TY - Generic T1 - Pragmatic approaches to explanation applied to the cognitive sciences: two types of explanation-seeking questions compared Y1 - 2012 A1 - Gervais, Raoul ED - Van Kerkhove, Bart ED - Libert, Thierry ED - Vanpaemel, Geert ED - Marage, Pierre JA - Logic, Philosophy and History of Science in Belgium II PB - Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België SP - 131–137 ER - TY - Generic T1 - Towards More Conflict-Tolerant Deontic Logics Y1 - 2012 A1 - Beirlaen, Mathieu ED - Van Kerkhove, Bart ED - Libert, Thierry ED - Vanpaemel, Geert ED - Marage, Pierre AB -

In Ethical Consistency, Bernard Williams vindicated the possibility of moral conflicts; he proposed to consistently allow for the presence of such conflicts within the logic of ought. In determining the nature of moral conflict, Williams stressed its contingency. In this paper, Williams’ characterization of moral conflict is defended. However, Williams’ solution for consistently allowing for such conflicts within the logic of ought is shown to be too crude. Whereas Williams rejects all applications of the agglomeration rule in the logic of ought, it is shown that a more sophisticated approach is needed. An alternative solution is presented in which the application of the agglomeration rule is made conditional upon the principle that" oughtimplies can."

JA - Logic, Philosophy and History of Science in Belgium II PB - Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België CY - Brussel SP - 1-8 ER - TY - Generic T1 - The intended window of epistemic opportunity: a comment on Miriam Solomon Y1 - 2011 A1 - Kosolosky, Laszlo ED - Van Kerkhove, Bart ED - Libert, Thierry ED - Vanpaemel, Geert ED - Marage, Pierre AB -

In this paper, I argue that Miriam Solomon fails to show that medical consensus conferences, as organised by the National Institute of Health (NIH), miss the intended window of epistemic opportunity (Solomon, 2007: 170), and thus typically take place after the experts have reached consensus. This is done, on the one hand, by differentiating between, what I intend to call, ‘academic’ and ‘non-academic consensus’, and, on the other hand, by analyzing the arguments and argumentation style Solomon uses to make her claim explicit. At the very least, the overall argument suggests that her statement is inadequately supported, if not that the opposite claim is true. In this manner, I intend to bring additional insight into the notion of ‘consensus’ when applied in scientific practice. Any decision as to change the NIH consensus development program should take these actual achievements into account.

JA - Logic, Philosophy and History of Science in Belgium II PB - Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België ER - TY - CONF T1 - The Distorted Research Agenda in the Health Sciences and James Robert Brown’s Policy Proposal. T2 - Logic, Philosophy and History of Science in Belgium II Y1 - 2010 A1 - De Winter, Jan ED - Van Kerkhove, Bart ED - Libert, Thierry ED - Vanpaemel, Geert ED - Marage, Pierre JA - Logic, Philosophy and History of Science in Belgium II PB - Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België UR - http://logica.ugent.be/centrum/preprints/De_Winter_(2012)_-_Brown.pdf ER - TY - CONF T1 - The Adaptive Logics Approach to Abduction T2 - Logic, Philosophy and History of Science in Belgium. Proceedings of the Young Researcher Days 2008 Y1 - 2009 A1 - Lycke, Hans ED - Weber, Erik ED - Libert, Thierry ED - Marage, Pierre ED - Vanpaemel, Geert JA - Logic, Philosophy and History of Science in Belgium. Proceedings of the Young Researcher Days 2008 PB - {Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België SN - 9789065690432 ER - TY - CONF T1 - "Clear Moon, Frost soon". An introduction to the Study of Meteorological Practices in the Low Countries (1550-1850) T2 - Logic, Philosophy and History of Science in Belgium. Proceedings of the Young Researcher Days 2008 Y1 - 2009 A1 - Pieters, Eva ED - Weber, Erik ED - Libert, Thierry ED - Marage, Pierre ED - Vanpaemel, Geert JA - Logic, Philosophy and History of Science in Belgium. Proceedings of the Young Researcher Days 2008 PB - {Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België SN - 9789065690432 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Logic, Philosophy and History of Science in Belgium. Young Researchers Present their Work Y1 - 2009 ED - Weber, Erik ED - Libert, Thierry ED - Marage, Pierre ED - Vanpaemel, Geert PB - Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten SN - 9789065690432 ER - TY - CONF T1 - Mathematics through man-computer interaction. A study of the early years of computing. T2 - Logic, Philosophy and History of Science in Belgium. Proceedings of the Young Researcher Days 2008 Y1 - 2009 A1 - De Mol, Liesbeth ED - Weber, Erik ED - Libert, Thierry ED - Marage, Pierre ED - Vanpaemel, Geert JA - Logic, Philosophy and History of Science in Belgium. Proceedings of the Young Researcher Days 2008 PB - Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten SN - 9789065690432 ER - TY - Generic T1 - Modal Logic and Philosophy. A case study. Y1 - 2009 A1 - Urbaniak, Rafal A1 - Rostalska, Agnieszka ED - Weber, Erik ED - Libert, Thierry ED - Marage, Pierre ED - Vanpaemel, Geert JA - Logic, Philosophy and History of Science in Belgium. Proceedings of the Young Researchers Days 2008 PB - Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België CY - Brussel SP - 79-83 ER - TY - CONF T1 - A note on constructive modalities for information T2 - Logic, Philosophy and History of Science in Belgium. Proceedings of the Young Researchers Days 2008 Y1 - 2009 A1 - Primiero, Giuseppe ED - Weber, Erik ED - Libert, Thierry ED - Marage, Pierre ED - Vanpaemel, Geert JA - Logic, Philosophy and History of Science in Belgium. Proceedings of the Young Researchers Days 2008 PB - Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België CY - Brussel ER - TY - Generic T1 - Probabilistic Analyses and the Humean Conception of the Relationship between Levels of Causality Y1 - 2009 A1 - Drouet, Isabelle ED - Weber, Erik ED - Libert, Thierry ED - Marage, Pierre ED - Vanpaemel, Geert JA - Logic, Philosophy and History of Science in Belgium. Proceedings of the Young Researchers Days 2008 PB - Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België CY - Brussel SP - 68–72 ER - TY - Generic T1 - Reasoning with dynamic conceptual frames. Y1 - 2009 A1 - Urbaniak, Rafal ED - Weber, Erik ED - Libert, Thierry ED - Marage, Pierre ED - Vanpaemel, Geert JA - Logic, Philosophy and History of Science in Belgium. Proceedings of the Young Researchers Days 2008 PB - Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België CY - Brussel SP - 84-89 ER - TY - CONF T1 - Trading off explanatory virtues T2 - Logic, Philosophy and History of Science in Belgium. Proceedings of the Young Researchers Days Y1 - 2009 A1 - De Langhe, Rogier ED - Weber, Erik ED - Libert, Thierry ED - Marage, Pierre ED - Van Paemel, Geert AB -

The paper draws on Graham Allison’s case-study of the Cuban Missile Crisis in which three different accounts are constructed from three different explanatory models, each situated at a different level of analysis. First, it is shown that each model produces genuine explanations which could not have been arrived at from one of the other accounts. With this prima facie case for pluralism in hand, the indispensability of the different models is then accounted for by linking the relevance of each model to different explanatory contexts.

JA - Logic, Philosophy and History of Science in Belgium. Proceedings of the Young Researchers Days PB - {Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België ER - TY - Generic T1 - Inconsistencies in Scientific Discovery. Clausius's Remarkable Derivation of Carnot's Theorem Y1 - 2002 A1 - Meheus, Joke ED - Krach, Helghe ED - Vanpaemel, Geert ED - Marage, Pierre JA - History of Modern Physics. Acta of the XXth International Congress of History of Science PB - Brepols CY - Turnhout (Belgium) SP - 143–154 ER -