Tim Maudlin
Rutgers University Philosopher
Tim Maudlin is a professor of philosophy at Rutgers University. He is the author of "Quantum Non-Locality and Relativity," "Truth and Paradox," and "The Metaphysics within Physics," as well as many articles on the foundations of physics, logic, and the philosophy of science. His main areas of study pertain to the ways that physics intersects with philosophy.
Using the tools of philosophic inquiry to ask questions about the world around us can bring clarity of thought of clarity of expression.
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Cognitive science forces philosophers to think much more clearly about to what extent emotion and affect play a role in our cognitive economy.
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Physicists should find it frustrating and upsetting that they don’t really get what this fundamental mathematical theory tells us about the world.
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Traditional philosophical questions are about the way the world works—and the best way to find out how the world works is to observe it in well-defined experimental situations.
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If you’re only interested in physics as a tool for engineering, you don’t necessarily need to understand the true nature of what you’re studying. But why wouldn’t you want to?
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When they ask the very basic conceptual questions about the physical world, mathematicians, physicists and philosophers are addressing many of the same issues.
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A conversation with the Rutgers University philosopher.
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