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MCMP – Philosophy of PhysicsQuantum Information: Conceptual and Ontological AspectsChris Timpson (Brasenose College, Oxford) gives a talk at the Workshop on Quantum Computation, Quantum Information, and the Exact Sciences (30-31 January, 2015) titled "Quantum Information: Conceptual and Ontological Aspects". Abstract: In this talk I will explore some ways of thinking about what quantum information is. This topic has a certain intrinsic interest, but it is also important when trying to assess in a careful way what role the concept of information might have to play in fundamental physics. I shall argue for a view which is fairly ontologically deflationary about quantum information (this has significant impact on how we should...2015-02-1000 min