The primary aim of this project is to develop a formal framework for the interaction between defeasible assumptions, norms, and the evaluation of actions. Its secondary aim is to ...read more
My research will focus on main philosophical accounts and formal theories of informal provability.I will argue that these theories struggle with some problems and do not have satisfactoryphilosophical motivations. The ...read more
In this project I investigate whether the human sciences can establish objectiveknowledge. Currently both within the disciplines of the human sciences and withinphilosophical debates the category of objectivity has been ...read more
What makes some explanations better than others? Although hugely important, detailed assessments of the strength of specific explanations or explanation types are scarce in the philosophy of explanation. In this project ...read more
Half of the papers ever published were written after the year 2000. To keep track of this explosive growth of science, policymakers are increasingly forced to rely on scientometric indicators. ...read more
Techniques to ‘read’ the human genome are becoming better and cheaper at a very rapid pace. As DNA of a foetus can be found in the mother’s bloodstream, it is ...read more
More than 200 years after the establishment of philosophical anthropology as a discipline of knowledge, its epistemological status is still vague and ambiguous. This project aspires a methodology and ...read more
Science is among the major accomplishments of the human race. It is our most reliable source of knowledge about the world. But what, if any, are the limits of science? ...read more