Brief Biography of

Paul Kurtz

Name: Paul Kurtz

Birth Date (YYYY.MM.DD): 1925.12.21

Occupation: Professor, editor, author

Degrees:

• B.A., Economics, Political Science, and Philosophy (New York State University), 1948
• M.A., Philosophy, (Columbia University), 1949
• Ph.D., Philosophy, (Columbia Univeristy), 1952

Titles: Professor Emeritus of Philosophy

Affiliations:

• State University of New York at Buffalo
• Editor-in-Chief, Free Inquiry
• Chairman, Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal
• President, Prometheus Books

Publications:

• The Courage to Become (1997)
• Toward a New Enlightenment (1993)
• Living without Religion: Eupraxophy (1994)
• Forbidden Fruit (1988)
• The Transcendental Temptation (1986)
• over 30 other books and 600 articles

Other Relevant Misc. Info: Fellow, AAAS; President, International Academy of Humanism

Homepage URL: http://www.SecularHumanism.org/home/kurtz/