Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller is the Joukowsky Family Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Brown University (2019-present). She holds a PhD from Harvard University (2014) and previously taught at Yale University (2015-2019) and the University of Birmingham (UK, 2014-2015). Her research focuses on metaphysics and philosophy of science, particularly addressing topics like Humean Supervenience, quantum holism, fundamentality, and scientific explanation.

Her academic affiliations include Brown University's Department of Philosophy and contributions to the Physics and Philosophy Concentration. Key research interests include quantum entanglement, Bohmian mechanics, and the relationship between metaphysical holism and reductive explanations.

Miller's work critiques monist and pluralist metaphysical frameworks, exploring how quantum theories challenge traditional reductionist views. She has engaged extensively with debates on the implications of quantum mechanics for metaphysical doctrines like Lewisian Humeanism.

Her articles analyze topics such as the supervenience of global properties on local qualities, counterfactuals in Humean systems, and the ontological foundations of GRW dynamics. These contributions highlight her focus on bridging philosophy of physics and core metaphysical questions.