My Academic Writings
All of my published articles and other writings are available here, with the exception of my books, The Emergent Multiverse and Philosophy of Physics: a Very Short Introduction. Papers are available grouped under subject headings, with abstracts and links; there is also a list in chronological order below, which links to the more detailed descriptions.
In most cases, the best-quality version of the paper will be the publisher's version, but usually you (or your institution) will need a subscription to the relevant online journal. In pretty much all cases I also give a link to a preprint version - usually on arxiv.org or on the Pittsburgh Philosophy of Science archive - but the journal version is usually better quality.
Any paper on this website may be quoted or cited without asking my permission, whether or not it has been officially published yet. (If someone doesn't want their work to be publicly disussed, they shouldn't post it on the Internet.) If you are citing a paper that's been published, please if possible refer to the final, journal version rather than to a preprint.
The date I list for a paper is the date at which it first became widely accessible. In some cases (usually when a collected volume was very delayed), this is several years before the "official" publication date.
2024
- D. Wallace, Open Systems Other Than the Universe, to appear in M.E.Cuffaro and S.Hartmann (eds.), Open Systems: Physics, Metaphysics, and Methodology (OUP, forthcoming).
- D. Wallace, Real Patterns in Physics and Beyond, to appear in T. Millhouse, S. Petersen and D. Ross (eds.), currently-untitled collection on real patterns (MIT Press, forthcoming).
- D. Wallace, Learning to Represent: Mathematics-first accounts of representation and their relation to natural language, currently online only (https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/23224).
- D. Wallace, Gauge Invariance through Gauge Fixing, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, forthcoming.
- D. Wallace, What Gibbsian Statistical Mechanics Says: Defending Bare Probabilism, in submission.
- D. Wallace, Review of "A Guess at the Riddle", by David Albert, Mind, forthcoming.
2023
- D. Wallace, On relativistic temperature, in submission; rewriten and retitled as 'On relativistic thermodynamics' in 2024.
- D. Wallace, Thermodynamics with and without irreversibility, to appear in O. Lombardi and C. Lopez (eds.), The Arrow of Time: From Local Systems to the Whole Universe (CUP, forthcoming).
- D. Wallace, Deutsch's "Quantum Theory as a Universal Physical Theory", International Journal of Theoretical Physics 62 (2023), 215.
- D. Wallace, The local quantum vacuum as the Past Hypothesis, in submission.
- E. Knox and D. Wallace, Functionalism fit for physics, in submission.
2022
- D. Wallace, The Sky is Blue, and Other Reasons Quantum Mechanics is Not Underdetermined by Evidence,European Journal for Philosophy of Science 13 (2023) 54.
- D. Wallace, On The Reality of the Global Phase, online only (https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/20455/).
- D. Wallace, A Bayesian analysis of self-undermining arguments in physics, Analysis 83 (2023) 295-298.
- O. Pooley and D. Wallace, First-class constraints generate gauge transformations in electromagnetism (reply to Pitts), currently online-only (https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.09063).
- D. Wallace, Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Physics, 2024.
- D. Wallace, Review of "The World in the Wave Function", by Alyssa Ney, Philosophical Review 131 (2022), 528-532.
2021
- D. Wallace, Quantum Gravity at Low Energies, Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science 94 (2022), 31-46.
- D. Wallace, Stating Structural Realism: mathematics-first approaches to physics and metaphysics, in J. Hawthorne (ed.), Philosophical Perspectives volume 36: Metaphysics (Wiley-Blackwell, 2022), 345-37.
2020
- D. Wallace and H. Wallace, "Maia Gemma Wallace", born 3rd February 2020 (not available online).
2019
- D. Wallace, Observability, redundancy and modality for dynamical symmetry transformations, in James Read, Bryan Roberts and Nic Teh (eds.), The Philosophy and Physics of Noether's Theorems: A Centenary Volume (CUP, 2022), 322-353.
- D. Wallace, Isolated Systems and their Symmetries, Part I: General Framework and Particle-Mechanics Examples, Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science 92 (2022), 239-248.
- D. Wallace, Isolated Systems and their Symmetries, Part II: Local and Global Symmetries of Field Theories, Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science 92 (2022), 249-259.
- D. Wallace, Review of "The Quantum Revolution in Philosophy", by Richard Healey, Analysis 80 (2020), 381-388.
- D. Wallace, Naturalness and Emergence, The Monist 102 (2019) 499-524.
2018
- D. Wallace, The Necessity of Gibbsian Statistical Mechanics, in V. Allori (ed.), Statistical Mechanics and Scientific Explanation: Determinism, Indeterminism and Laws of Nature (World Scientific, 2020).
- D. Wallace, Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in Finite Quantum Systems: a decoherent-histories approach, in submission.
- D. Wallace, The Quantum Theory of Fields, in E. Knox and A. Wilson (eds.), The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Physics (Routledge, 2021), 275-295
- D. Wallace, On the Plurality of Quantum Theories: quantum theory as a framework, and its implications for the quantum measurement problem, in S. French and J. Saatsi (eds.), Scientific Realism and the Quantum (OUP, 2020).
- D. Wallace, Review of "What is Real? The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics", by Adam Becker, Physics Today 71 (2018) 51-52.
2017
- D. Wallace, Why Black Hole Information Loss is Paradoxical, in N. Huggett, K. Matsubara and C. Wuthrich (eds.), Beyond Spacetime: The Foundations of Quantum Gravity (CUP, 2020).
- D. Wallace, The Case for Black Hole Thermodynamics, I - Phenomenological ThermodynamicsStudies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 64 (2018) 52-67.
- D. Wallace, The Case for Black Hole Thermodynamics, II - Statistical Mechanics, Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 66 (2018) 103-118.
- D. Wallace, Against Wavefunction Realism, in S. Dasgupta, R. Dotan, and B. Weslake (eds.), Current Controversies in the Philosophy of Science (Routledge, 2021).
2016
- D. Wallace, Lessons from Realistic Physics for the Metaphysics of Quantum Theory, Synthese 197 (2020), 4303-4818.
- D. Wallace, Probability and Irreversibility in Modern Statistical Mechanics: Classical and Quantum, to appear in Bedingham, Maroney and Timpson (ed), Quantum Foundations of Statistical Mechanics (OUP, forthcoming).
- D. Wallace, Fundamental and emergent geometry in Newtonian mechanics, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 71 (2020), 1-32.
- D. Wallace, What is orthodox quantum mechanics?, in A.Cordero (ed.), Philosophers Look at Quantum Mechanics (Springer, 2019).
- D. Wallace, More Problems for Newtonian Cosmology, Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 57 (2017) 35-40.
- D. Wallace, The Nature of the Past Hypothesis, in K. Chamcham et al (ed.) The Philosophy of Cosmology (OUP, 2017).
- D. Wallace, Interpreting the Quantum Mechanics of Cosmology, to appear in forthcoming OUP volume on Philosophy of Cosmology, Anna Ijjas and Barry Loewer (ed.)
- D. Wallace, Who's Afraid of Coordinate Systems? An essay on the representation of spacetime structure, Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 67 (2019), 125-136.
- D. Wallace and H. Wallace, "Leo James Wallace", born 3rd January 2016 (not available online).
2015
- D. Wallace, Fields as Bodies: a unified presentation of spacetime and internal gauge symmetry, online only (arxiv:1502.06539).
2014
- D. Wallace, "Life and Death in the Tails of the GRW Wave Function",International Journal of Quantum Foundations 8 (2022), 148-157.
- D. Wallace, "Deflating the Aharonov-Bohm Effect", online only (arXiv:1407.5073).
- D. Wallace, Review of Laura Ruetsche's "Interpreting Quantum Theories, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 64 (2014), 425-428.
2013
- D. Wallace, "Thermodynamics as Control Theory", Entropy 16.2 (2014) 699-725.
- D. Wallace, "The Quantitative Content of Statistical Mechanics", Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 52 (2015) 285--293.
- D. Wallace, "Inferential vs. Dynamical Conceptions of Physics", in O. Lombardi et al (ed.), What is Quantum Information? (CUP, 2017).
- D. Wallace, "Recurrence Theorems: a Unified Account", Journal of Mathematical Physics 65 (2015) 022105.
- D. Wallace, "Probability in Physics: Statistical, Stochastic, Quantum", in A. Wilson (ed.), Chance and Temporal Asymmetry (OUP, 2014).
2012
- D. Wallace, "The Arrow of Time in Physics", in A. Bardon and H. Dyke (eds.), A Companion to the Philosophy of Time (Wiley, 2013).
2011
- H. Greaves and D. Wallace, "Empirical Consequences of Symmetries", British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 65 (2014) 59-89.
- D. Wallace, "Decoherence and its Role in the Modern Measurement Problem", Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A 370 (2012), 4576-4593.
- D. Wallace, "The Everett Interpretation", in R. Batterman (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Physics (OUP, 2013).
- D. Wallace, "A prolegomenon to the ontology of the Everett interpretation", in A. Ney and D. Albert (ed.), The Wave Function: Essays in the Metaphysics of Quantum Mechanics (OUP, 2013).
- D. Wallace, "The logic of the past hypothesis", in B. Loewer, E. Winsberg and B. Weslake (ed.), The Probability Map of the Universe: Essays on David Albert's Time and Chance (Harvard University Press, 2023).
- D. Wallace, "Interview", in M. Schlosshauer (ed.), Elegance and Enigma: The Quantum Interviews (Springer, 2011).
- D. Wallace, "Taking Particle Physics Seriously: a critique of the algebraic approach to quantum field theory", Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 42 (2011) 116-125.
2010
- D. Wallace,"Diachronic Rationality and Prediction-Based Games",Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 110 (2010) 243-266.
2009
- D. Wallace and C. Timpson, "Quantum Mechanics on Spacetime I: Spacetime State Realism", British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 61 (2010) 697-727
- D. Wallace, "Gravity, Entropy and Cosmology: In Search of Clarity", British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 61 (2010) 513-540.
- D. Wallace, "QFT, Antimatter, and Symmetry", Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 40 (2009) 209-222.
- D. Wallace, "The Relativity and Equivalence Principles for Self-Gravitating Systems", in D. Lehmkuhml, G. Schiemann and E. Scholz (eds.), Towards a Theory of Spacetime Theories (Birkhauser, 2017).
- D. Wallace, "Decoherence and Ontology: or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love FAPP", in S. Saunders, J. Barrett, A. Kent and D. Wallace (ed.), Many Worlds? Everett, Quantum Theory, and Reality (OUP, 2010).
- D. Wallace, "How to Prove the Born Rule", in S. Saunders, J. Barrett, A. Kent and D. Wallace (ed.), Many Worlds? Everett, Quantum Theory, and Reality (OUP, 2010).
2008
- S. Saunders and D. Wallace, "Saunders and Wallace Reply" British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 59 (2008), 315-317
2007
- S. Saunders and D. Wallace,"Branching and Uncertainty" British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 59 (2008), 293-305.
- D. Wallace, "Quantum Mechanics", chapter 1 of D. Rickles (ed), The Ashgate Companion to the New Philosophy of Physics (Ashgate, 2008). Published online under the title "The Quantum Measurement Problem: State of Play".
2005
- D. Wallace and C. Timpson, "Non-locality and gauge freedom in Deutsch and Hayden's formulation of quantum mechanics" Foundations of Physics 37 (2007), 951-955.
- D. Wallace, "Quantum Probability from Subjective Likelihood: improving on Deutsch's proof of the probability rule", Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 38 (2007), 311--332. (An earlier version was available in 2003, but this version is substantially revised.)
- H. Greaves and D. Wallace, "Justifying conditionalisation: conditionalisation maximises expected epistemic utility" Mind 115 (2006) 607-632.
- D. Wallace, "Epistemology Quantised: circumstances in which we should come to believe in the Everett interpretation", British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 57 (2006), 655-689.
- D. Wallace, "Language Use in a Branching Universe", online only (http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/2554/).
- D. Wallace, "Three Kinds of Branching Universe", unpublished (available only via this website).
2004
- H.R. Brown and D. Wallace, "Solving the measurement problem: de Broglie-Bohm loses out to Everett", Foundations of Physics 35 (2005), 517-540.
- D. Wallace, "Protecting cognitive science from quantum theory", Behavioral and Brain Sciences 27 (2004) 636-7.
2003
- D. Wallace, "Time-dependent symmetries: the link between gauge symmetries and indeterminism", in K. Brading and E. Castellani (ed.), Symmetries in physics: philosophical reflections (CUP, 2003).
2002
- D. Wallace, "Everettian Rationality: defending Deutsch's approach to probability in the Everett interpretation", Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 34 (2003), 415-438.
- D. Wallace, Quantum Probability and Decision Theory, Revisited, online only (arxiv:quant-ph/0211104).
2001
- D. Wallace, "Everett and Structure", Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 34 (2003), 86--105.
- D. Wallace, "Worlds in the Everett Interpretation", Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 33 (2002), 637--661.
- D. Wallace, "In defence of naivete: the conceptual status of Lagrangian QFT", Synthese 151 (2006) 33-80.
- D. Wallace, "Emergence of particles from bosonic quantum field theory", online only (arxiv:quant-ph/0112149).
- D. Wallace, "Implications of quantum theory in the foundations of statistical mechanics", online only (http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/410).
- A. Kent and D. Wallace, "Quantum Interrogation and the Safer X-ray", online only (arxiv:quant-ph/0102118).
2000
- D. Wallace, "Simple computer model for the quantum Zeno effect", Physical Review A 63 (2001), 022019.
- D. Wallace, "The quantization of gravity - an introduction", online only (arxiv:gr-qc/0004005).