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107Are there nontrivial constraints on colour categorization?Behavioral and Brain Sciences 20 (2): 167-179. 1997.In this target article the following hypotheses are discussed: (1) Colour is autonomous: a perceptuolinguistic and behavioural universal. (2) It is completely described by three independent attributes: hue, brightness, and saturation: (3) Phenomenologically and psychophysically there are four unique hues: red, green, blue, and yellow; (4) The unique hues are underpinned by two opponent psychophysical and/or neuronal channels: red/green, blue/yellow. The relevant literature is reviewed. We conclu…Read more
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35On The Philosophy of ChemistryPhilosophy Research Archives 7 501-552. 1981.While in the research area known,as ’philosophy of science' there is a growing interest in separate disciplines of the empirical sciences, applied sciences and even technologies, one can find hardly any reference to the discipline of chemistry other than some preliminary discussions of chemical concepts or studies concerning the rational reconstruction of the history of chemistry. No analyses, which might be called 'philosophy of chemistry’ can be found to date. It is hoped that this review pape…Read more
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419Heidegger's Comportment Toward East-West DialoguePhilosophy East and West 56 (4): 519-566. 2006.The primary purpose here is to ascertain what Heidegger's comportment toward East-West dialogue is most plausibly like in the light of his philosophical concerns and orientations. Considering that one should not uncritically take at face value occasional remarks by Heidegger that seem to suggest that he is preparing an East-West dialogue, we will proceed from Heidegger's own path of thinking and bring to light fundamental presuppositions in his thought and the response he may accordingly give to…Read more
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98Supervenience and anomalous monismDialectica 53 (1): 3-24. 1999.SummaryIn this paper I argue that the intuitions which made Davidson and Hare use the word “supervenience,” were not the same as those which underlie current supervenience discussions. There are crucial differences between, on the one hand, the concerns of Davidson and Hare, as I interpret them, and “received” theories of supervenience on the other. I suggest the use of the term by Davidson and Hare lends support to turning the concept upside down by giving priority to the Manifest Image rather …Read more
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12First Contacts and the Common Behavior of Human BeingsInternational Studies in Philosophy 37 (4): 105-135. 2005.In this paper my aim is to shed light on the common behavior of human beings by looking at '' first contacts '': the situation where people with unshared histories first meet. The limits of the human life form are given by what is similar in the common behavior of human beings. But what is similar should not be understood as something that is biologically or psychologically or transcendentally shared by all human beings. What is similar is what human beings would recognize as similar in first or…Read more
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31Conventions In NamingPhilosophy Research Archives 8 243-277. 1982.Conventions in the use of names are discussed, particularly names of linguistic expressions. Also the reference of measure terms like ‘kg’ is discussed, and it is found analogous in important respects to expression names. Some new light is shed on the token-type distinction. Applications to versions of the liar paradox are shown. The use of quotation marks is critically examined.
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18The nature of chemical substancesIn Nalini Bhushan & Stuart Rosenfeld (eds.), Of Minds and Molecules: New Philosophical Perspectives on Chemistry, Oxford University Press. 2000.
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8Are There Concepts/Theories of Truth in Classical Chinese Philosophy?Journal of World Philosophies 1 (1): 159-161. 2016.The main argument of the book under review, 'Theories of Truth in Chinese Philosophy,' is to show that one can find a pluralistic theory of shí 實 in the Lunheng, “prepared” by a range of sources in the Warring States Period in China. This argument is not convincing because of small inconsistencies and major unsupported stipulations. Nevertheless the book contains many perceptive and suggestive remarks concerning the texts discussed.
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Putnams pragmatisch realisme Le réalisme pragmatique de PutnamAlgemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte 80 (2): 103-114. 1988.
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93On the Conditions of Possibility for Comparative and Intercultural PhilosophyDao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 12 (3): 297-312. 2013.In this essay, we present a theory of intercultural philosophical dialogue and comparative philosophy, drawing on both hermeneutics and analytic philosophy. We advocate the approach of “de-essentialization” across the board. It is true that similarities and differences are always to be observed across languages and traditions, but there exist no immutable cores or essences. “De-essentialization” applies to all “levels” of concepts: everyday notions such as green and qing 青, philosophical concept…Read more
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Operational Identity of Meaning, Metaphor and Religious Discourse in Metaphor and AnalogyCommunication and Cognition. Monographies 22 (1): 39-45. 1989.
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Interculturele communicatie en multiculturalisme, Enige filosofische voorbemerkingenTijdschrift Voor Filosofie 60 (3): 621-623. 1998.
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20WeEthical Perspectives 6 (3): 268-276. 1999.Williams's comments raise the questions I'll here address: what sort of wes are there?, what goes with the 'we of science and logic'?, and what goes with the 'parochial us'? The quotations from Williams suggest that there are two wes, the contrastive and inclusive we.
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53Pragmatic identity of meaning and metaphorInternational Studies in the Philosophy of Science 2 (2). 1988.No abstract
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84Heidegger’s thinking on the “Same” of science and technologyContinental Philosophy Review 47 (1): 19-43. 2014.In this article, we trace and elucidate Heidegger’s radical re-thinking on the relation between science and technology from about 1940 until 1976. A range of passages from the Gesamtausgabe seem to articulate a reversal of the primacy of science and technology in claiming that “Science is applied technology.” After delving into Heidegger’s reflection on the being of science and technology and their “coordination,” we show that such a claim is essentially grounded in Heidegger’s idea that “Scienc…Read more
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18Modeling in Chemical EngineeringHyle 6 (2). 2000.Models underlying the use of similarity considerations, dimensionless numbers, and dimensional analysis in chemical engineering are discussed. Special attention is given to the many levels at which models and ceteris paribus conditions play a role and to the modeling of initial and boundary conditions. It is shown that both the laws or dimensionless number correlations and the systems to which they apply are models. More generally, no matter which model or description one picks out, what is bein…Read more
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7First Contacts and the Common Behavior of Human BeingsInternational Studies in Philosophy 37 (4): 105-135. 2005.In this paper my aim is to shed light on the common behavior of human beings by looking at '' first contacts '': the situation where people with unshared histories first meet. The limits of the human life form are given by what is similar in the common behavior of human beings. But what is similar should not be understood as something that is biologically or psychologically or transcendentally shared by all human beings. What is similar is what human beings would recognize as similar in first or…Read more
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C.S. Peirce, Categories to Constantinople. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Peirce, Leuven 1997Tijdschrift Voor Filosofie 62 (1): 177-177. 2000.
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282The Plasticity of Categories: The Case of ColourBritish Journal for the Philosophy of Science 44 (1): 103-135. 1993.Probably colour is the best worked-out example of allegedly neurophysiologically innate response categories determining percepts and percepts determining concepts, and hence biology fixing the basic categories implicit in the use of language. In this paper I argue against this view and I take C. L. Hardin's Color for Philosophers [1988] as my main target. I start by undermining the view that four unique hues stand apart from all other colour shades (Section 2) and the confidence that the solar s…Read more