Simon Saunders | |
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 Professor Saunders at the 1st Ockham Debate, held at the T.S.Eliot Lecture Theatre, Merton College, on 13 May 2013 | |
| Born | 30 August 1954 London |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford Christ's College, Cambridge King's College, London |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic philosophy |
| Institutions | University of Oxford |
| Thesis | Mathematical and Philosophical Foundations of Quantum Field Theory (1989) |
| Doctoral advisor | Michael Redhead |
| Doctoral students | include Sherrilyn Roush |
Main interests | Philosophy of physics, philosophy of science |
Simon Wolfe Saunders (born 30 August 1954) is a British philosopher of physics. He is noted for his work on quantum mechanics (particularly the many-worlds interpretation-the Everett interpretation), on identity and indiscernibility in physics, and on structural realism.
Saunders is currently Professor of Philosophy of Physics at the University of Oxford, and Fellow of Merton College, having moved to Oxford in 1996. He has previously held untenured posts at Harvard University (1990-1996), and temporary or visiting positions at Wolfson College, Oxford (1985–89), the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1989-1990), Harvard (2001), École Polytechnique (2004), University of British Columbia (2005), Perimeter Institute (2005), and IMéRA (L’Institut Méditerranéen de Recherches Avancées) (2010). He is married to Kalypso Nicolaïdis; they have two children.