Massimo Pigliucci

Massimo Pigliucci, PhD

Massimo Pigliucci is a Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York-Lehman College. His research is concerned with philosophy of science, the relationship between science and philosophy, and the relationship between science and religion. He received a Doctorate in Genetics from the University of Ferrara in Italy, a PhD in Botany from the University of Connecticut, and a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Tennessee. He has published over a hundred technical papers and several books. His most recent technical book is Making Sense of Evolution: Toward a Coherent Picture of Evolutionary Theory (co-authored by Jonathan Kaplan).

Prof. Pigliucci has been awarded the prestigious Dobzhansky Prize from the Society for the Study of Evolution. He has been elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science “for fundamental studies of genotype by environmental interactions and for public defense of evolutionary biology from pseudoscientific attack.” In the areas of public outreach and critical thinking, Prof. Pigliucci has published in national magazines such as Skeptic, Skeptical Inquirer, Philosophy Now and The Philosopher’s Magazine. He has also been elected as a Consultant for the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. Pigliucci pens the “Rationally Speaking” blog (rationallyspeaking.org), and has authored the popular science book Denying Evolution: Creationism, Scientism and the Nature of Science. His latest book How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life was published in May of 2017.

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