Annaka Harris

Annaka Harris is an American author. Her work touches on neuroscience, meditation, philosophy of mind and conciousness. Annaka is the author of the New York Times bestseller Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind [3] and I Wonder, a book for children about uncertainty and the nature of reality. She continues exploration into dualistic philosophy, in line after rationalists René Descartes, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and more recently, David Chalmers. Her husband is Sam Harris (Neuroscientist, and author), who is considered one of the "Four Horsemen of Atheism", along with Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett and Christopher Hitchens.

Annaka Harris
Born
Annaka Gorton[1][2]
OccupationAuthor
Notable work
Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind
Spouse(s)Sam Harris (m. 2004)
Children2

Career

Harris was the co-founder of the non-profit scientific education group Project Reason in 2007.[4] She was the editor of the 2011 long-form essay and book Lying by her husband Sam Harris. She is the author of the 2013 Children's book I Wonder[5] and the 2019 New York Times bestselling science book[6] Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind.

Key subjects of Conscious include free will, panpsychism[7] and the hard problem of consciousness.[8][9]

Personal life

Harris has been married to neuroscientist, philosopher and author Sam Harris since 2004. They have two daughters.[10][11]

References
  1. "Form SB-2: Deja Foods Inc". Securities and Exchange Commission. April 12, 2005. p. 22. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  2. Rice, Lewis I. (July–August 2005). "The Iconoclast". Stanford Magazine. Archived from the original on December 22, 2005. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  3. "Making Sense #150 - Conscious: A Conversation with Annaka Harris". samharris.org. samharris.org. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  4. "Project Reason". Archived from the original on 2010-03-06.
  5. Harris, Annaka. "I Wonder". Amazon. Four Elephants Press. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  6. "New York Times Science Bestsellers July 2019" (7 July 2019). The New York Times. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  7. Gillihan, Ph.D., Seth J. (8 August 2019). "How Is Consciousness Related to the Brain?". Psychology Today. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  8. Staff, Singularity Hub. "Exploring the Great Mysteries of Consciousness and Free Will With Annaka Harris". Singularity Hub. Singularity Hub. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  9. Jones, Everett (7 December 2018). "Spring 2019 Announcements: Science". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  10. Harris 2014a"For Annaka, Emma, and Violet"
  11. Harris, Sam (July 4, 2011). "Drugs and the Meaning of Life". Sam Harris.
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