Livestream https://youtu.be/f9XZbVavyHc Series: Conservation Abstract: Philosophy of science faces increasing calls to use empirical methods to answer its research questions, alongside traditional conceptual work. Or, at least, to improve cooperation with other disciplines studying science, such as history of science, sociology of science, and scientometrics. Empirical research might offer support for descriptive claims about the… Continue reading CEFISES Seminar: Vincent Cuypers, “Exploring taxonomic disorder: a case study of empirical philosophy of science”

Titre de la session: "La nature est-elle sacrée ? Regards croisés du bouddhisme, de l’Islam et du christianisme" (Michel Maxime Egger, Philippe Cornu, Brigitte Maréchal) (coordination : Charlotte Luyckx). Plus d'informations: https://uclouvain.be/fr/instituts-recherche/isp/evenements/seminaire-grice-q1-3e-seance.html

Livestream   https://youtu.be/1M50_aY-rKI Series: Logic and Philosophy Speaker: Peter Verdée (UCLouvain) Title: A new interpretation of intuitionistic logic Abstract: Work-in-progress talk about some recent ideas about a new possible-state semantics for intuitionistic logic and its philosophical interpretation. The interpretation is based on the idea of primitive states representing concrete (material) findings (a concrete proof or a concrete… Continue reading CEFISES Seminar: Peter Verdée, “A new interpretation of intuitionistic logic”

Abstract: The economics that is considered “mainstream” receives epithets such as “Keynesian” or “Friedmanite” – but not “Darwinian”. Evolutionary thinking seems to have made remarkably few inroads in economics. Is this a fair assessment, and if so, how can we account for this in terms of the goals and types of explanation preferred respectively by… Continue reading Post-Darwinian Societies Seminar: Hugh Desmond, “Linking Darwinism to Economics via Policy Engineering”

Livestream  https://youtu.be/hdWbseP0bbI Series: Life and Health Speaker: Océane Fiant Title: "Artificial intelligence in pathology: what kind of decision support?" Abstract: "Two arguments are frequently put forward to justify the deployment of artificial intelligence in medicine: it is either to relieve the physician of repetitive tasks with little added value, or to provide him or her… Continue reading CEFISES Seminar: Océane Fiant, “Artificial intelligence in pathology: what kind of decision support?”

Livestream  https://youtu.be/Pc1fH0OMcuk Series: WIP Speaker: Pieter Thyssen (UCLouvain) Title: Cross-Temporal Necessitation? A Platonist Reply to Leininger Abstract: According to Leininger, proponents of absolute becoming cannot explain why past and present regularities persist in the future. In order to do so, they would have to appeal to enforcers, such as causation, laws or dispositions. But in… Continue reading CEFISES Seminar: Pieter Thyssen, “Cross-Temporal Necessitation? A Platonist Reply to Leininger”