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Researcher

Klaas Brecht Chielens

  • Research Expertise:Memetics - When Richard Dawkins coined the term “meme” in The Selfish Gene, he gave food for thought to the scientific community of the time. In the eleventh chapter of his book, Dawkins briefly introduces a “unit of cultural transmission” (189-201). Many other scientists since then have commented on and reacted to this theory. A controversy for one, a welcome new light in the dark world of science for the other, memetics has slowly emerged from Dawkins’ book and now has truly become an interdisciplinary field which has found proponents (and opponents) in sociology, biology, psychology and other fields. http://memetics.chielens.net/
  • Keywords:Law (incl. notarial studies), Language and literature (incl. information, documentation, library and archive sciences), General and logistic services
  • Users of research expertise:Memetics - When Richard Dawkins coined the term “meme” in The Selfish Gene, he gave food for thought to the scientific community of the time. In the eleventh chapter of his book, Dawkins briefly introduces a “unit of cultural transmission” (189-201). Many other scientists since then have commented on and reacted to this theory. A controversy for one, a welcome new light in the dark world of science for the other, memetics has slowly emerged from Dawkins’ book and now has truly become an interdisciplinary field which has found proponents (and opponents) in sociology, biology, psychology and other fields. http://memetics.chielens.net/