Marian J. R. Gilton

  • Assistant Professor, Department of History and Philosophy of Science

My primary research interests are in the history and philosophy of physics. I’m interested in the mathematical and conceptual foundations of contemporary particle physics; the relationship between classical and quantum field theories; the history of quantum mechanics; and the history of mathematical, metaphysical, and other conceptual precursors to the Scientific Revolution. I have secondary research interests in philosophical logic, especially as applied to moral reasoning

Selected Courses

  • Newton (graduate)
  • Scientific Reasoning (undergraduate)

Education & Training

  • Phd, Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 2019
  • BS, Physics and Theology (Philosophy minor), Fordham University, 2013

Representative Publications

Gilton, Marian J.R. (2016) “Whence the eigenstate-eigenvalue link?” Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, 55.