Dr. Simon Friederich
Associate professor of philosophy of science. I studied physics and philosophy in Göttingen and Lausanne and obtained PhDs in theoretical physics (Heidelberg University) and philosophy (Bonn University). After working as a postdoc in philosophy of science in Wuppertal and as an academic visitor in Cambridge UK I substituted for two years as professor of theoretical philosophy at Göttingen University between 2012 and 2014.
I work in both the philosophy of science and the philosophy of technology. In philosophy of science, I am particularly intrigued by the challenge of making sense of the empirical success of quantum theory. Currently, I am working on a VIDI-project "Saving Reality with Exotic Causality", where I work on a "single-world realist" approach to quantum theory taking phase space as its starting point. In the philosophy of technology, I have worked on energy, ethics, and sustainability, notably with respect to nuclear energy, and I have considered various challenges that may be posed by future advanced AI systems.
2024
Boudry,
M., & Friederich, S. (2024). The selfish
machine? On the power and limitation of natural selection to
understand the development of advanced AI.
Philosophical Studies. Advance online
publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-024-02226-3
2023
Friederich,
S., & Wenmackers, S. (2023). The future of
intelligence in the Universe: A call for humility.
International Journal of Astrobiology,
22(4), 414-427. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1473550423000101
2022
Friederich,
S., & Symons, J. (2023). Operationalising
sustainability? Why sustainability fails as an investment criterion
for safeguarding the future. Global
Policy, 14(1), 61-71. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.13160
Dawid,
R., & Friederich, S. (2022). Epistemic
Separability and Everettian Branches: A Critique of Sebens and
Carroll. British Journal for the Philosophy of
Science, 73(3), 711-721. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axaa002
Friederich,
S., & Boudry , M. (2022). Ethics of Nuclear Energy
in Times of Climate Change: Escaping the Collective Action
Problem . Philosophy & Technology,
35, Article 30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-022-00527-1
Symons,
J., & Friederich, S. (2022). Spannungen
innerhalb von Energiegerechtigkeit: Wenn globale Energiepolitik
Ungleichheit verstärkt. Historical Social
Research, 47(4), 303-326. https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.47.2022.48
2021
Friederich,
S. (2024). Introducing the Q-based interpretation of
quantum mechanics. British Journal for the
Philosophy of Science, 75(3), 769-795. https://doi.org/10.1086/716196
Friederich,
S., & Aebischer, E. (2021). At the Precipice now,
in eternal safety thereafter?
Metascience, 30, 135-139. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-020-00595-z
Berghofer,
P., François, J., Friederich, S., Gomes, H.,
Hetzroni, G., Maas, A., & Sondenheimer, R. (2021).
Gauge Symmetries, Symmetry Breaking, and Gauge-Invariant
Approaches. arXiv.
Friederich,
S. (2021). Introducing the Q-based interpretation
of quantum theory. arXiv.
Friederich,
S. (2021). Multiverse Theories: A Philosophical
Perspective. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108765947
2019
Friederich,
S. (2019). A New Fine-Tuning Argument for the
Multiverse. Foundations of Physics,
49(9), 1011–1021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-019-00246-2
Friederich,
S., & Evans, P. W. (2019). Retrocausality in
quantum mechanics. The Stanford Encyclopedia of
Philosophy, 2019(Summer). https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-retrocausality/
2018
Friederich,
S. (2019). Reconsidering the Inverse Gambler's Fallacy
Charge Against the Fine-Tuning Argument for the Multiverse.
Journal for General Philosophy of Science,
50(1), 29-41. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10838-018-9422-3
Friederich,
S. (2018). The asymptotic safety scenario for quantum
gravity - An appraisal. Studies in History and
Philosophy of Modern Physics, 63, 65-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2017.12.001
2017
Friederich,
S. (2017). Choosing Beauty. Logique
et Analyse, 60(240), 449-463. https://doi.org/10.2143/LEA.240.0.3254092
Friederich,
S. (2017). Fine-tuning. The Stanford
Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Fall 2017. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/fine-tuning/
Friederich,
S. (2017). Fine-tuning as old evidence,
double-counting, and the multiverse. International
Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 31(4),
363-377. https://doi.org/10.1080/02698595.2019.1565214
Friederich,
S. (2017). Resolving the observer reference class
problem in cosmology. Physical Review
D, 95(12), Article 123520. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.95.123520
Friederich,
S. (2017). Symmetries and the identity of physicsl
states. In M. Massimi, J.-W. Romeijn, & G. Schurz
(Eds.), EPSA15 Selected Papers (pp. 153-165). (European
Studies in Philosophy of Science; Vol. 5). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53730-6_13
2016
Friederich,
S. (2016). Self-location and causal context.
Grazer Philosophische Studien,
93(2), 232-258. https://doi.org/10.1163/18756735-09302008
2015
Friederich,
S. (2015). Particle physics after the Higgs discovery:
Philosophical perspectives. Studies in History and
Philosophy of Modern Physics, 51, 69-70.
Friederich,
S. (2015). Re-thinking local causality.
Synthese, 192(1), 221-240. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-014-0563-6
2014
Friederich,
S. (2015). Symmetry, empirical significance, and
identity. British Journal for the Philosophy of
Science, 66(3), 537-559. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axt046
Friederich,
S. (2014). A Philosophical Look at the Higgs
Mechanism. Journal for General Philosophy of
Science, 45(2), 335-350. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10838-014-9257-5
Friederich,
S. (2014). Interpreting Quantum Theory: A
Therapeutic Approach. (New Directions in the Philosophy
of Science). Palgrave MacMillan.
Friederich,
S., Harlander, R., & Karaca, K. (2014).
Philosophical perspectives on ad hoc hypotheses and the Higgs
mechanism. Synthese, 191(16),
3897-3917. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-014-0504-4
2013
Friederich,
S. (2013). Gauge symmetry breaking in gauge theories
-- in search of clarification. European Journal
for Philosophy of Science, 3(2), 157-182. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-012-0061-y
Friederich,
S. (2013). In defence of non-ontic accounts of quantum
states. Studies in History and Philosophy of
Modern Physics, 44(2), 77-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2013.01.002
Friederich,
S. (2013). Interpreting Heisenberg interpreting
quantum states. Philosophia Naturalis,
50, 85-114.
Friederich,
S. (2013). Pristinism under Pressure: Ruetsche on the
Interpretation of Quantum Theories.
Erkenntnis, 78(5), 1205-1212. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-012-9420-5
2011
Friederich,
S., Krahl, H. C., & Wetterich, C. (2011).
Functional renormalization for spontaneous symmetry breaking
in the Hubbard model. Physical Review
B, 83, 155125.
Friederich,
S. (2011). How to spell out the epistemic conception
of quantum states. Studies in History and
Philosophy of Modern Physics, 42(3), 149-157.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2011.01.002
Friederich,
S. (2011). Motivating Wittgenstein's perspective on
mathematical sentences as norms. Philosophia
Mathematica, 19(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1093/philmat/nkq024
2010
Friederich,
S., Krahl, H. C., & Wetterich, C. (2010).
Four-point vertex in the Hubbard model and partial
bosonization. Physical Review B,
81, 235108.
Friederich,
S. (2010). Structuralism and meta-mathematics.
Erkenntnis, 73, 67-81. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-010-9210-x
2009
Krahl,
H. C., Friederich, S., & Wetterich, C. (2009).
Incommensurate antiferromagnetic fluctuations in the Hubbard
model. Physical Review B, 80,
014436.
2008
Friederich,
S., & Meden, V. (2008). Spin-charge separation in
transport through Luttinger liquid rings. Physical
Review B, 77, Article 195122. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.77.195122
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