Wayne, Andrew -

Submitted by root on Thu, 2010/06/24 - 4:51pm
Personal Information
First Name: 
Andrew
Last Name: 
Wayne
Department / Program: 
OTHER
Other: 
Philosophy
University Affiliation: 
University of Guelph
Phone: 
5198244120
Extension: 
56787
Email Address: 
awayne@uoguelph.ca
Area of Research
Subject: 
Physics
Time Period: 
20th Century
Specific Area of Research: 
Philosophy of science and philosophy of physics; unification of scientific theories; the interpretation and conceptual foundations of quantum field theory; reduction, explanation and emergence in physics; modeling and idealization in science.
Academics
PHD Program: 
Philosophy
PHD University: 
UC San Diego
PHD Date: 
1994
Major Publications: 
"Causal Relations and Explanatory Strategies in Physics" (to be presented at PSA 2012) "Expanding the Scope of Explanatory Idealization" (Philosophy of Science 78(5): 830-841, 2011) "Emergence and Singular Limits" (Synthese 184(3): 341-356, 2010) "Emergence in Physics ," co-authored with Michal Arciszewski, Philosophy Compass 4:846-858 (2009) "A Trope Ontology for Field Theory," in The Ontology of Spacetime, Philosophy and the Foundations of Physics, ed. D. Dieks, (Elsevier, 2008), pp. 1-15* _Ontological Aspects of Quantum Field Theory_, co-edited anthology with Meinard Kuhlman and Holger Lyre (World Scientific, 2002). "Critical Notice of Margaret Morrison, Unifying Scientific Theories," Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 32:117-138 (2002)*
Membership in Academic Societies: 
CPA, APA, CSHPS, BSPS
Courses Taught: 
Philosophy of Science; Conceptual Revolutions: Space and Time; Conceptual Revolutions: Quantum Mechanics; Explanation, Reduction and Emergence; Scientific Explanation and Theory Change;