Jan-Willem Romeijn
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About me
I am an assistant professor on a tenure track at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.

News
Some recent and upcoming events:

  • In February I won the university-wide Lecturer of the Year Awards. Have a look at my 7-minute lecture on Reasoning with Probabilities. (Downloading Silverlight normally takes only a few seconds.)
  • I also appeared on local television some time ago. Have a look at Adamsappel and fast forward to 6:40 minutes, which is where the part on the philosophy of time starts.
  • Last year Olivier Roy and I won a grant for furthering Internationalisation in the Humanities. Together with a team of leading experts from North-West Europe we will write a travel guide for formally oriented philosophy about rationality and decision.
  • This spring I will speak at a Conference on the Future of the Philosophy of Science in Tilburg, on the topic of Interventions, as a case study on the use of formalisation in the philosophy of science.

Research interests
My research revolves around probability theory and scientific method. Topics of specific interest are statistical inference, inductive logic, model selection, logical and probabilistic reasoning, causal and probabilistic modelling, experimentation, and theory change. I have an interest in general philosophy of science, but most of my work work relates to methodological and metaphysical problems in specific sciences, primarily physics and psychology.

Short biography
I studied at Utrecht University, where I graduated cum laude in both physics and philosophy. After that I worked as a financial consultant for two years. From 2000 to 2004 I worked on a doctorate in philosophy at the University of Groningen, for which I graduated cum laude in 2005. The first two years after that I lectured in philosophy of science and statistics at the Psychology Department of the University of Amsterdam. Until 2009 I carried out a research project on the intersection of cognitive psychology and philosophy of science in the University of Groningen. More information can be found in my CV and in my list of publications.