Michael Cuffaro

Michael Cuffaro is a Visiting Researcher at the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP) at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) and an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow. He holds an external membership at the MCMP while residing in Montreal. He earned a BSc in Computer Science from Concordia University, followed by an MA and PhD in Philosophy from the University of Western Ontario. His postdoctoral research included positions at LMU’s MCMP and the Rotman Institute of Philosophy, and he served as a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Descartes Centre (Utrecht University) and an external member of the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Vienna.

His research focuses on the philosophy of science, history of philosophy of science, and the interplay between physics, computation, and information. He co-authored Understanding Quantum Raffles: Quantum Mechanics on an Informational Approach, co-edited Physical Perspectives on Computation, Computational Perspectives on Physics, and authored the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Quantum Computation. He has published in leading journals such as The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Science.

He has received the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship and has contributed to interdisciplinary discussions on scientific explanation, Kantian philosophy, legal theory, and political philosophy. Additionally, he maintains external affiliations with the Rotman Institute and the MCMP, and his work often bridges foundational questions in physics with computational and informational frameworks.