Dr. J.J.M. (Jan) Sleutels
Position:
- Assistant Professor in Metaphysics
- Metaphysics
- Epistemology
- Philosophy of Mind
- Media Philosophy
| Telephone number: | +31 (0)71 527 2007 |
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| E-Mail: | jan@sleutels.com |
| 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 1.03b |
| Personal Homepage: |
jan.sleutels.com www.dassein.com |
Teaching and Research
Jan Sleutels teaches Metaphysics as a discipline that traces the roots of key concepts in our understanding of the world and of ourselves, such as ‘space’ and ‘time’, ‘thing’ and ‘property’, ‘matter’, ‘mind’ and ‘cause’. His advanced teaching includes courses in Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind and Media Philosophy.
In his research Sleutels concentrates on problems of mental content in contemporary philosophy of mind and in epistemology. Which factors are responsible for determining the contents of our thoughts, perceptions, desires, and other mental states? The working hypothesis, inspired by the Toronto School hypothesis in communication theory (Innis, McLuhan), is that identity conditions for mental contents are responsive to pressures from historically changing technological conditions. This also affects the way these contents can be ‘managed’ in thinking processes, especially in rational thinking, which is generally conceived as a specific form of systematic content management. More generally, if both the contents and the processes in which they are involved are subject to substantial changes, it may be argued that the human mind itself is subject to substantial change—or more cautiously, that the proper model of mind that applies to earlier stages of technological development may be substantially different from current models of mind.
2010
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2010)
De oude Grieken dachten anders. Over de ontwikkeling vn het bewustzijn. Delft, Voordracht Studium Generale, Universiteit Delft
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2010)
De plasticiteit van het bewustzijn. Maastricht, Voordracht Studium Generale, Universiteit Maastricht
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2010)
De prijs van onderzoek. Leiden, Wetenschapscongres Pre-University College, Universiteit Leiden
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Sleutels, J.J.M. & Bolhuis, J.J. (2010)
Griekse zombies en zangvogels. Hoe?Zo! Radio, Teleac/NOT, Uitzending 2 aug. 2010, 21-22 uur, Radio 5
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2010)
Lid promotiecommissie Léon de Bruin, 29 sept. 2010.
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2010)
Plasticity of mind. Nijmegen, Research seminar Philosophy of Mind
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2010)
The history of consciousness. University College Utrecht, Lecture series University College Utrecht
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2010)
Two brain paradoxes. Neuroscience, enactivism, and ancient minds. Den Haag, European Association of Archaeologists 6th Annual Meeting
(Conference lecture)
2009
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2009)
Beyond Reduction. Philosophy of Mind and Post-Reductionist Philosophy of Science. [Bespreking van: Beyond Reduction]. In: International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 23, pp. 233-236.
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2009)
De oude Grieken dachten anders. Utrecht, Studium Generale, Universiteit Utrecht
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2009)
De plooibare geest. Leusden
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2009)
Help, My Parents Are Gutenborgs! Hong Kong, China, Toward a Science of Consciousness. Investigating Inner Experience: Brain, Mind, Technology
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2009)
The Contingency of Mind. Leiden, Philosophy Colloquium
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2009)
The Flintstones Fallacy. Leiden, Darwin en de filosofie
(Conference lecture)
2008
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2008)
Bewustzijn en kwantummechanica. Leusden, Symposium Natuurkunde en Bewustzijn, ISVW, Leusden
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2008)
Gutenborgs. Leiden, Symposium Lezen in een digitaliserende samenleving
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2008)
Recent changes in the structure of consciousness? In Stuart Hameroff, (Ed.) Consciousness Research Abstracts. Journal of Consciousness Studies (pp. 172-173).
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2008)
The Flintstones Fallacy. Leiden, Stafcolloquium Wijsbegeerte, Unversiteit Leiden
(Conference lecture)
2007
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2007)
Dieren en andere mensen: Hebben zij een geest? Amsterdam
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2007)
Recent changes in the structure of consciousness?
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2007)
Voorzitter symposium Echte Filosofie. Leiden
(Other)
2006
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2006)
De sprookjeswereld van Dr. P. Amsterdam
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2006)
Greek Zombies. Charlottetown, PEI, Canada
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2006)
Greek zombies. Philosophical Psychology, 19 (2), pp. 177-197.
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2006)
Gutenborgs. Charlottetown, PEI, Canada
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2006)
Interview door Bart Braun: Hoe denkt de zombie? Mare, 31
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2006)
On the alleged absurdity of substantially unconscious Greek minds. In: Kuijsten, M. (Ed.), Reflections on the dawn of consciousness, pp. 303-336. Henderson, NV: Julian Jaynes Society.
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2006)
Participation in Workshop Consciousness with Paul Churchland. Amsterdam
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2006)
Referee Philosophical Psychology.
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2006)
Roes, Ruis, Reden. Leiden
(Other)
2005
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2005)
Lid promotiecommissie H. van Kampen. Leiden
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2005)
Lid promotiecommissie V. Blok. Universiteit Leiden
(Other)
2004
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2004)
Liegen dichters de waarheid? Nijmegen, Symposium, Heyendaal Instituut
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2004)
Patentontologie. Over de schoonheid van de taal bij Lucebert. In: Brandt, Ria, van den & Philipsen, Bart (Eds.), De waarheid waarover ik niets weet te zeggen Over poëzie en waarheid., pp. 51-59. Budel: Damon.
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2004)
Waarom is er geen mediafilosofie? Utrecht, Zwijgende Tolken. Studium Generale, Universiteit Utrecht
(Conference lecture)
2003
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2003)
Liegen dichters de waarheid? Nijmegen
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2003)
Supersofen en makelaars. Mare
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2003)
Verkeerd verbonden? Leiden
(Other)
2002
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2002)
Filosofie in de praktijk. Den Haag
(Other)
2001
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2001)
Intentionaliteit. In Schouten, M. (Ed.) Vijftig jaar Philosophy of mind. Wijsgerig Perspectief
(Article in monograph or in proceedings)
2000
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2000)
David Hume. In: Keestra, M. (Ed.), Tien Westerse filosofen, pp. 87-106. Amsterdam
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2000)
Global Village. Filosofie in het tijdperk van ICT. 22e Nederlands-Vlaamse Filosofiedag. Leiden
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (2000)
Robots en noumena. [Bespreking van: The generation of behavior. On the function of representation in organism-environment dynamics]. In: Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte, 92, pp. 110-112.
(Book review)
1999
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (1999)
De kelders van cyberspace. Proceedings of the Symposium on Virtual RealityETV, TU Delft.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings)
1998
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (1998)
De kelders van de cyberspace. TU Delft, Symposium 'Virtual Reality' Electrotechnische Vereniging
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (1998)
Meaningful and rule-guided behaviour : a naturalistic approach : a teleofunctional argument against the alleged gap between the natural and the social sciences. [Bespreking van: Recensie van Anne Ruth Mackor, Meaningful and rule-guided behaviour. A naturalistic approach. A teleofunctional argument against the gap between the natural and the social sciences]. In: Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte, 90, pp. 309-311.
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (1998)
Phenomenal consciousness. Epiphenomenalism, naturalism, and perceptual plasticity. In: Myin, E. (Ed.), Approaching Consciousness (Communication and Cognition), 31. , pp. 21-56. Ghent: RU Gent, Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
1997
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (1997)
Analyticiteit van Kant tot Quine. Leiden, Gastcollege RU Leiden
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (1997)
Emergentie en bewustzijn. Utrecht, Symposium Emergentie, CKI
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (1997)
The logical structure of experience. Leiden, Conference on Mind and World
(Conference lecture)
1996
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (1996)
Zonnebrandontologie. Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte, 8, pp. 148-152.
(Article)
1994
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (1994)
Real Knowledge. The Problem of Content in Neural Epistemics. KU Nijmegen, 319pp.(Nijmegen, KU Nijmegen) J.J.M. Sleutels.
(Dissertation)
1993
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (1993)
Reductie of eliminatie van qualia? Superzwakke, zwakke, sterke en supersterke qualia bij Paul Churchland. In Derksen, A.A. (Ed.) Filosofie en cognitiewetenschap. Het connectionisme van Paul Churchland.. Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte (pp. 70-95).
(Article in monograph or in proceedings)
1992
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (1992)
Pop-metafysica. [Bespreking van: Pop-metafysica]. In: Psychologie en Maatschappij, 59, pp. 191-193.
(Book review)
1991
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (1991)
Natuurlijke teleologie. Het probleem van misrepresentatie in de fysicalistische philosophy of mind. In Debrock, G. (Ed.) Rationaliteit kan ook redelijk zijn. Bijdragen over het probleem van de teleologie (pp. 129-147). Assen/Maastricht: Van Gorcum.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings)
1990
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (1990)
Het abc van de werkelijkheid. Over de exacte locatie van de natuur der dingen. In: Lieshout, W., van (Ed.), Badje Beek 1968 - 1990. Sculpturen en tekeningen van Geurt van Dijk, Ad Gerritsen, Klaas Gubbels en Marten Hendriks., pp. 40-49. Nijmegen
(Part of book or chapter of book)
1989
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Sleutels, J.J.M. & Geurts, B. (1989)
Knopen en connecties. Filosofische aspecten van het connectionisme. In Brown, C., Hagoort, P., Meijering, T.C. (Eds.) Vensters op de geest. Cognitie op het snijvlak van filosofie en psychologie. (pp. 220-251). Utrecht: Grafiet.
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (1989)
Zakjapanners, superchinezen en hersenschimmen in de hedendaagse filosofie van de cognitiewetenschappen. In Brown, C, Hagoort, P, Meijering, T.C. (Eds.) Vensters op de geest. Cognitie op het snijvlak van filosofie en psychologie. (pp. 252-290). Utrecht: Grafiet.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings)
1988
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Sleutels, J.J.M. (1988)
Eliminatief materialisme en de autonomie van de bottom-up benadering. Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte, 80, pp. 41-62.
(Article)
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