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Curriculum Vitae Gertrudis Van De Vijver 1 Curriculum Vitae Gertrudis Van de Vijver 1 CURRICULUM VITAE Gertrudis VAN DE VIJVER Date and Place of Birth: 15/02/62, Ghent, Belgium Address: Lamoraal van Egmontstraat 18, 9000 Ghent, Belgium Tel.: 32 9 222 07 28 E-mail: [email protected] Website UGent: https://research.flw.ugent.be/nl/gertrudis.vandevijver Website CCP : http://www.criticalphilosophy.ugent.be/members?member=4 AOS: Philosophy of Biology and Cybernetics, Transcendental Philosophy (esp. Kant and Husserl), Psychoanalysis AOC: History of Analytic Philosophy, Epistemology, Continental Philosophy Degrees PhD in Philosophy (Ghent University, 1988) - Summa Cum Laude Dissertation: “Doelgerichtheid in cybernetica, connectionisme en cognitivisme. Tussen twee epistemologische opties: naturalisme en constructivisme” Supervisor: Fernand Vandamme Committee: Paul Gochet, Daniel Andler, Jaap Kruithof, Etienne Vermeersch, Fernand Vandamme Licentiate in Philosophy (Ghent University, 1984) - Magna Cum Laude (year 1), Summa Cum Laude (year 2) Candidate in Philosophy (Ghent University, 1982) - Cum Laude (year 1), Magna Cum Laude (year 2) Additional Qualifications ITACE for Lecturers, CEFR level C1 on the Interuniversity Test of Academic English, 2017. European certificate of Psychotherapy (ECP) (European Association for Psychotherapy, 2014) Course in General Chemistry (Ghent University, 1989) – Cum Laude Course in Principles of Psychology (Ghent University, 1989) – Magna Cum Laude Study stay in Sorbonne / CREA, as laureate of travel scholarship (Paris, 1986) Aggregate Secondary Education (Ghent University, 1985) – Cum Laude Employment 01/10/2014 – present: Gewoon Hoogleraar (professor ordinarius) – Ghent University 01/10/2008 – 30/09/2014: Hoogleraar (full professor) – Ghent University 01/10/2003 – 30/09/2008: Hoofddocente (associate professor) – Ghent University 01/10/2000 – 30/09/2003: Docente (assistant professor) – Ghent University 1993-2000: Onderzoeksleider NFWO (research director)– Ghent University- Project: Analyse van de oordeelsfunctie in de huidige cognitieve wetenschappen op basis van de oordeelstheorie van Kant. Ontwikkeling van een alternatief voor de funderende aporie van het representationalisme vanuit de theorie van Husserl. 1993-1998: Part-Time Unpaid Guestprofessor – Ghent University 1991-1993: Aangesteld Navorser NFWO (Post-doctoral researcher) – Ghent University Project: Epistemologische, logische en historische studie van het emergentieprobleem. Het connectionisme gelezen vanuit verschillende betekenistheorieën en betrokken op klinisch psychologische vraagstukken. 1989-1991: Aangesteld Navorser NFWO (Post-doctoral researcher) – Ghent University Project: De betekenis van auto-organisatie in het huidig neo-connectionisme: epistemologische analyse van doelgerichtheid en emergentie, met een toetsing aan de hand van het 'frame- problem'. 1985-1989: Aspirante NFWO (Doctoral researcher) – Ghent University Project: Filosofische grondslagen van toeval, komplexiteit en zelfreferentie. De heuristische waarde van de theorieën die deze koncepten aanwenden om komplexe systemen te verklaren. 01/01/1985 – 01/10/1985: Temporary Scientific Researcher under Prof. Dr. Fernand Vandamme Curriculum Vitae Gertrudis Van de Vijver 2 PUBLICATIONS Books (VABB/B1) Van de Vijver, G., De Kroon J.A.M., Potier R. (eds.) (2020) Lacanian Psychoanalysis. Lausanne: Frontiers Media. Van de Vijver, G. & De Vleminck, J. (2014). Het leven met een sofist. Een inleiding in de kritische filosofie. Ghent: Academia Press. Books (B1) Fichte, J.G. (2010). Fundering van de gehele Wetenschapsleer Deel 1, ingeleid, vertaald en geannoteerd door Vandaele, H., Van de Vijver, G. & De Preester, H. Zelzate: University Press. Freud, S. (2002). Over de afasieën, ingeleid en vertaald door Van de Vijver, G. & Geerardyn, F., met een voorwoord van K. Pribram, Ghent, Idesça. Freud, S. (1992). Ontwerp van een natuurwetenschappelijke psychologie, ingeleid en vertaald door Van de Vijver, G. & Geerardyn, F., met een voorwoord van Prof. Dr. W. Szafran. Ghent: Idesça. Van de Vijver, G. (1991). Van cybernetica naar connectionisme. Een epistemologische studie van doelgerichtheid, met een voorwoord van Paul Gochet. Ghent: Academia Press. Book Chapters (VABB/B2) Van de Vijver, G. (2019). “Objectivity, repetition, and the search for satisfaction”, in Toracca, T. & Condello, A. (eds.) Law, Labour and the Humanities. Contemporary European Perspectives. London/New York: Routledge: 158-167. Van Speybroeck, L., Van de Vijver, G & De Waele, D. (2007). “Epi-geneticization: where biological and philosophical thinking meet”, in Fagot-Largeault, A., Rahman, S. & Torres, J. M. (eds.) The Influence of Genetics in Scientific and Philosophical Thinking, Juan Manuel Torres Dordrecht: Springer:115-133. Van de Vijver, G. (2006). “Kant and the intuitions of self-organization”, in Feltz, B., Crommelinck, M. & Goujon, P. (eds.) Self-organization and Emergence in the Life Sciences. Dordrecht: Springer: 143-161. Van Bunder, D. & Van de Vijver, G. (2005). “Phenomenology and psychoanalysis on the mirror stage: Different metaphysical backgrounds on body image and body schema”, in De Preester, H. & Knockaert, V. (eds.) Body Image and Body Schema. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Body. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins: 253-273. Van de Vijver, G. (1998). “Evolutionary systems and the four causes. A real Aristotelean story?”, in Van de Vijver, G., Salthe, S. & Delpos, M. (eds.) Evolutionary Systems. Biological and Epistemological Perspectives on Self- organization and Selection. Dordrecht: Kluwer: 243-255. Van de Vijver, G. (1992). “Preface”, in Van de Vijver, G. (ed.) New Perspectives on Cybernetics. Self- organization, Autonomy and Connectionism: Dordrecht: Kluwer: 1-11. Van de Vijver, G. (1992). “The experimental epistemology of Walter S. McCulloch. A minimalistic interpretation”, in Van de Vijver, G. (eds.) New Perspectives on Cybernetics. Self-organization, Autonomy and Connectionism. Dordrecht: Kluwer: 105-125. Van de Vijver, G. (1992). “Wiener, Norbert: The Human Use of Human Beings. Cybernetics and Society (1950)”, in Jacob, A. (ed.) Encyclopédie Philosophique Universelles III: Les Oeuvres philosophiques : dictionnaire: Paris: Presses Universitaires de France: 3850. Van de Vijver, G. (1992). “Wiener, Norbert: God and Golem. A Comment on Certain Points where Cybernetics Impinges on Religion (1964)”, in Jacob, A. (ed.) Encyclopédie Philosophique Universelles III: Les Oeuvres philosophiques : dictionnaire: Paris: Presses Universitaires de France: 3850. Book Chapters (B2) Acosta, E. & Van de Vijver, G. (2017). “While Reading Kant’s Perpetual Peace”, in Praet, D. (ed.) Philosophy of War and Peace. IPO 2016, Ghent, Belgium. Brussels: VUB Press: 131-144. Van de Vijver, G. (2014). “Qu'est-ce que s'orienter dans le monde?”, in Lew, R. (ed.) La "chose" en psychanalyse. Paris: Lysimaque: 351-372. Van de Vijver, G. & Demarest, B. (2013). “Objectivity: its meaning, its limitations, its fateful objections”, in Van de Vijver, G. & Demarest, B. (eds.) Objectivity after Kant. Its meaning, its limitations, its fateful objections. Hildesheim: Olms: vii-xxviii. Van de Vijver, G. (2012). “Het leven met een sofist”, in Claes, T. (ed.) Door Denken en Doen. Opstellen bij het werk van Ronald Commers. Ghent: Academia Press: 221-232. Van de Vijver, G. (2011). “Over het mensbeeld in de filosofie”, in Vandamme, S. (ed.) De mens... maat van alle dingen. Studium Generale 2010-2011. Ghent: Academia Press: 69-87. Van de Vijver, G. (2010). “Begrenzing en kritiek. Over de mogelijkheid van een verhouding tussen psychoanalyse en (neuro)wetenschap”, in Kinet, M. & Bazan, A. (eds.) Psychoanalyse en Neurowetenschap. De geest in de machine. Antwerpen: Garant: 215-229. Curriculum Vitae Gertrudis Van de Vijver 3 Bazan, A. & Van de Vijver, G. (2009). “La constitution de la distinction entre intérieur et extérieur: proposition de recoupement entre Freud et les neurosciences modernes”, in Monzée, J. (ed.) Neurosciences et psychothérapie. Montreal : Ed. Liber: 127-157. Bazan, A. & Van de Vijver, G. (2009) “L’objet d'une science neuro-psychanalytique. Questions épistémologiques et mise à l’épreuve”, in Ouss, L., Golse, L. & Widlöcher, D. (eds.) Vers une Neuro-Psychanalyse? Paris: Odile Jacob: 33-54. Van Poucke, J. & Van de Vijver, G. (2008). “Norbert Wiener”, in Achterhuis, H. (ed.) Kritisch Denkerslexicon. Diemen: Veen Magazines: deel 40. Van de Vijver, G. (2008). “Sur ce qui baigne en plain océan hénologique”, in Broze, M., Decharneux, B. & Delcomminette, S. (eds.) Mélanges de philosophie et de philologie offerts à Lambros Couloubaritsis. Paris: Vrin: 683-695. Van de Vijver, G. (2002). “On the Origins of Psychic Structure: a Case-Study Revisited on the Basis of Freud's Project”, in Van de Vijver, G. & Geerardyn, F. (eds.) The Pre-Psychoanalytical Writings of Sigmund Freud. London: Karnac Books: 190-207. Van de Vijver, G. (2000). “Struttura e psicanalisi”, in Dalto, S. & Gardenghi, E. (eds.) Freud e la psicanalisi laica. Milano: Edizione Thelema: 87-95. Van de Vijver, G. (1999). “Du corps à l’esprit? Une analyse du matérialisme freudien”, in Missa, J.N. (ed.) Matière pensante. Paris: Vrin: 99-118. Van de Vijver, G. (1999). “Kant et les intuitions de l'auto-organisation”, in Feltz, B., Crommelinck, M. & Goujon, P. (eds.) Auto-organisation et émergence dans les sciences de la vie. Bruxelles: Ousia: 35-58. Van de Vijver, G. (1998). “Sur la structure psychique. Une lecture à partir de L’ ‘Esquisse’”, in Geerardyn, F. & Van de Vijver, G. (eds.) Aux sources de la psychanalyse.
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