Daniel Parker’s research interests focus on the philosophy of physics and philosophy of science. His current research projects involve foundational issues in statistical mechanics such as the reduction of thermodynamics to statistical mechanics and attempts to ground the distinction between past and future in the 2nd law of Thermodynamics. His interests extend into the relations between the various temporal asymmetries we find in the world, such as those of causation and why we have records of the past but not the future. He also has interests in the foundations of quantum mechanics, scientific realism and in understanding the use and role of computational methods in the physical sciences.