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Vincent Fella Rune Møller Hendricks (born 6 March 1970) is a Danish philosopher and logician. He holds a doctoral degree (PhD) and a habilitation (dr.phil) in philosophy and is Professor of Formal Philosophy and Director of the Center for Information and Bubble Studies (CIBS) at
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, Denmark. He was previously Professor of Formal Philosophy at
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, Denmark. He is member of IIP, the
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in Paris.


Work

Hendricks's work deals with modern mathematical and philosophical logic and concentrates primarily on bringing mainstream and formal approaches to
epistemology Epistemology (; ), or the theory of knowledge, is the branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge. Epistemology is considered a major subfield of philosophy, along with other major subfields such as ethics, logic, and metaphysics. Episte ...
together — from epistemic
reliabilism Reliabilism, a category of theories in the philosophical discipline of epistemology Epistemology (; ), or the theory of knowledge, is the branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge. Epistemology is considered a major subfield of philosop ...
,
counterfactual epistemology Counterfactual conditionals (also ''subjunctive'' or ''X-marked'') are conditional sentences which discuss what would have been true under different circumstances, e.g. "If Peter believed in ghosts, he would be afraid to be here." Counterfactual ...
and
contextualism Contextualism, also known as epistemic contextualism, is a family of views in philosophy which emphasize the ''context'' in which an action, utterance, or expression occurs. Proponents of contextualism argue that, in some important respect, the a ...
to
epistemic logic Epistemic modal logic is a subfield of modal logic that is concerned with reasoning about knowledge. While epistemology has a long philosophical tradition dating back to Ancient Greece, epistemic logic is a much more recent development with applica ...
, formal learning theory and what is called 'modal operator epistemology'. Modal operator epistemology, developed first by Hendricks in ''The Convergence of Scientific Knowledge'' (Dordrecht: Springer, 2001), since developed further in a number of papers and books – see in particular ''Mainstream and Formal Epistemology'' (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006, winner of CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2006) – is the cocktail obtained by mixing alethic, tense and epistemic logic with elements from formal learning theory in order to study the limiting validity of convergent knowledge. Vincent F. Hendricks is editor-in-chief of ''
Synthese ''Synthese'' () is a scholarly periodical specializing in papers in epistemology, methodology, and philosophy of science, and related issues. Its subject area is divided into four specialties, with a focus on the first three: (1) "epistemology, me ...
'', ''Synthese Library'' and ''New Waves in Philosophy'', he is also the first founder of ΦLOG – ''The Network for Philosophical Logic and Its Applications'

and chief editor of ΦNEWS – ''The Newsletter for Philosophical Logic and Its Applications''. In 2008, Vincent F. Hendricks was awarded the Elite Research Prize by the Danish Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation and HRH
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. In 2008 he was awarded the Roskilde Festival Elite Research Prize.


Controversies

In 2012, Hendricks attracted criticism from some philosophers for doing a photo shoot that depicts young women dressed in sexy school uniforms in a classroom setting and presenting it on his web site. Hendricks later withdrew the pictures from his web site and apologized. The photos were taken as part of a charity drive arranged by a Danish-language charity "Youmeshopping".Hendricks on the cover of Connery magazine, Choice & Inference blog post 1st Mar 2012
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Authored and edited books

*'' The Ministry of Truth: BigTech's Influence on Facts, Feelings and Fictions'' ith Camilla Mehlsen(New York: Springer Nature, 2022) *''Sandhedsministeriet: Techplatformenes indflydelse på tidens fakta, følelser og fortællinger'' ed Camilla Mehlsen(København: Informations Forlag, 2021) *''Vend Verden: Genvind autonomien i en digital tidsalder'' (København: Politikens Forlag, 2020) *''Hovedbrud: Naturvidenskab og filosofi'' ed Johan Olsen(København: Gads Forlag, 2020) *''Reality Lost: Markets of Attention, Manipulation and Misinformation'' ith Mads Vestergaard(New York: Springer Nature, 2019) *''Postfaktisch: Die neue Wirklichkeit in Zeiten von Bullshit, Fake News und Verschwörungstheorien'' ith Mads Vestergaard(München: Blessing Verlag / Penguin Books - Random House, 2018) *''Kæmp for kloden: Når politik, videnskab og erhvervsliv sammen tager ansvar'' ed Claus Strue Frederiksen(København: Gyldendal, 2018) *''Introduction to Formal Philosophy'' dited with Sven Ove Hansson and Esther Michelsen Kjeldahl(Dordrecht: Springer, 2018) *''FAKE NEWS: Når virkeligheden taber'' ith Mads Vestergaard(København: Gyldendal, 2017) *''Spræng boblen: Sådan bevarer du fornuften i en ufornuftig verden'' (København: Gyldendal, 2016) *''Infostorms: How to take Information Punches and Save Democracy'' (New York: Copernicus Books / Springer, 2014) *''Social Epistemology: 5 Questions'', edited with Duncan Pritchard (
Automatic Press / VIP Automatic Press / VIP is an independent publishing house founded in 2005. It published interview books featuring prominent scholars and philosophers. Among the notables who have published interviews in are Nobel Prize Laureates Robert Aumann and T ...
, 2015) *''A Formal Epistemology Reader'' (Dordrecht:
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, 2015) *''Handbook of Formal Philosophy'' (Dordrecht:
Springer Springer or springers may refer to: Publishers * Springer Science+Business Media, aka Springer International Publishing, a worldwide publishing group founded in 1842 in Germany formerly known as Springer-Verlag. ** Springer Nature, a multinationa ...
, 2015) *''Epistemic Logic: 5 Questions'' (New York:
Automatic Press / VIP Automatic Press / VIP is an independent publishing house founded in 2005. It published interview books featuring prominent scholars and philosophers. Among the notables who have published interviews in are Nobel Prize Laureates Robert Aumann and T ...
, 2010) *''Blackwell Companion to Philosophy of Technology'' (Oxford:
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, 2009, 2012) *''Thought 2 Talk: A Crash A Course in Reflection and Expression'' (New York:
Automatic Press / VIP Automatic Press / VIP is an independent publishing house founded in 2005. It published interview books featuring prominent scholars and philosophers. Among the notables who have published interviews in are Nobel Prize Laureates Robert Aumann and T ...
, 2006) *''Mainstream and Formal Epistemology'' (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006, winner of CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2006) *''Formal Philosophy'' (New York:
Automatic Press / VIP Automatic Press / VIP is an independent publishing house founded in 2005. It published interview books featuring prominent scholars and philosophers. Among the notables who have published interviews in are Nobel Prize Laureates Robert Aumann and T ...
, 2005) *''Masses of Formal Philosophy'' (New York: Automatic Press / VIP, 2006) *''Game Theory: 5 Questions'' (New York: Automatic Press / VIP, 2007) *''Philosophy of Mathematics: 5 Questions'' (New York: Automatic Press / VIP, 2007) *''Probability and Statistics: 5 Questions'' (New York: Automatic Press / VIP, 2008) *''Epistemology: 5 Questions'' (New York: Automatic Press / VIP, 2008) *''The Convergence of Scientific Knowledge'' (Springer, 2001) *''Feisty Fragments'' (London: King's College Publications, 2004) *''Logical Lyrics'' (London: King's College Publications, 2005) *''500 CC: Computer Citations'' (London: King's College Publications, 2005) *''Self-Reference'' (CSLI Publications, 2006) *''8 Bridges Between Formal and Mainstream Epistemology, Philosophical Studies'', March 2006 *''Ways of Worlds I'', ''Studia Logica'', April 2006 *''Ways of Worlds II'', ''Studia Logica'', November 2006 *''Interactions: Physics, Mathematics and Philosophy, 1840-1930'' (Dordrecht: Springer, 2006) *''New Waves in Epistemology'' (New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2007) *''Proof Theory'' (Dordrecht: Springer, 2001) *''Probability Theory'' (Dordrecht: Springer, 2002) *''Knowledge Contributors'' (Dordrecht: Springer, 2003) *''First-Order Logic Revisited'' (Berlin: Logos Verlag 2004) *''The Way Through Science and Philosophy: Essays in Honor of Stig Andur Pedersen'' (London: College Publications, 2006) *''Modern Elementary Logic'' n Danish(Copenhagen: Hoest and Soen, 2002, 2nd revised edition, 2011) * n Danish(Copenhagen: Forlaget Samfundslitteratur, 2007) * n Danish(Copenhagen: dk4 forlag, 2008) * n Danish(Copenhagen: Automatic Press / dk4 forlag, 2009) * n Danish(Copenhagen: dk4 forlag, 2010) * n Danish(Copenhagen: Forlaget Samfundslitteratur, 2011) * n Danish(Copenhagen: Gyldendal Business, 2012) * n Danish(Copenhagen: Automatics Press / dk4 forlag, 2013)


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