Issue 4, 1989
Biografie
Pieter Pekelharing used to teach at the University of Amsterdam. He has just retired. With two co-authors he recently published a book on the power of the megacorporation, De macht van de megaonderneming, Van Gennep, 2016, which is currently being translated into Spanish and Portuguese. An English translation is in the making. His current interests are focused on the politics of higher education and the relationship between science and democracy. He is also working on a publication of his lectures on the history of philosophy.
Chunglin Kwa is universitair docent Wetenschapsstudies bij de afdeling Politicologie van de Universiteit van Amsterdam. In 2011 verscheen van hem Styles of knowing. A new history of science from ancient times to the present bij de University of Pittsburgh Press en dit jaar verschijnt Kernthema’s in de wetenschapsfilosofie bij uitgeverij Boom Lemma.
René Boomkens (1954) is full professor social and cultural philosophy at the University of Groningen. In his research he focusses on the social and cultural philosophy of modernity, interpreted as modern experience, with special attention to the crucial role of the city and of urban culture.
Marianne Boenink is als postdoc-onderzoeker verbonden aan de Afdeling Wijsbegeer- «2 te van de Universiteit van Amsterdam; zij doet onderzoek naar Voorspellende praktij- z ken. rondom borstkanker'. Daarnaast is zij ais toegevoegd docent werkzaam bij de Vak- I groep Systematische Wijsbegeerte van de Universiteit Twente. ^ E-mail: M.Boenink@wmw.utwente.nl
Paul van den Berg leeft als ethicus in Amsterdam en doet onderzoek naai culturele rechtvaardigheid. E-mail: p.vdbergsleurs@worldonline.nl