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23 April 2004	Lecture	Common cause completeability and causal closedness of probability theories. Reichenbach's Common Cause Principle states that if there exists a probabilistic correlation between two events then either there is a direct causal connection between the correlated events or there exists a (Reichenbachian) common cause that explains the correlation... Read more
22 March 2004	Lecture	Scientific Analogies: How they are used and how we can study them. Two extreme theses can be formulated with respect to analogies: 1. Analogies have a temporary and a purely heuristic function. 2. All our thinking is conducted in terms of analogies. The first thesis has its natural locus in 1950s and 1960s philosophy of science (and before... Read more
12 March 2004	Lecture	De rol van symbolische representatie in probleemoplossing. In zijn monumentale studie over de geschiedenis van wiskundige symboliek, hanteert Florian Cajori (1928-9), de zeer enge interpretatie van 'symbool' als 'teken' en maakt hierdoor geen onderscheid tussen bvb. het gelijkteken in een rekenkundige berekening... Read more
27 February 2004	Lecture	Is structureel realisme de juiste wetenschappelijke metafysica? Is structureel realisme de juiste wetenschappelijke metafysica?
13 February 2004	Lecture	A Glimpse of the Secret Connexion: Harmonising Mechanisms with Counterfactuals. Among the current philosophical attempts to understand causation two seem to be the most prominent. The first is James Woodward's counterfactual approach; the second is the mechanistic approach advocated by Peter Machamer, Lindley Darden, Carl Craver, Jim Bogen and... Read more
23 January 2004	Lecture	Non-normal Dialogics for a Wonderful World and More. The aim of my talk is to offer a dialogical interpretation of non-normal modal logic which will suggest some explorations beyond the concept of non-normality. This interpretation will be connected to the discussion of two issues, one more philosophical and the second of a... Read more
16 January 2004	Lecture	Revolving around blood circulation In this presentation, I deal with four issues related to Harvey’s quantitative argument. Firstly, I present (together with Dagmar Provijn) an account of the discovery process. Subsequently, I summarize my arguments to the effect that Harvey’s quantitative argument is a «... Read more

2003
15 December 2003	Lecture	Mechanisms. Productivity and Information. The history of philosophy might well be rewritten by contrasting those metaphysicians and epistemologists who argued for some form of productive causation as contrasted with those who abjured such robust ontic commitments. In the former group belong Aristotle,... Read more
31 October 2003	Lecture	Transfinite Adaptive Proofs A framework for studying minimally inconsistent models, called ACLuN2, was formulated by Diderik Batens D. [Inconsistency-adaptive logics. In: Logic at Work, Springer, 1999, pp.445-472]. The system ACLuN2 is a central example of what are known as adaptive logics: it is... Read more
25 April 2003	Lecture	Klassieke rekenkunde is zeer onnatuurlijk Geïnspireerd door de discussie rond supertasks - opdrachten die uit een oneindig aantal stappen bestaan en waarbij de centrale vraag de vraag naar de eigenschappen van de eindtoestand is in functie van de voorgaande stappen - definieer ik een supertask waarbij elke stap een... Read more

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