Peter J. Lewis
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Peter J. Lewis | |
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| Education | |
| Education | University of California, Irvine (PhD) University of California, Irvine (M.A.) Brasenose College, Oxford (B.A.) |
| Thesis | The GRW theory and vagueness in quantum mechanics (1996) |
| Doctoral advisors | Jeffrey A. Barrett, Karel Lambert, Brian Skyrms |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic |
| Institutions | Dartmouth College University of Miami |
| Main interests | philosophy of quantum physics |
| Website | https://sites.google.com/site/peterlewisphilosophy/Home |
Peter John Lewis is a professor of philosophy at Dartmouth College.[1]
Life and works
[edit]Lewis earned his B.A. in physics from Oxford University in 1988, then continued his studies at the University of California, Irvine, where he completed an M.A. in philosophy in 1992 and a Ph.D. in philosophy in 1996, with a dissertation on The GRW theory and vagueness in quantum mechanics.[2] Before joining Dartmouth College, Lewis was professor of philosophy at the University of Miami from 2001 to 2017.[3]
Selected publications
[edit]Books
[edit]Lewis, Peter J. (2016). Quantum Ontology. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190469825.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-046982-5.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Peter J. Lewis". Department of Philosophy. 2017-05-10. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
- ^ "The GRW theory and vagueness in quantum mechanics - ProQuest". www.proquest.com. ProQuest 304225462. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
- ^ "Peter J. Lewis - C.V." sites.google.com. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
- ^ Sebens, Charles T. "Peter J. Lewis, Quantum Ontology: A Guide to the Metaphysics of Quantum Mechanics, Oxford University Press, 2016, 207pp., $35.00 (pbk), ISBN 9780190469818". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.
- ^ Shaw, Jamie (March 2017). "Quantum Ontology: A Guide to the Metaphysics of Quantum Mechanics PETER J. LEWIS Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016; 207 pp.; $35.00 (paperback)". Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review / Revue canadienne de philosophie. 56 (1): 185–187. doi:10.1017/S0012217316000652. ISSN 0012-2173.
- ^ García Martínez, Luis Miguel (2017-11-11). "Lewis, P. (2016). Quantum Ontology: A Guide to the Metaphysics of Quantum Mechanics. Oxford University Press. 232pp". Tópicos, Revista de Filosofía (54): 431. doi:10.21555/top.v0i54.893. ISSN 2007-8498.
- ^ Allori, Valia; Lewis, Peter J. (2018). "Review of Quantum Ontology: A Guide to the Metaphysics of Quantum Mechanics, LewisPeter J." Philosophy of Science. 85 (4): 735–738. ISSN 0031-8248.
- ^ Novak, Ben (2017). "Review of Quantum Ontology: A Guide to the Metaphysics of Quantum Mechanics". The Review of Metaphysics. 70 (4): 785–786. ISSN 0034-6632.
- ^ Ney, Alyssa (2017-11-01). "Finding the Metaphysics Within Quantum Mechanics". Metascience. 26 (3): 451–454. doi:10.1007/s11016-017-0232-8. ISSN 1467-9981.
External links
[edit]Peter J. Lewis publications indexed by Google Scholar