Center for Inquiry

American nonprofit organization
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Center for Inquiry

Summary

Center for Inquiry is a nonprofit organization[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Center for Inquiry's field of work was pseudoscience[3].
  • Center for Inquiry's field of work was paranormal[4].
  • Center for Inquiry was a member of Humanists International[5].
  • Center for Inquiry is located in Amherst[6].
  • Center for Inquiry is in the country of United States[7].
  • Center for Inquiry's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization[8].
  • Center for Inquiry's instance of is recorded as association[9].
  • Center for Inquiry's instance of is recorded as foundation[10].
  • Center for Inquiry's instance of is recorded as charitable organization[11].
  • Center for Inquiry's instance of is recorded as advocacy group[12].
  • Center for Inquiry's founder is recorded as Paul Kurtz[13].
  • Center for Inquiry is associated with the skepticism movement[14].
  • Center for Inquiry is associated with the humanism movement[15].
  • Center for Inquiry is associated with the freethought movement[16].
  • Center for Inquiry is associated with the atheism movement[17].
  • Center for Inquiry is associated with the agnosticism movement[18].
  • Center for Inquiry is associated with the nontheism movement[19].
  • Center for Inquiry is associated with the secularism movement[20].
  • Center for Inquiry's headquarters location is recorded as Amherst[21].
  • Center for Inquiry's chief executive officer is recorded as Robyn Blumner[22].
  • Center for Inquiry's child organization or unit is recorded as Committee for the Scientific Examination of Religion[23].
  • Center for Inquiry's child organization or unit is recorded as Committee for Skeptical Inquiry[24].
  • Center for Inquiry's child organization or unit is recorded as Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science[25].
  • Center for Inquiry's Commons category is recorded as Center for Inquiry[26].
  • Center for Inquiry's chairperson is recorded as Eddie Tabash[27].

Body

Founding

Center for Inquiry's founder is recorded as Paul Kurtz[13]. 1991 marks the founding of it[28]. Its location of formation is recorded as United States[29].

Identity

Center for Inquiry's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'CFI'}[30].

Leadership

Center for Inquiry's chief executive officer is recorded as Robyn Blumner[22]. Its chairperson is recorded as Eddie Tabash[27].

Operations

Center for Inquiry's headquarters location is recorded as Amherst[21]. Subsidiaries include Committee for the Scientific Examination of Religion[23], an educational organization[31], in United States[32], founded in 1985[33]; Committee for Skeptical Inquiry[24], a nonprofit organization[34], in United States[35], founded in 1976[36], headquartered in Amherst[37]; and Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science[25], a nonprofit organization[38], in United States[39], founded in 2006[40], headquartered in Washington, D.C.[41].

Industry

Fields of work include pseudoscience[3] and paranormal[4].

Why It Matters

Center for Inquiry has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

References

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  1. [7] . GRID. Retrieved . grid.ac. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [20] . wikidata.org.
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  19. [22] . centerforinquiry.org. centerforinquiry.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [23] . wikidata.org.
  21. [24] . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] . wikidata.org.
  24. [5] . humanists.international. Retrieved . humanists.international. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . centerforinquiry.org. centerforinquiry.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [42] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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