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Dr. Dingmar van Eck

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Curriculum Vitae

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Projects

Projects as postdoc

Explanation in the Engineering Sciences (2017 - 2022)

Projects as researcher

Explanatory power of mechanistic and functional explanations (2014 - 2017)

Publications

Most recent publications

Weber, Erik, et al. “Investigating the Unity and Disunity of Scientific Explanation.” FOUNDATIONS OF SCIENCE, vol. 26, no. 4, 2021, pp. 1021–24, doi:10.1007/s10699-020-09704-x.
van Eck, Dingmar, and Erik Weber. “Assessing Function Modeling Frameworks : Technical Advantage Predictions as a Conceptual Tool.” ENGINEERING STUDIES, vol. 13, no. 3, 2021, pp. 205–25, doi:10.1080/19378629.2021.1989441.
van Eck, Dingmar, and Cory Wright. “Mechanist Idealisation in Systems Biology.” SYNTHESE, vol. 199, no. 1–2, 2021, pp. 1555–75, doi:10.1007/s11229-020-02816-8.
Gonzalez Barman, Kristian, and Dingmar van Eck. “IBE in Engineering Science : The Case of Malfunction Explanation.” EUROPEAN JOURNAL FOR PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE, vol. 11, no. 1, 2020, doi:10.1007/s13194-020-00325-6.
Weber, Erik, et al. “On the Structure and Epistemic Value of Function Ascriptions in Biology and Engineering Sciences.” FOUNDATIONS OF SCIENCE, vol. 24, no. 3, 2019, pp. 559–81, doi:10.1007/s10699-019-09584-w.

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Teaching

I teach philosophy of science in both philosophy and psychology bachelor programs; supervise writing assignments; and supervise master theses