%0 Generic %D 2012 %T Pragmatic approaches to explanation applied to the cognitive sciences: two types of explanation-seeking questions compared %A Gervais, Raoul %E Van Kerkhove, Bart %E Libert, Thierry %E Vanpaemel, Geert %E Marage, Pierre %B Logic, Philosophy and History of Science in Belgium II %I Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België %P 131–137 %G eng %0 Generic %D 2012 %T Towards More Conflict-Tolerant Deontic Logics %A Beirlaen, Mathieu %E Van Kerkhove, Bart %E Libert, Thierry %E Vanpaemel, Geert %E Marage, Pierre %X

In Ethical Consistency, Bernard Williams vindicated the possibility of moral conflicts; he proposed to consistently allow for the presence of such conflicts within the logic of ought. In determining the nature of moral conflict, Williams stressed its contingency. In this paper, Williams’ characterization of moral conflict is defended. However, Williams’ solution for consistently allowing for such conflicts within the logic of ought is shown to be too crude. Whereas Williams rejects all applications of the agglomeration rule in the logic of ought, it is shown that a more sophisticated approach is needed. An alternative solution is presented in which the application of the agglomeration rule is made conditional upon the principle that" oughtimplies can."

%B Logic, Philosophy and History of Science in Belgium II %I Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België %C Brussel %P 1-8 %G eng %0 Generic %D 2011 %T The intended window of epistemic opportunity: a comment on Miriam Solomon %A Kosolosky, Laszlo %E Van Kerkhove, Bart %E Libert, Thierry %E Vanpaemel, Geert %E Marage, Pierre %X

In this paper, I argue that Miriam Solomon fails to show that medical consensus conferences, as organised by the National Institute of Health (NIH), miss the intended window of epistemic opportunity (Solomon, 2007: 170), and thus typically take place after the experts have reached consensus. This is done, on the one hand, by differentiating between, what I intend to call, ‘academic’ and ‘non-academic consensus’, and, on the other hand, by analyzing the arguments and argumentation style Solomon uses to make her claim explicit. At the very least, the overall argument suggests that her statement is inadequately supported, if not that the opposite claim is true. In this manner, I intend to bring additional insight into the notion of ‘consensus’ when applied in scientific practice. Any decision as to change the NIH consensus development program should take these actual achievements into account.

%B Logic, Philosophy and History of Science in Belgium II %I Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België %G eng %0 Conference Paper %B Logic, Philosophy and History of Science in Belgium II %D 2010 %T The Distorted Research Agenda in the Health Sciences and James Robert Brown’s Policy Proposal. %A De Winter, Jan %E Van Kerkhove, Bart %E Libert, Thierry %E Vanpaemel, Geert %E Marage, Pierre %B Logic, Philosophy and History of Science in Belgium II %I Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België %G eng %U http://logica.ugent.be/centrum/preprints/De_Winter_(2012)_-_Brown.pdf %0 Conference Paper %B Logic, Philosophy and History of Science in Belgium. Proceedings of the Young Researcher Days 2008 %D 2009 %T The Adaptive Logics Approach to Abduction %A Lycke, Hans %E Weber, Erik %E Libert, Thierry %E Marage, Pierre %E Vanpaemel, Geert %B Logic, Philosophy and History of Science in Belgium. Proceedings of the Young Researcher Days 2008 %I {Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België %@ 9789065690432 %G eng %0 Conference Paper %B Logic, Philosophy and History of Science in Belgium. Proceedings of the Young Researcher Days 2008 %D 2009 %T "Clear Moon, Frost soon". An introduction to the Study of Meteorological Practices in the Low Countries (1550-1850) %A Pieters, Eva %E Weber, Erik %E Libert, Thierry %E Marage, Pierre %E Vanpaemel, Geert %B Logic, Philosophy and History of Science in Belgium. Proceedings of the Young Researcher Days 2008 %I {Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België %@ 9789065690432 %G eng %0 Book %D 2009 %T Logic, Philosophy and History of Science in Belgium. Young Researchers Present their Work %E Weber, Erik %E Libert, Thierry %E Marage, Pierre %E Vanpaemel, Geert %I Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten %@ 9789065690432 %G eng %0 Conference Paper %B Logic, Philosophy and History of Science in Belgium. Proceedings of the Young Researcher Days 2008 %D 2009 %T Mathematics through man-computer interaction. A study of the early years of computing. %A De Mol, Liesbeth %E Weber, Erik %E Libert, Thierry %E Marage, Pierre %E Vanpaemel, Geert %B Logic, Philosophy and History of Science in Belgium. Proceedings of the Young Researcher Days 2008 %I Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten %@ 9789065690432 %G eng %0 Generic %D 2009 %T Modal Logic and Philosophy. A case study. %A Urbaniak, Rafal %A Rostalska, Agnieszka %E Weber, Erik %E Libert, Thierry %E Marage, Pierre %E Vanpaemel, Geert %B Logic, Philosophy and History of Science in Belgium. Proceedings of the Young Researchers Days 2008 %I Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België %C Brussel %P 79-83 %G eng %0 Conference Paper %B Logic, Philosophy and History of Science in Belgium. Proceedings of the Young Researchers Days 2008 %D 2009 %T A note on constructive modalities for information %A Primiero, Giuseppe %E Weber, Erik %E Libert, Thierry %E Marage, Pierre %E Vanpaemel, Geert %B Logic, Philosophy and History of Science in Belgium. Proceedings of the Young Researchers Days 2008 %I Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België %C Brussel %G eng %0 Generic %D 2009 %T Probabilistic Analyses and the Humean Conception of the Relationship between Levels of Causality %A Drouet, Isabelle %E Weber, Erik %E Libert, Thierry %E Marage, Pierre %E Vanpaemel, Geert %B Logic, Philosophy and History of Science in Belgium. Proceedings of the Young Researchers Days 2008 %I Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België %C Brussel %P 68–72 %G eng %0 Generic %D 2009 %T Reasoning with dynamic conceptual frames. %A Urbaniak, Rafal %E Weber, Erik %E Libert, Thierry %E Marage, Pierre %E Vanpaemel, Geert %B Logic, Philosophy and History of Science in Belgium. Proceedings of the Young Researchers Days 2008 %I Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België %C Brussel %P 84-89 %G eng %0 Conference Paper %B Logic, Philosophy and History of Science in Belgium. Proceedings of the Young Researchers Days %D 2009 %T Trading off explanatory virtues %A De Langhe, Rogier %E Weber, Erik %E Libert, Thierry %E Marage, Pierre %E Van Paemel, Geert %X

The paper draws on Graham Allison’s case-study of the Cuban Missile Crisis in which three different accounts are constructed from three different explanatory models, each situated at a different level of analysis. First, it is shown that each model produces genuine explanations which could not have been arrived at from one of the other accounts. With this prima facie case for pluralism in hand, the indispensability of the different models is then accounted for by linking the relevance of each model to different explanatory contexts.

%B Logic, Philosophy and History of Science in Belgium. Proceedings of the Young Researchers Days %I {Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België %G eng %0 Generic %D 2002 %T Inconsistencies in Scientific Discovery. Clausius's Remarkable Derivation of Carnot's Theorem %A Meheus, Joke %E Krach, Helghe %E Vanpaemel, Geert %E Marage, Pierre %B History of Modern Physics. Acta of the XXth International Congress of History of Science %I Brepols %C Turnhout (Belgium) %P 143–154 %G eng