Lecturer
Biography
Ph.D., History and Philosophy of Science, University of Notre Dame, 2019
B.S., Physics, MIT, 2013
Jer is a philosopher of physics taking a pluralist approach to metaphysical, logical, and epistemological problems in quantum foundations. Their work focuses on the interpretation of quantum probability, the study of context-dependent hidden variables, and issues of reduction and emergence in the relationship between classical and quantum mechanics. Their interests include general issues in the philosophy of science, formal and feminist epistemology, the philosophy of logic, and early modern philosophy of science.
Research
Selected Research
- Steeger, Jer. "Hypothetical Frequencies as Approximations." Erkenntnis (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-022-00584-0
- Steeger, Jer. "One world is (probably) just as good as many." Synthese 200, 97 (2022).
- 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.
- Steeger, Jer and Nicholas Teh. "Two forms of inconsistency in quantum foundations." The British Journal for thePhilosophy of Science, 72, no. 4 (2021): 1083–1110.
- Steeger, Jer. "Probabilism for stochastic theories." Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, 66 (2019): 34–44.