A pragmatic theory of scientific explanation can be characterized as follows: (1) it starts from the idea that why-questions originate in different epistemic interests, (2) it answers questions about the ...read more
The general aim of this project is to study the structure and dynamics of values and norms from a formal logical point of view. Conflicts between values and/or norms will ...read more
In today's literature on scientific explanation causal-mechanist accounts have become so dominant that they have pushed unificationism into the background. However, scientists themselves still apply the concept of unification in ...read more
This project aims at closing the gap between musical experience and the digital/electronic environments that provide this experience (see Leman, 2007). Solutions will be based on empirical methods and advanced ...read more
The project aims at developing a methodology for scientific problem solving which is exact (from a logical point of view) but also takes into account the context-dependence of problem solving. ...read more
Explanations of diseases can result from a biological, psychological or social science approach. This project examines how these approaches relate to one another within the biomedical sciences. Should they be ...read more
The aim of this project is to elaborate a formal approach to problem solving. We shall elaborate a formally characterized kind of sequences of problems (in the narrow sense of ...read more