Jean-François Bert

jean-francois.bert@epfl.ch http://www.unil.ch/unisciences/JeanFrancoisBert

Expertise

Histoire matérielle des savoirs
Histoire des pratiques savantes et des techniques intellectuelles
Histoire de l’anthropologie et des sciences humaines (19e-20e)
Épistémologie et histoire des sciences

Mission

Ses enseignements à l'EPFL traitent notamment des relations entre sciences et religions. Une question qu’il aborde sous un angle historique et épistémologique en exposant les divergences fondamentales qui opposent ces deux discours : styles, argumentaires, ou encore rapports à la vérité.

Teaching

Past EPFL PhD Students

Alina Volynskaya

Courses

Sciences and religions I

HUM-436

The aim of this course is to review the conditions (both historical and epistemological) that have enabled the sciences to gain autonomy from religion.

Anthropology of knowledge

HUM-266

Anthropology of belief

HUM-382

This course is an introduction to the question of conspiracy theories especially in the field of science

Sciences and religions II

HUM-448

Can one be a scientist and a believer at the same time? Is science the enemy of faith? Should a scientist always be an atheist or an agnostic? These are some of the questions dealt with in this seminar. Its purpose is to present the various forms of the debate between science and religion.

Sciences, raison et foi

HUM-318

The aim of this course is to examine the conflicts between science and religion. Conflicts that are inevitable when science decides to tackle themes that overlap with those discussed in sacred texts, in particular the question of the origin of the world or of living organisms.

Darwin, religion and science

HUM-365

This course takes the long history of opponents of Darwin and Darwinism (creationists, neo-creationists, supporters of intelligent design) to try to understand their strategies and arguments.