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    Vedic cosmology and ethics: selected studies.Henk W. Bodewitz - 2019 - Boston: Brill. Edited by Dorothea Maria Heilijgers-Seelen.
    The articles by Henk Bodewitz collected in this volume, published between 1969 and 2013, deal with Vedic cosmology and ethics on basis of a systematic philological study of early Vedic texts, from the Ṛgveda to various Brāhmaṇas, Āraṇyakas and Upaniṣads.
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    Boekbesprekingen.W. Beuken, Tamis Wever, Th C. de Kruijf, P. Smulders, W. G. Tillmans, Jos Vercruysse, P. Fransen, F. Kurris, Jos E. Vercruysse, R. G. W. Huysmans, S. de Smet, H. P. M. Goddijn, J. Y. H. Jacobs, W. Thys, A. Poncelet, Ger Groot, Henk van Luijk, A. A. Derksen & H. Rikhof - 1976 - Bijdragen 37 (4):428-461.
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    Understanding Scientific Understanding.Henk W. De Regt - 2017 - New York: Oup Usa.
    Understanding is a central aim of science and highly important in present-day society. But what precisely is scientific understanding and how can it be achieved? This book answers these questions, through philosophical analysis and historical case studies, and presents a philosophical theory of scientific understanding that highlights its contextual nature.
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  4. The epistemic value of understanding.Henk W. de Regt - 2009 - Philosophy of Science 76 (5):585-597.
    This article analyzes the epistemic value of understanding and offers an account of the role of understanding in science. First, I discuss the objectivist view of the relation between explanation and understanding, defended by Carl Hempel and J. D. Trout. I challenge this view by arguing that pragmatic aspects of explanation are crucial for achieving the epistemic aims of science. Subsequently, I present an analysis of these pragmatic aspects in terms of ‘intelligibility’ and a contextual account of scientific understanding based (...)
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    Mental diagnosis by the association reaction method.Frederick G. Henke & Milton W. Eddy - 1909 - Psychological Review 16 (6):399-409.
  6. A Contextual Approach to Scientific Understanding.Henk W. de Regt & Dennis Dieks - 2005 - Synthese 144 (1):137-170.
    Achieving understanding of nature is one of the aims of science. In this paper we offer an analysis of the nature of scientific understanding that accords with actual scientific practice and accommodates the historical diversity of conceptions of understanding. Its core idea is a general criterion for the intelligibility of scientific theories that is essentially contextual: which theories conform to this criterion depends on contextual factors, and can change in the course of time. Our analysis provides a general account of (...)
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    Focusing on scientific understanding.Henk W. de Regt, Sabina Leonelli & K. Eigner - 2008 - In Henk W. De Regt, Sabina Leonelli & Kai Eigner (eds.), Scientific Understanding: Philosophical Perspectives. University of Pittsburgh Press.
  8. Understanding, Values, and the Aims of Science.Henk W. de Regt - 2020 - Philosophy of Science 87 (5):921-932.
    The understanding that comes with scientific explanation is regarded as one of the central epistemic aims of science. In earlier work I have argued that scientists achieve understanding of phenomen...
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  9. Scientific Understanding: Philosophical Perspectives.Henk W. De Regt, Sabina Leonelli & Kai Eigner (eds.) - 2008 - University of Pittsburgh Press.
    The chapters in this book highlight the multifaceted nature of the process of scientific research.
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  10. Frenemies or friends? A reply to Kareem Khalifa.Henk W. de Regt - 2022 - In Insa Lawler, Kareem Khalifa & Elay Shech (eds.), Scientific Understanding and Representation: Modeling in the Physical Sciences. New York, NY: Routledge.
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  11. Understanding and explanation: Living apart together?Henk W. de Regt - 2013 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 44 (3):505-509.
  12. Erwin Schrödinger, Anschaulichkeit, and quantum theory.Henk W. de Regt - 1997 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 28 (4):461-481.
    Early in 1926 Erwin Schrodinger presented his famous theory of wave mechanics to account for atomic phenomena. It is often assumed that Schrodinger’s work reflected a realist philosophy. In this article, I will argue that this assumption is incorrect.
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  13. Visualization as a Tool for Understanding.Henk W. de Regt - 2014 - Perspectives on Science 22 (3):377-396.
    The act of understanding is at the heart of all scientific activity; without it any ostensibly scientific activity is as sterile as that of a high school student substituting numbers into a formula. Ordinary language often uses visual metaphors in connection with understanding. When we finally understand what someone is trying to point out to us, we exclaim: “I see!” When someone really understands a subject matter, we say that she has “insight”. There appears to be a link between visualization (...)
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  14. Reduction and understanding.Dennis Dieks & Henk W. de Regt - 1998 - Foundations of Science 3 (1):45-59.
    Reductionism, in the sense of the doctrine that theories on different levels of reality should exhibit strict and general relations of deducibility, faces well-known difficulties. Nevertheless, the idea that deeper layers of reality are responsible for what happens at higher levels is well-entrenched in scientific practice. We argue that the intuition behind this idea is adequately captured by the notion of supervenience: the physical state of the fundamental physical layers fixes the states of the higher levels. Supervenience is weaker than (...)
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  15. Spacetime Visualisation and the Intelligibility of Physical Theories.Henk W. de Regt - 2001 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 32 (2):243-265.
  16. Scientific understanding: truth or dare?Henk W. de Regt - 2015 - Synthese 192 (12):3781-3797.
    It is often claimed—especially by scientific realists—that science provides understanding of the world only if its theories are (at least approximately) true descriptions of reality, in its observable as well as unobservable aspects. This paper critically examines this ‘realist thesis’ concerning understanding. A crucial problem for the realist thesis is that (as study of the history and practice of science reveals) understanding is frequently obtained via theories and models that appear to be highly unrealistic or even completely fictional. So we (...)
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    Explaining the splendour of science.Henk W. de Regt - 1998 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 29 (1):155-165.
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    The Archive of Development.Annette W. Balkema & Henk Slager (eds.) - 1998 - Brill | Rodopi.
    In the current debate on art, thought on time has commanded a prominent position. Do we live in a posthistorical time? Has objective art historical time and belief in a continual progress shifted to a more subjective experience of the ephemeral? Has history fallen away and, if so, what does this mean for the future of art? How does a visual archive relate to artistic memory? This volume investigates positions, arguments and comments regarding the stated theme. Philosophers and theorists explore (...)
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  19. Can scientific understanding be reduced to knowledge?Henk W. de Regt - 2022 - In Insa Lawler, Kareem Khalifa & Elay Shech (eds.), Scientific Understanding and Representation: Modeling in the Physical Sciences. New York, NY: Routledge.
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  20. Ludwig Boltzmann's Bildtheorie and Scientific Understanding.Henk W. de Regt - 1999 - Synthese 119 (1-2):113-134.
    Boltzmann’s Bildtheorie, which asserts that scientific theories are ‘mental pictures’ having at best a partial similarity to reality, was a core element of his philosophy of science. The aim of this article is to draw attention to a neglected aspect of it, namely its significance for the issue of scientific explanation and understanding, regarded by Boltzmann as central goals of science. I argue that, in addition to being an epistemological view of the interpretation of scientific theories Boltzmann’s Bildtheorie has implications (...)
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    Boekbesprekingen.P. C. Beentjes, W. G. Tillmans, Kitty Mul, J. Lambrecht, ThC de Kruijf, Marc Schneiders, Hans Goddijn, Henk J. M. Schoot, Jan Lambrecht, J. Y. H. A. Jacobs, G. Rouwhorst, F. J. Theunis, D. J. Leys, Drs Jlm Vis, Drs J. L. M. Vis, A. Braeckman, A. Pavert, A. van de Pavert, E. Dirven, Joan Hemels & Joh G. Hahn - 1990 - Bijdragen 51 (4):440-463.
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    Building bridges: connecting science, technology and philosophy: essays presented to Hans Radder.Henk W. de Regt, Chunglin Kwa & Hans Radder (eds.) - 2014 - Amsterdam: VU University Press.
    What is the future of science and technology? Will academic research become a commodity like so much else? Will technology and science become ever more intertwined? Such questions concern anyone to whom science and technology matter. A philosophical approach can shed light on them, as Hans Radder has amply shown. This volume contains essays by colleagues and friends that highlight the wide variety of topics he has addressed in his work. Whether it is the interaction between science, technology and society, (...)
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    The institutional logics of love: measuring intimate life.Roger Friedland, John W. Mohr, Henk Roose & Paolo Gardinali - 2014 - Theory and Society 43 (3):333-370.
    Building on a long tradition of measuring cultural logics from a relational perspective, we analyze a recent survey of American university students to assess whether institutional logics operate in the lived experience of individuals. An institutional logic is an analytic troika of object, practice, and subject linked together through dually ordered systems of articulations. Using the formal method of correspondence analysis (MCA) we identify two latent dimensions that order physical, verbal, emotional, categorical, and moral practices of and investments in love. (...)
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    Territorial Investigations: Including the Smooth Space Project.Annette W. Balkema & Henk Slager (eds.) - 1999 - Brill | Rodopi.
    Nowadays there are many spaces of fascination in visual art. Of course, installative space and contextual space have been on the art scene for awhile. However, they are now accompanied by other spaces such as urban space, architectural space, cyberspace, hyperspace, and screen-based space. In this volume, architects, artists, theorists, three symposia and four exhibitions attempt to find answers to questions such as: Could the architectonic study and/or deconstruction of space play a decisive role in the shift of attention to (...)
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    The Photographic Paradigm.Annette W. Balkema & Henk Slager (eds.) - 1997 - Rodopi.
    Opstellen over de fotografie en fotografische zienswijzen als paradigma in de hedendaagse beeldende kunst.
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    Concepts on the Move.Annette W. Balkema & Henk Slager (eds.) - 2002 - Brill | Rodopi.
    In order to give an impetus to the production of an apparatus of aesthetic concepts, in line with Deleuze and Guattari’s claim to create new concepts for a changing world, this volume publishes statements and discussions of ten Concept on the Move workshops, as well as texts and discussions of the concluding Concept on the Move symposium. The integral outcome of the workshops, the symposium and the discussions does not, however, present some sort of blueprint for the future of visual (...)
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    Introduction: Norms, Naturalism, and Scientific Understanding.Jan Faye & Henk W. de Regt - 2019 - Journal for General Philosophy of Science / Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie 50 (3):323-326.
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    Artistic Research.Annette W. Balkema & Henk Slager (eds.) - 2004 - Rodopi.
    Advanced art education is in the process of developing research programs throughout Europe. What does the term research actually means in the practice of art? What is the relation to the scientific methods of alpha, beta or gamma sciences, directed toward knowledge production and the development of a certain scientific domaine? What will be the influence of scientific research on the art forms?
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    Research Strategies in Human Biology. Field and Survey Studies. Edited by C. G. N. Mascie-Taylor & G. W. Lasker. Pp. 204. (Cambridge University Press, 1993.) £40.00. [REVIEW]W. Henke - 1994 - Journal of Biosocial Science 26 (4):562-563.
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    Exploding Aesthetics.Annette W. Balkema & Henk Slager (eds.) - 2001 - Brill | Rodopi.
    Today, many visual artists are giving the cold shoulder to the static, isolated concept of visual art and searching instead for novel, dynamic connections to different image strategies. Because of that, visual art and aesthetics are both forced to reconsider their current positions and their traditional apparatus of concepts. In that process, many questions surface. To mention a few: Could the characteristics of an artistic image and its specific manner of signification be determined in a world which is entirely aesthetisized? (...)
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    The Hows and whys of philosophy of science teaching: a comparative analysis.Henk W. de Regt & Edwin Koster - 2021 - European Journal for Philosophy of Science 11 (4):1-16.
    What makes teaching philosophy of science to non-philosophy students different from teaching it to philosophy students, and how should lecturers in philosophy adapt to an audience of practitioners of a field of study that they are reflecting on? In this paper we address this question by analyzing the differences between these student groups, and based on this analysis we make suggestions as to how philosophy of science can be taught to non-philosophy students in an effective and attractive way. Starting-point is (...)
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  32. Introduction: Simulation, Visualization, and Scientific Understanding.Henk W. de Regt & Wendy S. Parker - 2014 - Perspectives on Science 22 (3):311-317.
    Only a decade ago, the topic of scientific understanding remained one that philosophers of science largely avoided. Earlier discussions by Hempel and others had branded scientific understanding a mere subjective state or feeling, one to be studied by psychologists perhaps, but not an important or fruitful focus for philosophers of science. Even as scientific explanation became a central topic in philosophy of science, little attention was given to understanding. Over the last decade, however, this situation has changed. Analyses of scientific (...)
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    Modelling molecules: Beyond the epistemic-pragmatic dichotomy.Henk W. de Regt - unknown
    I argue that scientific explanation has a pragmatic dimension that is epistemically relevant. Philosophers with an objectivist approach to scientific explanation (e.g. Hempel, Trout) hold that the pragmatic aspects of explanation do not have any epistemic import. I argue against this view by focusing on the role of models in scientific explanation. Applying recent accounts of modelling (Cartwright, Morgan and Morrison) to a case-study of nineteenth-century physics, I analyse the pragmatic dimension of the process of model construction. I highlight the (...)
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    Beauty in physical science circa 2000.Henk W. De Regt - 2002 - International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 16 (1):95 – 103.
  35. Philosophy and the kinetic theory of gases.Henk W. de Regt - 1996 - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 47 (1):31-62.
    This article examines the role of philosophy in the development of the kinetic theory of gases. Two opposing accounts of this role, by Peter Clark and John Nyhof, are discussed and criticized. Contrary to both accounts, it is argued that philosophical views of scientists can fundamentally influence the results of their scientific work. This claim is supported by a detailed analysis of the philosophical views of Maxwell and Boltzmann, and of their work on the kinetic theory, especially concerning the so-called (...)
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  36. Discussion note: Making sense of understanding.Henk W. de Regt - 2004 - Philosophy of Science 71 (1):98-109.
    J.D. Trout (2002) presents a challenge to all theorists of scientific explanation who appeal to the notion of understanding. Trout denounces understanding as irrelevant, if not dangerous, from an epistemic perspective and he endorses a radically objectivist view of explanation instead. In this note I accept Trout's challenge. I criticize his argument and defend a non-objectivist, pragmatic conception of understanding that is epistemically relevant.
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  37. The Scientific Letters and Papers of James Clerk Maxwell, Volume II: 1862-1873.P. M. Harman & Henk W. De Regt - 1996 - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 47 (4):654-657.
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    Screen-Based Art.Annette W. Balkema & Henk Slager (eds.) - 2000 - Brill | Rodopi.
    In the 21st century, the screen - the Internet screen, the television screen, the video screen and all sorts of combinations thereof - will be booming in our visual and infotechno culture. Screen-based art, already a prominent and topical part of visual culture in the 1990s, will expand even more. In this volume, digital art - the new media - as well as its connectedness to cinema will be the subject of investigation. The starting point is a two-day symposium organized (...)
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    Kareem Khalifa's Understanding, Explanation, and Scientific Knowledge. [REVIEW]Henk W. de Regt & Anna E. Höhl - 2020 - BJPS Review of Books.
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  40. Max deutsch/intentionalism and intransitivity O. lombardi/dretske, Shannon's theory and the interpre-tation of information Wayne wright/distracted drivers and unattended experience.Henk W. de Regt, Dennis Dieks, A. Contextual, Hykel Hosni, Jeff Paris & Rationality as Conformity - 2005 - Synthese 144 (1):449-450.
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    A closer look at cognitive control: differences in resource allocation during updating, inhibition and switching as revealed by pupillometry.Eefje W. M. Rondeel, Henk van Steenbergen, Rob W. Holland & Ad van Knippenberg - 2015 - Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 9.
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    EPSA Philosophy of Science: Amsterdam 2009.Henk W. De Regt, Stephan Hartmann & Samir Okasha (eds.) - 2011 - Springer.
    This is a collection of high-quality research papers in the philosophy of science, deriving from papers presented at the second meeting of the European Philosophy of Science Association in Amsterdam, October 2009.
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    Wesley salmon's complementarity thesis: Causalism and unificationism reconciled?Henk W. de Regt - 2006 - International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 20 (2):129 – 147.
    In his later years, Wesley Salmon believed that the two dominant models of scientific explanation (his own causal-mechanical model and the unificationist model) were reconcilable. Salmon envisaged a 'new consensus' about explanation: he suggested that the two models represent two 'complementary' types of explanation, which may 'peacefully coexist' because they illuminate different aspects of scientific understanding. This paper traces the development of Salmon's ideas and presents a critical analysis of his complementarity thesis. Salmon's thesis is rejected on the basis of (...)
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    Two scientific perspectives on nerve signal propagation: how incompatible approaches jointly promote progress in explanatory understanding.Linda Holland, Henk W. de Regt & Benjamin Drukarch - 2024 - History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 46 (4):1-25.
    We present a case study of two scientific perspectives on the phenomenon of nerve signal propagation, a bio-electric and a thermodynamic perspective, and compare this case with two accounts of scientific perspectivism: those of Michela Massimi and Juha Saatsi, respectively. We demonstrate that the interaction between the bio-electric perspective and the thermodynamic perspective can be captured in Saatsi’s terms of progress in explanatory understanding. Using insights from our case study, we argue that both the epistemic and pragmatic dimensions of scientific (...)
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    (1 other version)Review of James Woodward, Making Things Happen: A Theory of Causal Explanation[REVIEW]Henk W. de Regt - 2004 - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2004 (7).
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    From Explanation to Understanding: Normativity Lost?Henk W. de Regt - 2019 - Journal for General Philosophy of Science / Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie 50 (3):327-343.
    In recent years, scientific understanding has become a focus of attention in philosophy of science. Since understanding is typically associated with the pragmatic and psychological dimensions of explanation, shifting the focus from explanation to understanding may induce a shift from accounts that embody normative ideals to accounts that provide accurate descriptions of scientific practice. Not surprisingly, many ‘friends of understanding’ sympathize with a naturalistic approach to the philosophy of science. However, this raises the question of whether the proposed theories of (...)
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  47. Building Bridges. Connecting Science, Technology and Philosophy.Henk W. de Regt & C. Kwa (eds.) - 2014 - VU University Press.
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  48. A Davidsonian argument against incommensurability.Igor Douven & Henk W. De Regt - 2002 - International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 16 (2):157 – 169.
    The writings of Kuhn and Feyerabend on incommensurability challenged the idea that science progresses towards the truth. Davidson famously criticized the notion of incommensurability, arguing that it is incoherent. Davidson's argument was in turn criticized by Kuhn and others. This article argues that, although at least some of the objections raised against Davidson's argument are formally correct, they do it very little harm. What remains of the argument once the objections have been taken account of is still quite damaging to (...)
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    Are Physicists’Philosophies Irrelevant Idiosyncrasies?Henk W. de Regt - 1996 - Philosophica 58 (2):125-151.
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    Interpreting theories without a spacetime.Sebastian De Haro & Henk W. de Regt - 2018 - European Journal for Philosophy of Science 8 (3):631-670.
    In this paper we have two aims: first, to draw attention to the close connexion between interpretation and scientific understanding; second, to give a detailed account of how theories without a spacetime can be interpreted, and so of how they can be understood. In order to do so, we of course need an account of what is meant by a theory ‘without a spacetime’: which we also provide in this paper. We describe three tools, used by physicists, aimed at constructing (...)
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