Michael Ruse
Canadian philosopher of science (born 1940) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Michael Ruse FRSC (born 21 June 1940) is a British-born Canadian philosopher of science who specializes in the philosophy of biology and works on the relationship between science and religion, the creation–evolution controversy, and the demarcation problem within science. Ruse currently teaches at Florida State University.
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Michael Escott Ruse | |
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Born | (1940-06-21) 21 June 1940 (age 84) |
Era | Contemporary philosophy |
Region | Western Philosophy |
School | Analytic philosophy |
Institutions | Florida State University (2000–present) University of Guelph (1965–2000) |
Main interests | Philosophy of biology Philosophy of science |
Notable ideas | Orthogenesis as the view that evolution has a kind of momentum of its own that carries organisms along certain tracks[1] |
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