Chairman,                                                                 President,

                Institute for Science and Human Values                     Institute for Science and Human Values

“There is an urgent need to connect the leading ideas of secular humanism and the spirit of pragmatism to the broader culture, not only in the United States but throughout the world.  ISHV has responded to that need.  Following in the tradition begun by Paul Kurtz, it offers intellectual resources for addressing the social and political issues of the contemporary world by framing them in terms of perennial ethical concerns.  Attempting to comprehend the human condition, and, on that basis, to improve human lives is a central task for our times.  ISHV has taken up that task by advancing the positive understanding of scientific inquiry and of secular humanism, and I wholeheartedly endorse its important work. “

--Philip Kitcher, John Dewey Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University and author of many books, including Living with Darwin, The Ethical Project, and Science in a Democratic Society.