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SUMMARY:Machian Dynamics: The End of Time? - Jeremy Butterfield\, Trinity 
 College
DTSTART:20061023T153000Z
DTEND:20061023T170000Z
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CONTACT:Jeremy Nicholas Butterfield
DESCRIPTION:I discuss Julian Barbour's Machian theories of dynamics\, and 
 his proposal that a Machian perspective enables one to solve the problem o
 f time in quantum geometrodynamics (by saying that there is no time!). I c
 oncentrate on his 1999 book\, The End of Time. The talk will stress philos
 ophical issues\, not technicalities.\n\nThis talk will also introduce some
  foundational themes in classical mechanics\, especially in the Lagrangian
  approach. I expect in the next two meetings (30 October and 6 November) t
 o pursue those themes: independently of Machianism\, and including the Ham
 iltonian approach. \n
LOCATION:Meeting Room 14\, Centre for Mathematical Sciences
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