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Details for Professor James Ladyman
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| Name | Professor James Ladyman | ||||||
| Job title | Professor |
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| Department | Department of Philosophy University of Bristol |
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| Qualifications | M.Sc.(Lond.), B.A.(York), Ph.D.(Leeds) | ||||||
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| Membership of professional bodies | The Aristotelian Society The Mind Association British Society for the Philosophy of Science Philosophy of Science Association |
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| Keywords | philosophy philosophy of science philosophy of physics metaphysics philosophy of mathematics science and religion epistemology philosophical logic |
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| Areas of expertise | My background is in mathematics and theoretical physics, mathematical logic and philosophy. My main area of expertise is the philosophy of science, in particular, the philosophy of quantum mechanics, and the debate about scientific realism. My interests also include general epistemology and metaphysics, the relationship between science and religion, philosophy of mathematics and philosophical logic. I have recently published an introductory book called 'Understanding Philosophy of Science' which was chosen for an Outstanding Academic Text Award by the American Library Association. I am currently working on the relationship between laws of nature and symmetry principles, as well as a number of articles on topics such as Bas van Fraassen's philosophy of science, the metaphysics of modality, and induction. |
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| Media experience | Interviews for Radio 4, local radio and for a video company |
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