dr. Sander Verhaegh PhD

Bio

Sander Verhaegh is an Associate Professor Philosophy of Science at the Tilburg Center for Logic, Ethics and Philosophy of Science (TiLPS). His research focuses on the history of analytic philosophy, the history of philosophy of science, and the  history of psychology.  He is the principal investigator of the project “Exiled Empiricists: American Philosophy and the Great Intellectual Migration”, funded by an ERC Starting Grant and a Vidi-grant from the Dutch Research Council.

For more information visit his webpage.

Vakken

• Philosophy of Science (Social Sciences)
• Wetenschapsfilosofie MAW
• Philosophy and the Limits of Psychology

Top publicaties

1. Working from Within - The Nature and Development of Quine's Naturalism

   Verhaegh, S. (2018). Working from Within: The Nature and Development of Quine's Naturalism. Oxford University Press.

2. Women in the history of analytic philosophy

   Peijnenburg, J., & Verhaegh, S. (Eds.) (2022). Women in the history of analytic philosophy. (Women in the History of Philosophy and Sciences; Vol. 15). Springer.

3. The rise and fall of behaviorism - The narrative and the numbers

   Braat, M., Engelen, J., van Gemert, T., & Verhaegh, S. (2020). The rise and fall of behaviorism: The narrative and the numbers. History of Psychology, 23(3), 252-280.

4. Logical Positivism - The History of a 'Caricature'

   Verhaegh, S. (Accepted/In press). Logical Positivism: The History of a 'Caricature'. Isis: A Journal of the History of Science Society, 1-24.

5. The Reception of Relativity in American Philosophy

   Verhaegh, S. (2023). The Reception of Relativity in American Philosophy. Philosophy of Science, 1-27. Advance online publication.