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Stefaan Blancke

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7807-5606

  • Netherlands

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20132020

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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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