Rasmus Jaksland

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Much of my research is driven by questions that arise at the intersection between science and philosophy. This includes metaphysical and epistemological issues in quantum physics, especially as they relate the (alleged) emergence of space in quantum gravity research and its association with quantum entanglement, but also methodological work on naturalism and more particularly, how science can and should inform metaphysics and theorizing more generally. Aside from these, I have an interest in social epistemology focusing on testimony, disagreement, and belief aggregation.

Current research

I am currently a Carlsberg Reintegration Fellow (two-year Postdoc) with the project Space from Entanglement: A Philosophical Investigation of the Entanglement Frontier in Quantum Gravity. The project examines the coherence of the space from entanglement hypothesis from a philosophical perspective. According to this hypothesis, space is not a fundamental aspect of the reality. Rather, space emerges from entanglement, the most elusive element of quantum mechanics. The project will be the first systematic study of the space from entanglement hypothesis that is external to its native field of quantum gravity. The projects primary objectives are: (1) to assess whether the physics formalism displays the asymmetry necessary for the metaphysical claim that space emerges from entanglement (rather than vice versa); (2) to argue that a world-view without space is consistent even considering the empirical success of semi-classical gravity. By meeting these objectives, the project promises to further justify the hypothesis that space is not a fundamental aspect of reality and establish that this hypothesis must be taken both physically and metaphysically seriously.

Selected publications

1. Entanglement as the world-making relation: distance from entanglement

   Jaksland, Rasmus, 2021, In: Synthese. 198, 10, p. 9661-9693 33 p.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

2. Teaching scientific creativity through philosophy of science

   Jaksland, Rasmus, 2021, In: European Journal for Philosophy of Science. 11, 4, 17 p., 110.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

3. Norms of Testimony in Broad Interdisciplinarity: The Case of Quantum Mechanics in Critical Theory

   Jaksland, Rasmus, 2021, In: Journal for General Philosophy of Science. 52, 1, p. 35-61 27 p.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

4. Dependent philosophical majorities and the skeptical argument from disagreement

   Jaksland, Rasmus, 2022, In: Synthese. 200, 24 p., 45.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

5. Published

   What Bohr wanted Carnap to learn from Quantum Mechanics

   Faye, Jan & Jaksland, Rasmus, 2021, In: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A. 88, p. 110-119 11 p.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review