Sam Harris
American neuroscientist, philosopher and author; hosts Making Sense, runs Waking Up.
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- Sam Harris is an American neuroscientist, philosopher and author, born in Los Angeles in 1967.
- He came to prominence criticising religion and is counted among the “Four Horsemen” of New Atheism.
- His first book, The End of Faith (2004), won the PEN/Martha Albrand Award.
- He has hosted the Making Sense podcast from 2013, first called Waking Up.
- In 2018 he launched the Waking Up meditation app.
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- Born
- 9 April 1967, Los Angeles1
- Education
- BA in philosophy, Stanford (2000); PhD in cognitive neuroscience, UCLA (2009)1
- Books
- The End of Faith (2004); Letter to a Christian Nation (2006); The Moral Landscape (2010); Lying (2011); Free Will (2012); Waking Up (2014); Islam and the Future of Tolerance, with Maajid Nawaz (2015)1
- Podcast
- Making Sense, from September 2013 (originally Waking Up)1
- App
- Waking Up, a meditation app launched in September 2018; pledged at least 10% of its profits to effective charities in 20201
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