Published Articles
"Conjectures and Disconfirmations: Confirming the Standard Model Higgs" (2021), Erkenntnis, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-021-00473-
"Explanations and Candidate Explanations in Physics" (2020), European Journal for Philosophy of Science 10: 7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-019-0273-5
Preprint Version
Preprint Version
"From a boson to the standard model Higgs: a case study in confirmation and model dynamics" (2019), Synthèse SI: Reasoning in Physics (with C. Chall, P. Maettig, and M. Stoeltzner) pp. 1-33.
Preprint Version
Preprint Version
"On structural accounts of model-explanations," (2016), Synthèse, 193(9) pp. 2761-2778. DOI: 10.1007/s11229-015-0885-z
Preprint Version
Preprint Version
Articles Under Review
"The Standard Model Effective Field Theory and the Boundary of the Model Concept" with P. Bechtle, C. Chall, M. Krämer, P. Mättig, and M. Stöltzner. (Revise and Resubmit)
Manuscripts in Progress
Explanatory Power of Dark Matter and Modified Gravity. (with N. Martens)
Drivenness and Progress. (with N. Boddenberg, P. Mättig, and M. Stöltzner)
Mechanisms in Particle Physics. (with M. Stöltzner)
Pluralism about Scientific Progress.
Topical Collection (ed.)
Research Interests
Philosophy of ScienceMy interests in the philosophy of science are largely epistemological and concern the broad topics of scientific explanation, modelling, and confirmation.
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Philosophy of PhysicsMy philosophy of science interests are geared towards physics, in particular particle physics.
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Research Group: Epistemology of the LHC
My current research is part of the DFG-funded research group The Epistemology of the LHC.
I am working as the postdoctoral researcher for the Group B2: Model Building and Dynamics.
The Research Unit has been approved for another 3 years of funding (2019-2022) and we are looking for new postdocs and predocs to join. See the job advertisement here.
I am working as the postdoctoral researcher for the Group B2: Model Building and Dynamics.
The Research Unit has been approved for another 3 years of funding (2019-2022) and we are looking for new postdocs and predocs to join. See the job advertisement here.
B2: Model-Building and Model-Dynamics
The B2 group studies the changing landscape of models in particle physics. See the group's main page for more information about our project and publications.
Affiliations
I am also an affiliated member of the Lichtenberg Group for History and Philosophy of Physics here at Bonn.
Recent Conference Presentations
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13.11.2021
29.10.2021 16.09.2021 07.07.2021 17.09.2020 11.09.2019 10.08.2019 19.07.2019 04.06.2019 03.06.2019 25.02.2019 02.11.2018 03.10.2018 04.07.2018 17.03.2018 05.08.2015 05.11.2014 |
Abstraction, Explanation, and Effective Field Theories
27th Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, Baltimore, MD The Rise of Model Independence 20th Foundations of Physics, Paris Realism and Representation in the Search for New Physics in Symposium: Models in Particle Physics: Three Challenges to Realism Biennial Conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association, Torino, Italy Realism and Representation in the Search for New Physics in Symposium: Models in Particle Physics: Three Challenges to Realism British Society for Philosophy of Science 2021 Annual Conference, Kent, UK Explanations with (and of) the Higgs Mechanism Ernst Mach Workshop IX, Prague Explanation and Effective Field Theories Biennial Conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association, Geneva Switzerland Towards the Reconciliation of Confirmation Assessments Congress of Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science and Technology 2019, Prague Explanation and Effective Field Theories in Symposium: Effective Field Theories: Top-down and Bottom-up British Society for Philosophy of Science 2019 Annual Conference, Durham, UK Towards the Reconciliation of Confirmation Assessments 2019 Meeting of the Canadian Philosophical Association, Vancouver, BC Explanation and the Rise of Model Independence 2019 meeting of the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science, Vancouver, BC Explanation and the Rise of Model Independence in Symposium: Models in High Energy Physics 3rd International Conference of the German Society for Philosophy of Science, Cologne, Germany Bona Fide Explanations in Physics 50th Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, 2018, Seattle, WA Ontological Aspects of Effective Quantum Field Theories Congress of Ontology XIII: Physics and Ontology, San Sebastian, Spain La Confirmation du Boson de Higgs VIIieme Congres de la Societe de Philosophie des Sciences, Nantes, France Explanatory Models: A Framework for Instrumentalism Models and Simulations 8, Columbia, SC On Structural Accounts of Model Explanations 15th Congress of Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, Helsinki, Finland Idealization and Structural Explanation in Physics 48th Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, 2014, Chicago, IL |
Recent Invited Talks
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18.03.2021
26.06.2019 03.12.2018 18.04.2018 21.12.2017 26.04.2017 |
Particle Physics at the Crossroads
Philosophy of Science Seminar, Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics and Cosmology, University of Paris 7 The Rise of Model Independence Bonn History and Philosophy of Physics Seminar, Bonn, Germany Confirming the Minimal Higgs Sector Bonn Philosophy of Science Colloquium, Bonn, Germany Confirmation of the SM Higgs Boson Philosophy of Science Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia Model-Explanations Bonn-Cologne Philosophy of Science Colloquium, Cologne, Germany Explanatory Models in Particle Physics Interdisciplinary Centre for Science and Technology Studies Colloquium Series, Wuppertal, Germany |
