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Books:
The Cosmic Microwave Background: Historical and Philosophical Lessons
with Milan Ćirković
Cambridge University Press, forthcoming July 2024.
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From Data to Quanta: Niels Bohr's Vision of Physics
University of Chicago Press, 2021.
Reviews: -------
Kvantna revolucija
Heliks, 2019.
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Trnovit put do Higsovog bozona
Heliks, 2015.
Reference works:
Experiments in Physics
(with Allan Franklin)
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Experiments in Physics
Oxford Bibliographies (Philosophy), Oxford University Press
Papers:
Epistemology of experimentation
Observation, Experiment, and Scientific Practice
International Studies in Philosophy of Science, 34 (1), 1-10, 2021.
How Theories of Induction Can Streamline Measurements of Scientific Performance
(with V. Sikimic)
Journal For General Philosophy of Science, Vol. 51 (2): 267-291, 2020.
Egalitarian Paradise or Factory Drudgery? Organizing Knowledge in High Energy Physics (HEP) Laboratories
Social Epistemology, Vol. 32 (4), 241-261, 2018.
When Should We Stop Investing in a Scientific Project? The Halting Problem in Experimental Physics
(with V. Sikimic and S. Radovanovic)
Empirical Research in Psychology Conference Proceedings, Institute for Psychology and Laboratory for Experimental Psychology, University of Belgrade, 2018.
Experimenter's Regress Argument, Empiricism, And the Calibration of the Large Hadron Collider
Synthese, Vol. 194 (2): 313-332, 2017.
Optimal Research Team Composition: Data Envelopment Analysis of Fermilab Experiments
(with S. Radovanovic, V. Sikimic and A. Berber)
Scientometrics, Vol. 108, Issue 1, pp 83-111, 2016.
What Makes a Good Experiment?
(with Allan Franklin)
Theoria (Spain), Vol. 30, No.2, 2015.
Missing Experimental Challenges to the Standard Model of Particle Physics
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, Part B (Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics), Vol. 42, 32-42, 2011.
Philosophy of biology
Prebiotic decluttering: The thermodynamic tail-wind to asymmetric autocatalysis.
International Journal of Astrobiology, 22(1), 15-32, 2023.
Symmetry breaking and functional incompleteness in biological systems
(with Andrej Korenić, Milan Ćirković, Paul-Antoine Miquel)
Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Vol. 150, pp. 1-12, 2020.
The complexity-based explanatory strategy, biological levels, and the origin of life
Rivista di Estetica, 69/3, 2018.
Causes and Entities in Biology
in G. Bianco, O. Švec, C. Jeler , A. François, I. Vuković, eds., French Epistemology, Erraphis - University of Toulouse, and Institute for Philosophy, University of Belgrade, 2014.
The rebirth of the morphogenetic field as an explanatory tool in biology
Filozofija i drustvo, 24(4), 181-198, 2013.
Fine-Tuning Nativism: ‘Nurtured Nature’ and Innate Cognitive Structures
(with L. Radenovic)
Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, Vol, 10, Number 3, 399-417, 2011.
Gene’s Action and Reciprocal Causation
(with Paul-Antoine Miquel)
Foundations of Science, Vol. 16, February 1, 31-46, 2011.
The Limitations of Kim’s Reductive Physicalism in Accounting for Living Systems and an Alternative Nonreductionist Ontology
Acta Biotheoretica, Vol. 55 (September), 243-267, 2007.
History and philosophy of cosmology
Alternative Explanations of the Cosmic Microwave Background: A Historical and an Epistemological Perspective
(with Milan M. Ćirković)
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, Part B (Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics), 62, 1-18, 2018.
History and philosophy of quantum mechanics
Niels Bohr's Complementarity and Quantum Tunneling
in H. Folse and J. Faye eds., Niels Bohr and the Philosophy of Physics: Twenty-First Century Perspectives, Bloomsbury, 2017. (link for the preprint) (review of the book)
Emergence of Complementarity and the Baconian Roots of Niels Bohr’s Method
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, Part B (Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics) 44 (3): 162-173, 2013.
Why Were Matrix Mechanics and Wave Mechanics Considered Equivalent?
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, Part B (Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics), Vol. 39, 444-461, 2008. (The paper highlighted in Nature Physics 4, 349, 2008)
Why Were Two Logically Distinct Theories Deemed Equivalent in Quantum Mechanics?
First Annual Conference in the Foundations and History of Quantum Physics, Max Planck Institute for History of Science Conference Proceedings, Vol. 2, 2008.
Schrödinger’s Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics and the Relevance of Bohr’s Experimental Critique
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, Part B, (Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics), Vol. 37/2, pp. 275-297, 2006.
A Recent Revival of Schrödinger’s Ideas on Interpreting Quantum Mechanics, and Their Early Experimental Critique
Khrennikov, A., ed., Foundations of Probability and Physics – 3, American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings Series, 750, pp. 316-21, February 2005.
Schrödinger’s and Everett’s Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics
in Khrennikov, A., ed., Quantum Theory: Reconsideration of Foundations – 2. Mathematical Modeling in Physics, Engineering and Cognitive Science, Växjo: Växjo University Press, V.10, pp. 747-67, 2003. - For the preprint click here.
REFEREE SERVICE
Review essays and book reviews
Books:
The Cosmic Microwave Background: Historical and Philosophical Lessons
with Milan Ćirković
Cambridge University Press, forthcoming July 2024.
-----
From Data to Quanta: Niels Bohr's Vision of Physics
University of Chicago Press, 2021.
Reviews: -------
Kvantna revolucija
Heliks, 2019.
-------
Trnovit put do Higsovog bozona
Heliks, 2015.
Reference works:
Experiments in Physics
(with Allan Franklin)
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Experiments in Physics
Oxford Bibliographies (Philosophy), Oxford University Press
Papers:
Epistemology of experimentation
Observation, Experiment, and Scientific Practice
International Studies in Philosophy of Science, 34 (1), 1-10, 2021.
How Theories of Induction Can Streamline Measurements of Scientific Performance
(with V. Sikimic)
Journal For General Philosophy of Science, Vol. 51 (2): 267-291, 2020.
Egalitarian Paradise or Factory Drudgery? Organizing Knowledge in High Energy Physics (HEP) Laboratories
Social Epistemology, Vol. 32 (4), 241-261, 2018.
When Should We Stop Investing in a Scientific Project? The Halting Problem in Experimental Physics
(with V. Sikimic and S. Radovanovic)
Empirical Research in Psychology Conference Proceedings, Institute for Psychology and Laboratory for Experimental Psychology, University of Belgrade, 2018.
Experimenter's Regress Argument, Empiricism, And the Calibration of the Large Hadron Collider
Synthese, Vol. 194 (2): 313-332, 2017.
Optimal Research Team Composition: Data Envelopment Analysis of Fermilab Experiments
(with S. Radovanovic, V. Sikimic and A. Berber)
Scientometrics, Vol. 108, Issue 1, pp 83-111, 2016.
What Makes a Good Experiment?
(with Allan Franklin)
Theoria (Spain), Vol. 30, No.2, 2015.
Missing Experimental Challenges to the Standard Model of Particle Physics
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, Part B (Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics), Vol. 42, 32-42, 2011.
Philosophy of biology
Prebiotic decluttering: The thermodynamic tail-wind to asymmetric autocatalysis.
International Journal of Astrobiology, 22(1), 15-32, 2023.
Symmetry breaking and functional incompleteness in biological systems
(with Andrej Korenić, Milan Ćirković, Paul-Antoine Miquel)
Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Vol. 150, pp. 1-12, 2020.
The complexity-based explanatory strategy, biological levels, and the origin of life
Rivista di Estetica, 69/3, 2018.
Causes and Entities in Biology
in G. Bianco, O. Švec, C. Jeler , A. François, I. Vuković, eds., French Epistemology, Erraphis - University of Toulouse, and Institute for Philosophy, University of Belgrade, 2014.
The rebirth of the morphogenetic field as an explanatory tool in biology
Filozofija i drustvo, 24(4), 181-198, 2013.
Fine-Tuning Nativism: ‘Nurtured Nature’ and Innate Cognitive Structures
(with L. Radenovic)
Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, Vol, 10, Number 3, 399-417, 2011.
Gene’s Action and Reciprocal Causation
(with Paul-Antoine Miquel)
Foundations of Science, Vol. 16, February 1, 31-46, 2011.
The Limitations of Kim’s Reductive Physicalism in Accounting for Living Systems and an Alternative Nonreductionist Ontology
Acta Biotheoretica, Vol. 55 (September), 243-267, 2007.
History and philosophy of cosmology
Alternative Explanations of the Cosmic Microwave Background: A Historical and an Epistemological Perspective
(with Milan M. Ćirković)
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, Part B (Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics), 62, 1-18, 2018.
History and philosophy of quantum mechanics
Niels Bohr's Complementarity and Quantum Tunneling
in H. Folse and J. Faye eds., Niels Bohr and the Philosophy of Physics: Twenty-First Century Perspectives, Bloomsbury, 2017. (link for the preprint) (review of the book)
Emergence of Complementarity and the Baconian Roots of Niels Bohr’s Method
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, Part B (Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics) 44 (3): 162-173, 2013.
Why Were Matrix Mechanics and Wave Mechanics Considered Equivalent?
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, Part B (Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics), Vol. 39, 444-461, 2008. (The paper highlighted in Nature Physics 4, 349, 2008)
Why Were Two Logically Distinct Theories Deemed Equivalent in Quantum Mechanics?
First Annual Conference in the Foundations and History of Quantum Physics, Max Planck Institute for History of Science Conference Proceedings, Vol. 2, 2008.
Schrödinger’s Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics and the Relevance of Bohr’s Experimental Critique
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, Part B, (Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics), Vol. 37/2, pp. 275-297, 2006.
A Recent Revival of Schrödinger’s Ideas on Interpreting Quantum Mechanics, and Their Early Experimental Critique
Khrennikov, A., ed., Foundations of Probability and Physics – 3, American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings Series, 750, pp. 316-21, February 2005.
Schrödinger’s and Everett’s Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics
in Khrennikov, A., ed., Quantum Theory: Reconsideration of Foundations – 2. Mathematical Modeling in Physics, Engineering and Cognitive Science, Växjo: Växjo University Press, V.10, pp. 747-67, 2003. - For the preprint click here.
REFEREE SERVICE
- Erkenntnis
- Philosophy of Science
- British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
- European Journal for the Philosophy of Science
- International Studies in Philosophy of Science
- Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
- Foundations of Physics
- Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology
- Frontiers in Physiology
- Philosophy and Technology
- Interface-Focus
Review essays and book reviews
- "Everything flows: towards a processual philosophy of biology", eds. D.J. Nicholson and J. Dupre, Oxford University Press (2019) 2022.
- “Seeking Depth in Science” (M. Strevens, “Depth: An Account of Scientific Explanation,” Harvard University Press, 2008), Philosophy of Social Sciences, 42 (4), 561-572, 2012.
- “Scientific Revolutions Revisited” (F. Weinert, “Copernicus, Darwin, & Freud: Revolutions in the History and Philosophy of Science”, Wiley-Blackwell, 2009), Philosophy of Social Sciences, Vol. 40(3), 523-29, 2010.
- “Following in Schrödinger’s footsteps “ (Lars Göran Johansson, Interpreting Quantum Mechanics: A Realistic View in Schrödinger’s Vein, Ashgate, 2007), Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, Vol. 29, 694-699, 2008.
- D. Kutach, “Causation and Its Basis in Fundamental Physics”, International Journal for Philosophy of Science, 28(3), 347-349.
- G. Gutting, “What Philosophers Know: Case Studies in Recent Analytic Philosophy”, Cambridge University Press, 2009, Studies in History and Philosophy of Life Sciences, Vol. 33 (3).
- N. Maxwell, “Is Science Neurotic?” London: Imperial College Press, 2004, The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 58/2, pp. 361-363, 2007.
- F. Remedios, “Legitimizing Scientific Knowledge: Introduction to Steve Fuller’s Social Epistemology,” Lexington Books, 2003, Dialogue, Vol. XLVI (3), 620-622, 2007.
- B. Ellis, “The Philosophy of Nature: A Guide to the New Essentialism,” Montreal: McGill&Queen’s University Press, 2001, Philosophy in Review, April 2004.