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Gästforskare
- Teoretisk filosofi
- Filosofiska institutionen
Kontaktinformation
E-post frank.zenkerfil.luse
Mobil +491785411787
Besöksadress
Helgonavägen 3, Lund
Postadress
Box 192, 221 00 Lund
Internpost hämtställe 30
Docentur/ Associate Professorship/cumulative habilitation (22 JAN 2014).
PhD, Philosophy of Science, University of Hamburg, Germany (5 MAY 2009).
MA, Discourse and Argumentation Studies, Int. School for Humanities and Social Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (31 AUG 2002).
I work in Social Epistemology, Cognitive Science, and Philosophy of Science.
Please, find the CV below, and follow the links on your right for pre-prints etc.
Forskning
Min profil i Lunds universitets forskningsportal
- Continuity in Scientific Revolutions (forskningsledare)
- Judges without Biases: A legal research project on de-biasing in the evaluation of evidence (forskningsledare)
- Reconstruction and Evaluation of Pro/Con Argument: towards Objective Criteria (forskningsledare)
Böcker (2 st)
- Zenker, F. & Gärdenfors, P. (2015). Applications of Conceptual Spaces : the Case for Geometric Knowledge Representation. Synthese library. Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, 359. Springer International Publishing.
- Zenker, F. (2009). Ceteris Paribus in Conservative Epistemic Change. Peter Lang Publishing Group. Doktorsavhandling.
Redaktörskap (4 st)
- Kaipainen, M., Hautamäki, A., Zenker, F. & Gärdenfors, P. (2019). (Red.) Conceptual Spaces : Elaborations and Applications. Synthese Library : Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, 405. Springer.
- Proietti, C. & Zenker, F. (2014). (Red.) Social dynamics and collective rationality (special issue of the journal Synthese). Synthese, 191(11). Springer.
- Zenker, F. (2012). (Red.) Bayesian Argumentation: The Practical Side of Probability. Synthese Library. Springer.
- Zenker, F. (2011). (Red.) Argumentation: Cognition and Community : Proceedings of the 9th International Conference of the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation. The Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation.
Artiklar (36 st)
- Zenker, F. & Gärdenfors, P. (submitted). Structural continuity, scientific laws and conceptual spaces : A neo-Kantian perspective on the structure of theories and theory changes. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science. Taylor & Francis.
- Zenker, F., Dahlman, C., Sikström, S., Wahlberg, L. & Sarwar, F. (2020). Generalization in Legal Argumentation. Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice, 20, 80-99. Routledge.
- Yu, S. & Zenker, F. (2019). A dialectical view on conduction : Reasons, warrants, and normal suasory inclinations. Informal Logic, 39, 32-69. Informal Logic, University of Windsor, ON, Canada.
- Godden, D. & Zenker, F. (2018). A probabilistic analysis of argument cogency. Synthese, 195, 1715-1740. Springer.
- Krefeld-Schwalb, A., Witte, E. H. & Zenker, F. (2018). Hypothesis-testing demands trustworthy data-a simulation approach to inferential statistics advocating the research program strategy. Frontiers in Psychology, 9. Frontiers Media S. A..
- Witte, E. H. & Zenker, F. (2018). Data replication matters to an underpowered study, but replicated hypothesis corroboration counts. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 41, 156-156. Cambridge University Press.
- Xiong, M. & Zenker, F. (2018). Legal Facts in Argumentation-Based Litigation Games. Argumentation, 32, 197-211. Springer.
- Yu, S. & Zenker, F. (2018). Peirce Knew Why Abduction Isn’t IBE—A Scheme and Critical Questions for Abductive Argument. Argumentation, 32, 569-587. Springer.
- Zenker, F. (2018). Introduction : Reasoning, Argumentation, and Critical Thinking Instruction. Topoi, 37, 91-92. Springer.
- Zenker, F. (2018). Reasoning, Argumentation: Insights from the Wild. Logic and Logical Philosophy, 27, 421-451. Nicolaus Copernicus University.
- Zenker, F., Dahlman, C., Bååth, R. & Sarwar, F. (2018). Reasons Pro et Contra as a Debiasing Technique in Legal Contexts. Psychological Reports, 121, 511-526. Ammons Scientific.
- Masterton, G., Zenker, F. & Gärdenfors, P. (2017). Using conceptual spaces to exhibit conceptual continuity through scientific theory change. European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 7, 127-150. Springer.
- Witte, E. H. & Zenker, F. (2017). Extending a Multilab Preregistered Replication of the Ego-Depletion Effect to a Research Program. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 39, 74-80. Taylor & Francis.
- Witte, E. H. & Zenker, F. (2017). From discovery to justification : Outline of an ideal research program in empirical psychology. Frontiers in Psychology, 8. Frontiers Media S. A..
- Dahlman, C., Zenker, F. & Sarwar, F. (2016). Miss rate neglect in legal evidence. Law, Probability and Risk, 15, 239-250. Oxford University Press.
- Jacot, J., Genot, E. & Zenker, F. (2016). From reasonable preferences, via argumentation, to logic. Journal of Applied Logic, 18, 105-128. Elsevier.
- Witte, E. H. & Zenker, F. (2016). Beyond Schools : Reply to Marsman, Ly, and Wagenmakers. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 38, 313-317. Taylor & Francis.
- Witte, E. H. & Zenker, F. (2016). Reconstructing Recent Work on Macrosocial Stress as a Research Program. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 38, 301-307. Taylor & Francis.
- Zenker, F. & Gärdenfors, P. (2016). Continuity of Theory Structure : A Conceptual Spaces Approach. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 30, 343-360. Taylor & Francis.
- Godden, D. & Zenker, F. (2015). Denying Antecedents and Affirming Consequents: The State of the Art. Informal Logic, 35, 88-134. Informal Logic, University of Windsor, ON, Canada.
- Smid, J. & Zenker, F. (2015). Three logicians walk into a bar : A modest proposal for teaching epistemic logic. The Reasoner, 9, 21-22. Centre for Reasoning, University of Kent.
- Andreas, H. & Zenker, F. (2014). Perspectives on Structuralism: preface. Erkenntnis, 79, 1365-1365. Springer.
- Gärdenfors, P. & Zenker, F. (2014). Modeling diachronic changes in structuralism and conceptual spaces. Erkenntnis, 79, 1547-1561. Springer.
- Petersen, G. & Zenker, F. (2014). From Euler to Navier-Stokes: A Spatial Analysis of Conceptual Changes in Nineteenth-century Fluid Dynamics. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 28, 235-253. Taylor & Francis.
- Zenker, F. & Holger, A. (2014). Basic Concepts of Structuralism. Erkenntnis, 79, 1367-1372. Springer.
- Zenker, F. & Proietti, C. (2014). Editors' introduction: social dynamics and collective rationality. Synthese, 191, 2353-2358. Springer.
- Gärdenfors, P. & Zenker, F. (2013). Theory change as dimensional change: Conceptual spaces applied to the dynamics of empirical theories. Synthese, 190, 1039-1058. Springer.
- Zenker, F. (2013). What do Normative Approaches to Argumentation Stand to Gain from Rhetorical Insights. Philosophy & Rhetoric, 46, 415-436. Penn State University Press.
- Zenker, F. & Andreas, H. (2013). Perspectives on Structuralism, Munich, Germany, 16-18 February 2012. Journal for General Philosophy of Science, 44, 227-234. Springer.
- Zenker, F. (2011). Editor's Introduction. Cogency - Journal of Reasoning and Argumentation, 3, 7-12. Universidad Diego Portales.
- Zenker, F. (2011). Experts and Bias: When is the Interest-Based Objection to an Authority Argument Sound?. Argumentation, 25, 355-370. Springer.
- Zenker, F. (2010). Analyzing Social Policy Argumentation: A case study on the opinion of the German National Ethics Council on an amendment of the Stem Cell Law. Informal Logic, 30, 62-91. Informal Logic, University of Windsor, ON, Canada.
- Zenker, F. (2009). Review of F.H. van Eemeren & B. Garssen (eds) (2008). Controversy and Confrontation. Amsterdam: John Benjamis. Informal Logic, 29, 447-475. Informal Logic, University of Windsor, ON, Canada.
- Zenker, F. (2009). Treating Kuhn’s Gap with Critical Contextualism. Review of William Rehg (2009). Cogent Science in Context. The Science Wars, Argumentation Theory and Habermas, Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. Cogency - Journal of Reasoning and Argumentation, 1, 149-182. Universidad Diego Portales.
- Zenker, F. (2006). Lakatos's challenge? : Auxiliary hypotheses and non-monotonous inference. Journal for General Philosophy of Science, 37, 405-415. Springer.
- Zenker, F. (2006). Monotonicity and reasoning with exceptions. Argumentation, 20, 227-236. Springer.
Bokkapitel (13 st)
- Hahn, U., Bluhm, R. & Zenker, F. (2017). Causal Argument. I Waldmann, M. (Red.) Oxford Library of Psychology, Oxford Handbook of Causal Reasoning. Oxford University Press.
- Zenker, F. (2017). Falsification. I Turner, B. S., Kyung-Sup, C., Epstein, C. F., Kivisto, P., Outhwaite, W. & Ryan, J. M. (Red.) The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory.
- Zenker, F. (2016). Similarity as distance : Three models for scientific conceptual knowledge. I Lukowski, P., Gemel, A. & Zukowski, B. (Red.) Łódź-Lund Studies in Cognitive Science, Cognition, Meaning and Action (pp. 63-86), X. Lodz University.
- Zenker, F. & Dahlman, C. (2016). Debiasing and Rule of Law. I Feteris, E., Kloosterhuis, H., Plug, J. & Smith, C. (Red.) Legal Argumentation and the Rule of Law (pp. 217-229). Eleven International Publishing.
- Zenker, F. & Dahlman, C. (2016). Reliable Debiasing Techniques in Legal Contexts? : Weak Signals from a darker Corner of the Social Science Universe. I Paglieri, F., Bonelli, L. & Felleti, S. (Red.) Studies in Logic and Argumentation, The psychology of argument : Cognitive approaches to argumentation and persuasion (pp. 173-196), 59. College Publications.
- Gärdenfors, P. & Zenker, F. (2015). Editors’ Introduction : Conceptual Spaces at Work. Synthese library. Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, Applications Of Conceptual Spaces : The Case For Geometric Knowledge Representation, 359, 3-13. Springer International Publishing.
- Zenker, F. & Gärdenfors, P. (2015). Communication, Rationality, and Conceptual Changes in Scientific Theories. I Zenker, F. & Gärdenfors, P. (Red.) Synthese library. Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, Applications of Conceptual Spaces : The Case for Geometric Knowledge Representation (pp. 259-277), 359. Springer International Publishing.
- Zenker, F. (2014). From Features via Frames to Spaces: Modeling Scientific Conceptual Change Without Incommensurability or Aprioricity. I T., G., R., G., R., O. & W., P. (Red.) Frames and Concept Types: Applications in Language and Philosophy, (pp. 69-89). Springer.
- Zenker, F. (2013). Bayesian argumentation : The practical side of probability. I Zenker, F. (Red.) Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, Bayesian Argumentation : The Practical Side of Probability (pp. 1-11), 362. Springer.
- Zenker, F. (2013). In Support of the Weak Rhetoric as Epistemic Thesis. On the Generality and Reliability of Persuasion Knowledge. I H. van, B., P., G., B. van, G., D. van de, M. & K., R. (Red.) Verbal and Visual Rhetoric in a Media World (pp. 61-76). Leiden University Press.
- Gärdenfors, P. & Zenker, F. (2012). Theory Change and Dimensional Change. I R., C. (Red.) Emerging Colors in Science—Transdisciplinary Essays. (pp. 145-147). University of Costa Rica Press.
- Gärdenfors, P. & Zenker, F. (2011). Using Conceptual Spaces to Model the Dynamics of Empirical Theories. I Erik J., O. & Sebastian, E. (Red.) Belief Revision meets Philosophy of Science (pp. 137-153), Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science Vol. 21. Springer.
- Zenker, F. (2011). Deduction, Induction, Conduction. An Attempt at Unifying Natural Language Argument Structures. I John A., B. & Ralph H., J. (Red.) Conductive Argument: An Overlooked Type of Defeasible Reasoning (pp. 74-85). College Publications.
Förord (2 st)
- Zenker, F. & Gärdenfors, P. (2015). Foreword. Synthese library. Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, Applications Of Conceptual Spaces : The Case For Geometric Knowledge Representation, 359. Springer.
- Zenker, F. (2013). Foreword. Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, Bayesian Argumentation : The Practical Side of Probability, 362. Springer.
Konferensbidrag (10 st)
- Kido, H. & Zenker, F. (2017). Argument-Based Bayesian Estimation of Attack Graphs : A Preliminary Empirical Analysis. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), PRIMA 2017 : Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems - 20th International Conference, Proceedings, 10621 LNAI, 523-532. Springer.
- Zenker, F. (2016). The polysemy of ‘fallacy’—or ‘bias’, for that matter. I Bondy, P. & Benaquista, L. (Red.) Proceedings of the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation Conference, Argumentation, Objectivity and Bias, 11.
- Zenker, F., Dahlman, C. & Sarwar, F. (2016). Giving Reasons Pro et Contra as a Debiasing Technique in Legal Decision Making. I Mohammed, D. & Lewinski, M. (Red.) Studies in Logic, Argumentation and Reasoned Action : Vol. I : proceedings of the 1st European conference on argumentation, Lisbon 2015 (pp. 809-823), 62. College Publications.
- Zenker, F. (2014). Commentary on Mark Battersby and Sharon Bailin’s “Critical Thinking and Cognitive Biases.”. I Dima, M. & Marcin, L. (Red.) Proceedings of the 10th International Conference of the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation (OSSA), 22-26 May 2013. Windsor, ON: OSSA.
- Zenker, F. (2014). Know thy biases! Bringing argumentative virtues to the classroom. I Dima, M. & Marcin, L. (Red.) Proceedings of the 10th International Conference of the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation (OSSA) (pp. 1-11). OSSA.
- Zenker, F. (2012). The Explanatory Value of Cognitive Asymmetries in Policy Controversies. I Jean, G. (Red.) Between Scientists and Citizens (pp. 441-451). Great Plains Society for the Study of Argumentation.
- Zenker, F. (2011). Commentary on F. Macagno’s ‘Implicatures and Hierarchies of Presumptions. I Frank, Z. (Red.) [Host publication title missing] (pp. 1-4). The Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation.
- Zenker, F. (2011). Foundations for Nothing and Facts for Free. I Frank, Z. (Red.) Argumentation: Cognition and Community. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference of the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation (CD-ROM) (pp. 1-7). The Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation.
- Zenker, F. (2011). Why Study the Overlap Between “Ought” and “Is” Anyways? On Empirically Investigating the Conventional Validity of the Pragma-Dialectical Discussion Rules. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation (ISSA), 2083-2091. SicSat, Amsterdam.
- Zenker, F., Christian, G., Albert, N., Raphael, van, R. & Gottfried, V. (2011). Designing an Introductory Course in Elementary Symbolic Logic within the Blackboard e-Learning Environment. I P., B., H., D. & M., M. (Red.) Springer Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) (pp. 249-255), 6680. Springer.
Rapporter (4 st)
- Zenker, F. (2012). Copenhagen Lund Workshops in Social Epistemology (December 2011). The Reasoner.
- Zenker, F. (2011). Conference Report. European Network Meeting, Lund, March 2011. The Reasoner. The Reasoner 5 (4).
- Zenker, F. (2011). Copenhagen Lund Workshops in Social Epistemology (February and September 2011). The Reasoner. The Reasoner 5 (11), 191-192.
- Zenker, F. (2010). Workshop on Bayesian Argumentation. The Reasoner. University of Kent.
Recensioner (5 st)
- Zenker, F. (accepted/in press). Review of Spohn, W. The Laws of Belief (2012). Oxford: OUP. Philosophical Quarterly. Oxford University Press.
- Zenker, F. (accepted/in press). Amos and I. Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines. Institute for Critical Thinking at Montclair State University, USA.
- Zenker, F. (2015). The Laws of Belief-Ranking Theory and its Philosophical Applications. Philosophical Quarterly, 65, 310-313. Oxford University Press.
- Zenker, F. (2011). Parmenides as Secret Hero. Argumentation. Springer.
- Zenker, F. (2010). Review of: Eemeren, F.H. van, Garssen, B, and Meuffels, B. (2009). "Fallacies and Judgments of Reasonableness". Cogency - Journal of Reasoning and Argumentation, 2, 149-165. Universidad Diego Portales.
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Gästforskare
- Teoretisk filosofi
- Filosofiska institutionen
Kontaktinformation
E-post frank.zenkerfil.luse
Mobil +491785411787
Besöksadress
Helgonavägen 3, Lund
Postadress
Box 192, 221 00 Lund
Internpost hämtställe 30