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Researcher
Erik Weber
- Disciplines:Philosophy of mathematics, General philosophy of science, Philosophy of medical and biomedical sciences, Metaphysics, Philosophy of natural sciences, Philosophy of history, Philosophy of social science
Affiliations
- Department of Philosophy and moral sciences (Department)
Member
From1 Oct 2009 → Today - Department of Philosophy and moral sciences (Department)
Responsible
From1 Oct 2009 → Today - Department of Philosophy and moral sciences (Department)
Member
From1 Jan 1993 → Today
Projects
1 - 10 of 37
- the Integration of Biological Explanations through Evo-DevoFrom1 Oct 2025 → TodayFunding: BOF - mobility
- Problems and Paradigms. Towards a Pragmatic Epistemology of Science for Society.From1 Oct 2024 → TodayFunding: FWO senior postdoctoral fellowship
- Explaining emotional memory: incorporating emotional memory within new metatheories frameworks of memoryFrom1 Oct 2024 → TodayFunding: BOF - mobility
- Philosophy of Scientific PracticeFrom1 Jan 2024 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
- A Philosophical Investigation into the Practice and the Virtues of Evidence-Based PolicyFrom1 Nov 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
- Explanation in Explainable Artificial IntelligenceFrom1 Nov 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- A philosophical investigation into the nature and value of Evidence-based PolicyFrom1 Oct 2021 → 30 Sep 2025Funding: BOF - mobility
- Mathematical Explanation: Why Does It Matter?From1 Jan 2021 → 31 Dec 2024Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Towards a contextualist theory of cross-disciplinary knowledge-generation processes.From1 Oct 2020 → 30 Jun 2024Funding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- Causation and Genetic Diseases. A Philosophical Study of Causal Selection Practices in EpidemiologyFrom1 Oct 2018 → 30 Sep 2023Funding: FWO fellowships
Publications
1 - 10 of 105
- Evidential pluralism, epistemic causality and mixed methods research(2025)Published in: ASIAN JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHYISSN: 2731-4642Issue: 1Volume: 4
- Large physics models : towards a collaborative approach with large language models and foundation models(2025)Published in: EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL CISSN: 1434-6052Issue: 9Volume: 85
- Analogical reasoning and evidence transfer in evidence-based policy(2025)Published in: JOURNAL OF ARGUMENTATION IN CONTEXTISSN: 2211-4750Issue: 2Volume: 14Pages: 222 - 251
- Rethinking evidence-based management(2024)Published in: PHILOSOPHY OF MANAGEMENTISSN: 2052-9597Issue: 1Volume: 23Pages: 59 - 84
- Causal mechanisms in the social sciences as evidence for higher-order causal relations(2024)Pages: 454 - 466
- Interdisciplinary research and integration in social robotics(2024)Published in: ISSUES IN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIESISSN: 1081-4760Issue: 1-2Volume: 42Pages: 153 - 174
- Distinctively generic explanations of physical facts(2024)Published in: SYNTHESEISSN: 1573-0964Issue: 4Volume: 203
- Explanation in the engineering sciences : IBE, causal modelling, and (fictional) mechanisms in failure analysis and safety science(2023)Pages: 194 p.
- The structure of analogical reasoning in bioethics(2023)Published in: MEDICINE HEALTH CARE AND PHILOSOPHYISSN: 1572-8633Issue: 1Volume: 26Pages: 69 - 84
- Experimental philosophy of medical explanation : why and how should we do it?(2023)Series: Advances in Experimental PhilosophyPages: 129 - 150