Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini is an Italian scientist. He acquired a PhD in Physics at the University of Rome in 1968 and has established the biolinguistic field.[1]

Career

Piantelli-Palmarini has been a professor of Cognitive Science at the University of Arizona since 1999.[2] He was formerly the Principal Research Scientist at the Center for Cognitive Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1985 to 1993.[1]

In 2010, Piattelli-Palmarini and Jerry Fodor published the book What Darwin Got Wrong.[3][4] The book, which argues that Darwinism is based on philosophical fallacies, was received negatively by multiple publications and biologists,[5][6] and received mixed reviews from The Guardian.[7] Mark Vernon of The Guardian named it the "Most Despised Science Book of the Year".[8]

Personal life

Piattelli-Palmarini is an atheist.[4] He sailed for many years along the coasts of Italy, Southern France, Eastern United States and the Caribbean.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b Trois-Rivières, UQTR-Université du Québec à. "Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini - Première Conférence Internationale sur la Biolinguistique de l'UQTR (24-26 juin 2022) - UQTR". Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (in French). Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  2. ^ "Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini | UA Profiles". profiles.arizona.edu. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  3. ^ Fodor, Jerry; Piattelli-Palmarini, Massimo (2010-02-03). "Survival of the fittest theory: Darwinism's limits". New Scientist. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  4. ^ a b Rogers, Thomas (2010-02-23). ""What Darwin Got Wrong": Taking down the father of evolution". Salon. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  5. ^ Block, Ned; Kitcher, Philip (2010-03-01). "Misunderstanding Darwin". Boston Review.
  6. ^ Forbes, Peter (2010-01-29). "Did Charles Darwin get it wrong?". The Independent.
  7. ^ Midgley, Mary (2010-02-06). "What Darwin Got Wrong by Jerry Fodor and Massimo Piattelli Palmarini". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  8. ^ Vernon, Mark (2013-01-04). "The Most Despised Science Book of 2012 is … worth reading". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  9. ^ Piattelli-Palmarini, Massimo (2022), "The Language(s) of Sailing", The Sailing Mind, Studies in Brain and Mind, vol. 19, Springer Science and Business Media B.V., pp. 65–72, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-89639-3_6, ISBN 978-3-030-89638-6, retrieved 2024-12-04
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