Dr Alastair Wilson
Adjunct Research Fellow
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Email: alastair.wilson@monash.edu
Academic Background
D.Phil., Philosophy, University of Oxford, 2011
B.Phil., Philosophy, University of Oxford, 2007
B.A., Physics & Philosophy, University of Oxford, 2005
Research Interests
Metaphysics, Philosophy of Physics, Philosophy of Science, Epistemology.
Publications
Asymmetries of Chance and Time. Edited collection, forthcoming with Oxford University Press.
"Objective Probability in Everettian Quantum Mechanics";. Forthcoming in British Journal for Philosophy of Science.
"Schaffer on Laws of Nature";. Forthcoming in Philosophical Studies.
"Everettian Quantum Mechanics Without Branching Time";. Forthcoming in Synthèse.
"The Human Story Behind Everettian Quantum Mechanics";. (Review) Forthcoming in Metascience 21 (1): 143-146.
"Modality: Metaphysics, Logic and Epistemology";. (Review) Australasian Journal of Philosophy 89 (4): 755-756, 2011.
"Macroscopic Ontology in Everettian Quantum Mechanics", Philosophical Quarterly 61:243, pp. 363–382, 2011.
"Disagreement, Equal Weight, and Commutativity";, Philosophical Studies 149:3, pp. 321-326, 2010.
"Disposition-manifestations and Reference-frames";, dialectica 63:4, pp. 591-601, 2009.
Current Research
The metaphysics of Everettian quantum mechanics. Fundamentality. Quidditism and structuralism. Laws of nature. Chance and counterfactuals. Branching-time semantics. Vague credence. Sleeping Beauty. Disagreement.