Massimo Pigliucci

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Massimo Pigliucci
Pigliucci in 2013
Born (1964-01-16) January 16, 1964 (age 60)
Monrovia, Liberia
Alma mater
Era
Relationship between science and religion
Demarcation problem
Massimo Pigliucci's voice
Recorded October 2016

Massimo Pigliucci (Italian:

editor in chief for the online magazine Scientia Salon.[4] He is a critic of pseudoscience[5][6] and creationism,[7] and an advocate for secularism and science education.[8][9]

Biography

Pigliucci was born in

Rome.[1] He has a doctorate in genetics from the University of Ferrara, Italy, a PhD in biology from the University of Connecticut, and a PhD in philosophy of science from the University of Tennessee.[10] He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.[1]

Pigliucci was formerly a professor of

relationship between science and religion.[10] He is a proponent of an extended evolutionary synthesis to unify parts of biology not covered by the "modern synthesis" of the 20th century.[13]

Pigliucci has written regularly for

William Dembski and Jonathan Wells, on many occasions.[7][16][17][18]

His latest podcast Stoic Meditations

NECSS
2013

Critical thinking and skepticism

For his views on the Search for extraterrestrial intelligence, see Search for extraterrestrial intelligence § Massimo Pigliucci.

Pigliucci is an

value judgements and matters of fact. He believes that many scientists and science educators fail to appreciate these differences.[9] Pigliucci has criticized New Atheist writers for embracing what he considers to be scientism (although he largely excludes philosopher Daniel Dennett from this charge).[22] In a discussion of his book Answers for Aristotle: How Science and Philosophy Can Lead Us to a More Meaningful Life, Pigliucci told Skepticality podcast host Derek Colanduno, "Aristotle was the first ancient thinker to really take seriously the idea that you need both empirical facts, you need an evidence-based approach to the world and you need to be able to reflect on the meaning of those facts... If you want answers to moral questions then you don't ask the neurobiologist, you don't ask the evolutionary biologist, you ask the philosopher."[23]

Pigliucci describes the mission of skeptics, referencing Carl Sagan's The Demon-Haunted World saying "What skeptics are about is to keep that candle lit and spread it as much as possible".[24] Pigliucci serves on the board of NYC Skeptics and on the advisory board of the Secular Coalition for America.[8]

In 1998, he debated William Lane Craig over the existence of God at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.[25] Also in 2001 he debated Craig about the same topic.[26]

Massimo Pigliucci criticized the newspaper article by Pope Francis entitled, "An open dialogue with non-believers". Pigliucci viewed the article as a monologue rather than a dialogue and, in a response personally addressed to Pope Francis, wrote that the Pope only offered non-believers "a reaffirmation of entirely unsubstantiated fantasies about God and his Son...followed by a confusion between the concept of love and truth, the whole peppered by a significant amount of historical revisionism and downright denial of the ugliest facets of your Church."[27]

Stoicism

Pigliucci became a popularizer of Stoicism and one of the driving forces in Stoicism's resurgence in the United States in the early twenty-first century. His 2015 essay for The New York Times on the topic was one of the most shared articles to date.[28] Pigliucci said he always felt Stoicism was part of his Italian heritage, but he came to practice it after being disenchanted with Buddhism, though he finds both schools of thought to share similarities.

I actually tried to study Buddhism for a bit, but the parts I managed to get exposed to felt too alien, couched in cultural, linguistic, and conceptual terms that did not resonate with me. By contrast, when I picked up Epictetus, or Marcus, or Seneca, I immediately felt at home.[29]

Neoskepticism

In 2021 Pigliucci announced

Skeptics
and Stoics to craft a better way to think about and especially live one’s life."

On consciousness

Pigliucci has criticized

category error.[31]

Rationally Speaking

In August 2000 Pigliucci started a monthly internet column called Rationally Speaking. In August 2005, the column became a blog,

Neil DeGrasse Tyson explained on the show his justification for spending large amounts of government money on space programs. He eventually printed the transcript of his performance as a guest on the show in his book Space Chronicles as a full chapter covering eight pages.[35] Another episode in which Tyson explained his position on the label "atheism" received attention on NPR.[36] Pigliucci left the podcast in 2015 to pursue his other interests. Galef continued to host the podcast solo.[37]

Bibliography

Books

Cover of Philosophy of Pseudoscience

Articles

The following are a select few of Pigliucci's articles. Some may be found at the

Secular Web
.

Additional articles can be found on his web sites (see "External Links" below).

Book reviews

Date Review article Work(s) reviewed
2013 "[Untitled review]". Books. Philosophy Now. 95: 44. March–April 2013. Woodruff, Paul (2011). The Ajax dilemma : justice, fairness, and rewards. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Pigliucci speaking at NECSS 2011
    Pigliucci speaking at
    NECSS
    2011
  • Pigliucci speaking at CSICon 2018
    Pigliucci speaking at CSICon 2018
  • Daniel Dennett, Pigliucci and Lawrence Krauss on a debate about "The Limits of Science"
    Daniel Dennett, Pigliucci and Lawrence Krauss on a debate about "The Limits of Science"
  • Pigliucci and Julia Galef at NECSS 2015 during the last Rationally Speaking episode they co-hosted together
    Pigliucci and Julia Galef at NECSS 2015 during the last Rationally Speaking episode they co-hosted together

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Massimo Pigliucci – Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 6, 2011.
  2. ^ "Cuny – City College – Philosophy Department". July 5, 2015. Archived from the original on August 20, 2020. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
  3. ^ "Rationally Speaking | Official Podcast of New York City Skeptics – Current Episodes". rationallyspeakingpodcast.org. Archived from the original on January 28, 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
  4. ^ "Scientia Salon". March 18, 2014. Archived from the original on August 20, 2020. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
  5. ISBN 978-0226051963. Archived
    from the original on April 16, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  6. ^ Pigliucci, Massimo (October 10, 2013). "The Dangers of Pseudoscience". The New York Times. Archived from the original on August 20, 2020. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
  7. ^
    ISBN 978-0878936595
    .
  8. ^ a b "Secular Coalition for America Advisory Board Biography". Archived from the original on November 22, 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2010.
  9. ^
    PMID 16319954
    .
  10. ^ a b "Massimo Pigliucci – Short Bio" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 6, 2011.
  11. ^ "Massimo Pigliucci – Selected Papers". Archived from the original on August 5, 2012.
  12. ^ "Society for the Study of Evolution – Description of Awards". Archived from the original on October 25, 2015. Retrieved June 6, 2009.
  13. ^ Wade, Michael J. (2011). "The Neo-Modern Synthesis: The Confluence of New Data and Explanatory Concepts" BioScience 61: 407–408.
  14. ^ "Massimo Pigliucci". Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. Archived from the original on November 21, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
  15. ^ "Rationally Speaking". rationallyspeaking.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on August 20, 2020. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
  16. ^ "Evolution Debate – Pigliucci vs Hovind". Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science. January 31, 2007. Archived from the original on June 11, 2013. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
  17. ^ "CV of William Dembski". Archived from the original on January 26, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
  18. ^ "Evolution and Intelligent Design: Pigliucci vs Wells". Uncommon Knowledge. January 14, 2005. Archived from the original on March 8, 2008. Retrieved July 17, 2008.
  19. ^ "Stoic Meditations • A podcast on Anchor". Anchor. Archived from the original on August 20, 2020. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  20. ^ "The Best Stoicism Podcasts". August 14, 2020. Archived from the original on August 20, 2020. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  21. ^ Pigliucci, Massimo (August 18, 2008). "Excommunicated by the Atheists!". Archived from the original on August 20, 2020. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
  22. doi:10.1111/misp.12006. Archived
    (PDF) from the original on August 20, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
  23. ^ Colanduno, Derek (February 13, 2013). "Should You Answer Aristotle?" (Audio). Skepticality Podcast. Skeptic Magazine. Archived from the original on August 20, 2020. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  24. ^ Richard Saunders (September 24, 2010). "The Skeptic Zone #101" (Podcast). Event occurs at 32:50. Archived from the original on May 9, 2014. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  25. ^ ‘The Craig-Pigliucci Debate: Does God Exist?’, Leadership University, accessed 17 October 2021, http://www.leaderu.com/offices/billcraig/docs/craig-pigliucci0.html Archived 2021-10-17 at the Wayback Machine.
  26. ISBN 978-0199755431
    .
  27. ^ Pigliucci, Massimo (September 20, 2013). "Dear Pope". Rationally Speaking. Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
  28. ^ Pigliucci, Massimo (February 2, 2015). "How to be a Stoic". New York Times. Archived from the original on August 1, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  29. ^ "How to be a Stoic: an Interview with Massimo Pigliucci". DailyStoic.com. Daily Stoic. May 9, 2017. Archived from the original on August 1, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  30. ^ "Beyond Stoicism? An ongoing spiritual-cognitive journey | by Philosophy as a Way of Life | Medium". Archived from the original on November 30, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
  31. ^ Pigliucci, Massimo. "What Hard Problem?". Philosophy Now. Archived from the original on August 1, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  32. ^ Pigliucci, Massimo (August 1, 2005). "Welcome, everyone!". Archived from the original on November 10, 2017. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  33. ^ Pigliucci, Massimo (March 20, 2014). "So long, and thanks for all the fish". Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  34. ^ Stiefel, Todd; Metskas, Amanda K. (May 22, 2013). "Julia Galef" (podcast). The Humanist Hour. Episode 083. The Humanist. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  35. ISBN 978-1477776926
    .
  36. ^ Lombrozo, Tania (December 8, 2014). "What If Atheists Were Defined By Their Actions?". NPR. Archived from the original on February 27, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  37. ^ Pigliucci, Massimo and Galef, Julia (February 27, 2015). "RS128 – 5th Anniversary Live Show". Rationally Speaking (Podcast). New York City Skeptics. Archived from the original on August 9, 2016. Retrieved October 20, 2015.{{cite podcast}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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