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I am currently working on an empiricist philosophy of science suitable for contemporary scientific practices. I am particularly interested in cases in astrophysics and cosmology. My dissertation (supervised by John Norton) is titled "Scientific Progress at the Boundaries of Experience". You can find it here. In the fall of 2014 I completed two papers for my comprehensive exam requirements, one in the philosophy of science and the other in history of science: "Are Astrophysical Models Permanently Underdetermined?" and "Why Spectroscopy Went South". In August 2010 I graduated from the Philosophy MA program at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. Rather than writing one M.A. thesis, I chose to write three separate papers: "A Role for Partial Representations in the Explanatory Applicability of Mathematics" Supervisor: Doreen Fraser "Cosmic Overreach" Supervisor: Steve Weinstein "Disclosure and Bisexuality" Supervisor: Patricia Marino Please contact me if you have an interest in reading any of these papers. They are still works in progress, and I would be delighted to receive feedback. I also invite you watch a talk titled "Theories of Truth and Consequences for Quantum Theory" that I gave to the Quantum Foundations seminar group at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in 2010. |