Born 1951, Amsterdam, Ph.D. Economics, M.D. Philosophy. He was
university lecturer in philosophy of science, specialized in mathematical
modeling, methodology, formal axiomatics and structural analysis of
scientific theories until 2001, jazz-saxophone player
[plays] and editor of asb4.com.
After leaving academia he
got set for Uganda and became captain
of a traditional African sailing dhow he built, with local villagers at the shore of Lake Victoria
[more:
Dhow building logbook], writing
Greetings (about lake life) and
Bert Tells
What He Reads. From 2010 to 2013 the captain used
all his early life training in logic, axiomatic structure
and Latin to write EthicaWeb,
a reference web for students of Spinozae Ethica, which
he regards as his best scientific work
[ Post Bert
hamminga ]
