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Research

I have been working in the following areas:

  1. General Philosophy of Science
  • Theories, models and computer simulations
  • Explanation and understanding
  • Intertheoretic relations and scientific theory change
  • Consensus and disagreement in science
  1. Bayesian Epistemology
  • Probabilistic reasoning and argumentation
  • Coherence measures and the coherence theory of justification
  • Confirmation theory
  • Testimony
  1. Philosophy of Physics
  • Effective field theories
  • Open quantum systems
  • Reduction and emergence
  • Probabilities in quantum mechanics
  1. Social and Political Philosophy
  • Models of deliberation
  • Judgment aggregation
  • Voting theory (with applications to the European Union)
  • Social norms