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Introduction to part VIIIn David L. Hull & Michael Ruse (eds.), The philosophy of biology, Oxford University Press. 1973.
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27Origins of Genius: Darwinian Perspectives on Creativity. Dean Keith Simonton (review)Isis 92 (3): 587-589. 2001.
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1Sudden Origins: Fossils, Genes, and the Emergence of Species by Jeffrey H. Schwartz (review)Isis 91 (3): 608-609. 2000.
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On behalf of the foolIn John Angus Campbell & Stephen C. Meyer (eds.), Darwinism, design, and public education, Michigan State University Press. pp. 475--485. 2003.
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John Preston, Gonzalo Munevar and David Lamb (eds), The Worst Enemy of Science? Essays in Memory of Paul Feyerabend (review)History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 23 (2): 290-290. 2002.
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4Richard Dawkins. The God Delusion. x + 406 pp., app., index. Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2006. $27Isis 98 (4): 814-816. 2007.
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82Genetic testing and insurance: The complexity of adverse selectionEthical Perspectives 19 (1): 123-54. 2012.The debate on whether insurance companies should be allowed to use results of individuals’ genetic tests for underwriting purposes has been both lively and increasingly relevant over the past two decades. Yet there appears to be no widely agreed upon resolution regarding appropriate and effective regulation. There exists today a gamut of recommendations and actual practices addressing this phenomenon ranging from laissez-faire to voluntary industry moratoria to strict legal prohibition. One obvi…Read more
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6Making room for faith in an age of science: A response to David WisdoZygon 46 (3): 655-672. 2011.Abstract. I respond to the criticisms of David Wisdo of my position on the relationship between science and religion. I argue that although he gives a full and fair account of my position, he fails to grasp fully my use of the metaphorical basis of modern science in my argument that, because of its mechanistic commitment, there are some questions that science not only does not answer but that science does not even attempt to answer. Hence, my position stands and plays a crucial role in our under…Read more
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1Discovery in the Physical Sciences. By Richard J. Blackwell. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1969. Pp. xii, 240. $8.50 (review)Dialogue 9 (3): 480-485. 1970.
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5On the nature of the evolutionary process: The correspondence between Theodosius Dobzhansky and John C. Greene (review)Biology and Philosophy 11 (4): 445-491. 1996.This is the correspondence (1959–1969), on the nature of the evolutionary process, between the biologist Theodosius Dobzhansky and the historian John C. Greene.
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3Science and religion today (review)International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 70 (2): 167-177. 2011.Science and religion today Content Type Journal Article Pages 1-11 DOI 10.1007/s11153-011-9316-3 Authors Michael Ruse, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA Journal International Journal for Philosophy of Religion Online ISSN 1572-8684 Print ISSN 0020-7047
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9Darwinism and mechanism: metaphor in scienceStudies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 36 (2): 285-302. 2005.There are two main senses of ‘mechanism’, both deriving from the metaphor of nature as a machine. One sense refers to contrivance or design, as in ‘the plant’s mechanism of attracting butterflies’. The other sense refers to cause or law process, as in ‘the mechanism of heredity’. In his work on evolution, Charles Darwin showed that organisms are produced by a mechanism in the second sense, although he never used this language. He also discussed contrivance, where he did use the language of mecha…Read more
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