Publications
“Forms Of Causal Explanation”. Foundations of science 10: 437–454.
. 2005. “Function Ascription And Explanation: Elaborating An Explanatory Utility Desideratum For Ascriptions Of Technical Functions”. Erkenntnis 79: 1367–1389.
. 2014. “The Functions Of Intentional Explanations Of Actions”. Behavior and Philosophy 33: 1–16.
. 2005. “The 'green Cheese' And 'red Herring' Problems Reconsidered. Epistemological Versus Methodological Tasks For Philosophers Of Science”. Logique et analyse: 433-455.
. 2015. “Het Debat Tussen 'groene Spellers' En 'witte Spellers' Geëvalueerd Vanuit Een Sociaal-Epistemologische Invalshoek”. Ethiek & Maatschappij 14: 61–78.
. 2012. “How Probabilistic Causation Can Account For The Use Of Mechanistic Evidence”. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 23: 277–-295.
. 2009. “The Ice-Theory Of Technical Functions”. Metascience 22: 23–44.
. 2013. “The Indirect Practical Functions Of Explanations”. PHILOSOPHICA (GENT) 51: 105–124.
. 1993. “Indispensability Arguments In Favour Of Reductive Explanations”. Journal for General Philosophy of Science 42: 33–46.
. 2011. “Inferential Explanations In Biology”. Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 44: 356–364.
. 2013. “Introduction”. Philosophica 51: 5–7.
. 1993. “Introduction.”. FOUNDATIONS OF SCIENCE 3: 231–234.
. 1999. “Laudatio Jens Høyrup”. Sartoniana 22: 5–7.
. 2009. “The Living Apart Together Relationship Between Causation And Explanation. A Comment On Jean Lachappelle.”. Philosophy of the Social Sciences 32: 560-569.
. 2002. “Mechanistic Explanation And Explanatory Proofs In Mathematics”. Philosophia Mathematica 22: 231–248.
. 2014. “Metaphysical Explanatory Asymmetries”. Logique et Analyse 53: 345–365.
. 2010. “Models Of Explanation: An Evaluation Of Their Fruitfulness”. COMMUNICATION & COGNITION : MONOGRAPHIES 25: 339–352.
. 1992. “Needham's Grand Question Revisited: On The Meaning And Justification Of Causal Claims In The History Of Chinese Science”. East Asian Science, Technology and Medicine 33: 13–32.
. 2011. “Phenomenological Laws And Their Application To Scientific Epistemic Explanation Problems”. Logique et Analyse 33: 175–189.
. 1990. “Plausibility Versus Richness In Mechanistic Models”. PHILOSOPHICAL PSYCHOLOGY 26: 139–152.
. 2013. “The Practical Function And Epistemology Of Causal Beliefs”. Communication & Cognition : Monographies 31: 297–324.
. 1998. “The Practical Value Of Spurious Correlations: Selective Versus Manipulative Policy”. Analysis 68: 298–303.
. 2008. “A Pragmatist Defense Of Non-Relativistic Explanatory Pluralism In History And Social Science.”. History and theory 47: 168–182.
. 2008. “Prudential Arguments In The Realism Debate.”. Logique et Analyse 41: 301–312.
. 1998. “Rationality And Irrationality In The History Of Continental Drift: Was The Hypothesis Of Continental Drift Worthy Of Pursuit?”. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 43: 147–159.
. 2012.