
Dr Jer Steeger
BSc, PhD
Expertise
Current positions
British Academy International Fellow
Department of Philosophy
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Research interests
Jer is a philosopher of physics taking a pluralist approach to metaphysical, logical, and epistemological problems in quantum foundations. Their work focuses on the interpretation of quantum probability, the study of context-dependent hidden variables, and issues of reduction and emergence in the relationship between classical and quantum mechanics. Their interests include general issues in the philosophy of science, formal and feminist epistemology, the philosophy of logic, and early modern philosophy of science.
Publications
Recent publications
01/01/2024Hypothetical Frequencies as Approximations
Erkenntnis
An accuracy-based approach to quantum conditionalization
British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
One world is (probably) just as good as many
Synthese
Extensions of bundles of C*-algebras
Reviews in Mathematical Physics
Is the classical limit “singular”?
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A