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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Looking forward to 2-and-a-half talks next week w/ @yichenluo.bsky.social at PKU & CASIP! Yichen will share our current work on analogies and disanalogies between integrable quantum stat mech and classical TD, while I'll speak on the "work" concept in quantum TD, and classical TD in relativity.

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British Journal for the Philosophy of Science @thebjps.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Just accepted: De-idealizing De-idealization: Beyond Full Reversal – Yichen Luo & Eugene Y S Chua Abstract in alt text or read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsci #philsky

ABSTRACT. There is a question of whether de-idealization is needed for justified use of---for 'checking'---idealizations. We argue that the standard philosophical account of de-idealization has become too idealized, but that this does not preclude the possibility of justificatory practices that show how models can be used to make inferences about the world. In turn, motivated by examples in physics, we provide a more expansive and practice-driven account of de-idealization by relaxing the standards for closeness to more realistic theoretical items, identifying at least three kinds of procedure for de-idealization: intra-model, inter-model, and measurement de-idealizations. These examples highlight how idealizations can be---and indeed have been---scrutinized within physics without appealing to the philosopher's idealized notion of de-idealization.

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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Talks from the 2025 Foundations of Thermodynamics workshop held at NTU Singapore, co-organized with @wmyrvold.bsky.social, are now available on YouTube here: bit.ly/yt-ftd2025 Thanks again to all participants for attending the workshop and contributing to the lively and fruitful discussions! :)

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2025 Foundations of Thermodynamics Workshop, Singapore - YouTube

Recordings of talks from the Foundations of Thermodynamics Workshop held at NTU Singapore 16-18 July 2025.

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Wayne Myrvold @wmyrvold.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Call for papers: LMP 2025 Always a fun conference. If you're a grad student in philosophy of logic, math, or physics, please submit!! Please share widely. www.logicmathphysics.uwo.ca

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Conference date and location: May 25-26, 2025. Western University, Department of Philosophy.

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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Looking forward to meeting colleagues and speaking on this paper on idealization, de-Idealization, and asymptotic reasoning I wrote with @yichenluo.bsky.social (UWO), at Lingnan and HKUST in Hong Kong next week!

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Francesca Vidotto @francesvidotto.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

我们量子引力小组祝您农历新年快乐。愿蛇年给我们带来许多新的有趣的科学成果！#LoopyTuesday #lunarnewyear #yearoftheserpent 🐍

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Yichen Luo @yichenluo.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

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