Università Roma Tre

We will discuss the contribution that physics can give to the fundamental question of metaphysics, namely why is there something rather than nothing? More in general, the course will focus on the history and philosophy of space and time, giving particular emphasis to the relationship between physical and experiential time. Within this relationship, the nature of the present moment is particularly important: while physics can safely ignore such a moment, in our experience it separates an immutable past from a future that is not conceived deterministically or fatalistically, but is rather regarded as open to our free decisions. We will read excerpts of classics authors in the history of philosophy that have dealt in particular with these questions.

i seguenti testi in inglese sono alternativi a quelli in italiano
1. Peter Lewis, Quantum Ontology. A guide to the metaphysics of quantum mechanics, 2016, in alternativa per chi non legge l’inglese Ghirardi G.C. Un occhiata alle carte di Dio. Il Saggiatore, 2002
2. Franck Lalöe, Do we really understand quantum mechanics? In alternativa David Albert, Meccanica quantistica e senso comune, Adelphi, 2003
3. Dispense del docente disponibili in rete sul suo sito didattico