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10 June 2005 |
Lecture |
I will present an adaptive logic for the (monotonic) logic CLmin, the logic which underlies the goal directed proof procedure from [2], and which allows all classical consequences of a premise set to be derivable, except for those which where derived by means of the... Read more |
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2 June 2005 to 3 June 2005 |
Workshop |
5th Metaphysics of Science Workshop |
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12 April 2005 |
Lecture |
Among the diversity of logical issues, the most profound and fundamental issues in logic concern the choice of the inferential logic itself. I will discuss the following four issues that need to be addressed in association with the choice of logic. (I) Classical versus non-... Read more |
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24 March 2005 |
Doctoral defense |
Doctoral Defense Dagmar Provijn, Promotor: Diderik Batens |
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17 March 2005 |
Lecture |
At the population-level, smoking causes lung cancer. But what about 'Harry's smoking caused him to develop lung cancer? Or 'in spite of his heavy smoking, Harry did not develop lung cancer'? What does epistemology have to say about the levels of... Read more |
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4 March 2005 |
Lecture |
In this talk I suggest that scientific investigations into biological complexity afford us the opportunity to rethink our understanding of scientific laws and of causal inference. First, I will discuss the "evolutionary contingency thesis" proposed by John... Read more |
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18 February 2005 |
Lecture |
The view that assertions are governed by the rule that we should assert only what we know, is enjoying growing popularity. This paper argues that it is more plausible to assume that assertions are governed by the rule that we should assert only that is rationally credible... Read more |
