I am currently a DPhil student (a.k.a. a Ph.D.) in Philosophy at the University of Oxford.
My main focus is in the intersection of philosophy and physics especially the metaphysics of space and time.
Prior to this I got a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Waterloo with a focus on Quantum Information.
Research Interests (See Selected Paper below):
1. Metaphysics of Space and Time: What if we could remove and replace the topological underpinnings of our spacetime theories just as easily
as we can switch between different coordinate systems? I claim that we can by using my recently introduced ISE Methodology.
See Video and Paper 1 and Paper 2.
I claim that these new topological redescription techniques lead us to a neo-Kantian/conventionalist view of spacetime topology which I call the
Dynamics-First View of Topology (Paper 3). This view paralles both Brown's dynamics-first view of geometry and a broadly Humean view of the laws of nature.
2. Measurement in Quantum Field Theory (QFT): How should we model quantum measurement processes which involve quantum fields? How must our characterization
of QFT's obsevables differ from how we characterize the observables of non-relativistic quantum mechanics (NRQM)? Can we model QFT-involved measurement
using PVMs and POVMs as we are used to in NRQM? Perhaps surprisingly, we cannot. This gives rise to what I call the Pragmatic QFT Measrement Problem (Paper, Video Abstract).
3. Epistemic Peer Disagreement: How can it be rational to maintain a gritty commitment to one's long term goals against a backdrop of naysaying peers? (Text available upon request.)
Email: daniel.grimmer at philosophy.ox.ac.uk
Long CV: Here
YouTube: Here
Selected Papers
| From Humean Laws to a Neo-Kantian Spacetime: A Dynamics-First View of Topology |
(arXiv)
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| Daniel Grimmer. |
| Introducing the ISE Methodology: A Powerful New Toool for Topological Redescription |
(arXiv)
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| Daniel Grimmer. |
(Video)
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| In Search of New Spacetimes: Topological Redescription and the ISE-Equivalence Theorem |
(arXiv)
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| Daniel Grimmer. |
(Video)
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| The Pragmatic QFT Measurement Problem and the need for a Heisenberg-like Cut in QFT |
Synthese (arXiv)
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| Daniel Grimmer. |
(Vid.Abs.)
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| Collisional Quantum Thermometry |
PRL (arXiv)
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| Stella Seah, Stefan Nimmrichter, Daniel Grimmer, Jader P. Santos, Valerio Scarani, Gabriel T. Landi. |