{"id":6188,"date":"2020-10-15T16:38:44","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T16:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extremebeliefs.com\/?page_id=6188"},"modified":"2025-08-14T16:31:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T16:31:21","slug":"rik-peels","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extremebeliefs.com\/nl\/team\/rik-peels\/","title":{"rendered":"Rik Peels"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;full_width_background&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_color=&#8221;#222531&#8243; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; top_padding=&#8221;4%&#8221; bottom_padding=&#8221;7%&#8221; text_color=&#8221;light&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; overflow=&#8221;visible&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; shape_type=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; column_element_direction_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; column_element_spacing=&#8221;default&#8221; desktop_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_backdrop_filter=&#8221;none&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_position=&#8221;default&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; border_type=&#8221;simple&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][image_with_animation image_url=&#8221;7114&#8243; image_size=&#8221;full&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;entrance&#8221; animation=&#8221;Fade In&#8221; animation_easing=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_movement_type=&#8221;transform_y&#8221; hover_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; alignment=&#8221;&#8221; border_radius=&#8221;5px&#8221; box_shadow=&#8221;x_large_depth&#8221; image_loading=&#8221;default&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width_mobile=&#8221;default&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;padding-6-percent&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; column_element_direction_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; column_element_spacing=&#8221;default&#8221; desktop_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_backdrop_filter=&#8221;none&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_position=&#8221;default&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; border_type=&#8221;simple&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Rik Peels&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:40|text_align:left|line_height:50px&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Projectleider&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h5|text_align:left|color:%23bfbfbf&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1603534105115{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1755189077747{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221; text_direction=&#8221;default&#8221;]Prof.dr. Rik Peels bekleedt een universitaire onderzoeksleerstoel in analytische en<br \/>\ninterdisciplinaire godsdienstfilosofie aan de Faculteit der Sociale en Geesteswetenschappen aan de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Hij is tevens onderzoeker bij het African Center for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science. Hij leidt de onderzoeksgroep Extreme Beliefs en is co-PI van het door NWO gefinancierde <em>Adapt!<\/em>-project over crisisadaptatie. Hij is<br \/>\ngespecialiseerd in de ethiek en epistemologie van extreme overtuigingen en gedragingen zoals we die aantreffen in extremisme, fanatisme, fundamentalisme, radicale complottheorie\u00ebn en terrorisme. Hij werkt ook aan replicatie in de geesteswetenschappen. Recente boeken van hem zijn onder andere <em>A Philosophy of the Humanities<\/em> (met Stephen Grimm en Ren\u00e9 van Woudenberg, OUP), <em>Monotheism and Fundamentalism<\/em> (CUP 2024), <em>Life without God<\/em> (CUP 2023) en <em>Ignorance<\/em> (OUP 2023). 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