Integrating worldviews: research on the interdisciplinary construction of a model of reality with ethical and practical relevance.
Period | 1 February 1997 to 30 June 2000 |
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Type | Co-operation between the Centre Leo Apostel (Free University of Brussels), the Centre for Metaphysic |
Coordinator | Diderik Batens |
Funding Agencies | FWO |
The first part of the project is the editing of three texts about scientific metaphysics by Leo Apostel: 'Natuurfilosofie' (Philosophy of Nature), 'Oorsprong' (Origins), 'Levend Kristal' (Living Cristal). The second part is a doctorate about scientific metaphysics by one of the researchers (Wim Christiaens). The first part of the project is finished. Of the three texts, two will be published by the VUBpress: 'Natuurfilosofie' and 'Oorsprong'. The second part of the project is a contribution to metaphysical philosophy of science on the basis of Apostel's theory of causality and metaphysics and the Geneva-Brussels approach in the foundations of science (Constantin Piron, Diederik Aerts, Bob Coecke): the interpretation of physical theories results in a specific worldview which will be developed within the scientific metaphysics of Apostel.