Overview
I work primarily in philosophy of science. I am interested in theoretical physics read as a contribution to philosophy, and am currently working on a book project that re-tells history of philosophy from the late sixteenth century to the present day, with history of physics as an integral part of the story.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of Philosophy
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2017 - Present
Philosophy,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Chair in the Department of Philosophy
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2022 - Present
Philosophy,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Publications
Philosophical mechanics in the age of reason
Book · February 22, 2024 From pebbles to planets, tigers to tables, pine trees to people; animate and inanimate, natural and artificial; bodies are everywhere. Bodies populate the world, acting and interacting with one another, and they are the subject-matter of Newton's laws of m ... Full text CiteCelebrating Emmy Noether
Journal Article Physics Today · August 1, 2023 The Philosophy and Physics of Noether’s Theorems: A Centenary Volume, James Read and Nicholas J. Teh, eds. ... Full text CiteDu Châtelet and the philosophy of physics
Chapter · June 19, 2023 Full text CiteRecent Grants
The Problem of Bodies from Newton to Kant
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Council of Learned Societies · 2017 - 2019View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of Oxford (United Kingdom) ·
2003
Ph.D.
University of Oxford (United Kingdom) ·
1996
B.A.
King's College London (United Kingdom) ·
1992
B.S.