René van Woudenberg

Talks

Upcoming talks:

6-8 december 2018
University of Southern California, “Science and Common Sense”
30 november 2018
Berlijn, ''Psychism''
29 november 2018
VU Amsterdam, ''Abraham Kuyper over de universiteit''
16 november 2018
LOZ lezing Amsterdam ''Persoonlijke identiteit''
31 oktober 2018
Zwijndrecht, ''Toeval''

Previous talks (selection)

5 juli 2018
Cambridge, Faraday Institute, “Presuppositions of Science”
28 juni 2018
EEN conference Amsterdam, “Why Reading isn’t Merely Attending to Testimony”
26 juni 2018
VU Amsterdam, Symposium Free Will, “A Response to Al Mele’s Luck Objection to Libertarianism”
22-24 juni 2018
Banff (Canada), Templeton Foundation, “The Future of the University”
20 juni 2018
Nantes, “The Delineation of Common Sense”
19 april 2018
St. Andrews, “Reading and Interpreting”
5 maart 2018
KNAW, “Replicatie, wetenschapsfilosofische reflecties”
23 februari 2018
Northwestern, “Reading as a Source of Knowledge”
31 januari 2018
Lezing PhD club Clue+, “The Nature of the Humanities”
27 november 2017
Hydepark, Misssionaire Toerusting, “Het probleem van het kwaad”
20 november 2017
Universiteit Utrecht, Nacht van Descartes (Paul Ziche), “Science and the Future”
12 september 2017
Amsterdam Zuidas, “Beloften als bron van zekerheid”
21 augustus 2017
VU, openingsspeech conferentie “What the Humanities Contribute to the University”
29 juli 2017
Rio de Janeiro, “Presuppositions of Science”
28 juni 2017
RU Groningen, “Arbitrary Belief, Lucky Belief, and Responsible Belief”
21 juni 2017
VU Hooglerarenconferentie, “De waarde van onderzoek”
6 juni 2017
VU, “Wolterstorff’s Impact on Dutch Philosophy”
12 mei 2017
Aurora conferentie, Reykjavik, “The Responsibility of the University in a ‘post-truth’/’post fact’ Society”
25 april 2017
NRC academie, ISVW debat met Herman Philipse
22 april 2017
Jeruzalem, “Beloften als bron van zekerheid”
31 maart 2017
Keulen: “Reid on Determinism”
18 maart 2017
Rome: “Ethical Equality, Universal Obligations and Nationality”
10 maart 2017
Conference “Science, Evidence, and the Law”, Vrije Universiteit, “Susan Haack’s Epistemology of Evidence”
15 februari 2017
VU proefcollege: “Beloften als bron van zekerheid”
15-17 november 2016
San Antonio, TX (invited speaker): “What God Has to Do With the World’s Religions”
14 november 2016
Chapman University, LA (invited speaker), “The Epistemic Status of Belief in Free Will”
8 november 2016
University of Turin, Italy, (invited speaker), “The Epistemic Status of Belief in Free Will”
13 oktober 2016
University of Costa Rica (invited speaker): lecture on “Science and Design” (II)
9 september 2016
VU voorzitter conferentie over “Hoort Theologie thuis aan de Universiteit?”
15-19 augustus 2016
Leuven, “What is it to interpret something?”
4-6 juli 2016
Parijs, EEN, (key note speaker) “An Epistemological Critique of Scientism”
24 mei 2016
Wisla, Polen, “Does ‘biologically random’ entail ‘not guided’?”
22 mei 2016

Wisla, Polen, European Leadership Forum, “Scientism and the Need to Acknowledge the Limits of Science”
21 april 2016

Amsterdam, De Bildung Akademie, “Het probleem van het kwaad en de kracht van een theodicee”
14 april 2016

Mechelen, Background Educations. “Knowledge and Identity”
13 april 2016
Gastcollege VU, “Austins taaldadentheorie”
6 april 2016
KHMW, laudatio Ruben Verhagen, scriptieprijs Filosofie/Theologie
31 maart 2016
VU Fac. der Rechtsgeleerdheid, “Sir John Templeton and the Foundations named after him”.
4 februari 2016
ForumC, “Sir John Templeton and the Foundations named after him”
27 januari 2016
Rotterdam, EUR, “Thomas Reid tegen scepticisme”
7 december 2015
Utrecht, conference of Protestant Pastors, lectures on “What may Christians legitemately expect from science?”, and “Science and Miracles”.
14 november 2015
Univ. of Salamanca, Spain, 5th World Congres on Metaphysics, “Why Random Events can be Divinely Guided”
11 november 2015
Univ. of Oviedo, Spain, conference on Self-Knowledge, “The Scope of Transparant Self-Knowledge”
19 oktober 2015
NSR Rotterdam, “Over de interpretatie van geweldsteksten in het OT”
17 augustus 2015
VU Amsterdam, summer seminar ‘science and religion’, “Knowledge: Scientific and Other”.
22 juli 2015
Oxford, SCIO conference Lady Margareth Hall, “Naturalism and the Limits of Science” & “Theories in Science and Theology”
5 juni 2015
Bled conferentie, “The Epistemic Status of Belief in Free Will”
28 april 2015
Cambridge, St. Edmund’s College, Faraday Institute, “Theories: their Roles and Functions”
14 april 2015
KHMW, toespraak jury Jan Brouwerprijs
14 november 2014
Lezing Nederlandse Vereniging voor Filosofieonderwijs, “Common sense tegenover scepticisme: Thomas Reid
vs. David Hume”
23 september 2014
Drachten, “Grenzen van wetenschap en ruimte voor Christelijk geloof”.
18-20 July 2014
Conference Configuring Adam and Eve, Oxford, “On The Role and Status of Scientific and Theological Theories”.
1-2 June 2014
European Epistemology Network, Madrid, “Transparency Clarified”
17 mei 2014
Baambrugge, DDR groep, “Levenskunst”
16 mei 2014
VGSR, Rotterdam, “Wetenschap van illusies en illusies van wetenschap”
23 April 2014
Faculty of Philosophy, “Science Beyond Scientism, and the Abraham Kuyper Center”
14 maart 2014
Gouda, Driestar Academie, “Levenskunst en grenzen van wetenschap”
11 maart 2014
CSG Liudger, “Vrije wil, determinisme en wetenschap”
29-31 januari 2014
Vereniging voor analytische wijsbegeerte, RU Groningen, “Metaphysics of Degrees”
18 januari 2014
Vereniging Voor Christelijke Filosofie, “Het sciëntisme van Alex Rosenberg”
15 November, 2013
Research School Philosophy, “Herman Philipse’s
Principle R.”
8 November, 2013
University of Notre Dame, “Belief is Involuntary. The Evidence from Thought Experiments and from Empirical Psychology.”
1-2 November, 2013
University of Vermont, “Disagreement, Design, and
Thomas Reid.”
12 September, 2013
University of Southern Denmark, “Anti Design Skepticism.”
28 June, 2013
Conference on Natural Theology, VU University, Amsterdam: “Is Pascal's God not the God of the Philosophers?”
15 June, 2013
Conference on Liberal Arts Education, Amsterdam University College, Amsterdam: “What do we Educate for?”
4 June, 2013
Epistemology Conference, Bled (Slovenia): “Against Scientism.”
16 May, 2013
Research Day Faculty of Philosophy, VU University Amsterdam: “Evidence for Free Will.”
12 April, 2013
Lustrum Faculty of Philosophy, VU University Amsterdam: “Types of Meta Science in VU History.”