Leo Apostel
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The Belgian philosopher Leo Apostel (Antwerp, 4 September 1925 - Ghent, 10 August 1995) studied with Baron Chaim Perelman, Rudolf Carnap and Jean Piaget. He promoted at the ULB in Brussels, lectured logic and philosophy of science at the Ghent University and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. In his so-called "natural philosophy" he worked in his beliefs as freemason.[citation needed]
Leo Apostel publisized a large number of works and was awarded the Solvay award for human sciences in 1985 and the Arkprijs van het Vrije Woord in 1986.
Leo Apostel was an advocate of interdisciplinary research and the bridging of the gap between exact science and humanities. The transdisciplinary research department Center Leo Apostel (CLEA) at the VUB was named after him. His ideas about atheistic religiosity are widely acknowledged. He wrote a number of books about freemasonry: Freemasonry: A Philosophical Essay in 1985, en Atheïstische spiritualiteit in 1998.
