<link>https://jsteeger.github.io/</link></image><item><title>Credence and Chance in a Pluralist Approach to Quantum Theories</h1> <article> <h1>Credence and Chance in a Pluralist Approach to Quantum Theories</h1> <p>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</p> <p>This project 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. It also explores the utility of this pluralist approach for upper-level physics education, in collaboration with </p> <p>This project is generously supported by the under Grant No. IF23\100451 and hosted by the University of Bristol from March 2024–2027.</p> <h2 id="papers">Papers</h2> <p>Jer Steeger, James Read (2026). </p> <h2 id="talks">Talks</h2> <p>Rachel E. Scherr, Jer Steeger (2026). </p> <p>Jer Steeger, Rachel E. Scherr (2026). </p> </article> <article> <h1>Physics, Philosophy, Pedagogy</h1> <p>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</p> <p>This project, a collaboration with , investigates how the intersection of physics and philosophy can benefit upper-level physics education. We draw on feminist epistemology to reimagine the power structures of typical physics classrooms, and we scaffold students’ reasoning with intuitive conceptual resources drawn from physics’ history.</p> <p>My current work on this project is generously supported by the under Grant No. IF23\100451.</p>  <h2 id="talks">Talks</h2> <p>Rachel E. Scherr, Jer Steeger (2026). </p> <p>Jer Steeger, Rachel E. Scherr (2026). </p> </article> <article> <h1>Experience</h1> <p>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</p> </article> <article> <h1>Everettian chance in no uncertain terms</h1> <p>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</p> <hr> <h2 id="slides">Slides</h2> <center></center>  </article> <article> <h1>APS Summit 2026: Student views about measurement in two quantum models</h1> <p>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</p> <hr> <h2 id="slides">Slides</h2> <center></center> </article> <article> <h1>APS Summit 2026: Why not talk about measurement?</h1> <p>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</p> <hr> <h2 id="slides">Slides</h2> <center></center> </article> <article> <h1>Hypothetical frequencies as approximations</h1> <p>Mon, 01 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000</p>  </article> <article> <h1>Classical limits of Hilbert bimodules as symplectic dual pairs</h1> <p>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000</p>  </article> <article> <h1>Intermediate Logic</h1> <p>Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000</p> <p>We explore the power and limitations of formal systems of reasoning.</p> <h2 id="course-description">Course Description</h2> <p>We will explore traditional and contemporary responses to questions that have kept folks across generations up at night, including: Should you believe what you hear? What do we know (if anything)? What does it mean to have a mind? Are our best scientific theories true descriptionsAfter the crisis in mathematics ushered in by Russell’s paradox, developments in formal logic offered renewed hope for foundational security. This course covers its major success stories—namely, the development of a formal notion of syntax and semantics for which the classical rules of inference are sound (everything they prove is true) and complete (everything true is provable). We also face new problems, like Skolem’s paradox, which notes that many logical theories cannot single out their intended models. We’ll conclude by turning to intuitionistic logic, exploring how these sorts of problems afford opportunities to characterize hidden structure in our reasoning.</p> <div class="hb-cards mt-4 grid gap-4 not-prose" style="--hb-cols: 1;"> <a class="hb-card group"href="syllabus.pdf" > <span class="hb-card-title p-4"> <svg style="height: 1em; width: 1em;" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="1.5" d="M19.5 14.25v-2.625a3.375 3.375 0 0 0-3.375-3.375h-1.5A1.125 1.125 0 0 1 13.5 7.125v-1.5a3.375 3.375 0 0 0-3.375-3.375H8.25m0 12.75h7.5m-7.5 3H12M10.5 2.25H5.625c-.621 0-1.125.504-1.125 1.125v17.25c0 .621.504 1.125 1.125 1.125h12.75c.621 0 1.125-.504 1.125-1.125V11.25a9 9 0 0 0-9-9"/></svg>Download Syllabus</span></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Introduction to (Western) Philosophy</h1> <p>Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000</p> <p>What <em>is</em> philosophy, anyway? In this introductory course, we aim to figure that out by getting our hands dirty and doing it.</p> <h2 id="course-description">Course Description</h2> <p>We will explore traditional and contemporary responses to questions that have kept folks across generations up at night, including: Should you believe what you hear? What do we know (if anything)? What does it mean to have a mind? Are our best scientific theories true descriptions of the world? We conclude by reflecting on what philosophy has been in the past and what we want it to be going forward.</p> <div class="hb-cards mt-4 grid gap-4 not-prose" style="--hb-cols: 1;"> <a class="hb-card group"href="syllabus.pdf" > <span class="hb-card-title p-4"> <svg style="height: 1em; width: 1em;" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="1.5" d="M19.5 14.25v-2.625a3.375 3.375 0 0 0-3.375-3.375h-1.5A1.125 1.125 0 0 1 13.5 7.125v-1.5a3.375 3.375 0 0 0-3.375-3.375H8.25m0 12.75h7.5m-7.5 3H12M10.5 2.25H5.625c-.621 0-1.125.504-1.125 1.125v17.25c0 .621.504 1.125 1.125 1.125h12.75c.621 0 1.125-.504 1.125-1.125V11.25a9 9 0 0 0-9-9"/></svg>Download Syllabus</span></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>An accuracy-based approach to quantum conditionalization</h1> <p>Fri, 01 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000</p>  </article> <article> <h1>Philosophy of Science</h1> <p>Fri, 01 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="hb-cards mt-4 grid gap-4 not-prose" style="--hb-cols: 1;"> <a class="hb-card group"href="syllabus.pdf" > <span class="hb-card-title p-4"> <svg style="height: 1em; width: 1em;" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="1.5" d="M19.5 14.25v-2.625a3.375 3.375 0 0 0-3.375-3.375h-1.5A1.125 1.125 0 0 1 13.5 7.125v-1.5a3.375 3.375 0 0 0-3.375-3.375H8.25m0 12.75h7.5m-7.5 3H12M10.5 2.25H5.625c-.621 0-1.125.504-1.125 1.125v17.25c0 .621.504 1.125 1.125 1.125h12.75c.621 0 1.125-.504 1.125-1.125V11.25a9 9 0 0 0-9-9"/></svg>Download Syllabus</span></a> </div> <h2 id="course-description">Course Description</h2> <p>Scientific theories are powerful! They make stunningly accurate predictions and offer satisfying explanations of phenomena around us. But what makes these theories so successful? How much do they really tell us about the world? And just what makes an explanation “scientific,” anyhow? We will review historical and contemporary approaches to answering these questions, covering topics such as the reality of unobservable entities, how we choose between competing theories, how old theories reduce to new ones (if they do at all), and the nature of scientific explanation. This course is self-contained; no previous scientific or mathematical training is required.</p> <p><em>Image credit: </em></p> </article> <article> <h1>Advanced Logic</h1> <p>Sat, 01 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000</p> <p>We explore the limits of what we can know with and about formal systems of reasoning.</p> <h2 id="course-description">Course Description</h2> <p>Folks usually hear about Gödel’s famous incompleteness theorems—slogan-ized as “logic can’t prove its own consistency”—before they ever see them. Some bemoan the results as a fundamental limit on the certainty of our reasoning; others celebrate them as evidence that it’s impossible to reduce human thought to a computer program. We’ll take a close look and decide for ourselves. In addition to building the tools to state and prove Gödel’s theorems, we will assess how second-order logic fares against analogs of Gödel’s arguments.</p> <div class="hb-cards mt-4 grid gap-4 not-prose" style="--hb-cols: 1;"> <a class="hb-card group"href="syllabus.pdf" > <span class="hb-card-title p-4"> <svg style="height: 1em; width: 1em;" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="1.5" d="M19.5 14.25v-2.625a3.375 3.375 0 0 0-3.375-3.375h-1.5A1.125 1.125 0 0 1 13.5 7.125v-1.5a3.375 3.375 0 0 0-3.375-3.375H8.25m0 12.75h7.5m-7.5 3H12M10.5 2.25H5.625c-.621 0-1.125.504-1.125 1.125v17.25c0 .621.504 1.125 1.125 1.125h12.75c.621 0 1.125-.504 1.125-1.125V11.25a9 9 0 0 0-9-9"/></svg>Download Syllabus</span></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>One world is (probably) just as good as many</h1> <p>Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000</p>  </article> <article> <h1>Two Forms of Inconsistency in Quantum Foundations</h1> <p>Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000</p>  </article> <article> <h1>Extensions of bundles of C*-algebras</h1> <p>Wed, 01 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000</p>  </article> <article> <h1>Is the classical limit “singular”?</h1> <p>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000</p>  </article> <article> <h1>Probabilism for stochastic theories</h1> <p>Wed, 01 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000</p>  </article> </main></body></html>