Dr. Sjoerd Zwart

Biography

Sjoerd Zwart wrote his thesis on distances in Lindenbaum Algebras, published in 2001 by Kluwer under the title 'Refined Verisimilitude'. He is a research coordinator at the Applied Logic Laboratory and has started work at Delft and Eindhoven Universities of Technology. Zwart co-authored 'Moral Responsibility Problem Hands' (Routledge, 2015) and co-edited several works including 'The Science Practice Turn in Philosophy, History, and Social Studies of Science' (Routledge, 2014) and the 'Handbook of Philosophy, Technology, and Engineering Sciences' (Elsevier, 2009). His research interests encompass Philosophy of Technology, with a focus on methodology, epistemology of engineering knowledge, and the relationships between prescriptive and descriptive knowledge. He teaches on various topics including the philosophy of methodology in science and technology, argumentation theory, and logic. His notable courses include 'Science Argumentation Theory' in the Applied Physics department and 'Research Design' at the Delft Graduate School. Zwart has published on topics like engineering ethics, logical methodology, and values modeling in engineering design.

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