Hans Halvorson Physics, Logic, Philosophy

Publications

Publications

2023

  • Carnap's formal philosophy of science
    @incollection{halvorson2023carnap,
  author = { Hans Halvorson },
  booktitle = { Rudolf Carnap Handbuch },
  editor = { Christian Damb\"ock and Georg Schiemer },
  publisher = { Metzler Verlag },
  title = { Carnap's formal philosophy of science },
  year = { 2023 },
  url = { https://philpapers.org/rec/HALCFP-4 },
}
  • John Bell on ‘subject and object’: an exchange Journal for General Philosophy of Science
    @article{halvorson2023john,
  title = { John Bell on ‘subject and object’: an exchange },
  author = { Halvorson, Hans and Butterfield, Jeremy },
  journal = { Journal for General Philosophy of Science },
  volume = { 54 },
  number = { 2 },
  pages = { 305--324 },
  year = { 2023 },
  publisher = { Springer },
  doi = { 10.1007/s10838-021-09594-y },
}
  • Niels Bohr og den danske filosofiske tradition
    @incollection{halvorson2023niels,
  author = { Hans Halvorson and Anja Skaar Jacobsen },
  year = { 2023 },
  title = { Niels Bohr og den danske filosofiske tradition },
  booktitle = { Vitenskap, menneskerettigheter og diplomati:
                  Fridtjof Nansen og Niels Bohr },
  editor = { Jakob Lothe og Helle Porsdam },
  publisher = { Novus Forlag },
  address = { Oslo },
  pages = { 245-264 },
  url = { https://novus.no/products/lothe-jakob-og-helle-porsdam-red-vitenskap-menneskerettigheter-og-diplomati-nansen-og-bohr },
}
  • The Philosophy of Science in Either-Or
    @incollection{halvorson2023philosophy,
  author = { Hans Halvorson },
  booktitle = { Kierkegaard's Either-Or },
  editor = { Ryan Kemp and Walter Wietzke },
  publisher = { Cambridge University Press },
  title = { The Philosophy of Science in Either-Or },
  year = { 2023 },
  pages = { 153-170 },
  doi = { 10.1017/9781009067713.010 },
}
  • On Theories: Logical Empiricism and the Methodology of Modern Physics, by William Demopoulos. Cambridge, Ma: Harvard University Press, 2022. Pp. Xxiv + 247 Mind
    @article{halvorson2023theories,
  author = { Hans Halvorson },
  doi = { 10.1093/mind/fzac065 },
  journal = { Mind },
  title = { On Theories: Logical Empiricism and the Methodology
                  of Modern Physics, by William
                  Demopoulos. Cambridge, Ma: Harvard
                  University Press, 2022. Pp. Xxiv + 247 },
  year = { 2023 },
}
  • What philosophy of science has to offer to theology Philosophy, Theology, and the Sciences
    @article{halvorson2023what,
  author = { Hans Halvorson },
  journal = { Philosophy, Theology, and the Sciences },
  pages = { 96-104 },
  volume = { 10 },
  year = { 2023 },
  title = { What philosophy of science has to offer to theology },
  doi = { 10.1628/ptsc-2023-0009 },
}

2022

  • Closing the hole argument British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
    @article{halvorson2022closing,
  author = { Hans Halvorson and John Byron Manchak },
  doi = { 10.1086/719193 },
  journal = { British Journal for the Philosophy of Science },
  title = { Closing the hole argument },
  year = { 2022 },
}
  • Mutual translatability, equivalence, and the structure of theories Synthese
    @article{halvorson2022mutual,
  title = { Mutual translatability, equivalence, and the
                  structure of theories },
  author = { Barrett, Thomas William and Halvorson, Hans },
  journal = { Synthese },
  volume = { 200 },
  number = { 3 },
  pages = { 240 },
  year = { 2022 },
  publisher = { Springer },
  doi = { 10.1007/s11229-022-03733-8 },
}
  • Objective description in physics
    @incollection{halvorson2022objective,
  author = { Hans Halvorson },
  booktitle = { Proceedings of the 16th International Congress of
                  Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and
                  Technology },
  editor = { Tomas Marvan and Hanne Andersen and Benedikt
                  L\"owe and Hasok Chang },
  publisher = { College Publications },
  title = { Objective description in physics },
  year = { 2022 },
  pages = { 111-132 },
  url = { https://www.collegepublications.co.uk/lmps/?00017 },
}

2021

  • Steven French: There Are No Such Things as Theories Journal for General Philosophy of Science / Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie
    @article{halvorson2021steven,
  author = { Hans Halvorson },
  doi = { 10.1007/s10838-021-09573-3 },
  journal = { Journal for General Philosophy of Science /
                  Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie },
  number = { 4 },
  pages = { 609--612 },
  publisher = { Springer Verlag },
  title = { Steven French: There Are No Such Things as Theories },
  volume = { 52 },
  year = { 2021 },
}

2020

  • Concluding unscientific image Metascience
    @article{halvorson2020concluding,
  author = { Hans Halvorson },
  doi = { 10.1007/s11016-020-00506-2 },
  journal = { Metascience },
  pages = { 175--185 },
  publisher = { Springer Verlag },
  title = { Concluding unscientific image },
  volume = { 29 },
  year = { 2020 },
}
  • How logic works: A user's guide
    @book{halvorson2020logic,
  title = { How logic works: A user's guide },
  author = { Halvorson, Hans },
  year = { 2020 },
  publisher = { Princeton University Press },
  doi = { 10.1515/9780691208718 },
}

2019

  • To be a realist about quantum theory
    @incollection{halvorson2019realist,
  author = { Hans Halvorson },
  booktitle = { Quantum Worlds: Perspectives on the Ontology of
                  Quantum Mechanics },
  editor = { Olimpia Lombardi },
  title = { To be a realist about quantum theory },
  pages = { 133--163 },
  year = { 2019 },
  publisher = { Cambridge University Press },
  doi = { 10.1017/9781108562218.010 },
}
  • The logic in philosophy of science
    @book{halvorson2019logic,
  author = { H. Halvorson },
  doi = { 10.1017/9781316275603 },
  isbn = { 9781316275603 },
  title = { The logic in philosophy of science },
  publisher = { Cambridge University Press },
  year = { 2019 },
}

2018

  • It keeps me seeking: the invitation from science, philosophy, and religion
    @book{briggs2018keeps,
  title = { It keeps me seeking: the invitation from science,
                  philosophy, and religion },
  author = { Briggs, Andrew and Halvorson, Hans and Steane,
                  Andrew M },
  year = { 2018 },
  publisher = { Oxford University Press, USA },
  doi = { 10.1093/oso/9780198808282.001.0001 },
}
  • Reality and Measurement in Algebraic Quantum Theory
    @book{halvorson2018,
  editor = { M. Ozawa and J. Butterfield and H. Halvorson and
                  M. Rédei and Y. Kitajima and F. Buscemi },
  doi = { 10.1007/978-981-13-2487-1 },
  isbn = { 9789811324864 },
  issn = { 21941017 },
  title = { Reality and Measurement in Algebraic Quantum Theory },
  volume = { 261 },
  year = { 2018 },
  publisher = { Springer },
}
  • Categories of scientific theories
    @incollection{halvorson2018categories,
  author = { H. Halvorson and D. Tsementzis },
  doi = { 10.1093/oso/9780198748991.003.0017 },
  booktitle = { Categories for the Working Philosopher },
  title = { Categories of scientific theories },
  year = { 2018 },
  publisher = { Oxford University Press },
  editor = { Elaine Landry },
}
  • Foundations and philosophy Philosophers Imprint
    @article{halvorson2018foundations,
  author = { D. Tsementzis and H. Halvorson },
  issn = { 1533628X },
  issue = { 10 },
  journal = { Philosophers Imprint },
  title = { Foundations and philosophy },
  volume = { 18 },
  year = { 2018 },
  url = { http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.3521354.0018.010 },
}
  • A theological critique of the fine-tuning argument
    @incollection{halvorson2018theological,
  author = { Hans Halvorson },
  booktitle = { Knowledge, Belief, and God: New Insights in
                  Religious Epistemology },
  editor = { Matthew A. Benton and John Hawthorne and Dani
                  Rabinowitz },
  pages = { 122--135 },
  publisher = { Oxford University Press },
  title = { A theological critique of the fine-tuning argument },
  year = { 2018 },
  doi = { 10.1093/oso/9780198798705.003.0007 },
}

2017

  • From geometry to conceptual relativity Erkenntnis
    @article{halvorson2017from,
  author = { T.W. Barrett and H. Halvorson },
  doi = { 10.1007/s10670-016-9858-y },
  issn = { 15728420 },
  issue = { 5 },
  journal = { Erkenntnis },
  title = { From geometry to conceptual relativity },
  volume = { 82 },
  year = { 2017 },
}
  • Quine's conjecture on many-sorted logic Synthese
    @article{halvorson2017quine,
  author = { T.W. Barrett and H. Halvorson },
  doi = { 10.1007/s11229-016-1107-z },
  issn = { 15730964 },
  issue = { 9 },
  journal = { Synthese },
  keywords = { Definitional equivalence,Many-sorted logic,Model
                  theory,Morita equivalence,Quine,Theoretical
                  equivalence },
  title = { Quine's conjecture on many-sorted logic },
  volume = { 194 },
  year = { 2017 },
}

2016

  • Scientific theories
    @incollection{halvorson2016scientific,
  author = { Hans Halvorson },
  booktitle = { The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Science },
  editor = { Paul Humphreys },
  pages = { 585--608 },
  publisher = { Oxford University Press },
  title = { Scientific theories },
  year = { 2016 },
  doi = { 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199368815.013.33 },
}
  • Why methodological naturalism?
    @incollection{halvorson2016methodological,
  author = { Hans Halvorson },
  doi = { 10.1002/9781118657775.ch10 },
  isbn = { 9781118657775 },
  booktitle = { The Blackwell Companion to Naturalism },
  keywords = { Demarcation,Methodological
                  naturalism,Physicalism,Theism },
  title = { Why methodological naturalism? },
  publisher = { Blackwell },
  year = { 2016 },
}
  • Glymour and Quine on theoretical qquivalence Journal of Philosophical Logic
    @article{halvorson2016glymour,
  author = { T.W. Barrett and H. Halvorson },
  doi = { 10.1007/s10992-015-9382-6 },
  issn = { 15730433 },
  issue = { 5 },
  journal = { Journal of Philosophical Logic },
  keywords = { Definitional equivalence,Glymour,Quine,Theoretical
                  equivalence },
  title = { Glymour and Quine on theoretical qquivalence },
  volume = { 45 },
  year = { 2016 },
}
  • Morita equivalence Review of Symbolic Logic
    @article{halvorson2016morita,
  author = { Thomas W. Barrett and Hans Halvorson },
  doi = { 10.1017/S1755020316000186 },
  issn = { 17550211 },
  issue = { 3 },
  journal = { Review of Symbolic Logic },
  title = { Morita equivalence },
  volume = { 9 },
  year = { 2016 },
}

2015

  • The conventionality of parastatistics British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
    @article{halvorson2015paraparticles,
  author = { David J. Baker and Hans Halvorson and Noel Swanson },
  doi = { 10.1093/bjps/axu018 },
  issn = { 14643537 },
  issue = { 4 },
  journal = { British Journal for the Philosophy of Science },
  title = { The conventionality of parastatistics },
  volume = { 66 },
  year = { 2015 },
}

2013

  • Plantinga on providence and physics European Journal for Philosophy of Religion
    @article{halvorson2013plantinga,
  author = { Hans Halvorson },
  issn = { 16898311 },
  issue = { 3 },
  journal = { European Journal for Philosophy of Religion },
  title = { Plantinga on providence and physics },
  volume = { 5 },
  year = { 2013 },
  doi = { 10.24204/ejpr.v5i3.216 },
}
  • How is spontaneous symmetry breaking possible? Understanding Wigner's theorem in light of unitary inequivalence Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
    @article{halvorson2013spontaneous,
  author = { David John Baker and Hans Halvorson },
  doi = { 10.1016/j.shpsb.2013.09.005 },
  journal = { Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics },
  number = { 4 },
  pages = { 464--469 },
  title = { How is spontaneous symmetry breaking possible?
                  Understanding Wigner's theorem in light of unitary
                  inequivalence },
  volume = { 44 },
  year = { 2013 },
}

2012

  • Physical cosmology
    @incollection{halvorson2012physical,
  author = { H. Halvorson and H. Kragh },
  doi = { 10.4324/9780203123294 },
  booktitle = { The Routledge Companion to Theism },
  publisher = { Routledge },
  title = { Physical cosmology },
  year = { 2012 },
}
  • What scientific theories could not be Philosophy of Science
    @article{halvorson2012scientific,
  title = { What scientific theories could not be },
  author = { Hans Halvorson },
  journal = { Philosophy of Science },
  volume = { 79 },
  number = { 2 },
  pages = { 183--206 },
  year = { 2012 },
  publisher = { Cambridge University Press },
  doi = { 10.1086/664745 },
}

2011

  • The measure of all things: quantum mechanics and the soul
    @incollection{halvorson2011measure,
  author = { Hans Halvorson },
  booktitle = { The Soul Hypothesis: Investigations Into the
                  Existence of the Soul },
  editor = { Mark C. Baker and Stewart Goetz },
  pages = { 138 },
  publisher = { Continuum Press },
  title = { The measure of all things: quantum mechanics and the
                  soul },
  year = { 2011 },
  url = { https://philpapers.org/rec/HALTMO-17 },
}
  • Deep beauty: Understanding the quantum world through mathematical innovation
    @book{halvorson2011deep,
  author = { H. Halvorson },
  doi = { 10.1017/CBO9780511976971 },
  isbn = { 9780511976971 },
  title = { Deep beauty: Understanding the quantum world through
                  mathematical innovation },
  year = { 2011 },
  publisher = { Cambrdige University Press },
}

2010

  • Antimatter British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
    @article{halvorson2010antimatter,
  author = { D.J. Baker and H. Halvorson },
  doi = { 10.1093/bjps/axp009 },
  issn = { 00070882 },
  issue = { 1 },
  journal = { British Journal for the Philosophy of Science },
  title = { Antimatter },
  volume = { 61 },
  year = { 2010 },
}

2006

  • Algebraic quantum field theory
    @incollection{halvorson2006algebraic,
  author = { Hans Halvorson and Michael Mueger },
  booktitle = { Handbook of the Philosophy of Physics },
  editor = { J. Butterfield and J. Earman },
  publisher = { Kluwer Academic Publishers },
  title = { Algebraic quantum field theory },
  year = { 2006 },
  doi = { 10.1016/b978-044451560-5/50011-7 },
}

2004

  • On information-theoretic characterizations of physical theories Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
    @article{halvorson2004information,
  author = { Hans Halvorson },
  doi = { 10.1016/j.shpsb.2004.02.001 },
  journal = { Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics },
  number = { 2 },
  pages = { 277--293 },
  title = { On information-theoretic characterizations of
                  physical theories },
  volume = { 35 },
  year = { 2004 },
}
  • Remote preparation of arbitrary ensembles and quantum bit commitment Journal of Mathematical Physics
    @article{halvorson2004remote,
  title = { Remote preparation of arbitrary ensembles and
                  quantum bit commitment },
  author = { Halvorson, Hans },
  journal = { Journal of Mathematical Physics },
  volume = { 45 },
  number = { 12 },
  pages = { 4920--4931 },
  year = { 2004 },
  publisher = { American Institute of Physics },
  doi = { 10.1063/1.1812827 },
}
  • Complementarity of representations in quantum mechanics Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
    @article{halvorson2004complementarity,
  title = { Complementarity of representations in quantum
                  mechanics },
  author = { Halvorson, Hans },
  journal = { Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics },
  volume = { 35 },
  number = { 1 },
  pages = { 45--56 },
  year = { 2004 },
  publisher = { Elsevier },
  doi = { 10.1016/j.shpsb.2003.01.001 },
}

2002

  • No place for particles in relativistic quantum theories? Philosophy of Science
    @article{halvorson2002noplace,
  author = { Hans Halvorson and Rob Clifton },
  doi = { 10.1086/338939 },
  journal = { Philosophy of Science },
  number = { 1 },
  pages = { 1--28 },
  publisher = { University of Chicago Press },
  title = { No place for particles in relativistic quantum
                  theories? },
  volume = { 69 },
  year = { 2002 },
}
  • Reconsidering Bohr's reply to {EPR}
    @incollection{halvorson2002reconsidering,
  author = { H. Halvorson and R. Clifton },
  editor = { Tomasz Placek and Jeremy Butterfield },
  booktitle = { Non-locality and Modality },
  pages = { 3-18 },
  publisher = { Kluwer },
  title = { Reconsidering Bohr's reply to {EPR} },
  doi = { 10.1007/978-94-010-0385-8_1 },
  year = { 2002 },
}
  • Characterizing quantum theory in terms of information-theoretic constraints Foundations of Physics
    @article{halvorson2002characterizing,
  author = { Rob Clifton and Jeffrey Bub and Hans Halvorson },
  doi = { 10.1023/a:1026056716397 },
  journal = { Foundations of Physics },
  number = { 11 },
  pages = { 1561--1591 },
  publisher = { Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers },
  title = { Characterizing quantum theory in terms of
                  information-theoretic constraints },
  volume = { 33 },
  year = { 2002 },
}

2001

  • On the nature of continuous physical quantities in classical and quantum mechanics Journal of Philosophical Logic
    @article{halvorson2001nature,
  author = { Hans Halvorson },
  doi = { 10.1023/a:1017574203443 },
  journal = { Journal of Philosophical Logic },
  number = { 1 },
  pages = { 27--50 },
  publisher = { Springer Netherlands },
  title = { On the nature of continuous physical quantities in
                  classical and quantum mechanics },
  volume = { 30 },
  year = { 2001 },
}
  • Entanglement and open systems in algebraic quantum field theory Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
    @article{halvorson2001entanglement,
  author = { Rob Clifton and Hans Halvorson },
  doi = { 10.1016/s1355-2198(00)00033-2 },
  journal = { Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics },
  number = { 1 },
  pages = { 1--31 },
  title = { Entanglement and open systems in algebraic quantum
                  field theory },
  volume = { 32 },
  year = { 2001 },
}
  • Reeh-Schlieder defeats Newton-Wigner: On alternative localization schemes in relativistic quantum field theory Philosophy of Science
    @article{halvorson2001reeh,
  author = { Hans Halvorson },
  doi = { 10.1086/392869 },
  issn = { 00318248 },
  issue = { 1 },
  journal = { Philosophy of Science },
  title = { Reeh-Schlieder defeats Newton-Wigner: On alternative
                  localization schemes in relativistic quantum field
                  theory },
  volume = { 68 },
  year = { 2001 },
}
  • Are Rindler quanta real? Inequivalent particle concepts in quantum field theory British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
    @article{halvorson2001rindler,
  title = { Are Rindler quanta real? Inequivalent particle
                  concepts in quantum field theory },
  author = { Clifton, Rob and Halvorson, Hans },
  journal = { British Journal for the Philosophy of Science },
  volume = { 52 },
  number = { 3 },
  year = { 2001 },
  doi = { 10.1093/bjps/52.3.417 },
}

2000

  • The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen state maximally violates Bell's inequalities Letters in Mathematical Physics
    @article{halvorson2000einstein,
  author = { Hans Halvorson },
  doi = { 10.1023/A:1007609031556 },
  issue = { 4 },
  journal = { Letters in Mathematical Physics },
  keywords = { Bell correlation,Type II factor,Weyl algebra },
  title = { The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen state maximally violates
                  Bell's inequalities },
  volume = { 53 },
  year = { 2000 },
}
  • Nonlocal correlations are generic in infinite-dimensional bipartite systems Physical Review A
    @article{halvorson2000nonlocal,
  author = { R. Clifton and H. Halvorson and A. Kent },
  doi = { 10.1103/PhysRevA.61.042101 },
  issue = { 4 },
  journal = { Physical Review A },
  title = { Nonlocal correlations are generic in
                  infinite-dimensional bipartite systems },
  volume = { 61 },
  year = { 2000 },
}
  • Generic Bell correlation between arbitrary local algebras in quantum field theory Journal of Mathematical Physics
    @article{halvorson2000generic,
  title = { Generic Bell correlation between arbitrary local
                  algebras in quantum field theory },
  author = { Halvorson, Hans and Clifton, Rob },
  journal = { Journal of Mathematical Physics },
  volume = { 41 },
  number = { 4 },
  pages = { 1711--1717 },
  year = { 2000 },
  doi = { 10.1063/1.533253 },
}

1999

  • Maximal beable subalgebras of quantum mechanical observables International Journal of Theoretical Physics
    @article{halvorson1999maximal,
  author = { H. Halvorson and R. Clifton },
  doi = { 10.1023/A:1026628407645 },
  issn = { 00207748 },
  issue = { 10 },
  journal = { International Journal of Theoretical Physics },
  title = { Maximal beable subalgebras of quantum mechanical
                  observables },
  volume = { 38 },
  year = { 1999 },
}

1998

  • Superentangled states Physical Review A
    @article{halvorson1998sup,
  author = { R. Clifton and D.V. Feldman and H. Halvorson and
                  M.L.G. Redhead and A. Wilce },
  doi = { 10.1103/PhysRevA.58.135 },
  issn = { 10941622 },
  issue = { 1 },
  journal = { Physical Review A },
  title = { Superentangled states },
  volume = { 58 },
  year = { 1998 },
}