Massimo Pigliucci

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Dr. Massimo Pigliucci is a professor of Ecology and Evolution at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and is known as an outspoken anti-creationist and advocate of science education. He received his doctorate in genetics at the University of Ferrara, Italy, an PhD in botany from the University of Connecticut and a PhD in philosophy at the University of Tennessee.

He received the Chancellor Award for Professional Promise in Research and Creative Achievement from the University of Tennessee and three times the Oak Ridge National Laboratories Science Alliance Faculty Research Award.

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Books

  • Denying Evolution: Creationism, Scientism, and the Nature of Science: This book covers the evolution-creation controversy, better science teaching, and why people have difficulties with critical thinking.
  • Tales of the Rational: A series of essays on atheism, straw-man arguments, creationism and the like.
  • Phenotypic Evolution
  • Phenotypic Plasticity

Articles

The following are a few of his numerous articles. They may be found at the Internet Infidels' Secular Web.

  • Design Yes, Intelligent No: A Critique of Intelligent Design Theory and Neo-Creationism

Begins: "A new brand of creationism has appeared on the scene in the last few years. The so-called neocreationists largely do not believe in a young Earth or in a too literal interpretation of the Bible. "

  • Mr. Bayes and the true nature of scientific hypotheses

Begins: "How does science work, really? You can read all about it in plenty of texts in philosophy of science, but if you have ever experienced the making of science on an everyday basis, chances are you will feel dissatisfied with the airtight account given by philosophers."

  • The Rationalistic Fallacy

Begins: "If you are of the lot who is stubbornly trying to improve critical thinking skills around the world and feels a bit frustrated by the wave of nonsense that regularly hits the airwaves, you are not alone. If you insist in thinking that all you need to do is to explain things just a little bit better and people will see the light, you are committing what is knows as the rationalistic fallacy. "

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