Maarten Van Dyck

Professor in Philosophy at Ghent University @ugent / Director of Sarton Centre for History of Science @SartonCentre

[Maarten Van Dyck @dyck_maarten]

Een maand geleden vertelde ik in een koude kerk in Gent over Galileo Galilei en Maffeo Barberini. Le Vecchie Musiche bracht schitterende muziek die in de zeventiende eeuw gecomponeerd werd voor Barberini en zijn entourage. Bekijk het hele concert nu hier: https://t.co/X6khq0jbDi

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The Department of Philosophy and Moral Science at Ghent University is hiring a TT assistant professor in Critical Religion Studies & Comparative Philosophy. Deadline for applications: 20 January. Spread the word!
https://t.co/pRgZRK60oF

[Maarten Van Dyck @dyck_maarten]

The Department of Philosophy and Moral Science at Ghent University is hiring a TT assistant professor in Critical Religion Studies & Comparative Philosophy. Deadline for applications: 20 January. Spread the word!
https://t.co/pRgZRK60oF

[Maarten Van Dyck @dyck_maarten]

New paper with Pieter Beck that just came out, in which we engage with Hasok Chang's interpretation of the chemical revolution. A limited number of free copies available here: https://t.co/589ApY4Gbn

[Marie-Gabrielle Verbergt @MGVerbergt]

Good news! 💡The @SartonCentre at @ugentlw changed its name and is now the Sarton Centre for the History of Science AND Humanities. As a historian of the humanities, I am obviously delighted with this!

+ our programme for the autumn semester is ready, check this out below! 🍂⬇️

[Maarten Van Dyck @dyck_maarten]

@MatteoVagelli @viktorblasjo I think this is indeed what F is hinting at. He knew Koyré’s work quite well, so he would be familiar with this kind of shifts.

[Digressionsnimpress. @nescio13]

Heading to Ghent tomorrow, to present "On The Possibility of an (liberal) art of Government: Foucault, professional philosophy, and Kuhn Loss"
https://t.co/MJ8kGsp3lt

[Maarten Van Dyck @dyck_maarten]

New publication, together with Wim Vanrie: “Boghossian, Bellarmine, and Galileo: Adjudicating epistemic relativism”, just out in Dialectica.
https://t.co/VmnM8zvQYK

[Maarten Van Dyck @dyck_maarten]

@pertransibunt Thanks! Looks interesting.

[Maarten Van Dyck @dyck_maarten]

New publication, together with Wim Vanrie: “Boghossian, Bellarmine, and Galileo: Adjudicating epistemic relativism”, just out in Dialectica.
https://t.co/VmnM8zvQYK

[Maarten Van Dyck @dyck_maarten]

Most importantly, we hope that the article shows that analytic philosophy and historical perspectives can be fruitfully brought in conversation to better articulate what rationality consists in.

[Maarten Van Dyck @dyck_maarten]

We argue that Boghossian’s argument against relativism fails to establish his absolutist conclusion. We also show that the historical evidence supports a different argument for relativism than the one that he analyzes, one that is not easily dismissed.

[Maarten Van Dyck @dyck_maarten]

I wrote a long review essay on Jochen Büttner's important book on Galileo's experiments and the emergence of his new science of motion. Out now in
@Centaurus_ESHS : https://t.co/6WNUd1dKR3

[Maarten Van Dyck @dyck_maarten]

Job opening for Professor in Ethics and Moral Science at Ghent University. Apply before 13 March!
https://t.co/G8YydEfOxm

[Maarten Van Dyck @dyck_maarten]

@nescio13 Yes!

[Maarten Van Dyck @dyck_maarten]

@nescio13 Maybe we should try to find another moment to catch up on these matters! I have been thinking a lot on this since then…

[Maarten Van Dyck @dyck_maarten]

This will be interesting!

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@MassSimons @drjauge This is the the piece: "The History Between Koyré and Husserl" in Hypotheses and Perspectives in the History and Philosophy of Science. Homage to Alexandre Koyré 1892-1964 (Springer, 2018)

[Maarten Van Dyck @dyck_maarten]

@MassSimons @drjauge As far as I know, nobody really knows at this point. Rodney Parker wrote by far the best piece on the relations between Husserl and Koyré, and he also remains uncommitted on the precise role of Koyré in the invitation to Paris and the ensuing translation.

[Maarten Van Dyck @dyck_maarten]

@DeblockBlock @filipbuekens @MassSimons @HofhuisSteije Uiteraard. De receptie van Latour in de meer analytische wetenschapsfilosofie is op z'n minst moeizaam (en daar zijn redenen voor). Maar de stelling was dat je niet ernstig & analytisch kunt zijn én Latour serieus nemen. Dat klopt gewoon niet.