Katherine Brading
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Contact Information
Mailing Address:
Department of Philosophy
University of Notre Dame
100 Malloy Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Phone: (574) 631-6112
E-Mail: kbrading@nd.edu
Office: 316 Malloy
Office Hours:
Homepage: http://www.nd.edu/~kbrading
Education:
D. Phil., University of Oxford
Areas of Interest:
Philosophy of Physics, Philosophy of Science
Selected Bibliography
Recent Articles:
- "A Note on General Relativity, Energy Conservation, and Noether’s Theorems", The Universe of General Relativity, Einstein Studies Vol 11, A. J. Kox and J. Eisenstaedt (eds.), 2005, pp. 125-135.
- "Where lies the empirical significance of symmetry in physics?", Symétries, Contributions au séminaire de Hans-Sur-Lesse, P. Radelet (ed.), Brepols Publishers n. v., Turnhout, Belgium, 2005. pp. 63-71.
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"Are gauge symmetry transformations observable?", with Dr. H.R. Brown, The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 55, 645-665, 2004.
- "Symmetries and Noether's Theorems," with Dr. H.R. Brown, in Symmetries in Physics: Philosophical Reflections, K.A. Brading and E. Castellani (eds.), Cambridge University Press, 2003.
- "Symmetry and Symmetry-Breaking," Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, with Dr. Elena Castellani, 2003.
- "Symmetry and Symmetry-Breaking," The Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science, OUP, 2003.
- "General Covariance from the Perspective of Noether' Theorems," with Dr. H.R. Brown, Diálogos 79, 59-86, 2002.
- "Which Symmetry? Noether, Weyl and Conservation of Electric Charge," Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 33, 3-22, 2002.
See http://www.nd.edu/~kbrading
Books:
- Symmetries in Physics: Philosophical Reflections, K.A. Brading and E. Castellani (eds.), Cambridge University Press, 2003.
