Joachim Frans (1989-2023)
On 7 December 2023, to our disbelief, we have forever lost our dear colleague and beloved friend Joachim.
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Masterclass in the Philosophy of Mathematical Practices with Jean Paul Van Bendegem
Wednesday 21 to Friday 23 June 2023
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Masterclass & Workshop: Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Mathematics
Monday 8 and Tuesday 9 May 2023
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Wittgenstein and the Philosophy of Mathematical Practice
Royal Academy, Brussels, 30-31 March 2023
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PhD Defence by Peter van Bergen
Invitation to attend the concert and public defence of "Improvisation, interactivity, instability: artistic transformations", PhD dissertation by Peter van Bergen, on the 23rd and 24th of February 2023, in Brussels.
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Du Châtelet Prize
Ovidiu Babeș has won the Du Châtelet Prize in Philosophy of Physics 2022 for his paper “Mixed Mathematics and Metaphysical Physics: Descartes and the Mechanics of the Flow of Water”.
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Lottin Dissertation Prize
The Philosophy and Moral Sciences Department of our university has awarded its annual Lottin Prize (2021-2022) for the best master thesis to Ms Kato Van Roey, for her outstanding dissertation "Enactivism Necessarily Entails the Acceptance of a Form of Cultural Relativity" (supervisor: Prof. dr.
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Two public PhD defences
We are happy to announce two CLPS PhDs being defended on two consecutive days, the first on 28 Sep by Deniz Sarikaya, the second on 29 Sep by Andrew Morris.
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Masterclass
The CLPS will host its Fourth Masterclass in the Philosophy of Mathematical Practice on June, 1–3 with Valeria Giardino (CNRS, Institut Jean Nicod, Paris). (more)
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Explanation and understanding within mathematics
Explanation and understanding are central topics in the philosophy of science. This discipline has made important developments to account for the role explanations play in scientific activities.
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Mathematical Collaboration Online Seminar series
The aim of the Mathematical Collaboration series, running throughout Autumn 2021, is to bring together researchers on the social aspects of mathematics, from across disciplines. Within philosophy, our focus is on combining mathematical practice and social epistemology.
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Lottin Dissertation Prize
The Philosophy and Moral Sciences Department of our university has awarded its annual Lottin Prize (2019-2020) for the best master thesis to Ms Sari Lemable, for her outstanding dissertation "The human - smart phone assembly as cyborg, companion species and kin" (supervisor: Prof. dr.
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