All Outputs (8)

Saving the macroscopic (2024)
Book Chapter
Simpson, W., & Horsley, S. (2024). Saving the macroscopic. In M. Harris (Ed.), God and the Book of Nature: Experiments in Theology of Science (131-154). Routledge

Toppling the Pyramids: Physics Without Physical State Monism (2022)
Book Chapter
Simpson, W. M. R., & Horsley, S. A. R. (2022). Toppling the Pyramids: Physics Without Physical State Monism. In C. J. Austin, A. Marmodoro, & A. Roselli (Eds.), . Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92486-7_2

Cosmic Hylomorphism vs Bohmian Dispositionalism: Implications of the ‘No-Successor Problem’ (2022)
Book Chapter
Simpson, W. M. R., & Pemberton, J. M. (2022). Cosmic Hylomorphism vs Bohmian Dispositionalism: Implications of the ‘No-Successor Problem’. In Quantum Mechanics and Fundamentality: Naturalizing Quantum Theory between Scientific Realism and Ontological Indeterminacy (269-282). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99642-0_18

From Quantum Physics to Classical Metaphysics (2021)
Book Chapter
Simpson, W. M. R. (2021). From Quantum Physics to Classical Metaphysics. In W. M. Simpson, R. C. Koons, & J. Orr (Eds.), Neo-Aristotelian Metaphysics and the Theology of Nature (21-65). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003125860-3

Reflections on Contemporary Science and the New Aristotelianism (2017)
Book Chapter
Koons, R. C., Simpson, W. M. R., & Teh, N. J. (2017). Reflections on Contemporary Science and the New Aristotelianism. In W. M. R. Simpson, R. C. Koons, & N. J. Teh (Eds.), Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Contemporary Science (1-11). New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315211626-1

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book considers the challenge to traditional Aristotelian metaphysics posed by the 'block universe' of special relativity, as modeled by... Read More about Reflections on Contemporary Science and the New Aristotelianism.

Knowing nature: beyond reduction and emergence (2017)
Book Chapter
Simpson, W. (2017). Knowing nature: beyond reduction and emergence. In A. B. Torrance, & T. H. McCall (Eds.), Knowing Creation: Perspectives from Theology, Philosophy, and Science (237-260). Zondervan

Half-Baked Humeanism (2017)
Book Chapter
Simpson, W. M. R. (2017). Half-Baked Humeanism. In W. M. R. Simpson, R. C. Koons, & N. J. Teh (Eds.), Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Contemporary Science (123-145). New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315211626-7

Toby Handfield has advanced a subtle form of dispositionalism that purports to reconcile the concept of causal powers with broadly Humean convictions by dissolving the requirement for objectively modal relations between powers and their manifestation... Read More about Half-Baked Humeanism.

Casimir forces at the cutting edge (2015)
Book Chapter
Simpson, W., Leonhardt, U., Decca, R., & Buhmann, S. Y. (2015). Casimir forces at the cutting edge. In W. M. R. Simpson, & U. Leonhardt (Eds.), Forces of the Quantum Vacuum: an introduction to Casimir Physics (227-246). World Scientific Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814644761_0007

It would be a pity if you read this far, decided that it all made perfect sense, and put the book down, supposing that scientists have got the Casimir effect ‘pretty much figured out’. They haven't, and physics only thrives when people ask questions.... Read More about Casimir forces at the cutting edge.