Description Although metaphysics of science has enjoyed a renaissance of sorts in recent years, the metaphysics of chemistry remains largely uncharted and has not received the attention it deserves.

Theme: Metametaphysics and the Sciences Speaker: Quentin Ruyant (Complutense University of Madrid) Title: Probabilistic Empiricism (co-author: Mauricio Suárez) Abstract: Ruyant (2021, ch. 3–5) has proposed a modal epistemology, called Modal Empiricism (ME), that aims at accounting for the possibility to acquire modal knowledge from our past experiences.

Programme 18 June   14:00–14:30: Welcome address and introduction by the conference organizers Session 1 Moderator: Cécile Bonmariage 14h40-15h20 William Duba (Université de Fribourg), Ferrara-Florence and the Finality of Knowledge 15h25-16h05 Patrícia Calvário (UCLouvain), Thomassin on the Vision of God: From “Quid antiqui philosophi senserunt” to the GreekFathers 16h05-1

Conférencier·ères : Nicola Bertoldi Ehsan Ahmadian Elisabetta Rosa Daniela Perrotti  University of Louvain UCLouvain, Louvain Research Institute for Landscape, Architecture, Built Environment, Urban Metabolism lab  Description : As part of the “AISt-nexus” project, this session presents work-in-progress research aiming to establish a model decision system for supporting sup

Dans le cadre de l’école d’été de paléographie organisée conjointement par le GEMCA et l’ISP, le prof. Marc H. Smith (École nationale des chartes, École pratique des hautes études – PSL) tiendra une conférence intitulée “Les espaces graphiques de l’Europe moderne : entre écritures nationales et circulation de modèles communs”.

Thème : Chemistry Conférencière : Brigitte Van Tiggelen (Science History Institute) Description In 1988, a contribution appeared in the journal Nuclear Physics, signed by the Belgian nuclear chemist Pieter Van Assche with the title “The ignored discovery of the element Z = 43”.

Description The exhibition will be inaugurated on June 3 (4-6 pm) with a seminar on Early Modern Franciscan thought, featuring a talk by Ian Campbell (Belfast), “Franciscans, Scotists, and Early Modern Culture,” and short presentations by the curators and Dom Abbott (KULeuven).

Thème : Work-In-Progress    

La sixième séance du séminaire "Metametaphysics and the sciences" aura lieu le 17/05/24. Titre : Modal epistemology and the T axiom Résumé : In the epistemology of modality, philosophers often begin by assuming that there is one easy way to learn about possibilities: the inference from actuality to possibility, or ab esse ad posse.

Avec M. Sebti, M. Terrier, F. Gillon & D.