Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Ph.D, University of Nancy (France), Ph.D University of Bielefeld (Germany), 2008
Alumna of the Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris
Agrégation in Philosophy, 2000
B.A. Philosophy, Sorbonne, Paris, 1998
B.S. Fundamental Physics, University of Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, 2004
Office: Liberal Arts 153
Office Phone: (406) 243-6233
Fax: (406) 243-5313
Soazig Le Bihan
Areas of Interest
- Philosophy of Science
- Philosophy of Physics
- History of Science: Ancient, Modern
- Metaphysics
Courses Taught
- PHIL 200E: Ethics: The Great Traditions
- PHIL 240: History and Philosophy of Science
Publications
- “Defending the Semantic View: What it takes,” resubmitted to Philosophy of Science.
- “Bohm vs. Many-Worlds: How Understanding Matters - Or Not,” forthcoming in Understanding Quantum Physics, Elsevier, Philosophy and Foundations of Physics series, D. Dieks and M. Redei (eds).
- “ What status should be given to the quantum description of the world ?, Answer to Herve Zwirn; in Rethinking Scientific Change and Theory Comparison. Stabilities, Ruptures, Incommensurabilities?, Lena Soler, Howard Sankey and Paul Hoyningen-Huene (eds), Springer, Boston Studies for Philosophy of Science, 2008.
- “La conception sémantique des theories scientifiques,I. Comment peut-elle rester "sémantique"?” in Matiere premiere, 3, 2008 : Modeles, Simulations, Systemes.
- “La conception sémantique des theories scientifiques,I. En quoi a-t-elle pu se dire "sémantique"?” in Matiere premiere, 1, 2006 : Nature et naturalisations.
- “L'interprétation de la mecanique quantique,” Atala, 8. 2005
- “Saving incommensurability: Semantic theory of meaning or semantic theory of science?” Philosophia scientiae, 8, 1, 2004.
Selected Talks
- “Defending the Semantic View: What it takes,” PSA 2008, Pittsburgh, November 2008.
- “Bell-type Correlations: the hidden causal picture re-assessed,” Center for History and Philosophy of Science, Lunch Talk, University of Pittsburgh, February 2008.
- “Worlds and Particles,” Invited Comment on Jean Bricmont, for the Pierre Duhem Conferences. ENS, Paris, May 2007.
- “Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics,” Invited Lecture for the Alliance Francaise, Missoula, Montana, March 2007.
- “Logical models or scientific models: a false dilemma for the semantic view,” Philosophy Forum, Missoula, Montana, March 2007.
- “In defense of the semantic conception of scientific models,” HOPOS Conference, Paris, June 2006.
- “Que reste-t-il des lois de nature dans la conception sémantique des theories scientifiques,” Symposium What prospects for laws of nature? First Congress of the French Society of Philosophy of Science, Paris, January 2005.
- “Statistical independance between locality and rationality,” Philosophy, Probability, and Physics workshop, Institut d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques, Paris, December 2004.
- “Experimental metaphysics from a certain perspective,” 13th Annual UK Conference on Foundations of Physics, York, UK, September 2004.
- “Epistemological Morals of a twenty year long discussion about non-locality,” 12th. International Congress of Logic Methodology and Philosophy of Science, Oviedo, August 2003.
- “Non-locality: Epistemological Morals of a twenty year long discussion,” International Congress in Philosophy of Science, Dubrovnik, April 2003.
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