Events archive
| 12 October 2017 | Reading Group Meeting |
Modal Logic: Chapter 1 + Appendix 1More information on this event will follow. |
| 18 May 2017 to 19 May 2017 | Workshop |
Ampliative Reasoning in the SciencesIn ampliative arguments, the conclusion goes beyond that what is already contained in the premises. In this workshop we explore ampliative reasoning as it occurs in scientific practice from three perspectives: formal (philosophical logic, probability theory), methodological... |
| 27 October 2016 to 29 October 2016 | Workshop |
Agency and Causation: Formal and Conceptual IssuesThe aim of this workshop is to stimulate the synergy between, on the one hand, ongoing work that concerns the logic and philosophy of human (intentional) agency, and on the other, conceptual and formal work on causation and causal reasoning. Although this means the workshop... |
| 6 May 2016 to 7 May 2016 | Workshop |
Logical and Methodological Analysis of Scientific Reasoning ProcessesThis is the start-up workshop of the FWO-sponsored scientific research network on Logical and Methododological Analysis of Scientific Reasoning Processes. Representatives of the participating centres will present their main research lines. The participaing centres are... |
| 13 November 2015 to 14 November 2015 | Workshop |
50 Shapes of Scientific ExplanationThis workshop uses the 50th anniversary of the publication of Carl Hempel’s book Aspects of Scientific Explanation and Other Essays in the Philosophy of Science as an occasion to reflect on the future of the philosophical study of scientific explanation. For a more... |
| 18 May 2015 | Doctoral defense |
Evaluating the aims and methods of defining art: a metaphilosophical investigation regarding the question 'what is art?'Doctoral defence Annelies Monseré. Promotor: Erik Weber. |
| 7 May 2015 to 8 May 2015 | Workshop |
Explanation and Abduction: Logico-Philosophical PerspectivesExplanation is one of the central goals of scientific research and abduction is a type of inference in which explanation plays a key role. Thus far, most philosophers will agree. When we consider more specific claims, however, many questions are still open to debate. What... |
| 16 March 2015 | Lecture |
On two interesting properties of some reducts of the standard model of arithmeticThe so-called analytical hiearachy (of degrees of unsolvability) plays a very important role in foundations of mathematics. Its definition involves describing $Pi^1_n$-sets, for all positive natural numbers $n$. As a matter of fact, there are two popular ways to do this: 1... |
| 13 March 2015 | Lecture |
Capturing natural properties of probability spaces in probability logicA number of probability logics have been suggested over the last several decades. However most of them (we shall limit our attention to non-model-theoretic ones, i.e. those with finite syntax) fail to capture natural properties of probability spaces—such as `being finite... |
| 12 January 2015 | Doctoral defense |
Interests and epistemic integrity in science: a new framework to assess interest influences in scientific research processesDoctoral defence Jan De Winter. Promoters: Erik Weber and Jeroen Van Bouwel. |