Sam Harris

Sam Harris
Sam Harris
	Harris in 2016
Born	Samuel Benjamin Harris; April 9, 1967 (age 57); Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation	Author; podcaster;
Education	Stanford University (BA); University of California, Los Angeles (PhD);
Genre	Nonfiction
Subject	Neuroscience, philosophy, religion, spirituality, ethics, politics
Notable awards	PEN/Martha Albrand Award; Webby Award
Spouse	Annaka Gorton (m. 2004)
Children	2
Parents	Berkeley Harris; Susan Spivak;
Signature
	Philosophy career
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy;
Thesis	The moral landscape: How science could determine human values (2009)
Doctoral advisor	Mark Cohen
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Website
	samharris.org

Samuel Benjamin Harris (born April 9, 1967) is an American philosopher, neuroscientist, author, and podcast host. His work touches on a range of topics, including rationality, religion, ethics, free will, neuroscience, meditation, psychedelics, philosophy of mind, politics, terrorism, and artificial intelligence. Harris came to prominence for his criticism of religion, and is known as one of the "Four Horsemen" of New Atheism, along with Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Daniel Dennett.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Harris's first book, The End of Faith (2004), won the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction and remained on The New York Times Best Seller list for 33 weeks. Harris has since written six additional books: Letter to a Christian Nation in 2006, The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values in 2010, the long-form essay Lying in 2011, the short book Free Will in 2012, Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion in 2014, and (with British writer Maajid Nawaz) Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue in 2015. Harris's work has been translated into over 20 languages. Some critics have argued that Harris's writings are Islamophobic.^[5] Harris and his supporters, however, reject this characterization,^[6] adding that such a labeling is an attempt to silence criticism.^[7]

Harris has debated with many prominent figures on the topics of God or religion, including William Lane Craig, Jordan Peterson, Rick Warren, Robert Wright, Andrew Sullivan, Cenk Uygur, Reza Aslan, David Wolpe, Deepak Chopra, Ben Shapiro, and Peter Singer. Since September 2013, Harris has hosted the Making Sense podcast (originally titled Waking Up), which has a large listenership. In September 2018, Harris released a meditation app, Waking Up with Sam Harris.^[a] He was one of the original core members of the so-called "intellectual dark web",^[8] although Harris has stated that he does not identify as a part of that group.^[9]^[10]

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^ Madigan, Tim (2010). "Meet the New Atheism / Same as the Old Atheism?". Philosophy Now. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
^ Bullivant, Stephen; Ruse, Michael, eds. (2013). The Oxford Handbook of Atheism. Oxford University Press (OUP). p. 246. ISBN 978-0199644650. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
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^ "Sam Harris, the New Atheists, and anti-Muslim animus", The Guardian, April 3, 2013.
^ Religion, Politics, Free Speech | Sam Harris | ACADEMIA | Rubin Report from the YouTube channel The Rubin Report, September 11, 2015.
^ "Atheists Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris face Islamophobia backlash", The Independent, April 13, 2013.
^ Weiss, Bari (May 8, 2018). "Meet the Renegades of the Intellectual Dark Web". The New York Times. New York City. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
^ Nguyen, Tina; Goldenberg, Sally (March 15, 2021). "How Yang charmed the right on his road to political stardom". Politico.
^ "#225 – Republic of Lies". YouTube. Archived from the original on October 30, 2021.

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[phil-now-2] Madigan, Tim (2010). "Meet the New Atheism / Same as the Old Atheism?". Philosophy Now. Retrieved August 15, 2018.

[3] Bullivant, Stephen; Ruse, Michael, eds. (2013). The Oxford Handbook of Atheism. Oxford University Press (OUP). p. 246. ISBN 978-0199644650. Retrieved May 22, 2019.

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[5] "Sam Harris, the New Atheists, and anti-Muslim animus", The Guardian, April 3, 2013.

[6] Religion, Politics, Free Speech | Sam Harris | ACADEMIA | Rubin Report from the YouTube channel The Rubin Report, September 11, 2015.

[Indi1-7] "Atheists Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris face Islamophobia backlash", The Independent, April 13, 2013.

[9] Weiss, Bari (May 8, 2018). "Meet the Renegades of the Intellectual Dark Web". The New York Times. New York City. Retrieved July 30, 2022.

[:1-10] Nguyen, Tina; Goldenberg, Sally (March 15, 2021). "How Yang charmed the right on his road to political stardom". Politico.

[republic-11] "#225 – Republic of Lies". YouTube. Archived from the original on October 30, 2021.

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Sam Harris
Harris in 2016
Born	Samuel Benjamin Harris (1967-04-09) April 9, 1967 (age 57) Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation	Author podcaster
Education	Stanford University (BA) University of California, Los Angeles (PhD)
Genre	Nonfiction
Subject	Neuroscience, philosophy,^[1] religion, spirituality, ethics, politics
Notable awards	PEN/Martha Albrand Award Webby Award
Spouse	Annaka Gorton (m. 2004)
Children	2
Parents	Berkeley Harris Susan Spivak
Signature

Philosophy career

Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
Thesis	The moral landscape: How science could determine human values (2009)
Doctoral advisor	Mark Cohen

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Website
samharris.org