Stefaan Blancke

[[File:Stefaan_Blancke.jpg|right|thumb|165px|Blancke, engaged in deep philosophical thinking.]]{{skepnav|1}}
'''Stefaan Blancke''' (born 1976) is a [[Belgium|Belgian]] sceptic and [[philosopher of science]], who received his [[Ph.D.]] in philosophy in 2011 from Ghent University.<ref name=thesis>{{cite thesis|last1=Blancke|first1=Stefaan|type=Ph.D.|title=[https://www.academia.edu/1076569/Towards_an_integrated_understanding_of_creationism_in_Europe._Historical_philosophical_and_educational_perspectives Towards an integrated understanding of creationism in Europe. Historical, philosophical and educational perspectives]|publisher=Universiteit Gent: Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte|location=Ghent|year=2011}}</ref>

==Education and research==
In 2011, Blancke received a doctorate in philosophy from Ghent University, Belgium, for his dissertation ''[https://www.academia.edu/1076569/Towards_an_integrated_understanding_of_creationism_in_Europe._Historical_philosophical_and_educational_perspectives Towards an integrated understanding of creationism in Europe]''.<ref name=thesis/> The dissertation consists of a number of papers published by Blancke and others over several years, including an analysis of [[Intelligent Design]], a discussion of creationism in Europe,<ref name=C3>{{cite journal|last1=Blancke|first1=Stefaan|last2=Hjermitslev|first2=Hans Henrik|last3=Kjærgaard|first3=Peter C.|title=[http://jaar.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/08/22/jaarel.lft034.full.pdf?keytype=ref&ijkey=ZfS7FAR9rsvE4cE Creationism in Europe: Facts, Gaps, and Prospects]|journal=Journal of the American Academy of Religion|volume=81|issue=4|year=2013|month=August|day=23}}</ref> and an extensive analysis of creationism in the [[Netherlands]]<ref name=C5>{{cite journal|last1=Blancke|first1=Stefaan|title=[https://www.academia.edu/212996/Creationism_in_the_Netherlands Creationism in the Netherlands]|journal=Zygon. Journal of Religion and Science|volume=45|issue=4|pages=795-816|year=2010|month=November|day=14}}</ref> supplemented with a number of observations and recommendations regarding the teaching of evolution and creationism in European classrooms.

Blancke's main research interests lie with [[pseudoscience]],<ref>{{cite book|last1=Blancke|first1=Stefaan|last2=De Smedt|first2=Johan|editor1-last=Pigliucci|editor1-first=Massimo|editor1-link=Massimo Pigliucci|editor2-last=Boudry|editor2-first=Maarten|title=The philosophy of pseudoscience. Reconsidering the demarcation problem|chapter=[https://www.academia.edu/3004268/Evolved_to_be_irrational_Evolutionary_and_cognitive_foundations_of_pseudosciences Evolved to be irrational? Evolutionary and cognitive foundations of pseudosciences]|publisher=The University of Chicago Press|location=Chicago, IL|year=2013|pages=361-379}}</ref> and [[creationism]] in particular, as well as [[evolutionary psychology]]<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Boudry|first1=Maarten|last2=De Cruz|first2=Helen|last3=Blancke|first3=Stefaan|last4=De Smedt|first4=Johan|title=[https://www.academia.edu/2394461/Het_universele_zuur_van_de_evolutionaire_psychologie Het "universele zuur" van de evolutionaire psychologie?]|journal=Tijdschrift voor Filosofie|volume=73|issue=2|pages=287-305}}</ref> and [[anthropology]].

==Other activities==
Blancke is a semi-prominent sceptic in Belgium, having published several articles on sceptic website [http://skepp.be Skepp], of which three deal with creationism in Belgium and the Netherlands, and one with [[anthroposophy]].

==Publications==
===Books===
* {{cite thesis|last1=Blancke|first1=Stefaan|type=Ph.D.|title=[https://www.academia.edu/1076569/Towards_an_integrated_understanding_of_creationism_in_Europe._Historical_philosophical_and_educational_perspectives Towards an integrated understanding of creationism in Europe. Historical, philosophical and educational perspectives]|publisher=Universiteit Gent: Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte|location=Ghent|year=2011}} (doctoral thesis)
* {{cite book|last1=Blancke|first1=Stefaan|last2=De Smedt|first2=Johan|editor1-last=Pigliucci|editor1-first=Massimo|editor1-link=Massimo Pigliucci|editor2-last=Boudry|editor2-first=Maarten|title=The philosophy of pseudoscience. Reconsidering the demarcation problem|chapter=[https://www.academia.edu/3004268/Evolved_to_be_irrational_Evolutionary_and_cognitive_foundations_of_pseudosciences Evolved to be irrational? Evolutionary and cognitive foundations of pseudosciences]|publisher=The University of Chicago Press|location=Chicago, IL|year=2013|pages=361-379}}
* {{cite book|editor1-last=Blancke|editor1-first=Stefaan|editor2-last=Hjermitslev|editor2-first=Hans Henrik|editor3-last=Kjærgaard|editor3-first=Peter C.|title=Creationism in Europe|publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press|location=Charles Village, Baltimore, MD|date=2014|isbn=9781421415623}}

===Articles===
====Evolution, creationism and ID====
* {{oa}} {{cite journal|last1=Blancke|first1=Stefaan|title=[https://www.academia.edu/212996/Creationism_in_the_Netherlands Creationism in the Netherlands]|journal=Zygon. Journal of Religion and Science|volume=45|issue=4|pages=795-816|year=2010|month=November|day=14}}
* {{oa}} {{cite journal|last1=Blancke|first1=Stefaan|last2=Hjermitslev|first2=Hans Henrik|last3=Kjærgaard|first3=Peter C.|title=[http://jaar.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/08/22/jaarel.lft034.full.pdf?keytype=ref&ijkey=ZfS7FAR9rsvE4cE Creationism in Europe: Facts, Gaps, and Prospects]|journal=Journal of the American Academy of Religion|volume=81|issue=4|year=2013|month=August|day=23}}
* {{oa}} {{cite journal|last1=Boudry|first1=Maarten|last2=De Cruz|first2=Helen|last3=Blancke|first3=Stefaan|last4=De Smedt|first4=Johan|title=[https://www.academia.edu/2394461/Het_universele_zuur_van_de_evolutionaire_psychologie Het "universele zuur" van de evolutionaire psychologie?]|journal=Tijdschrift voor Filosofie|volume=73|issue=2|pages=287-305}}
* {{oa}} {{cite journal|last1=Boudry|first1=Maarten|last2=Blancke|first2=Stefaan|last3=Brackman|first3=Johan|title=[https://www.academia.edu/3799487/Grist_to_the_mill_of_anti-evolutionism_the_failed_strategy_of_ruling_the_supernatural_out_of_science_a_priori Grist to the Mill of Anti-evolutionism: The Failed Strategy of Ruling the Supernatural Out of Science by Philosophical Fiat]|work=Science & Education|volume=21|issue=8|pages=1151-1165|date=2012}}
* {{oa}} {{cite journal|last1=Boudry|first1=Maarten|last2=Blancke|first2=Stefaan|last3=Braeckman|first3=Johan|title=[https://www.academia.edu/1453028/Irreducible_incoherence_and_intelligent_design_a_look_into_the_conceptual_toolbox_of_a_pseudoscience Irreducible incoherence and intelligent design: a look into the conceptual toolbox of a pseudoscience]|work=The Quarterly Review of Biology|volume=85|issue=4|pages=473-482}}

====Pseudoscience in general====
* {{cite journal|last1=Blancke|first1=Stefaan|last2=Van Breusegem|first2=Frank|last3=De Jaeger|first3=Geert|last4=Braeckman|first4=Johan|last5=Van Montagu|first5=Mark|title=[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1360138515000771 Fatal attraction: the intuitive appeal of GMO opposition]|work=Trends in Plant Science|volume=20|issue=7|date=July 2015|pages=414-418}}
* {{oa}} {{cite journal|last1=Boudry|first1=Maarten|last2=Blancke|first2=Stefaan|last3=Pigliucci|first3=Massimo|authorlink3=Massimo Pigliucci|title=[https://www.academia.edu/15115212/What_makes_weird_beliefs_thrive_The_epidemiology_of_pseudoscience What makes weird beliefs thrive? The epidemiology of pseudoscience]|work=Philosophical Psychology|date=26 July 2015|volume=28|issue=8|pages=1177-1198}}

==External links==
*[https://ugent.academia.edu/StefaanBlancke Blancke at Academia]
*[http://skepp.be/nl/auteurs/stefaan-blancke Articles by Blance at Skepp] (in 
Dutch
 Flemish)
*[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stefaan_Blancke Blancke at ResearchGate]
*{{wpa|Maarten Boudry}}
*{{wpa|Johan Braeckman}}

==References==
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