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28 August 2006 |
Lecture |
The talk concerns the case of Frege's set theory F. To simplify the matter, the usual first-order version is considered. We shall discuss the way in which growing insights in F do not only lead to an internal dynamics of the applied corrective adaptive logic, but also... Read more |
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29 May 2006 |
Conference |
Kritische Metafysica: Gilles Deleuze |
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18 May 2006 |
Lecture |
Descartes is always and ever concerned with knowledge. Around 1628 he begins his systematic philosophical work by starting to write, though never publishing, the `Rules for the Direction of the Mind' (`Regulae' `ad Directionem Ingenii'). In this work he lays... Read more |
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17 May 2006 |
Lecture |
Causal explanations have not been well explicated. The main question is how explanations provided intelligible unity or coherency. Many explanations provided in the biological and neurosciences (as well as elsewhere) refer to mechanisms that carry information. Some... Read more |
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15 May 2006 |
Doctoral defense |
Doctoral Defense Maarten Van Dyck, Promotor: Erik Weber |
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12 May 2006 |
Lecture |
In the second half of the 19th century, when words like ‘gene' or ‘genetics' did not yet exist and Mendel's theory had sunk into oblivion for decennia, Francis Galton developed his own, very influential theory of inheritance. Unlike Mendel, Galton was very... Read more |
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1 March 2006 |
Doctoral defense |
Doctoral Defense Steffen Ducheyne, Promotor: Erik Weber |
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24 February 2006 |
Lecture |
Wat hebben logische programma's (Prolog), inductieve definities, causaliteit en probaliteit met elkaar te maken? Ik zal twee gerelateerde logica's bespreken: ID-logica, en CPE-logica. De eerste is een integratie van klassieke logica met een taalconstructie om... Read more |
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22 February 2006 |
Doctoral defense |
Doctoral Defense Albrecht Heeffer, Promotor: Diderik Batens |
