Massimo Pigliucci
Philosopher, biologist and Stoicism author
Massimo Pigliucci is an Italian philosopher and biologist who teaches at the City College of New York. He has written on science, pseudoscience and Stoicism.
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American Born 1964 in Monrovia, Liberia
About Massimo Pigliucci
Massimo Pigliucci is an Italian philosopher and biologist, born in 1964, who teaches philosophy at the City College of New York. Earlier in his career he was a professor of ecology and evolution. As an academic he has worked in several fields: evolutionary biology, practical philosophy, the philosophy of science and the study of what makes something pseudoscience. He has criticized pseudoscience, creationism included, and has spoken up for secularism and science education. He also writes regular columns in Skeptical Inquirer and Philosophy Now, and he used to co-host the podcast Rationally Speaking. In recent years he has concentrated on Stoicism. He wrote How to Be a Stoic, and he is also the author of Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk.