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Philippe Verreault-Julien

About Me

Starting in the fall of 2019, I will be a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science (CPNSS), London School of Economics. I will carry out a project funded by the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture (FRQSC) on the methodological differences between the empirical sciences and philosophy.

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

Interests

  • Philosophy of Science
  • Philosophy of Economics
  • Epistemology
  • Philosophy of Biology
  • Metaphilosophy

Education

  • PhD 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

Other Publications

Understanding with models (PhD thesis summary)

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Understanding with models

Theoretical modelling raises many epistemological challenges. Models appear to explain economic phenomena, yet they also seem to lack …
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Learning and understanding with models: same same but different?

This paper is about two proposals that have been made about the possible epistemic function of highly idealized models. Some argue that …

Review of Bernard Walliser's Comment raisonnent les économistes: les fonctions des modèles. Paris: Odile Jacob, 2011, 278 pp

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Past & Upcoming Talks

Inferentialism and representation: chasing factivity

In this paper, I argue that two brands of inferentialism (Suárez 2004; Suárez 2015) and what I call the factive inferentialist account …
September 10, 2019 — September 14, 2019 University of Geneva, Switzerland

Hamilton’s rule: understanding the disagreement about its explanatoriness

November 9, 2018 University of Twente, The Netherlands

Learning and understanding with models: same same but different?

June 11, 2018 — University of Turin, Italy

Hamilton’s rule: understanding the disagreement about its explanatoriness

May 23, 2018 — Ghent University, Belgium
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Teaching

Instructor of Record

Erasmus University Rotterdam

  • Values, Welfare, and Cooperation (2018, 2019)

The Hague University of Applied Sciences

  • Philosophy of Economics (2015-2019)

VU Amsterdam

  • Political Philosophy (2018)
  • Philosophy of Science (2017)

University of Amsterdam

  • Philosophy of the Social Sciences (MA level, 2017, 2018)

Seminar Instructor

University of Groningen

  • Ethics and International Business (2019)

Erasmus University Rotterdam

  • Philosophy of Economics (2014, 2015)

Université Laval

  • Philosophy of Physics (2011)
  • Introduction to Philosophy of Science (2010, 2011)

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