Manuel Abraham Paz-y-Miño Conde

STUDIES

-Bachellor's (1990) and Licentiate's degree in Philosophy (1992) from the San Marcos National Major University (UNMSM) with the thesis: El Humanismo de Erich Fromm: su concepto de hombre, religión y ética [Erich Fromm's Humanism: His Concept of Man, Religion and Ethics].

-Master Studies in Education at the National University of Education (UNE, Lima, 2004-6).

-Master of Arts' degree with a mention in Applied Ethics from Linköping University (2009) with the thesis: Ethical Approaches to the Peruvian State Treatment in favour of the Catholic Church: Is there any state religious discrimination in Peru?

TEACHING

-Ad-honorem teaching assistant at the UNMSM´s Department of Philosophy (1989-90).

-Teacher under contract of philosophical introductory courses at the UNMSM's Departament of Philosophy (1990-96), philosophical and/or logical introductory courses in Enrique Guzman y Valle National University of Education (1995), Cesar Vallejo University (1998, 2014-15), Federico Villarreal National University (2000), Pedagogical San Marcos Higher Education Institute (2000), Peruvian Wings University (2005), Ricardo Palma University (2006-2008), The Americas Peruvian University (2010), UNMSM's Pre-College Academy (2010-2018), UNMSM's Program of Licenciature in Education (2011), UNMSM's Faculty of Education's Post-Graduate Unit (2011-2012), Sciences of Religion I & II at UNMSM's Faculty of Law & Political Science (2010, 2013), Wiener University (2017-2018), University of Lima (2018-19), UNMSM's School of General Studies (2018-II, 2019), UNMSM´s Faculty of Arts & Human Sciences (2022), San Antonio Abad National University of Cusco (2022).

MEMBERSHIPS

-President of the Peruvian Association of Atheists (APERAT) (2009-12), The Peruvian Journal of Applied Philosophy´s Publishing Association (AERPFA) (1995-2007), and President of the Peruvian Rationalist Humanist Institute-IHURA-PERU (formerly Peruvian Rationalist Humanists-HURA-PERU) (2007-today), a member organization of Humanists International (HI).

-Former member of Student-Pugwash, and Atheists of Florida.

-Founding member of the Peruvian Non-Religious Movement (MPA) (1998-2002).

-Founding Director of the Peruvian Non-Religious Humanist Movement (MPHA) (2002-2007).

-Director of the Peruvian Committee for the Investigation of Paranormal, Pseudocientific and Irrational Claims (CIPSI-PERU) (1998-today).

-Executive Director of the Center for Inquiry-Peru (CFI-Peru) (2002-today).

-Former member of the Peruvian Philosophical Webring (RFP) (since1998), the Peruvian Association of Bioethics (ASPEBIO), the Peruvian Society for the History of Science (SPHC), and a philosophical advisor for the Peruvian Society of Philosophical Counseling and Philosophical Practice (since 2007).

Besides he has lectured in several national and international meetings.

-Founding Editor of the following periodicals: Peruvian Journal of Applied Philosophy (RPFA), Latin American Journal of Applied Philosophy (RLFA), Eupraxophia, Neo-Skepsis, a member of the editorial board of Pensar. Revista Latinoamericana para la Ciencia y la Razón (Thinking. Latin American Magazine for Reason & Science).

-Former member of the editorial board of both magazine Razonamientos (Reasonings) from the Mexican Ethical-Rationalist Association´s and magazine El Desorden (Disorder) from the Argentinian Humanist-Ethical Association.

BOOKS (in Spanish):

Authoritarism & Humanism According to Erich Fromm. His view of Man, Religion and Ethics

Does God not Exist? Essays in Philosophy of Religion

How to Enjoy Better Sex, Love and Marriage
(2021, 2nd edition, published as Applied Ethics to Couple Relatio ns. H ow to Enjoy Better Sex, Love and Marriage).

Logos: The Great Questions of Man. An Introduction to Philosophy

Ethos: Let´s Live Better! An Introduction to Life’s Problems

Applied Philosophy in Peru and the World

Believers, Non-Believers and the Religious Course in the Public Schools in Peru

(2019, 2nd ed,)

What should we do? Ethics applied to dilemmas of society and nature

WHAT IS PERU?: Essays on philosophy applied to the reality of a South American country (a compilation of articles on the country's current problems).

BOOKS (translated into Spanish and/or edited)

-by Antony Flew (UK):

Thinking about Social Thinking

-by Finngeir Hiorth (Norway):
Introduction to Atheism
Introduction to Humanism
Ethics for atheists
Values

Studying Religion. An Introduction to Sciences of Religion
Big Bang or no Bang? Science, Religion & Philosophy
Who was Jesus? (translated from Norwegian by Carmen Freixinet)
Atheism in the World
Metaphysics, Idealism & Materialism

Bertrand Russell: Philosopher-Freethinker

Introduction to Skepticism (translated by Zadir Seneca)

Philosophy of Religion until Kant (translated by Alberto Gonzales)

Introduction to Positivism (translated with Alberto Gonzales)

Introduction to Marxism

Concise Dictionary of Ethics

Philosophy of the Enlightenment

-by Andrew Lugg (UK, Canada):

Absurd & Quackery. Essays on Pseudo-Science & Rationalism (collected papers only in Spanish)

-by Paul Kurtz (USA):

Championing Reason. Essays on Secular Humanism & Skepticism (collected papers only in Spanish)

The Forbidden Fruit. The Ethics of Humanism
The Transcendental Temptation. A Critique of Religion & the Paranormal
Affirmations. Joyful and creative exuberance

-by Hans Lenk (Germany):

Philosophy, Interpretationism & Performance (collected papers only in Spanish)
Action, Responsability, Tolerance & Humanity. Essays one Applied Ethics (collected papers only in Spanish)
Responsability, Science, Technology & Bio-Ethics. Essays on Applied Ethics II (collected papers only in Spanish)

-by Jon Mills (Canada)

Inventing God: Psychology of Belief and the Rise of Secular Spirituality

ARTICLES (in English):
-“The Supernatural and Paranormal in Peru. A skeptical vision and interpretation” en Skeptical Briefs, v. 9, n. 4, December, 1999, Amherst, NY: CSICOP, pp. 1-4.
-“Belief in Peru” in International Humanist News, Londres: IHEU, vol. 9, n. July 2002, Special issue for the World Humanist Congress in Holland, pp. 12-13.
-“Peru: A Non-Secular State in the 21st Century” en International Humanist News, Londres: IHEU, vol. 10, n. 2, May 2003, p. 18.
-“Paranormal claims in Peruvian Mass Media” en Skeptical Briefs, v. 13, n. 3, Sept., 2003, Amherst, NY: CSICOP, pp. 1-3.
-“Religious discrimination in Peruvian public schools” en International Humanist News, Londres: IHEU, vol. 11, n. 3, August 2004, pp. 18.
-“To be an Atheist in Peru” en Oss Hedninger imellom, Oslo: Der norske hednngsamfunn, nr. 1 & 2, June 2005.

-”Latin America, Unbelief in” en Tom Flynn (editor) y Richard Dawkins (prefacio). The New Encyclopedia of Unbelief, Prometheus Books, 2007, pp. 471-474.

Paz-y-Miño has also published in Spanish several philosophical papers and articles, interviews, reviews, letters to newspapers, etc.

Interviewed by Benjamin Radford: "Fighting the Paranormal in Peru: An Interview with Manuel Paz y Miño" in Skeptical Briefs, vol. 10, n. 3, Amherst: CSICOP, Sept. 2000, pp. 4-5.

VIDEOS:
-Documentary: ¿Existe Dios? (Does God exist?) (Lima-Peru: AERPFA, 2003).