Book Chapters
Lam, Vincent (2015). Quantum structure and spacetime. In Tomasz Bigaj and Christian Wüthrich (Ed.), Metaphysics in Contemporary Physics (pp. 81-99) New York, NY, United States: Brill - Rodopi. doi:10.1163/9789004310827_005
Lam, Vincent (2014). Protective measurement and the nature of the wave function within the primitive ontology approach. In Shan Gao (Ed.), Protective measurement and quantum reality: towards a new understanding of quantum mechanics (pp. 195-210) Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
Lam, Vincent (2013). Aspects structuraux de l'espace-temps dans la theorie de la relativite generale. In Soazig Le Bihan (Ed.), Précis de Philosophie de la Physique (pp. 204-221) Paris, France: Vuibert.
Esfeld, Michael and Lam, Vincent (2011). Ontic stuctural realism as a metaphysics of objects. In Peter Bokulich and Alisa Bokulich (Ed.), Scientific structuralism (pp. 143-159) Dordrecht, Germany: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-90-481-9597-8
Esfeld, Michael and Lam, Vincent (2010). Holism and structural realism. In Robrecht Vanderbeeken and Bart D’Hooghe (Ed.), Worldviews, science and us: Studies of analytical metaphysics. A selection of topics from a methodological perspective (pp. 10-31) Hackensack, NJ, U.S.A.: World Scientific Publishing.
Esfeld, Michael and Lam, Vincent (2009). Structures as the objects of fundamental physics. In Uljana Feest, Hans-Jörg Rheinberger and Günter Abel (Ed.), Epistemic objects : [research colloquium: "Epistemic objects", May 16 - 17th 2008, Technische Universität Berlin] (pp. 3-16) Berlin: Max Planck Institute for the History of Science.
Lam, Vincent (2008). Structural aspects of the singular feature of space-time. In Dennis Geert Bernardus and Johan Dieks (Ed.), The ontology of spacetime II (pp. 111-131) Amsterdam: Elsevier.
Lam, Vincent (2006). Is a world only made up of relations possible? A structural realist point of view. In John Heil and Michael Esfeld (Ed.), John Heil symposium on his ontological point of view (pp. 111-120) Frankfurt: Ontos Verlag.
Journal Articles
Jaramillo, José Luis and Lam, Vincent (2018) Counterfactuals in the initial value formulation of general relativity. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, . doi:10.1093/bjps/axy066
Lam, Vincent (2018) Review of Andreas Bartels, Naturgesetze in einer kausalen Welt Mentis, Munster 2015, 254 pp, €29.80 (Paperback), ISBN: 9783957430250. Journal for General Philosophy of Science, 49 1: 145-148. doi:10.1007/s10838-018-9405-4
Lam, Vincent and Wüthrich, Christian (2018) Spacetime is as spacetime does. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, 64 39-51. doi:10.1016/j.shpsb.2018.04.003
Lam, Vincent (2017) Structuralism in the philosophy of physics. Philosophy Compass, 12 6: . doi:10.1111/phc3.12421
Egg, Matthias, Lam, Vincent and Oldofredi, Andrea (2017) Particles, cutoffs and inequivalent representations: Fraser and Wallace on quantum field theory. Foundations of Physics, 47 3: 453-466. doi:10.1007/s10701-017-0069-4
Lam, Vincent (2015) Primitive ontology and quantum field theory. European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 5 3: 387-397. doi:10.1007/s13194-015-0113-1
Esfeld, Michael, Lazarovici, Dustin, Lam, Vincent and Hubert, Mario (2015) The Physics and Metaphysics of Primitive Stuff. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 68 1: 133-161. doi:10.1093/bjps/axv026
Lam, Vincent (2015) Review of 'Discrete or Continuous? The Quest for Fundamental Length in Modern' by Amit Hagar. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, .
Lam, Vincent (2014) Entities Without Intrinsic Physical Identity. Erkenntnis, 79 5: 1157-1171. doi:10.1007/s10670-014-9601-5
Lam, Vincent and Wüthrich, Christian (2014) No categorial support for radical ontic structural realism. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 66 3: 605-634. doi:10.1093/bjps/axt053
Lam, Vincent (2013) The Entanglement Structure of Quantum Field Systems. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 27 1: 59-72. doi:10.1080/02698595.2013.783976
Lam, Vincent and Esfeld, Michael (2012) The structural metaphysics of quantum theory and general relativity. Journal for General Philosophy of Science, 43 2: 243-258. doi:10.1007/s10838-012-9197-x
Lam, Vincent (2012) Geometric possibility. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 26 2: 226-229. doi:10.1080/02698595.2012.703483
Lam, Vincent and Esfeld, Michael (2012) A dilemma for the emergence of spacetime in canonical quantum gravity. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics: Part B, 44 3: 286-293. doi:10.1016/j.shpsb.2012.03.003
Lam, Vincent (2012) Review of: Tian Yu Cao, From current algebra to quantum chromodynamics: a case for structural realism. Philosophy in Review, 32 6: 447-449.
Lam, Vincent (2010) Metaphysics of causation and physics of general relativity. Humana.Mente, 13 61-80.
Lam, Vincent (2009) Metaphysique de la causalite et physique de la relativite generale [Metaphysics of causality and physics of general relativity]. ΚΛΗΣΙΣ (Klēsis), 13 106-122.
Esfeld, Michael and Lam, Vincent (2008) Moderate structural realism about space-time. Synthese, 160 1: 27-46. doi:10.1007/s11229-006-9076-2
Lam, Vincent (2005) Causation and space-time. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 27 3-4: 465-478.
Conference Papers
Lam, Vincent (2011). Gravitational and nongravitational energy: The need for background structures. In: Stephen M. Downes, Selected Contributed Papers from the 2010 Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association. Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association (22nd, PSA, 2010), Montréal, QC, Canada, (1012-1024). 4-6 November 2010. doi:10.1086/662260
Lam, Vincent (2007). The singular nature of spacetime. In: Cristina Bicchieri and Jason Alexander, Proceedings of the 2006 Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association. Part I: Contributed Papers. PSA 2006: Philosophy of Science Association Twentieth Biennial Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (712-723). 2-4 November 2006. doi:10.1086/525616