Kristian Camilleri

Bohr and the problem of the quantum-to-classical transition

K Camilleri, M Schlosshauer

Book Chapter  |  2017

The Modern mind

K Camilleri

Journal article  |  2017  |  Australian Book Review

Why do we find Bohr obscure? Reading Bohr as a philosopher of experiment

K Camilleri

Book Chapter  |  2017

Niels Bohr's philosophical view of quantum mechanics has been the subject of extensive scholarship for the better part of five dec..

Knowing what would happen: The epistemic strategies in Galileo's thought experiments

Kristian Camilleri

Journal article  |  2015  |  STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

While philosophers have subjected Galileo's classic thought experiments to critical analysis, they have tended to largely ignored ..

The role of heuristic appraisal in conflicting assessments of string theory

Kristian Camilleri, Sophie Ritson

Journal article  |  2015  |  STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN PHYSICS

Over the last three decades, string theory has emerged as one of the leading hopes for a consistent theory of quantum gravity that..

Niels Bohr as philosopher of experiment: Does decoherence theory challenge Bohr's doctrine of classical concepts?

K Camilleri, M Schlosshauer

Journal article  |  2015  |  STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN PHYSICS

Niels Bohr's doctrine of the primacy of "classical concepts" is arguably his most criticized and misunderstood view. We present a ..

Contested boundaries: The string theory debates and ideologies of science

S Ritson, K Camilleri

Journal article  |  2015  |  Perspectives on Science

Over the last three decades, physicists have engaged in, sometimes heated, debates about relative merits and prospects of string t..

The Shaping of Inquiry: Histories of the Exact Sciences after the Practical Turn

Kristian Camilleri

Journal article  |  2015  |  Advances in Historical Studies

Toward a constructivist epistemology of thought experiments in science

Kristian Camilleri

Journal article  |  2014  |  SYNTHESE

This paper presents a critical analysis of Tamar Szabó Gendler's view of thought experiments, with the aim of developing further a..

Weimar Culture and Quantum Mechanics: Selected Papers by Paul Forman and Contemporary Perspectives on the Forman Thesis

Kristian Camilleri

Journal article  |  2012  |  ISIS