I work primarily in the philosophy of science and the philosophy of physics, especially on questions in statistical mechanics such as 'where does the direction of time come from?' and 'how do higher-level sciences relate to more fundamental sciences?'. Before joining Stirling, I was a postdoc at the University of Birmingham, and before that I completed my PhD at the University of Cambridge.
Journal Article
Robertson K (2025) The Probability Map of the Universe: Essays on David Albert’s Time and Chance, edited by Barry Loewer, Brad Weslake & Eric B. Winsberg. Robertson K (Researcher) Mind, Art. No.: fzae043. https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/fzae043
Journal Article
Robertson K (2025) The Probability Map of the Universe: Essays on David Albert’s time and Chance, Loewer, Barry; Weslake, Brad & Winsberg, Eric B. (eds.) Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 2023, pp. 1-389.. Mind, Art. No.: fzae043. https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/fzae043
Journal Article
Emerging into the rainforest: Emergence and special science ontology
Franklin A & Robertson K (2024) Emerging into the rainforest: Emergence and special science ontology. European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 14 (4). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-024-00622-4
Book
Robertson K & Wilson A (eds.) (2024) Levels of Explanation. Oxford: Oxford University PressOxford. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192862945.001.0001
Article
Black hole thermodynamics: a crisis of identity
Robertson K (2024) Black hole thermodynamics: a crisis of identity. Australasian Journal of Philosophy.
Article
Robertson K & Prunkl C (2023) Is Thermodynamics Subjective?. Philosophy of Science, 90 (5), pp. 1320-1330. https://doi.org/10.1017/psa.2023.58
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Theoretical Relicts: Progress, Reduction, and Autonomy
Robertson K & Wilson A (2023) Theoretical Relicts: Progress, Reduction, and Autonomy. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. https://doi.org/10.1086/724445
Article
Franklin A & Robertson K (2023) Book Forum: A Middle Way: A Non-Fundamental Approach to Many-Body Physics by Robert Batterman: Autonomy and Varieties of Reduction. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 97, pp. 123-125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsa.2022.08.014
Article
In Search of the Holy Grail: How to Reduce the Second Law of Thermodynamics
Robertson K (2022) In Search of the Holy Grail: How to Reduce the Second Law of Thermodynamics. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 73 (4), pp. 987-1020. https://doi.org/10.1086/714795
Article
Autonomy generalised; or, Why doesn't physics matter more?
Robertson K (2021) Autonomy generalised; or, Why doesn't physics matter more?. ERGO.