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Wetenschapsfilosofie houdt zich bezig met de aard, status en ontwikkeling van wetenschappelijke kennis. Vragen die hierbij aan de orde komen zijn. hoe kunnen we weten dat wetenschappelijke kennis betrouwbaar is? Waarom en in welke mate vertrouwen we op de resultaten van wetenschappelijk onderzoek? Waarin verschilt wetenschappelijke kennis en is er een typische wetenschappelijke methodologie? Herman Philipse behandelt in deze serie van acht hoorcolleges deze en andere vragen van de wetenschapsfilosofie en plaatst dit vakgebied in een historisch perspectief.
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First published January 1, 2010
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Herman Philipse
40 books20 followersHerman Philipse (born 13 May 1951) is a professor of philosophy at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. From 1986 until 2003, he taught at Leiden University, where he obtained his doctorate in 1983.
Philipse has written many philosophical works in Dutch, including books on Husserl's early philosophy of logic, the role of certainty in Descartes' moral theory, and a widely read Atheist Manifesto (Atheistisch manifest & De onredelijkheid van religie (2004), untranslated; Eng: Atheist Manifesto and the unreasonableness of religion). In English, he has written over a dozen articles in philosophical journals, as well as a detailed assessment of Heidegger, Heidegger's Philosophy of Being: A Critical Interpretation. He has also written many commentaries for Dutch newspapers (most frequently as a regular contributor to the NRC Handelsblad) and current events television programs, defending atheism and advocating cultural assimilation for non-European immigrants in the Netherlands.
In his philosophical work, Philipse defends a non-reductionist naturalism, akin to that of Gilbert Ryle, Peter Strawson, and P.M.S. Hacker. While highly critical of the transcendental idealist tradition of Kant and Husserl for its allegedly incoherent notion of conceptual schemes, Philipse argues that scientistic philosophies that attempt to reduce consciousness to purely physical descriptions (such as those of Quine and Churchland) fall victim to a similar inconsistency: their theories logically depend on the concepts of ordinary human life they would abolish. More generally, Philipse firmly defends the values of the Enlightenment: support for the natural sciences and political liberalism.
Philipse's vigorous public atheism has, unsurprisingly, brought him into conflict with Islamists in the Netherlands. His 1995 Atheist Manifesto was republished in an expanded edition in 2004 with a foreword by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who partly credits the book for her shift from Islam to atheism.
Philipse has written many philosophical works in Dutch, including books on Husserl's early philosophy of logic, the role of certainty in Descartes' moral theory, and a widely read Atheist Manifesto (Atheistisch manifest & De onredelijkheid van religie (2004), untranslated; Eng: Atheist Manifesto and the unreasonableness of religion). In English, he has written over a dozen articles in philosophical journals, as well as a detailed assessment of Heidegger, Heidegger's Philosophy of Being: A Critical Interpretation. He has also written many commentaries for Dutch newspapers (most frequently as a regular contributor to the NRC Handelsblad) and current events television programs, defending atheism and advocating cultural assimilation for non-European immigrants in the Netherlands.
In his philosophical work, Philipse defends a non-reductionist naturalism, akin to that of Gilbert Ryle, Peter Strawson, and P.M.S. Hacker. While highly critical of the transcendental idealist tradition of Kant and Husserl for its allegedly incoherent notion of conceptual schemes, Philipse argues that scientistic philosophies that attempt to reduce consciousness to purely physical descriptions (such as those of Quine and Churchland) fall victim to a similar inconsistency: their theories logically depend on the concepts of ordinary human life they would abolish. More generally, Philipse firmly defends the values of the Enlightenment: support for the natural sciences and political liberalism.
Philipse's vigorous public atheism has, unsurprisingly, brought him into conflict with Islamists in the Netherlands. His 1995 Atheist Manifesto was republished in an expanded edition in 2004 with a foreword by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who partly credits the book for her shift from Islam to atheism.
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November 26, 2025
3,5 ster. Dit college is vooral heel lang en vergt, voor mij, nogal wat opzoekwerk!
August 25, 2025
Het gevoel dat je hebt nadat je een audioboek van 8u+ hebt uitgeluisterd om helemaal op het einde door prof. dr. Philipse te horen constateren dat wetenschapsfilosofie triviaal geworden is.
Naast deze bom van een afsluiter (of misschien mede omwille van) was het een zeer boeiende, grondige en didactische sterke uiteenzetting van wetenschapsfilosofie, wetenschapsmethodologie en wetenschapsgeschiedenis. Ik zou liegen moest ik zeggen dat ik alles ten gronde begrepen heb. Dit lijkt me zo een audioboek dat minstens twee maal beluisterd moet worden. Voorlopig is mijn verdikt dus 3/5 maar dat ligt dus meer aan mij.
Naast deze bom van een afsluiter (of misschien mede omwille van) was het een zeer boeiende, grondige en didactische sterke uiteenzetting van wetenschapsfilosofie, wetenschapsmethodologie en wetenschapsgeschiedenis. Ik zou liegen moest ik zeggen dat ik alles ten gronde begrepen heb. Dit lijkt me zo een audioboek dat minstens twee maal beluisterd moet worden. Voorlopig is mijn verdikt dus 3/5 maar dat ligt dus meer aan mij.
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