Etienne Vermeersch was a Belgian moral philosopher, skeptic and public intellectual who taught philosophy of science, history of philosophy and philosophical anthropology at Ghent University, where he became a professor in 1967. He was one of the founding fathers of Belgiums abortion law, euthanasia law and Law on Patients Rights, and he founded SKEPP, the Research Society for Critical Evaluation of Pseudoscience and the Paranormal, lecturing on skeptical topics for more than forty years. In January 2008 he was named the most influential intellectual of Flanders by prominent Flemings, and at his death he was widely seen as one of Belgiums most influential philosophers.
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Etienne Vermeersch (2 May 1934, Sint-Michiels, Bruges – 18 January 2019, Ghent) was a Belgian moral philosopher, skeptic, opinion maker and debater.
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Etienne Vermeersch (2 May 1934, Sint-Michiels, Bruges
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He became a professor at Ghent University in 1967.
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18 January 2019, Ghent) was a Belgian moral philosopher
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Philosophy of science, History of philosophy, History of Christianity, Bioethics, Environmental philosophy, Moral philosophy, cultural criticism
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Philosophy of science, History of philosophy, History of Christianity, Bioethics, Environmental philosophy, Moral philosophy, cultural criticism
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Philosophy of science, History of philosophy, History of Christianity, Bioethics, Environmental philosophy, Moral philosophy, cultural criticism
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Philosophy of science, History of philosophy, History of Christianity, Bioethics, Environmental philosophy, Moral philosophy, cultural criticism
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Etienne Vermeersch (2 May 1934, Sint-Michiels, Bruges, 18 January 2019, Ghent) was a Belgian moral philosopher, skeptic, opinion maker and debater.
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