Maarten Van Dyck
@mvandyck.bsky.social
Professor in Philosophy at Ghent University. Sarton Centre for History of Science
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August 31, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Een aantal jaren geleden schreef ik een artikel over de zogenaamde "science wars" in de jaren '90, wat er daarin misliep en hoe daar de kiemen werden gelegd voor de retoriek dat universiteiten overgenomen waren door "postmodernisme" 1/
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July 8, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Een aantal jaren geleden schreef ik een artikel over de zogenaamde "science wars" in de jaren '90, wat er daarin misliep en hoe daar de kiemen werden gelegd voor de retoriek dat universiteiten overgenomen waren door "postmodernisme" 1/
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Samen met enkele collega's schreef ik een stuk in Apache waarin we ons distantiëren van de associate van onze vakgroep met racistische pseudowetenschap en eugenetica.
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Racistische pseudowetenschap hoort niet thuis aan de universiteit
Vakgroepleden distantiëren zich van haar associatie met racistische pseudowetenschap en eugenetica.
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July 4, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Samen met enkele collega's schreef ik een stuk in Apache waarin we ons distantiëren van de associate van onze vakgroep met racistische pseudowetenschap en eugenetica.
apache.be/2025/07/04/r...
apache.be/2025/07/04/r...
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🤩 KRIJG NOU WAT!* 🤩
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*Euh, ik bedoel: Koop dit! Vanaf september in uw boekhandel 🥳
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June 12, 2025 at 6:06 AM
🤩 KRIJG NOU WAT!* 🤩
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*Euh, ik bedoel: Koop dit! Vanaf september in uw boekhandel 🥳
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*Euh, ik bedoel: Koop dit! Vanaf september in uw boekhandel 🥳
An inspiring paper on how to write history of philosophy
In the new #HOPOS issue Fons Dewulf proposes a new "framework to describe the dynamics of academized twentieth-century philosophy in relation to its social and institutional context".
#hps #philsky
Link: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
#hps #philsky
Link: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
May 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
An inspiring paper on how to write history of philosophy
His encouragement over the years meant the world to me. One of the true greats in our field.
I regret to information the Bluesky philosophy community that Michael Friedman, noted philosopher of science and ground-breaking historian of Kant, neo-Kantianism, and logical positivism has died. May his memory be a blessing. #philsci
March 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
His encouragement over the years meant the world to me. One of the true greats in our field.
Thanks for pointing this out! So, to be clean: @mvandyck is the only real one… What a madness.
Please note that the account depicted below is a FAKE ACCOUNT impersonating Maarten van Dyck (note the slight difference in the handle) @mvandyck.bsky.social
January 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Thanks for pointing this out! So, to be clean: @mvandyck is the only real one… What a madness.
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Now out and open access! volume 1 of the @degruyterbrill.bsky.social series History of Philosophy and Science: American Philosophy and the Intellectual Migration edited by @sanderverhaegh.bsky.social and featuring a wider variety of papers than you might expect! www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
American Philosophy and the Intellectual Migration
How did immigrant scholars such as Rudolf Carnap, Max Horkheimer, and Alfred Schütz influence the development of American philosophy? Why was the U.S. community more receptive to logical empiricism th...
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January 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Now out and open access! volume 1 of the @degruyterbrill.bsky.social series History of Philosophy and Science: American Philosophy and the Intellectual Migration edited by @sanderverhaegh.bsky.social and featuring a wider variety of papers than you might expect! www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
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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.
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Professor in Critical Religion Studies & Comparative Philosophy (BOF)
Professor in Critical Religion Studies & Comparative Philosophy (BOF)
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January 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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!
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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!
Spread the word!
Professor in Critical Religion Studies & Comparative Philosophy (BOF)
Professor in Critical Religion Studies & Comparative Philosophy (BOF)
jobs.ugent.be
January 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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!
Spread the word!
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 in the link.
#hps #histsci #philsci
#hps #histsci #philsci
Good reasons, real questions and proper aims: Hasok Chang on the rationality of the chemical revolution
In this article, we provide a detailed discussion of Hasok Chang’s analysis of the Chemical Revolution. Our focus lies on his use of the framework of systems of practice and his claim that the aban...
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October 30, 2024 at 2:30 PM
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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS – I'm teaming up with Marie-Gabrielle Verbergt to edit a special issue of Minerva on the history of peer review in the humanities (and its connection to the sciences). Submit your abstracts by March 15, 2024, and help us spread the word!
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Call for Abstracts: The Past and Present of Humanities Peer Review
Abstract submission deadline: 15 March 2024
Peer review, i.e. the institutionalized evaluation of scholars and their outputs by others working in the same ...
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December 13, 2023 at 9:00 AM
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS – I'm teaming up with Marie-Gabrielle Verbergt to edit a special issue of Minerva on the history of peer review in the humanities (and its connection to the sciences). Submit your abstracts by March 15, 2024, and help us spread the word!
link.springer.com/collections/...
link.springer.com/collections/...