Foundations Seminar
Monday, February 23, 2026
9:30 AM
INPERSON
Zoom Only
Foundations Seminar
Kian Salimkhani
Description
Exploring the Non-Fundamentality of Spacetime from a Philosophy of Physics Perspective
Spacetime fundamentalism is usually thought to face challenges from theories of quantum gravity. But the non-fundamentality of (aspects of) spacetime does not rely on speculative physics alone. Rather, one can give an interpretation of general relativity that supports some form of spacetime non-fundamentalism, or so I argue. I first clarify what it means to say that spacetime is or is not fundamental. I then sketch the argument and point out a few issues for inferences to (non-)fundamentality.
When
Monday, February 23, 2026 9:30 AM
Where
Inperson
Zoom Only
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