Physics, Philosophy, Pedagogy
This project, a collaboration with Rachel E. Scherr, investigates how the intersection of physics and philosophy can benefit upper-level physics education. We draw on feminist …
Jer Steeger
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.
Everettian chance in no uncertain terms
We unify Everettian accounts of chance by focusing on the conditions under which branches are isolated.
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.
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.
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).
Classical limits of Hilbert bimodules as symplectic dual pairs
Hilbert bimodules are morphisms between C*-algebraic models of quantum systems, while symplectic dual pairs are morphisms between Poisson geometric models of classical systems. …
An accuracy-based approach to quantum conditionalization
A core tenet of Bayesian epistemology is that rational agents update by conditionalization. Accuracy arguments in favour of this norm are well-known. Meanwhile, scholars working in …
One world is (probably) just as good as many
I argue that we can use symmetries of the quantum state space to derive chance values in the de Broglie–Bohm pilot-wave theory.
Two Forms of Inconsistency in Quantum Foundations
Recently, there has been some discussion of how Dutch Book arguments might be used to demonstrate the rational incoherence of certain hidden variable models of quantum theory. In …
Extensions of bundles of C*-algebras
Bundles of C*-algebras can be used to represent limits of physical theories whose algebraic structure depends on the value of a parameter. The primary example is the ℏ → 0 limit of …