List of publications.
Books.
2023. The Aesthetics of Scientific Experiments. Edited with Alice Murphy. Routledge.
2021. Duhem and Holism. Cambridge Elements: Cambridge University Press.
2020. The Aesthetics of Science: Beauty, Imagination and Understanding. Edited with Steven French. Routledge. Press release.
Research Articles.
2026 On the Aesthetics of Scientific Experimentation, Public Humanities
2026 Surprise in Science: A qualitative study, Erkenntnis [with Brandon Vaidyanathan]
2025 AI, Art and Morality, AI and Ethics [*nominated for the APA AI2050 Prize]
2024 Beauty in experiment: A qualitative analysis of aesthetic experiences in scientific practice, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. [with Bridget Ritz, Marcela Duque, Brandon Vaidyanathan]
2023. What is a beautiful experiment? Erkenntnis.[*awarded the 2024 Routledge, Taylor & Francis Prize by the American Philosophical Association]
2021. The Aesthetics of Scientific Experiments. Philosophy Compass.
2021. First principles in science—their status and justification. Synthese. [With C. Herfeld.]
2020. Reflections on the reception of Jean Perrin’s experiments by his contemporaries. HOPOS: The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science.
2017. Aesthetic Values in Science. Philosophy Compass. Preprint.
2017. Poincaré's Aesthetics of Science. Synthese. Preprint.
2017. Virtues and Vices in Scientific Practice. Synthese. [With C. Paternotte.]
2015. Conventionalism about what? Where Duhem and Poincaré part ways. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Preprint.
2015. Conventionalism, structuralism and neo-Kantianism in Poincaré׳s philosophy of science. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics. Preprint.
2015. Conventional Principles in Science: On the foundations and development of the relativized a priori. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics. [With M. Farr.] Preprint.
2013. Theory Choice, Good Sense and Social Consensus. Erkenntnis. [With C. Paternotte.] Preprint.
2013. Did Perrin's Experiments Convert Poincaré to Scientific Realism?. HOPOS: The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science. Preprint.
2011. ‘Good Sense’ in Context: A Response to Kidd. Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science.
2011. Friedman's Relativized A Priori and Structural Realism: In Search of Compatibility. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science. Preprint.
2010. Pierre Duhem’s Good Sense as a Guide to Theory Choice. Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science. Preprint.
Book Chapters.
2026 Aesthetic Values in Science: Contemporary Perspectives, in Elliot and Richards (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Values and Science, Routledge
2026 Critical Epistemologies of AI Healthcare Apps in The Palgrave Handbook on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (with Aisha Sobey)
2024. Theory Virtues and Acceptance. In Scientific Theories and Philosophical Stances
Themes from van Fraassen, ed. Michael Frauchiger.
2023. Scientific Progress and Aesthetic Values. In New Philosophical Perspectives on Scientific Progress, Routledge, ed. Yafeng Shan.
2020. Beauty, Truth and Understanding. The Aesthetics of Science: Beauty, Imagination and Understanding, ed. Steven French and Milena Ivanova.
2020. Henri Poincaré. Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Philosophers. Preprint.
2020. Methods in Science and Metaphysics. [With M. Farr.] Routledge Handbook of Metametaphysics, ed. James Miller and Ricki Bliss.
2014. Is There a Place for Epistemic Virtues in Theory Choice? In Virtue Scientia: Bridges Between Virtue Epistemology and Philosophy of Science (Ed. Abrol Fairweather), Synthese Library.
Reviews.
2017. David Stump’s Conceptual Change and the Philosophy of Science: Alternative Interpretations of the A Priori. HOPOS: The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science.
2014. John Wright's Explaining Science's Success. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science.
2013. Steven French and Juha Saatsi's Continuum Companion to the Philosophy of Science. Science and Education.
Edited Collections.
2021. First Principles in Science. Special issue of Synthese. [With C. Herfeld]
2015. Conventional Principles in Science: On the foundations and development of the relativized a priori. Special issue of Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics. [With M. Farr]
Conferences
I recently organised the Future of Art Conference, sponsored by the British Society for Aesthetics and held at Newnham College, Cambridge. Find out more about the goals and findings of the event here.
2023. The Aesthetics of Scientific Experiments. Edited with Alice Murphy. Routledge.
2021. Duhem and Holism. Cambridge Elements: Cambridge University Press.
2020. The Aesthetics of Science: Beauty, Imagination and Understanding. Edited with Steven French. Routledge. Press release.
Research Articles.
2026 On the Aesthetics of Scientific Experimentation, Public Humanities
2026 Surprise in Science: A qualitative study, Erkenntnis [with Brandon Vaidyanathan]
2025 AI, Art and Morality, AI and Ethics [*nominated for the APA AI2050 Prize]
2024 Beauty in experiment: A qualitative analysis of aesthetic experiences in scientific practice, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. [with Bridget Ritz, Marcela Duque, Brandon Vaidyanathan]
2023. What is a beautiful experiment? Erkenntnis.[*awarded the 2024 Routledge, Taylor & Francis Prize by the American Philosophical Association]
2021. The Aesthetics of Scientific Experiments. Philosophy Compass.
2021. First principles in science—their status and justification. Synthese. [With C. Herfeld.]
2020. Reflections on the reception of Jean Perrin’s experiments by his contemporaries. HOPOS: The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science.
2017. Aesthetic Values in Science. Philosophy Compass. Preprint.
2017. Poincaré's Aesthetics of Science. Synthese. Preprint.
2017. Virtues and Vices in Scientific Practice. Synthese. [With C. Paternotte.]
2015. Conventionalism about what? Where Duhem and Poincaré part ways. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Preprint.
2015. Conventionalism, structuralism and neo-Kantianism in Poincaré׳s philosophy of science. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics. Preprint.
2015. Conventional Principles in Science: On the foundations and development of the relativized a priori. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics. [With M. Farr.] Preprint.
2013. Theory Choice, Good Sense and Social Consensus. Erkenntnis. [With C. Paternotte.] Preprint.
2013. Did Perrin's Experiments Convert Poincaré to Scientific Realism?. HOPOS: The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science. Preprint.
2011. ‘Good Sense’ in Context: A Response to Kidd. Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science.
2011. Friedman's Relativized A Priori and Structural Realism: In Search of Compatibility. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science. Preprint.
2010. Pierre Duhem’s Good Sense as a Guide to Theory Choice. Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science. Preprint.
Book Chapters.
2026 Aesthetic Values in Science: Contemporary Perspectives, in Elliot and Richards (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Values and Science, Routledge
2026 Critical Epistemologies of AI Healthcare Apps in The Palgrave Handbook on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (with Aisha Sobey)
2024. Theory Virtues and Acceptance. In Scientific Theories and Philosophical Stances
Themes from van Fraassen, ed. Michael Frauchiger.
2023. Scientific Progress and Aesthetic Values. In New Philosophical Perspectives on Scientific Progress, Routledge, ed. Yafeng Shan.
2020. Beauty, Truth and Understanding. The Aesthetics of Science: Beauty, Imagination and Understanding, ed. Steven French and Milena Ivanova.
2020. Henri Poincaré. Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Philosophers. Preprint.
2020. Methods in Science and Metaphysics. [With M. Farr.] Routledge Handbook of Metametaphysics, ed. James Miller and Ricki Bliss.
2014. Is There a Place for Epistemic Virtues in Theory Choice? In Virtue Scientia: Bridges Between Virtue Epistemology and Philosophy of Science (Ed. Abrol Fairweather), Synthese Library.
Reviews.
2017. David Stump’s Conceptual Change and the Philosophy of Science: Alternative Interpretations of the A Priori. HOPOS: The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science.
2014. John Wright's Explaining Science's Success. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science.
2013. Steven French and Juha Saatsi's Continuum Companion to the Philosophy of Science. Science and Education.
Edited Collections.
2021. First Principles in Science. Special issue of Synthese. [With C. Herfeld]
2015. Conventional Principles in Science: On the foundations and development of the relativized a priori. Special issue of Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics. [With M. Farr]
Conferences
I recently organised the Future of Art Conference, sponsored by the British Society for Aesthetics and held at Newnham College, Cambridge. Find out more about the goals and findings of the event here.
