The Nature of Time
An Interdisciplinary Conference with Perspectives from Physics, Neuroscience and Philosophy on Time and it’s Experience.
Conference Details
Friday, Sept 14th & Saturday Sept 15th, 2018, 9:00 AM-5:30 PM
Barwise Room, Cordura Hall, Stanford University
Featured Speakers:
James Hartle
Physics, UC Santa Barbara
Dean Buonomano
Neuroscience, UCLA
Craig Callender
Philosophy, UC San Diego
Paul Skokowski
Symbolic Systems, Stanford
Roger Shepard
Psychology, Stanford
Jenann Ismael
Philosophy, Columbia
David Eagleman
Neuroscience, Stanford
Ronald Gruber
Medicine, Stanford
John Perry
Philosophy, Stanford
Richard Muller
Physics, UC Berkeley
Conference Videos
Day 1 Videos
The Physics of Now
James Hartle, Physics, UC Santa Barbara
What does the Neuroscience of Time Reveal about the Physics of Time?
Dean Buonomano, Neuroscience, UCLA
Time Lost, Time Regained
Craig Callender, Philosophy, UC San Diego
Time and Experience
Paul Skokowski, Symbolic Systems, Stanford, and St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Physical and Mental Aspects of Space and Time
Roger Shepard, Psychology, Stanford
Day 2 Videos
Some Questions about the Logic, Metaphysics, and Physics of Totality
Jenann Ismael, Philosophy, Columbia
Time and the Brain: Linking the Objective with the Subjective
David Eagleman, Psychiatry, Stanforda
Recent Experiments To Elucidate The Flow of Time
Ronald Gruber, Medicine, Stanford
“Here”, “Now”, and the Here and Now
John Perry, Philosophy, Stanford
A Theory of ‘NOW’
Richard Muller, Physics, UC Berkeley
Conference Program
SCHEDULE:
Day 1: Friday, September 14th
9:30 AM The Physics of Now
James Hartle, Physics, UC Santa Barbara
10:40 AM What does the Neuroscience of Time Reveal about the Physics of Time?
Dean Buonomano, Neuroscience, UCLA
1:00 PM Time Lost, Time Regained
Craig Callender, Philosophy, UC San Diego
2:10 PM Time and Experience
Paul Skokowski, Symbolic Systems, Stanford, and St Edmund Hall, Oxford
3:20 PM Physical and Mental Aspects of Space and Time
Roger Shepard, Psychology, Stanford
Day 2: Saturday, September 15th
9:15 AM Some Questions about the Logic, Metaphysics, and Physics of Totality
Jenann Ismael, Philosophy, Columbia
10:25 AM Time and the Brain: Linking the Objective with the Subjective
David Eagleman, Psychiatry, Stanford
12:40 PM Recent Experiments To Elucidate The Flow of Time
Ronald Gruber, Medicine, Stanford
1:50 PM “Here”, “Now”, and the Here and Now
John Perry, Philosophy, Stanford
3:00 PM A Theory of ‘NOW’
Richard Muller, Physics, UC Berkeley
Conference Sponsors
We are grateful to the Friedkin Foundation, John and Claire Radway, the Stanford Neurosciences Institute, the Stanford Humanities Center, and the Center for the Study of Language and Information for their generous support of this conference.
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