Organisations
Center for Ethics University of Antwerp
Center for European Philosophy University of Antwerp
Centre for Empirical Epistemology Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The research unit EMEP is mainly dealing with the interdisciplinary study of philosophical problems in the theory of knowledge, philosophical anthropology and the philosophy of mind and language. It is an explicit goal of the unit to bring empirical data to bear on philosophical problems, and to subject claims made in empirical science to philosophical analysis. Current topics of research are: 1. Major conceptual changes in science and ...
Centre for Ethics and Humanism Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The members of the Center conduct fundamental research on subjects that fall under the umbrella theme of enlightenment and contemporary humanism. More specifically, the inquiry relates to:
- the historical enlightenment and its current meaning;
- the evolution of humanistic thinking, with particular attention to:
- the pragmatic and hermeneutical input on that domain
- current issues such as dealing with the ...
Centre for Metaphysics and Culture University of Antwerp
Centre for the Study of Enlightenment and Free Thought Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Study of Enlightenment, intersubjectivity and religion
Centre Leo Apostel Vrije Universiteit Brussel
CLEA investigates the possibilities of interdisciplinary research, concentrating on the search for integrating world views. In a rapidly changing and complex society, scientific, social, and cultural knowledge is fragmented. This fragmentation leads to a growing gap between the exact sciences and the humanities (the two cultures), and between the layman and the specialist in general. Even more it entails the alienation of humankind from his ...