Hans Halvorson

Publications

Grouped the same way as the CV. Where a paper is behind a paywall, any freely readable copy is linked beside it.

Books (3) Edited volumes (3) Articles (37) Chapters (20) Book reviews (5)

Books

  • How logic works: A user's guide. Princeton University Press (2020).DOI
    @book{halvorson2020logic,
  title = {How logic works: A user's guide},
  author = {Hans Halvorson},
  year = {2020},
  publisher = {Princeton University Press},
  doi = {10.1515/9780691208718},
}
  • The logic in philosophy of science. Cambridge University Press (2019).DOI
    @book{halvorson2019logic,
  author = {H. Halvorson},
  doi = {10.1017/9781316275603},
  title = {The logic in philosophy of science},
  publisher = {Cambridge University Press},
  year = {2019},
}
  • It keeps me seeking: the invitation from science, philosophy, and religion. Oxford University Press (2018). With Andrew Briggs and Andrew Steane.DOI
    @book{briggs2018keeps,
  title = {It keeps me seeking: the invitation from science, philosophy, and religion},
  author = {Andrew Briggs and Hans Halvorson and Andrew Steane},
  year = {2018},
  publisher = {Oxford University Press},
  doi = {10.1093/oso/9780198808282.001.0001},
}

Edited volumes

  • Reality and Measurement in Algebraic Quantum Theory. Springer (2018). With M. Ozawa, J. Butterfield, M. Rédei, Y. Kitajima, and F. Buscemi.DOI
    @book{halvorson2018,
  editor = {M. Ozawa and J. Butterfield and H. Halvorson and M. Rédei and Y. Kitajima and F. Buscemi},
  doi = {10.1007/978-981-13-2487-1},
  title = {Reality and Measurement in Algebraic Quantum Theory},
  year = {2018},
  publisher = {Springer},
}
  • Deep beauty: Understanding the quantum world through mathematical innovation. Cambridge University Press (2011).DOI
    @book{halvorson2011deep,
  editor = {Hans Halvorson},
  doi = {10.1017/CBO9780511976971},
  title = {Deep beauty: Understanding the quantum world through mathematical innovation},
  year = {2011},
  publisher = {Cambridge University Press},
}
  • Quantum entanglements: Selected papers of Rob Clifton. Clarendon Press (2004). With Jeremy Butterfield.DOI
    @book{clifton2004quantum,
  title = {Quantum entanglements: Selected papers of Rob Clifton},
  editor = {Jeremy Butterfield and Hans Halvorson},
  year = {2004},
  publisher = {Clarendon Press},
  doi = {10.1093/oso/9780199270156.001.0001},
}

Articles

  • Deterministic theories. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research (2026). With J.B. Manchak and James Owen Weatherall.DOIarXiv
    @article{hh25def,
  author = {Hans Halvorson and J.B. Manchak and James Owen Weatherall},
  title = {Deterministic theories},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Philosophy and Phenomenological Research},
  doi = {10.1111/phpr.70122},
}
  • Determinism and asymmetry in general relativity. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (2025). With J.B. Manchak, Thomas William Barrett, and James Owen Weatherall.arXivPhilPapers
    @article{hh25ass,
  author = {J.B. Manchak and Thomas William Barrett and Hans Halvorson and James Owen Weatherall},
  title = {Determinism and asymmetry in general relativity},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {British Journal for the Philosophy of Science},
  url = {https://philpapers.org/rec/MANDAA-9},
}
  • Fundamental physics and middle sized dry goods. Scientia et Fides (2025).DOI
    @article{halvorson2025fun,
  author = {Hans Halvorson},
  title = {Fundamental physics and middle sized dry goods},
  journal = {Scientia et Fides},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.12775/SetF.2025.015},
}
  • Closing the hole argument. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 76, 295–318 (2025). With JB Manchak.DOIPhilSci
    @article{halvorson2022closing,
  author = {Hans Halvorson and JB Manchak},
  doi = {10.1086/719193},
  journal = {British Journal for the Philosophy of Science},
  title = {Closing the hole argument},
  year = {2025},
  volume = {76},
  number = {2},
  pages = {295--318},
}
  • What philosophy of science has to offer to theology. Philosophy, Theology, and the Sciences 10, 96-104 (2023).DOI
    @article{halvorson2023what,
  author = {Hans Halvorson},
  journal = {Philosophy, Theology, and the Sciences},
  pages = {96-104},
  volume = {10},
  year = {2023},
  title = {What philosophy of science has to offer to theology},
  doi = {10.1628/ptsc-2023-0009},
}
  • John Bell on 'subject and object': an exchange. Journal for General Philosophy of Science 54, 305–324 (2023). With Jeremy Butterfield.DOI
    @article{halvorson2023john,
  title = {John Bell on 'subject and object': an exchange},
  author = {Hans Halvorson and Jeremy Butterfield},
  journal = {Journal for General Philosophy of Science},
  volume = {54},
  number = {2},
  pages = {305--324},
  year = {2023},
  publisher = {Springer},
  doi = {10.1007/s10838-021-09594-y},
}
  • Mutual translatability, equivalence, and the structure of theories. Synthese 200, 240 (2022). With Thomas Barrett.DOI
    @article{halvorson2022mutual,
  title = {Mutual translatability, equivalence, and the structure of theories},
  author = {Thomas Barrett and Hans Halvorson},
  journal = {Synthese},
  volume = {200},
  number = {3},
  pages = {240},
  year = {2022},
  publisher = {Springer},
  doi = {10.1007/s11229-022-03733-8},
}
  • Cosmology and Theology. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2021). With Helge Kragh.SEP
    @article{cosmology-sep,
  author = {Hans Halvorson and Helge Kragh},
  title = {Cosmology and Theology},
  year = {2021},
  journal = {Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy},
  url = {https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/cosmology-theology/},
}
  • Concluding unscientific image. Metascience 29, 175–185 (2020).DOI
    @article{halvorson2020concluding,
  author = {Hans Halvorson},
  doi = {10.1007/s11016-020-00506-2},
  journal = {Metascience},
  pages = {175--185},
  title = {Concluding unscientific image},
  volume = {29},
  year = {2020},
}
  • Foundations and philosophy. Philosopher's Imprint 18 (2018). With Dimitris Tsementzis.Full text
    @article{halvorson2018foundations,
  author = {Dimitris Tsementzis and Hans Halvorson},
  issue = {10},
  journal = {Philosopher's Imprint},
  title = {Foundations and philosophy},
  volume = {18},
  year = {2018},
  url = {http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.3521354.0018.010},
}
  • Quine's conjecture on many-sorted logic. Synthese 194, 3563-3582 (2017). With Thomas Barrett.DOIPhilSci
    @article{halvorson2017quine,
  author = {Thomas Barrett and Hans Halvorson},
  doi = {10.1007/s11229-016-1107-z},
  issue = {9},
  journal = {Synthese},
  title = {Quine's conjecture on many-sorted logic},
  volume = {194},
  pages = {3563-3582},
  year = {2017},
}
  • From geometry to conceptual relativity. Erkenntnis 82, 1043-1063 (2017). With Thomas Barrett.DOIPhilSci
    @article{halvorson2017from,
  author = {Thomas Barrett and Hans Halvorson},
  doi = {10.1007/s10670-016-9858-y},
  issue = {5},
  journal = {Erkenntnis},
  title = {From geometry to conceptual relativity},
  volume = {82},
  year = {2017},
  pages = {1043-1063},
}
  • Morita equivalence. Review of Symbolic Logic 9, 556-582 (2016). With Thomas Barrett.DOIarXiv
    @article{halvorson2016morita,
  author = {Thomas Barrett and Hans Halvorson},
  doi = {10.1017/S1755020316000186},
  issue = {3},
  journal = {Review of Symbolic Logic},
  title = {Morita equivalence},
  volume = {9},
  year = {2016},
  pages = {556-582},
}
  • Glymour and Quine on theoretical equivalence. Journal of Philosophical Logic 45, 467-483 (2016). With Thomas Barrett.DOIPhilSci
    @article{halvorson2016glymour,
  author = {Thomas Barrett and Hans Halvorson},
  doi = {10.1007/s10992-015-9382-6},
  issue = {5},
  journal = {Journal of Philosophical Logic},
  title = {Glymour and Quine on theoretical equivalence},
  volume = {45},
  year = {2016},
  pages = {467-483},
}
  • The conventionality of parastatistics. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 66, 929-976 (2015). With David Baker and Noel Swanson.DOIPhilSci
    @article{halvorson2015paraparticles,
  author = {David Baker and Hans Halvorson and Noel Swanson},
  doi = {10.1093/bjps/axu018},
  issue = {4},
  journal = {British Journal for the Philosophy of Science},
  title = {The conventionality of parastatistics},
  volume = {66},
  year = {2015},
  pages = {929-976},
}
  • How is spontaneous symmetry breaking possible? Understanding Wigner's theorem in light of unitary inequivalence. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 44, 464-469 (2013). With David Baker.DOI
    @article{halvorson2013spontaneous,
  author = {David Baker and Hans Halvorson},
  doi = {10.1016/j.shpsb.2013.09.005},
  journal = {Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics},
  number = {4},
  pages = {464-469},
  title = {How is spontaneous symmetry breaking possible? Understanding Wigner's theorem in light of unitary inequivalence},
  volume = {44},
  year = {2013},
}
  • The semantic view, if plausible, is syntactic. Philosophy of Science 80, 475–478 (2013).DOIPhilSci
    @article{halvorson2013semantic,
  title = {The semantic view, if plausible, is syntactic},
  author = {Halvorson, Hans},
  journal = {Philosophy of Science},
  volume = {80},
  number = {3},
  pages = {475--478},
  year = {2013},
  doi = {10.1086/671077},
}
  • Plantinga on providence and physics. European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 5, 19–30 (2013).DOI
    @article{halvorson2013plantinga,
  author = {Hans Halvorson},
  number = {3},
  journal = {European Journal for Philosophy of Religion},
  title = {Plantinga on providence and physics},
  volume = {5},
  year = {2013},
  pages = {19--30},
  doi = {10.24204/ejpr.v5i3.216},
}
  • Ruetsche on the pristine and adulterated in quantum field theory. Metascience 22, 69-75 (2013).DOI
    @article{halvorson2013ruetsche,
  title = {Ruetsche on the pristine and adulterated in quantum field theory},
  author = {Halvorson, Hans},
  year = {2013},
  journal = {Metascience},
  pages = {69-75},
  volume = {22},
  doi = {10.1007/s11016-012-9702-1},
}
  • What scientific theories could not be. Philosophy of Science 79, 183–206 (2012).DOIPhilSci
    @article{halvorson2012scientific,
  title = {What scientific theories could not be},
  author = {Hans Halvorson},
  journal = {Philosophy of Science},
  volume = {79},
  number = {2},
  pages = {183--206},
  year = {2012},
  publisher = {Cambridge University Press},
  doi = {10.1086/664745},
}
  • Antimatter. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 61, 93-121 (2010). With David Baker.DOI
    @article{halvorson2010antimatter,
  author = {David Baker and Hans Halvorson},
  doi = {10.1093/bjps/axp009},
  issue = {1},
  journal = {British Journal for the Philosophy of Science},
  title = {Antimatter},
  volume = {61},
  year = {2010},
  pages = {93-121},
}
  • Can quantum cryptography imply quantum mechanics?. Quantum Information and Computation 5, 170–175 (2005). With Jeffrey Bub.DOI
    @article{crypto,
  title = {Can quantum cryptography imply quantum mechanics?},
  author = {Jeffrey Bub and Hans Halvorson},
  journal = {Quantum Information and Computation},
  volume = {5},
  pages = {170–175},
  year = {2005},
  doi = {10.26421/QIC5.2-8},
}
  • Complementarity of representations in quantum mechanics. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 35, 45–56 (2004).DOI
    @article{halvorson2004complementarity,
  title = {Complementarity of representations in quantum mechanics},
  author = {Hans Halvorson},
  journal = {Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics},
  volume = {35},
  number = {1},
  pages = {45--56},
  year = {2004},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  doi = {10.1016/j.shpsb.2003.01.001},
}
  • Remote preparation of arbitrary ensembles and quantum bit commitment. Journal of Mathematical Physics 45, 4920–4931 (2004).DOIarXiv
    @article{halvorson2004remote,
  title = {Remote preparation of arbitrary ensembles and quantum bit commitment},
  author = {Hans Halvorson},
  journal = {Journal of Mathematical Physics},
  volume = {45},
  number = {12},
  pages = {4920--4931},
  year = {2004},
  publisher = {American Institute of Physics},
  doi = {10.1063/1.1812827},
}
  • On information-theoretic characterizations of physical theories. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 35, 277–293 (2004).DOI
    @article{halvorson2004information,
  author = {Hans Halvorson},
  doi = {10.1016/j.shpsb.2004.02.001},
  journal = {Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics},
  number = {2},
  pages = {277--293},
  title = {On information-theoretic characterizations of physical theories},
  volume = {35},
  year = {2004},
}
  • Characterizing quantum theory in terms of information-theoretic constraints. Foundations of Physics 33, 1561–1591 (2002). With Rob Clifton and Jeffrey Bub.DOIarXiv
    @article{halvorson2002characterizing,
  author = {Rob Clifton and Jeffrey Bub and Hans Halvorson},
  doi = {10.1023/a:1026056716397},
  journal = {Foundations of Physics},
  number = {11},
  pages = {1561--1591},
  publisher = {Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers},
  title = {Characterizing quantum theory in terms of information-theoretic constraints},
  volume = {33},
  year = {2002},
}
  • No place for particles in relativistic quantum theories?. Philosophy of Science 69, 1–28 (2002). With Rob Clifton.DOIarXiv
    @article{halvorson2002noplace,
  author = {Hans Halvorson and Rob Clifton},
  doi = {10.1086/338939},
  journal = {Philosophy of Science},
  number = {1},
  pages = {1--28},
  publisher = {University of Chicago Press},
  title = {No place for particles in relativistic quantum theories?},
  volume = {69},
  year = {2002},
}
  • Are Rindler quanta real? Inequivalent particle concepts in quantum field theory. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 52, 417-470 (2001). With Rob Clifton.DOIarXiv
    @article{halvorson2001rindler,
  title = {Are Rindler quanta real? Inequivalent particle concepts in quantum field theory},
  author = {Rob Clifton and Hans Halvorson},
  journal = {British Journal for the Philosophy of Science},
  volume = {52},
  number = {3},
  year = {2001},
  pages = {417-470},
  doi = {10.1093/bjps/52.3.417},
}
  • Reeh-Schlieder defeats Newton-Wigner: On alternative localization schemes in relativistic quantum field theory. Philosophy of Science 68, 111-133 (2001).DOIarXiv
    @article{halvorson2001reeh,
  author = {Hans Halvorson},
  doi = {10.1086/392869},
  issue = {1},
  journal = {Philosophy of Science},
  title = {Reeh-Schlieder defeats Newton-Wigner: On alternative localization schemes in relativistic quantum field theory},
  volume = {68},
  year = {2001},
  pages = {111-133},
}
  • Entanglement and open systems in algebraic quantum field theory. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 32, 1–31 (2001). With Rob Clifton.DOIarXiv
    @article{halvorson2001entanglement,
  author = {Rob Clifton and Hans Halvorson},
  doi = {10.1016/s1355-2198(00)00033-2},
  journal = {Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics},
  number = {1},
  pages = {1--31},
  title = {Entanglement and open systems in algebraic quantum field theory},
  volume = {32},
  year = {2001},
}
  • On the nature of continuous physical quantities in classical and quantum mechanics. Journal of Philosophical Logic 30, 27–50 (2001).DOI
    @article{halvorson2001nature,
  author = {Hans Halvorson},
  doi = {10.1023/a:1017574203443},
  journal = {Journal of Philosophical Logic},
  number = {1},
  pages = {27--50},
  publisher = {Springer Netherlands},
  title = {On the nature of continuous physical quantities in classical and quantum mechanics},
  volume = {30},
  year = {2001},
}
  • Generic Bell correlation between arbitrary local algebras in quantum field theory. Journal of Mathematical Physics 41, 1711–1717 (2000). With Rob Clifton.DOIarXiv
    @article{halvorson2000generic,
  title = {Generic Bell correlation between arbitrary local algebras in quantum field theory},
  author = {Hans Halvorson and Rob Clifton},
  journal = {Journal of Mathematical Physics},
  volume = {41},
  number = {4},
  pages = {1711--1717},
  year = {2000},
  doi = {10.1063/1.533253},
}
  • Nonlocal correlations are generic in infinite-dimensional bipartite systems. Physical Review A 61 (2000). With Rob Clifton and Adrian Kent.DOI
    @article{halvorson2000nonlocal,
  author = {Rob Clifton and Hans Halvorson and Adrian Kent},
  doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.61.042101},
  issue = {4},
  journal = {Physical Review A},
  title = {Nonlocal correlations are generic in infinite-dimensional bipartite systems},
  volume = {61},
  year = {2000},
}
  • The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen state maximally violates Bell's inequalities. Letters in Mathematical Physics 53, 321-329 (2000).DOIarXiv
    @article{halvorson2000einstein,
  author = {Hans Halvorson},
  doi = {10.1023/A:1007609031556},
  issue = {4},
  journal = {Letters in Mathematical Physics},
  title = {The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen state maximally violates Bell's inequalities},
  volume = {53},
  year = {2000},
  pages = {321-329},
}
  • Maximal beable subalgebras of quantum mechanical observables. International Journal of Theoretical Physics 38, 2441-2484 (1999). With Rob Clifton.DOIarXiv
    @article{halvorson1999maximal,
  author = {Hans Halvorson and Rob Clifton},
  doi = {10.1023/A:1026628407645},
  issue = {10},
  journal = {International Journal of Theoretical Physics},
  title = {Maximal beable subalgebras of quantum mechanical observables},
  volume = {38},
  year = {1999},
  pages = {2441-2484},
}
  • Bipartite-mixed-states of infinite-dimensional systems are generically nonseparable. Physical Review A 61, 012108 (1999). With Rob Clifton.DOI
    @article{clifton1999bipartite,
  title = {Bipartite-mixed-states of infinite-dimensional systems are generically nonseparable},
  author = {Rob Clifton and Hans Halvorson},
  journal = {Physical Review A},
  volume = {61},
  number = {1},
  pages = {012108},
  year = {1999},
  doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.61.012108},
}
  • Superentangled states. Physical Review A 58, 135–145 (1998). With R. Clifton, D.V. Feldman, M.L.G. Redhead, and A. Wilce.DOIarXiv
    @article{halvorson1998sup,
  author = {R. Clifton and D.V. Feldman and H. Halvorson and M.L.G. Redhead and A. Wilce},
  doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.58.135},
  number = {1},
  journal = {Physical Review A},
  title = {Superentangled states},
  volume = {58},
  year = {1998},
  pages = {135--145},
}

Chapters

  • Bohr's epistemological lesson of quantum physics. In How to Understand Quantum Mechanics: 100 years of Ongoing Interpretations (Springer) (2026).PhilPapers
    @incollection{lesson,
  author = {Hans Halvorson},
  title = {Bohr's epistemological lesson of quantum physics},
  booktitle = {How to Understand Quantum Mechanics: 100 years of Ongoing Interpretations},
  publisher = {Springer},
  year = {2026},
  editor = {Jan Faye and Lars-Göran Johansson},
  url = {https://philpapers.org/rec/HALBEL-2},
}
  • Niels Bohr: Physicist-Philosopher in Action. In La philosophie des physiciens, XXe-XXIe siècles (2026).PhilPapers
    @incollection{action,
  author = {Hans Halvorson},
  title = {Niels Bohr: Physicist-Philosopher in Action},
  booktitle = {La philosophie des physiciens, {XX}e-{XXI}e siècles},
  editor = {Florian Laguens},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://philpapers.org/rec/HALNBP-2},
}
  • The point of departure: Bohr's ‘The unity of human knowledge (1960)'. In Can we understand the world? (Ergon Verlag) (2026).
    @incollection{departure,
  author = {Hans Halvorson},
  title = {The point of departure: Bohr's `The unity of human knowledge (1960)'},
  booktitle = {Can we understand the world?},
  editor = {Johannes Hafner},
  publisher = {Ergon Verlag},
  year = {2026},
}
  • Carnap's formal philosophy of science. In Carnap-Handbuch (J.B. Metzler) (2026).DOIPhilPapers
    @incollection{halvorson2023carnap,
  author = {Hans Halvorson},
  booktitle = {Carnap-Handbuch},
  editor = {Christian Damb\"ock and Georg Schiemer},
  publisher = {J.B. Metzler},
  address = {Berlin},
  title = {Carnap's formal philosophy of science},
  year = {2026},
  pages = {521--525},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-662-72937-3_82},
  url = {https://philpapers.org/rec/HALCFP-4},
}
  • Scientific Theories. In Comprehensive Philosophy of Science (Elsevier) (2026). With Sebastian De Haro.
    @incollection{hh26theories,
  author = {Sebastian {De Haro} and Hans Halvorson},
  title = {Scientific Theories},
  booktitle = {Comprehensive Philosophy of Science},
  editor = {Sven Ove Hansson},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Forthcoming},
}
  • Rasmus Nielsen. In Grundriss der Geschichte der Philosophie (Schwabe Verlag) (2025).PhilPapers
    @incollection{hh25nielsen,
  author = {Hans Halvorson},
  title = {Rasmus Nielsen},
  year = {2025},
  booktitle = {Grundriss der Geschichte der Philosophie},
  editor = {Gerald Hartung},
  publisher = {Schwabe Verlag},
  address = {Basel},
  url = {https://philpapers.org/rec/HALRNF},
}
  • The Philosophy of Science in Either-Or. In Kierkegaard's Either-Or (Cambridge University Press) (2023).DOIPDF
    @incollection{halvorson2023philosophy,
  author = {Hans Halvorson},
  booktitle = {Kierkegaard's Either-Or},
  editor = {Ryan Kemp and Walter Wietzke},
  publisher = {Cambridge University Press},
  title = {The Philosophy of Science in Either-Or},
  year = {2023},
  pages = {153-170},
  doi = {10.1017/9781009067713.010},
}
  • Niels Bohr og den danske filosofiske tradition. In Vitenskap, menneskerettigheter og diplomati: Fridtjof Nansen og Niels Bohr (Novus Forlag) (2023). With Anja Skaar Jacobsen.PDFLink
    @incollection{halvorson2023niels,
  author = {Hans Halvorson and Anja Skaar Jacobsen},
  year = {2023},
  title = {Niels Bohr og den danske filosofiske tradition},
  booktitle = {Vitenskap, menneskerettigheter og diplomati: Fridtjof Nansen og Niels Bohr},
  editor = {Jakob Lothe and Helle Porsdam},
  publisher = {Novus Forlag},
  address = {Oslo},
  pages = {245-264},
  url = {https://novus.no/products/lothe-jakob-og-helle-porsdam-red-vitenskap-menneskerettigheter-og-diplomati-nansen-og-bohr},
}
  • Objective description in physics. In Proceedings of the 16th International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology (College Publications) (2022).Link
    @incollection{halvorson2022objective,
  author = {Hans Halvorson},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 16th International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology},
  editor = {Tomas Marvan and Hanne Andersen and Benedikt L\"owe and Hasok Chang},
  publisher = {College Publications},
  title = {Objective description in physics},
  year = {2022},
  pages = {111-132},
  url = {https://www.collegepublications.co.uk/lmps/?00017},
}
  • To be a realist about quantum theory. In Quantum Worlds: Perspectives on the Ontology of Quantum Mechanics (Cambridge University Press) (2019).DOIPDF
    @incollection{halvorson2019realist,
  author = {Hans Halvorson},
  booktitle = {Quantum Worlds: Perspectives on the Ontology of Quantum Mechanics},
  editor = {Olimpia Lombardi},
  title = {To be a realist about quantum theory},
  pages = {133--163},
  year = {2019},
  publisher = {Cambridge University Press},
  doi = {10.1017/9781108562218.010},
}
  • A theological critique of the fine-tuning argument. In Knowledge, Belief, and God: New Insights in Religious Epistemology (Oxford University Press) (2018).DOIPDF
    @incollection{halvorson2018theological,
  author = {Hans Halvorson},
  booktitle = {Knowledge, Belief, and God: New Insights in Religious Epistemology},
  editor = {Matthew A. Benton and John Hawthorne and Dani Rabinowitz},
  pages = {122--135},
  publisher = {Oxford University Press},
  title = {A theological critique of the fine-tuning argument},
  year = {2018},
  doi = {10.1093/oso/9780198798705.003.0007},
}
  • Categories of scientific theories. In Categories for the Working Philosopher (Oxford University Press) (2018). With Dimitris Tsementzis.DOIPhilSci
    @incollection{halvorson2018categories,
  author = {Hans Halvorson and Dimitris Tsementzis},
  doi = {10.1093/oso/9780198748991.003.0017},
  booktitle = {Categories for the Working Philosopher},
  title = {Categories of scientific theories},
  year = {2018},
  publisher = {Oxford University Press},
  editor = {Elaine Landry},
  pages = {402-429},
}
  • Why methodological naturalism?. In The Blackwell Companion to Naturalism (Blackwell) (2016).DOIPDF
    @incollection{halvorson2016methodological,
  author = {Hans Halvorson},
  doi = {10.1002/9781118657775.ch10},
  booktitle = {The Blackwell Companion to Naturalism},
  editor = {Kelly James Clark},
  title = {Why methodological naturalism?},
  publisher = {Blackwell},
  year = {2016},
  pages = {136-149},
}
  • Scientific theories. In The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Science (Oxford University Press) (2016).DOIPhilSci
    @incollection{halvorson2016scientific,
  author = {Hans Halvorson},
  booktitle = {The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Science},
  editor = {Paul Humphreys},
  pages = {585--608},
  publisher = {Oxford University Press},
  title = {Scientific theories},
  year = {2016},
  doi = {10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199368815.013.33},
}
  • Physical cosmology. In The Routledge Companion to Theism (Routledge) (2012). With Helge Kragh.DOIPDF
    @incollection{halvorson2012physical,
  author = {Hans Halvorson and Helge Kragh},
  doi = {10.4324/9780203123294},
  booktitle = {The Routledge Companion to Theism},
  publisher = {Routledge},
  title = {Physical cosmology},
  year = {2012},
  pages = {241-255},
}
  • The measure of all things: quantum mechanics and the soul. In The Soul Hypothesis: Investigations Into the Existence of the Soul (Continuum Press) (2011).PDFPhilPapers
    @incollection{halvorson2011measure,
  author = {Hans Halvorson},
  booktitle = {The Soul Hypothesis: Investigations Into the Existence of the Soul},
  editor = {Mark C. Baker and Stewart Goetz},
  pages = {138-163},
  publisher = {Continuum Press},
  title = {The measure of all things: quantum mechanics and the soul},
  year = {2011},
  url = {https://philpapers.org/rec/HALTMO-17},
}
  • Quantum mechanics. In The Philosophy of Science: An Encyclopedia (Routledge) (2006).
    @incollection{halvorson2006quantum,
  title = {Quantum mechanics},
  booktitle = {The Philosophy of Science: An Encyclopedia},
  author = {Hans Halvorson},
  editor = {J. Pfeifer and S. Sarkar},
  publisher = {Routledge},
  year = {2006},
}
  • Locality. In The Philosophy of Science: An Encyclopedia (Routledge) (2006).
    @incollection{halvorson2006locality,
  title = {Locality},
  booktitle = {The Philosophy of Science: An Encyclopedia},
  author = {Hans Halvorson},
  editor = {J. Pfeifer and S. Sarkar},
  publisher = {Routledge},
  year = {2006},
}
  • Algebraic quantum field theory. In Handbook of the Philosophy of Physics (Kluwer Academic Publishers) (2006). With Michael Müger.DOIarXiv
    @incollection{halvorson2006algebraic,
  author = {Hans Halvorson and Michael M{\"u}ger},
  booktitle = {Handbook of the Philosophy of Physics},
  editor = {J. Butterfield and J. Earman},
  publisher = {Kluwer Academic Publishers},
  title = {Algebraic quantum field theory},
  year = {2006},
  doi = {10.1016/b978-044451560-5/50011-7},
  pages = {731-864},
}
  • Reconsidering Bohr's reply to EPR. In Non-locality and Modality (Kluwer) (2002). With Rob Clifton.DOIPDF
    @incollection{halvorson2002reconsidering,
  author = {Hans Halvorson and Rob Clifton},
  editor = {Tomasz Placek and Jeremy Butterfield},
  booktitle = {Non-locality and Modality},
  pages = {3-18},
  publisher = {Kluwer},
  title = {Reconsidering Bohr's reply to EPR},
  doi = {10.1007/978-94-010-0385-8_1},
  year = {2002},
}

Book reviews

  • On theories: Logical empiricism and the methodology of modern physics. Mind 133, 1161–1172 (2024).DOI
    @article{halvorson2024theories,
  author = {Hans Halvorson},
  doi = {10.1093/mind/fzac065},
  journal = {Mind},
  title = {On theories: Logical empiricism and the methodology of modern physics},
  year = {2024},
  pages = {1161–1172},
  volume = {133},
}
  • There are no such things as theories. Journal for General Philosophy of Science 52, 609–612 (2021).DOI
    @article{halvorson2021steven,
  author = {Hans Halvorson},
  doi = {10.1007/s10838-021-09573-3},
  journal = {Journal for General Philosophy of Science},
  number = {4},
  pages = {609--612},
  title = {There are no such things as theories},
  volume = {52},
  year = {2021},
}
  • Platonism, Naturalism, and Mathematical Knowledge. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (2013).NDPR
    @article{halvorson2013platonism,
  author = {Hans Halvorson},
  title = {Platonism, Naturalism, and Mathematical Knowledge},
  journal = {Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews},
  year = {2013},
  url = {https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/platonism-naturalism-and-mathematical-knowledge/},
}
  • On quanta, mind, and matter. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 33, 744–747 (2002).DOI
    @article{halvorson2002quanta,
  title = {On quanta, mind, and matter},
  author = {Halvorson, Hans},
  journal = {Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics},
  volume = {33},
  number = {4},
  pages = {744--747},
  year = {2002},
  doi = {10.1016/S1355-2198(02)00042-4},
}
  • P. Vermaas, A philosopher's understanding of quantum mechanics: Possibilities and impossibilities of a modal interpretation. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 52, 387–391 (2001).DOI
    @article{halvorson2001philosopher,
  title = {P. Vermaas, A philosopher's understanding of quantum mechanics: Possibilities and impossibilities of a modal interpretation},
  author = {Halvorson, Hans},
  journal = {British Journal for the Philosophy of Science},
  volume = {52},
  number = {2},
  pages = {387--391},
  year = {2001},
  doi = {10.1093/bjps/52.2.387},
}