Eddy Keming Chen
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Curriculum Vitae
​I am an associate professor of philosophy at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), a fellow of the John Bell Institute for the Foundations of Physics, and an affiliated faculty member of the UCSD Chinese studies program. ​

My primary research interests are philosophy of physics, philosophy of science, and metaphysics. I am also interested in foundations of AI, philosophy of mind, decision theory, formal epistemology, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of religion, and Chinese philosophy. I have a side interest in using films to popularize philosophical ideas. Currently, I'm co-writing a screenplay about a time-travel romance (inspired by a fascinating article in the SEP). 

​I won the Popper Prize for my 2021 BJPS paper on quantum mechanics in a time-asymmetric universe. (Click here for a short summary.) My works on laws of nature have been published in Nature, featured as a cover story of New Scientist, discussed in Scientific American, and awarded an APA Public Philosophy Op-Ed Prize. My paper on vagueness of physical laws (The Philosophical Review) was selected by The Philosopher's Annual as "one of the ten best articles in philosophy from 2022." I've done a brief interview with the American Philosophical Association (APA) Blog, and a longer interview with Richard Marshall at 3:16AM. 

I am Co-PI of a new Templeton grant on quantum foundations, and a collaborator of a previous project on the quantum arrows of time. 

I earned a Ph.D in philosophy, a M.Sc in mathematics, and a graduate certificate in cognitive science from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ in 2019. ​

On this website, you can find information about my publications, research, teaching, public engagement, and events. 
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  • Home
  • Publications
  • Research
  • Teaching
  • Public Engagement
  • Events
    • UCSD Mini Workshop on Quantum Foundations
    • Science Without Numbers, 40 Years Later
    • UCSD Workshop on Time's Arrows
    • Rutgers-Columbia Workshop on Metaphysics of QFT
    • Rutgers Workshop on Structural Realism
    • MAPS
  • Contact
  • Resources