Associate Professor

Contact Information
(206) 543-5094
M397
Office Hours:
AUT23: Mon 3-4pm and Wed 2-3pm
Fields of Interest
Biography
Ph.D., Logic & Philosophy of Science, University of California, Irvine, 2016
M.A., Logic & Philosophy of Science, University of California, Irvine, 2014
B.A., Physics and Philosophy, Dartmouth College, 2011

Research
Selected Research
- Feintzeig, B. (2023). The Classical–Quantum Correspondence (Elements in the Philosophy of Physics). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781009043557
- Steeger, Jer and Benjamin Feintzeig. "Extensions of bundles of C*-algebras." Reviews in Mathematical Physics, 33 (2021): 2150025.
- Steeger, Jer and Benjamin Feintzeig. "Is the classical limit 'singular'?" Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 88 (2021): 263–279.
- Feintzeig, Benjamin. "On the Choice of Algebra for Quantization." Philosophy of Science 85, no. 1 (2018): 102-125.
- Feintzeig, Benjamin. "Toward an Understanding of Parochial Observables." The British Journal for Philosophy of Science 69, no. 1 (2018): 161-191.
- Feintzeig, Benjamin. "On Theory Construction in Physics: Continuity from Classical to Quantum." Erkenntnis 82, no. 6 (2017): 1195-1210.
- Feintzeig, Benjamin, and Samuel C. Fletcher. "On Noncontextual, Non-Kolmogorovian Hidden Variable Theories." Foundations of Physics 47, no. 2 (2017): 294-315.
- Feintzeig, Benjamin. "Unitary Inequivalence in Classical Systems." Synthese 193, no. 9 (2016): 2685-2705.
- Feintzeig, Benjamin. "Hidden Variables and Incompatible Observables in Quantum Mechanics." The British Journal for Philosophy of Science 66, no. 4 (2015): 905-927.
- Feintzeig, Benjamin. "On Broken Symmetries and Classical Systems." Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 52 (2015): 267-273.
- Feintzeig, Benjamin. “Can the ontological models framework accommodate Bohmian mechanics?" Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 48A (2014): 59-67.
- Feintzeig, Benjamin. "Deduction and Definability in Infinite Statistical Systems." Synthese 196, no. 5 (2019): 1831-1861.
Courses Taught
Spring 2023
Winter 2022
Autumn 2021
Spring 2021
Winter 2021
Winter 2020
Winter 2019
Autumn 2018
Spring 2018
Winter 2018
Autumn 2017
Spring 2017
Winter 2017
Autumn 2016
Affiliations
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Related News
Related News
- Awards Ceremony 2021 - June 2, 2021
- Benjamin Feintzeig Awarded National Science Foundation Grant - May 25, 2021
- Congratulations to Associate Professor Benjamin Feintzeig! - March 31, 2021
- Faculty Summer Reading Recommendations 2020 - June 25, 2020
- Faculty Summer Reading Recommendations 2019 - July 14, 2019
- 2019 Department of Philosophy Awards Reception - June 7, 2019
- Faculty Summer Reading Recommendations 2018 - June 26, 2018
- On the Frontiers of Physics, Math and Philosophy - an interview with Professor Benjamin Feintzeig - March 27, 2018
- Register for the Philosophy of Probability Workshop - February 13, 2018
- Summer Reading Recommendations from the Philosophy Faculty - July 16, 2017
- Facts and Fake News - #philosophyresponds: Conversations After the Election - February 16, 2017
- Hate Speech and Slurs - #philosophyresponds: Conversations After the Election - January 30, 2017
- #philosophy responds: Conversations After the Election - January 17, 2017
- Welcome to New Faculty Member Benjamin Feintzeig! - September 12, 2016