Research Output per year
Personal profile
Current courses
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Career
2012-2018: Postdoc/lecturer, Department of Philosophy and Moral Science, Ghent University
courses taught:
History and Philosophy of Biology (3rd Bachelor Biology)
Philosophical Anthropology (Master Philosophy)
(History of) Philosophy (1st Bachelor Sport Sciences and 1st Bachelor Psychology)
April 2017- July 2018: Teaching Assistant, Department of Philosophy and Moral Science, Ghent University
2018: Postdoc at the Social Mind Center, Department of Cognitive Science, CEU Budapest
Research interests
I study the diffusion of (pseudo-)scientific beliefs. On the one hand I focus on what makes humans susceptible to irrational beliefs. On the other I investigate how evolved human minds manage to develop and sustain complex scientific concepts and theories.
I am also interested in cultural epidemiology and the philosophy of cultural evolution, the history and philosophy of science (and biology in particular), and the public understanding of science.
External positions
I chair the meetings of the organization and the lectures it organizes (Fonds Lucien De Coninck)
22 Apr 2018 → …Keywords
- Philosophy Of Science
- Philosophical Anthropology
- Philosophical Psychology
- Cultural Evolution
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epidemiology
Social Sciences
Evolutionary Synthesis
Arts & Humanities
Gene
Arts & Humanities
Evolutionary
Arts & Humanities
Epigenetics
Arts & Humanities
Pseudoscience
Arts & Humanities
Irrationality
Arts & Humanities
artifact
Social Sciences
Network
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Research Output 2018 2019
[Review of the book God's word or human reason? An inside perspective on creationism, J. Kane, E. Willoughby and T.M. Keese, 2016]
Blancke, S., 2019, In : Journal of Cognitive Historiography. 4, 2, p. 283-285Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › Scientific
Open Access
File
Are selves cultural attractors?
Blancke, S., 2019Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site › Other research output
Methods for studying cultural attraction
Heintz, C., Blancke, S. & Scott-Phillips, T., 2019, In : Evolutionary Anthropology. 28, 1, p. 18-20 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
artifact
reconstruction
ability
student
Over papieren twijfel, wetenschappelijke waarheid en religieuze reanimatie
Blancke, S., 2019Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site › Other research output
Pseudoscience and the end of dialogue
Blancke, S., 2019, In : Spokes.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Professional
Open Access
File
Activities 2018 2019
Het culturele dier: over evolutie en wat het betekent om mens te zijn
Stefaan Blancke (Speaker)12 Feb 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation › Popular
Science and the cultural evolution of reasons
Stefaan Blancke (Speaker)15 Nov 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation › Scientific
Morality and the cultural evolution of reasons
Stefaan Blancke (Speaker)15 Nov 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation › Scientific
Ethical considerations coming with the use of modern biotechnology tools for variety creation
Stefaan Blancke (Speaker)25 Jun 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Scientific
Gastcollege: Het moderne creationisme en Intelligent Design
Stefaan Blancke (Speaker)27 Nov 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation › Scientific
Press / Media
The philosophy of pseudoscience - Is GMO opposition valid or just another 'belief'?
27/09/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Regulation should not single out a safe and helpful technology
3/05/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
"Het creationisme is van nature aantrekkelijk voor ons brein"
4/09/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment