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

Identifiants chercheurs

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pieter-thyssen

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0000-0003-3080-6374

Présentation

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

Publications

Ouvrages (1)

Shattered Symmetry Pieter Thyssen,Arnout Ceulemans Oxford University Press, 2017 Ouvrages hal-04437368v1

Article dans une revue (6)

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
Are acids natural kinds? Pieter Thyssen Foundations of Chemistry, 2023, ⟨10.1007/s10698-023-09485-8⟩ Article dans une revue hal-04437279v1
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
Particular Symmetries: Group Theory of the Periodic System Pieter Thyssen,Arnout Ceulemans Substantia, 2020, ⟨10.13128/Substantia-671⟩ Article dans une revue hal-04437335v1
Conventionality and Reality Pieter Thyssen Foundations of Physics, 2019, 49 (12), pp.1336 - 1354. ⟨10.1007/s10701-019-00294-8⟩ Article dans une revue hal-04437344v1
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

Chapitre d'ouvrage (4)

Mendeleev’s Periodic Law and the 19th Century Debates on Atomism Pieter Thyssen Königshausen & Neumann. Chemistry without Atoms, In press Chapitre d'ouvrage hal-04437352v1
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
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
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

Pré-publication, Document de travail (4)

Cross-Temporal Necessitation? A Platonist Reply to Leininger Pieter Thyssen 2024 Pré-publication, Document de travail (working paper) hal-04437614v1
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
Four Degrees of Temporal Becoming Pieter Thyssen 2024 Pré-publication, Document de travail (working paper) hal-04437607v1

Thèse (3)

The Block Universe: A Philosophical Investigation in Four Dimensions Pieter Thyssen Philosophy. Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven (Belgium), 2020. English. ⟨NNT : ⟩ Thèse tel-04437595v1
Symmetry and Symmetry Breaking in the Periodic Table: Towards a Group-Theoretical Classification of the Chemical Elements Pieter Thyssen Philosophy. Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven (Belgium), 2013. English. ⟨NNT : ⟩ Thèse tel-04437598v1
Accommodating the Rare Earths in the Periodic Table: A Historical Analysis Pieter Thyssen Philosophy. Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven (Belgium), 2009. English. ⟨NNT : ⟩ Thèse tel-04437601v1

Communication dans un congrès (36)

The Rare-Earth Crisis Pieter Thyssen Norwegian National Chemistry Congress, Jun 2024, Oslo, Norway Communication dans un congrès hal-04437380v1
Are Acids Natural Kinds? Pieter Thyssen Young Researchers Day VIII, Nov 2023, Brussels, Belgium Communication dans un congrès hal-04437495v1
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 Centenary Workshop on the Bifurcation of Acidity: Protonism versus Electronism, Mar 2023, Coburg, Germany Communication dans un congrès hal-04437487v1
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
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
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
Degrees of Freedom Pieter Thyssen Identity Workshop, Jul 2019, Paris, France Communication dans un congrès hal-04437528v1
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
Mendeleev’s Nightmare Pieter Thyssen Christmas Lecture of the Faculty of Sciences, KU Leuven, Dec 2019, Leuven, Belgium Communication dans un congrès hal-04437530v1
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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 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