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Overview

James Ladyman is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on fields related to Physics and Astronomy, with a particular emphasis on Quantum Mechanics, Advanced Thermodynamics, and Statistical Mechanics. This work spans several subfields including Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, as well as Artificial Intelligence and the History and Philosophy of Science.

The scientist's recent scholarly contributions include publications across diverse research areas and journals. Notable papers authored or co-authored by Ladyman include:

  • Effective Ontic Structural Realism, 2023, The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
  • Could wavefunctions simultaneously represent knowledge and reality?, 2022, Quantum Studies Mathematics and Foundations
  • The social turn of artificial intelligence, 2021, AI & Society
  • Weak values and the past of a quantum particle, 2023, Physical Review Research
  • Reply to "Comment on 'Weak values and the past of a quantum particle' ", 2023, Physical Review Research

James Ladyman has collaborated frequently with various researchers in the field. Among these coauthors are Karoline Wiesner with 11 joint publications, Jonte R. Hance with 8, and John Rarity with 8 as well. Additional collaborators include Nello Cristianini and KAROLINE WIESNER on fewer occasions.

Their research output appears in multiple publication venues with the highest number of contributions in arXiv (Cornell University) with 3 papers, followed by Physical Review Research with 2, and singular publications in Quantum Studies Mathematics and Foundations, AI & Society, and The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.

Ladyman's research topics cover a range of subjects such as:

  • Quantum Mechanics and Applications
  • Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
  • Quantum Information and Cryptography
  • Statistical Mechanics and Entropy
  • Philosophy and History of Science
  • Origins and Evolution of Life
  • Ethics and Social Impacts of AI

In addition to articles, James Ladyman has published books through Yale University Press. The repeated title What Is a Complex System? appeared in 2020 with varying citation counts recorded for different editions or printings.

Best Publications

  • Every Thing Must Go: Metaphysics Naturalized

    James A C Ladyman;Don Ross

  • What is a complex system

    James Ladyman;James Lambert;Karoline Wiesner

  • What is Structural Realism

    James Ladyman

  • Remodelling structural realism: Quantum physics and the metaphysics of structure

    Steven French;James Ladyman

  • Understanding Philosophy of Science

    James Ladyman

  • Reinflating the Semantic Approach

    Steven French;James Ladyman

  • On Representing the Relationship between the Mathematical and the Empirical

    Otávio Bueno;Steven French;James Ladyman

  • A Defence of van Fraassen’s Critique of Abductive Inference: Reply to Psillos

    James Ladyman;Igor Douven;Leon Horsten;Bas van Fraassen

  • Criteria of identity and structuralist ontology

    Hannes Leitgeb;James Ladyman

  • Structural realism versus standard scientific realism: the case of phlogiston and dephlogisticated air

    James A C Ladyman

  • What's Really Wrong with Constructive Empiricism? Van Fraassen and the Metaphysics of Modality

    James A C Ladyman

  • Scientific Structuralism: On The Identity and Diversity of Objects in a Structure

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  • The dissolution of objects: Between platonism and phenomenalism

    Steven French;James Ladyman

  • The Principle of the Identity of Indiscernibles and Quantum Mechanics

    James Ladyman;Tomasz Bigaj

  • Science, metaphysics and method

    James A C Ladyman

  • In Defence of Ontic Structural Realism

    Steven French;James Ladyman

  • IDENTITY AND DISCERNIBILITY IN PHILOSOPHY AND LOGIC

    James A C Ladyman;Øystein Linnebo;Richard G Pettigrew

  • Mathematical structuralism and the Identity of Indiscernibles

    James Ladyman

  • Superconductivity and structures: revisiting the London account

    Steven French;James Ladyman

  • Ontic Structural Realism and Modality

    Nora Berenstain;James Ladyman

  • The World in the Data

    James A C Ladyman;Don A Ross

  • Oxford Bibliographies in Philosophy

    James A C Ladyman

  • The Extended Mind

    James A C Ladyman;Don Ross

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven French
Steven French University of Leeds
John Rarity
John Rarity University of Bristol
Bas C. van Fraassen
Bas C. van Fraassen San Francisco State University
Igor Douven
Igor Douven Sorbonne University

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