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Public Lecture by Tracy Lupher, "Is Time Travel Possible?"

May 4, 2015

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Huntley Hall 327

Sharon Kirk

This talk considers philosophical views on time travel and its connections with relativity theory.

Hosted by the Philosophy Department, Professor Lupher, faculty of James Madison University, is the co-founder and co-director of the Logic and Reasoning Institute. His work focuses on the philosophy of physics along with related issues in the philosophy of science and metaphysics. He is also interested in logic, the philosophy of language, and analytical philosophy. He has published articles on the philosophy and history of quantum field theory, causation, and the implications of different logical frameworks.

Professor Lupher was the winner of the Clifton Memorial Prize for 2008 in the philosophy of physics.