Alisa Bokulich
Alisa Bokulich is an American philosopher of science and an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Boston University. Since 2010 she has been the Director of the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University, where she organizes the Boston Colloquium for Philosophy of Science,[1] and serves as a Series Editor for Boston Studies in Philosophy and History of Science.[2]
Bokulich attended high school at Forest Ridge School in Bellevue, Washington, got her Bachelor’s in Philosophy, with a minor in Physics, from Washington State University, and received her Ph.D. from the Program in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Notre Dame, under the direction of the physicist James T. Cushing.[3]
Bokulich’s research focuses on the history and philosophy of quantum mechanics, scientific models, explanation, and reductionism. She is the author of the book Reexamining the Quantum-Classical Relation: Beyond Reductionism and Pluralism (Cambridge UP 2008), which has been well received by physicists and philosophers alike.[4][5][6] She has co-edited a volume on the Philosophy of Quantum Information and Entanglement (Cambridge UP 2010). She is on the editorial board of Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science published by Springer.
References
- ↑ "About". Center for Philosophy and History of Science. Retrieved 2013-01-24.
- ↑ "Boston Studies in Philosophy and History of Science". Springer. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
- ↑ "List of HPS Alumni of the John J. Reilly Center at Notre Dame". Notre Dame. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ Bokulich, Alisa (2008). Reexamining the Quantum-Classical Relation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-85720-8.
- ↑ Landsman, N. P. (January 2010). "Review of 'Reexamining the Quantum-Classical Relation'". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. Retrieved 2013-01-24.
- ↑ Berry, Michael (2010). "Review of "Reexamining the Quantum-Classical Connection"" (PDF). British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (0): 1–7. Retrieved 31 January 2013.