“I slept, and dreamed that life was beauty; I woke, and found that life was duty.” (Louisa May Alcott, 1832-1888)
This site is mainly in Dutch, but you can find an English version of my brief academic summary immediately below, as elsewhere a selected output.
Deze site is grotendeels in het Nederlands, de onderstaande beknopte academische résumé is een uitzondering, alsook elders een geselecteerde output.
Ik herbouw hier stelselmatig en, zo moet worden toegegeven, heerlijk traag (een kritische greep uit) mijn oude weblog aycaramba.be, die om copyright-redenen offline is.
Daarnaast laat ik af en toe nieuw materiaal los, de wijsheid indachtig dat spreken zilver is. Meest recente posts:
- Microrationaliteit (06/02/2019)
- Kleine ode aan Koen Raes (22/03/2018)
- Je ne peux plus perdre (24/10/2017)
- In the engine room (24/10/2017)
- Ascension Parish Cemetery (01/12/2015)
- Andermaal nooit meer? (08/08/2015)
- Eens het afval geruimd (12/06/2015)
- Wegcode (22/01/2015)
- Niet iedereen behagen (08/01/2015)
Affiliations & coordinates
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science (CLPS)
Department of History, Archeology and Philosophy (HARP)
Faculty of Languages and Humanities (LW) - Office and snail mail address:
Pleinlaan 2 – LW Room C.5.45
B-1050 Brussels – Belgium - e-post: Bart.Van.Kerkhove|at|vub|dot|be
- Profiles: VUB – Academia – LinkedIn – ResearchGate – ORCID – Google Scholar – WoS
- Guest scholar at: Universiteit Hasselt
Current courses
- Language and meaning / Taal en betekenis (VUB-LW-FILO, BA1, 1st sem)
- Text analysis I / Tekstanalyse I (VUB-LW-FILO, BA1, 2nd sem)
- Economy and society / Economie en maatschappij (VUB-LW-FILO, BA2, 2nd sem)
- Economics / Economie (VUB-ES-SCOM, BA1, 2nd sem)
- Philosophy of science / Wetenschapsfilosofie (UHasselt-WET, BA3, 1st sem)
- Environmental ethics (UHasselt-WET, MA, 2nd sem)
Selected memberships & projects
- Logique et Analyse – ISI indexed quarterly (editorial secretary 2001-2009, collecting editor 2010-2022)
- PhiMSAMP – International research network on mathematical practice (founding member 2004-2010)
- Mathematical Reviews (reviewer 2006-2018)
- National Centre for Research in Logic (fellow since 2006, secretary 2009-2014, vice-president since 2014)
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (fellow since 2006)
- Belgian Society for Logic and Philosophy of Science (president 2009-2014, secretary 2014-2022)
- Association for the Philosophy of Mathematical Practice (fellow since 2009, board member 2014-2025, secretary 2016-2020)
- Logic and Philosophy of Mathematics – VUB Strategic Research Project 22 (group leader 2013-2017)
- Research Foundation Flanders – Expert Panel Philosophy and Ethics (member 2015-2020)
- Inter University Research Master in Philosophy – Steering Committee (member since 2016, VUB coordinator since 2018, secretary since 2021)
- Contra Isaac Newton – VUB Strategic Research Project 100 (group leader 2024-2029)
(this page last updated 31 March 2025)