Philippe Verreault-Julien

Philippe Verreault-Julien

Postdoctoral Researcher

Eindhoven University of Technology

About Me

I am a postdoctoral researcher at Eindhoven University of Technology, where I am part of a project that examines philosophical issues raised by artificial intelligence systems, in particular those related to their opacity.

My research primarily concerns the epistemology of scientific modelling, understanding, and explanation.

Interests
  • Philosophy of Science
  • Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence
  • Philosophy of Economics
  • Epistemology
  • Philosophy of Biology
  • Metaphilosophy
Education

  • PhD Philosophy, 2019

    Erasmus University Rotterdam

  • MA Philosophy, 2013

    Erasmus University Rotterdam

  • Minor Economics, 2009

    Université Laval

  • BA Philosophy, 2009

    Université Laval

Recent Publications

Emily Sullivan, Philippe Verreault-Julien (2022). From Explanation to Recommendation: Ethical Standards for Algorithmic Recourse. 2022 AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society (AIES’22).

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Philippe Verreault-Julien (2022). Representing Non-Actual Targets?. Philosophy of Science.

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Vaios Koliofotis, Philippe Verreault-Julien (2022). Hamilton's rule: a non-causal explanation?. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science.

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Philippe Verreault-Julien (2021). Explanation in economics. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Economics.

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Philippe Verreault-Julien (2021). Factive inferentialism and the puzzle of model-based explanation. Synthese.

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Past & Upcoming Talks

From Explanation to Recommendation: Ethical Standards for Algorithmic Recourse
People are increasingly subject to algorithmic decisions, and it is generally agreed that end-users should be provided an explanation …
August 1, 2022 Oxford
Explanation in Economics
Discussions in the literature on economic methodology often do not explicitly concern explanation. The goal of this chapter is to show …
July 4, 2022 09:00 Ghent University
Toy models, dispositions, and the power to explain
May 16, 2022 Online
Recommander pour le bien-être: vers des standards éthiques pour le recours algorithmique
People are increasingly subject to algorithmic decisions, and it is generally agreed that end-users should be provided an explanation …
May 11, 2022 10:30 Université Laval
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Projects

Meta-Empirical Reasoning and Justification in Philosophy and the Sciences
Methodological naturalism (naturalism henceforth) is the view according to which the empiricist scientific methodology is adequate for both philosophy and the sciences. However, the validity of naturalism crucially depends on the alleged distinctiveness between philosophical and scientific methods.
Models, Understanding, and Explanation
Philosophers have been interested in how models that systematically and deeply idealize may explain or afford understanding if they misrepresent the very things that are supposed to explain and be explained.
Towards a Methodology of Modal Modeling for Science
Project on which I collaborate.
Explanation in Social Evolution Theory
This project concerns the explanatoriness of theoretical principles in social evolution theory, in particular Hamilton’s rule and the Price equation. Whether or how these widely accepted principles provide insight into evolutionary phenomena is the subject of scientific controversy and of philosophical discussion.

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