Centre for the Study of Enlightenment and Free Thought Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Study of Enlightenment, intersubjectivity and religion
Study of Enlightenment, intersubjectivity and religion
Sinology at KULeuven includes the following three domains of research: 1. CLASSICAL CHINESE PHILOSOPHY (Zhou en Han Dynasties): * An analysis of the 'Xunzi' as a culmination of early Chinese philosophical debates; * The ethic-religious core chapters of 'Mozi': a textual analysis of the three-fold structure; * A study of the 'Xunzi'; * Paradoxes in early taoist writings: a philosophical and textual analysis; * From normative language to ...
The Husserl Archives in Leuven is responsible for the publication of the philosophical work of Edmund Husserl.The chief mission of the Archives remains research into and documentation of Husserl's estate. The Archives receives visitors from around the world interested in consulting Husserl's manuscripts, or the extensive Phenomenology library of the research centre
1. Critical edition of E. Husserl's philosophical legacy (1859- 1938); ...
Research in general covers the wide area of social-cultural work and adult education, and more specifically theory building around the concept of adulthood and the philosophical fundamentals of agogics. The issue of cultural centres is followed. Furthermore, there is specialisation in art education. Research concerning connections between agogics and gerontology is also being done. Finally, there is also the domain of leisure and tourism ...
Research topics of this unit are:
° Literary theory: development of a historical poetics of narrative prose, from the Middle Ages to 1800.
° Autobiography study: modalities and conditions for the I-discourse during the Ancien Régime.
° Study of narrative strategies: ambiguity and ductus obliquus in the narrative-philosophical discourse of the Enlightenment.
° Legitimization strategies of the literary, scientific and ...
The ‘Neuro-Aging’ team focuses on glutamate transport, with emphasis on system xc - , in health and disease. We have ongoing projects on the role of system xc - or the cystine/glutamate antiporter in e.g. Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and (central effects of) (pancreatic) cancer. In most of these projects, neuroimmune communication is receiving increasing attention. Our overall hypothesis that inhibition of system xc - might be a ...
ArcK is the research group for the domains of architecture and interior architecture of Hasselt University. Domains which imply a spatial synthesis of material, cultural, aesthetic, social, urban, and societal aspects within a given situation or context. We believe that research within these domains should reflect this complexity.
As a multidisciplinary team (including designers, urbanists, art historians, engineers, psychologists, and ...