Nick Huggett

Nick Huggett is LAS Distinguished Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Illinois at Chicago, specializing in the philosophy of physics and the history of natural philosophy. He holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Rutgers University.

His research examines foundational questions in contemporary physics, particularly concerning the nature of space and time in quantum gravity theories. Huggett investigates how spacetime may emerge from more fundamental non-spatiotemporal structures in approaches like string theory and causal set theory.

He has developed philosophical frameworks for understanding quantum gravity, analyzed the historical development of space theories from antiquity to the present, and explored the implications of quantum mechanics for metaphysical concepts like identity and individuality.

Huggett directs the Beyond Spacetime project and has authored influential works including 'Everywhere and Everywhen' and 'Physics Meets Philosophy at the Planck Scale'.