»The Experimental Metaphysics of Free Will Conference

The Fish Interfaith Center at Chapman University proudly presents the first annual interdisciplinary conference on spirituality, religion and the sciences.  "The Experimental Metaphysics of Free Will: A New Interdisciplinary Dialogue," will join together top scholars to addres challenges that the newest findings of Quantum Physics present for our understanding of free will, from the perspective of their particular disciplines and the world's religious traditions. 

All sessions are free and open to Chapman University faculty, staff, students and the general public. 

Please call (714) 628-7260 with questions or for more information.

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All sessions will be held in the Wallace All Faiths Chapel in the Fish Interfaith Center at Chapman University.

8:30-9:45 AM                   "Can the Future of a Quantum Particle Affect the Present Without Negating Free Will"
  Presenter: Yakir Aharonov
  Moderated by: Jeff Tollaksen, Director, Institute of Quantum Studies, Head, Faculty of Physics, Professor of Physics, Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman   University
 
10-11:15 AM "Free Will & the Direction of Time"
  Presenter: James Van Cleve

"Why We Cannot Control the Past"
  Presenter: Christian Loew
  Moderated by: Michael Pace, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Philosophy, Chapman University
1-2:15 PM "Do Humans Have Free Will? Insights from Neurophysiology and Psychiatry"
  Presenter: Shlomit Ritz Finkelstein

"How Wigner's Friend Iced Shroedingers Cat"
  Presenter: David Finkelstein
  Moderated by: Nancy Martin, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Religious Studies, Chapman University
2:30-3:45 PM     "Karma Matrix: A Buddhist Perspective on Time and Free Will"
  Presenter: The Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi

"Determined to be Free and Free to be Determined: Meditation and Implications for the Art of Observation, Destiny and Free Will"
  Presenter: Gurucharan Singh Khalsa
  Moderated by: Gail Stearns, Dean of the Wallace All Faiths Chapel, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Chapman University
4-5 PM "Exploring How the Day's Interdisciplinary Findings Transform our Conception of Free Will"
  Presenter's Roundtable: Panelists include all presenters from throughout the day


FINAL PRESENTATION

7 PM "Have we got it all Wrong?  How Emerging Understandings in Science, Religion and Philosophy Radically Alter Free Will and Determinism"
  Panelists include all presenters from throughout the day
  Moderated by: Daniele Struppa, Chancellor, Chapman University

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Yakir Aharanov


Yakir Aharonov - "Can the Future of a Quantum Particle Affect the Present Without Negating Free Will"
Distinguished Professor of Physics, Institute for Quantum Studies and Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University  Read more about Dr. Aharonov.
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James Van Cleve - "Free Will & the Direction of Time"
Professor of Philosophy, University of Southern California.
Christian Lowe

Christian Loew - "Why We Cannot Control the Past"
Ph.D. candidate in Philosophy, University of North Carolina.
Shlomit Finkelstein

Shlomit Ritz Finkelstein - "Do Humans Have Free Will? Insights from Neurophysiology and Psychiatry"
Ph.D., Special Adjunct Professor, Graduate Institute for the Liberal Arts, Adjunct Instructor, Department of Psychology, Emory University.
David Finkelstein

David Finkelstein - "How Wigner's Friend Iced Shroedingers Cat"
Professor of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
The Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi

The Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi - "Karma Matrix: A Buddhist Perspective on Time and Free Will"
Founding Director of the Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Gurucharan Singh Khalsa

Gurucharan Singh Khalsa - "Determined to be Free and Free to be Determined: Meditation and Implications for the Art of Observation, Destiny and Free Will"
Director of Training Internationally, Kundalini Research Institute & Khalsa Consultants, Portland, Oregon.

 




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