Igor Douven

Igor Douven is a philosopher, cognitive psychologist and formal epistemologist, known for coordinating the research group Formal Epistemology: Foundations and Applications at the KU Leuven.

Igor Douven
Scientific career
Fields	Philosophy, Psychology
Institutions	KU Leuven University of Groningen Paris 8 University
Doctoral students	Helen de Cruz Sylvia Wenmackers

In 2010 he became Endowed Chair in philosophy at the University of Groningen.^[1] In 2013, he joined the "Probability, Assessment, Reasoning and Inferences Studies" research group at Paris 8 University.^[2]

Selected publications

• "Wouldn't It Be Lovely: Explanation and Scientific Realism", Metascience 14, 3 (2006) 331-361. (Review Symposium on the second edition of Inference to the Best Explanation, with James Ladyman, Igor Douven and Bas van Fraassen.)
• Douven, Igor. "Abduction". In Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.