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Benjamin H. Feintzeig (he/him/his)

Associate Professor

Contact Information

bfeintze@uw.edu

(206) 543-5094

Personal Website

M397

Office Hours: 

AUT23: Mon 3-4pm and Wed 2-3pm

Fields of Interest

History of ScienceMathematical PhysicsPhilosophy of PhysicsPhilosophy of ProbabilityPhilosophy of Science

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

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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

Winter 2024

• PHIL 160 A: Why Do We Believe in Quarks, Evolution, and Other Crazy Things? Perspectives on Science, Reason, and Reality

Autumn 2023

• PHIL 401 A: Advanced Topics In Philosophy: Intro to Mathematical Methods in Philosophy

Spring 2023

• PHIL 160 A: Why Do We Believe in Quarks, Evolution, and Other Crazy Things? Perspectives on Science, Reason, and Reality
• PHIL 560 A: Seminar in the Philosophy of Science

Winter 2023

• PHIL 460 A: Philosophy of Science
• PHIL 470 A: Intermediate Logic

Winter 2022

• HPS 400 A: Colloquium in the History and Philosophy of Science
• PHIL 160 A: Why Do We Believe In Quarks, Evolution, And Other Crazy Things? Perspectives On Science, Reason, And Reality
• PHIL 401 B: Advanced Topics in Philosophy

Autumn 2021

• PHIL 482 A: Philosophy of Physical Science

Spring 2021

• PHIL 160 A: Why Do We Believe In Quarks, Evolution, And Other Crazy Things? Perspectives On Science, Reason, And Reality
• PHIL 482 A: Philosophy of Physical Science

Winter 2021

• PHIL 470 A: Intermediate Logic

Winter 2020

• PHIL 482 A: Philosophy Of Physical Science

Autumn 2019

• PHIL 160 A: Why Do We Believe in Quarks, Evolution, and Other Crazy Things? Perspectives on Science, Reason, and Reality

Winter 2019

• HPS 400 A: Colloquium in the History and Philosophy of Science
• PHIL 401 B: Advanced Topics in Philosophy

Autumn 2018

• PHIL 160 A: Why Do We Believe in Quarks, Evolution, and Other Crazy Things? Perspectives on Science, Reason, and Reality
• PHIL 460 A: Philosophy of Science

Spring 2018

• PHIL 560 A: Seminar in the Philosophy of Science

Winter 2018

• PHIL 470 A: Intermediate Logic

Autumn 2017

• PHIL 160 A: Why Do We Believe In Quarks, Evolution, And Other Crazy Things? Perspectives On Science, Reason, And Reality
• PHIL 482 A: Philosophy Of Physical Science

Spring 2017

• PHIL 482 A: Philosophy Of Physical Science

Winter 2017

• PHIL 160 A: Why Do We Believe In Quarks, Evolution, And Other Crazy Things? Perspectives On Science, Reason, And Reality
• PHIL 484 B: Reading In Philosophy
• PHIL 584 A: Reading In Philosophy

Autumn 2016

• PHIL 460 A: Philosophy Of Science

Affiliations

Home Department: 

• Philosophy

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

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