Jeroen de Ridder

My research focuses on issues in social epistemology, philosophy of science, and philosophy of religion. Currently, most of it is in collective epistemology: can groups have beliefs and knowledge, are there collective intellectual virtues, what determines the epistemic performance of groups? I also apply these issues in thinking about the epistemic qualities of liberal democracy.

I teach epistemology, philosophy of science, business ethics, and – if I get the opportunity – philosophy of religion. Specifically, I teach an introduction to philosophy of science for students who minor in philosophy (see here) and a second year course on current trends in philosophy (see here).

• Knowledgeable Democracy: A Social-Epistemological Inquriy
  NWO Vidi project, 2016–2020
• The Epistemic Responsibility of the University
  (with René van Woudenberg and Rik Peels)
  Templeton World Charity Foundation, 2016–2019
• Science Beyond Scientism
  (with René van Woudenberg, Gijsbert van den Brink, and Gerrit Glas)
  Templeton World Charity Foundation, 2012–2015
• Commercializing Science and the Flow of Knowledge
  NWO Veni project, 2010–2014

• De Jonge Akademie | Amsterdam | Member | 2017-04-01

Ancillary activities are updated daily

• Ph.D. in Philosophy, Delft University of Technology, 2007
• M.A. in Philosophy cum laude, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 2007
• M.Sc. in Systems Engineering and Policy Analysis cum laude, Delft University of Technology, 2000