Projects
Targeting of early metastic lesions by exosome-mimetic nanoparticles Ghent University
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Moral Realism as a Normative Doctrine: Rethinking Politicized Realism. University of Antwerp
Reflections on Necessity and Normativity in Wittgenstein: A Philosophical Investigation into ‘the Must’ in Ethics and Mathematics. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
However, these are scarce and dense, which has led scholars to conclude that if they are to allow for an account of his (meta)ethical thought this should be done in concordance with the rest of his work. Yet, despite Wittgenstein’s own suggestions, few have tried to do so using his remarks ...
Legal Normativity: A Meta-Ethical Assessment of the Interpretivist Account. University of Antwerp
Strawsonian Metacompatibilism KU Leuven
I have two main objectives: (1) To reconstruct P.F. Strawson’s solution to the problem of free will and its relation to moral responsibility as a ‘metacompatibilism’, the view that compatibilism and incompatibilism can be reconciled. (2) To develop and defend a ‘Strawsonian metacompatibilism’ in the contemporary debate.
I start from the idea that Strawson’s views are not limited to ‘Freedom and Resentment’ (1962), the key text in ...
Morality and Moral Responsibility. The Strawson-Hart Account and the Responsibility-First Approach KU Leuven
I have two main objectives. (1) To develop a new account, the Strawson-Hart account, of the nature of morality. (2) To present a new approach, the responsibility-first approach, to the study of moral responsibility. I start from the thought that P.F. Strawson’s ‘Freedom and Resentment’, the key text in responsibility theory, cannot be understood without grasping Strawson’s conception of morality. I argue that H.L.A. Hart’s work sheds light on ...
Nihilism on a Troubled Earth: Friedrich Nietzsche and the nihilisms of the Anthropocene Ghent University
This project will use the critical philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche to develop a comprehensive understanding of the meaning and function of the nihilism(s) confronting us in today’s ecological crises. Despite increased references to the philosophical problem of nihilism by environmental scholars, in-depth engagement with existing nihilism-literature or theoretical clarification regarding the precise environmental meaning of nihilism is still ...
A Formal Approach to The Structure of Reasons Ghent University
A practical reason is a consideration in favor of why something is obligatory. Since reasons are central both in everyday normative reasoning and in normative theorizing, having precise models of how reasons are structured and how to reason with them is crucial to advance our understanding of substantive normative questions. The general aim of this project is to investigate the structure of practical reasons, which has so far been missing. ...