Maarten Van Dyck
Biographic Data
| ID | 1124975 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maarten Van Dyck |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maarten |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Dyck |
| SIGNATURE | VAN DYCK M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ghent University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2904-8361 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Michel Foucault, Epistemoloog
Rethinking Stevin, Stevin Rethinking: Constructions of a Dutch Polymath
This book studies the Dutch mathematician Simon Stevin (1548-1620) as a new type of ‘man of knowledge’. Traditionally, Stevin is best known for his contributions to the ‘Archimedean turn’. This innovative volume moves beyond this conventional image by bringing many other aspects of his work into view, by analysing the connections between the multiple strands of his thinking and by situating him in a broader European context. Like other multi-tale…
Boghossian, Bellarmine, and Galileo
Many prominent arguments for epistemic relativism take their departure from the observation that a certain kind of epistemic symmetry is present in particular empirical cases. In this paper, we seek to attain further clarity about the kind of symmetry at issue, and the sort of relativism to which such symmetry can reasonably be taken to give rise. The need for such an investigation is made apparent, we believe, by the fact that prominent anti-rel…
Idealization and Galileo’s Proto-Inertial Principle
Galileo proposed what has been called a proto-inertial principle, according to which a body in horizontal motion will conserve its motion. This statement is only true in counterfactual circumstances where no impediments are present. This article analyzes how Galileo could have been justified in ascribing definite properties to this idealized motion. This analysis is then used to better understand the relation of Galileo’s proto-inertial principle…
On the epistemological foundations of the law of the lever
Dynamics of Reason and the Kantian Project
I show why Michael Friedman's idea that we should view new constitutive frameworks introduced in paradigm change as members of a convergent series introduces an uncomfortable tension in his views. It cannot be justified on realist grounds, as this would compromise his Kantian perspective, but his own appeal to a Kantian regulative ideal of reason cannot do the job either. I then explain a way to make better sense of the rationality of paradigm ch…
Gravitating towards Stability: Guidobaldo's Aristotelian-Archimedean Synthesis
Until recently, Guidobaldo del Monte (1545–1607) was treated mainly as a transitional figure in the history of science. His contributions to the revival of the ancient science of mechanics were often praised, whilst his inability to see beyond the ancients was much deplored. Whereas Pierre Duhem’s derisory description of Guidobaldo’s œuvre as “sometimes in error, always mediocre” found its direct echo in the work of the French historians of scien…
The Paradox of Conceptual Novelty and Galileo's Use of Experiments
Starting with a discussion of what I call ‘Koyré's paradox of conceptual novelty’, I introduce the ideas of Damerow et al. on the establishment of classical mechanics in Galileo's work. I then argue that although their view on the nature of Galileo's conceptual innovation is convincing, it misses an essential element: Galileo's use of the experiments described in the first day of the Two New Sciences. I describe these experiments and analyze thei…
Unification And Explanation
Gravitating towards Stability: Guidobaldo's Aristotelian-Archimedean Synthesis
Until recently, Guidobaldo del Monte (1545–1607) was treated mainly as a transitional figure in the history of science. His contributions to the revival of the ancient science of mechanics were often praised, whilst his inability to see beyond the ancients was much deplored. Whereas Pierre Duhem’s derisory description of Guidobaldo’s œuvre as “sometimes in error, always mediocre” found its direct echo in the work of the French historians of scien…
Dynamics of Reason and the Kantian Project
I show why Michael Friedman's idea that we should view new constitutive frameworks introduced in paradigm change as members of a convergent series introduces an uncomfortable tension in his views. It cannot be justified on realist grounds, as this would compromise his Kantian perspective, but his own appeal to a Kantian regulative ideal of reason cannot do the job either. I then explain a way to make better sense of the rationality of paradigm ch…
The Paradox of Conceptual Novelty and Galileo's Use of Experiments
Starting with a discussion of what I call ‘Koyré's paradox of conceptual novelty’, I introduce the ideas of Damerow et al. on the establishment of classical mechanics in Galileo's work. I then argue that although their view on the nature of Galileo's conceptual innovation is convincing, it misses an essential element: Galileo's use of the experiments described in the first day of the Two New Sciences. I describe these experiments and analyze thei…
Unification And Explanation
Unification And Explanation
The Paradox of Conceptual Novelty and Galileo's Use of Experiments
Starting with a discussion of what I call ‘Koyré's paradox of conceptual novelty’, I introduce the ideas of Damerow et al. on the establishment of classical mechanics in Galileo's work. I then argue that although their view on the nature of Galileo's conceptual innovation is convincing, it misses an essential element: Galileo's use of the experiments described in the first day of the Two New Sciences. I describe these experiments and analyze thei…
Gravitating towards Stability: Guidobaldo's Aristotelian-Archimedean Synthesis
Until recently, Guidobaldo del Monte (1545–1607) was treated mainly as a transitional figure in the history of science. His contributions to the revival of the ancient science of mechanics were often praised, whilst his inability to see beyond the ancients was much deplored. Whereas Pierre Duhem’s derisory description of Guidobaldo’s œuvre as “sometimes in error, always mediocre” found its direct echo in the work of the French historians of scien…
On the epistemological foundations of the law of the lever
Dynamics of Reason and the Kantian Project
I show why Michael Friedman's idea that we should view new constitutive frameworks introduced in paradigm change as members of a convergent series introduces an uncomfortable tension in his views. It cannot be justified on realist grounds, as this would compromise his Kantian perspective, but his own appeal to a Kantian regulative ideal of reason cannot do the job either. I then explain a way to make better sense of the rationality of paradigm ch…
Idealization and Galileo’s Proto-Inertial Principle
Galileo proposed what has been called a proto-inertial principle, according to which a body in horizontal motion will conserve its motion. This statement is only true in counterfactual circumstances where no impediments are present. This article analyzes how Galileo could have been justified in ascribing definite properties to this idealized motion. This analysis is then used to better understand the relation of Galileo’s proto-inertial principle…
Rethinking Stevin, Stevin Rethinking: Constructions of a Dutch Polymath
This book studies the Dutch mathematician Simon Stevin (1548-1620) as a new type of ‘man of knowledge’. Traditionally, Stevin is best known for his contributions to the ‘Archimedean turn’. This innovative volume moves beyond this conventional image by bringing many other aspects of his work into view, by analysing the connections between the multiple strands of his thinking and by situating him in a broader European context. Like other multi-tale…
Boghossian, Bellarmine, and Galileo
Many prominent arguments for epistemic relativism take their departure from the observation that a certain kind of epistemic symmetry is present in particular empirical cases. In this paper, we seek to attain further clarity about the kind of symmetry at issue, and the sort of relativism to which such symmetry can reasonably be taken to give rise. The need for such an investigation is made apparent, we believe, by the fact that prominent anti-rel…
Michel Foucault, Epistemoloog
Philosophy (9 works) · Epistemology (7 works) · Philosophy and History of Science (5 works) · Historical Philosophy and Science (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Galileo (satellite navigation) (3 works) · History of Science and Medicine (3 works) · Physics (3 works)