Jean Paul Van Bendegem

Jean Paul Van Bendegem

Jean Paul Van Bendegem (born 28 March 1953 in Ghent) is a mathematician, a philosopher of science, and a prominent professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Brussels. He is also dean of the faculty of arts and philosophy, and head of the CLWF (Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science) at said university.

Van Bendegem is the honorary chairman of [http://www.skepp.be/ SKEPP] (Research Society for Critical Evaluation of Pseudoscience and the Paranormal), an organisation that is prepared to pay 10,000 euro's to anyone who can prove the validity of a paranormal claim.

The [http://www.lofs.ucl.ac.be/cnrl NCNL] (National Centre for Logical Investigation) is presided by Van Bendegem, and he is chief editor of their quarterly magazine [http://www.vub.ac.be/CLWF/L&A/ Logique et Analyse]

External links

* [http://www.vub.ac.be/CLWF/members/jean/index.shtml Jean Paul Van Bendegem bio]
* [http://www.vub.ac.be Vrije Universiteit Brussel]
* [http://www.skepp.be/artikels/skeptici/interview-jean-paul-van-bendegem-in-knack/ Knack interviews Van Bendegem]


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