Johan Braeckman (born 1965 in

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) is a

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philosopher. He was professor in philosophy at the

University of Ghent Ghent University ( nl, Universiteit Gent, abbreviated as UGent) is a public research university located in Ghent, Belgium. Established before the state of Belgium itself, the university was founded by the Dutch King William I in 1817, when the ...

and taught at various other institutions e.g.

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. He is editor of the

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organisation SKEPP's magazine ''

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''. His research, conducted along with a dozen doctoral and postdoctoral researchers, focuses on the philosophical problems associated with the life sciences, in particular the evolutionary theory and neuroscience.

Publications

* ''Copyright – Een bio-ethisch essay'' – Katrien Devolder en Johan Braeckman – Universitaire Pers Leuven 2001 – * ''Darwins Moordbekentenis – De ontwikkeling van het denken van

Charles Darwin Charles Robert Darwin ( ; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended fr ...

'' – Johan Braeckman – Uitgeverij Nieuwezijds 2001 – * ''Ethiek van DNA tot

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'' – Johan Braeckman, Bert de Reuver en Thomas Vervisch (red.) – Amsterdam University Press 2005 – * ''De rivier van Herakleitos. Een eigenzinnige visie op de wijsbegeerte'' – Etienne Vermeersch en Johan Braeckman – Houtekiet 2008 * ''Kritisch denken. Hoorcollege over het ontwikkelen van heldere ideeën en argumenten.'' (audio-cd of MP3) – Johan Braeckman – Home Academy 2011, Nederland – * ''Goed, beter, best? Over de maakbaarheid van de mens.'' – Johan Braeckman, Aeneas De Baets, Johan Declercq, Ignaas Devisch, Marjan Joris en Liesbet Lauwereys (red.) – Academia Press 2011 – * ''Darwin en de evolutietheorie. Een hoorcollege over zijn leven, denken en de gevolgen van zijn werk.'' (audio-cd of MP3) – Johan Braeckman – Home Academy 2010, Nederland – * ''The Moral Brain. Essays on the Evolutionary and Neuroscientific Aspects of Morality.'' – Jan Verplaetse, Jelle De Schrijver, Sven Vanneste en Johan Braeckman (eds.) – Springer 2009 – * ''De ongelovige Thomas heeft een punt''. Een handleiding voor kritisch denken van Johan Braeckman en Maarten Boudry, verkozen tot 'Liberales-boek van het jaar 2011'. – Houtekiet – * ''Fascinerend leven. Markante figuren en ideeën uit de geschiedenis van de biologie'' – Johan Braeckman en Linda Van Speybroeck – Academie Press 2013 * ''Recht maken wat krom is?'', Een hoorcollege over bio-ethiek – Johan Braeckman – Home Academy 2015, Nederland – * ''Valkuilen van ons denken'', Een hoorcollege over de kracht van kritisch denken – Johan Braeckman – Home Academy 2017, Nederland – * ''

Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for ''A Study in Scarlet'', the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Ho ...

. Een hoorcollege over zijn leven, werk en zijn creatie Sherlock Holmes'' – Jean Paul Van Bendegem, Johan Braeckman en Vitalski – Home Academy 2017, Nederland * ''Er was eens – over de mens als vertellende aap'' – Johan Braeckman – Confituur 2017 – (the picture for the cover of this essay is made by his partner
photographer Gwenny Cooman)
* ''

Etienne Vermeersch Etienne Vermeersch (2 May 1934, Sint-Michiels, Bruges – 18 January 2019, Ghent) was a Belgian moral philosopher, skeptic, opinion maker and debater. He is one of the founding fathers of the abortion, euthanasia law, and the Law on Patients' Rig ...

– Nagelaten geschriften'' – Johan Braeckman en Dirk Verhofstadt – Hautekiet 2019 – * ''

Frankenstein ''Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'' is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley. ''Frankenstein'' tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific ex ...

. Een hoorcollege over

Mary Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (; ; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic fiction, Gothic novel ''Frankenstein, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'' (1818), which is considered an History of scie ...

's creatie in wetenschaps- en cultuurhistorisch perspectief'' – Jean Paul Van Bendegem, Johan Braeckman en Vitalski – Home Academy 2019, Nederland

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Braeckmann, Johan 1965 births Living people Belgian skeptics Flemish philosophers People from Wetteren