
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Coordinator of the Pre-Law Advising Committee
Ph.D, University of Nancy (France), Ph.D University of Bielefeld (Germany), 2008
Alumna of the Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris
Agrégation in Philosophy, 2000
B.A. Philosophy, Sorbonne, Paris, 1998
B.S. Fundamental Physics, University of Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, 2004
Office: Liberal Arts 153
Office Phone: (406) 243-6233
Fax: (406) 243-5313
Soazig Le Bihan
Areas of Interest
- Philosophy of Science
- Philosophy of Physics
- Philosophy of Ecology
- History of Science: Ancient, Modern
- Metaphysics
Courses Taught
- PHL 110E: Ethics: The Great Traditions
- PHL 241H: History and Philosophy of Science
- PHL 262Y: Introduction to Modern Philosophy
- PHL 445: Central Issues in Philosophy of Science
- PHL 462: Descartes vs Hume
- PHL 501: Philosophy of Science: Ecology
Publications
- La philosophie de la physique: d'aujourd'hui à demain, Editions Vuibert
- Bohm vs. Many-Worlds: How Understanding Matters - Or Not, contribution to Understanding Quantum Physics, to be published by Elsevier, in the "Philosophy and Foundations of Physics" series, edited by D. Dieks and M. Redei
- (2011)"Defending the Semantic View: What it takes," European Journal for Philosophy of Science
- (2009) Fine's ways to fail to secure Local Realism, Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, Volume 40, Issue 2, pp. 142-150
- (2009) Que peut la philosophie pour la physique quantique?, Mensuel de l'Université, May 2009
- (2009) Des mondes et des particules (Worlds and Particles), Commentary on Jean Bricmont, Proceedings of the second Pierre Duhem Conference, Philosophie de la mécanique quantique, Vuibert editions, coll. "Philosophie des sciences"
- (2008) Book review: L-G. Johansson, Interpreting Quantum Mechanics: A Realistic View in Schrodinger's Vein, in International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 22:3, pp. 330-333
- (2008) La conception sémantique des théories scientifiques II : Comment peut-elle rester "sémantique" ? (The semantic conception of scientific theories II: how can it remain "semantic" ?), Matiére premiére, 3
- (2007) What status should be given to the quantum description of the world?, Comment on A. Zwirn, in Soler, L., Sankey, H., and Hoyningen-Huene, P. (Eds.), Rethinking the Comparative Evaluation of Scientific Theories, Boston Studies in the Philosophy of science, 255, Springer
- (2006) La conception sémantique des théories scientifiques I: En quoi a-t-elle pu se dire "sémantique ?" (The semantic conception of scientific theories I: in what sense is it "semantic" ?), Matiére premiére, 1
- (2005) L'interprétation de la mécanique quantique (Survey article on the interpretations of quantum theories) Atala, 8
- (2005) Entries Invention ; Impression ; Vapor ; Science ; Sea in Cultural Dictionary of French Language, Le Robert
- (2004) Saving Incommensurability : semantic theory of meaning or semantic theory of science? Comment on Martin Carrier, Philosophia scientiae 8 (1)
Selected Talks
- "Why Understanding matters", Invited Lecture, IHPST, Paris, May 2011.
- "Bell-type Correlations: the hidden causal picture re-assessed", Invited Lecture, ENS, Paris, January 2010.
- “Defending the Semantic View: What it takes,” PSA 2008, Pittsburgh, November 2008.
- “Bell-type Correlations: the hidden causal picture re-assessed,” Center for History and Philosophy of Science, Lunch Talk, University of Pittsburgh, February 2008.
- “Worlds and Particles,” Invited Comment on Jean Bricmont, for the Pierre Duhem Conferences. ENS, Paris, May 2007.
- “Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics,” Invited Lecture for the Alliance Francaise, Missoula, Montana, March 2007.
- “Logical models or scientific models: a false dilemma for the semantic view,” Philosophy Forum, Missoula, Montana, March 2007.
- “In defense of the semantic conception of scientific models,” HOPOS Conference, Paris, June 2006.
- “Que reste-t-il des lois de nature dans la conception sémantique des theories scientifiques,” Symposium What prospects for laws of nature? First Congress of the French Society of Philosophy of Science, Paris, January 2005.
- “Statistical independance between locality and rationality,” Philosophy, Probability, and Physics workshop, Institut d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques, Paris, December 2004.
- “Experimental metaphysics from a certain perspective,” 13th Annual UK Conference on Foundations of Physics, York, UK, September 2004.
- “Epistemological Morals of a twenty year long discussion about non-locality,” 12th. International Congress of Logic Methodology and Philosophy of Science, Oviedo, August 2003.
- “Non-locality: Epistemological Morals of a twenty year long discussion,” International Congress in Philosophy of Science, Dubrovnik, April 2003.
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