John Bell Institute for the Foundations of Physics

Creating an interdisciplinary community in the foundations of physics.

[John Bell Institute for the Foundations of Physics @InstituteBell]

In this episode, Robinson, Jacob, and David discuss Jacob’s novel Indivisibility Approach to quantum mechanics. https://t.co/JoZuyb1wU5

[Curt Jaimungal @TOEwithCurt]

I just recorded five hours with Tim Maudlin. I’m finishing up his previous lecture (here’s the first part) and also addressing additional questions you all had from the comments, plus my own. I hope you enjoy it. It should be out in a few weeks. https://t.co/fIMylMW6k8

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Wonder how laws of nature make matter move?
https://t.co/HIBKiwUyKV

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CfA: JBI Summer School 2026: Space and Time
MEDLIS Campus
Split, Croatia, August 17-28, 2026
Apply here: https://t.co/T6T1wP3HTC

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Check out this 3-hour video on many exciting topics in the philosophy of time.
https://t.co/LaTqdnDKVH

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Tim Maudlin and Barry Loewer discuss what laws of nature are: https://t.co/37PwgDXp4o

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The CfA for our School of Quantum Foundations (August 18-27, 2025) is now out: https://t.co/1B0w6oK3i1
Deadline: June 30, 2025.

[John Bell Institute for the Foundations of Physics @InstituteBell]

We will soon announce the CfA for the following event at our new location: School of Quantum Foundations – Speakable and Unspeakable, August 18-27. Stay tuned.

[John Bell Institute for the Foundations of Physics @InstituteBell]

We have finally found a home for the John Bell Institute for the Foundations of Physics: The Mediterranean Institute for Life Science (MedILS) in Split, Croatia. https://t.co/7zWN9JEilR

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We thank Sheldon Goldstein, Roderich Tumulka, and Nino Zanghì for their valuable work as board members and welcome our new governors Angelo Bassi, Catalina Curceanu, and Ward Struyve.

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What is General Relativity about? Join more than 4 hrs of insights with Tim Maudlin in this Masterclass:
https://t.co/CNbStEUp5D

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Barry Loewer: What Is The Philosophy of Science?
https://t.co/X0sUyXRbWM

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How to explain the arrow of time? Join David Albert in this Masterclass.
https://t.co/dexGR29AlV

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Ever wondered what Special Relativity tells us about the world and how to merge it with Quantum Mechanics? Join Tim Maudlin in this Masterclass.
https://t.co/noWpgnCsdC

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Physicists and philosophers today have formulated three opposing models that explain how laws work. Which is the best? https://t.co/EEPrB8iWNf

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We thank all donors for their generous donations!

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Congratulations!

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BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPrize in Physics to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.”

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Daniel Sudarsky (Universidad Nacional de México) - "A possible account for the special initial state that seems to be behind the universe's entropic arrow of time"
https://t.co/xev4LQuZAi

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In memory of our dear friend and colleague Detlef Dürr. This volume shows the huge influence and creativity Detlef Dürr has had in mathematics, physics, and philosophy.
https://t.co/1h1AJXcLS6