Sam Harris

Sam Harris
Harris cca. 2007
Biografske informacije
Rođenje1967. (dob: 56–57)
SAD
SupružnikAnnaka Harris
Obrazovanje
Alma materStanford University, UCLA
Opus
Književne vrstepublicistika
Temereligija, filozofija, neuronauka
Znamenita djela
Nagrade
PEN/Martha Albrand Award
Inspiracija
Od
  • Gautama Buddha, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Albert Einstein, Samuel Johnson, Terence McKenna, Steven Pinker, David Hume, John Stuart Mill, William James, Douglas Hofstader, Alan Watts
Potpis
Web-stranica
http://www.samharris.org

Samuel Benjamin (Sam) Harris [ˈsæmjuːəl ˈbɛndʒəmɪn sæm ˈhærɪs] (Los Angeles, 9. aprila 1967.), američki neuroznanstvenik, filozof i pisac.

Diplomirao je filozofiju na Stanfordu, gde je izučavao religijsku tradiciju Istoka i Zapada. Odbranio je doktorsku tezu iz oblasti neuronauke u kojoj proučava neurobiološku osnovu verovanja pomoću MRI (magnetna rezonanca) snimaka mozga.

Haris je nastupao u brojnim televizijskim i radio emisijama govoreći o sukobu nauke i religije i o opasnosti koju religijski dogmatizam predstavlja za moderna društva.

Opus

Sem Haris je autor knjige Kraj vere: religija, teror i budućnost razuma, jedne od najprodavanijih knjiga prema časopisu New York Times, za koju je 2005. dobio nagradu PEN/Martha Albrand u kategoriji First Nonfiction. Njegova druga knjiga je Pismo hrišćanskoj naciji, a 2010. izdao je i svoju treću knjigu Moralni pejzaž: Kako nauka određuje ljudske vrednosti.

Eksterni linkovi

Sam Harris na Wikimedijinoj ostavi
  • Official website
  • (sh) Sem Haris, Bog i gravitacija
  • Facts, Values and a Place for the Profound The Science Network interview with Sam Harris
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20081227040937/http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/sam_harris/ Arhivirano 2008-12-27 na Wayback Machine-u On Faith articles]
  • Huffington Post articles
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20051211124844/http://www.truthdig.com/about/staff/23 Arhivirano 2005-12-11 na Wayback Machine-u Truthdig articles] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20061107104844/http://www.truthdig.com/interview/item/20060403_sam_harris_interview Arhivirano 2006-11-07 na Wayback Machine-u interview]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080418231447/http://www.ajula.edu/Content/ContentUnit.asp?CID=1766&u=7037&t=0 Arhivirano 2008-04-18 na Wayback Machine-u Sam Harris debating Rabbi David Wolpe on Does God exist?]
  • Lecture at New York Society for Ethical Culture – November 16, 2005: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6
  • Free Inquiry articles:
    • [https://web.archive.org/web/20160410143326/http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=library&page=harris_25_6 Arhivirano 2016-04-10 na Wayback Machine-u Rational Mysticism]
    • [https://web.archive.org/web/20060927092629/http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=library&page=harris_26_1 Arhivirano 2006-09-27 na Wayback Machine-u Selling Out Science]
    • [https://web.archive.org/web/20060927095359/http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=library&page=sharris_26_3 Arhivirano 2006-09-27 na Wayback Machine-u The Myth of Secular Moral Chaos]
    • [https://web.archive.org/web/20060927100340/http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=library&page=sharris_26_4 Arhivirano 2006-09-27 na Wayback Machine-u Reply to a Christian]
    • [https://web.archive.org/web/20100619065245/http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=library&page=harris_27_2 Arhivirano 2010-06-19 na Wayback Machine-u Beyond the Believers]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110823195354/http://fora.tv/2005/12/09/View_From_End_Of_World Arhivirano 2011-08-23 na Wayback Machine-u The View From The End Of The World] conversation at The Long Now Foundation, December 2005
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110331175903/http://fora.tv/2007/07/04/Clash_Between_Faith_and_Reason Arhivirano 2011-03-31 na Wayback Machine-u The Clash Between Faith and Reason] discussion at The Aspen Institute, July 2007
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110427163327/http://fora.tv/2010/11/10/Sam_Harris_Can_Science_Determine_Human_Values/ Arhivirano 2011-04-27 na Wayback Machine-u Can Science Determine Human Values?] with Berkeley Arts and Letters at First Congregational Church of Berkeley, November 2010
  • Sam Harris: Science can answer moral questions at TED, February 2010
  • “The neural correlates of religious and nonreligious belief” by Sam Harris, Jonas T. Kaplan et al.
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20111115091603/http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1694723,00.html?cnn=yes Arhivirano 2011-11-15 na Wayback Machine-u What Your Brain Looks Like on Faith] at TIME.com
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