Dustin Lazarovici
Biographic Data
| ID | 984276 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dustin Lazarovici |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dustin |
| FAMILY NAME | Lazarovici |
| SIGNATURE | LAZAROVICI D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Technion – Israel Institute of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1484-1172 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 44 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The persuasive function of humor in scientific discourse: The case study of “Against ‘Measurement’” by J.S. Bell
The science of humor in persuasion has been examined in many fields, including business, the US Supreme court, and advertising. However, humor is rarely associated with scientific discourse, a discourse which aims to be persuasive and is traditionally viewed as objective. Nonetheless, humor can be found in informal exchanges in popularized science and even more formal settings such as in academic publications. Specifically, this article explores …
Typicality Reasoning in Probability, Physics, and Metaphysics
Position Measurements and the Empirical Status of Particles in Bohmian Mechanics
The article addresses the debate about the empirical status of particles versus wave functions in Bohmian quantum mechanics. It thereby clarifies questions and misconceptions about the role of the particles in the measurement process, the (un)reliability of position measurements (surrealistic trajectories), and the limited empirical access to particle positions (absolute uncertainty). Taking the ontological commitment of Bohmian mechanics serious…
On Boltzmann versus Gibbs and the Equilibrium in Statistical Mechanics
Charlotte Werndl and Roman Frigg discuss the relationship between the Boltzmannian and Gibbsian framework of statistical mechanics, addressing, in particular, the question when equilibrium values calculated in both frameworks agree. This note points out conceptual confusions that could arise from their discussion, concerning, in particular, the authors’ use of “Boltzmann equilibrium.” It also clarifies the status of the Khinchin condition for the…
Super-Humeanism: A starving ontology
The Physics and Metaphysics of Primitive Stuff
The article sets out a primitive ontology of the natural world in terms of primitive stuff—that is, stuff that has as such no physical properties at all—but that is not a bare substratum either, being individuated by metrical relations. We focus on quantum physics and employ identity-based Bohmian mechanics to illustrate this view, but point out that it applies all over physics. Properties then enter into the picture exclusively through the role …
The Ontology of Bohmian Mechanics
The article points out that the modern formulation of Bohm’s quantum theory, known as Bohmian mechanics, is committed only to particles’ positions and a law of motion. We explain how this view can avoid the open questions that the traditional view faces, according to which Bohm’s theory is committed to a wave-function that is a physical entity over and above the particles, although it is defined on configuration space instead of three-dimensional…
The Ontology of Bohmian Mechanics
The article points out that the modern formulation of Bohm’s quantum theory, known as Bohmian mechanics, is committed only to particles’ positions and a law of motion. We explain how this view can avoid the open questions that the traditional view faces, according to which Bohm’s theory is committed to a wave-function that is a physical entity over and above the particles, although it is defined on configuration space instead of three-dimensional…
The Physics and Metaphysics of Primitive Stuff
The article sets out a primitive ontology of the natural world in terms of primitive stuff—that is, stuff that has as such no physical properties at all—but that is not a bare substratum either, being individuated by metrical relations. We focus on quantum physics and employ identity-based Bohmian mechanics to illustrate this view, but point out that it applies all over physics. Properties then enter into the picture exclusively through the role …
Position Measurements and the Empirical Status of Particles in Bohmian Mechanics
The article addresses the debate about the empirical status of particles versus wave functions in Bohmian quantum mechanics. It thereby clarifies questions and misconceptions about the role of the particles in the measurement process, the (un)reliability of position measurements (surrealistic trajectories), and the limited empirical access to particle positions (absolute uncertainty). Taking the ontological commitment of Bohmian mechanics serious…
On Boltzmann versus Gibbs and the Equilibrium in Statistical Mechanics
Charlotte Werndl and Roman Frigg discuss the relationship between the Boltzmannian and Gibbsian framework of statistical mechanics, addressing, in particular, the question when equilibrium values calculated in both frameworks agree. This note points out conceptual confusions that could arise from their discussion, concerning, in particular, the authors’ use of “Boltzmann equilibrium.” It also clarifies the status of the Khinchin condition for the…
The Ontology of Bohmian Mechanics
The article points out that the modern formulation of Bohm’s quantum theory, known as Bohmian mechanics, is committed only to particles’ positions and a law of motion. We explain how this view can avoid the open questions that the traditional view faces, according to which Bohm’s theory is committed to a wave-function that is a physical entity over and above the particles, although it is defined on configuration space instead of three-dimensional…
The Physics and Metaphysics of Primitive Stuff
The article sets out a primitive ontology of the natural world in terms of primitive stuff—that is, stuff that has as such no physical properties at all—but that is not a bare substratum either, being individuated by metrical relations. We focus on quantum physics and employ identity-based Bohmian mechanics to illustrate this view, but point out that it applies all over physics. Properties then enter into the picture exclusively through the role …
Super-Humeanism: A starving ontology
On Boltzmann versus Gibbs and the Equilibrium in Statistical Mechanics
Charlotte Werndl and Roman Frigg discuss the relationship between the Boltzmannian and Gibbsian framework of statistical mechanics, addressing, in particular, the question when equilibrium values calculated in both frameworks agree. This note points out conceptual confusions that could arise from their discussion, concerning, in particular, the authors’ use of “Boltzmann equilibrium.” It also clarifies the status of the Khinchin condition for the…
Position Measurements and the Empirical Status of Particles in Bohmian Mechanics
The article addresses the debate about the empirical status of particles versus wave functions in Bohmian quantum mechanics. It thereby clarifies questions and misconceptions about the role of the particles in the measurement process, the (un)reliability of position measurements (surrealistic trajectories), and the limited empirical access to particle positions (absolute uncertainty). Taking the ontological commitment of Bohmian mechanics serious…
Typicality Reasoning in Probability, Physics, and Metaphysics
The persuasive function of humor in scientific discourse: The case study of “Against ‘Measurement’” by J.S. Bell
The science of humor in persuasion has been examined in many fields, including business, the US Supreme court, and advertising. However, humor is rarely associated with scientific discourse, a discourse which aims to be persuasive and is traditionally viewed as objective. Nonetheless, humor can be found in informal exchanges in popularized science and even more formal settings such as in academic publications. Specifically, this article explores …
Epistemology (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Physics (5 works) · Quantum Mechanics and Applications (5 works) · Philosophy and History of Science (4 works) · Quantum mechanics (4 works) · Theoretical physics (4 works) · Metaphysics (3 works) · Ontology (3 works) · Quantum (3 works)