Robinson's Podcast
Robinson's Podcast
Robinson Erhardt
46 - Tim Maudlin: Laws of Nature, Absolute Space, & Free Will
1 hour 59 minutes Posted Jan 26, 2023 at 3:00 pm.
Introduction
Studying Physics and Philosophy
Theoretical Physics, Foundations, and Metaphysics
Physics and Free Will
The Mathematical Structure of the Universe
Hume, Lewis, and the Supermosaic
Laws of Nature
Moral facts
Absolute and Relative Space
Space and the Ether
The Leibniz-Clarke Correspondence
Absolute Space, Time, and Relativity
The Infinity of Time and Space
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Tim Maudlin is Professor of Philosophy at NYU. Before that, he did his undergraduate work in philosophy and physics at Yale and received his PHD from Pittsburgh in the History and Philosophy of Science. Tim is renowned as one of the leading philosophers of physics, and he also works in the philosophy of science and metaphysics. Among other things, Robinson and Tim talk about whether metaphysics should come prior to or after physics, the debates over absolute time and space, free will, the nature of physical laws, and David Lewis’s views on the Humean supermosaic. You can find out more about Tim and his work on his website, www.tim-maudlin.site.
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