Craig Callender
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Craig Callender is a philosopher of science and professor
of philosophy
at the University of California, San Diego
.
In 1997 he obtained his PhD from Rutgers University
with a thesis entitled Time's Arrow,; his thesis supervisor had been Robert Weingard
.
His main areas of research are philosophy of science
, philosophy of physics
and metaphysics
.
Articles:
Callender has published numerous articles including:
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
of philosophy
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
at the University of California, San Diego
University of California, San Diego
The University of California, San Diego, commonly known as UCSD or UC San Diego, is a public research university located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States...
.
In 1997 he obtained his PhD from Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
with a thesis entitled Time's Arrow,; his thesis supervisor had been Robert Weingard
Robert Weingard
Robert Weingard was a philosopher of science and professor of Rutgers University.He became faculty member at Rutgers University and later joined the Department of Philosophy of Rutger University's School of Arts and Sciences in 1988...
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His main areas of research are philosophy of science
Philosophy of science
The philosophy of science is concerned with the assumptions, foundations, methods and implications of science. It is also concerned with the use and merit of science and sometimes overlaps metaphysics and epistemology by exploring whether scientific results are actually a study of truth...
, philosophy of physics
Philosophy of physics
In philosophy, the philosophy of physics studies the fundamental philosophical questions underlying modern physics, the study of matter and energy and how they interact. The philosophy of physics begins by reflecting on the basic metaphysical and epistemological questions posed by physics:...
and metaphysics
Metaphysics
Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the fundamental nature of being and the world, although the term is not easily defined. Traditionally, metaphysics attempts to answer two basic questions in the broadest possible terms:...
.
Publications
Books:- Craig Callender (ed.): The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Time, Oxford Handbooks in Philosophy, April 2011, ISBN 978-0-19-929820-4
- Craig Callender (ed.): Time, Reality and Experience, Cambridge University Press, August 2002, 978-0521529679
- Craig Callender, Nick Huggett (eds.): Physics meets philosophy at the Planck scale: contemporary theories in quantum gravity, Cambridge University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-521-66280-X / ISBN 0-521-66445-4
- Craig Callender, Ralph Edney: Introducing time, Totem Books, 1997, ISBN 978-1840462630
Articles:
Callender has published numerous articles including:
- Craig Callender, Robert Weingard: Topology change and the unity of space, Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 227–246, 2000, full text
- Craig Callender, Robert Weingard: Nonlocality in the expanding infinite well, Foundation of Physics Letters, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 495–498, 1998, full text
- Robert Weingard, Craig Callender: Trouble in paradise: Problems for Bohm's theory, The Monist, Quantum Mechanics and the Real World, vol. 80, no. 1 January 1997, abstract (in French language)
- Craig Callender, Robert Weingard: Time, Bohm's theory, and quantum cosmologyQuantum cosmologyIn theoretical physics, quantum cosmology is a field attempting to study the effect of quantum mechanics on the formation of the universe, or its early evolution, especially just after the Big Bang...
, Philosophy of Science, vol. 63, September 1996, pp. 470–474, abstract - Craig Callender, Robert Weingard: Bohmian cosmology and the quantum smearing of the initial singularity (communicated by Peter R. HollandPeter R. HollandPeter R. Holland is a theoretical physicist, known for his book on the pilot wave theory and the de Broglie-Bohm causal interpretation of quantum mechanics and his work on foundational problems in quantum physics....
), Physics Letters A, Volume 208, Issues 1-2, 20 November 1995, pp. 59-61, abstract - Craig Callender, Robert Weingard: The Bohmian model of quantum cosmology, Philosophy of Science Association, PSA 1994, Vol. 1, pp. 218–227, abstract