Professor Steven French

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Philosophy of Science; History of Physics; Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics.

After thirty years here at Leeds, with previous appointments in Brazil and the USA, I am now retired. I have just completed my last academic book, A Phenomenological Approach to Quantum Mechanics: Cutting the Chain of Correlations, which should be out with Oxford University Press by the end of 2023. Prior to that, my most recent book wasThere are No Such Things as Theories (2020 OUP) which, as the title suggests, adopts an elimionativist stance towards theories and models in science. I’ve also edited collections with the likes of Milena Ivanova, The Aesthetics of Science (2020, Routledge) and  Juha Saatsi, Realism and the Quantum (2018, OUP), among others. And I've published a whole bunch of paper over the years, with the most recent being ‘The Value of Surprise in Science’, with Alice Murphy, Erkenntnis 83, pp. 1447-1466 2023.

I was Co-Editor-in-Chief of The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (http://bjps.oxfordjournals.org/) for several years and also of the Palgrave-Macmillan series, New Directions in Philosophy of Science (www.palgrave.com/products/series.aspx?s=NDPS), but now I mostly write short stories and reviews of assorted science-fiction, fantasy and horror books.

Research interests

• Philosophy of Science, especially models and the semantic approach, representation and structural realism
• Philosophy of Physics, especially the metaphysical foundations of quantum mechanics
• History of Physics, especially twentieth century

Research Students

I am no longer offering PhD  or post-doctoral supervision.

Former PhD students include Otávio Bueno (Miami), George Darby (Oxford), Callum Duguid (Leeds), James Fraser (Durham), James Ladyman (Bristol), Kerry McKenzie (University of California, San Diego), Alice Murphy (Munich), Dean Rickles (Sydney), Juha Saatsi ( Leeds), Sam Schindler (Aarhus), Pete Vickers (Durham), among others.

Publications

Books

A Phenomenological Approach to Quantum Mechanics: Cutting the Chain of Correlations, Oxford University Press, forthcoming.

There Are No Such Things as Theories; Oxford University Press, 2020. (Arabic translation forthcoming)

The Aesthetics of Science: Beauty, Imagination and Understanding, with M. Ivanova (eds.); Routledge, 2020.

Scientific Realism and the Quantum, with J. Saatsi (eds); Oxford University Press, 2020.

Applying Mathematics: Immersion, Inference, Interpretation, with O. Bueno; Oxford University Press, 2018.

Thinking About Science, Reflecting on Art: Bringing Aesthetics and Philosophy of Science Together, with O. Bueno, G. Darby and D. Rickles; Routledge, 2017.

Philosophy of Science: Key Concepts, Bloomsbury Academic , 2016 (2nd ed. of Science: Key Concepts in Philosophy, updated and with new ch. on explanation; translated into Portuguese and Spanish).

The Structure of the World: Metaphysics and Representation; Oxford University Press, 2014 (pbk 2016).

The Bloomsbury Companion to the Philosophy of Science, with Juha Saatsi (eds.); Bloomsbury, 2014 (2nd ed.; 2011).

Science: Key Concepts in Philosophy; Continuum Press, 2007.

The Structural Foundations of Quantum Gravity, with D. Rickles and J. Saatsi (eds.); Oxford University Press, 2006.

Identity in Physics: A Historical, Philosophical and Formal Account, with Décio Krause; Oxford University Press, 2006.

Science and Partial Truth: A Unitary Approach to Models and Reasoning in Science, with Newton da Costa; Oxford University Press, 2003.

Correspondence, Invariance and Heuristics: Essays in Honour of Heinz Post, with Harmke Kamminga (eds.), Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, gen. ed. R.S. Cohen, Dordrecht, Reidel, 1993.

Parts of books

‘What is This Thing Called Structure?’, forthcoming in F.A. Muller (ed.), The Structure of Reality, The Reality of Structure, Springer, 2024.

‘Quasi-Structural Realism’, forthcoming in J.R. Becker and R. W. Arroyo (eds.), Non-Reflexive Logics, Non-Individuals and the Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics, Springer, 2023.

‘Representation and Realism: On Being a Structuralist All the Way (Up and) Down’, forthcoming in M. Frauchliger (ed.), Proceedings of the 2018 Lauener Symposium in Analytic Philosophy.

‘Fundamentality’, in E. Knox and A. Wilson (eds.), The Routledge Companion to the Philosophy of Physics, Routledge, pp. 679-688, 2021.

‘Modality and Scientific Structuralism’, in O. Bueno and S. Shalkowski (eds), Routledge Handbook of Modality, Routledge, pp. 221-229, 2020.

‘From a Lost History to a New Future: Is a Phenomenological Approach to Quantum Mechanics Viable?’, in H. Wiltsche and P. Berghofer (eds.), Phenomenological Approaches to Physics, Springer, pp. 205-226, 2020.

‘Doing Away with Dispositions’, in A. Meinke (ed.), Dispositionalism. Perspectives from Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Science, Springer Synthese Library, Springer, pp. 189-212, 2020.

‘Performance and Practice: Situating the Aesthetic Qualities of Theories’, in S. French and M. Ivanova (eds), The Aesthetics of Science: Beauty, Imagination and Understanding; Routledge pp. 186-210, 2020.

‘Structural Realism and the Standard Model’, in A. Cordero (ed.), Philosophers Look at Quantum Mechanics, International Ontology Congress, pp. 163-178, 2019.

‘There Are No Such Things as Ordinary Objects’ in J. Cumpa and B. Brewer (eds.), The Nature of Ordinary Objects, Cambridge University Press, pp. 260-273, 2019.

‘Symmetries and Explanatory Dependencies’, with Juha Saatsi, in J. Saatsi and A. Reutlinger (eds.), Explanation Beyond Causation, Oxford University Press, pp. 185-205, 2018.

‘Realism and Metaphysics’, in J. Saatsi (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Realism, Routledge, pp. 394-406, 2018.

‘Building Bridges with the Right Tools: Modality and the Standard Model’, in M. Massimi, J-W. Romeijn, G. Schurz, (eds.), Proceedings of EPSA2015, Springer, pp. 37-47, 2017

‘Art, Science and Abstract Artefacts’, in O. Bueno, G. Darby, S. French and D. Rickles (eds.), Thinking About Science, Reflecting on Art: Bringing Aesthetics and Philosophy of Science Together, Routledge, pp. 169-190, 2017.

‘Structural Realism and the Toolbox of Metaphysics’ in E. Agazzi (ed.), Varieties of Scientific Realism: Objectivity and Truth in Science, Springer, pp. 227-244, 2017.

‘Eliminating Objects Across the Sciences’, in A. Guay and T. Pradeu (eds.), Individuals Across Sciences, Oxford University Press, pp. 371-394, 2016.

‘Between Weasels and Hybrids: What Does the Applicability of Mathematics Tell us about Ontology?’ in J-Y Beziau, D. Krause and J. Arenhart (eds.), Conceptual Clarifications: Tributes to Patrick Suppes, London: College Publications, pp. 63-86, 2015.

‘Rethinking Outside the Toolbox: Reflecting Again on the Relationship Between Philosophy of Science and Metaphysics’, with K. McKenzie, in T. Bigaj and C. Wuthrich (eds), Metaphysics in Contemporary Physics, Poznan Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities, Rodopi, pp. 145-174, 2015

‘Whither Wave-Function Realism?’, in D. Albert and A. Ney, The Wave Function, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, pp.76-90, 2013.

‘Handling Humility: Towards A Metaphysically Informed Naturalism’, in A. Cordero and J. I. Galparsoro, Reflections on Naturalism, Sense Publishers, pp. 85-104, 2013.

‘The Resilience of Laws and the Ephemerality of Objects: Can A Form of Structuralism be Extended to Biology?’, in D. Dieks et. al. (eds), Probability, Laws and Structures, Springer, pp. 187-200, 2012.

‘The Presentation of Objects and the Representation of Structure’, in E. Landry and D. Rickles (eds.), Structure, Object, and Causality: Proceedings of the Banff Workshop on Structural Realism, University of Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science; Dordrecht: Springer, pp. 3-28, 2012.

‘Introduction’ and ‘Travelling in New Directions’, with Juha Saatsi, in The Continuum Companion to the Philosophy of Science, Continuum Press, pp. 1-11 and 337-358, 2011.

‘In Defence of Ontic Structural Realism’, with James Ladyman, in A. Bokulich and P. Bokulich, Scientific Structuralism, Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science; Springer pp. 25-42, 2011.

‘On the Transposition of the Substantial into the Functional: Bringing Cassirer’s philosophy of Quantum Mechanics into the 21st Century’, with A. Cei, in M. Bitbol, ,P. Kerszberg and J. Petitot (eds.), Constituting Objectivity, Transcendental Perspectives on Modern Physics, Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science; Dordrecht: Springer pp. 95-115, 2009.

‘Symmetry, Invariance and Reference’, in M. Frauchiger and W. K. Essler (eds.), Representation, Evidence, and Justification: Themes from Suppes. (Lauener Library of Analytical Philosophy; vol. 1) Frankfurt: ontos verlag, pp. 127-156, 2008.

‘Quantum Gravity Meets Structuralism: Interweaving Relations in the Foundations of Physics’, with Dean Rickles in D. Rickles, S. French, and J. Saatsi (eds.), The Structural Foundations of Quantum Gravity, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 1-39, 2006.

'Understanding Permutation Symmetry', with Dean Rickles, in K. Brading and E. Castellani (eds), Symmetries in Physics: New Reflections, Cambridge University Press, pp. 212-238, 2003.

'Inconsistency in Science: A Partial Perspective' with Newton da Costa,  in J. Meheus (ed.), Inconsistency in Science, Kluwer Academic Press, pp. 105-118, 2002.

'Quantum Physics and the Ontology of Structures', in Physis: Proceedings of the IVth International Ontology Congress (A tribute to John Bell), San Sebastian, pp. 175-181, 2001.

'Putting a New Spin on Particle Identity', in Hilborn, R. and Tino, G. (eds.), Spin-Statistics Connection and Commutation Relations, American Institute of Physics, pp. 305-318, 2000.

‘Models and Mathematics in Physics: The Role of Group Theory’, in Butterfield, J. and Pagonis, C. (eds.), From Physics to Philosophy, Cambridge University Press: 187-207, 1999.

'The Logic of Quanta', with Décio Krause, in Cao, T. (ed.), Conceptual Foundations  of Quantum Field Theory, pp. 324-342, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1999.

'Opaque Predicates, Veiled Sets and Their Logic',  with Décio Krause,  in Carnielli, W.A. and D'Ottaviano , I.M.L. (eds.), Advances in Contemporary Logic and Computer Science, pp. 263-274, Providence, Rhode Island, American Mathematical Society, 1999.

‘On the Withering Away of Physical Objects’, in Castellani, E. (ed.), Interpreting Bodies: Classical and Quantum Objects in Modern Physics, pp. 93-113, Princeton University Press, 1998.

‘A Semantic Perspective on Idealisation in Quantum Mechanics’,  with James Ladyman, in Shanks, N. (ed.),  Idealization IX: Idealization in Contemporary Physics: Pozna´n Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities, pp. 51-73, Amsterdam, Rodopi, 1998.

'Partiality, Pursuit and Practice', in Dalla Chiara, M.L. et. al. (eds.), Structures and Norms in Science: Proceedings of the 10th International Congress on Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, pp. 35-52, Dordrecht, Reidel, 1997.

'Structures for Space-Time: An Approach through Suppes Predicates [in Portuguese]', with Newton da Costa and Otávio Bueno in Gutierrez, C.B. (ed.), El Trabajo Filosofico de Hoy en el Continente - Actas del XIII Congresso Interamericano de Filosofia, pp. 607- 613, Colombia, Sociedade Interamericana de Filosofia, 1995.

'Some Remarks On Sortal Logics and Physics’, with Newton da Costa and Décio Krause in Pena, L., de Lorenzo, J. and Etcheverria , J. (eds.), Calculemos: homenaje al Prof. Miguel Sanchez-Mazas, Trotta, Madrid, 1994.

‘Towards an Acceptable Theory of Acceptance: Partial Structures and the General Correspondence Principle’, with Newton da Costa, in S. French and H. Kamminga (eds.), Correspondence, Invariance and Heuristics: Essays in Honour of Heinz Post, pp.137 - 158, Dordrecht, Reidel, 1993.

'The Schrodinger Problem’, with Newton da Costa and Décio Krause in Bitbol, M. and Darrigol, O. (eds.), Erwin Schrodinger -Philosophy and the Birth Of Quantum Mechanics, Paris, Editions Frontieres, 1992.

'Ontology and Paraconsistency’, with Newton da Costa in Burkhardt, H. and Smith, S. (eds.), The Handbook of Ontology and Metaphysics, Munich , Philosophia Verlag, 1991.

‘Gödel’s Theorem’, ‘The Exclusion Principle’, ‘The Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics,', ‘Statistical Mechanics’ in F.N. Magill (ed.), Magill’s Survey of Science, , Salem Mass., Salem Press; 1992.

Papers

‘A Neo-Kantian Approach to the Standard Model’, (in preparation).

‘Does the claim that there are no theories imply that there is no history of theories to be written?(!)’, Journal for General Philosophy of Science, forthcoming.

‘What is a Naturalized Principle of Composition?’, with F. Ceravolo, The American Philosophical Quarterly 60: pp. 21-36, 2023.

‘The Value of Surprise in Science’, with Alice Murphy, Erkenntnis 83, pp. 1447-1466 2023.

‘Author’s Response’, Symposium on There Are No Such Things as Theories, Metascience 30, pp. 23-29.

‘Imagination in Scientific Practice’, The European Journal for the Philosophy of Science 10: 27, 2020.

‘Defending Eliminative Structuralism and a Whole Lot More (or Less)’ Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 74, pp. 22-29, 2019.

‘Factualism, Substantialism and Structuralism’, The International Journal of Philosophical Studies 26, pp. 701-721, 2018 (DOI: 10.1080/09672559.2018.1542275)

‘Toying with the Toolbox: How Metaphysics Can Still Make a Contribution’, Journal of General Philosophy of Science(with commentary by B. Vetter) 49, pp. 211-230, 2018.

‘Identity Conditions, Idealisations and Isomorphisms: A Defence of the Semantic Approach’; Synthese 2017 (DOI 10.1007/s11229-017-1564-z)

‘(Structural) Realism and its Representational Vehicles’, Synthese 194, pp. 3311–3326, 2017.

‘Models and Meaning Change: An Introduction to the Work of Mary Hesse’; Special Virtual Issue of The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science: https://academic.oup.com/bjps/pages/Mary_Hesse

‘Response to my Critics’ (Symposium Review), Metascience, 25, pp. 189-206, 2016.

‘Getting Away from Governance: Laws, Symmetries and Objects’, with Angelo Cei, Méthode – Analytic Perspectives 32014 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.13135/2281-0498%2F4)

‘Semi-realism, Sociability and Structure’, Erkenntnis, 78, pp. 1-18, 2013.

‘Philosophy of Science: A Personal Peek into the Future’, with M. Massimi, Metaphilosophy 44, pp. 230-240, 2013.

‘Thinking Outside the (Tool)Box: Towards a More Productive Engagement Between Metaphysics and Philosophy of Physics’ with K. McKenzie, The European Journal of Analytic Philosophy 8, pp. 42-59, 2012.

‘Unitary Inequivalence as a Problem for Structural Realism’, Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 43, pp. 121-136, 2012.

‘Empirical Factors and Structural Transference: Returning to the London Account’, with O. Bueno and James Ladyman, Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 43, pp. 95-103, 2012.

‘Models and structures: Phenomenological and partial’, with O. Bueno and James Ladyman, Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 43, pp. 43-46, 2012.

 ‘Can Mathematics Explain Physical Phenomena?’, with O. Bueno, The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 63, pp. 85-113, 2012.

‘Partial Structures and the Logic of Azande’, Principia 15, pp. 77-105, 2011.

‘How Theories Represent’, with O. Bueno, The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 62, pp. 857-894, 2011.

‘Are There No Such Things as Theories?’, with Pete Vickers, The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 62, pp. 771-804, 2011

‘Authors’ Response: Symposium on Identity in Physics’, with Décio Krause, Metascience 20, pp. 245-250, 2011.

‘Metaphysical Underdetermination: Why Worry?’, Synthese 180, pp. 205-221, 2011.

‘Shifting to Structures in Physics and Biology: A Prophylactic for Promiscuous Realism’, Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 42, pp. 164-173, 2011.

‘The Interdependence of Structures, Objects and Dependence’, Synthese 175, pp. 89-109, 2010.

‘Some Remarks on the Theory of Quasi-sets’, with Décio Krause, Studia Logica 95, pp. 101-124, 2010.

 ‘Keeping Quiet on The Ontology of Models’, Synthese 172, pp. 231-249, 2010.

‘Genuine Possibilities in the Scientific Past and How to Spot Them’, Isis 99, pp. 568-575, 2008.

‘Quantum Sortal Predicates’, with Décio Krause, Synthese 154, pp. 417- 430, 2007.

 ‘Looking for Structure in all the Wrong Places: Ramsey Sentences, Multiple Realizability, and Structure’, with Angelo Cei, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 37: 633–655, 2006.

‘Realism about Structure: The Semantic View and Non-linguistic Representations’, with Juha Saatsi, Philosophy of Science (Proceedings) 78 pp. 548-559, 2006.

‘Structure as a Weapon of the Realist’, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 106, pp. 167-185, 2006.

'A Model-Theoretic Account of Representation (Or, I Don't Know Much About Art … But I Know It Involves Isomorphism', Philosophy of Science (Proceedings) 70, pp. 1472-1483, 2003.

'Been There, Done That: Breaking Free From Kuhn', in The Kuhn Controversy, special monographic issue of Social Epistemology, vol. 17, nos. 2-3, 2003.

'Quantum Vagueness', with Décio Krause, Erkenntnis 59, pp. 97-124, 2003.

'Scribbling on the Blank Sheet: Eddington's Structuralist Conception of Objects', Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 34, pp. 227-259, 2003.

'Remodelling Structural Realism: Quantum Physics and the Metaphysics of Structure', and 'The Dissolution of Objects: A Reply to Cao', both with James Ladyman, Synthese 136, pp. 31-56 and pp. 73-77, 2003.

'On Representing the Relationship between the Mathematical and the Empirical', with Otávio Bueno and James Ladyman, Philosophy of Science 69, pp. 452-473, 2002.

'A Phenomenological Approach to the Measurement Problem: Husserl and the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics', Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 22, pp. 467-491, 2002.

'Getting Out of a Hole: Identity, Individuality and Structuralism in Space-Time Physics', Philosophica 67, pp. 901-919, 2001.

'Theories, Models and Structures: Thirty Years On', with Newton da Costa, Philosophy of Science 67 (Proceedings), pp. S116-S127, 2000.

'The Reasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics: Partial Structures and the Application of Group Theory to Physics', Synthese 125, pp.103-120, 2000.

‘A Response to Beyond 2000’, Studies in Science Education 35, pp. 181-186, 2000.

'Identity and Individuality in Quantum Mechanics', Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy at http://www.science.uva.nl/~seop/entries/qt-idind/.

'Infestation or Pest Control: The Introduction of Group Theory into Quantum Mechanics', with Otávio Bueno, Manuscrito22, pp. 37-86, 1999.

‘Reinflating the Model-Theoretic Approach’, with James Ladyman, International Studies  in the Philosophy of Science 13, pp. 99-117,  1999.

 ‘A Semantic Perspective on Idealisation in Quantum Mechanics’, with James Ladyman, in N. Shanks(ed.), Idealization IX: Idealization in Contemporary Physics: Pozna´n Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities, Rodopi, pp. 51-73, 1998.                                         

‘The Logic of Pragmatic Truth', with Newton da Costa and Otávio Bueno, The Journal of Philosophical Logic  27, pp. 603-620, 1998.

‘Is There A Zande Logic?’, with Newton da Costa and Otávio Bueno, History and Philosophy of Logic 19,  pp. 41-54, 1998.

‘Superconductivity and Structures: Revisiting the London Account’, with James Ladyman,  Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 28,  pp. 363-393, 1997.

‘Suppes' Predicates for Space-Time', with Newton da Costa and Otávio Bueno, Synthese 112, pp. 271-279, 1997.

‘Quantum Objects are Vague Objects', with Décio Krause , Sorites 6, pp. 21-33, 1996.

‘Partial Structures and the Logic of the Azande’, with Newton da Costa, The American Philosophical Quarterly 32, pp. 325-339, 1995.

‘The Esperable Uberty of Quantum Chromodynamics’,  Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 26, pp. 87-105, 1995.

‘Hacking Away at the Identity of Indiscernibles’,  The Journal of Philosophy 92, pp. 455 - 466, 1995.

‘Vague Identity and Quantum Non-Individuality’, with Décio Krause , Analysis 55, pp. 20 - 25, 1995.

‘A Formal Approach to Quantum Non-Individuality’, with Décio Krause , Synthese 102, pp. 195-214, 1995.

‘A Model Theoretic Approach to “Natural Reasoning”’, with Newton da Costa, International Studies in Philosophy of Science  7, pp. 177 - 190, 1993.

‘Consistency, Omniscience and Truth’, with Newton da Costa, Philosophical Science 8, pp. 51 - 69, 1991. (Russian translation).

‘Rationality, Consistency and Truth’,  The Journal of Non-Classical Logic 7 , pp. 51 - 71, 1991.

‘On Russell’s Principle of Induction’, with Newton da Costa, Synthese  86, pp. 285 - 295, 1991.

‘The Model-Theoretic Approach in the Philosophy of Science’, with Newton da Costa, Philosophy of Science 57, pp. 248 - 265, 1990.

‘Belief, Contradiction and the Logic of Self-Deception’, with Newton da Costa, American Philosophical Quarterly  27, pp. 179 - 197, 1990.

‘Metaphysics, Pragmatic Truth and the Underdetermination of Theories’,  with Alfredo Pereira jr., Dialogos  56, pp. 37 - 67, 1990.

‘Further Remarks on “pragmatic probability, logical omniscience and the Popper-Miller argument”’, with Newton da Costa, Fundamenta Scientae 10, pp. 229-231, 1989.

‘Identity and Individuality in Classical and Quantum Physics’, Australasian  Journal of Philosophy  67, pp. 432 - 446, 1989.

‘Pragmatic Truth and the Logic of Induction’, with Newton da Costa, The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science  40, pp. 333 - 356, 1989.

‘A Note on Temporal Logic’, with Newton da Costa, The Bulletin of Logic of the Polish Academy of Sciences  18, pp. 51 - 56, 1989.

‘A Peircean Response to the Realist - Empiricist Debate', Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society 25, pp. 293 - 307, 1989.

‘Why the Principle of the Identity of Indiscernibles is Not Contingently True Either’, Synthese  78, pp. 141 - 166, 1989.

‘Individuality, Supervenience and Bell’s Theorem’, Philosophical Studies  55, pp. 1 - 22, 1989.

‘The Logic of Belief’, with Newton da Costa, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 49, pp. 431 - 446, 1989.

‘A Estrutura do Argumento de Newton para a Lei da Gravitacao Universal’ (The Structure of Newton’s Argument for the Law of Universal Gravitation); Cadernos de Historia e Filosofia da Ciencia  Series 2  1, pp. 33 - 52, 1989.

‘Pragmatic Probability, Logical Omniscience and the Popper - Miller Argument’, with Newton da Costa,  Fundamenta Scientae  9 , pp.35 - 46, 1988.

‘Belief and Contradiction’, with Newton da Costa, Critica  20, pp.3 - 11, 1988.

‘Models, Pragmatic Virtues and Limited Scepticism : The Three Pillars of Constructive Empiricism’; Manuscrito  11, pp.27 - 46, 1988.

‘A Green Parrot is Just as Much a Red Herring as a White Shoe : A Note on Confirmation, Background Knowledge and the Logico-Probabilistic Approach’, The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 39, pp.531 - 535, 1988.

‘Quantum Physics and the Identity of Indiscernibles’, with Michael Redhead, The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science  39, pp.233 - 246, 1988.

‘First Quantised Paraparticle Theory’; International Journal of Theoretical Physics  26, pp.1141 - 1163, 1987.

Qualifications

• PhD (University of London)
• BSc (University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne)

Professional memberships

• British Society for the Philosophy of Science
• Philosophy of Science Association

Student education

 I no longer teach on any modules.

Research groups and institutes

• History and Philosophy of Science
• Philosophy
• Centre for History and Philosophy of Science
• Centre for Theoretical Philosophy