Jean Paul Van Bendegem (born 28 March 1953 in Ghent) is a mathematician, a philosopher of science, and a prominent professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Brussels. He was also dean of the faculty of Arts and Philosophy, and head of the CLWF (Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science) at the same university.
Van Bendegem is an honorary chairman of SKEPP[1] (Research Society for Critical Evaluation of Pseudoscience and the Paranormal), an organisation that is prepared to pay 10,000 euros to anyone who can prove the validity of a paranormal claim.
The NCNL[2] (National Centre for Logical Investigation) is presided by Van Bendegem, and he is chief editor of their quarterly magazine Logique et Analyse.[3]