Philippe Verreault-Julien

Erasmus University Rotterdam

Biography

I am based at the Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam. I work on the epistemology of modelling, of understanding, and of explanation. In particular, my research focuses on using the distinctions between understanding and explanation and between ‘how-actually’ and ‘how-possibly’ explanations to examine the epistemic contribution of modelling.

Interests

Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of Economics
Epistemology
Philosophy of Biology
Metaphilosophy

Education

PhD in Philosophy, 2019

Erasmus University Rotterdam
MA, Research Master Philosophy and Economics, 2013

Erasmus University Rotterdam
Certificate, Economics, 2009

Université Laval
BA, Philosophy, 2009

Université Laval

Selected Publications

(2019). Understanding does not depend on (causal) explanation. European Journal for Philosophy of Science.

DOI

(2018). How could models possibly provide how-possibly explanations?. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A.

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(2017). Non-causal understanding with economic models: the case of general equilibrium. Journal of Economic Methodology.

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Papers et al.

(2019). Understanding with models. Erasmus University Rotterdam.

URL

(2019). Understanding does not depend on (causal) explanation. European Journal for Philosophy of Science.

DOI

(2018). How could models possibly provide how-possibly explanations?. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A.

Preprint DOI

(2017). Learning and understanding with models: same same but different?.

(2017). Non-causal understanding with economic models: the case of general equilibrium. Journal of Economic Methodology.

Preprint DOI

(2012). Review of Bernard Walliser's Comment raisonnent les économistes: les fonctions des modèles. Paris: Odile Jacob, 2011, 278 pp. Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics.

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Recent & Upcoming Talks

More Talks

Hamilton’s rule: understanding the disagreement about its explanatoriness

November 9, 2018

OZSW 2018 Conference

Learning and understanding with models: same same but different?

June 11, 2018

Models of Explanation

Hamilton’s rule: understanding the disagreement about its explanatoriness

May 23, 2018

Workshop: Explanation and Understanding

Learning and understanding with models: same same but different?

March 15, 2018

Models and Simulations 8

Learning and understanding with models: same same but different?

October 12, 2017

What to make of highly unrealistic models?

Teaching

I am or was the instructor of record for the following courses:

Philosophy of Economics (fall 2015-2018), The Hague University of Applied Sciences
Philosophy of the Social Sciences (MA course, fall 2017-2018), University of Amsterdam
Philosophy of Science (fall 2017), John Stuart Mill College–VU Amsterdam
Political Philosophy (fall 2018), John Stuart Mill College–VU Amsterdam
Values, Welfare, and Cooperation (winter 2018-2019), Erasmus University Rotterdam

I was teaching assistant for the following courses:

Introduction to Philosophy of Science (winter 2010-2011), Université Laval
Philosophy of Physics (winter 2011), Université Laval
Philosophy of Economics (spring 2014-2015), Erasmus University Rotterdam

Contact

[email protected]
@pvjulien on Keybase.
Erasmus University, Erasmus School of Philosophy, EIPE Office, Room J5-69, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands