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Essays for the general public by Massimo
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Philosophy
Pigliucci, M. 2008. A transcendental
philosophy of science? Philosophy
Now 66: 48.
Pigliucci, M. 2008. Is science going to end?
Philosophy Now 68: 45.
Pigliucci, M. 2008. The old and the new.
Philosophy Now 70: 38.
Pigliucci, M. 2007. Philosophy, science, and everything in between.
Philosophy Now 59:17-18
Pigliucci, M. 2007. Field notes from the borderlands. Philosophy Now
63: 48.
Pigliucci, M. 2007. Evolution, Schmevolution: Jon Stewart and the
culture wars. In The Daily Show and Philosophy. Ed. J Holt. Malden, MA:
Blackwell.
Pigliucci, M. 2006. Is ethics a science? Philosophy Now 55: 25.
Pigliucci, M. 2006. What is a thought experiment, anyhow? Philosophy
Now 58: 30.
Pigliucci, M. 2005. Wittgenstein solves (posthumously) the species
problem. Philosophy Now 50: 51.
Pigliucci, M. 2004. What is philosophy of science good for?. Philosophy
Now 44: 45.
Pigliucci, M, Banta, J, Bossu, C, Crouse, P, Dexter, T, Hansknecht, K,
and Muth, N. 2004. The alleged fallacies of evolutionary theory.
Philosophy Now 46:36-39
Pigliucci, M. 2002. Philosophizing about the mind. Philosophy Now
36:11-13
Pigliucci, M. 2002. Beyond nature versus nurture. The Philosophers'
Magazine 19:20-22
Pigliucci, M. 2001. Design, yes. Intelligent, no. Philosophy Now
32:26-29
Pigliucci, M. 2001. The ethics of tit-for-tat. Philosophy Now 33:29-29
Skepticism and such
Pigliucci, M. 2008. The evolutionary 16. Skeptic 3:10-12
Pigliucci, M. 2008. Is Intelligent Design creationism? Skeptical
Inquirer 1:13-14
Pigliucci, M. 2008. Toward a consilience of sciences and humanities?
Skeptical Inquirer 2:21-22
Pigliucci, M. 2008. Creationist peer review. Skeptical Inquirer 3:19-20
Pigliucci, M. 2008. Alternative science. Skeptical Inquirer 4:21-22
Pigliucci, M. 2008. The brain on justice. Skeptical Inquirer 5:26-27
Pigliucci, M. 2008. No more theory in science? Skeptical Inquirer
6:23-24
Pigliucci, M. 2007. The problems with creationism. In Scientists
Confront Intelligent Design and Creationism. Ed. AJ Petto and LR
Godfrey. Norton.
Pigliucci, M. 2007. Evolutionary epistemology, anyone? Skeptical
Inquirer 1:23-24
Pigliucci, M. 2007. Is there such a thing as macroevolution? Skeptical
Inquirer 2:18-19
Pigliucci, M. 2007. Can there be a science of free will? Skeptical
Inquirer 3:26-27
Pigliucci, M. 2007. Is Dawkins deluded?
Skeptical Inquirer 4:20-21
Pigliucci, M. 2007. The trouble with
memetics. Skeptical Inquirer
5:23-24
Pigliucci, M. 2007. Beyond selfish
genes. Skeptical Inquirer 6:20-21
Pigliucci, M. 2007. Creationism, as a cultural, not scientific, issue.
In The New Encyclopedia of Unbelief. Ed. T Flynn. Amherst, NY:
Prometheus.
Pigliucci, M. 2007. Gould, Stephen Jay. In The New Encyclopedia of
Unbelief. Ed. T Flynn. Amherst, NY: Prometheus.
Pigliucci, M. 2006. Planet X and the issue of definitions in science.
Skeptical Inquirer 1:20-21
Pigliucci, M. 2006. Is evolutionary psychology a pseudoscience?
Skeptical Inquirer 2:23-24
Pigliucci, M. 2006. Is physics turning into philosophy? Skeptical
Inquirer 3: 22.
Pigliucci, M. 2006. When philosophy matters. Skeptical Inquirer 4:18-19
Pigliucci, M. 2006. One more take on reductionism vs. holism. Skeptical
Inquirer 5:27-28
Pigliucci, M. 2006. The neuro-philosophy of regret. Skeptical Inquirer
6: 15.
Pigliucci, M. 2005. Piltdown and how science really works. Skeptical
Inquirer 1:20-21
Pigliucci, M. 2005. Do extraordinary claims really require
extraordinary evidence? Skeptical Inquirer 2:14-15
Pigliucci, M. 2005. The so-called Gaia hypothesis. Skeptical Inquirer
3: 21.
Pigliucci, M. 2005. Are the historical sciences sciences?. Skeptical
Inquirer 4:20-21
Pigliucci, M. 2005. The power and perils of metaphors in science.
Skeptical Inquirer 5:20-21
Pigliucci, M. 2005. Just the facts, ma'am: empirical vs. rationalist
approaches to understanding. Skeptical Inquirer 6:27-28
Pigliucci, M. 2004. Predictions and explanations. Skeptical Inquirer
1:16-17
Pigliucci, M. 2004. Darwin against the philosophers. Skeptical Inquirer
2:20-21
Pigliucci, M. 2004. Philosophy of science 101. Skeptical Inquirer
3:22-23
Pigliucci, M. 2004. Skepticism, a philosophical viewpoint. Skeptical
Inquirer 4:16-17
Pigliucci, M. 2004. Did Popper refute evolution? Skeptical Inquirer 5:
15.
Pigliucci, M. 2004. And the mechanism is. Skeptical Inquirer 6:18-19
Pigliucci, M. 2003. Causes and correlations. Skeptical Inquirer 1:15-16
Pigliucci, M. 2003. The strange case of cathode rays and what counts
for evidence. Skeptical Inquirer 2:29-30
Pigliucci, M. 2003. 'Elementary, Dear Watson'. Skeptical Inquirer
3:18-19
Pigliucci, M. 2003. Consider a spherical cow. Skeptical Inquirer 4:12-13
Pigliucci, M. 2003. When bias is good, when bias is bad. Skeptical
Inquirer 5:18-19
Pigliucci, M. 2003. The sin of scientism. Skeptical Inquirer 6:21-22
Pigliucci, M. 2002. Educating the educators. In Darwin Day Collection.
Ed. A Chesworth. Albuquerque, NM: Tangled Bank Press.
Pigliucci, M. 2002. What do we do about creationism? Suggestions about
how to change people's minds. Skeptic 4:56-68
Pigliucci, M. 2002. Hypothesis testing and the nature of skeptical
investigations. Skeptical Inquirer 6:27-30
Pigliucci, M. 2000. Personal gods, deism, & the limits of
skepticism. Skeptic 2:38-45
Pigliucci, M. 2000. Chaos and complexity: Should we be skeptical?
Skeptic 3:62-70
Pigliucci, M. 1999. Where do we come from? A humbling look at the
biology of life's origin. Skeptical Inquirer 5:21-27
Pigliucci, M. 1998. A case against God. Skeptic 2:66-73
Humanism
Pigliucci, M. 2008. Is Dawkins deluded? American Atheist May/Jun:16-18
Pigliucci, M. 2005. So, suppose Bush succeeds. Free Inquiry 4:20-21
Pigliucci, M. 2005. Connecting the dots. Free Inquiry 1:20-21
Pigliucci, M. 2004. Once again, science explains religion. Free Inquiry
2:18-19
Pigliucci, M. 2004. Socrates and religious morality. Free Inquiry
4:18-19
Pigliucci, M. 2004. Of course, science is not philosophy. Free Inquiry
6:43-44
Pigliucci, M. 2004. The naturalistic fallacy. Free Inquiry 1:14-15
Pigliucci, M. 2004. Why Intelligent Design arguments just ain't no
science. Secular Nation 3:13-15
Pigliucci, M. 2004. Secular humanism and politics: an unapologetically
liberal perspective. In Toward a New Political Humanism. Ed. M Seidman.
Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books.
Pigliucci, M. 2003. Methodological vs. philosophical naturalism: why we
should be skeptical of religion. Free Inquiry 1:53-55
Pigliucci, M. 2003. No free lunch for Intelligent Design. Free Inquiry
2:14-15
Pigliucci, M. 2003. Creationism vs. Scientism: the twin dangers of
religious and scientific fundamentalism. Free Inquiry 3:32-36
Pigliucci, M. 2003. On debating. Free Inquiry 4:17-18
Pigliucci, M. 2003. The genetic fallacy. Free Inquiry 1:15-16
Pigliucci, M. 2002. On death -- Thoughts of an optimistic atheist. In
Faith & Reason Look at Death. Knoxville, TN: University of
Tennessee.
Pigliucci, M. 2001. The all-natural morality game. Secular Nation
3:12-14
Book
Reviews
Pigliucci, M. 2008. The twilight zone of antiscience (review of Darwin
Day in America, by J.G. West). Free Inquiry 3:57-58
Pigliucci, M. 2008. Between scientism and postmodernism (review of
Darwinian Misadventures in the Humanities, by E. Goodheart). Skeptic
2:70-72
Pigliucci, M. 2004. All you need to know about the origin of life
(review of The emergence of Life on Earth, by I. Fry). Skeptic 4:80-81
Pigliucci, M. 2004. God in the brain (review of Why God Won't Go Away,
by A. Newberg and E. D'Aquili). Skeptic 4:82-83
Pigliucci, M. 2001. Impossible evolution? Another physicist challenges
Darwin (review of Mathematics and Evolution, by F. Hoyle). Skeptic
4:54-57
Pigliucci, M. 2000. Of science, poetry, and awe (review of Skeptics and
True Believers, by C. Raymo). Skeptic 2:92-93
Pigliucci, M. 2000. Why everybody believes in fairy tales (review of
How We Believe, by M. Shermer). Skeptical Inquirer 3:50-51
Durm, MW and Pigliucci, M. 1999. Gould's separate 'Magisteria': two
views (review of Rocks of Ages, by S.J. Gould). Skeptical Inquirer
6:53-56
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