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| Title: | Nonlocal causation in Maxwell theory |
| Authors: | Weinstein, Steven |
| Keywords: | Time Nonlocal causation Maxwell theory |
| Issue Date: | 21-Jul-2006 |
| Publisher: | Centre for Time, Department of Philosophy, University of Sydney. |
| Series/Report no.: | Origins III :: Intervention, Time and Physics |
| Abstract: | Maxwell's equations were the inspiration for special relativity and the principle of relativistic "causality", whereby spacelike-separated events are understood to be causally independent. In this talk, I will show that one of Maxwell's equations actually implies a form of nonlocal causation - causation between what are nominally causally independent events - and show that this sort of causation, while not susceptible to an interventionist or counterfactual analysis, is crucial for many everyday attributions of causal connectedness |
| Description: | Contains one audio recording (mp3) and one set of presentation notes |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1013 |
| Appears in Collections: | Conference presentations, workshops and meetings |
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