Drs. B. (Bart) Karstens
- PhD Candidate
- Philosophy of Science
- History of Science
- Artificial Intelligence
- Computational Linguistics
- History of Linguistics
| Telephone number: | +31 (0)71 527 4174 |
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| E-Mail: | b.karstens@hum.leidenuniv.nl |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Instituut voor Wijsbegeerte |
| Office Address: |
Witte Singel-complex Witte Singel 25/M. de Vrieshof 4 2311 BZ Leiden Room number 106B |
Biography:
Drs. Bart Karstens studied Artificial Intelligence at the Institute of Philosophy in Utrecht. He specialized in Computational Linguistics and Logic. He also studied History in Utrecht and specialized in ‘Historical and Comparative Studies of the Sciences and Humanities’ which he studied in Utrecht, Amsterdam and Berlin. For a year he worked on a project at the Centre of Mathematics and Computer Science in Amsterdam (2002-2003). He was connected to the Department of History in Utrecht as a teacher (2007). Since September 2008 he is PhD in Leiden on the NWO granted project "Philosophical Foundations of the Historiography of Science".
Current research:
Within the NWO programme I focus on the project ‘Assessments of Past Science’. Maybe the whole project boils down to one question: how much of the process of science do we need know to evaluate its outcomes? Related questions are: what kind of evaluations do we want and which evaluations do we perceive as possible within the History of Science and/or the Philosophy of Science? The ambitious goal of the project is to transform the answers to these questions into a methodology for historical research. It is still in its infancy but the plan is to use the comparative method to bridge the gap between socially and culturally oriented studies of science and historiography that focuses exclusively on scientific content. What I like about the project is the combination between various disciplines: philosophy, history and possibly sociology. For instance, the perennial problem for history: how to account for both continuity and discontinuity, is obviously also a profound philosophical problem. I am convinced that studying the phenomenon of science is the most fruitful when an interdisciplinary approach is used.
2011
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Karstens, B (2011)
'Charity’ en wetenschapsgeschiedenis. Barchem, Promovendi symposium Huizinga Instituut
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Karstens, B (2011)
Recursion, Rhythm and Rhizome. Searching for patterns in the history of the humanities. [Bespreking van: De Vergeten Wetenschappen. Een Geschiedenis van de Humaniora]. In: Beiträge zur Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaft, 21, pp. 153-162.
(Book review)
2010
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Karstens, B (2010)
Bopp the Builder. Discipline formation as hybridization: the case of Comparative Linguistics. Amsterdam, The Making of the Humanities II
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Karstens, B (2010)
De mens in zijn totaliteit. De antropologische benadering in het werk van Lammert van der Horst (1893-1978). Studium (3), pp. 115-129.
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Karstens, B (2010)
Het Cartesisch Product van Wetenschapsstudies’. Utrecht, NVWF Symposium: ‘ Relaties tussen wetenschapsfilosofie en wetenschapsgeschiedenis’
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Karstens, B (2010)
How is it possible to understand others? Leiden, Lorentz workshop: ‘Understanding and the Aims of Science’
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Karstens, B (2010)
Killing an Arab. Thauma, 1, pp. 47-52.
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Karstens, B (2010)
Mathematical Life in the Dutch Republic, Commentaar bij lezing Dr. Liesbeth de Wreede: ‘Humanist Mathematics’.
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Karstens, B (2010)
Towards a Classification of Approaches to the History of Science. Barcelona, 4th International Conference, European Society for the History of Science
(Conference lecture)
2009
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Karstens, B (2009)
Assessments of Past Science. Rolduc, 2e Nederlandse promovendicongres wetenschapsgeschiedenis
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Karstens, B (2009)
From the local to the global. The ‘circulation of knowledge’, a promising perspective? Budapest, XXIII International Congress of History of Science and Technology (ICHST)
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Karstens, B (2009)
Is it an error not to speak about errors? Phoenix (Arizona), History of Science Society, Annual Meeting
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Karstens, B (2009)
Speaking of Error in the Historiography of Science. Zeist, Third Bi-Annual Dutch Conference in the History of Science
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Karstens, B (2009)
The Politicization of Science Studies. Bielefeld, ESF ZiF 'Science and Values: the Politicization of Science'
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Karstens, B (2009)
The concept of nature and its cognates in social and natural sciences and humanities, commentaar bij lezing Prof. Dr. Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent (Université Paris-X Nanterre). Ravenstein
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Karstens, B (2009)
The emergence of historical and comparative linguistics as an academic discipline: novel insights from a fresh perspective. Oxford, Henry Sweet Society, Annual Colloquium
(Conference lecture)
2008
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Karstens, B (2008)
Evidence in Science and Philosophy of Science, commentaar bij lezing Prof. dr. Maarten van Dyck ‘Generating evidence with pendulums in 17th century physics’. Ravenstein
(Other)
2003
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Fokkink, W.J. & Pang, Jun & Karstens, B (2003)
Analysis of a redesigned lift system using UPPAAL. Proceedings 5th Conference on Formal Engineering Methods: ICFEM'03 Vol. 2885 (pp. 504-522). Springer Verlag.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings)