Zwart, S.D. (Sjoerd)
Research profile
Sjoerd Zwart is an assistant professor at the philosophy departments of both Delft University of Technology and Eindhoven University of Technology.
3TU.Ethics Projects
Ethical aspects of upscaling an innovative water treatment technology
Moral responsibility in R&D networks
Scientific publications (selection)
van de Poel, Ibo, Jessica Nihlén Fahlquist, Neelke Doorn, Sjoerd Zwart, and Lambèr Royakkers. forthcoming. The Problem of Many Hands: Climate Change as an Example. Science and Engineering Ethicsavailable online
van de Poel, Ibo, and Sjoerd D. Zwart. 2010. Reflective Equilibrium in R&D Networks. Science, Technology & Human Values 35 (2):174-199. available online
Hughes, J.L., P.A. Kroes, and S.D. Zwart. 2007. A Semantics for Means-End Relations. Synthese 158 (2):207-231.![]()
van Renssen, A.S.H.P., P.E. Vermaas, and S.D. Zwart. 2007. A Taxonomy of Functions in Gellish English. Paper read at Design for Society: Knowledge, Innovation and Sustainability, at Paris.
Zwart, S.D., and M.P.M. Franssen. 2007. An Impossibility Theorem for Verisimilitude. Synthese 158 (1):75-92.available online
Zwart, S.D., and M.P.M. Franssen. 2007. Qualitative and Quantitative Verisimilitude. Paper read at 13th International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, 11-08-2007, at Beijing.
Zwart, Sjoerd D., Ibo van de Poel, Harald van Mil, and Michiel Brumsen. 2006. A Network Approach for Distinguishing Ethical Issues in Research and Development. Science and Engineering Ethics 12 (4):663-684.available online
van de Poel, I.R., S.D. Zwart, M. Brumsen, and H.G.J. van Mil. 2005. Risks of Aerobic Granular Sludge Technology. Ethical and Methodological Aspects. In Aerobic Granular Sludge, edited by S. Bathe, M. K. de Kreuk, B. S. Mc Swain and N. Schwarzenbeck. London: IWA Publishing.available online
Zwart, S.D. 2005. Arrow on Verisimilitude. Paper read at 31st Annual Philosophy of Science Conference, 11-04-2005, at Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Zandvoort, H., Van de Poel, I.R. & Brumsen, M. 2000. Ethics in the engineering curricula: topics, trends and challenges for the future. European Journal of Engineering Education 25 (4):291-302available online
Professional/Popular publications (selection)
van Mil, Harald, Ibo van de Poel, and Sjoerd Zwart. 2006. Ethiek in de Afvalwaterzuivering. H2O: Tijdschrift voor Watervoorziening en Waterbeheer, 39 (4):22-24.available online
Zwart, S.D. 2005. Updating Theories. In Confirmation, Empirical Progress and Truth Approximation: Essays in Debate with Theo Kuipers, edited by R. Festa, A. Aliseda and J. Peijnenburg. Amsterdam: Rodopi.available online
Teaching
0L150 Philosophy and informatics
0L863 Argumentation
