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Mini-Workshop on QBism and the Interpretation of Quantum Theory

Tuesday, May 25, 2021
12:00pm (noon)–4:00pm (East Coast time)

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• This is a free Zoom event (no registration fee)
• The meeting ID and password will be shared with those who register
• Each talk will be 45 minutes, followed by 15 minutes for questions
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Questions or comments: Jacob Barandes, firstname_lastname(at)harvard.edu (organizer)

11:45–12:00
Informal introductions

12:00–1:00
“QBism and the Philosophers”
Christopher Fuchs – University of Massachusetts Boston
Notwithstanding Bohr, the Reasons for QBism (arXiv PDF),
Interview with a Quantum Bayesian (arXiv PDF),
On Participatory Realism (arXiv PDF)
Slides (PDF), Video (YouTube)

1:00–2:00
“Challenges to Defining a QBist Ontology”
Jacques Pienaar – University of Massachusetts Boston
Extending the Agent in QBism (arXiv PDF)
Video (YouTube)

2:00–3:00
“QBism, Ontology, and Explanation”
Chris Timpson – University of Oxford
Slides (PDF), Video (YouTube)

3:00–4:00
Open discussion
Video (YouTube)

Participants

Emily Adlam, Luca Apadula, Christopher Arledge, Guido Bacciagaluppi, Jacob Barandes (organizer), Adam Becker, Yemima Ben-Menahem, Tomasz Bigaj, Michel Bitbol, Clara Bradley, Harvey Brown, Caslav Brukner, Sean Carroll, Eric Cavalcanti, David Chalmers, Kade Cicchela, Elise Crull, Michael Cuffaro, Radwa Dawood, Rick DeJonghe, Flavio Del Santo, Hippolyte Dourdent, Aurélien Drezet, Saakshi Dulani, Irene Dziallas, John Earman, Nina Emery, Sebastian Eppelt, Johannes Fankhauser, Benjamin Feintzeig, Samuel Fletcher, Alex Franklin, David Freeborn, Steven French, Isaac Friend, Chris Fuchs (speaker), Miguel Gallego, Amanda Gefter, David Glick, Jan Głowacki, Daniel Grimmer, Vesselin Gueorguiev, Bixin Guo, Stephan Hartmann, Richard Healey, Leah Henderson, Lucero Herrmann, Guy Hetzroni, Sebastian Horvat, Mario Hubert, Nick Huggett, Jenann Ismael, Mahmoud Jalloh, Ding Jia, Viktoria Kabel, David Kagan, Greg Kestin, Nikitas Koutoupes, Moritz Kriegleder, Aaron Kruk, Otto Lange, Matt Leifer, Laurie Letertre, Barry Loewer, Joanna Luc, Emilia Margoni, Tiago Martinelli, Logan McCarty, Gerard McCaul, Alexander Meehan, Xiangyi Meng, Ryan Miller, Damon Moley, F. A. Muller, Markus Müller, George Musser, Wayne Myrvold, Pedro Naranjo, Alyssa Ney, Travis Norsen, Makinde Ogunnaike, Isidor Opperer, Isabel Ottmann, Jacques Pienaar (speaker), Francisco Pipa, Tomasz Placek, Michael Ridley, Sam Rijken, Pascal Rodríguez Warnier, Jerome Romagosa, Carlo Rovelli, Hassaan Saleem, Carlos Gerardo Sanjuan Ciepielewski, Simon Saunders, Orly Shenker, John Sipe, Jeremy Steeger, Noel Swanson, Michael te Vrugt, Anicet Tibau Vidal, Chris Timpson (speaker), Pablo Toussaint, Lev Vaidman, Antonio Vassallo, Kadri Vihvelin, Karen Villa, Hamza Waseem, Al Wilson, Tian Zhang

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Mini-Workshop on QBism and the Interpretation of Quantum Theory

Tuesday, May 25, 202112:00pm (noon)–4:00pm (East Coast time)

[Registration Form]

11:45–12:00Informal introductions

12:00–1:00“QBism and the Philosophers”Christopher Fuchs – University of Massachusetts BostonNotwithstanding Bohr, the Reasons for QBism (arXiv PDF),Interview with a Quantum Bayesian (arXiv PDF),On Participatory Realism (arXiv PDF)Slides (PDF), Video (YouTube)

1:00–2:00“Challenges to Defining a QBist Ontology”Jacques Pienaar – University of Massachusetts BostonExtending the Agent in QBism (arXiv PDF)Video (YouTube)

2:00–3:00“QBism, Ontology, and Explanation”Chris Timpson – University of OxfordSlides (PDF), Video (YouTube)