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

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Grant for Radboud research into why nature does not run backwards

Scientists at Radboud University received the John Templeton Foundation to investigate one of the fundamental puzzles of physics: why do so many processes in nature run in only one direction?

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These are the seven winners of the University Study Prize 2026

Seven (former) students of Radboud University can call themselves winners of the University Study Prize 2026. They receive this prize because they wrote a thesis of exceptional quality during the past academic year.

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Winners of the Radboud Team Science Award 2026 announced

The Executive Board of Radboud University presents this Team Science Award annually to give greater recognition and appreciation to collaboration in research.

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