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Education
1998
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Ph.D., History and Philosophy
of Science, University of Pittsburgh
Thesis: 'Representations of Spacetime:
Formalism and Ontological Commitment'
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1996
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M.S., Physics,
University of Pittsburgh
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1989
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B.S. (cum laude) Applied
Mathematics/Physics, University of the Pacific,
Stockton, CA.
Minor: Philosophy
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Employment
2017-present
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Professor, Dept. Technology,
Culture & Society, NYU-Tandon.
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2013-present
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Affiliated Faculty,
History of Science & Science Studies, NYU.
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2010-present
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Affiliated Faculty, Dept. of
Philosophy, NYU.
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2005-2017
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Associate Professor,
Dept. Technology, Culture & Society, NYU-Tandon.
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1999-2005
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Assistant Professor, Dept.
Humanities & Social Sciences, Polytechnic
University.
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1998-1999
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Visiting Assistant
Professor, Dept. of Philosophy, UC-Riverside.
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Publications
Book
CPT
Invariance and the Spin-Statistics Connection, Oxford Univ. Press (2016).
Articles
25.
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'The RT
Formula and its Discontents: Spacetime and
Entanglement', Synthese (2020),
https:/doi.org/10.1007/s11229-020-02836-4.
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24.
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'Spacetime
as a Quantum Error-Correcting Code?', Stud.
Hist. Phil. Mod. Phys. 71 (2020), 26-36.
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23.
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'Why be Natural?',
Found. Phys. 49 (2019), 898-914.
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22.
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'Non-Locality
in Intrinsic Topologically Ordered Systems', Stud. Hist. Phil. Mod.
Phys. 66 (2019), 24-33.
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21.
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'Topological
Order and Emergence', Philosophica 92
(2017), 77-112.
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20.
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'Emergence and
Mechanism in the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect',
Stud. Hist. Phil.
Mod. Phys. 56, (2016), 27-38.
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19.
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'Pragmatists and Purists
on CPT Invariance in Relativistic Quantum Field
Theories', in U. Maki, et. al. (eds.)
Recent
Developments in the Philosophy of Science:
EPSA13 Helsinki, Springer (2015), 227-242.
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18.
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'Three Principles of
Quantum Gravity in the Condensed Matter Approach',
Stud. Hist. Phil.
Mod. Phys. 46 (2014), 154-163.
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17.
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'Emergence in
Effective Field Theories', Euro. J. Phil. Sci. 3
(2013), 257-273.
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16.
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'CPT Invariance, the
Spin-Statistics Connection, and the Ontology of
RQFTs', Erkenntnis
78 (2013), 797-821.
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15.
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'The Emergence of
Spacetime in Condensed Matter Approaches to
Quantum Gravity', Stud. Hist. Phil. Mod. Phys. 44
(2013), 338-345.
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14.
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'Category-Theoretic
Structure and Radical Ontic Structural Realism',
Synthese 190
(2013), 1621-1635.
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13.
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'Effective Field Theories',
in Batterman, B. (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of
Physics, Oxford Univ. Press (2013),
224-254.
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12.
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'Quantum Field
Theories in Classical Spacetimes and Particles',
Stud. Hist. Phil.
Mod. Phys. 42 (2011), 98-106.
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11.
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'Relativity and
Quantum Field Theory', in Petkov, V. (ed.) Space, Time and
Spacetime, Springer (2010), 129-146.
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10.
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'Condensed Matter
Physics and the Nature of Spacetime', in
Dieks, D. (ed.) The
Ontology of Spacetime, Vol. 2, Elsevier
(2008), 301-329.
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9.
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'Spacetime
Structuralism', in Dieks, D. (ed.) The Ontology of
Spacetime, Vol. 1, Elsevier (2006), 37-66.
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8.
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Essay
Review: Hattich, F., Quantum
Processes: A Whiteheadian Interpretation
of Quantum Field Theory, in Stud. Hist. Phil. Mod.
Phys. 36 (2005), 680-690.
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7.
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'Theories of
Newtonian Gravity and Empirical
Indistinguishability', Stud. Hist. Phil. Mod.
Phys. 35 (2004), 345-376.
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6.
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'Einstein Algebras and
the Hole Argument', Phil. Sci. 70 (2003), 1073-1085.
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5.
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'What Should
Philosophers of Science Learn from the History of
the Electron?', (with J. D. Norton) in
Buchwald, J. & A. Warwich (eds.) Histories of the
Electron: The Birth of Microphysics,
MIT Press (2001), 451-465.
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4.
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'Against Particle/Field
Duality: Asymptotic Particle States and
Interpolating Fields in Interacting QFT (or:
Who's Afraid of Haag's Theorem?)', Erkenntnis 53
(2000), 375-406.
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3.
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'The
Coordinate-Independent 2-Component Spinor
Formalism and the Conventionality of Simultaneity',
Stud. Hist. Phil.
Mod. Phys. 31 (2000), 201-226.
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2.
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'Weinberg on QFT:
Demonstrative Induction and Underdeterminism',
Synthese 117
(1999), 1-30.
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1.
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'Whitehead's Theory of
Gravity', Stud.
Hist. Phil. Mod. Phys. 29 (1998), 547-574.
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Book Reviews
5.
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Rickles, D. (ed.) The Ashgate
Companion to the Philosophy of Physics,
in Metascience 18
(2009), 485-489.
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4.
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Healey, R. Gauging What's
Real: The Conceptual Foundations of
Contemporary Gauge Theories, Phi. Sci. 75
(2008), 479-485.
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3.
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Arabatzis, T. Representing
Electrons, in Int. Stud. Phi. Sci.
20 (2006), 347-357.
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2.
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Pesic, P. Seeing Double:
Shared Identities in Physics, Philosophy, and
Literature, in ISIS 93 (2002),
670-671.
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1.
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Jammer, M. Concepts of Mass in
Contemporary Physics and Philosophy,
in Physics Today
53 (2000), 67-68.
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Presentation
slides and videos
'Spacetime as a Quantum
Error-Correcting Code?' (slides)
• EPSA19, Univ. Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland,
Sept. 2019.
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'Why Be Natural?' (slides)
• PSA18,
Seattle, WA, Nov. 2018.
• Naturalness,
Hierarchy, and Fine-Tuning, RTWH Aachen
Univ., Aachen, Germany, Feb-March 2018.
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'Non-Locality in Instrinsic Topologically Ordered
Systems' (slides)
• APA-Pacific
Division, San Diego, CA, March-April 2018.
• EPSA17,
Univ. Exeter, Exeter, UK, Sept. 2017 (accepted but
could not attend).
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'Category-Theoretic Radical
Ontic Structural Realism' (slides)
• Structural
Realism and Metaphysics of Science, Rutgers
Univ., New Brunswick, NJ, May 2017.
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'Emergence and Mechanism in the Fractional Quantum
Hall Effect' (slides)
• Foundations of
Physics 2018, LSE, London, UK, July 2016.
• BSPS16,
Univ. Cardiff, Cardiff, UK, July 2016.
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'What Explains the
Spin-Statistics Connection?' (slides)
• Metro-Area
Phil. of Sci., NYU, New York, NY, Dec.
2016.
• SEP,
Univ. Miami, Coral Gables, FL, May 2016.
• APA-Pacific
Division, San Francisco, CA, March-April
2016.
• EPSA15,
Heinrich Heine Univ., Dusseldorf, Germany, Sept.
2015.
• BSPS15,
Cambridge Univ., Cambridge, UK, July 2015.
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'Pragmatists and Purists on CPT Invariance in
RQFT' (slides)
• PSA14,
Chicago, IL, Nov. 2014.
• SEP,
Cal-Tech, Pasadena, CA, June 2014.
• EPSA13,
Univ. Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, August 2014.
• Foundations of
Physics 2013, LMU, Munich, Germany, July
2013.
• BSPS13,
Univ. Exeter, Exeter, UK, July 2013.
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'Three Principles of Quantum
Gravity in the Condensed Matter
Approach' (slides)
(video)
• Beyond
Spacetime, Univ. Illinois, Chicago, IL,
Sept. 2013.
• BSPS12,
Univ. Stirling, Stirling, UK, July 2012.
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'The Emergence of Spacetime in Condensed Matter
Approaches to Quantum Gravity' (slides)
• Reflections on
Space, Time, and their Quantum Nature, Max
Planck Institute for Grav. Physics, Potsdam,
Germany, Nov. 2012.
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'Emergence in Effective Field
Theories' (slides)
(video)
• PSA12,
San Diego, CA, Nov. 2012.
• SEP,
Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, Oct. 2012.
• Emergence and
Effective Field Theories, Perimeter
Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Canada,
Oct. 2011.
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'CPT Invariance, the Spin-Statistics Connection, and
the Ontology of RQFTs' (slides)
• EPSA11,
Athens, Greece, Oct. 2011.
• 27th Boulder
Conference on HPS, Univ. Colorado, Boulder,
CO, Sept. 2011.
• BSPS11,
Univ. Sussex, Brighton, UK, July 2011 (accepted but
could not attend).
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'Category-Theoretic Structure
and Radical Ontic Structural Realism' (slides)
• Structure and
Identity, Univ. Bristol, Bristol, UK, July
2010.
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'Interpreting Effective Field Theories'
(slides)
• BSPS10,
Univ. Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, July 2010.
• Foundations of
Physicw 2010, Univ. Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK,
July 2010.
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'Motivating Structural Realist
Interpretations of Spacetime' (slides)
• Metaphysics of
Science, Univ. Melbourne, Melbourne,
Australia, July 2009.
• Logic and the
Foundations of Physics (Trends6), Brussels,
Belgium, Dec. 2008.
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'Intertheoretic Implications of Non-Relativistic
QFTs' (slides) (video)
• Workshop on the
Philosophy of QFT, Univ. Western Ontario,
London, Canada, April 2009.
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'QFTs in Classical Spacetimes
and Particles' (slides)
• PSA08,
Pittsburgh, PA, Nov. 2008
• BSPS08,
Univ. St. Andrews, St. Andrews, UK, July 2008.
• 3rd Int. Conf.
on Ontology of Spacetime, Concordia Univ.,
Montreal, Canada, June 2008.
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'Condensed Matter Physics, Emergent Spacetime, and
Structural Realism' (slides)
(video)
• Foundations of
Physics 2007, Univ. Leeds, Leeds, UK, March
2007.
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'Condensed Matter Physics and
the Nature of Spacetime' (slides)
• 2nd Int. Conf.
on the Ontology of Spacetime, Concordia
Univ., Montreal, Canada, June 2006.
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'Emergent Spacetime and Structural
Realism' (slides)
• SEP,
UCSD, La Jolla, CA, May 2006.
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'Spacetime Structuralism' (slides)
• 1st Int. Conf.
on Ontology of Spacetime, Concordia Univ.,
Montreal, Canada, May 2004.
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