium, Rutgers. Feb 2016