Atheist thinkers and activists Atheist thinkers and activists Andrew Bernstein is an Objectivist philosopher and professor of philosophy at the State University of New York at Purchase. He has written the CliffsNotes for Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, and Anthem. Dr. Bernstein is author of The Capitalist Manifesto: The Historic, Economic, and Philosophic Case for Laissez-Faire. He has lectured at Harvard University, Yale University, Stanford University, the United States Military Academy, and elsewhere. He is affiliated with the Ayn Rand Institute. ...more on Wikipedia about "Andrew Bernstein"
Ayn Rand ( , – March 6 1982), born Alissa Zinovievna Rosenbaum, was best known for her philosophy of Objectivism and her novels We the Living, Anthem, The Fountainhead, and Atlas Shrugged. Her philosophy and her fiction both emphasize, above all, her concepts of individualism, rational egoism (" rational self-interest"), and capitalism. Believing government has a legitimate but relatively minimal role in a free society, she was not an anarchist, but a minarchist (though she did not use the term). Her novels were based upon the projection of the Randian hero, a man whose ability and independence causes conflict with the masses (not due to his fault, but because he acts rationally and with his own self-interest at heart; the whole point of her philosophy is that there is no conflict between rational minds), but who perseveres nevertheless to achieve his values. Rand viewed this hero as the ideal and made it the express goal of her literature to showcase such heroes. She believed: ...more on Wikipedia about "Ayn Rand"
Paul Henry Thiry, baron d'Holbach ( 1723 - 1789 ) was an homme de lettres, philosophe and encyclopédiste. He was born Paul Heinrich Dietrich in Edesheim, Germany. ...more on Wikipedia about "Baron d'Holbach"
The Right Honourable Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS ( 18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970), was an influential British logician, philosopher, and mathematician, working mostly in the 20th century. A prolific writer, Bertrand Russell was also a populariser of philosophy and a commentator on a large variety of topics, ranging from very serious issues to the mundane. Continuing a family tradition in political affairs, he was a prominent liberal as well as a socialist and anti-war activist for most of his long life. Millions looked up to Russell as a prophet of the creative and rational life; at the same time, his stances on many topics were extremely controversial. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bertrand Russell"
Charles Bradlaugh ( 26 September 1833 - 30 January 1891) was a political activist and one of the most famous English atheists of the 19th century. ...more on Wikipedia about "Charles Bradlaugh"
Charles Chilton Moore ( 1837 - February 7, 1906) was an American atheist, and the editor of Blue Grass Blade, one of the United States' first journals promoting atheism. ...more on Wikipedia about "Charles Chilton Moore"
George Dennis Carlin (born May 12, 1937 in New York City) is a Grammy winning Irish American stand-up comedian, actor, and author, noted especially for his irreverent attitude and his observations on language, psychology and religion along with many other taboo subjects. He is considered by many to be a successor to the late Lenny Bruce. ...more on Wikipedia about "George Carlin"
Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (born October 3, 1925), known better simply as Gore Vidal, is a well-known American writer of novels, plays and essays, and a public figure for over fifty years. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gore Vidal"
Harriet Martineau ( June 12, 1802 - June 27, 1876) was an English writer and philosopher. ...more on Wikipedia about "Harriet Martineau"
Harry Binswanger (born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1944) is a philosopher and writer. He received his Bachelor of Science in " humanities and engineering" from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his Ph.D. in philosophy from Columbia University, where he studied with the American positivist, Ernest Nagel. His doctoral dissertation concerned the philosophy of biology. He taught philosophy at CUNY's Hunter College from 1972 to 1979. ...more on Wikipedia about "Harry Binswanger"
John Ridpath, Ph.D. is an Objectivist philosopher and Professor emeritus of economics and intellectual history at York University. Dr. Ridpath obtained his doctorate in economics from the University of Virginia. He is also on the board of directors of the Ayn Rand Institute. His work has appeared in academic publications as well as in The Intellectual Activist. He is an expert on American history, and has become famous on college campuses for promoting capitalism against socialism in a series of debates, most notably perhaps against later-premier of Ontario Bob Rae. He lives in Toronto. ...more on Wikipedia about "John Ridpath"
John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry ( 20 July 1844– 31 January 1900) was a Scottish nobleman, remembered for lending his name to the " Marquess of Queensberry rules" that formed the basis of modern boxing. ...more on Wikipedia about "John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry"
Sir Julian Sorell Huxley, FRS ( June 22, 1887 – February 14, 1975) was a British biologist, author, humanist and internationalist, known for his popularisations of science in books and lectures. He was the first director of UNESCO and was knighted in 1958. ...more on Wikipedia about "Julian Huxley"
Leonard Peikoff (born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1933) is an Objectivist philosopher. He befriended Ayn Rand in 1951 and became heir to her estate after she died in 1982. In 1985 Peikoff, who Rand had said knew and understood her philosophy better than anyone else, founded the Ayn Rand Institute. ...more on Wikipedia about "Leonard Peikoff"
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Massimo Pigliucci, (born January 16, 1964), is a professor of Ecology and Evolution at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and is known as an outspoken anti-creationist and advocate of science education. He received his doctorate in genetics at the University of Ferrara, Italy, a Ph.D. in botany from the University of Connecticut, and a Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Tennessee. ...more on Wikipedia about "Massimo Pigliucci"
Paul Geisert was a biology teacher in Chicago in the 1960s, a professor in the 1970s, an entrepreneur and writer in the 1980s, and the co-developer of learning materials and a web sites for teaching religion in the public schools in the 1990s. He also attended the Godless March which subsequently led to his coining of the noun bright and co-directorship of The Brights Net. ...more on Wikipedia about "Paul Geisert"
Paul Kurtz (born December 21, 1925 in Newark, New Jersey) is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University at Buffalo ( SUNY), but is best known for his prominent role in the United States skeptical community. ...more on Wikipedia about "Paul Kurtz"
Peter Schwartz is a writer and journalist who follows the Objectivist philosophy of Ayn Rand. He was the original editor for The Intellectual Activist and has contributed to some of Rand's posthumousjavascript:insertTags('\'\,'\'\,'Italic text'); works such as The Voice of Reason and Return of the Primitive. He is on the board of directors of the Ayn Rand Institute. ...more on Wikipedia about "Peter Schwartz (writer)"
Reginald Vaughn Finley, Sr., (born in 1974), is an Internet radio host and Podcaster in Atlanta, GA. He is also the co-founder of the Atheist Radio Network. Finley is better known by his stage name "Infidel Guy". ...more on Wikipedia about "Reginald Vaughn Finley, Sr."
Clinton Richard Dawkins FRS (known as Richard Dawkins; born March 26 1941) is a British ethologist and popular science writer. He is best known for popularising the gene-centric view of evolution in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, and as an outspoken atheist, humanist and " bright". He is the holder of the Charles Simonyi Chair in the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford. ...more on Wikipedia about "Richard Dawkins"
Sam Harris is an American author with an interest in neurotheology and neuroscience. His book The End of Faith won the 2005 PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction ** and his essays have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The Times of London, Free Inquiry magazine, and Playboy. Harris also appeared in the 2005 documentary film, The God Who Wasn't There. He is currently a contributing blogger at The Huffington Post and Truthdig. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sam Harris"
Yaron Brook is the current president and executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute. Born in Israel, Dr. Brook received his B.Sc. in civil engineering from the Technion, and an MBA and Ph.D. in finance in 1994 from the University of Texas at Austin. Formerly a professor of finance, Dr. Brook is an expert on Objectivist philosophy, particularly in its applications to business and foreign policy; he is also an expert on the history of the Middle East. ...more on Wikipedia about "Yaron Brook"
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