Isaac Wilhelm

isaac.wilhelm@rutgers.edu

Publications

The Counteridentical Account of Explanatory Identities (forthcoming). The Journal of Philosophy.
Comparing Mathematical Explanations (forthcoming). The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.
Grounding and Propositional Identity (forthcoming). Analysis.
Explanatory Priority Monism (forthcoming). Philosophical Studies.
Interventionist Explanation and the Problem of Single Variable Boundary Constraints (forthcoming). Noûs.
The Stage Theory of Groups (forthcoming). Australasian Journal of Philosophy.
An Argument for Entity Grounding (forthcoming). Analysis.
Typical: A Theory of Typicality and Typicality Explanation (forthcoming). The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (archive version).

The Logic of Typicality (forthcoming). In Valia Allori, ed., Statistical Mechanics and Scientific Explanation: Determinism, Indeterminism and Laws of Nature. World Scientific. (with Harry Crane)
A Statistical Analysis of Luck (2020). Synthese 197: 867-885.
Celestial Chaos: The New Logics of Theory-Testing in Orbital Dynamics (2019). Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 65: 97-102.
The Ontology of Mechanisms (2019). The Journal of Philosophy 116: 615-636.
New Data on the Representation of Women in Philosophy Journals: 2004-2015 (2018). Philosophical Studies 175: 1441-1464. (with Sherri Conklin and Nicole Hassoun)
The Representation of Belief (2018). Journal of Philosophical Logic 47: 715-732.

Works in Progress or Under Review

[redacted for anonymous review] I show that centered propositions generate a problem for the Principal Principle, and I suggest a solution.
[redacted for anonymous review] I propose a stage-theoretic, fine-grained theory of properties, relations, and propositions which avoids the Russell-Myhill argument.
[redacted for anonymous review] I argue that some individuals have their genders essentially while others do not.
[redacted for anonymous review] I show that when applied to entangled quantum systems, Lewis's analyses of intrinsicality and duplication have inconsistent implications.
[redacted for anonymous review] I explore three principles for extracting physical content from the mathematical expressions in which physical theories are couched.
[redacted for anonymous review] I use centered changes—chances, that is, of centered propositions—to formulate an account of probability in the Everett interpretation of quantum mechanics.
[redacted for anonymous review] I derive a complete theory of propositional identity from a few plausible principles of grounding.
[redacted for anonymous review] I argue that for the purposes of metaphysical theorizing, the calculus of constructions—a higher-order language which allows for quantification over types—is better than other languages discussed by philosophers.
[redacted for anonymous review] I analyze causation in terms of explanation.
[redacted for anonymous review] I explore several theories of the objective value of naturalness.