Professor
Jeffrey A. Barrett
University of California, Irvine
Area
Humanities and Arts
Specialty
Philosophy
Elected
2022
Jeffrey A. Barrett is Chancellor's Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science at UC Irvine.
His research involves the philosophy of physics, epistemology, and the philosophy of science more generally. Much of his research has concerned the history and conceptual foundations of quantum mechanics, particularly no-collapse formulations of quantum mechanics.
Barrett's publications include The Conceptual Foundations of Quantum Mechanics and The Quantum Mechanics of Minds and Worlds. He earned his Ph.D. in philosophy at Columbia University.
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