Center for the History of Philosophy and Science

The Center for the History of Philosophy and Science (CHPS) brings historians of philosophy and historians of science together in a single research group. This constellation is unique to the extent that CHPS studies philosophy and science as historically intertwined fields. The goal of the CHPS is to study the evolution of natural philosophy from Antiquity to the modern age. The centre is proud of its international reputation for academic excellence, its successful efforts in the sphere of valorization and its ability to attract new projects and staff.

Highlights

Subsidie en prijzen / award

NWO funds research into emotional language processing, charred papyri, the molecularisation of biology and consciousness in AI

The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) will fund research by four talented aspiring academics as part of their PhD's in the Humanities programme.

Vlaggen van Nederland en Zwitserland naast elkaar

When is a country full? Christoph Lüthy throws himself into the debate on the Swiss vote on an immigration cap

Philosophy professor Christoph Lüthy published an op-ed about the Swiss vote on an immigration cap, and has been interviewed by Swiss and Dutch newspapers.

Marble statue of Plato's head

Colloquium Platonicum IV - The Concept of Nature in Plato and Platonism: Anthropology, Cosmology, Politics

You are warmly invited to the fourth edition of the Colloquium Platonicum at Radboud University.

Main lines of research

  1. The intersection of philosophy and science in the Greek, Latin, and Arabic traditions and their contemporary reception as well as the development of the natural sciences
  2. Ancient, medieval, and early modern theories of soul, imagination, and perception
  3. The epistemological, methodological, and ontological foundations of the natural sciences alongside their religious and societal implications 
  4. The conceptions of life at the intersection of nature and culture from antiquity to the current day


Photo - © Ted van Aanholt

A diverse group of nineteen researchers against the backdrop of a forest and an old university building

Contact information

Visiting address
Thomas Van Aquinostraat 4
6525GD Nijmegen