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

2. Bayesian Epistemology

• Probabilistic reasoning and argumentation
• Coherence measures and the coherence theory of justification
• Confirmation theory
• Testimony

3. Philosophy of Physics

• Effective field theories
• Open quantum systems
• Reduction and emergence
• Probabilities in quantum mechanics

4. Social and Political Philosophy

• Models of deliberation
• Judgment aggregation
• Voting theory (with applications to the European Union)
• Social norms