Jean Bricmont


Jean Bricmont is a Belgian theoretical physicist and philosopher of science. Professor at the Catholic University of Louvain, he works on renormalization group and nonlinear differential equations. Since 2004, Bricmont is a member of the Division of Sciences of the Royal [Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium|Royal Academy of Belgium].
Bricmont claims he is a rationalist. He has criticized postmodernist views of science along with Alan Sokal, with whom he wrote Fashionable Nonsense. He has also criticized imperialism and defended freedom of expression, adopting a position on the issue similar to that of Noam Chomsky.
Jean Bricmont was president of the Association française pour l'information scientifique from 2001 to 2006.

Books

  • Impérialisme humanitaire published in English as Humanitarian Imperialism, 2006
  • Preface to L'Atlas alternatif – Frédéric Delorca, Pantin, Temps des Cerises, 2006
  • Raison contre pouvoir. Le Pari de Pascal Jean Bricmont and Noam Chomsky, 5 November 2009
  • La République des censeurs, L'Herne. 2014..
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