Peter Bokulich's Homepage

I am Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department at Boston University, and the Associate Director of the Center for Philosophy and History of Science. I received my Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame in 2003, and for the next two years was a postdoctoral fellow at the Dibner Institute for History of Science and Technology at M.I.T.
My research focuses on the applicability and limitations of concepts in various scientific theories. The historical aspect of my work investigates the role of complementarity and classical concepts in the development of quantum field theory. My interests in philosophy of physics include the relationship between classical and quantum field theories, conceptual difficulties facing the application of quantum theory to gravity, and the relationship between thermodynamics and black holes.

In addition to history and philosophy of physics, I am also actively working on the issue of scientific reduction--both generally, and as a solution to the mind-body problem--and on the metaphysics of causation.

I am Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department at Boston University, and the Associate Director of the Center for Philosophy and History of Science. I received my Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame in 2003, and for the next two years was a postdoctoral fellow at the Dibner Institute for History of Science and Technology at M.I.T. My research focuses on the applicability and limitations of concepts in various scientific theories. The historical aspect of my work investigates the role of complementarity and classical concepts in the development of quantum field theory. My interests in philosophy of physics include the relationship between classical and quantum field theories, conceptual difficulties facing the application of quantum theory to gravity, and the relationship between thermodynamics and black holes. In addition to history and philosophy of physics, I am also actively working on the issue of scientific reduction--both generally, and as a solution to the mind-body problem--and on the metaphysics of causation.

Curriculum Vitae

Faculty Page

pbokulicbu.edu
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Teaching:

Reading for PH 265 for Tues. Nov. 4

Study Guide for Final for PH 100,in pdf.

Hints on writing a philosophy paper in pdf.

Syllabus for PH 100, in pdf.

SEP Article on Black Holes (DRAFT).

Research:

"Avoiding the Block Universe is a set of unpolished comments on an article by Petkov.

"Does Black Hole Complementarity Answer Hawking's Information Loss Paradox?" is forthcoming in Philosophy of Science.

Alisa and I coauthored "Niels Bohr's Generalization of Classical Mechanics," which will be appearing in a forthcoming issue of Foundations of Physics.

"Black Hole Remnants and Classical vs. Quantum Gravity" was presented at the Philosophy of Science Association's 2000 meeting and is published in Philosophy of Science 68 (2001) pp. S407-S423.

My dissertation: Horizons of Description: Black Holes and Complementarity.
My dissertation director: Don Howard.

Other handy sites:

Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology at MIT.
ND Philosophy Department.
History and Philosophy of Science Program at Notre Dame.
Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University.
BU Philosophy Department.
BU's M.A. in Philosophy of Science.
Expelled.
Expelled Movie.
BU's Library Catalog.

You can e-mail me at pbokulic [at] bu [dot] edu.