Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini

Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini
Piattelli Palmarini during his keynote address, University of Verona, Inauguration of 2010 Academic Year.
Born1942 (age 82)
Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)Professor of Linguistics and Cognitive Science
Years active1999–present
EmployerUniversity of Arizona
Known forBiolinguistics
Notable workInevitable Illusions: How Mistakes of Reason Rule our Minds • What Darwin Got Wrong

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