Critical Thinking in Engineering Science: Theory and Practice

Doctoral project Bram Brouckaert

Doctoral project Katinka Quintelier

Doctoral project Koen Tanghe

Doctoral project Maarten Boudry

Doctoral project Stijn Bruers

A bio-philosophical study of Darwinian selection versus Lamarckian instruction in contemporary evolutionary systems biology

Advanced simulation methods and innovative non-linear concepts in nanophotonic devices based on photonic crystals.

A philosophical anthropological inquiry into the role of self-awareness and empathy in the origin and evolution of morality.

A philosophy of mind perspective on mindreading and morality

Biotechnology for a sustainable economy (Bio-Economy)

God and Darwin in the Low Countries. A survey on the position and meaning of Intelligent Design in Flanders and the Netherlands

Lookism, the invisible discrimination

Method in madness

New words, new questions. Construction of a conceptual model to broaden the philosophical discussion of the psychology of moral behavior

The Bright Side of Being Wrong? The Perils and Paradoxes in the Search for Beneficial Misbeliefs

The conceptual integration of evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo) into neo-Darwinian evolutionary theory: the elaboration of a gene-selectionist (selfish gene) approach

The epistemic structures of pseudo-science and the logic of irrational beliefs: a sceptical and epistemological study

The ethics of neuromodulation

The Modern versus Extended Evolutionary Synthesis: an intra-genomic gene's eye view for the evolution-theoretic underpinning of molecular and developmental epigenetics

Thinking about thinking: Cognitive recognize and avoid pitfalls

Digital innovation for man and society

Philosophical study of the status of systems biology in the current molecular biology: theoretical and practical confrontation between 'reductionism / gencentrisme' and 'holism / complexity thinking'