Repliek op de kritiek van de Boer, Blomme, van den Berg en Spigt

In this article, I respond to critiques of my book Kant’s Radical Subjectivism: Perspectives on the Transcendental Deduction (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017). I address issues that are raised concerning objectivity, the nature of the object, the role of transcendental apperception and the imagination, and idealism. More in particular I respond to an objection against my reading of the necessary existence of things in themselves and their relation to appearances. I also briefly respond to a question that relates to the debate on Kantian nonconceptualism, more in particular, the question whether Kant allows animals objective intentionality. Lastly, I respond to one objection against my reading of Hegel’s critique of Kant. (The copy uploaded here is an English translation of the original Dutch version that is published in the journal.

Apperception, Objectivity, and Idealism

talk Oslo-Kant congress. In this paper, I explain why for Kant self-consciousness is intimately related to objectivity, how this intimacy translates to real objects, what it means to make judgements about objects, and what idealism has got to do with all of this

Nationality Swapping in World Athletics:Cases and Contexts from the Middle East (1998– 2016)

Nationality swapping in global sports challenges the common conceptions of citizenship, belonging and national identity. Athletes who represent a country in which they are not born are increasingly scrutinised and highly debated among academics, sport legislators, sports federations and in the (international) media. The practice has become so prevalent that the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) felt obliged to reinforce and tighten its regulations regarding nationality changes. Their efforts were explicitly targeted towards countries in the Middle East. However, our data show that only 13.8% (N=695) of the cases were related to the Middle East. Relatively large numbers of male and female athletes who obtain passports in Middle Eastern countries come from Africa (especially Kenya). The combination of ‘rich oil countries’ and ‘vulnerable African athletes’ may well have triggered the concerns of the IAAF. In fact, this was the reason why the IAAF started to register and regulate passport swaps. Nevertheless, World Athletics officials did not highlight the existing nature of college (sport) scholarships in Canada and the USA. Therefore, this chapter argues that the practices of Middle Eastern countries in allowing passport swaps should be seen as a challenge to western notions of citizenship and national identity.</p

Nationality Swapping in World Athletics:Cases and Contexts from the Middle East (1998– 2016)

Nationality swapping in global sports challenges the common conceptions of citizenship, belonging and national identity. Athletes who represent a country in which they are not born are increasingly scrutinised and highly debated among academics, sport legislators, sports federations and in the (international) media. The practice has become so prevalent that the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) felt obliged to reinforce and tighten its regulations regarding nationality changes. Their efforts were explicitly targeted towards countries in the Middle East. However, our data show that only 13.8% (N=695) of the cases were related to the Middle East. Relatively large numbers of male and female athletes who obtain passports in Middle Eastern countries come from Africa (especially Kenya). The combination of ‘rich oil countries’ and ‘vulnerable African athletes’ may well have triggered the concerns of the IAAF. In fact, this was the reason why the IAAF started to register and regulate passport swaps. Nevertheless, World Athletics officials did not highlight the existing nature of college (sport) scholarships in Canada and the USA. Therefore, this chapter argues that the practices of Middle Eastern countries in allowing passport swaps should be seen as a challenge to western notions of citizenship and national identity.</p

Diet uniformity at an early farming community in northwest Anatolia (Turkey) : carbon and nitrogen isotope studies of bone collagen at Aktopraklik

Aktopraklık is a settlement site composed of three areas (A–C) in the Marmara region of northwest Anatolia, with phases of occupation that date to the Late Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic periods, mid-seventh to mid-sixth millennium bc (ca. 6400–5600 cal. bc). Here, we present 54 human and fauna bone collagen stable isotope results from the site, alongside five modern fish bone collagen isotope results, to examine the nature of human diet. The stable isotope analysis shows that human diet comprised the consumption of select C3 terrestrial resources, with a preference for domestic animal proteins over plant proteins. The evidence to date suggests that animal husbandry was at the forefront of Late Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic subsistence practices. No isotopic difference in humans is observed between biological sex or between areas B and C at the settlement