Selected Publications

Jantzen, B. “Ad hoc identity, Goyal complementarity, and counting quantum phenomena,”in
O. Bueno and D. Krause (eds.), Individuals and Non-Individuals in Quantum Mechanics, Syn-
these Library. http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/18487/

Jantzen, B. (forthcoming) “Symmetry and Causation: A General Theory of Biological Individuality,” Minnesota Studies in Philosophy of Science. (preprint)

Aung, E., N. Abaid, B. Jantzen. “Recovery of dynamical similarity from lossy representations of collective behavior of midge swarms,” Chaos 33 (10): 103114. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0146161

Kannan, H., B. C. Jantzen, B. Mesmer. “A formal approach to identify inconsistencies in
stakeholder needs in the context of systems engineering,” AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum, 1469.

Jantzen, B. “Scientific Variables,” Philosophies 6 (4):103. https://doi.org/10.3390/philosophies6040103

Shea-Blymyer, C., S. Roy, & B. Jantzen (2021). “A general metric for the similarity of both stochastic
and deterministic system dynamics,” Entropy 23 (9):1192. https://doi.org/10.3390/e23091191

Kannan, H., G. V. Bhatia, B. L. Mesmer, & B. Jantzen (2019). “Theoretical Foundations for Preference
Representation in Systems Engineering,” Systems 7, 55. https://doi.org/10.3390/systems7040055

Roy, S., M. J. Shirazi, B. Jantzen, & N. Abaid (2019). “Effect of visual and auditory sensing cues on
collective behavior in Vicsek models,” Phys. Rev. E 100, 062415.
https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.100.062415

Jantzen, B. C. (2019) Dynamical Symmetries and Model Validation. in Algorithms and Complexity in Mathematics, Epistemology, and Science 153–176. (preprint)

Hashimoto, A., N. Abaid, S. Roy, B. Jantzen, C. Shea-Blymyer. (2018) “Differentiation of collective behavior based on automated discovery of dynamical kinds,” Proceedings of the ASME 2018 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference. (offprint)

Roy, S. and B. Jantzen. (2018) “Detecting causality using symmetry transformations,” Chaos 28 (075305): 1-11. (offprint)

Jantzen, B. (2017) “Entities Without Identity: A Semantical Dilemma,” Erkenntnis 84(2):283-308. doi:10.1007/s10670-017-9958-3 (preprint)

Jantzen, B. (2017) “Kinds of process and the levels of selection,” Synthese. doi:10.1007/s11229-0171546-1. (preprint)

Jantzen, B. (2017) “Cyberwarfare,” in Joseph Pitt & Ashley Shew (ed.), Spaces for the Future: a Companion to the Philosophy of Technology, Routledge. (preprint)

Jantzen, B. (2017) “Dynamical Kinds and their Discovery,” Proceedings of the UAI 2016 Workshop on Causation: Foundation to Application (http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1792/paper2.pdf).

Jantzen, B. (2016) “Discovery without a ‘logic’ would be a miracle,” Synthese 193(10): 3209-3238. (preprint)

Jantzen, B. (2014). “Projection, symmetry, and natural kinds,” Synthese, doi:10.1007/s11229-014-0637-5. (preprint)

Jantzen, B. (2014). “Piecewise Versus Total Support: How to Deal with Background Information in Likelihood Arguments,” Philosophy of Science, 81(3): 313-331.

Jantzen, B. (2014). An Introduction to Design Arguments. Cambridge University Press.

Jantzen, B. (2012). “Peirce on miracles: the failure of Bayesian analysis” in Jake Chandler and Victoria Harrison (eds.), Probability in the Philosophy of Religion, Oxford University Press.

Jantzen, B. (2010). “An awkward symmetry: The tension between particle ontologies and
permutation invariance,” Philosophy of Science 78(1): 39-59. (preprint)

Jantzen, B. (2010). “No two entities without identity,” Synthese 181(3): 433-450.

Jantzen, B. (2009). “Peirce on the method of balancing ‘likelihoods’.” Transactions of the
Charles S. Peirce Society 45(4): 668-688. (offprint)

Jantzen, B. and D. Danks (2008). “Biological codes and topological causation.” Philosophy of
Science 75: 259–277. (preprint)

Jantzen, B. and T. Eisner (2008). “Hindwings are unnecessary for flight but essential for
execution of normal evasive flight in Lepidoptera.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105(43): 16636-16640. (offprint)