The Foundation of Reality: Fundamentality, Space, and Time

ISBN-13: 9780198831501 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 288 str.

David Glick; George Darby; Anna Marmodoro

O autorze

David Glick is an Honorary Associate in Philosophy at the University of Sydney. He has previously been a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Rochester, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, and a Lecturer at Ithaca College. His research concerns issues at the intersection of the philosophy of science, the philosophy of physics, and metaphysics. His two main areas of interest are: scientific realism and structural realism; and the interpretation and metaphysics of quantum theory. His recent publications include "Against Quantum Indeterminacy" (Thought), "Generalism and the Metaphysics of Ontic Structural Realism" (British Journal for the Philosophy of Science), and "Timelike Entanglement for Delayed-Choice Entanglement Swapping" (Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics). George Darby is a Teaching Fellow in Philosophy at Oxford Brookes University. He has previously been a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, a Lecturer at Birkbeck College, University of London, and a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Kent. His research concerns issues at the intersection of logic, the philosophy of physics, and metaphysics. His publications include "Quantum Mechanics and Metaphysical Indeterminacy" (Australasian Journal of Philosophy) and "Relational Holism and Humean Supervenience" (British Journal for the Philosophy of Science). Anna Marmodoro holds the Chair of Metaphysics at the University of Durham. She is concomitantly a Research Fellow and an Associate Faculty Member of the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Oxford. Her research interests span metaphysics, ancient philosophy, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of religion. She has published books, edited volume and journal articles in all these areas. Professor Marmodoro has directed a number of collaborative research projects including several early-career as well as senior collaborators, with funding from the European Research Council, the Templeton World Charity Foundation, the Levehurlme Trust, and other national and international funding bodies.