Massimo Pigliucci

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Massimo Pigliucci

Massimo Pigliucci (* 16th January 1964 in Monrovia , Liberia ) is an American philosopher and professor of philosophy at Lehman College of the City University of New York . The focus of his work is the theory of science . Prior to that, he was Professor of Ecology and Evolution at the State University of New York at Stony Brook . He is known for his criticism of creationism and his commitment to scientific and skeptical thinking. He received his PhD in Genetics from the University of Ferrara , a PhD in Biology from the University of Connecticut, and a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Tennessee .

He received the Dobzhansky Prize from the Society for the Study of Evolution . He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal .

Pigliucci also has a column in the Skeptical Inquirer and is a member of the Brights movement .

Books

Cover of Philosophy of Pseudoscience .
  • The wisdom of the stoics . Piper, Munich 2017.
  • Philosophy of Pseudoscience: Reconsidering the Demarcation Problem (2013) with Maarten Boudry.
  • Answers for Aristotle: How Science and Philosophy Can Lead Us to a More Meaningful Life . Basic Books, New York 2012.
  • Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk . The University of Chicago Press 2010.
  • Evolution - The Extended Synthesis (with Gerd B. Müller , both eds., MIT Press 2010)
  • Making Sense of Evolution (with Jonathan Kaplan, Chicago Press, 2006): Philosophical examination of the basic concepts of evolution.
  • Phenotypic Integration (Oxford Press, 2003): Collection of technical essays on the evolution of complex biological organs.
  • Denying Evolution: Creationism, Scientism, and the Nature of Science (Sinauer, 2002): Book on the controversy of evolution - creation, better science teaching, and people's difficulty in thinking critically.
  • Phenotypic Plasticity (Johns Hopkins, 2001): Technical volume on "Heritage versus Environment" research.
  • Tales of the Rational (Freethought Press, 2000): Series of essays on atheism, straw man arguments , creationism, etc.
  • Phenotypic Evolution (with Carl Schlichting, Sinauer, 1998): Technical volume on the current status and future prospects of the theory of evolution.

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The following is a selection of his numerous articles:

  • Pigliucci, M. (2006). Is evolutionary psychology a pseudoscience? Skeptical Inquirer 30 (2): 23-24.
  • Pigliucci, M. (2005). Science and fundamentalism. EMBO reports 6: 1106-1109.
  • Pigliucci, M. (2005). The power and perils of metaphors in science. Skeptical Inquirer 29 (5): 20-21.
  • Pigliucci, M., J. Banta, et al. (2004). The alleged fallacies of evolutionary theory. Philosophy Now (46): 36-39.
  • Pigliucci, M. (2004). What is philosophy of science good for? Philosophy Now (44): 45.

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SURNAME Pigliucci, Massimo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American philosopher and geneticist
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Monrovia , Liberia