VASSILIOS KARAKOSTAS
Professor
Philosophy of Physics
Division: Philosophy and Theory of Science and Technology
Phone: +30-210-7275534
E-mail: karakost[at]phs.uoa[dot]gr
Vassilios Karakostas is Professor of Philosophy of Physics at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He received his PhD, working on the conceptual foundations of quantum mechanics, from the University of Cambridge. After completing his doctoral studies, he was elected as a Research Fellow at Cambridge University. His main research interests lie in the foundations and philosophy of quantum mechanics, quantum logic, category theory, philosophy of space-time theories, and philosophy of science, with particular reference to the metaphysical basis of science, the realism/antirealism conflict in contemporary science, and theories of truth. His publications, on all preceding fields, appear in distinguished journals such as Foundations of Physics, Philosophy of Science, Synthese, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, International Journal of Theoretical Physics, Journal for General Philosophy of Science, etc. He has delivered numerous lectures in international conferences and scientific workshops worldwide. He has been principal editor of the Third European Philosophy of Science Association Proceedings, Perspectives and Foundational Problems in Philosophy of Science (Springer, 2013), co-organizer of the First Panhellenic Conference in Philosophy of Science (2010), and Director of the Division of Philosophy and Theory of Science and Technology of the HPS Department (2014-2016).