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1Filosofie van de wetenschappenD. Coutinho. 1988.Inleiding in de wetenschapsfilosofie, bedoeld voor filosofiestudenten.
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70No Need to Speak the same Language? Review of Ramberg, Donald Davidson's Philosophy of LanguageDialectica, Vol. 50, No.1, 1996, Pp. 63-71 50 (1): 63-72. 1996.The book is an “introductory” reconstruction of Davidson on interpretation —a claim to be taken with a grain of salt. Writing introductory books has become an idol of the tribe. This is a concise book and reflects much study. It has many virtues along with some flaws. Ramberg assembles themes and puzzles from Davidson into a more or less coherent viewpoint. A special virtue is the innovative treatment of incommensurability and of the relation of Davidson’s work to hermeneutic themes. The weaknes…Read more
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The philosophy of chemistry: From infancy towards maturityIn Davis Baird, Eric R. Scerri & Lee C. McIntyre (eds.), Philosophy of chemistry: synthesis of a new discipline, Springer. 2006.
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3De-essentialising Across the Board: No Need to Speak the Same LanguageNetherlands Journal of Legal Philosophy 3 263-284. 2006.status: published.
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4The analysis of sensations as the foundation of all sciencesBehavioral and Brain Sciences 16 (1): 163-164. 1993.
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10On the neglect of the philosophy of chemistryFoundations of Chemistry 1 (2): 111-174. 1999.In this paper I present a historiography of the recent emergence of philosophy of chemistry. Special attention is given to the interest in this domain in Eastern Europe before the collapse of the USSR. It is shown that the initial neglect of the philosophy of chemistry is due to the unanimous view in philosophy and philosophy of science that only physics is a proper science (to put in Kant's words). More recently, due to the common though incorrect assumption that chemistry can in principle be r…Read more
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4Art and science as ways of worldmakingIn Paul Weingartner & Gerhard Schurz (eds.), Proceedings of the 11th International Wittgenstein Symposium, Hölder-pichler-tempsky. 1987.
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4Is Our Universe a Mere Fluke? The Cosmological Argument and Spinning the UniversesPSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association 1988 75-82. 1988.Recent discussions about the anthropic principle and the argument from design can perhaps be summarized as follows : The world is very unusual, so it must have been made by an intelligent creator. The world is very unusual, but unusual things do occur by chance. Both and , in their ordinary interpretations, have been labelled probabilistic fallacies. In my paper I will discuss in particular the following two aspects: The contemporary relevance of Cicero's discussions on chance. The fact that any…Read more
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4A Theory of Interpretation for Comparative and Chinese PhilosophyDao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 15 (4): 575-589. 2016.Why should interpretation of conceptual schemes and practices across traditions work at all? In this paper we present the following necessary conditions of possibility for interpretation in comparative and Chinese philosophy: the interpreter must presuppose that there are mutually recognizable human practices; the interpreter must presuppose that “the other” is, on the whole, sincere, consistent, and right; the interpreter must be committed to certain epistemic virtues. Some of these necessary c…Read more
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Eliminativisme gereduceerd tot pragmatismeAlgemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte 85 (1): 113-127. 1993.
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4Natural Kinds and Manifest Forms of LifeDialectica 46 (3‐4): 243-261. 1992.SummaryIn this paper I try to make sense of and give provisional answers to question like: Are there interesting theories about natural kinds ? Are some classifications or categorisations more natural than others? Does it matter whether or not there are natural kinds? To get an initial feel for the subject let's consider some suggestions from the literature as to what might count as a candidate for a natural kind or natural kind term