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2009
23 March 2009	Lecture	Diagrams in the manuscripts of Greek mathematical works Ancient Greek mathematical works are accompanied by diagrams which are indispensable for the understanding of the demonstration. However, the diagrams we usually see in critical editions and translations are very different from those in the manuscripts. This is especially... Read more
18 March 2009	Lecture	Rationaliteit binnen en buiten wetenschap: verantwoording op mensenmaat Traditionele visies op rationaliteit maken abstractie van de positie van de mens in de wereld en vooronderstellen absoluut zekere fundamenten op basis waarvan alle andere kennis kan worden verantwoord. In de voordracht wordt een relatieve rationaliteitsopvatting verdedigd.... Read more
11 March 2009	Lecture	Wetenschappelijke ontdekking en creativiteit In deze voordracht zal een overzicht worden gegeven van de methodologische opvattingen over creativiteit, van de zeventiende eeuw tot op heden. Er zal worden aangetoond dat de romantische visie op creativiteit, die stamt uit de negentiende eeuw, ook vandaag nog doorleeft en... Read more
4 March 2009	Lecture	Filosofie van de wetenschappen vandaag: een inleiding Wetenschapsfilosofie kan omschreven worden als kritische reflectie over wetenschapspraktijk. Deze reflectie kan betrekking hebben op verschillende aspecten van wetenschappelijk onderzoek, en kan op verschillende manieren gebeuren. In deze inleidende voordracht wordt inzicht... Read more
27 February 2009	Lecture	TBA More information on this event will follow.
6 February 2009	Lecture	Making the right exceptions In nonmonotonic reasoning conflicts among defaults are ubiquitous. In this talk I will present a principled account to deal with them. I will do so in two ways: semantically, within a circumscriptive theory, and syntactically by supplying an algorithm for inheritance... Read more

2008
8 December 2008	Lecture	Embedding the 4 valued logic into a context of generalized probability The topic of the talk concerns inference in the context of incomplete and inconsistent information (e.g., the WWW). I present a more flexible 4-valued framework than the so-called Dunn-Belnap 4-valued logic. After reviewing work on the 4-valued logic, I shall present work... Read more
21 November 2008	Lecture	Recent developments in IF logic I will introduce languages of imperfect information (introduced by Hintikka and Sandu in 1989) and several competing approaches to model the dependence and independence of logical operators. I will also say something about the phenomenon of signalling and its applications... Read more
14 November 2008	Lecture	State, 'justice', scribal culture and mathematics in ancient Mesopotamia The functioning of the modern state presupposes a variety of mathematical technologies – accounting, statistics, and much more. Mathematics, on its part, needs the institutions of the state (schools, universities, research institutions, etc.) to secure financing,... Read more
14 November 2008	Lecture	Disagreement and Consensus in Science Judgment aggregation studies the aggregation of yes-no judgments of the members of a jury on logically interconnected propositions into a consistent collective judgment set. As the discursive dilemma shows, proposition-wise majority voting will not in general lead to a... Read more

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