Live Interview with Massimo Pigliucci on Bilkent Philosophy YouTube Channel.
Tuesday, October 12, 2021 18:00 (GMT+3)
Tufan Kıymaz will be conducting an interview with Massimo Pigliucci on philosophy as a way of life, with an emphasis on Modern Stoicism.
The interview will be aired live on our departmental YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzij4ZE6X-bu1d9t6DJhlLA
We are collecting questions for this event. If you have any questions for Massimo Pigliucci, you can let us know via tufan.kiymaz@bilkent.edu.tr. We will choose some of them for the live interview.
Prof. Pigliucci has a PhD in Evolutionary Biology from the University of Connecticut and a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Tennessee. He currently is the K.D. Irani Professor of Philosophy at the City College of New York. His research interests include the philosophy of science, the relationship between science and philosophy, the nature of pseudoscience, and the practical philosophies of Stoicism and New Skepticism.
Prof. Pigliucci 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 pseudo-scientific attack.”
In the area of public outreach, Prof. Pigliucci has published in national and international outlets such as the New York Times, Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal, among others. He is a Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and a Contributing Editor to Skeptical Inquirer. He blogs on practical philosophy at Patreon and Medium.
At last count, Prof. Pigliucci has published 181 technical papers in science and philosophy. He is also the author or editor of 15 books, including the best selling How to Be A Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life (Basic Books). Other titles include Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk (University of Chicago Press), and Think like a Stoic: Ancient Wisdom for Today’s World (Teaching Company / Audible).
