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Persoonlijk profiel
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“Past and failed innovations tell us as much about innovation as contemporary successful ones”
Research profile
Krist Vaesen is an Associate Professor in the Philosophy of Innovation, at the department Philosophy & Ethics. Krist has worked on a wide range of topics, including technological normativity, the extended mind hypothesis, the epistemology of cognitive artifacts, the cognitive bases of tool use and experimental philosophy. His current research interests include theories of cultural and technological evolution, foundational issues in human origins research, the philosophy of scientific models (e.g., models of innovation), scientific pluralism, science & research policy, and the history of 20th Century Anglo-American philosophy.
Academic background
Krist Vaesen studied bioscience engineering (1998) and philosophy (2003) at the University of Leuven, Belgium. He obtained his doctoral from TU/e (2008) with a philosophical essay on artifacts and norms. He was a post-doctoral researcher in the NWO-program “Things that make us smart: cognitive artifacts and extended minds” (2008-2012), and was awarded an excellence grant from TU/e’s Executive Board for his work on this program. In 2012, he became an assistant professor in philosophy at TU/e. He obtained a Vidi-grant in 2014 for the program “Darwinizing culture: the status of cultural evolutionary theory as a science” (2014-2019). Since 2015, he has been a research fellow at the Human Origins Group, Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University. In 2018, he became an elected member of the Eindhoven Young Academy of Engineering.
He has published in prominent general science journals (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, PLoS ONE), biology journals (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B), anthropology journals (Evolutionary Anthropology, Current Anthropology), and philosophy journals (Biology & Philosophy, Philosophy of Science). His research has been covered by various national and international media outlets (Times Higher Education, Volkskrant, Radio 1/VPRO, BNR News Radio, Royal Society’s Chemistry World).
Externe posities
Research fellow, Universiteit Leiden
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Projecten
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Darwinizing culture: The status of cultural evolutionary theory as a science
15/12/14 → 14/12/19
Project: Onderzoek direct
Onderzoeksoutput
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French Neo-positivism and the Logic, Psychology and Sociology of Scientific Discovery
Vaesen, K., 25 mrt 2020, (Geaccepteerd/In druk) In : HOPOS. XX, XXOnderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › Academic › peer review
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How will we find the elephant in the room? In response to: The elephant in the room: What matters cognitively in cumulative technological culture
Houkes, W. & Vaesen, K., 10 aug 2020, In : Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 43, e168.Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Artikel recenseren › Academic › peer review
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Is human culture cumulative?
Vaesen, K. & Houkes, W., 2020, (Geaccepteerd/In druk) In : Current Anthropology. XX, XXOnderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › Academic › peer review
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Philosophical Progress and Cumulative Cultural Evolution
Houkes, W. & Vaesen, K., 2020, Philosophy in the Age of Science: Inquiries into Philosophical Progress, Method, and Societal Relevance. Hermann, J., Hopster, J., Kalf, W. & Klenk, M. (redactie). Rowman & Littlefield International , blz. 35-52Onderzoeksoutput: Hoofdstuk in Boek/Rapport/Congresprocedure › Hoofdstuk › Academic › peer review
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Social information use and social information waste
Morin, O., Jacquet, P., Vaesen, K. & Acerbi, A., 2020, (Geaccepteerd/In druk) In : Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences. XX, XXOnderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › Academic › peer review
Open Access
Datasets
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Dataset: "Inbreeding, Allee effects and stochasticity might be sufficient to account for Neanderthal extinction"
Vaesen, K. (Ontwerper) & Scherjon, F. (Ontwerper), PLoS ONE, 2019
Dataset
Prijzen
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NWO Vidi Award : The Darwinisation of culture
Vaesen, Krist (Ontvanger), 2013
Prijs: NWO › Vidi › Wetenschappelijk
Activiteiten
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Hoe verandert cultuur?
Eva Boon (Organisator) & Krist Vaesen (Organisator)
5 apr 2019Activiteit: Types deelname aan of organisatie van een evenement › Workshop, seminar, cursus of expositie › Populair
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Acta Biotheoretica (Tijdschrift)
Krist Vaesen (Lid redactieraad)
2019 → …Activiteit: Types publicaties van collegiale toetsing en redactioneel werk › Redactioneel werk › Wetenschappelijk
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Why and how to reform current science funding practices
Krist Vaesen (Spreker)
22 nov 2018Activiteit: Types gesprekken of presentaties › Genodigd spreker › Wetenschappelijk
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A more egalitarian future
Krist Vaesen (Spreker)
18 apr 2018Activiteit: Types gesprekken of presentaties › Keynote spreker › Wetenschappelijk
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A partly externalist account of the course of 20th-Century Anglo-American philosophy
Krist Vaesen (Spreker) & J.K. Katzav (Spreker)
24 okt 2017Activiteit: Types gesprekken of presentaties › Genodigd spreker › Wetenschappelijk
Cursussen
Knipsels
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Found in Huelva the trail of the last giant European elephants
14/08/20
1 item van Media-aandacht
Pers / media: Vakinhoudelijk commentaar
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Was it 'bad luck'—not ancient humans—that drove Neanderthals to extinction?
9/12/19
1 item van Media-aandacht
Pers / media: Vakinhoudelijk commentaar
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Models Explore Possible Causes of Neanderthal Extinction
6/12/19
2 items van Media-aandacht
Pers / media: Vakinhoudelijk commentaar
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Habsburg jaw likely caused by inbreeding, study finds
5/12/19
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Scientists slam Chinese CRISPR babies research after manuscript released
4/12/19
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Pers / media: Vakinhoudelijk commentaar