Philosopher of science and physics

Hi!
I'm Simon - a postdoc at Stockholm University, deparment of philosophy, and at University of Amsterdam, Institute of Physics. My current work revolves around the history and philosophy of dark matter.

Selected works:
Extragalactic Reality Revisited: Astrophysics and Entity Realism
An analysis on the viability of black hole realism within the framework of entity realism based on the epistemology of astrophysical black holes.
Published chapter in Philosophy of Astrophysics
Stars, Simulations, and the Struggle to Determine What is Out There

Scientific Realism and Empirical Confirmation: a Puzzle
How IBE-driven scientific realism leads to an undermining of classical empirical confirmation of dark matter and what to do about it.
Published in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science.

From Unobservable to Observable: Scientific Realism and the Discovery of Radium
A novel defense of success-to-truth inferences to unobservables based on entity changes in scientific processes.
Published in Journal for General Philosophy of Science.

Against Methodological Continuity and Metaphysical Knowledge
An argument against a specific strategy to justify inference to the best explanation in metaphysics.
Published in European Journal for Philosophy of Science.

Modest Scientific Realism and Belief in Astronomical Entities
An investigation of the viablity of entity realism in the domain of cosmology and astronomy. Presented at the Philosophy of Science Association --
28th Biennial Meeting • Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Nov 10 — Nov 13, 2022.