Princeton seminars on physics and philosophy

TL;DR

This paper compiles lecture notes discussing key conceptual issues in quantum gravity, quantum mechanics interpretation, the nature of time, information, and philosophical perspectives on evolving concepts and anti-foundationalism.

Contribution

It provides an overview of current philosophical and conceptual debates in physics, integrating diverse topics like quantum gravity, time, and perspectivalism in a comprehensive seminar series.

Findings

Clarifies the relational interpretation of quantum mechanics.

Explores the conceptual structure of quantum gravity.

Discusses the philosophical implications of evolving scientific concepts.

Abstract

These are lectures notes prepared for a series of seminars I am invited to give at Princeton Philosophy Department in November 2024. They cover the conceptual structure of quantum gravity, the relational interpretation of quantum mechanics, the structure of time, its orientation and the openness of the future, the physical underpinning of information and meaning, and some general considerations on the fact that concepts evolve, on perspectivalism and anti-foundationalism.