Everettian chance in no uncertain terms
We unify Everettian accounts of chance by focusing on the conditions under which branches are isolated.
Jer Steeger
(they/he)
British Academy International Fellow
Jer Steeger is a historian and philosopher of physics taking a pluralist approach to issues in quantum foundations and physics education research.
My Research
Hey there! I’m a historian and philosopher of physics taking a pluralist approach to issues in quantum foundations and physics education research. In recent years, my work has focused on the interpretation of quantum probability and issues of reduction and emergence in the relationship between classical and quantum mechanics.
My current project, Credence and Chance in a Pluralist Approach to Quantum Theories, develops novel technical results about the probabilities appearing in quantum mechanics that bridge and support several different interpretations of what that theory says about reality. The project also explores the utility of this pluralist approach for upper-level physics education, in collaboration with Rachel E. Scherr.
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Featured Papers
Hypothetical frequencies as approximations
Hypothetical frequencies are great approximations (inexact descriptions of a target) but bad idealizations (separate models that bear analogies to the target).
Recent Papers
(2024).
Hypothetical frequencies as approximations.
Erkenntnis, 89(4).
(2024).
Classical limits of Hilbert bimodules as symplectic dual pairs.
RMP, 36(10).
(2023).
An accuracy-based approach to quantum conditionalization.
BJPS.
(2022).
One world is (probably) just as good as many.
Synthese, 200(2).
Recent & Upcoming Talks
APS Summit 2026: Student views about measurement in two quantum models
We identify conceptual resources that reflect specific quantum interpretations and explore their potential for supporting specific learning goals in quantum mechanics.
APS Summit 2026: Why not talk about measurement?
We argue that teaching physics undergraduates different approaches to quantum measurement might bring their epistemologies closer to those of experts.