The Philosopher

Jean Bricmont

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The background

Nationality:
Belgian
Schools:
Rationalism
Branchs:
Physics, Philosophy of science, Theoretical physics
Period:
21st century

The synopsis

Jean Bricmont (born 12 April 1952) is a Belgian theoretical physicist and philosopher of science. He is a professor at the Catholic University of Louvain (UCLouvain), where he works on renormalization group and nonlinear differential equations. Since 2004, Bricmont has been a member of the Division of Sciences of the Royal Academy of Belgium. He identifies as a rationalist and has co-authored "Fashionable Nonsense" with Alan Sokal, criticizing postmodernist views of science. Bricmont has also advocated for freedom of expression, a stance he shares with Noam Chomsky.

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