98. Tim Maudlin | Physics

If you'd like to support the series and get early access (plus other perks), you can join on Patreon or become a paid Substack subscriber:   / friction   https://fric.substack.com/subscribe My links: https://linktr.ee/frictionphilosophy. Tim Maudlin is Professor of Philosophy at New York University, and his work has focused on the foundations of physics and science more generally, metaphysics, and logic. 00:00 - Preview 01:18 - Introduction 01:58 - Quantum mechanics as a theory 08:18 - Shut up and calculate 12:20 - Wave-function realism 20:07 - What the wave-function represents 23:08 - Ontology 28:22 - Fields 33:38 - Probabilities 41:11 - Many-worlds 45:36 - Simplicity 48:18 - Recovering probabilities 52:07 - Preferred approach 56:26 - Pilot wave theory 1:05:41 - Manifest image 1:09:04 - Other ways of talking 1:14:47 - Scientific anti-realism 1:18:00 - Anti-realism and physics 1:21:46 - Modality 1:27:36 - Metaphysical possibility 1:32:48 - Essences 1:34:25 - Fundamentality 1:38:58 - Concepts 1:42:34 - Vagueness 1:51:17 - Making language precise 1:53:38 - Classical logic 1:54:22 - Value of philosophy 1:58:38 - Conclusion