Bengt Hansson
Biographic Data
| ID | 1292322 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bengt Hansson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bengt |
| FAMILY NAME | Hansson |
| SIGNATURE | HANSSON B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lund University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6694-8169 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1968 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
A Theoria Round Table on Philosophy Publishing
As part of the conference commemorating Theoria's 75th anniversary, a round table discussion on philosophy publishing was held in Bergendal, Sollentuna, Sweden, on 1 October 2010. Bengt Hansson was the chair, and the other participants were eight editors‐in‐chief of philosophy journals: Hans van Ditmarsch (Journal of Philosophical Logic), Pascal Engel (Dialectica), Sven Ove Hansson (Theoria), Vincent Hendricks (Synthese), Søren Holm (Journal of M…
Why explanations? Fundamental, and less fundamental ways of understanding the world
My main claim is that explanations are fundamentally about relations between concepts and not, for example, essentially requiring laws, causes, or particular initial conditions. Nor is their linguistic form essential. I begin by showing that this approach solves some well‐known old problems and then proceeds to argue my case using heuristic analogies with mathematical proofs. I find that an explanation is something that connects explanandum and e…
Interdisciplinarity: For what purpose
Lindahl, Lars. Position and change: A study in law and logic
The existence of group preference functions
Deontic logic and different levels of generality
Voting and group decision functions
Choice structures and preference relations
Fundamental axioms for preference relations
Choice structures and preference relations
Fundamental axioms for preference relations
Voting and group decision functions
Deontic logic and different levels of generality
The existence of group preference functions
Lindahl, Lars. Position and change: A study in law and logic
Interdisciplinarity: For what purpose
Why explanations? Fundamental, and less fundamental ways of understanding the world
My main claim is that explanations are fundamentally about relations between concepts and not, for example, essentially requiring laws, causes, or particular initial conditions. Nor is their linguistic form essential. I begin by showing that this approach solves some well‐known old problems and then proceeds to argue my case using heuristic analogies with mathematical proofs. I find that an explanation is something that connects explanandum and e…
A Theoria Round Table on Philosophy Publishing
As part of the conference commemorating Theoria's 75th anniversary, a round table discussion on philosophy publishing was held in Bergendal, Sollentuna, Sweden, on 1 October 2010. Bengt Hansson was the chair, and the other participants were eight editors‐in‐chief of philosophy journals: Hans van Ditmarsch (Journal of Philosophical Logic), Pascal Engel (Dialectica), Sven Ove Hansson (Theoria), Vincent Hendricks (Synthese), Søren Holm (Journal of M…
Philosophy (6 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Mathematics (5 works) · Mathematical economics (4 works) · Advanced Algebra and Logic (3 works) · Game Theory and Voting Systems (3 works) · Metaphysics (3 works) · Philosophy of language (3 works) · Philosophy of science (3 works) · Political science (3 works)