Pieter Thyssen

Postdoctoral Researcher, Chargé de Recherches F.R.S.-FNRS, Institut Supérieur de Philosophie, UCLouvain, Belgium
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Présentation

I am a theoretical chemist turned philosopher of science specialising in the philosophy of chemistry, philosophy of physics, and metaphysics of science.

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Philosophie

Compétences

Philosophy of Science Philosophy of Chemistry Philosophy of Physics Metaphysics of Science Metaphysics of Chemistry History of Chemistry

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Publications

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Are acids natural kinds?

Pieter Thyssen

Foundations of Chemistry, 2023, ⟨10.1007/s10698-023-09485-8⟩

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What is a Chemical Element?

Pieter Thyssen

International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 2023, 35 (3-4), pp.286-289. ⟨10.1080/02698595.2023.2195306⟩

Article dans une revue (compte-rendu de lecture) hal-04437292v1
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Degrees of Freedom

Pieter Thyssen , Sylvia Wenmackers

Synthese, 2020, 198 (11), pp.10207-10235. ⟨10.1007/s11229-020-02714-z⟩

Article dans une revue hal-04437311v1
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Particular Symmetries: Group Theory of the Periodic System

Pieter Thyssen , Arnout Ceulemans

Substantia, 2020, ⟨10.13128/Substantia-671⟩

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Conventionality and Reality

Pieter Thyssen

Foundations of Physics, 2019, 49 (12), pp.1336 - 1354. ⟨10.1007/s10701-019-00294-8⟩

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Selected Papers on the Periodic Table

Pieter Thyssen

Foundations of Chemistry, 2010, 12 (3), pp.235-238. ⟨10.1007/s10698-010-9089-2⟩

Article dans une revue (compte-rendu de lecture) hal-04437348v1

Mendeleev’s Periodic Law and the 19th Century Debates on Atomism

Pieter Thyssen

Königshausen & Neumann. Chemistry without Atoms, In press

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The 'Chemical Mechanics' of the Periodic Table

Arnout Ceulemans , Pieter Thyssen

Mendeleev to Oganesson: A Multidisciplinary Perspective on the Periodic Table, 2018

Chapitre d'ouvrage hal-04437357v1
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Mendeleev and the Rare-Earth Crisis

Pieter Thyssen , Koen Binnemans

Philosophy of Chemistry: Growth of a New Discipline, 306, Springer Netherlands, pp.155 - 182, 2014, Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, ⟨10.1007/978-94-017-9364-3_11⟩

Chapitre d'ouvrage hal-04437360v1
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Accommodation of the Rare Earths in the Periodic Table: A Historical Analysis

Pieter Thyssen , Koen Binnemans

Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths, 41, Elsevier, pp.1-93, 2011, ⟨10.1016/S0168-1273(11)41001-1⟩

Chapitre d'ouvrage hal-04437365v1
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Cross-Temporal Necessitation? A Platonist Reply to Leininger

Pieter Thyssen

2024

Pré-publication, Document de travail (working paper) hal-04437614v1
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The Rietdijk–Putnam–Maxwell Argument

Pieter Thyssen

2024

Pré-publication, Document de travail (working paper) hal-04437611v1

Identical or Distinct? The Paneth–Fajans Debate on the Nature of Isotopes

Pieter Thyssen

2024

Pré-publication, Document de travail (working paper) hal-04437608v1
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Four Degrees of Temporal Becoming

Pieter Thyssen

2024

Pré-publication, Document de travail (working paper) hal-04437607v1

The Rare-Earth Crisis

Pieter Thyssen

Norwegian National Chemistry Congress, Jun 2024, Oslo, Norway

Communication dans un congrès hal-04437380v1

Natural Kind Pluralism

Pieter Thyssen

27th ISPC Summer Symposium of the International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry, Jul 2023, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Communication dans un congrès hal-04437496v1

Are Acids Natural Kinds?

Pieter Thyssen

Young Researchers Day VIII, Nov 2023, Brussels, Belgium

Communication dans un congrès hal-04437495v1

Are Acids Natural Kinds?

Pieter Thyssen

Centenary Workshop on the Bifurcation of Acidity: Protonism versus Electronism, Mar 2023, Coburg, Germany

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Are Acids Multiply Realised?

Pieter Thyssen

Workshop on Multiple Realisation in Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biology, Jun 2023, Vienna, Austria

Communication dans un congrès hal-04437483v1

Are Acids Natural Kinds?

Pieter Thyssen

17th CLMPST International Congress on Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology, Jul 2023, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Communication dans un congrès hal-04437491v1

Einstein’s Block Universe

Pieter Thyssen

IMEC PhD Day, Nov 2022, Leuven, Belgium

Communication dans un congrès hal-04437502v1

Identical or Distinct? The Paneth–Fajans Debate on the Nature of Isotopes

Pieter Thyssen

26th ISPC Summer Symposium of the International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry, Aug 2022, Lille, France

Communication dans un congrès hal-04437507v1

Cross-Temporal Necessitation? A Platonist Reply to Leininger

Pieter Thyssen

Society for the Metaphysics of Science, 7th Annual Conference, Sep 2022, Bristol, United Kingdom

Communication dans un congrès hal-04437499v1

Group-Theoretical Analogy: From Elementary Particles to Chemical Elements

Pieter Thyssen

British Society for the Philosophy of Science Annual Conference, Jul 2021, Kent, United Kingdom

Communication dans un congrès hal-04437511v1

Particular Symmetries: The Group-Theoretical Nature of Chemical Elements

Pieter Thyssen

24th ISPC Summer Symposium of the International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry, Jul 2021, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Communication dans un congrès hal-04437514v1

Particular Symmetries: The Group-Theoretical Nature of Chemical Elements

Pieter Thyssen

6th Panhellenic Conference in Philosophy of Science, Dec 2020, Athens, Greece

Communication dans un congrès hal-04437522v1

Degrees of Freedom

Pieter Thyssen

Online Free Will Conference, B. Loewer; J. Ismael; K. Vihvelin, Jul 2020, New York, United States

Communication dans un congrès hal-04437519v1

Mendeleev’s Nightmare

Pieter Thyssen

Christmas Lecture of the Faculty of Sciences, KU Leuven, Dec 2019, Leuven, Belgium

Communication dans un congrès hal-04437530v1

Accommodating the Rare Earths in the Periodic Table: A Puzzling History

Pieter Thyssen

6th International Conference on the Chemistry and Physics of the Transactinide Elements (TAN 19), Aug 2019, Wilhelmshaven, Germany

Communication dans un congrès hal-04437525v1

Degrees of Freedom

Pieter Thyssen

Identity Workshop, Jul 2019, Paris, France

Communication dans un congrès hal-04437528v1

Conventionality and Reality

Pieter Thyssen

Fifth International Conference on the Nature and Ontology of Spacetime, May 2018, Albena, Bulgaria

Communication dans un congrès hal-04437531v1

Relativistic Temporal Becoming

Pieter Thyssen

2nd Leuven-Buenos Aires Workshop on the Philosophy of Physics and Chemistry, Jul 2018, Leuven, Belgium

Communication dans un congrès hal-04437558v1

The Periodic Table and the Quest for the Philosopher’s Stone of Quantum Alchemy

Pieter Thyssen

20th Sigma Aldrich Symposium, Dec 2016, Blankenberge, Belgium

Communication dans un congrès hal-04437562v1

Peaceful Coexistence

Pieter Thyssen

1st Leuven-Buenos Aires Workshop on the Philosophy of Physics and Chemistry, Jul 2016, Leuven, Belgium

Communication dans un congrès hal-04437561v1

Reaching into the Past: Or How to Slay Wheeler’s Smoky Dragon in Delayed-Choice Experiments

Pieter Thyssen

Fifth Meeting on the Foundations of Quantum Physics, Dec 2015, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Communication dans un congrès hal-04437564v1

On How to Become your own Mother and other Time Travel Paradoxes

Pieter Thyssen

5th HIW Graduate Student Conference, Mar 2015, Leuven, Belgium

Communication dans un congrès hal-04437563v1

Reaching into the Past: Or How to Slay Wheeler’s Smoky Dragon in Delayed-Choice Experiments

Pieter Thyssen

3rd International Summer School in Philosophy of Physics, Jul 2015, Saig, Germany

Communication dans un congrès hal-04437570v1

Reaching into the Past: Or How to Slay Wheeler’s Smoky Dragon in Delayed-Choice Experiments

Pieter Thyssen

Leuven–Bristol Workshop, May 2015, Leuven, Belgium

Communication dans un congrès hal-04437568v1

The Position of Chemistry within Heisenberg’s Concept of Closed Theories

Pieter Thyssen

18th ISPC Summer Symposium of the International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry, Jul 2014, London, United Kingdom

Communication dans un congrès hal-04437573v1

The Problematic Accommodation of the Rare-Earth Elements in the Periodic Table from 1869 to 1913

Pieter Thyssen

Mini Symposium on Controversial Elements: The Rare Earths and Uranium in the 19th and 20th Century, Mar 2014, Leiden, Netherlands

Communication dans un congrès hal-04437574v1

Of Plato and Heisenberg and How to Represent the World in Terms of Broken Symmetries

Pieter Thyssen

CRF International Conference, Understanding Matter: Philosophical Perspectives, Apr 2014, Palermo, Italy

Communication dans un congrès hal-04437571v1

Group Structural Realism: An Attempt to Represent the World in Terms of Broken Symmetries

Pieter Thyssen

17th ISPC Summer Symposium of the International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry, Jul 2013, Montevideo, Uruguay

Communication dans un congrès hal-04437576v1

Group Theory and the Periodic System: Symmetry-Induced Classifications in Quantum Mechanics

Pieter Thyssen

3rd International Conference on the Periodic Table, Aug 2012, Cusco, Peru

Communication dans un congrès hal-04437578v1

Symmetry Breaking and Everett’s Many-World Hypothesis

Pieter Thyssen

16th ISPC Summer Symposium of the International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry, Aug 2012, Leuven, Belgium

Communication dans un congrès hal-04437579v1

A Group Theoretical Analysis of the Periodic System of Elements

Pieter Thyssen

15th ISPC Summer Symposium of the International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry, Aug 2011, Bogota, Colombia

Communication dans un congrès hal-04437582v1

The Problematic Accommodation of the Rare Earth Elements in the Periodic Table from 1869 to 1913

Pieter Thyssen

XXIII International Congress of History of Science and Technology (ICHST), Jul 2009, Budapest, Hungary

Communication dans un congrès hal-04437588v1

The Reception of Mendeleev’s System in Belgium

Pieter Thyssen , Brigitte Van Tiggelen

7th International Conference on the History of Chemistry, Aug 2009, Sopron, Hungary

Communication dans un congrès hal-04437589v1

Mendeleev’s Periodic Table and the 19th Century Debates on Atomism

Pieter Thyssen

Workshop on Wald, Positivism, and Chemistry, Oct 2009, Prague, Czech Republic

Communication dans un congrès hal-04437583v1

Mendeleev’s Philosophical Concept of Chemical Elements in 1869: The Rare Earth Influence

Pieter Thyssen

13th ISPC Summer Symposium of the International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry, Aug 2009, Philadelphia, United States

Communication dans un congrès hal-04437586v1

Accommodating the Transition Elements in the Periodic Table: Troubles with Triads

Pieter Thyssen , Brigitte Van Tiggelen

12th ISPC Summer Symposium of the International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry, Aug 2008, Coburg, Germany

Communication dans un congrès hal-04437590v1