Prof. Dr. Giora Hon

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsTheoretical Philosophy,History of Science
KeywordsConfidence and its role in motivating research, Interpretation of quantum mechanics, History and philosophy of experimentation, The concept of experimental errors, error, The concept of symmetry in science
Honours and awards

: please consult my cv

Current contact address

CountryIsrael
CityHaifa
InstitutionUniversity of Haifa
InstituteDepartment of Philosophy

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Gereon WoltersFachbereich Philosophie, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz
Prof. Dr. Jürgen RennMax-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Martin CarrierAbteilung Philosophie, Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld
Prof. Dr. Gereon WoltersFachbereich Philosophie - Fach D15, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz
Prof. Dr. Friedrich SteinleInstitut für Philosophie, Literatur-, Wissenschafts- und Technikgeschichte, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Gabriele GramelsbergerFakultät 7 - Philosophische Fakultät, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH), Aachen
Start of initial sponsorship01/11/1989

Programme(s)

1989Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2004Giora Hon: Gödel, Einstein, Mach: Casting Constraints on All-embracing Concepts . In: Foundation of Science, 2004, 25-64
2003Giora Hon: From Propagation to Structure: The Experimental Technique of Bombardment as a Contributing Factor to the Emerging Quantum Physics. In: Physics in Perspective, 2003, 150-173
2001Giora Hon: Proportions and Identity: the Aesthetic Aspects of Symmetry. In: Annals for Aesthetics, 2001, 187-198