Projects
The Mental Models Theory and Relational Reasoning: Refinements, Extensions, and a Developmental Perspective KU Leuven
Terms expressing relations are omnipresent in everyday communication, and relational reasoning plays a vital role in daily life. Cognitive psychology largely debated on the mechanisms underlying spatial reasoning, which led to a wide consensus on the mental model approach (Johnson-Laird, 2006). Although this research line has been for a time somewhat quiescent, advancements in other domains open the possibility of gaining crucial insights in ...
The mental models theory and relational reasoning: Refinements, extensions and a developmental perspective KU Leuven
Toward a relational fame theory account of human psychopathology within a functional-cognitive framwork Ghent University
The overarching aim of the project is to develop a functional account of human psychopathology, which is embedded within a functional-cognitive meta-theoretical framework. This framework entails that the cognitive and functional approaches in psychology are mutually supportive. Whereas functional research on psychopathology may provide data that need to be explained at the cognitive level, cognitive theorising may generate new predictions at ...
Too many parts? Damascius' critical reflection on the Neoplatonic theory of part-whole relations KU Leuven
Modern time-consciousness: philosophy and politics of history - Leo Strauss on history and truth in the relation of theory and praxis. KU Leuven
The first part of the project will clarify a set of problems centering on the ...
A tensor network perspective on the relation between topological and conformal field theory Ghent University
Phases of matter are a familiar concept to most, and everyone understands that if you heat up a piece of ice it will turn to liquid water and eventually to steam. It is therefore surprising that it took physicists until well into the 20th century to write down theories to systematically treat these phenomena. It turns out that the concept of phases and phase transitions are intemately linked to the symmetry and symmetry breaking of a system. ...