Luc Bovens is a Belgian professor of philosophy at the

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. Bovens is a former editor of '' Economics and Philosophy''. His main areas of research are

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and

political philosophy Political philosophy studies the theoretical and conceptual foundations of politics. It examines the nature, scope, and Political legitimacy, legitimacy of political institutions, such as State (polity), states. This field investigates different ...

, philosophy of economics, philosophy of

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, Bayesian

epistemology Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that examines the nature, origin, and limits of knowledge. Also called "the theory of knowledge", it explores different types of knowledge, such as propositional knowledge about facts, practical knowle ...

rational choice theory Rational choice modeling refers to the use of decision theory (the theory of rational choice) as a set of guidelines to help understand economic and social behavior. The theory tries to approximate, predict, or mathematically model human behav ...

, and voting theory. He has also published work, of some controversy to the anti-abortion movement, on issues regarding abortion and natural family planning methods of contraception.Professor Luc Bovens
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Biography

Bovens attended the

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in Belgium, studying Social Sciences, before moving to the

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. Here he completed an MA in Sociology, an MA in philosophy and a PhD in philosophy in 1990. He was a research assistant in the National Fund for Scientific Research in Belgium, before gaining a professorship in the department of philosophy at the

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in 1990. Bovens was Director of the Philosophy, Probability and Modeling (PPM) research group with Stephan Hartmann at the University of Konstanz, Germany, from 2002 to 2005, and an editor of '' Economics and Philosophy'' from 2002 to 2007. He was a professor in and the head of the department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method at the

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2004 through 2017. In 2018 Bovens joined the Philosophy Department at the

as a professor, and core member of the Philosophy, Politics & Economics (PPE) Program.

References

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Books

*''Bayesian Epistemology'', Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003 (with Stephan Hartmann) *''Nancy Cartwright’s Philosophy of Science'', Routledge, 2007 (edited with Stephan Hartmann and Carl Hoefer)

Articles

*"The Rhythm Method and Embryonic Death", ''Journal of Medical Ethics'', 32 (2006), pp. 355–56. :Article reviewed in ''

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'', June 13, 2006. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bovens, Luc 21st-century Belgian philosophers Living people University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Academics of the London School of Economics