Name Responsible Activity "Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science" "Karen François" "The ongoing research is focused on: 1. Foundations of Mathematics; 2. Development of New Logics; 3. History and Philosophy of 20th Century Cosmology; 4. Popularization of Science; 5. Philosophy and Children; 6. Science Rhetoric. In essence, this Research Unit concentrates on: 1. Philosophy of science (especially mathematics and physics); 2. Transfer of knowledge." "Institute of Philosophy" "Gerd Van Riel" "The Institute of Philosophy has been a home to outstanding teaching and research in philosophy. The Institute sets for itself the task to reflect upon the nature of man and the world, science and society and other topics.For more information about the research topics of the different research teams belonging to this faculty see: - Centre for logic, philosophy of science and philosophy of language - Centre for metaphysics and philosophical anthropology - Centre for ethics, social and political philosphy - The Wulf-Mansioncentre for ancient and mediaeval philosophy - Husserl-archive: centre for phenomenology - Centre for culture and philosophy" "Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science" "Jan Heylen" "The Centre for Logic and Analytic Philosophy (CLAW) co-ordinates all research at the Institute of Philosophy concerning logic and analytic philosophy, with a special focus on the philosophy of particular sciences.The Centre cooperates with other Belgian scholars at the National Centre for Research in Logic and international researchers in philosophy of science research programmes. The Centre is very active in the organization of seminars and workshops in cooperation with researchers from abroad.The research projects and publications of the Centre cover the following areas:LogicMetaphysicsPhilosophy of MindPhilosophy of LanguageEpistemologyPhilosophy of Science (General)Philosophy of Mathematics, including probability theoryPhilosophy of Physics and ChemistryPhilosophy of BiologyPhilosophy of Cognitive and Social Sciences" "Department of Languages and cultures of South and East Asia" "South Asia ; East Asia ; Culture" "Department of Linguistics" "Geert Jacobs" "Traditionally, Linguistics at Ghent University has had a broad research focus, covering a wide spectrum of topics ranging from historical linguistics (Indo-European, Greek and Latin, Romance and Germanic languages), dialectology, lexicology, lexicography, the study of the grammar of several languages, to sociolinguistics, pragmatics and interaction. However, there has always been a special interest in comparative research and variational linguistics. This includes the comparison of linguistic structures, variation and processes in the different languages taught in the BA and MA programmes and the comparison of different linguistic theories, methods and frameworks." "Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB)" "Wilfried Lemahieu" "The primary missions of the Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) are education and research.A FEB education aims to prepare students for successful entrepreneurial endeavours and careers in the corporate world, in national and international public policy-making, or in research. To achieve this the FEB offers high-quality, research-based degree programmes in the fields of both economics and business, and from Bachelor to PhD.Secondly, the FEB wants to foster research with high academic and societal impact, and high visibility in the corporate world. The FEB’s ambition is to be the leading learning and research community in Belgium and to excel in the different research subfields the school hosts, thereby deserving its high rank among the top of European schools of Economics and Business.For more information see: - Department of economics - Department of applied economics" "Centre for Philosophical Psychology" "Bert Leuridan" "The overarching theme of research is the possibility and the limits of a naturalistic explanation of mental activities and properties. How is it possible to reconcile the subjective experience of oneself as the source or centre of one's acting, perceiving and intending with the scientific image of the human being as a complex biological organism, functioning in a physical world? What is the relation between our spontaneous, unreflected self-image and the scientific account of man and world? The theme is approached from three complementary philosophical perspectives: the philosophy of cognitive science, analytical philosophy of mind and contemporary phenomenology. The research often has an interdisciplinary orientation, and sometimes leads to collaborations with cognitive scientists, psychologists, neuroscientists and linguists. Within this general framework, research concerns, with an emphasis on the aspect of embodiment, phenomenal consciousness, perception, commonalities and differences between the sensory modalities, pain, expression and intersubjectivity, pictural representation and the relation between philosophy and neurobiology." "Center for European Philosophy" "Walter Van Herck" "Founded in 2007, the Center for European Philosophy (previous Center for Philosophy of Culture) originates from the fusion of three former research groups: the Center for Metaphysics and Culture, the Center for Philosophy of Religion, and the Center for Philosophy of Art & Literature. Its main research interest is a philosophical reflection on the relation between reason and culture in modern and contemporary society. Philosophy is involved in the transformation processes of modernity: it not only reflects on the transformation processes of modern culture in order to elucidate their philosophical presuppositions, but it has been transformed itself in the wake of the vicissitudes of modern culture and society. The common research aim is therefore not only to contribute to the reflection on the philosophical presuppositions of modern culture and its transformations, but also to clarify the role and relevance of modern culture for the various transformations of philosophy itself. With these common aims, the Center intends to develop its research in the field of philosophy of culture which has been considered as a distinct discipline of philosophy since the end of the 19th century. In accordance with its origins, the Center's research interest is being elaborated within a threefold perspective. A first perspective is engaged with criticism of metaphysics and post metaphysical thought. It focuses on the gradual disappearance of metaphysics and its reform(ulation)s in western culture. In particular it considers the relation between the rise and specific character of modern culture and 'the end of metaphysics'. A second perspective concerns criticism of religion and secularization. From the viewpoint of philosophy of religion, the research of the Center concentrates on the (diminishing) role of Christianity in western culture, in particular on the relation between the rise and specific character of modernity and the process of secularization. And thirdly, from the perspective of philosophy of art and literature, the research of the Center focuses on criticism of representation, particularly in relation to the rise of modernism which has led to a crisis of classical representation. Art is even paradigmatic for this crisis, since the decay of the aesthetic ideal of imitation shows the limits of philosophical rationality. This area of tension between reason and (modernist) art is being examined in literature and visual arts. The center has a distinctive profile not only in terms of its common themes, but also regarding its approach. This approach implies a historical and multidisciplinary point of view and a predominant affiliation to the continental tradition of philosophy. In line with this orientation, the Center's research interests also cover central issues in Classical Philosophy, German and British idealism, Phenomenology, Hermeneutics and Ontology." "Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Studies (TricS)" "Carola Strobl" "The research group Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Studies (TriCs) belongs to the Department of Translators and Interpreters, Faculty of Arts and Philosophy This department is integrated from October 1, 2013. Currently, the research group is fully engaged in the implementation of their research." "Formal and Computational Linguistics (ComForT), Brussels Campus" "Guido Vanden Wyngaerd" "The Research Group conducts theoretical and descriptive research in the fields of formal and computational linguistics, a.o. with a view to its application in language and speech technology. The central aim is to acquire insight into the complexity of linguistic knowledge by studying the formal properties of the structures and rules that constitute the architecture of language and grammar.  The formal modelling of this knowledge is mainly carried out by means of structural and/or logical-mathematical representations. The group strives towards interdisciplinary collaboration with researchers from computer science/AI and analytical philosophy/logic. Three tracks are distinguished within formal syntax:In the monostratal framework of Head-Driven Phrase structure Grammar the group studies predicative complements, object raising and verbal clusters, copular verbs and PPs a.o..In the generative framework of Minimalism the group studies ellipsis, expletives, complementizers, binding, control, particle verbs and the morphology-syntax interface.In the descriptive-structural framework the group studies the synchronic and diachronic morpho-syntax of Dutch and German, the structure of the NP, conditional clauses and connectives (adverbs and conjunctions). Two tracks are distinguished within formal semantics:On the descriptive level, research concerns quantification in natural language (comparative and proportional quantification, negation and polarity, scope-relations) on the one hand, and tense, aspect, telicity and boundedness on the other.On the theoretical level, research concerns the logical geometry of relations of opposition, implication and duality on the one hand, and the algebra of colours, numbers and geometry on the other. The group develops language technology apploications in the field of:automatic tagging, lemmatizing and parsing for Dutchhybrid systems for automatic translation from and into Dutchautomatic text alignment The group plays an active role in the creation of large-scale annotated corpora and tree banks for Dutch (D-coi, LASSY, SoNaR) and the development of NLP Tools and Resources in the broad academic framework of Digital Humanities. "