Charles "Chip" T. Sebens
Department of Philosophy, University of Michigan
Curriculum Vitae | Research
 Teaching I recently taught a course on science fiction and philosophy. My syllabus is available here. Reading Group Other Guest Post: Chip Sebens on the Many-Interacting-Worlds Approach to Quantum Mechanics (2014), on Sean Carroll's Preposterous Universe blog Quantum Mechanics, Three Ways (2014), poster presented to undergraduate physics students | I study the philosophy of physics, focusing on the foundations of
quantum theory. I'm curious about whether our best ways of understanding non-relativistic quantum mechanics (such as Bohmian mechanics, Everettian QM, and GRW theory) can be extended to quantum field theory. In addition, I'd like to better understand how probability arises in various interpretations of quantum mechanics. Particularly, I am interested in the ways in which self-locating uncertainty arises in quantum mechanics and how we ought to respond to it. I also have research interests in formal
epistemology and metaphysics. I am currently a fifth year graduate
student at the University of Michigan. I received my bachelor's degree
from MIT and my master's from the University of Oxford. This poster situates my recent research questions in the broader project of figuring out how to best formulate quantum mechanics. For an accessible introduction to the debate, check out this video. Publications
Quantum Mechanics as Classical Physics (forthcoming), in Philosophy of Science [abstract] [draft] [handout] [blog] [featured in Nature | News] Presented at NY/NJ Philosophy of Science Group 10/22/14 Perimeter Institute 12/3/13 Foundations of Physics 2013 7/31/13 UWO LMP 5/18/13 Killer Collapse: Empirically Probing the Philosophically Unsatisfactory Region of GRW (forthcoming), in Synthese [abstract] [draft] Presented at PSA 2014 11/7/14 Self-Locating Uncertainty and the Origin of Probability in Everettian Quantum Mechanics (forthcoming), with Sean Carroll, in The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science [abstract] [draft] [blog I, II, III] Presented at Rutgers University 10/20/14 2nd International Summer School in Philosophy of Physics 7/22/14 PhiloSTEM-5 3/15/13 University of Michigan 2/19/13 Many Worlds, the Born Rule, and Self-Locating Uncertainty (2014), with Sean Carroll, in Quantum Theory: A Two-Time Success Story, Yakir Aharonov Festschrift [abstract] [arXiv] In Progress
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Contact: csebens@gmail.com
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