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Dr Vincent Lam

Honorary Research Fellow in Philosophy
v.lam@uq.edu.au

Publications

Book Chapters (8)
Journal Articles (24)
Conference Papers (2)

Book Chapters

Lam, Vincent (2016). Quantum structure and spacetime. Metaphysics in contemporary physics. (pp. 81-99) edited by Tomasz Bigaj and Christian Wüthrich. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill Rodopi. doi: 10.1163/9789004310827_005
Lam, Vincent (2014). Protective measurement and the nature of the wave function within the primitive ontology approach. Protective measurement and quantum reality: towards a new understanding of quantum mechanics. (pp. 195-210) edited by Shan Gao. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
Lam, Vincent (2013). Aspects structuraux de l'espace-temps dans la theorie de la relativite generale. Précis de Philosophie de la Physique. (pp. 204-221) edited by Soazig Le Bihan. Paris, France: Vuibert.
Esfeld, Michael and Lam, Vincent (2011). Ontic stuctural realism as a metaphysics of objects. Scientific structuralism. (pp. 143-159) edited by Peter Bokulich and Alisa Bokulich. Dordrecht, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-90-481-9597-8
Esfeld, Michael and Lam, Vincent (2010). Holism and structural realism. Worldviews, science and us: Studies of analytical metaphysics. A selection of topics from a methodological perspective. (pp. 10-31) edited by Robrecht Vanderbeeken and Bart D’Hooghe. Hackensack, NJ, U.S.A.: World Scientific Publishing.
Esfeld, Michael and Lam, Vincent (2009). Structures as the objects of fundamental physics. Epistemic objects : [research colloquium: "Epistemic objects", May 16 - 17th 2008, Technische Universität Berlin]. (pp. 3-16) edited by Uljana Feest, Hans-Jörg Rheinberger and Günter Abel. Berlin: Max Planck Institute for the History of Science.
Lam, Vincent (2008). Structural aspects of the singular feature of space-time. The ontology of spacetime II. (pp. 111-131) edited by Dennis Geert Bernardus and Johan Dieks. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
Lam, Vincent (2006). Is a world only made up of relations possible? A structural realist point of view. John Heil symposium on his ontological point of view. (pp. 111-120) edited by John Heil and Michael Esfeld. Frankfurt: Ontos Verlag.

Journal Articles

Lam, Vincent and Majszak, Mason M. (2022). Climate tipping points and expert judgment. WIREs Climate Change, 13 (6), 1-15. doi: 10.1002/wcc.805
Lim, Adeline Yi Ling, Khan, Shazra, Chapman, Gwenda, Pazhamalil, Jiann, Platfuss, Tess, Lam, Vincent, Nugapitiya, Saseema Sammani, Whiting, Brooke, Xu, Elena and Pam, Sunday Dusu (2022). Acute bronchiolitis in regional queensland: how well are we doing?. Asia Pacific Journal of Pediatric and Child Health, 5 22123Mc9004905, 26-37.
Lam, Vincent (2021). Climate modelling and structural stability. European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 11 (4) 98, 98. doi: 10.1007/s13194-021-00414-0
Jebeile, Julie, Lam, Vincent and Räz, Tim (2020). Understanding climate change with statistical downscaling and machine learning. Synthese, 199 (1-2), 1877-1897. doi: 10.1007/s11229-020-02865-z
Lam, Vincent and Wüthrich, Christian (2020). Spacetime functionalism from a realist perspective. Synthese, 199 (S2), 335-353. doi: 10.1007/s11229-020-02642-y
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
Jaramillo, José Luis and Lam, Vincent (2018). Counterfactuals in the initial value formulation of general relativity. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 72 (4), 000-000. 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 (2017). Structuralism in the philosophy of physics. Philosophy Compass, 12 (6) e12421, e12421. 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. Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association (22nd, PSA, 2010), Montréal, QC, Canada, 4-6 November 2010. Chicago, IL, United States: University of Chicago Press. doi: 10.1086/662260
Lam, Vincent (2007). The singular nature of spacetime. PSA 2006: Philosophy of Science Association Twentieth Biennial Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2-4 November 2006. Chicago, IL, United States: University of Chicago Press. doi: 10.1086/525616
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