Department of Philosophy
A Realistic Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics. PhD Dissertation, Harvard University, 1978.
"Physicalist Imperialism." Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society (1979), 79:191-211.
"Quantum Realism: Naïveté is No Excuse." Synthese (September 1979), 42(1):121-144.
Comments on Kochens Specification of Measurement Interactions. In Peter D. Asquith and Ian Hacking, eds., PSA 1978: Proceedings of the 1978 Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, Volume Two: Symposia, pp. 277-294. East Lansing, MI: Philosophy of Science Association, 1981.
Edited. Reduction, Time, and Reality: Studies in the Philosophy of
the Natural Sciences. Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press,
1981.
Contents:
Theoretical Explanation / Michael Friedman
The Case of the Lonely Corpuscle: Reductive Explanation
and
Primitive Expressions / Peter Alexander
Three Kinds of Intentional Psychology / D. C.
Dennett
Time and Reality / P. C. W. Davies
McTaggart, Fixity, and Coming True / D. H. Mellor
Statistical Theories, Quantum Mechanics, and the
Directedness of Time / Richard Healey
Time, Reality, and Relativity / Lawrence Sklar
Modal Reality / Colin McGinn
Essences and Laws of Nature / Bas C. van Fraassen
"Statistical Theories, Quantum Mechanics and the Directedness of Time." In Richard Healey, ed., Reduction, Time, and Reality: Studies in the Philosophy of the Natural Sciences, pp. 99-128. Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press, 1981.
Review of Bas C. van Fraassens The Scientific Image. Philosophical Books (April 1982), 23(2):100-102.
Review of David Parks The Image of Etemity: Roots of Time in the Physical World. Philosophical Review (October 1982), 91(4) [479]:607-609.
Review of Patrick Suppes, ed., Studies in the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics. Isis (March 1982), 73(1) [266]:114-115..
Review of Karl R. Poppers Realism and the Aim of Science. Philosophy of Science (December 1983), 50(4):669-671.
"How Many Worlds?" Nous (November 1984), 18(4):591-616.
Special Issue on the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, edited by
Geoffrey Hellman.
On Explaining Experiences of a Quantum World. In Peter D. Asquith and Philip Kitcher, eds., PSA 1984: Proceedings of the 1984 Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, Volume One: Contributed Papers, pp. 56-69. East Lansing, MI: Philosophy of Science Association, 1984.
Review of Rachel Wallace Gardens Modern Logic and Quantum Mechanics. Philosophy of Science (December 1985), 52(4):642-644.
Review of Gino Tarozzi and Alwyn van der Merwe, eds., Open Questions in Quantum Physics: Invited Papers on the Foundations of Microphysics. Philosophy of Science (March 1987), 54(1):132-134.
Review of Michael Friedmans Foundations of Space-Time Theories: Relativistic Physics and Philosophy of Science. Nous (December 1987), 21(4):595-601.
The Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics: An Interactive Interpretation. Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989.
Review of Arthur Fines The Shaky Game: Einstein, Realism and the Quantum Theory. Nous (March 1990), 24(1):177-180.
Holism and Nonseparability. Journal of Philosophy (August 1991), 88(8):393-421.
Review of Michael Redheads Incompleteness, Nonlocality and Realism: A Prolegomenon to the Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics. Philosophy of Science (September 1991), 58(3):503-505.
Review of Paul Horwichs Asymmetries in Time: Problems in the Philosophy of Science. Philosophical Review (January 1991), 100(1):125-130.
Causation, Robustness, and EPR. Philosophy of Science (June 1992), 59(2):282-292.
"Chasing Quantum Causes: How Wild is the Goose?" Philosophical
Topics (Spring 1992), 20(1):181-204.
Issue is on The
Philosophy of Hilary Putnam, edited by
Christopher S. Hill.
Review of R. I. G. Hughes The Structure and Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics. Philosophical Review (July 1992), 101(3) [519]:720-723.
Measurement and Quantum Indeterminateness. Foundations of Physics Letters (August 1993), 6(4):307-316.
Why Error-Prone Quantum Measurements Have Outcomes. Foundations of Physics Letters (February 1993), 6(1):37-54.
Nonseparable Processes and Causal Explanation. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science (June 1994), 25(3):337-374.
Dissipating the Quantum Measurement Problem. Topoi
(March 1995), 14(1):55-65.
The Topos of this issue is Quantum Mechanics and the Measurement
Problem, edited by Jeffrey A. Barrett.
"Substance, Modality, and Spacetime." Erkenntnis (1995), 42(3):287-316.
(with Stephen Leeds.) A Note on van Fraassens Modal Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics. Philosophy of Science (March 1996), 63(1):91-104.
Review of Abner Shimonys Search for a Naturalistic World View, Vols 1-2 . Journal of Philosophy (February 1996), 93(2):92-100.
Nonlocality and the Aharonov-Bohm Effect. Philosophy of Science (March 1997), 64 (1):18-41.
Edited Jean E. Hamptons The Authority of Reason. Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
The Meaning of Quantum Theory. In John Van Doren, ed., The Great Ideas Today, 1998, pp. 74-105. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1998.
La Métaphysique de la vacuité. In Edgard Gunzig and Simon Diner, eds., Le Vide: Univers du tout et du rien. Revue de l'Université de Bruxelles (1997), 1-2. Bruxelles: Editions Complexe, 1998.
Modal Interpretations, Decoherence, and the Quantum
Measurement Problem. In Richard A. Healey and Geoffrey Hellman, eds,
Quantum Measurement: Beyond Paradox, pp. 52-85. Minnesota Studies in the
Philosophy of Science, 17. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1998.
Based on a workshop held by the Center for Philosophy of Science at the
University of Minnesota in May 1995.
Edited (with Geoffrey Hellman.) Quantum Measurement: Beyond Paradox. Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 17. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1998.
Is the Aharonov-Bohm Effect Local? In Tian Yu Cao, ed., Conceptual Foundations of Quantum Field Theory, pp. 298-313. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Quantum Analogies: A Reply to Maudlin. Philosophy of
Science (September 1999), 66(3):440-447.
Reply to Tim Maudlins Healey on the Aharonov-Bohm
Effect. Philosophy of Science (June 1998), 65(2):361-368.
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