Steven French (philosopher)

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Steven Richard Douglas French (born November 8, 1956) is an emeritus professor of philosophy at University of Leeds.^[1]

Steven French
Academic background
Education	University of London (PhD) Newcastle University (BSc)
Thesis	Identity and Individuality in Classical and Quantum Physics (1985)
Doctoral advisors	Michael Redhead
Academic work
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School or tradition	Analytic
Institutions	University of Leeds Southeast Missouri State University
Notable students	Otávio Bueno
Main interests	Philosophy of science, Philosophy of quantum physics, Metaphysics

Life and works

French studied physics before coming to philosophy and received his B.Sc. in physics from the Newcastle University in 1978. He then pursued philosophy and received his Ph.D. in philosophy of science in 1985 from the University of London with the dissertation entitled ‘Identity and Individuality in Classical and Quantum Physics’ under the supervision of Michael Redhead.^[2]

Selected publications

Monographs

• French, Steven (2023). A Phenomenological Approach to Quantum Mechanics. doi:10.1093/oso/9780198897958.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-889795-8.
• French, Steven (2020). There Are No Such Things as Theories. doi:10.1093/oso/9780198848158.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-884815-8.
• French, Steven (2014). The Structure of the World. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199684847.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-968484-7.

Editorials

• Ivanova, Milena; French, Steven, eds. (2020). The Aesthetics of Science. doi:10.4324/9780429030284. ISBN 978-0-429-03028-4.
• French, Steven; Saatsi, Juha, eds. (2020). Scientific Realism and the Quantum. doi:10.1093/oso/9780198814979.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-881497-9.

Articles

• French, Steven; Ladyman, James (2003). "Remodelling Structural Realism: Quantum Physics and the Metaphysics of Structure". Synthese. 136: 31–56. doi:10.1023/A:1024156116636.
• French, Steven; Redhead, Michael (1988). "Quantum Physics and the Identity of Indiscernibles". The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 39 (2): 233–246. doi:10.1093/bjps/39.2.233.

References

1. AHC, Faculty of. "Professor Steven French | School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science | University of Leeds". ahc.leeds.ac.uk. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
2. "steven-french". AIPS. Retrieved 2025-06-12.

External links

Steven French publications indexed by Google Scholar