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Laura Ruetsche, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Philosophy of Science (especially Physics), Plato
PhD, Pittsburgh, 1995
Laura Ruetsche is associate professor of philosophy, with a secondary appointment in history and philosophy of science (HPS). Before returning to the University of Pittsburgh in 1996, she taught at Middlebury College in Vermont. She has also held visiting appointments at Cornell and Rutgers. Her interests include the foundations of physics, the epistemology of scientific practice, and the work of Plato.
Select Publications
(2006). “Johnny’s So Long at the Ferromagnet,” Philosophy of Science 73 [Proceedings]: 473-486.
(2004). “Virtue and Contingent History: Possibilities for Feminist Epistemology,” Hypatia 19 [Special Issue: Feminism and Science, Lynn Hankinson-Nelson and Alison Wylie, co-editors]: 73-101.
(2003). “A Matter of Degree: Putting Unitary Inequivalence to Work,” Philosophy of Science 70 [Proceedings]: 1329-1342.
(2002). “Interpreting Quantum Field Theory,” Philosophy of Science 69: 348-378.
(2002). “Interpreting Quantum Theories”, in The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Science, Peter Machamer and Michael Silberstein, eds. (Malden, MA: Blackwell), 199-226.
(1995). “Measurement Error and the Albert-Loewer Problem,” Foundations of Physics Letters 8: 331-348.
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