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Professor,Department Chair
Office Location(s): 2215 AH Phone: 734.764.6285 ruetsche@umich.edu , phil-chair@umich.edu http://www-personal.umich.edu/~ruetsche/
Laura Ruetsche's research focus is on the foundations of physical theories, particularly quantum theories. Her book, Interpreting Quantum Theories (Oxford) was published in May 2011. The book aims to use peculiar features of quantum field theories to challenge entrenched accounts of what a quantum theory is and how a physical theory comes to be associated with a collection of worlds that are by its lights possible. Laura is also interested in the question of what gender (and similar sorts of social locatedness) might have to do with the epistemic dimension of scientific inquiry. Laura has held tenure-track appointments at the University of Pittsburgh and Middlebury College, visiting appointments at Cornell and Rutgers, and fellowships from the ACLS (the Charles Ryskamp fellowship) and the Center for Advanced Study of the Behavioral Sciences.
Publications
2006. “Johnny’s So Long at the Ferromagnet,” Philosophy of Science 73 [Proceedings]: 473-486.
2005. (with John Earman), “Relativistic Invariance and Modal Interpretations,” Philosophy of Science 72: 557-583.
2004. “Virtue and Contingent History: Possibilities for Feminist Epistemology,” Hypatia 19 [Special Issue: Feminism and Science, Lynn Hankinson-Nelson and Alison Wylie, co-editors]: 73-101.
View Laura Ruetsche's CV.
