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'''Massimo Pigliucci''' is an Italian-American evolutionary biologist and philosopher of science whose work spans the philosophy of biology, the structure of evolutionary theory, and the public understanding of science. Pigliucci is a prominent advocate for the [[Extended Evolutionary Synthesis|extended evolutionary synthesis]] and has argued that the [[Modern Synthesis|modern synthesis]] of the mid-twentieth century is theoretically incomplete — not wrong, but insufficient to account for the full range of evolutionary phenomena documented since its formulation.

Pigliucci's philosophical contribution has been to clarify the structure of scientific theory change in evolutionary biology. He distinguishes between the modern synthesis as a historical achievement and as a living research program, arguing that while the historical synthesis was necessary and progressive, the research program it established has become restrictive. His work on the demarcation problem — what counts as science versus pseudoscience — has made him a visible public intellectual in debates about creationism, intelligent design, and the boundaries of scientific legitimacy.

In the EES debate, Pigliucci occupies a moderate position: he argues for theoretical expansion without revolutionary rhetoric, insisting that the proposed additions are compatible with the spirit of the modern synthesis even if they require new mathematical frameworks. His critics accuse him of wanting to have it both ways — claiming novelty while denying discontinuity. His response is that scientific progress is rarely revolutionary in the Kuhnian sense; it is more often a matter of recognizing that existing frameworks have reached the limits of their applicability.

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