Eugenie Scott

American anthropologist · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1945 · age 81

Eugenie Carol Scott is an American physical anthropologist who has been active in opposing the teaching of young Earth creationism and intelligent design in schools.

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A life in dates

2012Richard Dawkins AwardAward2010NAS Public Welfare MedalAward2007AAAS Award for Scientific Freedom and ResponsibilityAwardViktor Hamburger Outstanding Educator PrizeAward1945Born24 October 1945

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2009 Independent Investigations Award Recipient[20]

James Underdown director of Center for Inquiry West and Independent Investigations Group (IIG) West presents award from the IIG August 21, 2010.

Awards

Richard Dawkins Award2012

NAS Public Welfare Medal2010

AAAS Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility2007

Viktor Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize2007

Honorary Doctor of the Ohio State University

Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry

Honorary Doctorate from the McGill University

Honorary Doctor of Rutgers University

Isaac Asimov Science Award

About this person

She coined the term "Gish gallop" to describe a fallacious rhetorical technique of overwhelming an interlocutor with as many individually weak arguments as possible, in order to prevent rebuttal of the whole argument.

Country

United States

The same award as Eugenie

Maxine SingerBoth received Viktor Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize

Academics from the United States 5

Jason Brennan49.2 of 100 William Feller49.2 of 100

Ian Bogost49.2 of 100

Herman Goldstine49.2 of 100 Robert Gilpin49.2 of 100